Monday 1 April 2013

Sale Water Park - 31st March 2013

TRIP: SWP and Area
Date: 31/3/2013
Time: 4-6.15pm

Hawthorne Lane:

1 Goldfinch
3 Blackbird
2 Robin
Some Longtailed Tits nr Turn moss
Great Tits

A couple of unidentified birds, a larger brown walking down towards the Mersey, have to watch out for this one again.

Broad Eees Dole:

30+ Black Headed Gulls including 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull*
2 pairs of Teal
7 Canada Geese (more flew in later)
4 Moorhen
5 Coot
1 Grey Heron
2 Little Grebe
Mallards M+F

On the Lake:

2  Great Crested Grebe
1 Mute Swan
# Canada Geese
# Black Headed Gulls
3 Robin

Feeding Station nr Cafe/Visitors Centre:

4 Great Tit
1 Robin
1 Coal Tit*
5 Long Tail Tit
2 Blue Tit
2 Pied Wagtail
1 Nuthatch*

Around the area there were the usuals, Magpies, crows, wood pigeons.

*Some new ones for the list today:

Nuthatch, Coal Tit and Long Tail Tit and Lesser Black Backed Gull