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 |
