Total UK Species in February 2022: 68
New “Year Ticks” in February 2022: 14
New “Life Ticks” in February 2022: 0
February 2022 archive
Feb 28 2022
Summary February 2002
Feb 15 2022
Birding Group RSPB Conwy and Little Orme 15 February 2022
Despite some predicted rain, the birding group braved a trip to North Wales with visites to RSPB Conwy and Little Orme. The former was pretty much as expected with a good range of, mostly, small numbers of ducks and waders but Little Orme turned out to be exceptional with a good number of year ticks, some very desirable ones that are not ticked every year.
Continue readingFeb 08 2022
Neumann’s Flash 8th February 2022
On 8th February we had a birding group trip to Neumann’s Flash on what was quite a mild and dry morning. We took the usual route round the site and, as is often the case, there weren’t many species on the water; a couple of Wigeon, a single Tufted Duck and lots of Gulls and Coots. Most of the interesting birds were in the woodlands and we got a good couple of early year ticks there.
Continue readingFeb 03 2022
Hoylake, Wallasey Beach, New Brighton, Denhall Quay 3rd February 2022
We took the opportunity of going to Hoylake for a high tide of 10 metres at 12:30pm. It was a rare wind-free day and so it turned out to be very pleasant and the day was made all the better by views from a few feet of a Snow Bunting feeding on the ground just outside the lifeboat station. But that bird was not the only Snow Buntings of the day.
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