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Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast (1 Viewer)

PhilW said:
Meanwhile back to the topic of the thread.........
Redwing on Hilbre this morning caused a bit of a suprise! I know the weathers ben cold but all the same! My latest ever in Cheshire.
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Thank you Phil for returning us to normality.

Your Redwing record reminds me of an even more extraordinary record I had of a pair of Fieldfares in mid June some years ago. Truly an incredible sight.

CB
 
todays news - 2 Spotted Flycatchers, Cuckoo, Siskin & 2 Grasshopper Warblers at Red Rocks; male Ruff, Cuckoo & Avocet at IMF; 4 Whimbrel at Heswall Shore; 2 Whimbrel at Hilbre; Knot at Moore NR;

CB

PS where are the Black Terns?
 
mosschops said:
Ospreys nested in the english lake district and Wales of their own accord so why on earth did the RSPB and whoever else is involved reintroduce them at Rutland?
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As far as I am aware the return of ospreys to Wales is a direct result of the Rutland scheme as it was a Rutland released female that established in Wales and attracted a mate in the first place, which was the beginnings of the currently establishing Welsh population.

Ospreys are colonial in a loose sense. Most sub-adult birds prefer to hang around waiting for a territory to become vacant rather than settle into a new area, hence the very slow initial spread through Scotland. Its no coincidence that the Rutland female lingered at a site in Wales on the same latitiude that she was reared/released at, and without her then I doubt there would be ospreys nesting in Wales. The increase in pairs there is a direct result of that first pair establishing - the beginnings of a new loose colony which has attracted other birds in as obviously these new pairs (3+ now?) cannot all be descendants of the Porthmadog birds.

I'm not wishing to start an argument: I too have reservations about some introduction schemes, but thought you might like to know the facts. Hopefully this won't degenerate into an argument as this is, after all, a Cheshire sigthings thread!!

Good spotting all. Lets have some black terns please.

Cheers.
 
Todays news - 2 Whinchats still at Leasowe; Sanderling at Moore NR; Opsrey over M53 at Clatterbridge this evening;

Late news yesterday - Mandarin & 2 Common Sands at Macclesfield Forest

CB
 
Red Rocks was on form this morning - just about to write it up. The only problem was that the vagrant was an amazing date rather than an amazing species.
 
Zoot said:
As far as I am aware the return of ospreys to Wales is a direct result of the Rutland scheme as it was a Rutland released female that established in Wales and attracted a mate in the first place, which was the beginnings of the currently establishing Welsh population.

Ospreys are colonial in a loose sense. Most sub-adult birds prefer to hang around waiting for a territory to become vacant rather than settle into a new area, hence the very slow initial spread through Scotland. Its no coincidence that the Rutland female lingered at a site in Wales on the same latitiude that she was reared/released at, and without her then I doubt there would be ospreys nesting in Wales. The increase in pairs there is a direct result of that first pair establishing - the beginnings of a new loose colony which has attracted other birds in as obviously these new pairs (3+ now?) cannot all be descendants of the Porthmadog birds.

I'm not wishing to start an argument: I too have reservations about some introduction schemes, but thought you might like to know the facts. Hopefully this won't degenerate into an argument as this is, after all, a Cheshire sigthings thread!!

Good spotting all. Lets have some black terns please.

Cheers.
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HI,
Some interesting points there. I thought there was only 2 pairs in wales - Porthmadog and nr Yns Hir. Are the others?
3 Buzzards cirlcling right over Crewe town centre this morning and its good to hear Swifts screaming down the street again. They seem late this year.
Also it seems like a really good year for Whitethroat. They are all over the place, even singing outside Crewe station but i haven't had a single lesser yet this year.

Jason

Cheers
 
Jane Turner said:
Red Rocks was on form this morning - just about to write it up. The only problem was that the vagrant was an amazing date rather than an amazing species.
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I will paraphrase your highlights Jane for my summary (http://www.birdforum.net/showthread.php?t=29968&page=5).

News for today - 4 Common Scoter, Northern Fulmar, Little Egret, Whimbrel, 3 Tree Pipits, Whinchat, Grasshopper Warbler, Garden Warbler, 5+ Spotted Flycatchers, Turtle Dove, Cuckoo and Lapland Bunting coming in off the sea, landed in edge of spartina - full ad male. After a minute, carried on south all at Red Rocks; Spotted Flycatcher and Tree Pipit at Hoylake;

Yesterday Whinchat on Hilbre;

CB
 
Very poor day for cheshire again (so far) - 5 Spotted Flycathers, 3 Whimbrel and 1-2 Tree Pipits at Red Rocks is the only news.

Slightly further afield in NW today - Common Rosefinch on Isle of Man; Wilson's Phalarope at Seaforth; 2 Subalpine Warblers & Golden Oriole in Gwynedd; Dotterel on Anglesey;

CB
 
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