Here we go again!

Spring migration is finally underway, it's about time, I thought it would never happen! As it stands we seem to be two or three weeks behind the arrival dates from last spring, but with the southern winds blowing migrants steadily through the country it wont be long before summer migrants fill the place with song. here is a roundup of the last weeks birding:-

 

Speke Hall - 7th April

Not many migrants around, but a Cuckoo which flew over the orchard and front lawn towards the business park was the highlight, closely followed by a pair of Common Buzzards over Stocktons Wood, and a Peregrine flew rapidly West hunting. A new feeding station and viewing screen has been constructed adjacent to the orchard which offers a great chance of seeing birds such as Nuthatch and Great Spotted Woodpecker. A roundup follows -

 

Cuckoo

Peregrine

Common Buzzard -2

Redwing - 15+

Nuthatch - 4

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 4

Stock Dove - 2

Redpoll - 1 (flew North)

Cowslips - 20+

 

Speke/Garston Coastal Reserve (viewed from the moat at Speke Hall) - 9th April

 

Yellow Wagtail (near to the airport fence line)

Meadow Pipits - 5

Skylark -2

Reed Bunting

Chifchaff

Shelduck 35+

Bar-Tailed Godwit - 20

Redshank - 120+

Curlew - 3

Oystercatcher - 25+

 

Wavertree Mystery - 12th April

 

Chiff Chaff

Meadow Pipits -5

 

Otterspool Park - 12th April

 

Nuthatch - 2

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Goldcrest

Comma

 

Greenbank Park - 14th April

 

Swallows - 2

Chiff Chaff

Redwing - 12+

Pied Wagtail - 2

Treecreeper

Nuthatch - nesting

Coot - two pairs nesting

Mute Swan - 3 (resident male is still trying to drive off the new pair)

Canada Goose - nesting on the southern platform

Grey Heron

Stock Dove - 2

 

Sefton Park (the dell area) - 14th April

 

Grey Wagtail

Stock Dove

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Nuthatch -2

Sparrowhawk (the cinder path between Liverpool College and the halls of residence)

Nuthatch