A day out to Woolston Eyes seemed overdue, so as it was a nice day we ventured out. As it happens it wasn’t a very special birding day but it was a lovely day and we enjoyed our walk around the site. Apparently there is still one Balck-necked Grebe juvenile still there but the rest have all dispersed so there wasn’t anything special to see. It is, of course, a bit between the seasons but there were still a fair number of Hirundines still around and it is always a pleasure to see the large numbers of Greenfinch still thriving on the feeders there.<\/p>\n
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| Species<\/th>\n | Count<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n |
|---|---|
| Canada Goose<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mute Swan<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Shelduck<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Mallard<\/td>\n | 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Northern Shoveler<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Teal<\/td>\n | 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Tufted Duck<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Great Crested Grebe<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Great Cormorant<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Grey Heron<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Eurasian Common Moorhen<\/td>\n | 4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Coot<\/td>\n | 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Lesser Black-backed Gull<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Wood Pigeon<\/td>\n | 3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Collared Sand Martin<\/td>\n | 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Barn Swallow<\/td>\n | 20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Northern House Martin<\/td>\n | 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Great Tit<\/td>\n | 2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Common Blue Tit<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Long-tailed Tit<\/td>\n | 10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| Pied Wagtail<\/td>\n | 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| European Greenfinch<\/td>\n | 30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n |
| European Goldfinch<\/td>\n | 6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Wooston Eyes : 19th August 2014 A day out to Woolston Eyes seemed overdue, so as it was a nice day we ventured out. As it happens it wasn’t a very special birding day but it was a lovely day and we enjoyed our walk around the site. Apparently there is still one Balck-necked Grebe … <\/p>\n |