Summary June 2025
New “Year Ticks” in June 2025: 1
New “Life Ticks” in June 2025: 0
Total Species for 2025 so far: 109
Last month we had a quiet time of birding because the weather was so hot (like an actual summer) for a few weeks. In June we swapped this for more hot weather when we went on holiday to Nerja in Spain. We didn’t do any serious birding but we did get a life-tick Gull-billed Tern.
We didn’t really get back to birding until the birding group visit to Burton Mere Wetlands on the 24th May where we got a pair of year-tick “Spotted Redshank” and a breeding Spoonbill – their first it seems – and a brief Little Ringed Plover. They also have their first nesting Sand Martins after many years of trying.
In the garden the birds are appreciating a supply of fresh water and there are lots of young House Sparrows. I have seen three Dunnocks at the one time and I assume that this is a family. We are still pestered by Grey Squirrels digging up the lawn and Ring-necked Parakeets dominating the feeders.
The end of the month saw a return to temperatures in the high twenties with very little rain; we have been sitting in the garden enjoying the weather before the inevitable return to business as usual.
Our hedgehog has disappeared, and I am sure it is because of the large number of cats that visit, or even live in, our garden overnight.
| No | Species/Place |
|---|---|
| 1 | Spotted Redshanks at Burton Mere Wetlands on 24 June 2025 |