The last birding group day out of November was to Burton Mere Wetlands. We didn’t bother going down to Inner Marsh Farm but we had a nice walk on a day that threatened rain but kept dry for us.
After we had been to Marshside, we didn’t have a lot of time left and the weather was getting a bit iffy, so we dropped in at the cafe for a tea and then just went to the main indoor/outdoor hide so we could get of first Whooper Swans of the year. apart from that…
The birding group were going to be visiting Burton but a last minute change of heart tookus to RSPB Marshside where we had hoped to see any of the Snow Buntings, Twite, Greater Scaup or Glossy Ibis which has been seen in recent days. We saw none of these! However, we had a good morning…
The second birding trip of the month was to Wigan Flashes which was fairly quiet except for a year tick of Goldeneye.
With the birding group active again, we were able to meet up a few times in November and return to more regular birding.The first outing of the month was to Sandbach Flashes which were almost completely under water – even the path down to the farm was under water all the way to the main…
UK Species Year List to October 2021 UK Species Year List to October 2021: 130Total UK Species in October 2021: 27New “Year Ticks” in October 2021: 4New “Life Ticks” in October 2021: 0
The birding group has been coming out of Covid hibernation and we have started our outings again. The only one we could join in with in October was this trip to Burton MEre Wetlands. It wasn’t a trip with huge numbers of species but we still managed to get fouryear ticks in the shape of…
UK Species Year List to September 2021: 126Total UK Species in September 2021: 8New “Year Ticks” in September 2021: 0New “Life Ticks” in September 2021: 0 No birding done this month due to domestic obligations, Covid and poor weather. Depressing
UK Species Year List to August 2021: 127Total UK Species in August 2021: 59New “Year Ticks” in August 2021: 7New “Life Ticks” in August 2021: 0 The relaxing of Covid lockdown meant that we were able to take a modest holiday for a week. We went to stay with friends Somerset and on the way…
After we had left Montacute, we stayed another night at Slimbridge, again staying at the Tudor Arms, and the following morning, before we set off north, we dropped in at SLimbridge WWT again. This time we decided not to bother with the Safari and headed straight for the South Lake. Unfortunately there wasn’t a great…
