{"id":4673,"date":"2023-03-06T14:31:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/?p=4673"},"modified":"2025-09-01T21:54:27","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T20:54:27","slug":"bird-notes-february-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/bird-notes-february-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Bird Notes – February 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

February 2023 BIRD NOTES<\/strong><\/p>\n

HIGHLIGHTS: Great Northern Diver, Whooper Swan, Water Rail, Jack Snipe and Marsh Tit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Water bird maxima were from the WeBS count on 12th<\/sup> unless dated otherwise. 1 Great Northern Diver reported most days till the end of the month, 8 Little Grebe, 24 Great Crested Grebe 27th<\/sup>, 19 Cormorant 2nd<\/sup>, 1 Little Egret 5th<\/sup>, 9th<\/sup> and 24th<\/sup>, 4 Grey Heron 9th<\/sup>, 2 Mute Swan 3rd<\/sup>, 15th<\/sup> and 27th<\/sup>, 14 Whooper Swan 27th<\/sup> only on site for the single date first group of 4 adults and 6 juveniles left at 08:08 and the remaining 4 left at 08:25, 151 Pink-footed Goose 27th<\/sup>, 35 Greylag Goose 1st<\/sup>, 260 Canada Goose 27th<\/sup>, 35 Barnacle Goose 24th<\/sup>, 4 Shelduck 6th<\/sup>, 1 Mandarin 20th<\/sup>, 161 Wigeon 27th<\/sup>, 84 Gadwall 12th<\/sup>, 733 Teal 6th<\/sup>, 277 Mallard 6th<\/sup>, 1 Pintail 6th<\/sup>, 10th<\/sup> and 12th<\/sup>, 2 Shoveler 7th<\/sup> and 20th<\/sup>, 1 Pochard reported on 7 dates this month, 25 Tufted Duck 16th<\/sup>, 1 Common Scoter (drake) 12th<\/sup>, 10 Goldeneye 12th<\/sup> and 27th<\/sup>, 4 Goosander 5th<\/sup>, 1 Water Rail 22nd<\/sup> and 26th<\/sup>, 10 Moorhen 22nd<\/sup>, 135 Coot 27th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Raptor sightings included 4 Red Kite 1st<\/sup>, 4 Sparrowhawk 3rd<\/sup>, 10 Buzzards 26th<\/sup>, 2 Kestrel 20th<\/sup>, 1 Peregrine reported on 11 dates.<\/p>\n

Eight species of waders through this month with 12 Oystercatcher 14th<\/sup>, 16th<\/sup> and 27th<\/sup>, 150 Lapwing 1st<\/sup> and 9th<\/sup>, 1 Dunlin 10th<\/sup> and 22nd<\/sup>, 1 Jack Snipe 6th<\/sup>, 14th<\/sup>, 20th<\/sup>, 22nd<\/sup>, 23rd<\/sup> and 26th<\/sup>, 10 Snipe 16th<\/sup>, 3 Woodcock 2nd<\/sup>, 15 Curlew 26th<\/sup>, 4 Redshank 12th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Maximum Gull numbers were Black-headed Gull present all month but not in significant numbers, Common Gull also present this month, 500 Lesser Black-backed Gulls 5th<\/sup>, 20 Herring Gull 10th<\/sup>, 2 Yellow-legged Gull 9th<\/sup>, 1 Caspian Gull 6th<\/sup>, 3 Great black-backed Gull 2nd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Perimeter counts were conducted on 7th<\/sup> and 28th<\/sup> along with the other species were 1 Tawny Owl heard calling 3rd<\/sup> and 12th<\/sup>, 2 Red-legged Partridge 1st<\/sup> and 5th<\/sup>, 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker 7th<\/sup> with 4 drumming, 8 Skylark 15th<\/sup>, 40 Meadow Pipit 7th<\/sup>, 4 Grey Wagtails 7th<\/sup>, 9th<\/sup> and 21st<\/sup>, 54 Wren 28th<\/sup>, 156 Robin 28th<\/sup>, 93 Blackbird also 28th<\/sup>, 70 Redwing 28th<\/sup>, 33 Long-tailed Tit 28th<\/sup>, 1 Marsh Tit reported on 9 dates this month, 8 Willow Tit 7th<\/sup>, 15 Coal Tit 7th<\/sup>, 175 Blue Tit 28th<\/sup>, 86 Great Tit 7th<\/sup>, 14 Treecreeper 28th<\/sup>, 40 Magpie 28th<\/sup>, 1000 Jackdaw 10th<\/sup>, 18 Raven 22nd<\/sup>, 8 Tree Sparrow 16th<\/sup>, 38 Chaffinch 7th<\/sup>, 8 Greenfinch 28th<\/sup>, 75 Siskin 6th<\/sup>, 80 Linnet 2nd<\/sup> and 3rd<\/sup>, 6 Lesser Redpoll 2nd<\/sup> and 21st<\/sup>, 24 Bullfinch 7th<\/sup>, 9 Reed Bunting 22nd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

The total 93 species noted compares to 92 in 2022, 90 in 2021, 93 in 2020, 92 in 2019, 87 in 2018.<\/p>\n

This is the joint second highest total for February only beaten by 96 way back in 2004.<\/p>\n

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February 2023 BIRD NOTES HIGHLIGHTS: Great Northern Diver, Whooper Swan, Water Rail, Jack Snipe and Marsh Tit. Water bird maxima were from the WeBS count on 12th unless dated otherwise. 1 Great Northern Diver reported most days till the end of the month, 8 Little Grebe, 24 Great Crested Grebe 27th, 19 Cormorant 2nd, 1 […]<\/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-4673","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\/4673","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=4673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5521,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4673\/revisions\/5521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}