WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Great Egrets x3 Burton Marsh From Point
Marsh Harriers x2 Burton Marsh From Point
Swallows Burton Point
House Martins Burton Point
Chiffchaff x2 In Copse To IMF
Dunlin x3 IMF
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Little Ringed Plovers x2 By Bridge Screen
Spoonbills x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Buntings x2 ( M) Marsh Covert Hide
Sedge Warbler By Marsh Covert Hide
Buzzard x3 Over Marsh Covert Wood
Swifts Over Reedbed
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen (Photo)
Cetti's Warbler By Willow Pool
Song Thrush Tree In Garden
Mediterranean Gulls x3 Main Scrape
Avocets Main Scrape
Whitethroat By Reception
Jay Near Reception
Parkgate
Marsh Harrier
Friday, May 31, 2019
Thursday, May 30, 2019
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 30TH MAY 2019
WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Swallows Over Field Left Bunker Entrance
Mediterranean Gulls Main Scrape
Avocets Main Scrape
Song Thrush Marsh Covert Wood
Cetti's Warbler Marsh Covert Wood
Green Woodpecker Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen
Reed Bunting Marsh Covert Hide
Sedge Warbler Near Marsh Covert Hide
Spoonbills x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Swifts Over Bridge Pool
Whitethroats Along Boardwalk
Blackcap By Birdcrop Field
Chiffchaff In Copse To IMF
Little Ringed Plovers x2 IMF
Linnets By Railway Bridge
Great Egrets x2 Burton Marsh From Point
Buzzards x3 Over Reserve
Spotted flycatcher Fence Burton Point Field
Parkgate
Hen Harrier (ringtail) and a Marsh Harrier
CHESHIRE
Hale
Wood sandpiper-Carr Lane Pools
Marbury Country Park
1st Whooper Swan-Neumann's Flash
Little Stint-Kid Brook spit and Eclipse Drake Garganey-Budworth Mere
Burton RSPB
Swallows Over Field Left Bunker Entrance
Mediterranean Gulls Main Scrape
Avocets Main Scrape
Song Thrush Marsh Covert Wood
Cetti's Warbler Marsh Covert Wood
Green Woodpecker Marsh Covert Wood
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen
Reed Bunting Marsh Covert Hide
Sedge Warbler Near Marsh Covert Hide
Spoonbills x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Swifts Over Bridge Pool
Whitethroats Along Boardwalk
Blackcap By Birdcrop Field
Chiffchaff In Copse To IMF
Little Ringed Plovers x2 IMF
Linnets By Railway Bridge
Great Egrets x2 Burton Marsh From Point
Buzzards x3 Over Reserve
Spotted flycatcher Fence Burton Point Field
Parkgate
Hen Harrier (ringtail) and a Marsh Harrier
CHESHIRE
Hale
Wood sandpiper-Carr Lane Pools
Marbury Country Park
1st Whooper Swan-Neumann's Flash
Little Stint-Kid Brook spit and Eclipse Drake Garganey-Budworth Mere
Wednesday, May 29, 2019
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 29TH MAY 2019
WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
House Martins 70+ Burton Point
Swallows 50+ Burton Point
Green Woodpecker Burton Point
Chiffchaff Copse To IMF
Cetti's Warbler By Wooden Bridge To IMF
Sand Martins Over IMF
Whitethroat Birdcrop Field
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Little Ringed Plovers x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Ringed Plover x1 Marsh Covert Hide
Wood Sandpiper x1 Marsh Covert Hide
Spoonbills x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Sedge Warbler By Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen
Nuthatch By Burton Mere
Swifts Over Reception Pool
Avocets Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls Main Scrape
Heswall Shore
1 pair Eider,3 Whimbrel and 207 Curlew
Burton RSPB
House Martins 70+ Burton Point
Swallows 50+ Burton Point
Green Woodpecker Burton Point
Chiffchaff Copse To IMF
Cetti's Warbler By Wooden Bridge To IMF
Sand Martins Over IMF
Whitethroat Birdcrop Field
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Little Ringed Plovers x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Ringed Plover x1 Marsh Covert Hide
Wood Sandpiper x1 Marsh Covert Hide
Spoonbills x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Sedge Warbler By Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen
Nuthatch By Burton Mere
Swifts Over Reception Pool
Avocets Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls Main Scrape
Heswall Shore
1 pair Eider,3 Whimbrel and 207 Curlew
Tuesday, May 28, 2019
CONTINENTAL WATERBIRDS SET TO NEST AT BURTON MERE WETLANDS RSPB
An impressive five different species of large waterbird, some more commonly seen in the Mediterranean, are present at the RSPB's Burton Mere Wetlands, Cheshire, this spring and are showing positive signs of breeding.CLICK ON LINK
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 28TH MAY 2019
WIRRAL
Thurstaston-Benty Farm
Siberian Chiffchaff-Male still singing at Royden Park by lane to Benty Lane Farm
Burton RSPB
Avocets Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls Main Scrape
Swifts 20+ Over Main Scrape
Great Egret Right Of Wet Grassland
Reed Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Sedge Warbler Near Marsh Covert Hide
Spoonbills x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Buntings In Reedbed
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Whitethroat Along Boardwalk
Chiffchaff Feeding Young Along Path To IMF
Little Ringed Plovers x2 IMF
House Martins Over IMF
Sand Martins Over IMF
Cetti's Warbler By IMF Hide
Green Woodpecker Burton Point
Bearded Tits Reedbed Screen
Little Neston
Glossy Ibis-At Denhall Quay, then flew towards Moorside
CHESHIRE
Hale
Wood sandpiper-Carr Lane Pools viewed from Town Lane and Little gull-Flew east past the lighthouse
Thurstaston-Benty Farm
Siberian Chiffchaff-Male still singing at Royden Park by lane to Benty Lane Farm
Burton RSPB
Avocets Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls Main Scrape
Swifts 20+ Over Main Scrape
Great Egret Right Of Wet Grassland
Reed Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Sedge Warbler Near Marsh Covert Hide
Spoonbills x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Buntings In Reedbed
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Whitethroat Along Boardwalk
Chiffchaff Feeding Young Along Path To IMF
Little Ringed Plovers x2 IMF
House Martins Over IMF
Sand Martins Over IMF
Cetti's Warbler By IMF Hide
Green Woodpecker Burton Point
Bearded Tits Reedbed Screen
Little Neston
Glossy Ibis-At Denhall Quay, then flew towards Moorside
CHESHIRE
Hale
Wood sandpiper-Carr Lane Pools viewed from Town Lane and Little gull-Flew east past the lighthouse
SPRING TRIPS BIRDING!
Just a few photographs I have taken of birds I have seen throughout the Spring period
WIRRAL-RABY-14/04/19
RING OUZEL
RED LEGGED PARTRIDGE
PENYCLODDIAU MOUNTAIN-15/04/19
RING OUZEL-6 BIRDS
WIRRAL-LEASOWE-21/04/19
WHEATEAR
WHIMBREL
WHITETHROAT
ARGYLL-LOCHGILPHEAD-30/04/19
GRASSHOPPER WARBLER
BLACK GUILLEMOT
GREAT NORTHERN DIVER
CHELFORD-MERE FARM QUARRY-07/05/19
GARDEN WARBLER
SAND MARTIN
CONGLETON-ASTBURY MERE-08/05/19
BLACK TERN
EASTERN HILLS-09/05/19
RING OUZEL
GREY WAGTAIL
DIPPER
PHEASANT
MANDARIN DUCK
GREAT CRESTED GREBE
MEDITERRAEAN GULL
REED WARBLER
SPOONBILL
WHINCHAT
WIRRAL-BURTON RSPB-24/05/19
DELAMERE FOREST-FOX HOLE SCHOOL-27/05/19
PIED FLYCATCHER
Monday, May 27, 2019
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 27TH MAY 2019
WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Shoveler With Young I Think 10 IMF
Greenshank x1 IMF
House Martins Over IMF
Chiffchaff By Wooden Bridge To IMF
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Swifts 10+ Over Bridge Pool
Spoonbill x1 By Bridge Screen
Little Ringed Plovers x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Sedge Warbler By Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Bunting x4 In Reedbed
Reed Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Little Grebe Reedbed Screen
Whitethroat Near Reedbed Screen
Blackcap By Willow Pool
Cetti's Warbler Near Willow Pool
Avocets Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls Main Scrape
Buzzard Over Wet Grassland
Thurstaston-Benty Farm
Siberian Chiffchaff-Male still singing at Royden Park by lane to Benty Lane Farm
Hilbre
2,750 Ringed Plover
CHESHIRE
Delamere Forest-Fox Hole School
Pied Flycatcher
Marbury Country Park
2 Sanderling and a 1st Summer Whooper Swan
Hale
Wood sandpiper-Carr Lane Pools viewed from Town Lane
Burton RSPB
Shoveler With Young I Think 10 IMF
Greenshank x1 IMF
House Martins Over IMF
Chiffchaff By Wooden Bridge To IMF
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Swifts 10+ Over Bridge Pool
Spoonbill x1 By Bridge Screen
Little Ringed Plovers x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Sedge Warbler By Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Bunting x4 In Reedbed
Reed Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Little Grebe Reedbed Screen
Whitethroat Near Reedbed Screen
Blackcap By Willow Pool
Cetti's Warbler Near Willow Pool
Avocets Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls Main Scrape
Buzzard Over Wet Grassland
Thurstaston-Benty Farm
Siberian Chiffchaff-Male still singing at Royden Park by lane to Benty Lane Farm
Hilbre
2,750 Ringed Plover
CHESHIRE
Delamere Forest-Fox Hole School
Pied Flycatcher
Marbury Country Park
2 Sanderling and a 1st Summer Whooper Swan
Hale
Wood sandpiper-Carr Lane Pools viewed from Town Lane
Sunday, May 26, 2019
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 26TH MAY 2019
WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Great Egret x1 Right Of Wet Grassland
Mediterranean Gulls Main Scrape
Avocets Main Scrape
Swallows Field Left Of Bunker Entrance
Redshank With 2 Chicks Wet Grassland
Blackcap By Willow Pool
Reed Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Cetti's Warbler Marsh Covert Wood
Sedge Warbler Near Marsh Covert Hide
Spoonbills x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Swifts Over Bridge Pool
Whitethroat By Railway Bridge
Chiffchaff By Copse To IMF
Greenshank x1 IMF
Sanderling x1 IMF
Sparrowhawk Over IMF
Little Ringed Plover Marsh Covert Hide
Bearded Tit Reedbed Screen
Dunlin x10 Main Scrape
CHESHIRE
Marbury Country Park Area
Whooper Swan and 2 Little Ringed Plover
Burton RSPB
Great Egret x1 Right Of Wet Grassland
Mediterranean Gulls Main Scrape
Avocets Main Scrape
Swallows Field Left Of Bunker Entrance
Redshank With 2 Chicks Wet Grassland
Blackcap By Willow Pool
Reed Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Cetti's Warbler Marsh Covert Wood
Sedge Warbler Near Marsh Covert Hide
Spoonbills x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Swifts Over Bridge Pool
Whitethroat By Railway Bridge
Chiffchaff By Copse To IMF
Greenshank x1 IMF
Sanderling x1 IMF
Sparrowhawk Over IMF
Little Ringed Plover Marsh Covert Hide
Bearded Tit Reedbed Screen
Dunlin x10 Main Scrape
CHESHIRE
Marbury Country Park Area
Whooper Swan and 2 Little Ringed Plover
Saturday, May 25, 2019
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 25TH MAY 2019
WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Great Egrets x2 Burton Marsh From Point
Chiffchaff By Copse To IMF
Greenshank x1 IMF
White-Winged (Black) Tern Border Pool
Whitethroats Along Boardwalk
Great-C Grebes Bridge Pool (Phone Scoped)
Spoonbills x3 Bridge Pool
Sedge Warblers By Marsh Covert Hide
Little Ringed Plovers x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Garganey (M) Marsh Covert Hide
Little Stint Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Buntings x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Warblers By Reedbed Screen
Cetti's Warbler By Willow Pool
Blackcap In Marsh Covert Wood
Swifts Over Main Scrape
Avocets Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls Main Scrape
Dunlin x1 Main Scrape
Great Egret x1 Right Of Wet Grassland
Swallows Over Field Left Bunker Entrance
Common Tern Bridge Screen
Leasowe Lighthouse
Spotted Flycatcher
CHESHIRE
Marbury Country Park Area
Whooper Swan and Little Ringed Plover
Burton RSPB
Great Egrets x2 Burton Marsh From Point
Chiffchaff By Copse To IMF
Greenshank x1 IMF
White-Winged (Black) Tern Border Pool
Whitethroats Along Boardwalk
Great-C Grebes Bridge Pool (Phone Scoped)
Spoonbills x3 Bridge Pool
Sedge Warblers By Marsh Covert Hide
Little Ringed Plovers x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Garganey (M) Marsh Covert Hide
Little Stint Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Buntings x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Warblers By Reedbed Screen
Cetti's Warbler By Willow Pool
Blackcap In Marsh Covert Wood
Swifts Over Main Scrape
Avocets Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls Main Scrape
Dunlin x1 Main Scrape
Great Egret x1 Right Of Wet Grassland
Swallows Over Field Left Bunker Entrance
Common Tern Bridge Screen
Leasowe Lighthouse
Spotted Flycatcher
CHESHIRE
Marbury Country Park Area
Whooper Swan and Little Ringed Plover
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 24TH MAY 2019
WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Mediterranean Gulls x2 Main Scrape
Avocets With Chicks Main Scrape
Stock Doves x5 Field Behind Barn
Swallows x12 Field Left Bunker Entrance
Blackcap By Willow Pool
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen
Sedge Warbler Near Marsh Covert Hide
Little Ringed Plover x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Ringed Plover x1 Marsh Covert Hide
Spoonbills x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Cetti's Warbler Marsh Covert Wood
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Swifts x5 Over Bridge Pool
Whitethroats Along Boardwalk
Great Egrets x2 Burton Marsh From Point
Buzzard Burton Marsh From Point
Dunlin x5 IMF
Greenshank x1 IMF
White-Winged (Black) Tern Border Pool
Parkgate
Black Tern-Over Donkey Stand Flash.
Ness
Common Quail-Male singing in field of buttercups opposite Pine View House late morning
CHESHIRE
Woolston Eyes
Black Necked Grebe-2 still on No 3 Bed
Burton RSPB
Mediterranean Gulls x2 Main Scrape
Avocets With Chicks Main Scrape
Stock Doves x5 Field Behind Barn
Swallows x12 Field Left Bunker Entrance
Blackcap By Willow Pool
Reed Warbler Reedbed Screen
Sedge Warbler Near Marsh Covert Hide
Little Ringed Plover x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Ringed Plover x1 Marsh Covert Hide
Spoonbills x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Cetti's Warbler Marsh Covert Wood
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Swifts x5 Over Bridge Pool
Whitethroats Along Boardwalk
Great Egrets x2 Burton Marsh From Point
Buzzard Burton Marsh From Point
Dunlin x5 IMF
Greenshank x1 IMF
White-Winged (Black) Tern Border Pool
Parkgate
Black Tern-Over Donkey Stand Flash.
Ness
Common Quail-Male singing in field of buttercups opposite Pine View House late morning
CHESHIRE
Woolston Eyes
Black Necked Grebe-2 still on No 3 Bed
Thursday, May 23, 2019
CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 23RD MAY 2019
WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Cetti's Warbler Near IMF Hide
Great Egret IMF
Chiffchaff In Copse To IMF
Raven Over Birdcrop Field
Whitethroat x3 Along Boardwalk
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Common Tern By Bridge Screen
L-R Plover Marsh Covert Hide (Phone Scoped)
Spoonbills x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Sedge Warbler Near Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Buzzard Over Marsh Covert Wood
Blackcap ( M) By Woodland Pool
Swifts x2 Over Reception Pool
Mediterranean Gulls Main Scrape
Avocets Main Scrape
Bearded Tits x2 Reedbed Screen
Channel Wagtail ( M) From Bunker
CHESHIRE
Bosley
Wood Warbler-Still at Bosley Cloud west of steps off Tunstall Road
Burton RSPB
Cetti's Warbler Near IMF Hide
Great Egret IMF
Chiffchaff In Copse To IMF
Raven Over Birdcrop Field
Whitethroat x3 Along Boardwalk
Great Crested Grebes x2 Bridge Pool
Common Tern By Bridge Screen
L-R Plover Marsh Covert Hide (Phone Scoped)
Spoonbills x3 Marsh Covert Hide
Sedge Warbler Near Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Buzzard Over Marsh Covert Wood
Blackcap ( M) By Woodland Pool
Swifts x2 Over Reception Pool
Mediterranean Gulls Main Scrape
Avocets Main Scrape
Bearded Tits x2 Reedbed Screen
Channel Wagtail ( M) From Bunker
CHESHIRE
Bosley
Wood Warbler-Still at Bosley Cloud west of steps off Tunstall Road
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