The start of September saw an improvement in the weather and by the end of the first week we had seen a few sunny days. On 7th we had a Great Spotted Woodpecker on our nut feeder in the garden which is a rarity. It had a rather stripy red head so was probably part way through its moult. By the middle of the month the weather was wet again. Plenty of Goldfinches and a few Great and Blue Tits. Still no Blackbird, though. On 20th September we had a Sparrowhawk perch briefly on top of the bird feeders but it didn’t hang around.<\/p>\n
The birding group resumed their days out this month starting on the 11th at Pennington Flash<\/a> where we had fantastic views of a Kingfisher and also ticked Greenshank and a Knot as well as all the usual Pennington suspects. On the 17th we went to Burton Mere Wetlands<\/a> where we had good sightings of Curlew Sandpiper and Bar-headed Goose. We were on holiday between 23rd of September and 3rd October so we missed the visits to Etherow Park and Neumann’s Flash<\/p>\n Summary September 2012 Garden The start of September saw an improvement in the weather and by the end of the first week we had seen a few sunny days. On 7th we had a Great Spotted Woodpecker on our nut feeder in the garden which is a rarity. It had a rather stripy red head … <\/p>\nWalks and Days Out<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"