August 2019 : Summary
UK Species Year List to August: 177
Total UK Species in August: 53
New “Year Ticks” in August: 1
New “Life Ticks” in August: 1
August 2019 archive
Aug 31 2019
August 2019 Summary
Aug 29 2019
Leighton Moss and Martin Mere 29th August 2019
I had read that a Little Stint and a Green Sandpiper were both to be seen from the Eric Morecambe hide at RSPB Leighton Moss and, since the weather forecast was good, we decided to go up there and give it a shot. As it happened, we were wrong on both counts as the weather was heavy rain – not unusual for the sea hides at Leighton Moss. We didn’t see either of our target birds but the day was not entirely lost as we got some Curlew Sandpipers which was a good year tick for us.
Aug 08 2019
Little Bustard Mickletown Ings 8th August 2019
Aug 01 2019
Heswall Fields 1st August 2019
On the Deeside Birding Web Site there are daily reports of bird sightings and counts. One of the places that I had often wordered about was Heswall Fields. Some time ago, we did a ranger-led walk from Thurstaston Country Park along the beach to a good viewpoint at Heswall Fields. Then we returned back along the Wirral way to Thurstaston but I was curious about how you might get there from the other direction so we decided to check this out.
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