{"id":4553,"date":"2022-08-31T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2022-08-31T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/?p=4553"},"modified":"2025-09-01T21:56:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T20:56:35","slug":"bird-notes-august-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/bird-notes-august-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Notes – August 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

HIGHLIGHTS: Pomarine Skua, Garganey, Sanderling, Spotted Redshank, Osprey, Grasshopper Warbler, Marsh Tit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Water bird maxima were from the WeBS count on 14th<\/sup>, unless dated otherwise. 33 Mute Swan reported on 11 dates within the month, 1 Pink-footed Goose 19th<\/sup>, 21st<\/sup>\u00a0and 26th<\/sup>, 139 Greylag Goose 25th<\/sup>, 733 Canada Goose 29th<\/sup>, 2 Barnacle Goose reported 11 dates within the month, 1 Ruddy Shelduck reported 7 times, 1 Shelduck 1st<\/sup>, 14th<\/sup>\u00a0and 27th<\/sup>, 8 Wigeon 31st<\/sup>, 75 Gadwall 29th<\/sup>, 143 Teal 13th<\/sup>\u00a0and 14th<\/sup>, 394 Mallard, 3 Garganey reported on 8 occasions within the month, 17 Shoveler 31st<\/sup>, 20 Pochard 24th<\/sup>, 29th<\/sup>\u00a0and 30th<\/sup>, 476 Tufted Duck, 4 Goosander 19th<\/sup>, 23 Little Grebe, 74 Great Crested Grebe, 57 Cormorant 13th<\/sup>, 20 Little Egret 21st<\/sup>\u00a0second time this month that the site record has been broken, 1 Great White Egret 10th<\/sup>, 11th<\/sup>, and 24th<\/sup>, 16 Grey Heron 15th<\/sup>, 23 Moorhen, 647 Coot, 1 Kingfisher 9th<\/sup>, 14th<\/sup>, 23rd<\/sup>\u00a0and 25th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Raptor sightings included 8 Red Kite 1st<\/sup>\u00a0with at least a single bird seen 29 dates this month, 2 Sparrowhawk 9th<\/sup>, 11th<\/sup>, 16th<\/sup>\u00a0and 19th<\/sup>, 9 Buzzards 28th<\/sup>, 1 Osprey 15th<\/sup>\u00a0and 23rd<\/sup>, 5 Kestrel 29th<\/sup>, 1 Merlin photographed over the Dam wall 26th<\/sup>, 1 Hobby 4th<\/sup>, 10th<\/sup>\u00a0and 24th<\/sup>, 2 Peregrine 29th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Fifteen species of waders through this month with 2 Oystercatcher reported on 9 dates, 9 Little Ringed Plover including 2 chicks 19th<\/sup>, 22 Ringed Plover 29th<\/sup>, 55 Lapwing 1st<\/sup>, 1 Sanderling 5th<\/sup>, 5 Dunlin 19th<\/sup>, 11 Snipe 30th<\/sup>, 4 Black-tailed Godwit 21st<\/sup>, 1 Curlew 29th<\/sup>\u00a0and 31st<\/sup>, 2 Spotted Redshank 30th<\/sup>\u00a0and 31st<\/sup>, 8 Redshank 27th<\/sup>, 2 Greenshank 15th<\/sup>, 3 Green Sandpiper 11th<\/sup>, 8 Common Sandpiper 15th<\/sup>, 1 Turnstone 18th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Maximum Gull numbers were 1 Mediterranean Gull 2nd<\/sup>, Black-headed Gull present all month, 3 Common Gull 2nd<\/sup>, 4538 Lesser Black-backed Gulls 19th<\/sup>, 1 Herring Gull 29th<\/sup>, 5 Yellow-legged Gulls 7th<\/sup>, 1 Great black-backed Gull reported 19 dates within the month.<\/p>\n

1 Pomarine Skua 2nd<\/sup>, Second bird to be reported at Carsington (1993), 5 Common Tern 18th<\/sup>, 22 Arctic Tern (mostly juveniles) 25th<\/sup>, 5 Black Tern 25th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Among other species were 1 Tawny Owl 9th<\/sup>, 19th<\/sup>\u00a0and 26th<\/sup>, 5 Swift 3rd<\/sup>, 5 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1st<\/sup>, 20 Sand Martin 20th<\/sup>\u00a0and 25th<\/sup>, 150 Swallow 22nd<\/sup>, 75 House Martins 17th<\/sup>, 1 Tree Pipit 26th<\/sup>\u00a0and 27th<\/sup>, 5 Yellow Wagtail 22nd<\/sup>, 5 Grey Wagtails 20th<\/sup>, 150 Pied Wagtail 18th<\/sup>, 4 Redstart 6th<\/sup>\u00a0and 9th<\/sup>, 1 Wheatear 25th<\/sup>, 28th<\/sup>, 29th<\/sup>\u00a0and 30th<\/sup>, 1 Juvenile Grasshopper Warbler 20th<\/sup>, 6 Sedge Warbler 6th<\/sup>\u00a0and 9th<\/sup>, 4 Reed Warbler 10th<\/sup>, 4 Lesser Whitethroat 11th<\/sup>, 2 Whitethroat 19th<\/sup>\u00a0and 20th<\/sup>, 4 Garden Warbler 7th<\/sup>, 32 Blackcap 7th<\/sup>, 6 Chiffchaff 26th<\/sup>, 4 Willow Warbler 5th<\/sup>\u00a0and 7th<\/sup>\u00a03 Spotted Flycatcher 1st<\/sup>\u00a0and 21st<\/sup>, 1 Marsh Tit 1st<\/sup>, 19th<\/sup>\u00a0and 28th<\/sup>, 7 Willow Tit 1st<\/sup>, 5 Tree Sparrow 9th<\/sup>\u00a0and 30th<\/sup>, 200 Goldfinch 25th<\/sup>, 100 Linnet 6th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

A total 119 species for this month is the highest count for August in 11 years and the joint second highest for the month since records began.<\/p>\n

Previous years 107 in 2021, 111 in 2020, 112 in 2019, 113 in 2018, 114 in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

August 2022 BIRD NOTES HIGHLIGHTS: Pomarine Skua, Garganey, Sanderling, Spotted Redshank, Osprey, Grasshopper Warbler, Marsh Tit. Water bird maxima were from the WeBS count on 14th, unless dated otherwise. 33 Mute Swan reported on 11 dates within the month, 1 Pink-footed Goose 19th, 21st\u00a0and 26th, 139 Greylag Goose 25th, 733 Canada Goose 29th, 2 Barnacle […]<\/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-4553","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\/4553","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=4553"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4553\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5524,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4553\/revisions\/5524"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}