July 2017 Summary
July 2017 Summary UK Species Year List to July: 180 Total UK Species in July: 100 New “Year Ticks” in July: 11 New “Life Ticks” in July: 1
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Flint Castle and Connah’s Quay 9th July 2017
After our visit to Gronant beach we decided to go to Connah’s Quay via Flint Castle. As it turned out, the tide was too high at Flint to be of interest though we did get a very nice flyby at head level of a Peregrine Falcon. Over at Connah’s Quay things were pretty quite but…
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Gronant Beach Little Tern Colony 9th July 2017
Although the birding group term officially ended last Tuesday a few of us wanted to fit in an earlier trip that had been cancelled due to bad weather; this was to Gronant beach where the Little Tern Colony is. As it happened, it was probably wetter this day than on the day we cancelled despite…
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Birding Group Visit to RSPB Bempton Cliffs 7th June 2017
On the second day of our two-day birding group outing, we headed from South Cave up to RSPB Bempton Cliffs. The weather had improved a bit and although it was blowing a gale, it didn’t rain. As ever, it was impsossibly busy but it did what it does – gives you good views of Gannets,…
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Birding Group Visit to Blacktoft Sands and North Cave 6th June 2017
The first birding group outing of June was an overnight visit to Yorkshire taking in RSPB Blacktoft Sands and North Cave on the 6th and RSPB Benpton Cliffs on the 7th. We mostly stayed overnight in the Travelodge at South Cave but a couple of the group stayed in nearby Beverley. The first day was…
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Summary May 2017
May2017 Summary UK Species Year List to May: 163 Total UK Species in May: 129 New “Year Ticks” in May: 33 New “Life Ticks” in May: 1
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High Tide at Hoylake 28th May 2017
We went up to the Wirral on the 28th for a high tide of 9.7 metres at 1:47pm. It wasn’t one of the “spectaculars” that are possible there but it was a nice day and there were small numbers of Dunlin, Sanderling and Ringed Plover around and a single, breeding plumage, Grey Plover. Our viewing…
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Upper Goyt Valley 23rd May 2017
I had been looking forward to the birding group visit to the Goyt Valley for a while now. It is always good for at least some good year ticks and is sometimes exceptionally good. This time it was exceptionally good though we did not get all out target species.
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Burton Mere Wetlands 22nd May 2017
A visit to Burton Mere Wetlands to try to see the Buff-breasted Sandpiper that had been reported there over the weekend turned out to be a “wild goose chase” as it had already flown off on the Sunday night. Be that as it may, it was a nice day and we did manage to see…