Records?

Afternoon Pete,

We do indeed keep an eye on the species visiting the reserve and not just one but 4.

We record which species we get each year and that goes towards our reserve total. We also have two historical lists from before we opened. The first of the birds in the immediate Saltholme area and another in the wider area which includes areas we are hoping to manage in the future (Dorman's Pool and Cowpen Marsh for example).

Other records include bird log where daily sightings are recorded, the monthly WeBS counts and our brreding bird surveys so we can monitor the success of some of our key breeding species against any habitat management we've done.

Hope that's of use

Toby

And just in, one of our regulars has sent through a 'Cafe' list of all species seen from the cafe and balcony. It currently stands at a very healthy 144!

Have just remembered about this forum post and that I have neglected to say how many bird species we had last year. Our average from the three years we've kept records is 175 and in 2011 we had a whopping 178 species (see below) which is our highest so far.

1.  Mute Swan

2.  Whooper Swan

3.  SNOW GOOSE

4.  European White-fronted Goose

                 Greenland White-fronted Goose

5.  Tundra Bean Goose

6.  Pink-footed Goose

7.  Greylag Goose

8.  Canada Goose

9.  Barnacle Goose

10.  Dark-bellied Brent Goose

11.  Egyptian Goose

12.  Shelduck

13.  Mallard

14.  Gadwall

15.  Pintail

16.  Shoveler

17.  Wigeon

18.  Teal

19.  Garganey

20.  BLUE-WINGED TEAL

21.  Pochard

22.  Tufted Duck

23.  Ruddy Duck

24.  Goldeneye

25.  Goosander

26.  Red-breasted Merganser

27.  Osprey

28.  Marsh Harrier

29.  Hen Harrier

30.  MONTAGU’S HARRIER

31.  PALLID HARRIER

32.  Buzzard

33.  Honey Buzzard

34.  Sparrowhawk

35.  Kestrel

36.  Hobby

37.  Peregrine

38.  Merlin

39.  Grey Partridge

40.  Pheasant

41.  Water Rail

42.  Moorhen

43.  Coot

44.  COMMON CRANE

45.  Slavonian Grebe

46.  Little Grebe

47.  Great Crested Grebe

48.  Cormorant

49.  Bittern

50.  Little Egret

51.  Grey Heron

52.  PURPLE HERON

53.  Spoonbill

54.  GLOSSY IBIS

55.  Oystercatcher

56.  Avocet

57.  STONE CURLEW

58.  Little Ringed Plover

59.  Ringed Plover

60.  Grey Plover

61.  Golden Plover

62.  Lapwing

63.  Knot

64.  Sanderling

65.  Turnstone

66.  Dunlin

67.  Curlew Sandpiper

68.  TEMMINCK’S STINT

69.  Little Stint

70.  WHITE-RUMPED SANDPIPER

71.  SEMIPALMATED SANDPIPER

72.  Wood Sandpiper

73.  Green Sandpiper

74.  Common Sandpiper

75.  Redshank

76.  Spotted Redshank

77.  Greenshank

78.  Black-tailed Godwit

79.  Bar-tailed Godwit

80.  Curlew

81.  Whimbrel

82.  Woodcock

83.  Snipe

84.  Jack Snipe

85.  RED-NECKED PHALAROPE

86.  Ruff

87.  PECTORAL SANDPIPER

88.  Black-headed Gull

89.  Common Gull

90.  Mediterranean Gull

91.  Herring Gull

92.  Yellow-legged Gull

93.  CASPIAN GULL

94.  Lesser Black-backed Gull

95.  Greater Black-backed Gull

96.  Little Gull

97.  GLAUCOUS GULL

98.  Little Tern

99.  Sandwich Tern

100.  Common Tern

101.  Arctic Tern

102.  Roseate Tern

103.  Black Tern

104.  WHITE-WINGED BLACK TERN

105.  Feral Pigeon

106.  Stock Dove

107.  Wood Pigeon

108.  Collared Dove

109.  Ring-necked Parakeet

110.  Cuckoo

111.  Long-eared Owl

112.  Short-eared Owl

113.  Barn Owl

114.  Swift

115.  Kingfisher

116.  Green Woodpecker

117.  Great Spotted Woodpecker

118.  Skylark

119.  Sand Martin

120.  House Martin

121.  Swallow

122.  Meadow Pipit

123.  Tree Pipit

124.  Water Pipit

125.  Pied Wagtail

                 White Wagtail

126.  Yellow Wagtail          

                 Blue-headed Wagtail

127.  Grey Wagtail

128.  Wren

129.  Waxwing

130.  Dunnock

131.  Robin

132.  Redstart

133.  Wheatear

134.  Whinchat

135.  Stonechat

136.  Song Thrush

137.  Mistle Thrush

138.  Redwing

139.  Fieldfare

140.  Blackbird

141.  Garden Warbler

142.  Blackcap

143.  Lesser Whitethroat

144.  Whitethroat

145.  Sedge Warbler

146.  Reed Warbler

147.  Grasshopper Warbler

148.  Cetti’s Warbler

149.  Willow Warbler

150.  Chiffchaff

151.  Goldcrest

152.  Spotted Flycatcher

153.  Great Tit

154.  Blue Tit

155.  Coal Tit

156.  Long-tailed Tit

157.  Treecreeper

158.  Magpie

159.  Jackdaw

160.  Rook

161.  Carrion Crow

162.  Starling

163.  House Sparrow

164.  Tree Sparrow

165.  Chaffinch

166.  Brambling

167.  Linnet

168.  Twite

169.  Lesser Redpoll

170.  Goldfinch

171.  Greenfinch

172.  Siskin

173.  Bullfinch

174.  Crossbill

175.  Reed Bunting

176.  Yellowhammer

177.  Snow Bunting

178.  Lapland Bunting