Birding Group Visit to Frodsham Marsh : 24th March 2015
A fairly quiet day on the marshes. We started off at the usual path leading to the Weaver Bend. A fair number of species but numerically modest. A few Goldeneye could be found with a bit of effort and a small group including Gadwall, Teal and Redshank. Curlews flew over in small numbers and a couple (at least) of Kestrels showed themselves. Other than that the highlight was some Ravens fighting with Carrion Crows over the remains of dead sheep over by the farm. Some very wet intervals and even a touch of hail !
One thing that always confuses us at Frodsham is the tides. High tide should have been at around 8.30am and not particularly high at that. When we got there at 10 am the water was as high as we have ever seen it. There seems to be a local tidal situation that we just can’t understand and when we do find the water low it is usually by accident.
Bird Sightings : Frodsham Marsh
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Greylag Goose | 20 |
| Canada Goose | 40 |
| Common Shelduck | 20 |
| Gadwall | 4 |
| Common Teal | 6 |
| Tufted Duck | 30 |
| Common Goldeneye | 6 |
| Little Grebe | 2 |
| Great Crested Grebe | 3 |
| Great Cormorant | 4 |
| Common Buzzard | 3 |
| Common Redshank | 10 |
| Eurasian Curlew | 4 |
| Black-tailed Godwit | 6 |
| Herring Gull | 8 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull | 2 |
| Common Wood Pigeon | 30 |
| Common Kestrel | 2 |
| Carrion Crow | 20 |
| Common Raven | 3 |
| Sky Lark | 2 |
| Eurasian Blue Tit | 2 |
| Eurasian Wren | 1 |
| European Robin | 1 |
| Dunnock | 2 |