{"id":4513,"date":"2022-06-03T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/?p=4513"},"modified":"2023-06-14T09:05:30","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T08:05:30","slug":"bird-notes-may-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/bird-notes-may-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Notes May 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

May 2022 BIRD NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n

HIGHLIGHTS: Great Northern Diver, Red-necked Grebe, Osprey, Green Sandpiper, Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher and Pied Flycatcher. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Water bird maxima were from the WeBS count on 14th<\/sup> unless dated otherwise. 11 Mute Swan, 1 Pink-footed Goose reported on 7 dates within the first half of the month, 24 Greylag Goose, 153 Canada Goose, 13 Barnacle Goose 23rd<\/sup>, 6 Shelduck 6th<\/sup>, 2 Mandarin 3rd<\/sup>, 12 Wigeon 3rd<\/sup>, 17 Gadwall 7th<\/sup>, 2 Teal 5th<\/sup>, 65 Mallard, 4 Pochard 1st<\/sup>, 60 Tufted Duck, 2 Goldeneye 7th<\/sup> and 14th<\/sup>, 2 Goosander 2nd<\/sup>, the Great Northern Diver departed as expected early in the month (last seen on 6th<\/sup>), 6 Little Grebe, 81 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Red-necked Grebes reported up till 4th<\/sup> and then a single bird till the 12th<\/sup>,when this individual also departed, 21 Cormorant 19th<\/sup>, 2 Little Egret reported on 10 occasions within the month, 5 Grey Heron 3rd<\/sup> and 14th<\/sup>, 14 Moorhen, 74 Coot, 1 Kingfisher 18th<\/sup>. Brood numbers included 13 Greylag, 10 Canada, 12 Mallard, 1 Moorhen, 5 Coot. Mute Swans also noted sitting on nests<\/p>\n

Raptor sightings included 2 Red Kite on 7 dates, 2 Sparrowhawk 5th<\/sup>,10th<\/sup> and 30th<\/sup>, 8 Buzzards 5th<\/sup> and 10th<\/sup>, 1 Osprey 4th<\/sup>, 12th<\/sup> and 13th<\/sup>, 2 Kestrel 8th<\/sup>, 12th<\/sup> and 19th<\/sup>, a single Hobby 18th<\/sup>, 1 Peregrine 2nd<\/sup>, 6th<\/sup> and 10th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Thirteen species of waders through this month with 8 Oystercatcher on 6 different dates, 6 Ringed Plover 3rd<\/sup>, 3 Lapwing 21st<\/sup>, 3 Sanderling 10th<\/sup>, 6 Dunlin 10th<\/sup>, 2 Common Snipe 1st<\/sup>, 5 Black-tailed Godwit 15th<\/sup>, 5 Whimbrel 3rd<\/sup>, Single Curlew noted on 9 occasions, 6 Redshank 10th<\/sup>, 1 Green Sandpiper 3rd<\/sup>, 4 Common Sandpiper 5th<\/sup>, 4 Turnstone 3rd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Maximum Gull numbers were 1 Mediterranean Gull on 9 different dates, Black-headed Gull present all month, 3 Common Gulls 5th<\/sup>, 12 Lesser Black-backed Gulls 12th<\/sup>, 15th<\/sup> and 23rd<\/sup>, 2 Herring Gulls 16th<\/sup>, 19th<\/sup>, 20th<\/sup> and 28th<\/sup>, a single Great black-backed Gull seen on 12 occasions.<\/p>\n

Terns continued to pass through with 3 Common Tern 15th<\/sup>, c20 Arctic Tern 2nd<\/sup>, and 10 on the following day.<\/p>\n

Among other species were 2 Red-legged Partridge 8th<\/sup>, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 10th<\/sup>, 1 Tawny Owl 10th<\/sup> and 19th<\/sup>, 35 Swift 12th<\/sup>, 300 Sand Martin 1st<\/sup> and 3rd<\/sup>, 100 Swallow also 1st<\/sup> and 3rd<\/sup>, 80 House Martins 12th<\/sup>, 2 Yellow Wagtail 1st<\/sup>, 2 Grey Wagtails present on 8 dates, 5 Pied Wagtail 3rd<\/sup>, 8 Redstart 15th<\/sup>, 11 Sedge Warbler 7th<\/sup>, 6 Reed Warbler 14th<\/sup> with 4 singing, 42 Blackcap 11th<\/sup>, 14 Garden Warbler 11th<\/sup>, 1 Lesser Whitethroat around the wildlife Centre Creek on 8 occasions, 2 Whitethroat 31st<\/sup>, 6 Goldcrest singing 23rd<\/sup>, 6 Treecreeper either with young or carrying food 23rd<\/sup>, 53 Chiffchaff 11th<\/sup>, 12 Willow Warbler 11th<\/sup>, 2 Spotted Flycatcher 18th<\/sup>, 5 Pied Flycatcher 19th<\/sup>, 3 Willow tit 4th<\/sup>, 5 Tree Sparrow 30th<\/sup> also seen carrying food on the 4th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Perimeter count conducted on 11th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

A total 111 species for this month compared to 111 in 2021, 87 in 2020, 108 in 2019, 104 in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

May 2022 BIRD NOTES HIGHLIGHTS: Great Northern Diver, Red-necked Grebe, Osprey, Green Sandpiper, Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher and Pied Flycatcher. Water bird maxima were from the WeBS count on 14th unless dated otherwise. 11 Mute Swan, 1 Pink-footed Goose reported on 7 dates within the first half of the month, 24 Greylag Goose, 153 Canada Goose, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-carsington-bird-club"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4513\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}