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 27^th,

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