{"id":644,"date":"2011-07-01T07:50:56","date_gmt":"2011-07-01T06:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/?p=644"},"modified":"2023-06-14T09:06:34","modified_gmt":"2023-06-14T08:06:34","slug":"june-2011-monthly-bird-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/june-2011-monthly-bird-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Jun 2011 Bird Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

JUNE 2011 BIRD NOTES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

June Highlights: Black-throated Diver, Little Egret, Common Scoter and Osprey.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last month\u2019s first summer Black-throated Diver was last seen on 12th<\/sup>, it obviously moved on despite being into its moult. A Little Egret was seen in flight on 22nd<\/sup>, then landed at Paul Stanley Hide, and was still on site near the Wildlife Centre (WLC) on 30th<\/sup>. Great Crested Grebe had 3 broods by the end of the month, each with 1 young and a Mute Swan pair have 6 cygnets, usually seen being displayed to the WLC.\u00a0 Barnacle Geese have again failed breeding and the birds have left site. Mallard added 8 broods this month, taking the total to 17 broods this year, well above an average year. The first Tufted Duck brood appeared at Sheepwash on 25th<\/sup> and another on 29th<\/sup>, although the latter brood seemed parentless at the time of observation. Moorhen showed 2 broods by 11th<\/sup> and Coot 3 broods by 15th<\/sup>, which is low compared with the past few years. Notable counts included 47 Great Crested Grebe on 15th<\/sup>, 7 Heron on 29th<\/sup>, 343 Canada Geese on 20th<\/sup>, a hybrid drake Shelduck\/Mallard cross from 20th<\/sup>, a drake Wigeon on 7th<\/sup>, 3 Teal on 29th<\/sup>, 98 Mallard on 15th<\/sup>, a drake Pintail from 3rd<\/sup> to 7th<\/sup>, a pair of Red-crested Pochard from last month to 7th<\/sup>, 2 drake Pochard from 1st<\/sup> to 8th<\/sup> and 171 Tufted Duck and 142 Coot on 15th<\/sup>. Five drake Common Scoter flew in early on 29th<\/sup> and were joined briefly by 2 others in the afternoon.<\/p>\n

Raptor records included a Sparrowhawk carrying prey on 11th<\/sup> and on several subsequent days, all into the same woodland area. A Common Buzzard was causing chaos with the breeding Black-headed Gulls and Common Tern on Flat Island on 21st<\/sup> and 5 Buzzard were in the air on 8th<\/sup> and 16th<\/sup>. An Osprey flew southwest over the dam wall at 0828hrs on 1st<\/sup> and a Peregrine was seen on 15th<\/sup>, 22nd<\/sup> and 27th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Wader breeding so far this year is; only 2 Oystercatcher broods and another pair still sitting, at least 6 broods of Lapwing, which is better than recent years, and 3 broods of Redshank. Other waders recorded include a Ringed Plover on Stones Island on 30th<\/sup>, a Sanderling on Sheepwash Spit on 9th<\/sup>, 9 Dunlin at Sheepwash on 16th<\/sup>, 18 Black-tailed Godwit at the WLC on 28th<\/sup> and another 13 on 30th<\/sup> and 2 Curlew and 2 Common Sandpiper on 29th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Black-headed Gull nests at the WLC were 7 on the tern raft and at least 3 on HorseshoeIsland. On 29th<\/sup>, 19 chicks were noted in broods of 3+2+2 on the raft and 4+3+2+2 on the island, many of these were from the raft. Three nests at Sheepwash had failed on 1st<\/sup>, most likely by fox predation. The number of nests on Flat Island is not known, but young at one nest could be seen on 15th<\/sup> and 61 Black-headed Gulls roosted there on 3rd<\/sup>. Lesser Black-backed Gull numbers are beginning to build up towards the end of the day, with 10 on 20th<\/sup> and 120 on 29th<\/sup>. A second summer Yellow-legged Gull was on Horseshoe Island on 29th<\/sup>. The pair of Common Terns breeding on Flat Island had probably failed by 20th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

A Collared Dove nest in the Visitor Centre car park had 2 big young in it on 5th<\/sup> and cars parked within feet of it on two sides. A Barn Owl was around Sheepwash on 25th<\/sup>, 200 Swift went through on 5th<\/sup>, a Kingfisher was at Millfields on 16th<\/sup> and 23rd<\/sup> and a Green Woodpecker at Millfields on 13th<\/sup>. Three pairs of Swallow are breeding in the Millfields area and there are 18 House Martin nests around the Visitor Centre. A Grey Wagtail family were on Stones Island on 20th<\/sup>, a Redstart family in WLC Creek also on 20th<\/sup>, a Sedge Warbler singing in the WLC reeds from 7-29th<\/sup>, a pair of Reed Warbler feeding a nest in Hopton Arm reedbed on 26th<\/sup>, a Lesser Whitethroat family in WLC Creek on 30th<\/sup>, 4 Whitethroat pairs reported breeding, 3 Willow tit families noted, the local Raven pair with 2 juveniles successfully in the air on 11th<\/sup>, 6 Raven flew over on 29th<\/sup> and 11 active\/used House Sparrow nests were found around the Visitor Centre on 1st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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95 Species this month compared with 87 in June 2010, 93 in 2009, 91 in 2008, 93 in 2007 and 89 in 2006.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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