July 2017 Summary
\nUK Species Year List to July: 180
\nTotal UK Species in July: 100
\nNew “Year Ticks” in July: 11
\nNew “Life Ticks” in July: 1<\/p>\n
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New “Year Ticks” in July 11 Heard a Quail<\/strong> <\/em>singing in a field in front of the hise at Munlochy Bay on 31st July<\/p>\n We only had one birding group meeting this month and this was the final one of the term at Marbury where things were rather quiet. Apart from that, a few of us went on a very wet day to see the Little Tern Colony at Gronant<\/a> on the 9th July whcih was very interesting though a little wet. It also gave us Little Terns as a good “year tick” We also dropped in on Flint Castle and Connah’s Quay but the tides weren’t really with us so the visits were pretty standard with no outstanding birds of note.<\/p>\n The rest of the month was given over to a trip to Scotland that took in some family visiting, some solo birding and some guided birding. The “year” and “life ticks” of the trip are listed above but the full breakdown is covered in another post HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" July 2017 Summary UK Species Year List to July: 180 Total UK Species in July: 100 New “Year Ticks” in July: 11 New “Life Ticks” in July: 1<\/p>
\nLitle Tern<\/em><\/strong> at Gronant on 9th July, Shag<\/em> and Arctic Tern<\/em><\/strong> at Isle of May 24th July, Common Eider<\/strong><\/em> at Newburgh on 27th July, Hooded Crow and Red-breasted Merganser<\/strong><\/em> at Loch Fleet on 29th July, Red-throated Diver<\/strong><\/em> at Brora on the 29th July, Black-throated Divers<\/strong><\/em> at Lochindorb on 30th July, Slavonian Grebe<\/strong><\/em> at Loch Ruthven on 30th July, Crested Tit<\/strong><\/em> and Siskin<\/strong><\/em> at Loch Garten on 30th July,
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