Guided Bird Walk

A big thank you to everyone that turned up this morning for my first ever guided bird walk hope you all enjoyed the sights and sounds of Astbury Mere . It was arranged by Matt the park Ranger and along with Mark and myself we all enjoyed your company and banter. We managed to connect with fourty species and everyone got good views with a few supprises added in. Hawfinch was undoubtedly the star bird with a single bird giving excellent views for around 15 minutes. Also 27 Bramblings around also giving excellent entertainment. Full list below for those that wanted it.
1 Hawfinch single bird
2 Brambling x 27
3 Willow Warbler x 3
4 Blackcap x 4
5 Chiffchaff x8
6 Reed Bunting x 2 males
7 Little Grebe x 3
8 Swallow x 5
9 Sand Martin x 4 arrived just as people were leaving.
10 Grey Heron
11 Mute Swan
12 Canada Goose
13 Greylag Goose
14 Mallard
15 Tufted Duck
16 Coot
17 Great Crested Grebe
18 Carrion Crow
19 Jackdaw
20 Wood Pigeon
21 Song Thrush
22 Blackbird
23 Robin
24 Wren
25 Goosander x1 flying over
26 Dunnock
27 Lesser Black Backed Gull
28 Blue Tit
29 Great Tit
30 Coal Tit
31 Long-tailed Tit
32 Greenfinch
33 Goldfinch
34 Chaffinch
35 Bullfinch
36 House Sparrow
37 Magpie
38 Jay
39 Starling
40 Feral Pigeon.

A few birds that myself and Mark have seen over the past few days did not put in a appearance today so maybe next time.
Once again thank you all for turning up and making it a memorable two and half hours. Thank you Holly for the photo above.