July 2021 Summary
UK Species Year List to July 2021: 120Total UK Species in July 2021: 78New “Year Ticks” in July 2021: 17New “Life Ticks” in July 2021: 1
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Burton Mere Wetlands 31st July 2021
We went back up to Burton Mere Wetlands to try – again! – to see the Long-billed Dowitcher that had been around since the 25th but when we got there, there were no reports of it to be seen anywhere so we had a look at the scrape and walked down to the barn. It…
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Burton Mere Wetlands 27th July 2021
We went up to Burton Mere Wetlands in the hope of seeing the Long-billed Dowitcher which had arrived and settled among the Black-tailed Godwits, sometimes showing on the main scrape and sometimes at the Border Hide. We went to both and, as it transipred, it failed to show up. We were very disappointed with the…
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St Aiden’s RSPB Reserve 16th July 2021
We arrived at St Aiden’s around 10:30am and enquired about the possibility of seeing Black-necked Grebes which are supposed to breed here and we got some advice as to out best plan. This involved taking the red path as far as the smaller track that crosses it (dotted line on the map) where we should…
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Black-browed Albatross RSPB Bempton Cliffs 15th July 2021
We had a very average breakfast at the Green Dragon and then headed off for RSPB Bempton Cliffs. Especially nice around the pub, which we had noticed the evening before, was a big flock of very active Swifts swooping around the roofs of the houses. En route we got Rooks which was listed on my…
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RSPB Fairburn Ings and North Cave Reserves 14th July 2021
When we go to RSPB Bempton Cliffs with the birding group, we usually spend the first day at RSPB Blacktoft Sands and then go to the North Cave Wetlands reserve, staying the evening at the Travelodge at South Cave. On our own, however, we decided to try something different so instead of Blacktoft Sands we…
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Burton Mere Wetlands, Parkgate and Neston 1st July 2021
The first birding outing of the month was to Burton Mere Wetlands. There had been reports of a female Garganey and several Spotted Redshanks. It was a warm and humid day but it was good to get out and we managed to get two good year ticks.
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June 2021 Summary
UK Species Year List to June 2021: 102Total UK Species in June 2021: 86New “Year Ticks” in June 2021: 23New “Life Ticks” in June 2021: 0
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Dove Stone Reservoir 10th – 11th June 2021
We planned to meet some friends at the Huntsman’s Inn near Holmfirth. They were travelling north and wanted a stopover site and it is only an hour from where we are so we arranged to stay the night there. We had most of the day to ourselves so we stopped off at RSPB Dove Stone…
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Birding Group : Burton Mere Wetlands : 3rd June 2021
The second birding group outing since resuming our trips after 2nd wave Covid was to Burton Mere Wetlands. The hides were open again but you still have to wear a mask and ones bins and scopes steam up straight away so not much fun and hard to bear for long. Anyway, we decided to head…