Birding Group Visit to Old Moor Nature Reserve : 23rd October 2018
The second birding group outing that I could make in October was the longer trip out over the moors to Old Moor RSPB reserve. The day was very windy and this did for any idea we might see any Bearded Tits. In fact it rather did for seeing any small birds so we were left with a range of ducks instead and a few waders.
A pair of Green Sandpipers and a few Black-tailed Godwits were all that we saw in the wader department and as far as the ducks went they were pretty much where we could see anywhere. So a long way to go for the usual suspects but I suppose it made for a change. It might have been quite different if it wasn’t blowing a gale.
Bird Sightings : Old Moor Nature Reserve : 23rd October 2018
| Little Grebe | 1 |
| Great Crested Grebe | 1 |
| Great Cormorant | 20 |
| Grey Heron | 2 |
| Common Moorhen | 6 |
| Common Coot | 16 |
| European Golden Plover | 60 |
| Northern Lapwing | 20 |
| Green Sandpiper | 3 |
| Black-tailed Godwit | 4 |
| Common Snipe | 2 |
| Black-headed Gull | 30 |
| Mew Gull | 1 |
| Herring Gull | 12 |
| Eurasian Magpie | 6 |
| Carrion Crow | 20 |
| Common Starling | 20 |
| Pied Wagtail | 1 |