HEN HARRIER DAY-PARKGATE-SUNDAY 12TH AUGUST 2018

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 4TH AUGUST 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Dunlin x5 IMF
Spotted Redshank x2 IMF
Yellow Wagtail x2 IMF
Hobby Over IMF
Marsh Harrier Over Reedbed
Sedge Warbler Along Boardwalk
Wood Sandpiper Marsh Covert Hide
Green Sandpiper As Above
Blackcap (M) By Willow Pool
Green Sandpiper Recepiont Pool (There Are Two On Reserve)
Dunlin x7 Main Scrape
Ruff x4 Main Scrape
Water Rail Back Of Scrape
Snipe x6 Main Scrape
Cattle Egret Main Scrape
Spotted Crake Was Seen Last Night Back Of Scrape

Hilbre
Long Tailed Skua-Possible flew past at long range,1,000 Sandwich Tern,Eider,8 Whimbrel,10 Sanderling,Wheatear and 8,000 Herring Gull. 

CHESHIRE
Astbury Mere
4 Common Terns-Then flew off south west

Marbury Country Park
Great White Egret,Little Egret,Goosander,Green Sandpiper,Common Sandpiper,Dunlin,Grey Wagtail,Garganey,Snipe,Juvenile Marsh Harrier,13 Little Grebe and 2 Black Tailed Godwit.

Frodsham Marshes
Ruddy Shelduck and c700 Black Tailed Godwits-On Weaver Sluice Gate side of Mersey Estuary.

Comberbach
2 Hobbies-Over.

Pickerings Pasture
Greenshank,2nd Summer Mediterranean Gull,2 Yellow Legged Gull(3s/Adult and a Juvenile) and Hobby.

GREENSHANK

(C)Dave Craven

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 3RD AUGUST 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Yellow Wagtail Back Of Main Scrape
Reed Warbler Back Of Main Scrape
Cattle Egret Main Scrape
Ruff x6 Main Scrape
Wood Sandpiper Main Scrape
Green Sandpiper Reception Pool
Cetti`s Warbler (Family) Along Boardwalk
Sedge Warbler Along Boardwalk
Swallows Over Railway Bridge
House Martins Over Railway Bridge
Hobby By Railway Bridge In Tree
Common Whitethroat By Railway Bridge
Blackcap By Railway Bridge
Spotted Redshank x3 IMF
Snipe x7 IMF
Little Ringed Plover x1 IMF
Marsh Harrier Over Wet Grassland
Lesser Whitethroat By Railway Bridge
Spotted Crake on mainscape.

Parkgate
2 Hobby showing well over marsh and a Great Egret early morning but no sign of possible Pallid Harrier.

Caldy Wildfowl Collection
3,140 Black-tailed Godwit including 12 juveniles.

Hilbre
280 Manx Shearwaters.

CHESHIRE
Marbury Country Park

Little Egret,Marsh Harrier,Great White Egret,3 Garganey,11 Little Grebe,Yellow Wagtail,Common Sandpiper,Little Ringed Plover,Ringed Plover,90 Curlew,Black-tailed Godwit,Dunlin and a Water Rail- Neumann's Flash.

Sandbach Flashes
7 Green sandpiper,2 Common Sandpiper,4 Snipe,Black Tailed Godwit and 3 Goosander(Red Head)-Elton Hall Flash.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 2ND AUGUST 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB
Spotted Redshank x3 IMF (Photo)
House Martins Over IMF
Snipe IMF
Little Ringed Plover x3 IMF
Avocet 1 Adult 1 Juv IMF
Sedge Warbler x2 Reedbed Screen
Green Sandpiper Reception Pool
Cattle Egret Main Scrape
Ruff x5 Main Scrape
Water Rail Main Scrape
Peregrine On Fence Post Wet Grassland
Marsh Harrier Over Reedbed
Treecreeper By Garden

Hilbre
Eider,19 Whimbrel,95 Swallow in overnight roost,Peregrine and 500+ Sandwich Tern.

Parkgate
Possible Pallid Harrier, lot paler than Hen Harrier with prominent and large white ring, came into roost.

CHESHIRE
Pickerings Pasture
Juvenile Caspian Gull,Juvenile Yellow Legged Gull,4 Dunlin,5 Common Sandpiper,14 Avocet,c500 Black Tailed Godwit and Juvenile Peregrine Falcon sat on Runcorn Bridge.

(C)Dave Craven

Marbury Country Park
Great White Egret-Budworth Mere.

Sandbach Flashes
Western Osprey-Flew south over-Elton Hall Flash.

CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL BIRD NEWS 1ST AUGUST 2018

WIRRAL
Burton RSPB

Water Rail Main Scrape
Little Ringed Plover x2 Main Scrape
Ruff x5 Main Scrape
Snipe x6 Main Scrape
Cattle Egret Main Scrape
Green Sandpiper Reception Pool
House Martins Over Reception Pool
Blackcap Marsh Covert Wood
Swifts Over Marsh Covert Wood
Whitethroat Railway Bridge
Spotted Redshank x2 IMF
Dunlin IMF

Hoylake Promenade
Marsh Harrier (juv) flew in off sea.

CHESHIRE
Marbury Country Park

4 Common Terns and Mandarin Duck-Budworth Mere

Yellow Wagtail,Great White Egret,Garganey,2 Black Tailed Godwits,21 Gadwall,Water Rail(Juv)2 Common Sandpiper,11 Little Grebe,3 Little Ringed Plover,2 Snipe and a Green Sandpiper-Neumanns Flash.

Sandbach Flashes

2 Lesser Whitethroat,5 Green Sandpiper,2 Common Sandpiper,Little Ringed Plover and 4 Curlew.