Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash 19th May 2015
Birding Group Visit to Pennington Flash 19th May 2015
We were scheduled to go to the Goyt Valley today but the weather forecast was so poor we decided to divert to Pennington Flash. There had been some rain overnight and the water level seemed a little high. The main attractions of the day were Common Terns and a Cetti’s Warbler but really that was about it. This sounds very disappointing but it didn’t feel like that; we kept our of the rain mostly and did see 37 species so we could not complain.
We also got our first views of a mixed flock of House Martins, Sand Martins and Swallows, and above them, Swifts. We were very disappointed to see that the changes to the Bunting Hide area have not been changed back and, as in January when we last went there, the area was dominated by squirrels, Pigeons, Stock Doves and Magpies. Although we did see four male Bullfinches (no females) there were only very small numbers of other birds and no Willow Tits or Greenfinches. One’s first reaction is “who do I complain to” ?
Bird Sightings : Pennington Flash Environs
| Species |
Count |
| Mute Swan |
8 |
| Mallard |
20 |
| Tufted Duck |
8 |
| Great Crested Grebe |
2 |
| Common Moorhen |
3 |
| Common Coot |
10 |
| Common Wood Pigeon |
8 |
| Common Swift |
8 |
| Common Kestrel |
1 |
| Sand Martin |
1 |
| Barn Swallow |
6 |
| Common House Martin |
4 |
| Great Tit |
1 |
| Common Chiffchaff |
2 |
| Eurasian Reed Warbler |
3 |
| European Robin |
2 |
| Eurasian Blackbird |
4 |
| Song Thrush |
4 |
Bird Sightings : Pennington Flash Horrocks Hide
| Species |
Count |
| Gadwall |
8 |
| Mallard |
8 |
| Northern Shoveler |
6 |
| Great Crested Grebe |
1 |
| Great Cormorant |
4 |
| Common Moorhen |
2 |
| Common Coot |
6 |
| Northern Lapwing |
2 |
| Little Ringed Plover |
1 |
| Common Redshank |
2 |
| Black-headed Gull |
30 |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull |
2 |
| Common Tern |
8 |
| Stock Dove |
2 |
| Common Wood Pigeon |
4 |
| Common Swift |
1 |
| Pied Wagtail |
1 |
Bird Sightings : Pennington Flash Tom Edmonson Hide
| Species |
Count |
| Great Crested Grebe |
1 |
| Grey Heron |
6 |
| Common Coot |
4 |
| Cetti’s Warbler |
1 |
| Eurasian Reed Warbler |
1 |
Bird Sightings : Pennington Flash Bunting Hide
| Species |
Count |
| Mallard |
2 |
| Common Moorhen |
1 |
| Stock Dove |
4 |
| Common Wood Pigeon |
6 |
| Eurasian Jay |
1 |
| Eurasian Magpie |
6 |
| Great Tit |
1 |
| Eurasian Blue Tit |
2 |
| Dunnock |
1 |
| Common Chaffinch |
2 |
| Eurasian Bullfinch |
4 |
