{"id":7116,"date":"2018-10-31T22:16:15","date_gmt":"2018-10-31T22:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billneil.co.uk\/blogs\/birding\/?p=7116"},"modified":"2018-10-30T16:02:48","modified_gmt":"2018-10-30T16:02:48","slug":"october-2018-summary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billneil.co.uk\/blogs\/birding\/2018\/10\/october-2018-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"October 2018 : Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"

October 2018 : Summary<\/p>\n

UK Species Year List to October : 168
\nTotal UK Species in October : 71
\nNew “Year Ticks” in October : 1
\nNew “Life Ticks” in October : 1<\/p>\n

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Year ticks in October<\/h4>\n
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  1. Golden Plover at RSPB Old Moore on 23rd October<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Life ticks in October<\/h4>\n
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    1. Rose-coloured Starling, St Helens 28th October 2018<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Summary<\/h4>\n

      The birding group morning at Moore Nature Reserve on the 16th<\/sup> October<\/a> proved to be pretty uneventful. The next, longer, outing was a trip over the moors to the RSPB Old Moor Nature Reserve on the 23rd<\/a> but this was also very uneventful and a strong wind ensured that we didn\u2019t stand a chance of Bearded Tits.<\/p>\n

      On the 28th<\/sup> of October we had a great life-tick in the shape of a juvenile Rose-coloured Starling<\/a>, roosting in a bush of ivy and bramble at the back of a chip shop in St Helens! We still had time that day to get to Burton Mere Wetlands where we had a brief look around before heading off to Riverbank Road where we got Marsh Harrier, Hen Harrier and Great Egret. Not a bad day out and it was sunny and dry until half way back home when we it tipped down.<\/p>\n

      The birding group had a morning out to Sandbach Flashes on the 30th October<\/a> which turned out to be quite good with forty-one species sighted including Buzzard, Peregrine and Sparrowhawk as well as Fieldfare – the first of this winter – and some Redwing, Pintail, Snipe and Ruff all added a bit more interest to the day so we had a pretty good morning birding – and the weather was milder than expected..<\/p>\n

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      October 2018 : Summary UK Species Year List to October : 168 Total UK Species in October : 71 New “Year Ticks” in October : 1 New “Life Ticks” in October : 1<\/p>

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