CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 3RD MAY 2018

WIRRAL
Leasowe Lighthouse
3 Whinchat,20 Wheatear,10 Sand Martin over,Yellow wagtail and White Wagtails - Kerr's Field.Cuckoo(female)-Sandy Lane-Flew towards horse paddock-western kissing gate.


Caldy Shore
18 Whimbrel and 240 Black-tailed Godwit.

Thurstaston Hill
Iberian Chiffchaff-Male still singing along the path just west of Benty Farm. 

Hilbre
17 Willow Warbler,Grasshopper Warbler,13 Whimbel and 2 Eider.

Burton RSPB
Spotted Redshank 6 IMF + 1 Border Pool
Bar-Tailed Godwit x1 IMF
Common Sandpiper x1 IMF
Chiffchaff Copse To IMF
Sedge Warbler Near Railway Bridge
Pink-Footed Geese x500 Burton Marsh From Point
Grey Partridge x2 Birdcrop Field
Whitethroat x4 Along Boardwalk By 2 Gates
Great Crested Grebe x2 Bridge Screen Pool
Reed Warbler Reedbed Near Screen
Blackcap Burton Mere By Bridge
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
Swift x3 Over Reception Pool
Avocet x102 Main Scrape
Yellow Wagtail Wet Grassland Left Main Scrape
Mediterranean Gull x2 Wet Grassland Behide Main Scrape
Mistle Thrush x2 Marsh Covert Wood
Cuckoo (Heard) From Birdcrop Field
Little Gull Marsh Covert hide

(C)ALASTAIR ORTON

CHESHIRE
Astbury Country Park
Lesser Whitethroat,Garden Warbler and Hobby over.

Sandbach Flashes
Garden warbler,Yellow wagtail and a Little Ringed plover-Elton Hall flash.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 2ND MAY 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Common Sandpiper x2 Main Scrape
Common Tern x2 Main Scrape
Avocet x95 Main Scrape
White Wagtail Wet Grassland Right Main Scrape
Treecreeper Car Park
Cetti`s Warbler By Willow Pool
Blackcap Near Marsh Covert Wood
Swallow Over Bridge Screen Pool
Sand Martin Over Bridge Screen Pool
Swift x4 Over Bridge Screen Pool
Whitethroat Far End Boardwalk
Grey Partridge x2 Birdcrop Field
Chiffchaff Copse To IMF
Spotted Redshank x7 IMF
Bar-Tailed Godwit x2 IMF
Dunlin x50 IMF
Yellow Wagtail Wet Grassland Right Main Scrape

Thurstaston Hill
Iberian Chiffchaff-Male still singing along the path just west of Benty Farm. 

(C)ALLAN CONLIN

CHESHIRE
Pickerings Pasture
Little stint-Two on Hale Marsh viewed from screen over high tide.

Sandbach Flashes
Ringed plover and 2 Little ringed plover-Pumphouse flash.2 Whinchat-Railway flash.

Woolston Eyes
Arctic Tern.

Knutsford
2 Egyption geese and 2 Male Mandarin Duck-In flooded field on approach road to Knutsford A537.

Audlem Bowling Club
Red Kite-Over.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 1ST MAY 2018

WIRRAL
Red Rocks
Western Osprey-Flew north this morning.

Thurstaston Hill
Probable Iberian Chiffchaff -400 yards west of Benty Farm at 1.30pm and still present at 6.30pm.

(c)STEVE WILLIAMS

Burton Point
3 Wheatear,Whinchat and 2 Yellow wagtail.

CHESHIRE
Frodsham Marshes
Great White Egret and 3 Whooper swan-Frodsham score.

Moore Nature Reserve
Wood warbler-Still singing along canal tow path.

Astbury Country Park
Pied Flycatcher-Heard calling.

Hale Lighthouse
9 Whimbrel.Hobby-Town lane.

(C)DAVE CRAVEN

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