New “Year Ticks” in June 2023: 3
New “Life Ticks” in June 2023: 0
Total Species for 2023 so far: 134
June 2023 archive
Jun 30 2023
June 2023 Summary
Jun 27 2023
Birding Group Marbury Park, 27 June 2023
We managed to fit in the last birding group trip of June which was to Marbury Park followed by a planning session for the next term (and lunch) at the Spinner and Bergamot pub. We started out, as usual, by going down to the screen that overlooks the lake and reed bed. We could see a cloud of Sand Martins flying over the water and a few Swallows were also hawking around. The usual large numbers of Coots were on the water but fewer Great Crested Grebes were there than one might have expected. A Reed Warbler was singing fromt he reed bed. After a while, I decided to have a look behind us at the bushed where I could hear Blackcaps singing but also something else.
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Some Birds from Puerto Pollenca 10 – 20 Jun 2023
We had had such poor weather earlier in the year, when we had had been in Lanzarote, and I had been ill after that, that we decided we needed another break – but this time sunny! It was a bit last minute, but we arranged to stay in a serviced apartment at the Illa D’Or hotel in Puerto Pollenca for 10 days. It was very, very hot so we didn’t actually do much birding for a number of reasons including the heat, the lateness in the season, the fact that Anne did not want to hire a car and also that we could not make contact with our usual guide in Mallorca.
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Burton Mere Wetlands 6 June 2023
The first birding group outing of June was to Burton Mere Wetlands where we had a dry and mild day. Largely, we saw the usual suspects but we did manage to get one rarity for the site and a pair ducks in less frequently seen breeding plumage.
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