February 26, 2019 archive

Birding Group Sandbach Flashes 26th February 2019


We had a nice morning out on a beautiful sunny day – unbelievable for February but we have had a few recently. We had a year tick Green Sandpiper and Tree Sparrow and Common Snipe were more regular ticks, but still first for the year. A nice group of male and female Goosanders were colourful additions to the usual ducks (plenty of Wigeon) and there were even a few Black-tailed Godwits. Not a fantastic collection of birds – but still thirty-six species – but a nice morning out.

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