Catch Up

From the beginning of August to the start of September I had been in Portugal, and from then on to this point now I have been busy with exam preparation therefore I apologise for the lack of sightings. This blog will ideally catch you up to date with the birds that have turned up at Winsford Flash.

03/09/17

A CASPIAN GULL (first record) was present viewed from the footpath down from Rilshaw Lane carpark as was a Redshank and 3 Swift. 5 Teal were on the spit, and a Water Rail was calling in the reedbed adjacent to the mudflats. A Cettis Warbler was singing by the sailing club.

07/09/17

Another first record came in the form of a YELLOW-LEGGED GULL viewed from the spit at Rilshaw Lane. The bird lingered late into the evening until it eventually headed off with 3 Lesser Black Backed Gull. Other species on the 7th included 3 Green Sandpiper, 1 Mandarin and 2 Tawny Owl.

21/09/17

2 Sandwich Tern headed east over the flash, the first sighting for a couple of years at the site. Also present was an adult Mediterranean Gull and a juv Common Tern.

30/09/17

A fantastic day for passerines with an exceptional record of a YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER mixed in with a large tit flock along Rilshaw Lane. This bird was a first for Winsford but also a very scarce inland Cheshire one too, with them them barely being annual in the inland Cheshire region of the county. Good numbers of Goldcrest and Chiffchaff also seemed to be about the area. A Marsh Tit rounded the day off nicely.

04/09/17

A Mediterranean Gull was the only bird of note.

Observers: Findlay Wilde (images), Graham Bayliss and John Gilbody