{"id":7232,"date":"2019-02-11T16:00:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-11T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billneil.co.uk\/blogs\/birding\/?p=7232"},"modified":"2019-02-13T13:49:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-13T13:49:37","slug":"sale-water-park-11th-february-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billneil.co.uk\/blogs\/birding\/2019\/02\/sale-water-park-11th-february-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Sale Water Park 11th February 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In a two hour walk around Sale Water Park (4 miles in 2 hours !!) I managed to encounter three professional dog walkers with between 6 and 8 dogs each and in total around 60-70 dogs during that 2 hour period; two of these jumped up on me and the second of these led to a slight altercation with the owner who explained the dogs behaviour with \u201cit\u2019s a dog!!\u201d \u2013 as if this explained everything. She was genuinely amazed that anyone would be less that charmed by her fucking Jack Russell and its shitty paws.<\/p>\n

Bird-wise, though it was pretty good with a total of twenty-nine species seen including year tick Jay, Great Crested Grebe, Little Grebe and Ring-necked Parakeet.<\/p>\n

A good walk with plenty of bird song and plenty of species spoiled by the epidemic of dogs.<\/p>\n

Bird Sightings Sale Water Park 11th February 2019<\/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\n\n\n\n\n
Mute Swan<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gadwall<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mallard<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Northern Shoveler<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Merganser<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Little Grebe<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Great Crested Grebe<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Great Cormorant<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Grey Heron<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Buzzard<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Moorhen<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Coot<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Black-headed Gull<\/td>\n30<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Lesser Black-backed Gull<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Common Kestrel<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rose-ringed Parakeet<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eurasian Jay<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eurasian Jackdaw<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Carrion Crow<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coal Tit<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Great Tit<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eurasian Blue Tit<\/td>\n6<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Long-tailed Tit<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eurasian Nuthatch<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eurasian Treecreeper<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
European Robin<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Eurasian Blackbird<\/td>\n4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Redwing<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Song Thrush<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a two hour walk around Sale Water Park (4 miles in 2 hours !!) I managed to encounter three professional dog walkers with between 6 and 8 dogs each and in total around 60-70 dogs during that 2 hour period; two of these jumped up on me and the second of these led to … <\/p>\n

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