{"id":9389,"date":"2023-02-28T17:47:30","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T17:47:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billneil.co.uk\/blogs\/birding\/?p=9389"},"modified":"2023-02-28T17:50:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T17:50:02","slug":"february-2023-summary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.billneil.co.uk\/blogs\/birding\/2023\/02\/february-2023-summary\/","title":{"rendered":"February 2023 Summary"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

New Year Ticks\u201d in February 2023: 82
New \u201cLife Ticks\u201d in February 2023: 0
Total Species for 2023 so far: 82<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

After not much happening in January, largely as a result of being on holiday, February saw us return to UK birding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had two sets of birding outings in February. The first was an overnight visit to North Wales\u00a0 14th<\/sup> \u2013 15th<\/sup> February<\/a>. Highlights here were Surf Scoter and Red-breasted Merganser \u00a0at Llanddulas, Shags at Little Orme, Red-throated Diver at Pensarn and Snow Bunting and Ringed Plover at Horton\u2019s Nose Nature Reserve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On 21st<\/sup> and 23rd<\/sup> we did the rounds of the sites on the Wirral<\/a> with highlights being the big numbers and displays of Dunlin, Sanderling, Grey Plover and Knot at Hoylake, Spotted Redshank at Burton Mere Wetlands, Purple Sandpipers and Turnstones at New Brighton Marine Lake and another Snow Bunting at Wallasey Beach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bird numbers in the garden are fairly modest but usually there are about 6-8 Goldfinch and sudden bursts of House Sparrows. A couple of Robins seem to have paired up and the droppings on the back wall greenery suggests that they re at least perching there a lot. We have one of our Grey Wagtails back and it is a daily visitor loafing around for most of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bird Sightings : February 2023<\/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 \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 \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n
No<\/th>\nSpecies<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
1<\/th>\n Avocet<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
2<\/th>\n Blackbird<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
3<\/th>\n Black-headed Gull<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
4<\/th>\n Black-tailed Godwit<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
5<\/th>\n Blue Tit<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
6<\/th>\n Brent Goose<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
7<\/th>\n Buzzard<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
8<\/th>\n Canada Goose<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
9<\/th>\n Carrion Crow<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
10<\/th>\n Cetti's Warbler<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
11<\/th>\n Chaffinch<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
12<\/th>\n Collared Dove<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
13<\/th>\n Common Gull<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
14<\/th>\n Common Scoter<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
15<\/th>\n Coot<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
16<\/th>\n Cormorant<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
17<\/th>\n Curlew<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
18<\/th>\n Dunlin<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
19<\/th>\n Dunnock<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
20<\/th>\n Gadwall<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
21<\/th>\n Goldfinch<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
22<\/th>\n Great Black-backed Gull<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
23<\/th>\n Great Crested Grebe<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
24<\/th>\n Great Spotted Woodpecker<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
25<\/th>\n Great Tit<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
26<\/th>\n Great White Egret<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
27<\/th>\n Greenfinch<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
28<\/th>\n Greenshank<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
29<\/th>\n Grey Heron<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
30<\/th>\n Grey Plover<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
31<\/th>\n Grey Wagtail<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
32<\/th>\n Greylag Goose<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
33<\/th>\n Herring Gull<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
34<\/th>\n House Sparrow<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
35<\/th>\n Jackdaw<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
36<\/th>\n Kestrel<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
37<\/th>\n Knot<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
38<\/th>\n Lapwing<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
39<\/th>\n Lesser Black-backed Gull<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
40<\/th>\n Linnet<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
41<\/th>\n Little Egret<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
42<\/th>\n Little Grebe<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
43<\/th>\n Long-tailed Tit<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
44<\/th>\n Magpie<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
45<\/th>\n Mallard<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
46<\/th>\n Marsh Harrier<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
47<\/th>\n Meadow Pipit<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
48<\/th>\n Moorhen<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
49<\/th>\n Mute Swan<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
50<\/th>\n Nuthatch<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
51<\/th>\n Oystercatcher<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
52<\/th>\n Pheasant<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
53<\/th>\n Pied Wagtail<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
54<\/th>\n Pink-footed Goose<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
55<\/th>\n Pintail<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
56<\/th>\n Purple Sandpiper<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
57<\/th>\n Red-breasted Merganser<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
58<\/th>\n Redshank<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
59<\/th>\n Red-throated Diver<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
60<\/th>\n Ringed Plover<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
61<\/th>\n Robin<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
62<\/th>\n Rock Dove \/ Feral Pigeon<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
63<\/th>\n Rook<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
64<\/th>\n Sanderling<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
65<\/th>\n Shag<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
66<\/th>\n Shelduck<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
67<\/th>\n Shoveler<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
68<\/th>\n Skylark<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
69<\/th>\n Snipe<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
70<\/th>\n Snow Bunting<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
71<\/th>\n Song Thrush<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
72<\/th>\n Spotted Redshank<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
73<\/th>\n Starling<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
74<\/th>\n Stonechat<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
75<\/th>\n Surf Scoter<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
76<\/th>\n Teal<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
77<\/th>\n Tufted Duck<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
78<\/th>\n Turnstone<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
79<\/th>\n Whooper Swan<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
80<\/th>\n Wigeon<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
81<\/th>\n Woodpigeon<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n
82<\/th>\n Wren<\/td>\n <\/tr><\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New Year Ticks\u201d in February 2023: 82New \u201cLife Ticks\u201d in February 2023: 0Total Species for 2023 so far: 82<\/p>

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