September 2017 Summary
UK Species Year List to September: 189
Total UK Species in September: 69
New “Year Ticks” in September: 3
New “Life Ticks” in September: 0
New “Year Ticks” in September:
Red-necked Phalarope at Frodsham Marsh on 14th September 2017
Curlew Sandpiper at Burton Mere Wetlands on 19th September 2017
Willow Tit at Pennington Flash on the 26th September 2017
New “Life Ticks” in September
None
September is Wader Weekend on the Wirral so we went to Hoylake on the 10th for a high tide. We got a good show but it is perhaps still a little early for the really big displays. Still there was a good smattering of birds with some of the Hoylake regulars like Dunlin, Ringed Plover and Sanderling as well as a single Grey Plover and some Bar-tailed Godwits.
The search for a “year tick” took us to Frodsham Marsh on the 14th. As well as being the first time we have been there since the wind farm was erected it gave us a nice Red-necked Phalarope for our year list.
The first birding group outing on the autumn term was to Hoylake, Denhall Quay and Burton Mere Wetlands on the 19th all for a modest “high” tide. It turned out to be a beautiful Indian Summer day but the only real highlight was a year tick Curlew Sandpiper at Burton
The second of the term but the last of September was on the 26th to Pennington Flash where we got a year tick in the shape of a pair of Willow Tits.
Things in the garden are looking up with the return of birds to the garden for the winter. We even got a Mislte Trush towards the end of the month.