Birding Group : Pennington Flash 11th January 2022
The first birding group day of the term was to Pennington Flash. Unusually it was quite still and, although cold, was not as Siberian as it often is. The January year ticks continued with all the ducks that are usually at Pennington. We had some nice passerines in the woods and from the Bunting hide as well.
A Cetti’s Warbler was singing near the canal and further on we got a bit of a distant group of Siskin. We got Song Thrush and Mistle Thrush but no winter thrushes. At the Bunting Hide we got the usual suspects including Reed Bunting and Bullfinch but not the Marsh Tit we had hoped.
It was a nice day out and a tally of 33 species was acceptable.
Bird Sightings : Pennington Flash 10th January 2022
| Species | No |
|---|---|
| Canada Goose | 20 |
| Mute Swan | 12 |
| Northern Shoveler | 7 |
| Gadwall | 3 |
| Eurasian Wigeon | 3 |
| Mallard | 10 |
| Common Teal | 30 |
| Tufted Duck | 24 |
| Common Goldeneye | 10 |
| Goosander | 7 |
| Little Grebe | 2 |
| Common Moorhen | 6 |
| Common Coot | 20 |
| Eurasian Oystercatcher | 1 |
| Northern Lapwing | 40 |
| Black-headed Gull | 12 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 4 |
| Great Cormorant | 8 |
| Grey Heron | 8 |
| Eurasian Jay | 1 |
| Coal Tit | 1 |
| Eurasian Blue Tit | 6 |
| Great Tit | 6 |
| Cetti’s Warbler | 1 |
| Mistle Thrush | 2 |
| Song Thrush | 1 |
| Eurasian Blackbird | 1 |
| European Robin | 5 |
| Eurasian Bullfinch | 2 |
| European Greenfinch | 1 |
| European Goldfinch | 7 |
| Eurasian Siskin | 4 |
| Reed Bunting | 1 |