Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast (3 Viewers)

[John Barber]

Half a dozen Egyptian Geese reported at Rostherne yesterday.

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Yesterday - Hen Harrier and 12 Greenshanks at Burton Mere Wetlands;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Today - Red Kite at Bridgemere; Green Sandpiper at West Kirby; 3 Wheatears at Hilbre; 35 Little Terns at Hoylake;

CB

 

[Jane Turner]

Marbled Teal at Frodders this evening too

 

[John Barber]

No reference to this bird in Collins. is this likely to be an escaped collection bird ??


Just seen the Marbled Duck thread from RBA. An ex Staffordshire bird seems the most likely.

 

[David Kennedy]

Runcorns Leucistic magpie is still around after a month.

This morning about 6.30am it was in Cheltenham Crescent and Ascot Ave on the rooftops. It remains loyal to that housing estate, often foraging under the cherry trees opposite the few shops.

Not often you see a white, tan, brown and pink magpie!

 

[Himalaya]

Is there some special boating trip which takes people out to see all those seabirds in the second paragraph?

Yesterday - 2 Honey Buzzards reported over Frodsham; Wood Warbler reported at Alderley Edge; 3 Yellow-legged Gulls at Richmond Bank; c800 Swifts at Woolston Eyes; 3 Arctic Skuas and 100+ Gannets at Hoylake; 2 Arctic Skuas at Meols; 24 Little Egrets at Heswall;

Also of interest:- Balearic Shearwater, 25 Storm Petrels, 10 Arctic Skuas, 2 Great Skuas and 1200 Manx Shearwaters several miles offshore form the Wirral coast;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Is there some special boating trip which takes people out to see all those seabirds in the second paragraph?

PM Jane Turner, she knows all about it.

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Aug 21st - Yellow-legged Gull and 5 Little Egrets at Hilbre; 5 Green Sandpipers at Marbury CP;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Aug 22nd - escaped Drake Marbled Teal, 3 Little Egrets, Black-necked Grebe and 5 Green Sandpipers at Frodsham; Pomarine Skua, 3 Arctic Skuas, Great Skua, 100+ Little Terns and Wheatear at Red Rocks; 6 Wheatears, 2 Whimbrel and Shag at Hilbre; 7 Whimbrel and 2 Green Sandpipers at Hoylake; 700 Black-tailed Godwit at Inner Marsh Farm;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Yesterday - Cattle Egret, escaped Marbled Duck, Ruddy Shelduck (plus a hybrid), 2 Black-necked Grebes, 2 Curlew Sandpipers and Little Stint at Frodsham; Marsh Harrier, 400+ Sandwich Terns and 100+ Little Terns at Hoylake; 8 Spotted Redshanks at Burton Mere Wetlands; Green Sandpiper and 4 Whimbrel at Gilroy NP; Shag at West Kirby ML; 16 Willow Warblers and Spotted Flycatcher at Hilbre;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Today - Ruddy Shelduck (and the hybrid), 2 Black-necked Grebes, Turnstone, 11 Ruff, 2 Curlew Sandpipers, Little Stint, 2 Marsh Harriers and Common Tern at Frodsham; Little Gull and Mediterranean Gull at Leasowe; 8 Eiders and 3 Arctic Skuas at Hilbre; Spotted Redshank, Hen Harrier and Red Kite at Parkgate Marsh; 2 Common Scoters, Common Tern and 2 Greenshanks at Marbury CP; Marsh Harrier at Woolston Eyes; Hen Harrier at Burton Marsh; Green Sandpiper and 610 Black-tailed Godwit at Gilroy NP;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Yesterday - Little Stint at Pickering's Pasture;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Today - Curlew Sandpiper at Burton Mere Wetlands; 2 Greenshanks and 6 Wheatears at Leasowe; Greenland Wheatear at Hilbre; Green Sandpiper, Marsh Harrier and Wheatear at Woolston Eyes;

CB

 

[Jane Turner]

Is there some special boating trip which takes people out to see all those seabirds in the second paragraph?

They've finished this season, but we've been going out with The Liverpool Bay Marine conservation group on their shark-tagging trips. Since they use fish finder technology to locate the fish that sharks (and seabirds) are after, then use chum to attract Sharks, they've proven to be a good way to get closer to tubenoses.

I'm sure they'll do it again next year.

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Aug 25th - 2 Black-necked Grebes, 2 Little Stints and 3 Curlew Sandpipers at Frodsham; Garganey at Hale; 3 Curlew Sandpipers and 2 Spotted Redshanks at Burton Mere Wetlands;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Aug 26th - esc Marbled Duck, 2 Black-necked Grebes and Curlew Sandpiper at Frodsham; 3 Curlew Sandpipers at Burton Marsh; 2 Little Stints and Curlew Sandpiper at Hale; Curlew Sandpiper, 3 Redstarts, Hobby and Marsh Harrier at Burton Mere Wetlands; Pied Flycatcher, 5 Wheatears, 2 Whimbrel, 450 Common Terns and 125 Little Terns at Hilbre; Pied Flycatcher at Red Rocks; 2 Marsh Harriers at Neston;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Aug 27th - esc Marbled Duck, Ruddy Shelduck, Black-necked Grebe, Little Egret, 4 Little Stints and 9 Curlew Sandpipers at Frodsham; 6 Goosanders at Hilbre; 9 Ruff and 4 Green Sandpipers at Marbury CP; 870 Black-tailed Godwits at Caldy Shore;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Yesterday - 11 Curlew Sandpipers at Frodsham; 3 Curlew Sandpipers at Hale plus one at Pickering’s Pasture; Little Egret at Woolston Eyes; Spotted Redshank and Yellow-legged Gull at Sandbach Flashes; Arctic Skua at Hilbre; Hen Harrier and Marsh Harrier at Neston; 9 Greenshanks, 13 Ruff and 2 Spotted Redshanks at Burton Mere Wetlands; 10 Ruff and Barnacle Goose at Marbury CP;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Today - 12 Yellow-legged Gulls at Richmond Bank;

CB