Marbury Country Park and Budworth Mere : 1st December 2015
Marbury Country Park and Budworth Mere : 1st December 2015
The first December birding group date was in danger of being cancelled due to the bad weather but we did find one place with a fair forecast and that was Marbury Country Park and Budworth Mere. The day turned out to be quite pleasant and we had a couple of nice sightings in Kingfisher and Great Spotted Woodpecker and some Redwing and a single Fieldfare. We went on to the “Spinner & Bergamot” in Comberbach for a good pub lunch and our end of term planning meeting.
We had phoned the pub up in advance and arranged for a big table and there were about eight of us there; not Richard or David Hulse, which was a shame, but we managed to knock up a schedule anyway. We still have a Tuesday next week at Martin Mere for further tickling of the schedule but for the moment it is :
Jan 12 Pennington
Jan 19 Burton
Jan 26 Tatton Park
Feb 2 Neumann’s Flash
Feb 9 Parkgate (high tide); and then possibly New Brighton
Feb 16 half term – but we could still decide to go out/to be discussed further
Feb 23 NORTH WALES – day trip
Mar 1 Frodsham
Mar 8 Moore
Mar 15 MARSHSIDE – day trip
Mar 22 Marbury
Then it is Easter.
Bird Sightings : Marbury Country Park
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Greylag Goose | 4 |
| Canada Goose | 30 |
| Common Shelduck | 1 |
| Gadwall | 8 |
| Mallard | 30 |
| Common Pochard | 2 |
| Tufted Duck | 30 |
| Great Crested Grebe | 12 |
| Great Cormorant | 30 |
| Grey Heron | 1 |
| Common Buzzard | 1 |
| Eurasian Curlew | 8 |
| Black-headed Gull | 40 |
| Mew Gull | 8 |
| Common Kingfisher | 1 |
| Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 |
| Common Kestrel | 1 |
| Eurasian Jay | 2 |
| Eurasian Magpie | 4 |
| Great Tit | 8 |
| Eurasian Blue Tit | 10 |
| Long-tailed Tit | 6 |
| Eurasian Nuthatch | 3 |
| European Robin | 2 |
| Eurasian Blackbird | 2 |
| Fieldfare | 1 |
| Redwing | 12 |
| Mistle Thrush | 4 |
| Common Chaffinch | 4 |
| European Goldfinch | 6 |