Tatton Park : 27th January 2015
The last birding group morning of January was to Tatton Park. We started off, as usual, at the Dog Wood entrance. There are dramatic changes there with what looks to be around one third of the trees in Dog Wood having been cut down. There was plenty of plant there but no one to ask what the works were about. It looks to be much more than routine thinning however. Thee felling had obviously disturbed the birds so there were virtually no birds on Tatton Mere – at least until the Melchet Mere end – and few in the woods themselves. A break in the felling did give us a chance to spot some Goldcrest and Treecreepers, however.