Birding Group Day Out to Marbury Country Park 4th October 2011
We were hoping that today’s birding group visit to Marbury Country Park would be a chance to catch up with those birds who had seemed to be lying low of recent weeks but we walked through the woods at Marbury with hardly a sight of any birds. I spotted a single Nuthatch and there was the odd Blackbird and Magpie and even a Jay was spotted by some but- other than that – the pickings were lean indeed. We did eventually spot a couple of Buzzards and a Kestrel but woodland birds seemed to be at a premium today. We had better luck when we came to Budworth Mere however.
Even then, most of the birds were on the very far side clustered in a bunch. There were Canada Geese, of course and around 20 Mute Swans and a similar number of Coots and Mallards and we did see a single Pochard but the most interesting bird was a group of around 8 curlew on the grass beyond the far edge of the mere. All in all it was a fairly ordinary day out though it was pleasant enough weather and a good walk anyway.
Bird List
| Species | Count |
|---|---|
| Canada Goose | 30 |
| Mute Swan | 20 |
| Gadwall | 2 |
| Mallard | 20 |
| Common Pochard | 1 |
| Great Crested Grebe | 3 |
| Grey Heron | 1 |
| Common Buzzard | 2 |
| Common Kestrel | 1 |
| Common Coot | 20 |
| Eurasian Curlew | 8 |
| Eurasian Jay | 1 |
| Eurasian Magpie | 2 |
| Eurasian Nuthatch | 1 |
| Eurasian Blackbird | 1 |