Summary February 2016
Summary February 2016 Species this month = 81 New Species added to 2016 Year List in February = 19 Running Total for the 2016 UK So Far = 102 New UK Life List Birds In February= 1 Snow Bunting
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Snow Buntings and North Wales : 23rd February 2016
Snow Buntings and North Wales : 23rd February 2016 A slot in the birding group schedule for this week merely said “north Wales” so it was a bit of a “decide on the hoof” day out. We started, though, at Pensarn where we at least got some Common Scoters but no Divers which was a…
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Tatton Park and the 100th Species of the year: 16th February 2016
Tatton Park and the 100th Species of the year: 16th February 2016 The birding group had a blank slot this Tuesday and we decided to fill it with a visit to Tatton Park as our previous visit there was stymied in part by the closure of Dog Wood as a result of high winds. We…
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Starling Murmuration at Neumann’s Flash : 15th February 2016
Starling Murmuration at Neumann’s Flash : 15th February 2016
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Bittern at Marbury Country Park : 15th February 2016
Bittern at Marbury Country Park : 15th February 2016
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Redhead Smew at Newchurch Common : 15th February 2016
Redhead Smew at Newchurch Common : 15th February 2016 I had read about a red-headed Smew wintering on one of the fishing lakes at Newchurch Common and, as it had been there for quite a while, I reckoned we had a fair chance of seeing it. I had only seen a Smew twice before (each…
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High Tide on the Wirral : 12th February 2016
High Tide on the Wirral : 12th February 2016 A second chance for a high tide on the Wirral arose on Friday the 12th. We thought that we would give Riverbank Road a go first instead of Parkgate, which we would normally go to. The tide wasn’t particularly high at 9.9m at 1.45pm but we…
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Starling Murmuration at Neumann’s Flash : 10th February 2016
Starling Murmuration at Neumann’s Flash : 10th February 2016
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High Tide on the Wirral : 9th February 2016
High Tide on the Wirral : 9th February 2016 The birding group morning on the 9th February landed on a moderately high tide of 9.7m at 11.33 GMT (Liverpool) so it was decided to go to a number of Wirral sites. We started at Hoylake where, even 90 minutes before the official high tide, the…
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Chorlton Water Park : 7th February 2016
Chorlton Water Park : 7th February 2016 I wanted to go back to Chorlton Water Park to try to get some decent photos of the Scaup that has been there in recent days. I went round to the far end of the island but it was reluctant to come out from the safety of the…
