New “Year Ticks” in June 2022: 8
New “Life Ticks” in June 2022: 0
Total Species for 2022 so far: 150
We didn’t do too much in June but we added a few species. On the 7th June we went to Burton Mere Wetlands where it was a quiet morning bit we got a few year ticks – Mediterranean Gull with a juvenile, a single Pintail, and a single Wigeon. The highlight of the month was the birding group’s overnighter on 13-14 June where we went to Blacktoft Sands, North Cave and Bempton Cliffs. There is too much to mention here except to say that we missed the Black-browed Albatross but got good views of the usual Puffins, Guillemots, Razorbills, Fulmars, Gannets, Kittiwakes etc that we would expect to get here. There was some worry about the spread of Avian Flu again this year which has been quite catastrophic is some parts of the UK. Fortunately for us, we didn’t see much sign of it at Bempton. In all over the month we got 8 new year ticks taking our annual total up to 150.
On 21st we went to Marbury Park where we had a quiet morning but were pleased to see that they have repaired the path that runs along the side of the mere.
There wasn’t much special in our garden as the birds seem to have finished breeding, by and large. We did have a Buzzard overhead, which is abit of an uncommon event. The Feral Pigeons, Wood Pigeons and Collared Doves still dominate the garden. It’s really quite boring having so many ferals.