Old Moor Sofa

An update on the number of species recorded in the Old Moor Area this year, at the end of May the total was 162.

No further species were added to the end of June therefore the total at the end of June remained at 162.

At the end of June 2015 the total was 149 and at the end of June 2016 the total was 157 therefore a lot better than 2015 and slightly up on 2016.

A further 16 species were seen up to the end of June in those two years but not seen this year - Red Necked Grebe, Egyptian Goose, Bean Goose, Common Crane, Little Bittern, Red Crested Pochard, Red Footed Falcon, Turnstone, Curlew Sandpiper, Laughing Gull, Gull Billed Tern, Little Tern, Long Eared Owl, Alpine Swift, Spotted Flycatcher, Rock Pipit.

A very uneventful Month with no new species added as most species settled down to breed and the hot weather took hold.

For comparison some other inland sites totals are as follows:- Swillington Ings, West Yorkshire 165, Upton Warren, Worcestershire 135 and Potteric Carr, South Yorkshire 145.