Cheshire Birder
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Another very quiet day for news - Drake Garganey and Willow Warbler at IMF; Hen Harriers at Parkgate and Heswall.
CB
CB
Redesmere , early afternoon; 20-30 swallows , 2-3 sand martins and 1 house martin - my earliest ever ! Still 2 red-legs in the fields around the lane.
Saw my first swallow of the year earlier on today at my local patch. GC-Grebes starting to build nests too, which was good to see. Not much else other than unidentified white breasted soaring raptor and usual assortment of parkland ducks.
Redesmere , early afternoon; 20-30 swallows , 2-3 sand martins and 1 house martin - my earliest ever ! Still 2 red-legs in the fields around the lane.
Where abouts along the lane were they? By lane i'm assuming you mean the lane running past the feeding area at the south end.
CB
Yippee!---Summer has arrived[possibly]---Swallows and martins not ventured in to Knutsford yet.On the plus side,my garden still overun with Reed Buntings .A male Bull finch and Nuthatch joined the throng this morning. Got back from Norfolk[Titchwell] yesterday and at dusk a lesser spotted Woodpecker was on the fat balls.[are they normal garden visitors?] I had one a long time ago but assumed that was a rare one off thing.
Yes,I mean the lane that continues from where they feed the ducks.Red legs have been in the Siddington area for years ,but no particular area seems to be regular for them.The last couple of times 2 were seen either side of that lane,but none of the fields look that great for them being just grassed over.I just seem to see them by chance from the lanes in the area.
One of my mates thinks he saw a willow tit at the feeders at Risley Moss. Knowing there was some discussion on here recently over the Marsh and Willow tits in Cheshire I wondered if anyone knows which species it was likely to be?
Gareth
Willow far more likely.
Just (10:15 - 10:25) had an OSPREY fly right over my patch - heading north - look out Pennington Flash.
One of my mates thinks he saw a willow tit at the feeders at Risley Moss. Knowing there was some discussion on here recently over the Marsh and Willow tits in Cheshire I wondered if anyone knows which species it was likely to be?
Cheers
Gareth