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  1. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    This bird uses the Speke Road A500 and adjacent fields and has been around all winter it also gets down to Halewood and has perched on the side of Dundalk Road Widnes.
  2. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Also 9 Waxwings at Weaverham by the Methodist church.
  3. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    6/7 Waxwings still at Co-op Runcorn Old Town at 4pm.
  4. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    any details on Widnes Waxwings?
  5. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    erm, I know we've had a few good days and over the weekend somebody has obviously emptied a big box of Swifts, with a side order of Garden Warblers,BUT, me and a couple of birding mates had a conversation yesterday about the distinct lack of Sand Martin up at our end - anyone else noticed? The...
  6. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    at the time of the Howley Wier report there where at least 3 different Commons, initially described as a mother and calf, then a mate of mine saw a darker more advanced juvenile - this was during a period of very stormy weather and when a number of seals ended up in RSPCA's and the like... Here...
  7. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Are we sure this is a Grey? There has been a couple of common seal around that where reaching Howley Weir last month...
  8. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    coming from Macclesfield surely means that Cheshirebirder has a longer primary projection? :t:
  9. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    whilst out and about Badgering last night, along with Tawnies and Common and Sop Pips, we heard the squeaky gate callings of young Long Eared Owls frequently in a plantation close to Delamere.
  10. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Morning walk through the Paddington Meadows reserve showed two thing required for Sundays AOL Adult Education event – Migrants and Meanders! Plenty of swifts,housies, swallows and sand martins in the air and lots of Migrant warblers – chiffies and willows and blackcaps and whitethroats…...
  11. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    lots of Sandmarts and 2/3 Swifts encountered when opening Wigg Island this morning - and a real 'Brucie Bonus' - two Avocets on the sandbank opposite who followed the river down with the tide - splendid!
  12. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    small number of Waxwings back at Runcorn, heading towards Picowfarm road from Percival Lane.
  13. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    An addition to the above CB - Red kite over Weston Point heading North at 9:15 this morning over Runcorn,perfectly described by one of our Landscape Architects... Not picked up again:-C
  14. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Yep - know that original site,this is a different roost and possibly Owl;)
  15. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Thank the lord! it was about 70mph and a fleeting glimpse but I am 98% certain,even if it is a category C :t: cheers for the info!
  16. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    slightly over the border,but,coming back from Cumbria (having seen nothing of interest) as we approached Ormskirk I thought I saw a White Stork in a field - when we got home I asked Shell who also so it "yep - that was it!" bollocks - if anyones anywhere near please tell me it was a big plastic...
  17. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Moore this afternoon...
  18. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Waxies again at Runcorn very mobile and flitting between Regent Road/Co-op car park and Percival Lane - 70 plus.
  19. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Waxwings still on Percival lane Runcorn, but very mobile (the missus dipped after I sprung her from an important meeting - if you want me I'll be in the Doghouse...)
  20. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    single Willow Warbler,Chiffchaffs and Chetti's at Wigg Island this afternoon, also 100 plus Waxwings at Percival Lane,Runcorn this morning.
  21. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    single Chiffy in at Gatewarth this morning...
  22. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    event at Gatewarth/Richmond Bank... To coincide with a 9.7 metre tide and as part of the River Watch series of events, we will be meeting at 10am for an early start on the construction and placing of bee boxes. Bees are in national decline and alarming statistics have brought the worldwide...
  23. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Alba Wags through Runcorn today, 2/3 at work this afternoon...
  24. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    Wigg Island at 1pm pair of Goosanders erm,well goosing actually...
  25. ta brandreth

    Cheshire And Wirral Birding: Hills, Lowland and Coast

    resisting the pull of Parkgates Ice Cream,I did the Moore/UMS High Tide Birdwatch this morning - after picking off the Lesser Pecker on the main Reserve I had GBB/GBB/HG/CG/BHG and MedGull WIGEON/TEAL/ CURLEW/LAPWING/8 REDSHANK/7 SNIPE/CARRION CROW/PHEASANT/LONG TAIL Ts/REED BUNTS/MALE KESTREL/5...
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