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18 February 2024

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS

17th-  Common Scoter-Budworth Mere-Northwich Cattle Egret-12 Ince marshes Kumlien's gull-3rd-winter again at WSR Recycling Centre, Ditton Road (WA8 0PA)-Widnes Waxwing-six still in hedge opposite ironmongery workshop 500m west of Two Mills-Two Mills Long Tailed duck-drake still off East Hoyle Bank-Hoylake-16th Iceland gull adult again on River Mersey-Hale Common Scoter-Budworth Mere-Northwich Waxwing-six still in hedge opposite ironmongery workshop 500m west of Two Mills-Two Mills 15th-1 American wigeon (not storm wigeon) with 1,300 Wigeon, also 1 Long-tailed Duck. 20 Shoveler, 1,000 Redshank, 9 Great Egret and 2 Marsh Harrier - Denhall Quay-14th Eurasian Bittern-still in Coward Reedbed at west end of Budworth Mere Northwich1 Red Kite 0ver cliffs - Thurstaston shore 8 Cattle Egret roosted last night - Burton Mere Wetlands 1 Long-tailed duck seen from Burton Point-13th  Kumlien's gull-3rd-winter again at WSR Recycling Centre, Ditton Road (WA8 0PA)-Widnes 1+ Short-eared Owl - Denhall Quay-12th Eurasian Bittern-still in Coward Reedbed at west end of Budworth Mere-Northwich Big tide today which came right into Denhall Quay and Burton Marsh 1 Hen Harrier (grey male) - Denhall Quay 3 Short-eared Owl near Decca Pools 2 Hen Harrier (ringtails) - Riverbank Road, Heswall 1 Jack Snipe (seen well on ground), 2 Hen Harrier (grey male and ringtail) and 2 Merlin - Parkgate 11th Water Pipit-Carr Lane Pools-Hale Eurasian Bittern-still in Coward Reedbed at west end of Budworth Mere-Northwich 10,000 Knot flying over shore on rising tide - Leasowe Lighthouse 1 Avocet - Burton Mere Wetlands 1 Water Pipit on marsh off Harp Inn - Neston Marsh 2 European White-fronted Geese, also at least 7,000 Pink-footed Geese - Burton Marsh 2 ringtail Hen Harrier, 1 Peregrine, 5 Red-breasted Merganser and at least 5 Rock Pipit - Riverbank Road, Heswall 2 Hen Harrier (ringtail and grey male), 10+ Marsh Harrier, 9 Great White Egret, 2 Jack Snipe, 2 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 3,000 Lapwing, 4,000 Pink-footed Geese, 1 Greenshank, - Parkgate-10th Smew-Adult drake-Newchurch Common Eurasian Bittern-still in Coward Reedbed at west end of Budworth Mere-Northwich Lesser Scaup-1st-winter female Woolston Eyes 1 Snow Bunting on shore near Lifeboat Station - Hoylake Shore 3 Hen Harrier (2 ringtail and 1 grey male) which chased off a Marsh Harrier - Parkgate 40+ Common Snipe in flooded horse paddocks - Leasowe Lighthouse 21 Whooper Swan and 5 Greenshank - Outer Burton Marsh 212 Great Crested Grebe and c2,000 Common Scoter off East Hoyle Bank at high tide - Meols-9th 1 Bittern showing in reeds - Burton Mere Wetlands 520 Bar-tailed Godwit, 350 Sanderling, 1,000 Knot and 11,000 Dunlin, also 14 Brent Geese - Hoylake Shore 1020 Pink-footed Geese, 2 Dabchick, 2000 Oystercatcher, 250 Golden Plover, 6000 Dunlin, 1200 Curlew, 700 Redshank, 2 Greenshank, 3 Jack Snipe flushed by high tide - Heswall Shore. Waxwing-two still south of Tableyhill along Tabley Hill Lane Eurasian Bittern-still in Coward Reedbed at west end of Budworth Mere Northwich Smew-Adult drake-Newchurch Common

American Wigeon-Denhall Quay

Common Scoter-Budworth Mere-Northwich

Lesser Scaup-Rixton Moss






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