Wednesday, 1 January 2020

1st January

Ladywalk NR (WMBC Members only) - 3 Peregrine, Oystercatcher (K Whiston).
KWP North - Great Egret [Otter Pool], 5 Goldeneye, 3 Little Egret (C Waring).
KWP South - Scaup, 6 Goldeneye, Oystercatcher, Yellow-legged Gull (A Dean).
Coton - 13 Goosander, 3 Chiffchaff (A Dean).
Lea Marston - 12 Shelduck (A Dean).
RSPB Middleton - 3 Pintail, 15 Goldeneye, 8 Pochard, 5 Shelduck, Great Egret, 5 Little Egret (M Smiles), 44 Golden Plover through, 3 Egyptian Geese, Stonechat (J Owen), 13 Goosander (North Pit), 5 Great Black-backed Gulls, 6 Common Gulls (Jubilee) and 5 Great Egret roosted riverside.

Happy New Year - Thanks again for all your sightings from last year. Much appreciated and makes the blog well worthwhile.

The RSPB Middleton year total finished on 157. This was 10 less than the previous year with the winners and losers when compared to 2018 as follows:-

Additions                                  Omissions

Kittiwake                                   Common Crane
Little Stint                                  Firecrest
Little Tern                                  Glossy Ibis
Redstart                                    Green-winged Teal
Ring Ouzel                                Hawfinch
Wryneck                                    Little Owl
                                                  Long-eared Owl
                                                  Marsh Tit
                                                  Pied Flycatcher
                                                  Red-crested Pochard
                                                  Short-eared Owl
                                                  Siberian Chiffchaff
                                                  Spoonbill
                                                  Spotted Crake
                                                  White-fronted Goose
                                                  White-rumped Sandpiper

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