April saw the highest number of species reported in a single month, as well as the highest number of reports since I became Recording Secretary in May 2024 – thanks to all as always for sending your sightings to me.
Total species for the month: 107.
Total sightings for the month: 1642.
Year to date: 133 species (from 4837 sightings).
Notable sightings:
Arctic Tern (3 sightings, with 6 on 23rd), Common Gull (on 13 dates, max of 28th on 5th), Common Sandpiper (on 18 dates, max of 10 on 29th), Common Tern (single bird on 5 dates), Cuckoo (1 on 28th), Curlew (on 19 dates, max of 8 on 1st and 2nd), Dunlin (on 2 dates, with 3 on 15th), Fieldfare (last report of 7 on 10th), Garden Warbler (daily from 15th), Goldeneye (up to 5 birds, last seen on 10th), Great White Egret (singles on 2 dates), House Martin (on 13 dates, first reported on 5th), Lesser Whitethroat (1 on 25th), Little Egret (singles on 8 dates), Osprey (singles on 2 dates), Oystercatcher (daily, up to 4 birds), Peregrine Falcon (single on 25th), Redshank (single bird on 5 dates), Redwing (on 4 dates, last report on 25th), Reed Warbler (daily from 25th), Ringed Plover (2 on 13th and 14th), Ring Ouzel (1 on 21st and 22nd), Sand Martin (almost daily, max of 85), Sedge Warbler (almost daily from 8th), Shelduck (4 birds on 3 separate dates), Shoveler (on 14 dates, max of 15), Swallow (almost daily from 2nd, max of 97), Swift (2 on 26th), Wheatear (singles on 2 dates), Whimbrel (on 6 dates, max of 8), Whitethroat (almost daily from 21st), White Wagtail (max of 5 birds on 7 dates), Whooper Swan (1 on 2nd), Willow Tit (on 9 dates, max of 2), Willow Warbler (almost daily from 5th), Yellow-legged Gull (on dates, single bird), Yellow Wagtail (singles on 10 dates).
Also reported: Brimstone, Orange Tip and Peacock butterflies, as well as Brown Hare and Weasel.
Thanks as always to everyone to contributed to the monthly sightings by either contacting me directly, writing in the hide diary or by commenting on the club Whatsapp group:
Mick McNeill, John Turner, Steve Sutcliffe, Kevin Grayston, Stephen Walker, Tim Sexey, Rob Hewison, Trevor West, Andy Sharpe, Julie Clewes, Matthew Birkin, Bill Padley, Val Jones, Les Beeston, Roger Thornley, Mary Wilde, Richard Gratton, Brian Hill, Nikki Mahadevan, Angela Slater, Andrew Neal, Mike Conroy, Alan Taylor, Johnathan Potts, Andy Marshall, Tracy Mann, Julie Atkinson, Phillip Buxton, Ian Hallam, Gerard Hobley, Emma Hornett, Jim Noone, Ellen Buggins and Clive Harris.