Summary of 2017 visits and sightings

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Date

Location

Sightings

Members

14th Feb

Martin Mere (WWT)

50 (+2)

10

14th Mar

Marbury Country Park

53

10

11th Apr

Pennington Flash

48 (+1)

15

9th May

Leighton Moss (RSPB)

57 (+1)

5

30th May

Woolston Eyes

43 (+1)

6

13th June

Sankey Valley C.P. & Carr Mill Dam

46 (+1)

11

14th July

Speke Hall

25

7

12th Sept

Rostherne Mere

28

8

10th Oct

Yarrow Country Park

28 (+1)

5

31st Oct

Burton Moss (RSPB) & Dee Estuary

62 (+2)

8

14th Nov

Marshside (RSPB)

39 (+1)

11

12th Dec

Martin Mere (WWT)

34

10

  • Total species recorded in the year = 114 (+6)

  • Total species recorded in 2016 = 103 (+2)

  • A total of 21 members attended one or more visits in 2017 (2016 – 17 members)

Click ‘Continue reading’ for additional statistics and the full list of species seen:

Comparison of 2017 and 2016 sightings (using graphs from BirdTrack):

2017:

 

2016:

 

Full List of Species Recorded (using data downloaded from BirdTrack)

Species

2017 sightings

2016 sightings

2015 sightings

Avocet

2

1

2

Bar-tailed Godwit

(not seen)

(not seen)

1

Barn Owl

1

1

(not seen)

Bearded Tit

1

1

(not seen)

[Black Swan]

1

(not seen)

(not seen)

Black-headed Gull

17

10

14

Black-necked Grebe

1

1

1

Black-tailed Godwit

6

2

5

Blackbird

20

12

9

Blackcap

9

3

4

Blue Tit

11

8

6

Brambling

1

(not seen)

1

Bullfinch

5

2

3

Buzzard

10

4

3

Canada Goose

11

9

12

Carrion Crow

20

13

12

Cattle Egret

1

(not seen)

(not seen)

Cetti’s Warbler

2

2

(not seen)

Chaffinch

10

6

8

Chiffchaff

11

5

4

Coal Tit

9

5

3

Collared Dove

2

1

3

Common Gull

2

1

3

Common Sandpiper

2

(not seen)

2

Common Tern

1

1

1

Coot

14

10

13

Cormorant

10

8

9

Curlew

5

1

5

Curlew Sandpiper

(not seen)

(not seen)

1

Dunlin

(not seen)

(not seen)

2

Dunnock

9

5

3

Egyptian Goose

1

(not seen)

(not seen)

Feral Pigeon

3

1

1

Fieldfare

(not seen)

2

(not seen)

Gadwall

11

8

7

Garden Warbler

1

1

(not seen)

Garganey

(not seen)

1

(not seen)

Goldcrest

3

1

1

Golden Plover

(not seen)

(not seen)

1

Goldeneye

2

1

(not seen)

Goldfinch

13

6

6

Goosander

1

1

1

Grasshopper Warbler

2

(not seen)

1

Great Black-backed Gull

5

4

8

Great Crested Grebe

10

3

6

Great Spotted Woodpecker

4

(not seen)

3

Great Tit

12

7

7

Great White Egret

1

2

1

Green Sandpiper

1

(not seen)

1

Greenfinch

8

7

7

Greenshank

(not seen)

(not seen)

1

Grey Heron

13

9

10

Grey Partridge

1

(not seen)

(not seen)

Grey Wagtail

2

1

(not seen)

Greylag Goose

10

4

11

Hen Harrier

1

(not seen)

1

Herring Gull

7

11

3

House Martin

3

3

2

House Sparrow

4

2

3

Jack Snipe

(not seen)

1

(not seen)

Jackdaw

8

8

6

Jay

5

1

3

Kestrel

7

2

6

Kingfisher

2

1

1

Knot

(not seen)

(not seen)

1

Lapwing

12

8

14

Lesser Black-backed Gull

11

7

6

Linnet

1

3

2

Little Egret

5

3

7

Little Grebe

3

3

4

Little Ringed Plover

1

(not seen)

1

Long-tailed Tit

7

4

4

Magpie

17

12

11

Mallard

18

13

13

Marsh Harrier

5

2

2

Marsh Tit

(not seen)

(not seen)

1

Meadow Pipit

2

4

6

Mediterranean Gull

2

2

3

Merlin

2

1

1

Mistle Thrush

(not seen)

1

(not seen)

Moorhen

16

10

11

Mute Swan

11

12

9

Nuthatch

7

2

1

Oystercatcher

4

2

4

Peregrine

(not seen)

(not seen)

1

Pheasant

9

11

9

Pied Wagtail

3

2

5

Pink-footed Goose

4

4

5

Pintail

3

3

3

Pochard

5

3

8

Raven

1

1

1

Redshank

7

3

3

Redpoll

1

(not seen)

(not seen)

Redwing

(not seen)

(not seen)

1

Reed Bunting

6

5

5

Reed Warbler

5

2

2

Ringed Plover

(not seen)

(not seen)

2

Robin

18

10

8

Rook

1

1

1

Ruddy Duck

1

(not seen)

(not seen)

Ruff

6

1

5

Sand Martin

1

1

4

Sedge Warbler

1

1

(not seen)

Shelduck

11

4

7

Short-eared Owl

1

(not seen)

(not seen)

Shoveler

9

9

8

Siskin

(not seen)

(not seen)

1

Skylark

1

2

3

Snipe

2

1

3

Song Thrush

8

3

2

Sparrowhawk

2

(not seen)

2

Spoonbill

1

(not seen)

(not seen)

Starling

4

3

6

Stock Dove

7

2

4

Stonechat

3

1

(not seen)

Swallow

6

4

5

Swift

8

3

3

Tawny Owl

(not seen)

(not seen)

1

Teal

9

11

8

Tree Sparrow

2

1

1

Treecreeper

2

(not seen)

2

Tufted Duck

9

6

10

Turnstone

(not seen)

1

(not seen)

Water Rail

1

1

(not seen)

Waxwing

(not seen)

2

(not seen)

Whimbrel

(not seen)

(not seen)

1

Whitethroat

3

3

1

Whooper Swan

3

1

2

Wigeon

5

8

6

Willow Tit

2

1

(not seen)

Willow Warbler

5

1

3

Woodpigeon

19

12

11

Wren

11

7

6

Yellowhammer

2

(not seen)

1

[hybrid duck]

8

4

4

[hybrid goose]

2

1

1

[unidentified gull]

1

(not seen)

(not seen)

[unidentified pipit]

1

(not seen)

(not seen)

[unidentified wader]

1

(not seen)

(not seen)

Total Species:

114

103

110

(Non-Countable):

6

2

2

Total Records:

680

429

494

Complete Lists:

22

15

14

Total Locations:

21

16

13

Last Updated on January 10, 2018