April 2017 Summary
\nUK Species Year List to April: 129
\nTotal UK Species in April: 92
\nNew “Year Ticks” in April: 25
\nNew “Life Ticks” in April: 0<\/p>\n
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Year ticks inc Golden Plover and Mediterranean Gull at Marshide on 5th<\/p>\n
Barnacle Goose, Cetti’s Warbler, Reed Warbler, Linnet, Sand Martin, Swallow, Great Spotted Woodpecker and Sparrowhawk all at Burton Mere Wetlands on the 19th<\/p>\n
Willow Warbler and Treecreeper at Moore Nature Reserve on 25th<\/p>\n
Black-necked Grebe at Woolston Eyes on 25th<\/p>\n
Black Tern, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, Egyptian Goose, Grey Plover, Nightingale, Osprey, Red-legged Partridge, Ringed Plover, Sedge Warbler, Tree Sparrow and Whimbrel, all at Rutland Water on the 30th April<\/p>\n
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Our first birding group day out in April was on the 4th to Marshside and Mere Sands Woods<\/a>. At the former we got year ticks of Golden Plover, looking glorious approaching their breeding plumage and a nice pair of Mediterranean Gulls. It was a nice sunny day but, as ever at Marshide, also quite windy !<\/p>\n We had a visitor staying with us for a week and that precluded any birding so our next day out wasn’t until the 19th at Burton Mere Wetlands<\/a> where we had a good day with seven year ticks including really good views of a Cetti’s Warbler.<\/p>\n On the 25th the Birding group went to Moore Nature Reserve<\/a> where the woods and scrubby areas were full of singing. “Year ticks” included Willow Warbler and Treecreeper but the overall atmosphere was of a lovely Spring morning. We also learned of some of the recent events on the site that have altered a lot of things.<\/p>\n We went for lunch at a local pub and then on to Woolston Eyes Nature Reserve<\/a> where we got our Black-necked Grebes for the year but not much else.<\/p>\n The last day of April marked the start of our holiday to Suffolk and Norfolk. We stopped over a day at each end at Rutland Water<\/a> where we got a rather special set of birds that added up to fifty-three species and included twelve year ticks. Hightlights were Osprey and Nightingale but there were lots of other great birds.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" April 2017 Summary UK Species Year List to April: 129 Total UK Species in April: 92 New “Year Ticks” in April: 25 New “Life Ticks” in April: 0<\/p>