Saturday, 4th July 2015 12:00 - 15:30 hrs. Walk from Crook O'Lune picnic car park along south bank of River Lune to north of Caton village back to car park.
Little Egret Common Sandpiper x 3 Sand Martins 200 plus - with constant flights to/from many nests on banks of River Lune Grey Wagtails x 5 Pied Wagtail x 3 Oystercatcher Swallows House Martins Siskin Greenfinch Goldfinch Chaffinch House Sparrow Greylag Geese x 20 Mallards x 50 Blackbird Carrion Crow Magpie Wren (heard) Chiffchaff (heard) Robin Dunnock Pheasant (Male) Mute Swan
Condor Green: Later in evening (about 18:00 hrs) after nice meal in Stork Pub:
4000+ Pink-footed Geese (frustratingly in field close to road but nowhere to park to scan them)
Out Rawcliffe
2cy male Hen Harrier 2 Barn Owls Short-eared Owl (had a tussle with a Barn Owl) Sparrowhawk
James Walsh said
Sat Nov 24 6:22 AM, 2012
Aldcliffe Marsh
Lesser Yellowlegs Wood Sandpiper 2 Little Egret 3 Common Snipe Drake Red-breasted Merganser 3 Goldeneye 1 Pink-footed Goose 1 Greylag Goose 2 Little Grebe c400 Golden Plover
River Lune
16 Waxwing 10 Goosander 5 Goldeneye 1 Little Grebe 3 Teal No sign of Long-tailed Duck
chrisdorney said
Sun Nov 18 9:03 PM, 2012
River lune
10 goosander 2 goldeneye Long tailed duck
Aldcliffe marsh
Lesser yellowlegs Wood sandpiper
Condor pool+creek
2 spotted redshank 3 snipe Grey plover Greenshank Common sandpiper(must be a magnet for lazy sandpipers round here!) 1 lesser black backed gull plunge diving for a crab.forgot about it then realised it was still trying to eat it half an hour later!
Glasson marina
2 scaup
Nice to bump into Pete Welch at aldcliffe aswell.
-- Edited by chrisdorney on Sunday 18th of November 2012 09:09:00 PM
Mark Rigby said
Sun Nov 18 4:09 AM, 2012
Fem/imm Long-tailed Duck showing very well in Lancaster on the River Lune under the A6 Skerton Bridge at 1300hrs.
Joey Eccles said
Thu Sep 13 11:36 PM, 2012
c.30 Pink Footed Geese flying over Lancaster, heading SW at 9.15 this morning.
Mike Baron said
Sun Jul 10 9:15 PM, 2011
Yesterday afternoon Caton (Bull Beck)
1st summer Med 5 Little Ringed Plovers 3 Common Sandpipers 39 Oystercatchers 54 Lapwings 50+ Sand Martins 50+ Black-headed Gulls
Tawny Owl calling at COLHP late afternoon
Aughton
55 Curlews 8 Common Gulls
Yesterday evening
15 Swifts over Schoolhouse Lane, Halton
Today
Conder Green this morning (coastal trail)
2 Med Gulls (adults) 3 Bar-tailed Godwits 3 Ravens
Conder Pool
61 Redshanks
Conder Creek
Greenshank 8 Redshanks 4 Common Sandpipers
Glasson
243 Bar-tailed Godwits
Mike Baron said
Sun Jun 26 6:18 PM, 2011
Halton yesterday evening - Forge Bank Weir
1 Dipper 1 Kingfisher 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Goosander 1 Grey Wagtail 2 Curlews 1 Tawny Owl (perched four feet up in a Sycamore and being scolded by the resident Robin) 70+ Swifts
Heysham North Harbour Wall this morning
1 Redshank on wooden jetty - nothing else worth reporting!
9 Common Sandpipers 7 Goosanders 3 Little Ringed Plovers 1 Garden Warbler 2 Blackcaps 4 Coal Tits
Caton COL HP this afternoon
Kestrel and Buzzard having a tiff 4 Mistle Thrushes (2 juveniles) 27 House Martins 2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers (one juvenile)
Tower Lodge - brief pit stop while driving past
2 Spotted Flycatchers 2 Nuthatches 1 Grey Wagtail
Also had a male Redstart in a hawthorn hedge off a minor road in Abbeystead
-- Edited by Mike Baron on Sunday 26th of June 2011 09:57:33 PM
Mike Baron said
Sun Apr 24 11:21 PM, 2011
Jubilee Tower
3 Red Grouse Wheatear (perched on my car!)
Abbeystead
Wheatear Raven Buzzard 3 Redstarts 1 Pied Flycatcher (singing male and not one of usual pair) 1 Garden Warbler (seen very well but not singing) Raven Buzzard
Leighton Moss late afternoon
12 Swifts 4 Marsh Harriers (female spooked everything off the water at Griesdale Hide and no sign of Garganeys) 3 Marsh Tits
Morecambe / Allen
330+ Blackwits 38 Redshanks 5 Knot 12 Avocets 3 Lesser Whitethroats (2 having a tiff)
Mike Baron said
Sun Mar 13 12:53 PM, 2011
Halton yesterday by river:
Dipper (two this morning with nesting material) Grey Wagtail 2 Buzzard 2 Jay 2 Goosander 2 Brambling - at least 1 with mixed finch flock but unable to view rest of flock Nuthatch Great Spotted Woodpecker Goldeneye (today)
Caton today
8+ Siskins on feeders at COL HP plus Nuthatch and Treecreeper 14 Greenfinches, 7 Goldfinches Tawny Owl
30 Twite (6 unringed) 1 Linnet plus other unidentified finches on mound 53+ Eider 3 Goldeneyes
Morecambe this afternoon
Adult Med Gull off Broadway 14 Eiders 20 Goldeneyes 2 Red-breasted Mergansers
-- Edited by Mike Baron on Sunday 13th of March 2011 09:42:23 PM
Mike Baron said
Mon Feb 28 9:15 PM, 2011
From the weekend
1600+ Black-headed Gulls and 140 Common Gulls in field at Hornby Sat afternoon. Spooked by a large Peregrine and put on spectacular displays with Starling-like close flocking
20 Whooper Swans with 19 Mute Swans, 2 Buzzards and 2 Ravens at nearby Melling
River Lune at Halton - 2 Goldeneyes and 3 Goosanders plus 2 Goldcrests with tit flock and Sparrowhawk over
Crook O'Lune, Caton
2 Buzzards, 2 Tawny Owls, Goosander, GSW, Nuthatch, Treecreeper (on peanut feeder!) and 5 Siskins (also on feeders), 58 Greenfinches (roost)
Thrushgill
2 Crossbills, 2 Siskins, 3 Lesser Redpolls plus cold and wet!!!
Little Egret
Common Sandpiper x 3
Sand Martins 200 plus - with constant flights to/from many nests on banks of River Lune
Grey Wagtails x 5
Pied Wagtail x 3
Oystercatcher
Swallows
House Martins
Siskin
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
House Sparrow
Greylag Geese x 20
Mallards x 50
Blackbird
Carrion Crow
Magpie
Wren (heard)
Chiffchaff (heard)
Robin
Dunnock
Pheasant (Male)
Mute Swan
Condor Green: Later in evening (about 18:00 hrs) after nice meal in Stork Pub:
Curlew x 2
Lapwing x 4
Mute Swan x 40
On way home:
M6 Junction 31 (southbound) and M61 Junction 6 (northbound): Buzzard overhead
Conder Green
3 Spotted Redshanks
Greenshank
4 Little Grebes
19 Wigeon
120+ Golden Plovers
2 Snipe
Jeremy Lane
Little Egret
104 Mute Swans
Moss Lane
36 Mute Swans
87 Whooper Swans
13 Bewick's Swans
1850+ Pink-footed Geese
Overton
285 Black-tailed Godwits
228 Curlews
137 Common Gulls
Sunderland Point
28 Twite
Spotted Redshank
120 Wigeon
5 Red-breasted Mergansers
350+ Pink-footed Geese
Little Egret
Heysham north harbour wall
40 Twite
6 Goldfinch
Eider
Red-breasted Merganser
2 Mute Swans
98 Knot
Pilling
4000+ Pink-footed Geese (frustratingly in field close to road but nowhere to park to scan them)
Out Rawcliffe
2cy male Hen Harrier
2 Barn Owls
Short-eared Owl (had a tussle with a Barn Owl)
Sparrowhawk
Lesser Yellowlegs
Wood Sandpiper
2 Little Egret
3 Common Snipe
Drake Red-breasted Merganser
3 Goldeneye
1 Pink-footed Goose
1 Greylag Goose
2 Little Grebe
c400 Golden Plover
River Lune
16 Waxwing
10 Goosander
5 Goldeneye
1 Little Grebe
3 Teal
No sign of Long-tailed Duck
10 goosander
2 goldeneye
Long tailed duck
Aldcliffe marsh
Lesser yellowlegs
Wood sandpiper
Condor pool+creek
2 spotted redshank
3 snipe
Grey plover
Greenshank
Common sandpiper(must be a magnet for lazy sandpipers round here!)
1 lesser black backed gull plunge diving for a crab.forgot about it then realised it was still trying to eat it half an hour later!
Glasson marina
2 scaup
Nice to bump into Pete Welch at aldcliffe aswell.
-- Edited by chrisdorney on Sunday 18th of November 2012 09:09:00 PM
1st summer Med
5 Little Ringed Plovers
3 Common Sandpipers
39 Oystercatchers
54 Lapwings
50+ Sand Martins
50+ Black-headed Gulls
Tawny Owl calling at COLHP late afternoon
Aughton
55 Curlews
8 Common Gulls
Yesterday evening
15 Swifts over Schoolhouse Lane, Halton
Today
Conder Green this morning (coastal trail)
2 Med Gulls (adults)
3 Bar-tailed Godwits
3 Ravens
Conder Pool
61 Redshanks
Conder Creek
Greenshank
8 Redshanks
4 Common Sandpipers
Glasson
243 Bar-tailed Godwits
1 Dipper
1 Kingfisher
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Goosander
1 Grey Wagtail
2 Curlews
1 Tawny Owl (perched four feet up in a Sycamore and being scolded by the resident Robin)
70+ Swifts
Heysham North Harbour Wall this morning
1 Redshank on wooden jetty - nothing else worth reporting!
Broadway
40 Eiders
2 Red-breasted Mergansers
60 Curlews
Teal Bay
48 Bar-tailed Godwits
62 Curlews
135 Knot
9 Eiders
Caton Bull Beck this morning
9 Common Sandpipers
7 Goosanders
3 Little Ringed Plovers
1 Garden Warbler
2 Blackcaps
4 Coal Tits
Caton COL HP this afternoon
Kestrel and Buzzard having a tiff
4 Mistle Thrushes (2 juveniles)
27 House Martins
2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers (one juvenile)
Tower Lodge - brief pit stop while driving past
2 Spotted Flycatchers
2 Nuthatches
1 Grey Wagtail
Also had a male Redstart in a hawthorn hedge off a minor road in Abbeystead
-- Edited by Mike Baron on Sunday 26th of June 2011 09:57:33 PM
3 Red Grouse
Wheatear (perched on my car!)
Abbeystead
Wheatear
Raven
Buzzard
3 Redstarts
1 Pied Flycatcher (singing male and not one of usual pair)
1 Garden Warbler (seen very well but not singing)
Raven
Buzzard
Leighton Moss late afternoon
12 Swifts
4 Marsh Harriers (female spooked everything off the water at Griesdale Hide and no sign of Garganeys)
3 Marsh Tits
Morecambe / Allen
330+ Blackwits
38 Redshanks
5 Knot
12 Avocets
3 Lesser Whitethroats (2 having a tiff)
Dipper (two this morning with nesting material)
Grey Wagtail 2
Buzzard 2
Jay 2
Goosander 2
Brambling - at least 1 with mixed finch flock but unable to view rest of flock
Nuthatch
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Goldeneye (today)
Caton today
8+ Siskins on feeders at COL HP plus Nuthatch and Treecreeper
14 Greenfinches, 7 Goldfinches
Tawny Owl
Bull Beck this morning
23 Oystercatchers
22 Lapwings
1 Redshank
10 Teal
39 Curlews
330+ Common Gulls
Melling this morning
23 Whooper Swans
59 Mute Swans
43 Greylags
23 Canadas
3 Golden Plovers
Heysham early this morning
30 Twite (6 unringed)
1 Linnet plus other unidentified finches on mound
53+ Eider
3 Goldeneyes
Morecambe this afternoon
Adult Med Gull off Broadway
14 Eiders
20 Goldeneyes
2 Red-breasted Mergansers
-- Edited by Mike Baron on Sunday 13th of March 2011 09:42:23 PM