Tuesday 31 December 2019

Wintersett Annual Round Up and Top Ten Birds 2019

Wintersett Annual Round Up 2019

Weather
January   Mostly cool and  cloudy with just 3 days of light frost.
February – Cloudy and cold for two weeks then unseasonally hot and sunny  for last two weeks.
March  was dry, cool and sunny with some cloudy days.   
April – Mostly hot and sunny, occasionally with a cooling breeze.  Heavy rain on the 27th,
May was rainy for the first two weeks then dry and sunny.
June had several rainy days during the first half of the month but was mostly hot and sunny with scattered cloud thereafter.
July was hot and dry until the final week  when there was some very welcome rain.
August was warm to hot  but cloudy with occasional drizzly showers which increased humidity.
September was mainly warm and dry with light winds, but some heavy rain during the last week.
October was cooler, with rain of varying intensity and an occasional light frost.
November was cold or frosty , dull and damp.
December was cool, cloudy and damp with a few sunny spells.

The Wintersett Area recorded 174 bird species for 2019!

The Top Ten Birds were:
  1. Great Reed Warbler  male from the 8th May to 13th June.  New for the list!
  2. Pomarine Skua  juvenile flew north 8th October.
  3. Ferruginous Duck  drake  15th, 17th and 19th May.
  4. Ring-necked Duck  drake occasional from 17th November to 31st December.
  5. Siberian Chiffchaff  1st to 14th January and 25th October.
  6. Water Pipit  3rd to 21st February and 4th November.
  7. Lapland Bunting 1 flew west  2nd November
  8. Ring Ouzel male 8th and 9th April
  9. Common Crane 4 flew north west 14th February
  10.  White-fronted Goose flew north west  30th November.

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