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

[Cheshire Birder]

Today - Mediterranean Gull at Heswall;

CB

 

[JWN Andrewes]

Hi: Was there last Thursday 12 June - only saw 2 Avocets in middle scrape from Reception building ........... Little Owl showing though ............ :t:

The Avocets should still be around BMW as they had young when I last visited. The other option is Frodsham, by the Weaver Bend, but thats a bit of a walk to get to.

CB

Thanks chaps

Successful trip on Saturday. The boys were delighted to see real live Avocets, with Oystercatcher, Shelduck, Little Grebe & Grey Heron also all new birds for them. Real stars were Goldfinches on the feeders though; Archie was transfixed for a good 5 minutes. Amazing to see how the site has changed since I visited last, we'll definitely visit again.

Cheers

James

 

[Vernon Lundy]

Probably only anecdotal but there seems to be less hirundines and swifts around mid-Cheshire than recent years. Passing a large herd of cattle by Delamere Forest this morning I was struck by the very few martins flying above them. Thinking back the Sand Martin banks at Northwich Woodlands have not been used and very few swifts and martins are hunting. Further there seems to be less insects this year, could this be the reason so few birds appear to have remained to breed?

 

[Cheshire Birder]

June 24th - Red-necked Grebe at Frodsham; 7 Spotted Redshanks and Little Gull at Burton Mere Wetlands;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

June 25th - Red-necked Grebe at Frodsham;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Yesterday - Red-necked Grebe at Frodsham; Little Gull at Burton Mere Wetlands; Spotted Redshank at Pickering's Pasture; Whimbrel and 3 Mediterranean Gulls at Heswall; Mediterranean Gull at Leasowe;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Today - Green Sandpiper at Burton Mere Wetlands;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

June 25th – 2 Common Terns at Houghton Green Flash;

June 26th – 2 Green Sandpipers at Marbury CP;

Yesterday - 13 Little Ringed Plovers and 5 Green Sandpipers at Sandbach Flashes;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

June 28th - Red-necked Grebe at Frodsham; Wood Sandpiper, 3 Garganey and 2 Green Sandpipers at Hale; Ruddy Shelduck at Neumann's Flash; Little Gull at Burton Mere Wetlands; Yellow-legged Gull at Hoylake;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Yesterday - Red-necked Grebe at Frodsham; Wood Sandpiper and 2 Whimbrel at Hale; 2 Spotted Redshanks and Mediterranean Gull at Burton Mere Wetlands;

Today - Little Gull and Whimbrel at Pickering's Pasture; Mediterranean Gulls at Leasowe and New Brighton;

CB

 

[bartolli]

Nice day at BMW today, as well as the usual suspects redshanks, common sandpipers, more than 60 little egrets on the pool by marsh covert hide, singing sedge warblers, summer plumage blackwits + Dunlin from imf hide. Back at reception pool black swan put in a nice appearance.

 

[Cheshire Birder]

June 28th and 29th - Spotted Crake at Burton Mere Wetlands;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

July 2nd - Osprey at Norton Marsh; 2 Little Egrets and Mediterranean Gull at Sandbach Flashes; 208 Manx Shearwaters past Hoylake in an hour; 2 Mediterranean Gulls and Grasshopper Warbler at Leasowe; Mediterranean Gull at New Brighton; Black Swan at Burton Mere Wetlands;

July 1st - unconfirmed report of Eleonora's Falcon at Burton Mere Wetlands; Little Ringed Plover at Parkgate;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Yesterday - Osprey at Norton Marsh; 3 Mediterranean Gulls at Leasowe; 2 Mediterranean Gulls at New Brighton ML;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Today - Osprey and Green Sandpiper at Norton Marsh; 6 Spotted Redshanks and 2 Ruff at Burton Mere Wetlands; Spotted Redshank, 2 Green Sandpipers and 6 Little Ringed Plovers at Marbury CP;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Yesterday - Red-necked Grebe at Frodsham; 4 Spotted Redshanks at Burton Mere Wetlands;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Today - Osprey at Norton Marsh; 4 Spotted Redshanks at Burton Mere Wetlands; 6 Green Sandpipers at Marbury; 2 Mediterranean Gulls at Leasowe;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Today - Red-necked Grebe at Frodsham; Ospreys at Norton Marsh and Shotwick; Mediterranean Gulls at Gilroy NR and West Kirby Shore also 3 at Leasowe;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

Today - Osprey at Norton Marsh; 6 Spotted Redshanks and 2 Ruff at Burton Mere Wetlands; 2 Mediterranean Gulls and Sandwich Tern at Heswall; 2 Mediterranean Gulls at Leasowe; Green Sandpiper at Gilroy NR, West Kirby;

CB

 

[Cheshire Birder]

July 8th - Common Scoter at Rostherne Mere; 2 Mediterranean Gulls at West Kirby ML; 5 Grassshopper Warblers between Denhall Lane and Neston; Greenshank, Green Sandpiper and 6 Avocets at Decca Pools, Burton;

CB