{"id":697,"date":"2010-04-01T08:35:52","date_gmt":"2010-04-01T07:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/?p=697"},"modified":"2011-07-19T08:37:17","modified_gmt":"2011-07-19T07:37:17","slug":"mar-2010-bird-notes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carsingtonbirdclub.co.uk\/cbc\/blog\/mar-2010-bird-notes\/","title":{"rendered":"Mar 2010 Bird Notes"},"content":{"rendered":"

MARCH 2010 BIRD NOTES<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0March Highlights: Red Throated Diver, Great Northern Divers, Whooper Swans, Garganey, Osprey and early summer migrants return.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Red Throated Diver was off StonesIslandfrom 1630hrs until dusk on 22nd<\/sup> and the Great Northern Diver count was a juvenile from last month to 5th<\/sup> plus an adult which remained all month. A Sunday treat for observers on 7th<\/sup> was 24 Whooper Swans landing at 0930hrs and a single Pink-footed Goose was with Canadas from 8th<\/sup>. The big surprise of the month was a very early Drake Garganey at the Wildlife Centre on 2nd<\/sup> March, a day when several were found around England. The earliest record at Carsington previously was 16th<\/sup> April but the extreme earliest Derbyshire record was on 1st<\/sup> March 1978. Maximum counts this month total 25 Little Grebe on 14th<\/sup>, 35 Great Crested Grebe on 14th<\/sup>, 8 Greylag on 6th<\/sup>, 46 Barnacle on 1st<\/sup> and 14th<\/sup>, 3 Shelduck on 17th<\/sup>, 53 Wigeon on 5th<\/sup>, 3 Gadwall on 14th<\/sup>, 21 Teal on 8th<\/sup>, 109 Mallard on 8th<\/sup>, 4 Pintail on 5th<\/sup>, 5 drake Shoveler on 21st<\/sup>, 325 Tufted Duck on 14th<\/sup>, a female Scaup on 2nd<\/sup>, 28 Goldeneye on 21st<\/sup>, 8 Goosander on 15th<\/sup>, a Water Rail on 7th<\/sup>, 18 Moorhen on 19th<\/sup> and 247 Coot on 14th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

Four Sparrowhawks were noted on 21st<\/sup> and 8 Buzzards were in the air on 14th<\/sup>, with 10 on 21st<\/sup>. An Osprey was on site from 1550hrs on 26th<\/sup>, one day earlier than previous records at Carsington. It was seen from Stones Island and the Wildlife Centre and later it caught a fish and went to dine and roost in Blackbrook Plantation. An immature Peregrine flew north over Sheepwash on 28th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

At least 5 pairs of Oystercatcher were noted on 8th<\/sup> and the first Little Ringed Plover record of the year was 1 on Stones Island with a Dunlin on 26th<\/sup>. The first Dunlin of the year was 1 on 7th<\/sup> then 2 at the Wildlife Centre on 10th<\/sup>. Snipe totalled 8 on Horseshoe Island on 20th<\/sup> and 6 Snipe were seen in flight at Warrington Knob on 7th<\/sup>. A Woodcock was flushed near Paul Stanley Hide on 24th<\/sup>. The largest Curlew numbers were 12 at Sheepwash on 9th<\/sup>, 16 on 11th<\/sup> and 11 were in a field near Lane Ends on 13th<\/sup>. 6 Redshank were noted around the Wildlife Centre, Stones Island and Sheepwash on 8th<\/sup>, 23rd<\/sup> and 31st<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

An adult Mediterranean Gull was at the Wildlife Centre on 10th<\/sup> and was subsequently seen in the gull roost on several evenings up to 24th<\/sup>. Counts of the gull roost proved difficult due to the spread of the roost this month but 242 Common and 65 Lesser Black-backed Gulls were counted in an early roost on 1st<\/sup>. There was a first winter plus a second winter Herring Gull on 20th<\/sup> and an adult Yellow-legged on 10th<\/sup> and 23rd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

A Little Owl was seen in the field on the left between the main car park and Wildlife Centre on 2nd<\/sup>, 7th<\/sup> and 30th<\/sup>. As expected, the first Sand Martins flew through, with 4 on 18th<\/sup> and a flock of 12 the following morning. Swallows started slowly with 1 on 25th<\/sup> then 1 on 28th<\/sup>. Meadow Pipit records have been unusually low for this time of year with 1 on 19th<\/sup> and several singles since. A Rock Pipit was on Sheepwash Spit for at least 2 hours on 19th<\/sup>, 2 White Wagtails were on Horseshoe Island on 31st<\/sup> and a female Stonechat was on Stones Island on 5th<\/sup>. The first Wheatear was on the dam wall early on 19th<\/sup> and 3 were at the Wildlife Centre on 22nd<\/sup>. A wintering Blackcap was near the Wildlife Centre on 10th<\/sup> and a pair there on 24th<\/sup>. Chiffchaff were first noted on 19th<\/sup> with 5 singing and 12 were singing between Millfields and Sheepwash on 31st<\/sup>. Two Willow Tits were singing on 8th<\/sup> and 2 Linnets flew over Sheepwash on 10th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

102 Species recorded this March compared with103 in March 2009, 104 in 2008, 95 in 2007, 100 in 2006, 107 in 2005 and 98 in 2004.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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