We were hoping that today’s birding group visit to Marbury Country Park would be a chance to catch up with those birds who had seemed to be lying low of recent weeks but we walked through the woods at Marbury with hardly a sight of any birds. I spotted a single Nuthatch and there was the odd Blackbird and Magpie and even a Jay was spotted by some but- other than that – the pickings were lean indeed. We did eventually spot a couple of Buzzards and a Kestrel but woodland birds seemed to be at a premium today. We had better luck when we came to Budworth Mere however.<\/p>\n
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Even then, most of the birds were on the very far side clustered in a bunch. There were Canada Geese, of course and around 20 Mute Swans and a similar number of Coots and Mallards and we did see a single Pochard but the most interesting bird was a group of around 8 curlew on the grass beyond the far edge of the mere. All in all it was a fairly ordinary day out though it was pleasant enough weather and a good walk anyway.<\/p>\n
| Species<\/th>\n | Count<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n <\/p>\n |
|---|---|
| Canada Goose<\/td>\n | 30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mute Swan<\/td>\n | 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Gadwall<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mallard<\/td>\n | 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Pochard<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Great Crested Grebe<\/td>\n | 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Grey Heron<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Buzzard<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Kestrel<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Coot<\/td>\n | 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Eurasian Curlew<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Eurasian Jay<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Eurasian Magpie<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Eurasian Nuthatch<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Eurasian Blackbird<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Birding Group Day Out to Marbury Country Park 4th October 2011 We were hoping that today’s birding group visit to Marbury Country Park would be a chance to catch up with those birds who had seemed to be lying low of recent weeks but we walked through the woods at Marbury with hardly a sight … <\/p>\n |