Shotton Steelworks
13/07/18
500+ Starling roosted.
Pools......4 Green Sandpiper, ( Rocky Pool ), 1 Snipe, 62 Mallard, 35 Coot, 7 Little Grebe, 8 Gadwall, 9 Tufted Duck, ( + 5 fledglings ), 2 Pied Wagtail, 7 Moorhen, ( + 2 fledglings ), 10 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, and 4 Teal.
Adjacent saltmarsh/estuary.....12 Common Sandpiper, 11 Snipe, 1 Whimbrel, 6 Dunlin, 1 Siskin, and 9 Little Ringed Plover.
500+ Swallow, and 10+ Sand Martin, passed through early morning.
Overnight rain, brought birds in to feed on the softer ground......including, 100+ Starling, 50+ Lapwing, 50+ Linnet, and 20+ Meadow Pipit.
Other notable birds.......1 Cetti's Warbler, and 1 Lesser Whitethroat.
13/07/18
500+ Starling roosted.
Pools......4 Green Sandpiper, ( Rocky Pool ), 1 Snipe, 62 Mallard, 35 Coot, 7 Little Grebe, 8 Gadwall, 9 Tufted Duck, ( + 5 fledglings ), 2 Pied Wagtail, 7 Moorhen, ( + 2 fledglings ), 10 Canada Goose, 2 Mute Swan, and 4 Teal.
Adjacent saltmarsh/estuary.....12 Common Sandpiper, 11 Snipe, 1 Whimbrel, 6 Dunlin, 1 Siskin, and 9 Little Ringed Plover.
500+ Swallow, and 10+ Sand Martin, passed through early morning.
Overnight rain, brought birds in to feed on the softer ground......including, 100+ Starling, 50+ Lapwing, 50+ Linnet, and 20+ Meadow Pipit.
Other notable birds.......1 Cetti's Warbler, and 1 Lesser Whitethroat.