Birding Group Day Out to Pennington Flash 11th October 2011
Birding Group Day Out to Pennington Flash 11th October 2011
We were supposed to go to Wigan Flashes this day but the weather was so poor that it was decided that we should go to Pennington Flash again just because it has enough hides to provide pretty continuous cover if needed and needed it was as we went from hide to hide whenever there was a bit of a lull in the rain. there was also a driving wind which is always at its most furious in the Horrocks hide where we started. The only good spot here was three Little Grebes although we all spent an age discussing whether a duck with a white front was actually a cross bred Mallard or something more interesting. In the end we decided that it was a cross breed because it started swimming with other Mallards when some flew in. Apart from that it was all Coots and Canada Geese and Lapwings and Cormorants
Going on to the Tom Edmundson hide we added a few Shovelers and Gadwalls to our list and at the Ramsdale hide there were Teal, more Shovelers, Coots galore and about 80 Canada Geese. At the Teal hide there were around 40 Teal and a few Gadwall and Shovelers and a spattering of Lapwing and the ubiquitous Coots. We came back vis the Bunting hide and even here things were relatively quiet although we did get Willow Tit and Bullfinch, a lot of Chaffinch and some Greenfinch. All in all a bit of a quiet day but the weather was so bad I suppose even the birds were tired of it.
Bird List : Horrocks Hide
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Canada Goose | 20 |
| Mute Swan | 10 |
| Mallard | 6 |
| Little Grebe | 3 |
| Great Cormorant | 12 |
| Common Coot | 30 |
| Northern Lapwing | 20 |
Bird List : Tom Edmonson Hide
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Mute Swan | 2 |
| Gadwall | 10 |
| Mallard | 20 |
| Northern Shoveler | 13 |
| Grey Heron | 5 |
Bird List : Ramsdale Hide
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Canada Goose | 80 |
| Mute Swan | 30 |
| Gadwall | 6 |
| Mallard | 13 |
| Northern Shoveler | 30 |
| Common Teal | 20 |
| Eurasian Common Moorhen | 1 |
| Common Coot | 30 |
Bird List : Teal Hide
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Mute Swan | 13 |
| Gadwall | 6 |
| Northern Shoveler | 4 |
| Common Teal | 40 |
| Eurasian Common Moorhen | 1 |
| Common Coot | 20 |
| Northern Lapwing | 12 |
| Eurasian Jay | 2 |
| Eurasian Magpie | 1 |
Bird List : Bunting Hide
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Mallard | 6 |
| Common Pheasant | 4 |
| Eurasian Magpie | 6 |
| Willow Tit | 2 |
| Great Tit | 4 |
| Common Blue Tit | 8 |
| European Robin | 1 |
| Dunnock | 1 |
| Chaffinch | 30 |
| European Greenfinch | 6 |
| Common Bullfinch | 4 |