Bewick's Swan

© Steve Round

Brent Geese

© Ray Scally

Teal

© Richard Steel

Snipe

© Steve Round

Short-eared Owls

© Richard Steel

Bearded Tit

© Ray Scally

Tawny Owl

© Andy Harmer

Coots

© Ben Hall

Oystercatchers

© Richard Steel

Common Tern

© Sue & Andy Tranter

Turnstone

© Richard Steel

Yellow Wagtail

© Steve Round

Robin

© Steve Round

Brambling

© Richard Steel

Bullfinches

© Steve Round

Kingfisher

© Simon Booth

Blue Tit

© Sue & Andy Tranter

Bar-tailed Godwits

© Steve Round

Wigeon

© Ray Scally

Scaup

© Ray Scally

Cormorants

© Ray Scally

During the three breeding seasons 2004–06 and three winters 2004/05–2006/07, Cheshire and Wirral Ornithological Society (CAWOS) organized more than 350 volunteers to survey all of the county, trying to find every species of bird that was breeding or wintering. The results give an accurate snapshot of bird distributions at the time, and provide a firm basis for assessing future distributional changes. All the results are available on this website, as well as in print in “Birds in Cheshire and Wirral — A breeding and wintering atlas”.

Read Professor Ian Newton's introduction to the atlas.