|
Chandlers Ford “Falcons” |
|
Date: 20/08/2005 (Birds: 59 species recorded) |
|
Check List for Farlington Marsh |
|
BIRD LIST Little Grebe Great Crested Grebe Cormorant Little Egret Heron Herring Gull Black headed Gull Common Gull Common Tern Moorhen Coot Shelduck Widgeon Mallard Shoveler Teal Brent Goose Canada Goose Mute Swan Ringed Plover Oystercatcher Redshank GreenShank Black tailed Godwit Dunlin Common Sandpiper Turnstone Curlew Grey Plover Lapwing Peregrine Sparrowhawk Kestrel Wood Pigeon Stock Dove Blackbird Song Thrush Meadow Pipit Swallow Whitethroat Lesser Whitethroat Wren Robin Wheatear Dunnock Yellow Wagtail Blue Tit Starling Carrion Crow Magpie Greenfinch Chaffinch Goldfinch Linnet Reed Bunting |
REPORT by Derek ListerOn a warm still day Farlington Marsh produced the goods!. 59 species were seen, and although only 12 Wildlife Explorers and leaders attended ,they were rewarded with some good views of birds. Grey Plover were splendid in their summer plumage ,while Dunlin still displayed their black bellies. Yellow Wagtails were feeding near to the cattle, while Lesser Whitethroat darted amongst the blackberries. A peregrine was seen feeding in the distance on prey. And a Brent Goose, the first for the return migration, reminded us that winter was just around the corner |