CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 22ND APRIL 2018

WIRRAL
Lower Heswall
Male Ring Ouzel seen from garden.

Leasowe
Male Ring Ouzel-In paddock by Lingham Lane.

Burton RSPB
Lesser Whitethroat Near Barn
Avocets Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gulls Main Scrape
Ruff x2 Right Main Scrape
White Wagtail Left Main Scrape
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
Reed Warbler Near Reedbed Screen
Spotted Redshank x6 MCH & x4 IMF
Great-Crested Grebe x2 Bridge Screen Pool
Blackcap Far End Boardwalk
Grey Partridge x2 Birdcrop Field
Willow Warbler By Railway Bridge
Chiffchaff Path To IMF
Great Egret By Border Pool
Sedge Warbler Burton Point From Cycle Path
Grasshopper Warbler x3 As Above
Wood Warbler Gorse Covert Wood
Swift x2 Over Marsh Covert Wood
Whimbrel x1 Right Main Scrape
Yellow Wagtail Wet Grassland

Decca Pools
2 Garganey (pair).

Heswall
Drake Green-winged Teal-Still in channel off Heswall Field NT. 


CHESHIRE
Newchurch Common
Female Smew of unknown origin-In eastern bay of large pool north of track.

Winsford Flash
Redstart,Swift and Lesser Whitethroat.

Delamere
Iberian Chiffchaff-Possible male still singing along path with Baker Way sign at Black Lake.

(c)DAVE BEDFORD

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 21ST APRIL 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Great Egret x3 Burton Marsh From Point 
Pink-Footed Geese x2500 As Above
Chiffchaff Along Path To IMF
Whitethroat Along Boardwalk By 2 Gate`s
Spotted Redshank x9 From Marsh Covert Hide
Reed Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
Blackcap x2 Marsh Covert Wood
Wood Warbler Gorse Covert Wood
Avocet Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gull Main Scrape
Common Sandpiper Main Scrape
Redstart Burton Point From Cycle Track


Heswall
Grey Partridge Path By Birdcrop Field and Drake Green-winged Teal.

Decca Pools
2 Garganey (pair).


Hilbre
Puffin (distant) and 2 Grasshopper Warbler.


Leasowe Lighthouse
Male Redstart and Whinchat off Park Lane,2 Yellow Wagtail in horse paddocks.

Hoylake

Red KIte circled over Newton at about 1pm then flew towards Hoylake, then over Whaley Lane,Irby.

Meols

Arctic Skua flying east.

CHESHIRE
Delamere
Iberian Chiffchaff-Possible male still singing along path with Baker Way sign at Black Lake.

Hale
3 Great White egrets flew from Duck decoy.

Woolston Eyes
14 Black necked grebes,Arctic tern and Wood sandpiper.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 20TH APRIL 2018

WIRRAL
Leasowe
Red Kite flying south by Leasowe Station at 8.30am.Garden Warbler (Lingham Lane), Whimbrel on groyne,2 Sandwich Tern,Whinchat and a male Common Redstart.

Hilbre
Redwing,Whinchat,Tree Pipit and a Common Sandpiper.

West Kirby

590 Black-tailed Godwit - Caldy Wildfowl Collection off Column Road.


Heswall Shore
13 Whimbrel.

Burton RSPB
Egyption Geese x2 Wet Grassland
Mediterranean Gull x9 Main Scrape
Avocet x100+ Main Scrape
Common Sandpiper Main Scrape
Ruff x2  Left Of Main Scrape
Wood Warbler Gorse Covert Wood On Right As You Go In From Car Park (Photo)
Blackcap By Ramp
Cetti`s Warbler Near Reedbed Screen
Reed Warbler By Reedbed Screen
Spotted Redshank x9 From Marsh Covert Hide
Com-Whitethroat Along Boardwalk By 2 Gate`s
Grey Partridge x1 Flew Over Railway Line
Chiffchaff Along Path To IMF
Reed Bunting x2 Along Path To IMF
Grasshopper Warbler Birdcrop Field

CHESHIRE
Delamere
Iberian Chiffchaff-Possible male still singing along path with Baker Way sign at Black Lake.

Newchurch Common
Female Smew of unknown origin-In eastern bay of large pool north of track.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 19TH APRIL 2018

WIRRAL
Heswall 
drake Green-winged Teal off Heswall Fields at 1215 today,seen briefly before disappearing into marsh, also at least 17 Whimbrel.


Leasowe Lighthouse
Ring Ouzel (fem by Park Lane),30 Wheatear in fields inland of horse paddocks,Tree Sparrow,20+ White Wagtail,male Redstart and Lesser Whitethroat and a Whimbrel by groyne.


Red Rocks
A fall of migrants after dawn produced a Pied Flycatcher (male),3 Redstart,Garden Warbler,Ring Ouzel,16 Wheatear,2 Lesser Whitethroat and 55 Willow Warbler.


Burton Point
Lesser Whitethroat,Common Whitethroat and 3 Grasshopper Warbler.


Hoylake Langfields
Common Sandpiper,Grasshopper Warbler,fem Redstart,4 Common Whitethroat,2 White Wagtail and 7 Wheatear 


Hilbre
2,500 Pink-footed Geese flew out of the estuary just before dawn.

Meols
Red Kite drifted east over Carr Lane this evening. 

Burton RSPB
Great Egret x3 Burton Marsh
Pink-Footed Geese x3000 Burton Marsh
Grasshopper Warbler Just Passed Sheep Pens On Right
Chiffchaff Along Path To IMF
Great Crested Grebe x2  Bridge Screen Pool
Spotted Redshank x11 From Marsh Covert Hide
Greenshank x1 From Marsh Covert Hide
Water Rail Near Reedbed Screen
Sedge Warbler Left Reedbed Screen
Blackcap x2 Marsh Covert Wood
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
Mediterranean Gull x9 Main Scrape
Avocet x140 Whole Reserve
Egyption Geese x2 Wet Grassland
Ruff x2 Left Main Scrape
Green Sandpiper Flew Over Burton Point
Lesser Whitethroat Near Railway Bridge
Reports Melodious Warbler Trees Behind Toilet Block ?

CHESHIRE
Newchurch Common
Female Smew of unknown origin-In eastern bay of large pool north of track.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 18TH APRIL 2018

WIRRAL
Heswall Shore
11 Whimbrel.

Hilbre
Common Sandpiper.

Hoylake Langfields
Grasshopper Warbler.


Hoylake Shore
127+ White Wagtail.

Leasowe Lighthouse
Lesser Whitethroat,Yellow Wagtail,4 Wheatear in horse paddocks and 7+ Willow Warbler.

Neston Old Quay

2 Wheatear


Burton Point
3 Wheatear by sheep pens.

Burton RSPB
Avocet x86 Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gull x7 Main Scrape
White Wagtail x7 Left Main Scrape
Sparrowhawk Right Main Scrape
Ruff x1 As Above
Great Egret Reedbed Right Wet Grassland
Nuthatch Near Reception
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
Blackcap By Burton Mere
Sedge Warbler Left Reedbed Screen
Reed Warbler Near Reedbed Screen To The Right
Chiffchaff Marsh Covert Wood
Spotted Redshank x7 From Marsh Covert Hide
Arctic Tern Over Bridge Screen Pool
Common Sandpiper IMF
Lesser Whitethroat By Railway Near Border Pool

CHESHIRE
Hale
Pied Flycatcher-Male in Hale Park in oak behind children's play area.

Marbury Country Park
Common Tern and 2 Yellow Wagtail-Budworth Mere and Lesser spotted woodpecker-Big wood.

Lower Moss Wood Wildlife Reserve-Knutsford
Cuckoo-Heard