Summary September 2012
Garden
The start of September saw an improvement in the weather and by the end of the first week we had seen a few sunny days. On 7th we had a Great Spotted Woodpecker on our nut feeder in the garden which is a rarity. It had a rather stripy red head so was probably part way through its moult. By the middle of the month the weather was wet again. Plenty of Goldfinches and a few Great and Blue Tits. Still no Blackbird, though. On 20th September we had a Sparrowhawk perch briefly on top of the bird feeders but it didn’t hang around.
Birding Group Days Out
The birding group resumed their days out this month starting on the 11th at Pennington Flash where we had fantastic views of a Kingfisher and also ticked Greenshank and a Knot as well as all the usual Pennington suspects. On the 17th we went to Burton Mere Wetlands where we had good sightings of Curlew Sandpiper and Bar-headed Goose. We were on holiday between 23rd of September and 3rd October so we missed the visits to Etherow Park and Neumann’s Flash