{"id":4596,"date":"2022-11-01T20:35:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T19:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/?p=4596"},"modified":"2025-09-01T21:56:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T20:56:28","slug":"october-2022-bird-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/october-2022-bird-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"OCTOBER 2022 BIRD NOTES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HIGHLIGHTS: Whooper Swan, Garganey, Red-breasted Merganser, Marsh Harrier, Little Stint, Green Sandpiper and Marsh Tit.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Water bird maxima were from the WeBS count on 9th<\/sup> unless dated otherwise. 25 Mute Swan 3rd<\/sup>, 5 adult Whooper Swan 14th<\/sup>, 165 Pink-footed Goose 2nd<\/sup>,150 Greylag Goose 5th<\/sup>, 126 Canada Goose 22nd<\/sup>, 2 Barnacle Goose reported 2nd<\/sup> and 18th<\/sup>, 1 Mandarin 31st<\/sup> last reported on site back in May, 111 Wigeon 23rd<\/sup>, 37 Gadwall 30th<\/sup>, 480 Teal 5th<\/sup>, 150 Mallard, 9 Pintail 2nd<\/sup>, 1 Garganey 8th<\/sup>, 9th<\/sup>, 11th<\/sup> and 25th<\/sup>, 20 Shoveler, 10 Pochard 29th<\/sup>, 148 Tufted Duck 17th<\/sup>, 1 Goldeneye 24th<\/sup>, 1 Red-breasted Merganser 3rd<\/sup> and 4th<\/sup>, 1 Goosander 8th<\/sup>, 16th<\/sup>, 29th<\/sup> and 30th<\/sup>, 33 Little Grebe 5th<\/sup>, 45 Great Crested Grebe 5th<\/sup>, 46 Cormorant, 3 Little Egret 2nd<\/sup> and 31st<\/sup>, 4 Great White Egret 10th<\/sup>  and single birds reported 7 times within the month, 11 Grey Heron 13th<\/sup>, 6 Moorhen 9th<\/sup> and 15th<\/sup>, 34 Coot, 1 Kingfisher 1st<\/sup>, 2nd<\/sup>, 3rd<\/sup>, 11th<\/sup>, 12th<\/sup>, 14th<\/sup>, 17th<\/sup> and 18th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raptor sightings included 9 Red Kite 30th<\/sup>, 1 Marsh Harrier 3rd<\/sup> and 8th<\/sup>, 3 Sparrowhawk 14th<\/sup> and 28th<\/sup>, 8 Buzzards 3rd<\/sup> and 13th<\/sup>, 3 Kestrel 5th<\/sup>, 1 Merlin 3rd<\/sup> and 6th<\/sup>, 1 Hobby 1st<\/sup>, 1 Peregrine reported on 14 dates within the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ten species of waders through this month with 21 Ringed Plover 1st<\/sup>, 2 Golden Plover 19th<\/sup>, 191 Lapwing 30th<\/sup>,1 Little Stint 23rd<\/sup> and 28th<\/sup>, 25 Dunlin 22nd<\/sup>, 1 Jack Snipe 9th<\/sup> and 11th<\/sup>, 2 Snipe 11th<\/sup>, 1 Redshank 2nd<\/sup> and 17th<\/sup>, 1 Greenshank 4th<\/sup>,2 Green Sandpiper 9th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maximum Gull numbers were 3 Mediterranean Gull 27th<\/sup>, 2000 Black-headed Gull 7th<\/sup>, 26 Common Gull 5th<\/sup>, numbers of Lesser Black-backed Gulls seen most days 1 Herring Gull 23rd<\/sup> and 26th<\/sup>, 7 Yellow-legged Gulls 22nd<\/sup>, 1 Caspian Gull 10th<\/sup>, 18th<\/sup>, 21st<\/sup>, 22nd<\/sup>, 23rd<\/sup> and 30th<\/sup>, 1 Great black-backed Gull reported 27 dates within the month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 juvenile Arctic Tern flew across the reservoir 9th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Among other species were 7450 Wood Pigeon 31st<\/sup> with large numbers reported flying across the reservoir on 4 different dates.4 Tawny Owl heard calling 26th<\/sup>, 2 Red-legged Partridge found on Stones Island 30th<\/sup>, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 3rd<\/sup>, 8th<\/sup>, and 23rd<\/sup>, 12 Swallow 1st<\/sup>, with the last seen 16th<\/sup>, 60 House Martins 3rd<\/sup>, 300 Meadow Pipit 1st<\/sup>, 1 Rock Pipit 9th<\/sup> and 13th<\/sup>, 6 Grey Wagtails 16th<\/sup>, 63 Pied Wagtail 1st<\/sup>, 1 Stonechat 12th<\/sup>, 1 female Wheatear 3rd<\/sup> and 10th<\/sup>, 286  Fieldfare 19th<\/sup> with 130 on 25th<\/sup> and 105 on 31st<\/sup>, 29190 Redwing reported 19th<\/sup> moving over a 6 hour period, 2 Blackcap 6th<\/sup>, 8 Chiffchaff 1st<\/sup> and 2nd<\/sup>, 1 Marsh Tit noted on 9 dates, 4 Willow Tit 12th<\/sup> and 24th<\/sup>, 4 Jay 9th<\/sup>, 500 Jackdaw 1st<\/sup>, 13 Raven 18th<\/sup>, 500 Starling 28th<\/sup>, 8 Tree Sparrow 6th<\/sup>, 3 Brambling 9th<\/sup>, 29 Siskin 16th<\/sup>, 70 Linnet 31st<\/sup>, 9 Lesser Redpoll 24th<\/sup>, 1 Yellowhammer 4th<\/sup> and 25th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The total 111 species noted this month is a new record for October (beating the 109 recorded in 2007) and compares to 105 in 2021, 106 in 2020, 103 in 2019, 106 in 2018, 108 in 2017.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HIGHLIGHTS: Whooper Swan, Garganey, Red-breasted Merganser, Marsh Harrier, Little Stint, Green Sandpiper and Marsh Tit. Water bird maxima were from the WeBS count on 9th unless dated otherwise. 25 Mute Swan 3rd, 5 adult Whooper Swan 14th, 165 Pink-footed Goose 2nd,150 Greylag Goose 5th, 126 Canada Goose 22nd, 2 Barnacle Goose reported 2nd and 18th, 1 Mandarin […]<\/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-4596","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\/4596","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=4596"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4596\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5523,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4596\/revisions\/5523"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}