May2017 Summary
UK Species Year List to May: 163
Total UK Species in May: 129
New “Year Ticks” in May: 33
New “Life Ticks” in May: 1
May 2017 archive
May 31 2017
Summary May 2017
May 28 2017
High Tide at Hoylake 28th May 2017
We went up to the Wirral on the 28th for a high tide of 9.7 metres at 1:47pm. It wasn’t one of the “spectaculars” that are possible there but it was a nice day and there were small numbers of Dunlin, Sanderling and Ringed Plover around and a single, breeding plumage, Grey Plover. Our viewing was spoiled again by frequent dog walkers with dogs off their leashes and running at the roosting birds. As if that wasn’t enough, there were three girls racing their horses along the beach, almost trampling the birds. All very poor. I recently was photos from the Hilbre Island web site showing jet skiers between Hilbre and the mainland. What chance do these birds have for a bit of peace ! – Not to mention us.
May 23 2017
Upper Goyt Valley 23rd May 2017
I had been looking forward to the birding group visit to the Goyt Valley for a while now. It is always good for at least some good year ticks and is sometimes exceptionally good. This time it was exceptionally good though we did not get all out target species.
May 22 2017
Burton Mere Wetlands 22nd May 2017
A visit to Burton Mere Wetlands to try to see the Buff-breasted Sandpiper that had been reported there over the weekend turned out to be a “wild goose chase” as it had already flown off on the Sunday night. Be that as it may, it was a nice day and we did manage to see a lot of birds out in the open, some of them singing and the good weather obviously agreed with them. Combine this with a good clear visibility and it makes for a good day there.
May 16 2017
Leighton Moss RSPB Birding Group 16th May 2017
After our holiday in Suffolk and Norfolk, this was the first birding group we could make in May. In fact there were only half of us there because of various holidays. It was avtually rather disappointing. Two of our group caught sight of a Bearded Tit but none of the others did. In fact there seemed to be very few birds about on the site. There were one or two good birds despite this.
May 14 2017
Summary of Suffolk, Norfolk Holiday Sightings 30 April – 12th May 2017
Red-breasted Flycatcher, Holme Dunes, May 2017-10
The following is a summary of our holiday spent near Rutland Water, Halesworth in Suffolk and Thornham in Norfolk. The two weeks allowed us to visit lots of different reserves and habitats and perhaps the best of these were RSPB Minsmere and Titchwell but also we very much liked NWT Holme Dunes and, at Rutland Water, we had a fantastic range of birds and one of the most wonderful aural experiences. Our days were spent at the following places :
May 12 2017
Rutland Water 12th May 2017
We left our rented cottage in Thornham this morning but instead of going straight home we took the opportunity to go to Rutland Water again. We only went to the Egleton centre and started off going down to the Bittern Hide area where we immediately encountered a Nightingale hopping around in the vegetation at the side of the path to the hide and occasionally dropping down to the path to feed.
May 11 2017
Abbey Farm Bird Hide and Environs 11th May 2017
The last day in Norfolk before we set back off northwards the following morning was really just going to be a casual day a couple of practical things we had to do and also giving Anne a chance to drop in at the Lavender Farm nearby but still managed to get a little bit of birding in, including a good year tick.
May 10 2017
Holme Dunes NWT, Chosely Drying Barns, Thornham 10th May 2017
Holmes Dunes NWT
A break in the weather meant we at last had a nice sunny day so we hoped that more birds would be showing and that proved to be the case. We headed off the Holme Dunes NWT reserve and because we were there before opening time, we could not get past the barrier. No matter because our aim was to search for Turtle Doves along the coastal path at the back of the rather swish houses there.
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