Friday 14 March 2014

Clearing Mist Replaced by Drizzle!

Heysham Obs
Speculative ringing session resulted in predictably few captures of new birds in the conditions prevailing:
Goldcrest - 2
Chiffchaff - 3
Chaffinch - 2
Bullfinch - 1
Greenfinch - 1
Goldfinch - 1

N Harbour Wall
20 finches at feeding station comprising:
Twite - 6
Linnet - 11
Goldfinch - 2
Reed Bunting - 1

Middleton
Scaup 2CY male still present on model boat pond
1 Chiffchaff near car park
1 Goldcrest in alder by western scrape
1 Fieldfare - struggling to fly west against a pretty feeble breeze!
4 adult + 6 juv Mute Swan. Another juv (presumably the one missing from boat pond) dead in water - NE corner of Tim Butler.
19 Tufted Duck
4 Mallard
12 Teal
0 gadwall or pochard seen
1 Little Grebe
1 Snipe
3 Pheasant
2 Lapwing
15 Linnet.

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