August 2019 Summary
August 2019 : Summary
UK Species Year List to August: 177
Total UK Species in August: 53
New “Year Ticks” in August: 1
New “Life Ticks” in August: 1
Life ticks in August 2019
- Little Bustard At Mickletown Ings on 8th August 2019
Year ticks in August 2019
- Curlew Sandpipers at Leighton Moss on 28th August 2019
We had a pretty quiet August birding-wise. We had another interesting recce at Heswall Fields on the 1st of the month and we dropped down to Parkgate where there has been a nice group of half a dozen Spoonbills roosting. By far the biggest event of the month, year and possibly our biring activities so far, was seeing the Little Bustard at Mickletown Methley, probably our rarest UK bird to date. We got a good “year tick” on the 29th at RSPB Leighton Moss where we got a small group of Curlew Sandpipers. Unfortunately we missed out on the Long-billed Dowitcher that had been at Martin Mere – it was gone before we could get there
Garden
The garden continues to be dominated by the House Sparrows with an ever-increasing flock always around. We get a Nuthatch and Ring-necked Parakeets occasionally. Young Goldfinches are on the feeders a lot – they seem to breed later in the Spring than other birds.
We have had to take drastic measures to keep the Feral Pigeons away – involving much chicken wire and reducing the number of feeders to cut down on spillage. All the new birds this year seem to be messy eaters.