| ORNITHOLOGY | THE WHISTON WINDOW | FRIENDS OF STADT MOERS PARK |
Knowsley Borough Council are conducting a 3 year Ornithological Survey of the Tushingham area of Stadt Moers Park. The following extract of Encounter Rates for the year 2000 is listed below with the permission of the Knowsley Parks and Countryside Service, Parks Office, National Wildflower Centre, Court Hey Park, Roby Road, Huyton, Knowsley, L16 4NA.
The table shows the numbers of each species observed at different locations on Tushinghman.
| Date of Survey | 26th May 2000 | 30th June 2000 | ||||
| Species | Total | Locations | Total | Locations | ||
| Blackbird | 12 | 7 | 12 | 7 | ||
| Magpie | 11 | 4 | 13 | 8 | ||
| Whitethroat | 8 | 5 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Willow Warbler | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | ||
| Reed Bunting | 8 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Wren | 7 | 5 | 15 | 9 | ||
| Long-tailed Tit | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blackcap | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Thrush | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Great Tit | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Swift | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sedge Warbler | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Blue Tit | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | ||
| Carrion Crow | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||
| Dunnock | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Chaffinch | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Wood Pigeon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| SPECIES | NUMBER | SPECIES | NUMBER | |||
| TOTALS | 14 | 78 | 13 | 74 | ||