{"id":4756,"date":"2023-04-05T13:58:00","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T12:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/?p=4756"},"modified":"2025-09-01T21:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T20:54:12","slug":"march-bird-sightings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/march-bird-sightings\/","title":{"rendered":"March Bird Sightings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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

HIGHLIGHTS: Black-necked Grebe, record Skylark numbers, Sand Martin, Swallow, Stonechat, Wheatear, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Water bird maxima were from the WeBS count on 12th<\/sup>\u00a0unless dated otherwise. 1 Great Northern Diver reported most days till the end of the month, 4 Little Grebe 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0and 8th<\/sup>, 40 Great Crested Grebe 8th<\/sup>, 8 Black-necked Grebe 8th<\/sup>\u00a06 in summer plumage and 2 in winter plumage a record number for Derbyshire, 15 Cormorant 4th<\/sup>, 2 Little Egret 20th<\/sup>, 21st<\/sup>\u00a0and 22nd<\/sup>, 5 Grey Heron 7th<\/sup>, 20th<\/sup>\u00a0and 22nd<\/sup>, 3 Mute Swan 20th<\/sup>, 21st<\/sup>, 22nd<\/sup>\u00a0and 23rd<\/sup>, 20 Greylag Goose 7th<\/sup>, 200 Canada Goose 7th<\/sup>, 20 Barnacle Goose 8th<\/sup>, 3 Shelduck 6th<\/sup>, 3 Mandarin 12th<\/sup>\u00a0and 13th<\/sup>, 100 Wigeon 12th<\/sup>, 56 Gadwall, 210 Teal, 145 Mallard, 6 Pintail 13th<\/sup>\u00a0and 22nd<\/sup>, 2 Shoveler 7th<\/sup>, 26 Tufted Duck, 1 Common Scoter 16th<\/sup>\u00a0(immature male), 12 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander 12th<\/sup>\u00a0and 20th<\/sup>, 6 Moorhen, 126 Coot, 1 Kingfisher 12th<\/sup>\u00a0and 13th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Raptor sightings included 4 Red Kite 21st<\/sup>\u00a0and 22nd<\/sup>, 3 Sparrowhawk 12th<\/sup>, 18 Buzzards 17th<\/sup>, 2 Kestrel 4th<\/sup>\u00a0and 16th<\/sup>, 2 Peregrine 5th<\/sup>\u00a0and 13th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Ten species of waders through this month with 12 Oystercatcher 11th<\/sup>\u00a0and 12th<\/sup>, 1 Little Ringed Plover 21st<\/sup>, 28th<\/sup>\u00a0and 31st<\/sup>, 1 Golden Plover 17th<\/sup>, 78 Lapwing 6th<\/sup>, 4 Dunlin 21st<\/sup>, 1 Jack Snipe 15th<\/sup>, 11 Snipe 12th<\/sup>, 2 Woodcock 5th<\/sup>, 43 Curlew 8th<\/sup>, 6 Redshank 29th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Maximum Gull numbers were 2 Mediterranean Gull 22nd<\/sup>, Black-headed Gull present all month but not in significant numbers, Common Gull also present this month, 130 Lesser Black-backed Gulls 5th<\/sup>, 17 Herring Gull 4th<\/sup>, 1 Caspian Gull 4th<\/sup>, 11th<\/sup>, 12th<\/sup>, 13th<\/sup>\u00a0and 14th<\/sup>, 2 Great black-backed Gull 8th<\/sup>, 11th<\/sup>, 22nd<\/sup>, 29th<\/sup>\u00a0and 30th<\/sup>, 1 Kittiwake 13th<\/sup>\u00a0seen off Stones Island for around 15 minutes before departing.<\/p>\n

Along with the other species were 966 Wood Pigeon 17th<\/sup>, 1 Barn Owl 12th<\/sup>, 16th<\/sup>\u00a0and 21st<\/sup>\u00a0seen in the Sheepwash\/Tail Bay area early in the morning, 2 Tawny Owl 18th<\/sup>, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2nd<\/sup>, 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0and 4th<\/sup>, 130 Skylark 12th<\/sup>, 40 Sand Martin 30th<\/sup>, 40 Swallow 30th<\/sup>, 65 Meadow Pipit 17th<\/sup>, 4 Grey Wagtails 17th<\/sup>, 1 Stonechat 12th<\/sup>, 13th<\/sup>, 14th<\/sup>, 15th<\/sup>\u00a0and 18th<\/sup>, 3 Wheatear 21st<\/sup>, 22nd<\/sup>\u00a0and 23rd<\/sup>, 44 Fieldfare 16th<\/sup>, 100 Redwing 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0and 6th<\/sup>, 13 Chiffchaff 20th<\/sup>, 1 Willow Warbler 31st<\/sup>, 1 Marsh Tit reported on 7 dates this month, 6 Willow Tit 2nd<\/sup>, 8th<\/sup>\u00a0and 16th<\/sup>, 6 Raven 19th<\/sup>\u00a0and 21st<\/sup>, 200 Starling 3rd<\/sup>, 5 Tree Sparrow 8th<\/sup>, 4 Greenfinch 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0and 17th<\/sup>, 10 Siskin 8th<\/sup>, 50 Linnet 7th<\/sup>,11 Lesser Redpoll 23rd<\/sup>, 10 Bullfinch 15th<\/sup>, 8 Reed Bunting 2nd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

The total 102 species noted compares to 106 in 2022, 102 in 2021, 95 in 2020, 100 in 2019, 102 in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 2023 BIRD NOTES HIGHLIGHTS: Black-necked Grebe, record Skylark numbers, Sand Martin, Swallow, Stonechat, Wheatear, Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler. \u00a0Water bird maxima were from the WeBS count on 12th\u00a0unless dated otherwise. 1 Great Northern Diver reported most days till the end of the month, 4 Little Grebe 3rd\u00a0and 8th, 40 Great Crested Grebe 8th, 8 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"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-4756","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\/4756","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4756"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4756\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5518,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4756\/revisions\/5518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4756"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}