Bird News
More raptor action with 4 Marsh Harrier again giving excellent views around the reserve. Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, at least 4 Common Buzzard and Sparrowhawk. Plenty of wildfowl building in numbers tho [...]
More raptor action with 4 Marsh Harrier again giving excellent views around the reserve. Peregrine, 2 Kestrel, at least 4 Common Buzzard and Sparrowhawk.
Plenty of wildfowl building in numbers though no recent counts. At least 1300 Common Teal, which should mean we will be turning up a Green-winged Teal any day now. A noticeable increase in Pochard on the Mere today. An influx of Barnacle Geese (55) are undoubtably the feral flock which summer near Knowsley.
A flock of ~ 50 Black-tailed Godwit flew over the reserve mid-afternoon. A Curlew also passed over although there was no sign of yesterday's Green Sandpiper. At least 40 Ruff, a single Dunlin and plenty of Common Snipe, the latter being regularly flushed by hunting Marsh Harrier.
A Raven was seen from the Ron Barker Hide. Willow Tit again from the Janet Kear Hide. At least one Treecreeper in a roving flock of Long-tailed Tit along the Nature Trail, also Coal Tits present. Kingfisher from the Ron Barker Hide.
A Mink seen yesterday along the Nature Trail was an unwelcome sighting.
