August 31, 2017 archive

Aug 31 2017

August 2017 Summary

August 2017 Summary

UK Species Year List to August: 186
Total UK Species in August: 80
New “Year Ticks” in August: 4
New “Life Ticks” in August: 2

New “Year Ticks” in August:

Black Guillemot on Isle of Rum on 1st August 2017

Manx Shearwater on Isle of Rum on 1st August 2017

Green Sandpiper at Burton Mere Wetlands on 16th August

Pectoral Sandpoiper at Burton Mere Wetlands Gronant on 31st August

New “Life Ticks” in August

Great Sku on Isle of Rum on 1st August 2017

Purple Heron at RSPB Leighton Moss on the 24th August

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Aug 31 2017

Pectoral Sandpiper at Burton Mere Wetlands 31st August 2017


On the last day of the month we decided to go up to the Wirral to look at some sites that we had not previously been to but first we dropped off at Burton Mere Wetlands to see if we could find the Pectoral Sandpiper that we had heard was showing fromthe reception hide. Unfortunately nobody had seen it yet that day but we did get Cattle Egret and Black Swan. There were also some Dunlin and Snipe, which we had not seen at Burton recently.

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