{"id":5461,"date":"2016-01-19T20:25:56","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T20:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billneil.co.uk\/blogs\/birding\/?p=5461"},"modified":"2016-01-21T15:42:10","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T15:42:10","slug":"burton-mere-wetlands-19th-january-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billneil.co.uk\/blogs\/birding\/2016\/01\/burton-mere-wetlands-19th-january-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Burton Mere Wetlands 19th January 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Burton Mere Wetlands 19th January 2016<\/h3>\n

The second birding group outing of the term, and the year, was to RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands where I hoped to add a fair number of species to my 2016 year list. I wasn’t to be disappointed and, although we did not see the Long-eared Owl that has been roosting down the path to the Inner Marsh Farm hide, we did manage to get long and wonderful views of a Short-eared Owl quartering the marsh from Burton Point. Other nice birds were a small flock of Golden Plover on the Scrape and a Kingfisher from the Marsh Covert Hide as well as Siskin, Linnets, Fieldfare and Redwing in the sky and among the trees around the site. We also got a good number of ducks and some waders adding up to 43 species for the day but – incredibly for Burton – no Black-tailed Godwits ! Who knows where they have gone.<\/p>\n

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Bird Sightings : Burton Mere Wetlands : Environs <\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Species<\/th>\nCount<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

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Common Shelduck<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern Shoveler<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Buzzard<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Wood Pigeon<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eurasian Collared Dove<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Kestrel<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eurasian Jackdaw<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rook<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carrion Crow<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Great Tit<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eurasian Blue Tit<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
European Robin<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eurasian Blackbird<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fieldfare<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Redwing<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Starling<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dunnock<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pied Wagtail<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Chaffinch<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
European Greenfinch<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eurasian Siskin<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
European Goldfinch<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Linnet<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n


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Bird Sightings : Burton Mere Wetlands : Reception Hide <\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Species<\/th>\nCount<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Greylag Goose<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Canada Goose<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mute Swan<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eurasian Wigeon<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mallard<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern Shoveler<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Teal<\/td>\n100<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Great Cormorant<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grey Heron<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Little Egret<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Moorhen<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Coot<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
European Golden Plover<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern Lapwing<\/td>\n150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Redshank<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eurasian Curlew<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dunlin<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black-headed Gull<\/td>\n120<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Bird Sightings : Burton Mere Wetlands : Inner Marsh Farm Hide <\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Species<\/th>\nCount<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n

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Mute Swan<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Teal<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Redshank<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dunlin<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Short-eared Owl<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eurasian Blackbird<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mistle Thrush<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n


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Bird Sightings : Burton Mere Wetlands : Marsh Covert Hide <\/h4>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Species<\/th>\nCount<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Moorhen<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Kingfisher<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

 
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Burton Mere Wetlands 19th January 2016 The second birding group outing of the term, and the year, was to RSPB Burton Mere Wetlands where I hoped to add a fair number of species to my 2016 year list. I wasn’t to be disappointed and, although we did not see the Long-eared Owl that has been … <\/p>\n

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