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

[Cheshire Birder]

Today - 2 Ruddy Shelducks at Burton; Ring Ousel at Meols;

CB

 

[Jane Turner]

Does anyone have, or know anyone who has, photographs or descriptions of the Red Rocks "Kentish" plover from the 70s?

 

[owl flight]

Does anyone have, or know anyone who has, photographs or descriptions of the Red Rocks "Kentish" plover from the 70s?

i'll have a look when i get home jane, but i don't think i made any notes on this cos it was just a "kentish"... i take it you're trying to see if it can be turned into a snowy? certainly be interesting to view any photos. good luck...

 

[Jane Turner]

It was a Snowy, just need some more photos to back it up.

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Oct 26th - Hobby at Burton Mere Wetlands; 5 Eiders and 2965 Fieldfares at Red Rocks; 3 Eiders and 15 Guillemots at Hilbre; Red-breasted Goose at Redesmere; 4 Avocets and Swallow at Frodsham; c950 Redwings, 450 Fieldfares and Whooper Swan at Leasowe; 2 Scaup and 5 Yellow-legged Gulls at Sandbach Flashes;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Oct 27th - Snow Bunting at Leasowe; 17 Whooper Swans, 51 Ravens, Stonechat and Marsh Harrier at Frodsham; 9 Whooper Swans and 2 Greenshanks at Parkgate; 4 Whooper Swans at Thurstaston; 2 Whooper Swans and 4 Guillemots at Red Rocks;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Yessterday - 2 Great White Egrets, Hobby, 113 Little Egrets, 9 Short-eared Owls and 4 Whooper Swans at Burton Marsh; 20+ Jays at Neumann's Flash; 2 Bramblings at Frodsham;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Today - Hobby and 10 Whooper Swans at Burton Mere Wetlands; 47250 Starlings, 3940 Chaffinches, 73 Bramblings and Whooper sWan at Red Rocks; 176 Brent Geese at Hilbre;

CB

 

[Jane Turner]

Starlings may be revised up yet... heaviest overhead passage I've ever seen.

http://www.birdforum.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=411806&d=1351499053

tiny fraction of the largest flock, which was 5km long!

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Today - Great White Egret at Parkgate; 7 Whooper Swans and 19 Ravens at Hale;

CB

 

[bradinho]

Of interest to readers of this forum http://vimeo.com/52456841
footage form the new bird watching facility at Point of Ayr, Flintshire
www.rspb.org.uk/pointofayr for more details of free guided walk on Saturday

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Oct 31st - Ring-billed Gull at Hale; Great White Egret at Parkgate; 48 Whooper Swans at Burton Outer Marsh; 122+ Brent Geese at West Kirby Shore;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Yesterday - Hobby at Ness; 4 Whooper Swans at Neumann's Flash; 6 Short-eared Owls at Burton; Marsh Harrier at Parkgate;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Today - 2 Great White Egrets, Marsh Harrier and 3 Hen Harriers at Parkgate; Jack Snipe and 2 Bramblings at Woolston Eyes; Yellow-legged Gull at Sandbach Flashes; Marsh Harrier at Burton; 3 Brent Geese at Thurstaston; 10 Purple Sandpipers at New Brighton ML

CB

 

[HughPulsford]

Can I request that any observers who are claiming Caspian Gulls, refer to the paper in BB Dec 2011 by Gibbins et al, (notably the list of plumage and other trait features to score and the summary on page 740) and present relevant trait scores in any description where possible, and concentrate their photographs as follows: on adult gulls, on P10 to define the balance of black and white and the colour of the pale tongue on this feather. Any adult Gull showing more black than white on this feather, irrespective of ALL other adult features should not be identified as a 'pure' Caspian Gull. 1st winter birds vary enormously compared to hybrids or Herring Gull with few definitive stable traits and bill shape (length:depth ratios) greater covert pattern, scapular pattern and moult and primary projection and dark underwings must all be seen and scored since there is considered little or no overlap once the scores are totaled up between Hybrids and pure Caspian's.
The problem posed by hybrids unfortunately suggests that a conservative approach to field identification is gpoing to have to be adopted for this species moving forward opposite the County database.

Now I know why I hate Gulls!
regards
Hugh

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Today - 2 Great White Egrets at Parkgate; Lapland Bunting at Thurstaston; 2 Scaup and Stonechat at Sandbach Flashes;

Yesterday - Red-breasted Goose and a small Mallard chick at Redesmere;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Today - Great White Egret and 800+ Pink-footed Geese at Parkgate; 8 Bewick's Swans at Burton Mere Wetlands;

CB

 

[PhilW]

Now I know why I hate Gulls![/B]
regards
Hugh

Lump them all Hugh. Along with Redpolls. Only two species. Big white fluffy ones and little brown ones.

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Lump them all Hugh. Along with Redpolls. Only two species. Big white fluffy ones and little brown ones.

:t::t:

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Today - 2 Red-breasted Mergansers at Sandbach Flashes (first record since 1989); Mediterranean Gull at Leasowe;

CB