Summary : August 2014

Summary : August 2014

Birding Days Out

On the 8th August we drove up to WWT Martin Mere where we managed to see a nice pair of Wood Sandpipers. On the 12th we went up to Hoylake for a high tide (13.01hrs (BST), 9.8m) where we had close views of large numbers of Dunlin, Ringed Plovers and Sandwich Terns. A Visit to Woolston Eyes was less sepctacular but still a nice day out.

On the 26th August we we stayed overnight at Arnside which gave us the chance to have a long visit to RSPB Leighton Moss where we had good views of Greenshank, Spotted Redshanks, Water Rails and Great White Egrets. We stayed overnight and went back to the reserve on the following day.

Birding Group Days Out

There were no birding group days this month

Garden

The start of the month saw some fairly mixed weather. The Tits seem to still be the busiest birds though we do have a little flock of Starlings coming to the bird table in varying numbers from day to day. Blackbird activity much quieter. From the 10th onwards we started to have a Nuthatch feeding from the peanut feeder and a Coal Tit appeared. There are large numbers of Blue Tits and Great Tits and a few Goldfinch. It would seem that the food might be starting to run out in the wild so hopefully we will start to see more birds in the garden. On the 18th a Wren and a new Robin also showed up.