Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash : 25th March 2014
Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash : 25th March 2014
On another wet Tuesday the birding group’s planned visit to Frosdsham Marsh was rescheduled and we went – again – to Pennington Flash. The highlights were my first Sand Martins of the year, good numbers of Goosander and, although we did not manage to see it, we had prolonged singing from a Cetti’s Warbler – just near the Tom Edmundson Hide. It was loud and clear and totally unmistakable.
Bird Sightings : Pennington Flash Environs
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Mute Swan | 4 |
| Mallard | 10 |
| Tufted Duck | 2 |
| Common Goldeneye | 6 |
| Goosander | 5 |
| Great Crested Grebe | 8 |
| Eurasian Common Moorhen | 2 |
| Common Coot | 4 |
| Black-headed Gull | 20 |
| Herring Gull | 1 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 |
| Common Wood Pigeon | 4 |
| Eurasian Magpie | 2 |
| Collared Sand Martin | 6 |
| Dunnock | 1 |
Bird Sightings : Pennington Flash Horrocks Hide
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Mute Swan | 4 |
| Gadwall | 8 |
| Common Teal | 6 |
| Goosander | 10 |
| Great Crested Grebe | 10 |
| Great Cormorant | 12 |
| Northern Lapwing | 2 |
| Common Redshank | 4 |
| Common Snipe | 3 |
| Black-headed Gull | 30 |
| Dunnock | 1 |
Bird Sightings : Pennington Flash Tom Edmondson Hide
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Mute Swan | 2 |
| Northern Shoveler | 4 |
| Common Teal | 6 |
| Goosander | 2 |
| Great Tit | 2 |
| Common Blue Tit | 2 |
| Northern Wren | 1 |
| Cetti’s Warbler | 1 |
| Dunnock | 2 |
Bird Sightings : Pennington Flash Ramsadale Hide
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Canada Goose | 4 |
| Gadwall | 6 |
| Mallard | 2 |
| Tufted Duck | 2 |
| Great Crested Grebe | 2 |
| Grey Heron | 3 |
| Eurasian Common Moorhen | 2 |
| Carrion Crow | 1 |
Bird Sightings : Pennington Flash Teal Hide
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Canada Goose | 1 |
| Northern Shoveler | 12 |
| Common Teal | 4 |
| Tufted Duck | 1 |
| Goosander | 8 |
| Grey Heron | 1 |
| Eurasian Common Moorhen | 1 |
| Common Coot | 3 |
Bird Sightings : Pennington Flash Bunting Hide
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Mallard | 4 |
| Common Teal | 2 |
| Eurasian Common Moorhen | 2 |
| Stock Dove | 6 |
| Eurasian Magpie | 2 |
| Willow Tit | 1 |
| Great Tit | 6 |
| Common Blue Tit | 6 |
| European Robin | 3 |
| Dunnock | 6 |
| Reed Bunting | 10 |
| European Greenfinch | 1 |
| Lesser Redpoll | 1 |
| Common Bullfinch | 8 |
Bird Sightings : Pennington Flash Environs
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Common Kestrel | 1 |
| Great Tit | 4 |
| Common Blue Tit | 6 |
| Eurasian Nuthatch | 2 |
| European Robin | 3 |
| Eurasian Blackbird | 3 |
| Song Thrush | 3 |
| Dunnock | 4 |
| Pied Wagtail | 2 |
| Chaffinch | 6 |