This morning, I was at home when I learnt that County Recorder Jane Turner had netted a Barred Warbler in her garden in Hoylake. Jane shared on the local WhatsApp bird group that the bird would be released in an hour, so I decided to head
Jane's seafront garden
Jane soon appeared from her garden with the bird in hand. It was a great bird for Cheshire and Wirral and a county tick for me after spending hours looking for the Burton bird last year.
There are 8 previous records of Barred Warbler in Cheshire and Wirral:
2023 Burton RSPB, 10th-12th November
2017 Hale, 14th November
2014 West Kirby, 9th -17th November
2014 Red Rocks, 16th September (possibly 4th day)
2010 Hoylake, 3rd September
2000 Leasowe, 11th September
1999 Leasowe, 12th September
1993 Red Rocks, 12th September