August 2017 Summary UK Species Year List to August: 186 Total UK Species in August: 80 New “Year Ticks” in August: 4 New “Life Ticks” in August: 2 New “Year Ticks” in August: Black Guillemot on Isle of Rum on 1st August 2017 Manx Shearwater on Isle of Rum on 1st August 2017 Green Sandpiper…
On the last day of the month we decided to go up to the Wirral to look at some sites that we had not previously been to but first we dropped off at Burton Mere Wetlands to see if we could find the Pectoral Sandpiper that we had heard was showing fromthe reception hide. Unfortunately…
The BirdGuides reporting service had been listing a juvenile Purple Heron as being seen regularly from the Grisedale hide at RSPB Leighton Moss so we drove up there hoping it was still there. When we got to the hide photographers were obviously hogging the prime positions and not moving and this was exascerbated by…
The first opportunity we had to get out and about birding after our Scotland holiday was a trip to Burton Mere Wetlands on a fine, warm day. Our visit got off to a great start when we were informed that one of the adult Cattle Egrets was standing on one of the islands of the…
Our Scotland break this year took in visits to all the various branches of my family and covered the Lothians, Fife, Aberdeenshire, the highlands and the islands. Over the period we got ninety species including two”life ticks” and ten other “year ticks” Our trip is described in full below.
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
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…
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…
June 2017 Summary UK Species Year List to June: 168 Total UK Species in June: 58 New “Year Ticks” in June: 5 New “Life Ticks” in June: 0
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,…
