31 October 2022

SUMMARY OF DAILY BIRD NEWS

Oct 31st

Hawfinch-One briefly in trees behind Westrees,Delamere Park-Delamere

Hen Harrier-Adult male-N01 Bed-Woolston Eyes

2 Pallid Swift,one present all day between Stanley Road and Lifeboat Station then joined by a second this afternoon - Hoylake.

Pallid Swift



8 Goosander (including first returning drake)-
West Kirby Marine Lake.

4 Cattle Egret and a Curlew Sandpiper- Burton Mere Wetlands.

MEGA NEWS

ALPINE ACCENTOR-Blakeney Point-Norfolk

WESTERN SWAMPHEN-Possible at Dovercourt Holiday Park-Essex

Oct 30th

Long eared owl-Flew south,Hawfinch-Flew south and Water Pipit-Flew north-Hale

Caspian Gull-3rd Winter-on sandbanks west of old Runcorn Bridge-Widnes

Brambling and a Wheatear - Hilbre.

2 Guillemot on sea this morning - New Brighton.

4 Cattle Egret and a Curlew Sandpiper- Burton Mere Wetlands.
Some visible migration this morning:

300 Starling,45 Skylark,160 Chaffinch,2 Brambling - Heswall Fields.

MEGA NEWS

ALPINE ACCENTOR-Blakeney Point-Norfolk


WILSON'S SNIPE
-St Mary's-Isles Of Scilly



WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Musselburgh-Lothian

LITTLE SWIFT-Brean Down-Somerset and Bristol

Oct 29th

8 Marsh Harrier over Old Baths reedbed, 15 Common Snipe at Donkey Stand Flash - Parkgate.

Long-billed Dowitcher,5 Cattle Egret and a Curlew Sandpiper- Burton Mere Wetlands.

Long Billed Dowitcher



Possible Pallid Swifts over both Hoylake and West Kirby today

MEGA NEWS

WILSON'S SNIPE-St Mary's-Isles Of Scilly


ALPINE ACCENTOR-Slaughden-Suffolk

Oct 28th

Western Cattle Egret-Ince Marshes-Ince

2 Little Stint-Pickerings Pasture

Curlew Sandpiper and 5 Western Cattle Egret-Burton RSPB

MEGA NEWS

ALPINE ACCENTOR-Slaughden-Suffolk


ORIENTAL TURTLE DOVE
-Quendale-Mainland-Shetland


BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER-Bryher Isles Of Scilly

Oct 27th

Greater White Fronted Goose-Flew over with Pinf Footed Geese-Gowy Meadows

2 Water Pipit-Carr Lane Pools

Osprey-One over-Hale

Pallid Swift this morning-Hoylake.

Pallid Swift
(C)Sean O'Hara

Curlew Sandpiper - Burton Mere Wetlands

MEGA NEWS

ALPINE ACCENTOR-Slaughden-Suffolk


ORIENTAL TURTLE DOVE
-Quendale-Mainland-Shetland


WILSON'S SNIPE-St Mary's-Isles Of Scilly


BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER-Bryher Isles Of Scilly

WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Musselburgh-Lothian

Oct 26th

Hen Harrier-Ringtail-Over Marsh-Hale

850 Pink-footed Geese roosted overnight,109 Brent Geese,3350 Shelduck,290 Wigeon,390 Pintail,4 Red-breasted Merganser,2 Great Egret,57 Little Egret,65 Snipe,960 Curlew,1300 Redshank, 180 Skylark over high tide - Riverbank Road, Heswall.

Yellow-browed Warbler near duck pond,heard but not seen - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Short Eared Owl,17+ (could have been 25) Marsh Harrier coming in to roost this evening - Old Baths, Parkgate.

37 Great Egret (26 in trees around the mere,11 on the marsh), Curlew Sandpiper and 1+ Cattle Egret at BMW - Burton Mere Wetlands/Burton Marsh.

MEGA NEWS

WILSON'S SNIPE-St Mary's-Isles Of Scilly


ORIENTAL TURTLE DOVE-Quendale-Mainland-Shetland


BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER-Bryher Isles Of Scilly

WHITE WINGED SCOTER-Musselburgh-Lothian

Oct 25th

Yellow-browed Warbler near duck pond,3 Grey Wagtail on Park Lane - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Yellow Browed Warbler
(C)Eddie Williams

8 Greenshank and a Goldeneye on Boathouse Flash - Parkgate.

3 Western Cattle Egret-Burton RSPB

MEGA NEWS

WILSON'S SNIPE-St Mary's-Isles Of Scilly


ORIENTAL TURTLE DOVE-Quendale-Mainland-Shetland

Oct 24th

Rock Pipit and-flew west over No 4 Bed; also 10,370 Woodpigeon flew south by 09:30Oct 24th

Osprey-Flew south-Sandbach Flashes

Yellow-browed Warbler near duck pond,15 Goldcrest,4 Chiffchaff and a Short-eared Owl over - Leasowe Lighthouse.

11 Goosander - West Kirby Marine Lake.

7 Marsh Harrier this afternoon - Parkgate.

Visible migration overhead included:
110 Chaffinch,60 Skylark,15 Siskin,2 Brambling,11 Redwing and a Redpoll - Leasowe Lighthouse.

2000+ Chaffinch,25 Brambling,150 Siskin,26 Rook,20 Jackdaw and 130 Woodpigeon along sea-front - Hoylake.

MEGA NEWS

BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER-Bryher Isles Of Scilly


WILSON'S SNIPE-St Mary's-Isles Of Scilly


ORIENTAL TURTLE DOVE-Quendale-Mainland-Shetland




Oct 23rd

Yellow-browed Warbler - Leasowe Gunsite.

5 Cattle Egret and 11 Great white egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Ruddy Shelduck-Pickerings Pasture

Yellow browed warbler-Old gun sites-North wirral country park

Water Pipit-Carr lane pools-Hale

Hen Harrier-Male-Parkgate marshes

MEGA NEWS

BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER-Bryher Isles Of Scilly


WILSON'S SNIPE-St Mary's-Isles Of Scilly

Oct 22nd

Adult male Hen harrier and Juvenile Osprey-Woolston Eyes

Short Eared Owl-Hale

Yellow-browed Warbler in scrub near Roman Road - Meols.

Long-billed Dowitcher and 6 Western cattle egret Burton Mere Wetlands.

Slavonian Grebe still on Cop Hole (accessed from roundabout immediately north-east of Flint Bridge on A548),also 4 Great Egret,Peregrine and a Merlin - Burton Marsh.

Black Winged Pratincole-Ince Marshes

Black Winged Pratincole
MEGA NEWS

BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER-Bryher Isles Of Scilly


WILSON'S SNIPE-St Mary's-Isles Of Scilly

BAND RUMPED STORM PETREL-Porthgwarra-Cornwall

BAROLO-TYPE-SHEARWATER-Lizard point-Cornwall

Oct 21st

2 Arctic Tern - Hilbre.

Long-billed Dowitcher Burton Mere Wetlands.

Long Billed Dowitcher

Black Necked Grebe-Mere farm quarry-Chelford

Yellow browed warbler-Hale

MEGA NEWS

BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER-Bryher Isles Of Scilly


WILSON'S SNIPE-St Mary's-Isles Of Scilly



DUSKY THRUSH-Lothian

DUSKY THRUSH-Scoulton-Norfolk

Oct 20th

Ring Ouzel and Yellow browed warbler-Woolston Eyes

1,200 Redwing and 300 Starling this morning between 8.30 and 9.30am flying south-east over Dawpool Nature Reserve, Thurstaston.

60 Siskin moving east - Leasowe Lighthouse.

Ring Ouzel,1,055 Redwing,35 Fieldfare,12 Siskin and lots of Starlings over flying south - Hilbre.

Cattle Egret,Firecrest,Spotted Redshank a Slavonian Grebe reported but not confirmed - Burton Mere Wetlands.

MEGA NEWS

BLUE ROCK THRUSH-Winterton-on-sea-Norfolk

SIBERIAN RUBYTHROAT-Quendale-Shetland


BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER-Bryher Isles Of Scilly


WILSON'S SNIPE-St Mary's-Isles Of Scilly




Oct 19th

Hawfinch and 11,427 Redwing over-Hale

Redwings and Fieldfares were flying over Thurstaston Visitor Centre/Caravan Park-20,000 Redwing and 4,000 Fieldfare

Thousands of Redwings and Fieldfares, and hundreds of finches. flying along North Wirral and heading south between West Kirby and Neston this morning. At Thurstaston there were large movements of Thrushes coming from both Leasowe and West Kirby direction.

4080 Redwing,1125 Fieldfare,118 Jackdaw,505 Chaffinch,40 Linnet, 22 Greenfinch and 16 Siskin between 0800hrs and 9.15hrs, they were still flying through at the same rate until at least 1030hrs - Heswall Fields NT.

1,125 Redwing and 38 Fieldfare over heading south,up until 1130hrs,Black Redstart and a Garden Warbler - Hilbre.

350 Pink-footed Geese and several hundred Redwing on the ground (as well as flying over) around mid-day in fields along Wirral Way - Thurstaston.

Curlew Sandpiper - Burton Mere Wetlands.

MEGA NEWS

PECHORA PIPIT-St Marys-Isles Of Scilly

BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER-Bryher Isles Of Scilly


WILSON'S SNIPE-St Mary's-Isles Of Scilly

Oct 18th

Ruddy Shelduck-Wigg Island

Ring Ouzel-Pickerings Pasture

Arctic Tern-New Brighton

Rock Pipit-Neumann's Flash-Northwich

10 Goosander - West Kirby Marine Lake.

4 Cattle Egret,Yellow-browed Warbler and a Firecrest - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Slavonian Grebe on Cop Hole (accessed from roundabout immediately north-east of Flint Bridge on A548) - Burton Marsh.

Kingfisher and a Little Grebe on groyne - Meols Common.

6 Swallow flew over marsh from Burton Point.

MEGA NEWS

BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER-Bryher Isles Of Scilly


WILSON'S SNIPE-St Mary's-Isles Of Scilly

Oct 17th

11 Goosander - West Kirby Marine Lake.

5 Whooper Swan (5 ad, 3 juv) and 4 Cattle Egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Slavonian Grebe and 5 Little Grebe on Cop Hole (accessed from roundabout immediately north-east of Flint Bridge on A548) - Burton Marsh.

Black Redstart by Wallasey Lifeguards.

MEGA NEWS

BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER-Bryher Isles Of Scilly


WILSON'S SNIPE-St Mary's-Isles Of Scilly




SWAINSON'S THRUSH-Carinish-N Uist-Outer Hebrides


Oct 16th

2 Jack Snipe-Whitley Reed

Hawfinch-Tatton Park

Slavonian Grebe showing well on Cop Hole,2 Whooper Swan,2 Great Egret and 2 Ruddy Shelduck on the marsh - Burton Marsh.

Slavonian Grebe
(C)Paul Ralston

4 Cattle Egret and 3 Whooper Swan  - Burton Mere Wetlands.

MEGA NEWS

BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER-Bryher Isles Of Scilly

SWAINSON'S THRUSH-Carinish-N Uist-Outer Hebrides

PECHORA PIPIT-Port Nis-Lewis-Outer Hebrides

Oct 15th

3 Curlew Sandpiper-Frodsham Marshes

Yellow-browed Warbler in private garden - Wallasey.

Curlew Sandpiper and  4 Cattle Egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Probable Slavonian Grebe seen in fading light on Cop Hole, also 2 Whooper Swan on Marsh with Mute Swans - Burton Marsh.

MEGA NEWS

BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER-Bryher Isles Of Scilly

WILSON'S SNIPE-St Mary's-Isles Of Scilly

Oct 14th

MEGA NEWS

BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER-Bryher Isles Of Scilly


WILSON'S SNIPE-St Mary's-Isles Of Scilly

Oct 13th

Spotted Redshank-Pickerings Pasture

Firecrest-One trapped and Ringed Bidston garden-Bidston

Merlin,7 Great Egret,2 Ruff and 42 Shoveler - Parkgate.

Cetti's Warbler caught and ringed, a first for Hilbre,Marsh Harrier over.

2,500 Common Scoter on flat calm sea this morning - Meols.

Corn Bunting in hedge this morning but flew and not relocated - Carr Lane, Hoylake Langfields.

Corn Bunting
(C)Richard Whitby

Yellow-browed Warbler,4 Cattle Egret and a Red Kite - Burton Mere Wetlands.

MEGA NEWS

BLACKBURNIAN WARBLER-Bryher Isles Of Scilly


Oct 12th

Ruddy Shelduck-Still on River Mersey at Spike Island

Firecrest-One trapped and Ringed Bidston garden-Bidston

3 Whooper Swan flew south,Yellow-browed Warbler and 3 Cattle Egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.

SWAINSON'S THRUSH-Tresco-Isles of Scilly

TENNESSEE WARBLER-Skokholm-Pembrokeshire





Oct 11th

Firecrest-N03 bed-Woolston Eyes

Little Stint-Carr Lane Pools-Hale

Yellow-browed Warbler,Firecrest and 3 Cattle Egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Firecrest

3 Greenshank on new Old Baths Flash, also a Great Egret and a Marsh Harrier - Parkgate.

Merlin over Marine Lake,2 Mediterranean Gull on the shore and 140 Brent Geese on edge of saltmarsh on ebbing tide - West Kirby.

MEGA NEWS

SWAINSON'S THRUSH-Tresco-Isles of Scilly

Oct 10th

Curlew Sandpiper,Greenshank,Avocet and a Cattle Egret,also 500+ Teal - Burton Mere Wetlands.

4 Marsh Harrier,8 Greenshank and 1 Ruff - Old Baths, Parkgate.

MEGA NEWS

YELLOW BROWED BUNTING-Sandwich Bay-Kent


MYRTLE WARBLER-Bigton-Shetland


SWAINSON'S THRUSH-Tresco-Isles of Scilly

Oct 9th

3 Curlew Sandpiper -On N06 Tank-Frodsham Marshes

Firecrest and a Yellow-browed Warbler - Hilbre.

Firecrest

Yellow-browed Warbler,Firecrest,Curlew Sandpiper,Goosander and 3 Redwing over - Burton Mere Wetlands.

134 Little Egret flew from roost early morning,also some visible migration:48 Skylark,65 Meadow Pipit,230 Chaffinch,36 Greenfinch,70 Goldfinch,102 Linnet, 14 Reed Bunting - Heswall Fields.

7070 Shelduck and 535 Pintail (high numbers due to early morning wildfowling activity on Heswall Marsh) - Dawpool Bank.

MEGA NEWS

MYRTLE WARBLER-Bigton-Shetland


SWAINSON'S THRUSH-
Tresco-Isles of Scilly

PALLAS'S GRASSHOPPER WARBLER-St Kilda-Outer Hebrides

Oct 8th

7 Curlew Sandpiper -On N06 Tank-Frodsham Marshes

Firecrest-One trapped and Ringed Bidston garden-Bidston

Little Stint-Carr Lane Pools-Hale

Slavonian Grebe on bridge pool,1 (or 2?) Firecrest,Merlin,Greenshank and a  Cattle Egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Slavonian Grebe
(C)Steve Williams

2 Snow Bunting at 10am and flew towards Hilbre - Red Rocks.

Yellow-browed Warbler caught and ringed in private garden - Bidston Hill.

MEGA NEWS

MYRTLE WARBLER-Bigton-Shetland


SWAINSON'S THRUSH-
Tresco-Isles of Scilly

BALTIMORE ORIOLE-Lundy-Pembrokeshire


Oct 7th

Grey Phalarope-Flew east past Leasowe Lighthouse

6 Goosander and 6 Red-breasted Merganser,at least 178 Turnstone on lake wall - West Kirby Marine Lake.

Gadwall flew west (rare here!),2 Golden Plover,Red-throated Diver,1000+ Common Scoter and 5 Gannet,3 Mediterranean Gull on beach at high tide and 5+ Sandwich Tern - Hoylake.

Oct 6th

Curlew Sandpiper-Frodsham Marshes

6 Goosander and 6 Red-breasted Merganser - West Kirby Marine Lake.

2 Curlew Sandpiper and a Little Stint on main scrape - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Swallow,6 Skylark moving west,2 Golden Plover and 42 Brent Geese - Hilbre.

MEGA NEWS

LEAST BITTERN-Scousburgh-Shetland


SWAINSON'S THRUSH-Tresco-Isles of Scilly

MYRTLE WARBLER-Ellister-Mainland-Shetland


Oct 5th

Spotted Redshank and Ruddy Shelduck-Hale Head

6 Goosander on lake wall and 6 Red-breasted Merganser fishing in the lake - West Kirby Marine Lake.

Spotted Redshank,Great White Egret,Yellow-browed Warbler,3 Marsh Harrier displaying - Burton Mere Wetlands.

MEGA NEWS

MYRTLE WARBLER-Ellister-Mainland-Shetland


Oct 4th

Curlew Sandpiper - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Kingfisher on Arrowe Brook - Hoylake Road, Moreton.

MEGA NEWS

PALLAS'S GRASSHOPPER WARBLER-St Kilda-Outer Hebrides


Oct 3rd

Yellow Browed Warbler-one trapped and ringed on No 1 Bed-Woolston Eyes

Ruddy Shelduck-still on River Mersey at Spike Island-Widnes

Yellow-browed Warbler by bridge to Border Hide - Burton Mere Wetlands.

4 Goosander and 3 Mediterranean Gulls - West Kirby Marine Lake.

Yellow-browed Warbler in private garden - Wallasey village.

MEGA NEWS

PALLAS'S GRASSHOPPER WARBLER-St Kilda-Outer Hebrides



Oct 2nd

Eurasian Spoonbill,5 Little Stint and 2 Curlew Sandpiper-Frodsham Marshes

c12 Redwing over heading towards the estuary - Heswall.

Water Rail - Gilroy Duck Pond, West Kirby.

Yellow-browed Warbler caught and ringed this morning - Hilbre.

Yellow Browed Warbler
(C)Steve Williams

Curlew Sandpiper,10 Ruff and a Peregrine - Burton Mere Wetland

MEGA NEWS

BLACKPOLL WARBLER-Nanjizal Valley-Cornwall

Oct 1st

Eurasian Spoonbill,2 Little Stint and a Curlew sandpiper-Ince Marshes

16 Curlew sandpiper and 3 Little Stint-Frodsham Marshes

Curlew Sandpiper and a Cattle Egret - Burton Mere Wetlands.

Possible Little Shearwater (Barolo Shearwater) west past - Hoylake.

MEGA NEWS

SIBERIAN THRUSH-Mid Yell-Yell-Shetland


SWAINSON'S THRUSH-West Yell-Yell-Shetland




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