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CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 4TH FEBRUARY 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Redwing x60 Field Left Bunker Entrance
Fieldfare x10 As Above
Peregrine Wet Grassland
Oystercatcher x1 Main Scrape
Treecreeper Behind New Toilet Block
Nuthatch Near Reception
Water Pipit Marsh Covert Hide
Meadow Pipit As Above
Marsh Harrier Over Marsh Covert Reedbed
Merlin Burton Marsh From Point
Water Rail Copse To IMF
Green Sandpiper Reception Pool
Green Woodpecker Burton Point

Neston Marsh
Firecrest by sewage works plus 4 Marsh Harrier,4 Great White Egret and a Short-eared Owl.

Leasowe Lighthouse
3 Raven,Chiffchaff and a Grey Wagtail.

New Brighton marine lake
12 Purple Sandpiper and a Mediterranean Gull.

Parkgate Marsh
Ruddy shelduck-1 off Station road.


CHESHIRE
Moore Nature reserve
2 Lesser spotted woodpecker.

Marbury Country Park
Hawfinch-5 still around Old hall site and Lesser spotted woodpecker.

Sandbach Flashes
3 Whooper swans over,2 Great white egrets and Little egret.

MEGAS IN BRITAIN
PINE BUNTING-One in an area with no general access briefly on 20th January but no sign since;-Holt-Norfolk.

THAYER'S GULL-Juvenile-Isbley water-Blashford lakes-Hampshire.

NORTH AMERICAN HORNED LARK-

Probable nominate form alpestrisor hoyti on south side of causeway on bank; view from causeway between A3044 and Town Lane (TQ051731, TW19 7PU)-Staines reservoir-Surrey.

PACIFIC DIVER-Adult offshore-Pendower beach-Cornwall. 

PACIFIC DIVER-Adult still Jubilee pool-Penzance-Cornwall.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 3RD FEBRUARY 2018

WIRRAL
Leasowe Lighthouse
Greenshank by groyne.

Parkgate
Hen Harrier-Male.


North Wirral Coast
10,000+ Common Scoter

Neston Reed Bed
4 Great White Egret and a Red-breasted Merganser fishing on flooded pool.

Burton RSPB
Pintail x1 IMF
Goldcrest x3 Path To IMF
Stonechat x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Fieldfare x4 Tree Back Of Burton Mere
Nuthatch Near Reception Feeder
Grey Wagtail Reception Pool
Peregrine Fence Right Of Main Scrape
Whooper Swan x4 Field Behind `D'Barn
Pink-Footed Geese x200+ Flew Over Reserve
Sparrowhawk Over Field By Bunker
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland

CHESHIRE
Frodsham Marsh
Great White egret.

Sandbach Flashes
Iceland Gull and Yellow legged gull.

Cuddington
Hawfinch-1 still at Delamere Park at corner of Westrees.

Hale
Little Stint with 3000 Dunlin.

MEGAS IN BRITAIN
MERLIN-female/juvenile male 'Taiga Merlin' (nominate form columbarius) at Burnside at c.14:00 then flew off-Thurso-Highland-Scotland.

NORTH AMERICAN HORNED LARK-

Probable nominate form alpestrisor hoyti on south side of causeway on bank; view from causeway between A3044 and Town Lane (TQ051731, TW19 7PU)-Staines reservoir-Surrey.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 2ND FEBRUARY 2018

WIRRAL
Hilbre
6 Eider and 1 Peregrine, 367 Cormorant flew out of estuary.

Little Eye-Hilbre
444 Grey Plover.

Heswall-Riverbank road
300 Pink-footed Geese,6 Brent Geese,10 Red-breasted Merganser,Marsh Harrier, Ringtail Hen Harrier,2 Peregrine,Merlin,600 Redshank and 350 Curlew.


Parkgate
8 Great White Egret,2 (male and ringtail) Hen Harrier,5 Marsh Harrier,4 Rock Pipit,2 Merlin and 2 Peregrine.


Neston Sewage work
Firecrest and a Water Pipit.

Burton RSPB
Grey Wagtail Ditch By Barn
Fieldfare x70+ Field Left Bunker Entrance
Redwing x60+ As Above
Curlew x12 Right Of Main Scrape
Treecreeper Near Old Toilet Block
Water Pipit x2 Marsh Covert Hide On Right As You Go In
Snipe x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Mistle Thrush x2 End Of Boardwalk Field On Right
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Peregrine Over Main Scrape

CHESHIRE
Chester
Arctic Redpoll-1 reported in area with no general access. 

MEGAS IN BRITAIN
NORTHERN HARRIER-Adult male again late afternoon then flew towards Sanday-North Ronaldsay-Orkney.

NORTH AMERICAN HORNED LARK-

Probable nominate form alpestrisor hoyti on south side of causeway on bank; view from causeway between A3044 and Town Lane (TQ051731, TW19 7PU)-Staines reservoir-Surrey.

ITALIAN SPARROW-Possible (or hybrid sparrow sp.) in gardens on Wynards Road and Cadbury Gardens (present several days); park in car park off Hayes Lane or on B3178 at Oak Hill (c.SY067847)-East Budleigh-Devon.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS AND UK MEGAS 1ST FEBRUARY 2018

WIRRAL
New Brighton
2 Little Gull over river,11 Purple Sandpiper,230 Turnstone,1,700 Redshank and 180 Dunlin on pontoon.


Burton RSPB
Redwing x25 Tree Behind Field Left Of Bunker
Peregrine Wet Grassland
Pink-Footed Geese x200+ Wet Grassland
Marsh Harrier x2 Over Wet Grassland
Curlew x15 Right Of Main Scrape
Nuthatch Car Park
Bullfinch x1 Tree Burton Mere
Little Grebe x2 Burton Mere
Meadow Pipit x2 Marsh Covert Hide
Snipe x1 Marsh Covert Hide
Stonechat x2 Birdcrop Field

Denhall Quay
2 Short-eared Owl.


Parkgate
3 Great White Egret and 2 Hen Harrier (male and ringtail).

CHESHIRE
Sandbach Flashes
Juvenile Glaucous gull and Great White egret.

MEGAS IN BRITAIN

NORTH AMERICAN HORNED LARK-

Probable nominate form alpestrisor hoyti on south side of causeway on bank; view from causeway between A3044 and Town Lane (TQ051731, TW19 7PU)-Staines reservoir-Surrey.

PACIFIC DIVER-Adult offshore-Pendower beach-Cornwall. 

AUDOUIN'S GULL-Wholly unconfirmed report of probable adult-Gannel estuary-Cornwall.