{"id":6131,"date":"2016-10-04T17:45:31","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T16:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billneil.co.uk\/blogs\/birding\/?p=6131"},"modified":"2016-10-04T17:45:31","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T16:45:31","slug":"birding-group-burton-mere-wetlands-4th-october-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billneil.co.uk\/blogs\/birding\/2016\/10\/birding-group-burton-mere-wetlands-4th-october-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Birding Group : Burton Mere Wetlands : 4th October 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Birding Group : Burton Mere Wetlands : 4th October 2016<\/h3>\n<p>The second birding group outing f the sutumn term was to Burton Mere Wetlands. The best birds were again the Black Swans and Little Stints, the latter both from the reception hide and Inner Marsh Farm. As with our previous visit a few days before there were lots of Snipe showing very well.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Bird Sightings : Burton Mere Wetlands : Environs<\/h4>\n<table class=\"blogtable\" border=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Little Grebe<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grey Heron<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Northern Lapwing<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Common Kestrel<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eurasian Jay<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pied Wagtail<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>European Goldfinch<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Bird Sightings : Burton Mere Wetlands : Reception Hide<\/h4>\n<table class=\"blogtable\" border=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Canada Goose<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Black Swan<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mallard<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Northern Shoveler<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Common Teal<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Grey Heron<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Cattle Egret<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Common Buzzard<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Common Moorhen<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Common Coot<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Northern Lapwing<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Common Greenshank<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Black-tailed Godwit<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ruff<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Little Stint<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Common Snipe<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Black-headed Gull<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lesser Black-backed Gull<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Rook<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Carrion Crow<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eurasian Wren<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Bird Sightings : Inner Marsh Farm<\/h4>\n<table class=\"blogtable\" border=\"2\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Canada Goose<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Mallard<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Common Teal<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Northern Lapwing<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">60<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Little Stint<\/td>\n<td align=\"right\">4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birding Group : Burton Mere Wetlands : 4th October 2016 The second birding group outing f the sutumn term was to Burton Mere Wetlands. The best birds were again the Black Swans and Little Stints, the latter both from the reception hide and Inner Marsh Farm. 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