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RE: LIGHTSHAW MEADOWS LWT/ABRAM FLASHES


55 species seen today inc

2 x Shelduck

1 x Shoveler

1 x Pochard

1 x Goldeneye (f)

54 x Lapwing

1 x Redshank

1 x Little Egret

1 x Raven

46 x Redwing

31 x Fieldfare

1 x Yellowhammer 



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At Lightshaw Hall Flash this late morning, first summer Hobby present again, singing Yellowhammer and 9 juvenile Grey Partridges.

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Today a 1st summer Hobby was hunting around midday then perched up. Red Kite drifting slowly west at 12:35, Yellowhammer, 5 Skylark and a Shelduck.

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Late news for yesterday afternoon:

Yellow Wagtail

Hobby flew in from the west

Yellowhammer

Pair of Shelduck with a brood of five

Redshank

16 Lapwing 

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Lesser whitethroat singing just east of the track to hide along canal at Lightship, also a single Willow Tit and Gadwall with 11 chicks on the canal.

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A single Dunlin present and a Little Egret flew north this evening. Also 4 adult Redshank and one chick, 4 Teal and two Shoveler broods.

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This morning, 1 wheatear off Lightshaw Lane, 2 shelduck on Lightshaw flash, 3 singing Cetti's warblers and 1 black-tailed godwit.

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13:45 to 16:00 - From Plank Lane Lift Bridge to both Lightshaw Flash viewing points & back along canal to Lift Bridge.

Apart from a few Canada Geese & Mallards Lightshaw Flash was devoid of anything significant, but the surrounding fields & farmland made up for it with :-

Jay x 6;  Kestrel;  Buzzard;  Grey Heron & 2 Cormorant over,  Bullfinch x 3 ~ 2F & 1M,  Goldfinch;  Linnet;  Greenfinch x 2,  Fieldfare x 2;

             Pied Wagtail;  Pheasant x 10 ~ 7F & 3M.

Also a field at the side of Lightshaw Flash had a nice covey of 12 Red-Legged Partridge but they were very distant so pics very poor.

No sign of the Mandarin Duck at Pennington Wharf Marina. 

 

 



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13:30 to 15:45 - Dover basin to Lightshaw Flashes & back.

4 Pochard, 10 Teal over, 2 Cormorant over, Grey Heron, 4 Jay, 5 Pheasant, Long-Tailed Tits, Female Reed Bunting, Female Bullfinch,

20 Redwing with a single Fieldfare in tow, Cetti's Warbler seen & heard, Sparrowhawk chasing a Robin, Buzzard, Kestrel, 40 Pink-Footed Geese

over & a white Goose with a grey & white Goose which I was informed by a local birder was a Farmyard Goose/Canada Goose hybrid.



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This morning:

Dover Basin: 34 Shoveler, 2 Wigeon, 2 singing male Cetti’s Warblers (one a young male), 2 Willow Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Warbler and a single Restart along the western end.

Lightshaw Flash: 18 Shoveler, 2 Wigeon, one singing male Cetti’s Warbler, 6 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap



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Drake garganey on Lightshaw Flash this morning.

 



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Willow warbler 1 singing in birch along canal above the flash

Pintail 2 (pair)

Shoveler 9

 



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This morning, 2 drake wigeon, male and female pintail and one little ringed plover.

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Two pintail and nine black-tailed godwits this morning.



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2 pintail, 3 black-tailed godwits the best from this morning.

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No sign of garganey this morning, but 5 black-tailed godwits still, 3 redshank, 2 pintail, 30 teal, 8 shoveler & singing blackcap.

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This morning: garganey 1 drake 5 black-tailed godwits 2 redshank 2 pintail (male & female)

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4 Pintail this morning, 2 drakes & 2 females. Also 8 shoveler, 2 shelduck, 21 tufted ducks and 8 goosander. 



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14.30 walk from Plank Lane swing bridge to Dover Lock, then back to Pennington Flash via Lightshaw Lane and Byrom Hall Wood arriving back at canal bridge 17.30 ,was very quiet only things of note were
2 Drake Pintail, 5 Goosander - Dover Lock
4 Shelduck - Lightshaw Flash
1 Buzzard over Lightshaw Flash
2 Willow Tit on path heading towards road, near fenced shooting warnings and 30+ Redwing as you approach the house.



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West of the Dover Lock Inn early afternoon

Cetti's Warbler 1 singing from the ponds
Water Rail 2 squealing from the reedmace

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No sign of Wryneck between 18:30-19:00 this evening, but a class find by Rob and shows the rewards of working a patch. c75 Goldfinch in the hedge and 2 Lapwing over.

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No sign now for approx 2 hours since it dropped in to a large dense Hawthorn and Blackthorn hedgerow opposite the wooden footbridge (before I got here)

-- Edited by dave broome on Saturday 28th of August 2021 01:33:34 PM

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Re Wryneck, - any sighting updates for today/ Sunday morning would be greatly appreciated please.

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Wryneck showing in fields and hedgerows just west of the Dover Lock pub this morning.

Use the small wooden bridge to cross the brook by the pub to view the area.

Info thanks to Rob Thorpe



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Walk from swing bridge along canal to Dover Lock and back to Pennington Flash via Lightshaw Lane and Byrom Hall Wood.
Highlights
2 Hobby flew South over Dover Lock
1 Blackcap along path between Dover and Lightshaw
1 Swift
1 Lesser Whitethroat by the east sightscreen
Not really a highlight but the carcass of a Pheasant on path near West sightscreen.


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Walk from swing bridge along canal to Dover Lock and back to Pennington Flash via Lightshaw Lane and Byrom Hall Wood.
Highlights
2 Hobby flew South over Dover Lock
1 Blackcap along path between Dover and Lightshaw
1 Swift
1 Lesser Whitethroat by the east sightscreen
Not really a highlight but the carcass of a Pheasant on path near West sightscreen.


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Great White Egret at Lightshaw flew low west at 08:15, possibly towards Dover Basin.

Info thanks to Rob Thorpe



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Great White Egret on Lightshaw Hall Flash this morning.

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This morning, 2 wheatears in the ploughed field off Lightshaw Lane.



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This morning,

Grasshopper warbler 1 reeling from the footpath that drops down from the canal

Wheatear 3, two in the ploughed field off Lightshaw lane and a third in the horse paddock nearest to the eastern viewing screen.

Redshank 1 

 



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Walk along canal from Dover Bridge to the next bridge and the viewing screen

Greylag 4
Shelduck 2
Shoveler 2 drakes
Gadwall 7
Swift 3
Oystercatcher 2
Lapwing 5
Common Tern 2
Sedge Warbler 7
Reed Warbler 5
Grasshopper Warbler 1
Cetti's Warbler 2 (pair in suitable habitat)
Willow Warbler 10
Chiffchaff 5
Common Whitethroat 8
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This morning, 4 black-tailed godwits and three redshanks on Lightshaw Hall flash, and a whitethroat in subsong next to the eastern viewing screen.



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2 Avocets still present on Lightshaw Hall Flash this evening, also 3 Black-tailed Godwits.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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Two avocets on Lightshaw this morning.

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And oystercatcher

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Gadwall,snipe,black tailed godwit, wigeon ,shelduck,shoveller,mallard, grey heron ,swallow, sand Martin, buzzard, woodpigeon, greylag goose canada goose, cormorant, mute swan, teal ,pheasant, lapwing,chiffchaff singing, willow warbler singing 1 seen,pied wagtail coot ,moorhen, redshank, and a pair of plovers little ringed/ ringed too far away to see eye ring.



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Circuit around both viewing screens: 0700-10.30

Highlights:

Male redstart (from eastern viewing screen), black-tailed godwit x 3, redshank x 3, goosander, shelduck x 2, oystercatcher,  sand Martin, sparrowhawk,  yellowhammer,  linnet flock, blackcap,  teal, Greenwich

 

 



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9.30-12.00. Both screens visited. Highlights included.... 4 Black Tailed Godwits 2 Oystercatchers At least 12 Shoveler 4 Gadwall 2 Shellduck 2 Teal 6 Buzzards.. overhead 2 Kestrels.. male and female 1 Sparrowhawk.. male 3 Cock Pheasants Lots of Lapwings Plenty of calling Chiffchaff A few Willow Warblers

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12 till 2pm,6 /4/21, pochard, gadwall, shoveler,redshank, kestrel, buzzard ,lapwing, starling, pheasant, snipe,black tailed godwit,greylag goose,Canada goose,black headed gull,lesser black backed gull ,sand martin,  wren ,robin,swallow ,garganey pair,coot ,moorhen, mallard,blackbird, woodpigeon.magpie.tufted duck ,pied wagtail.

 



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Two garganey (male and female), 4 black-tailed godwits (thanks to another regular) and a redshank this morning.



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1 Black-tailed godwit this morning. 



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This morning:

Garganey 2 male and female

Redshank 1

Goosander 5

Willow warbler 1 singing

 



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Sunday afternoon wander around Lightshaw, sightings included:-

1 x Woodcock
4 x Greylag (one white)
4 x Redshank
1 x Oystercatcher
1 x Great Spotted Woodpecker
40 x Lapwing
4 x Shelduck
3 x Wigeon
2 x Gadwall
2 x Shoveler
40 x Teal
1 x Snipe
4 x Linnet
1 x Kestrel


-- Edited by Keith Williams on Monday 22nd of March 2021 08:59:47 AM

-- Edited by Keith Williams on Monday 22nd of March 2021 09:00:35 AM

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This morning, 

Little egret 1

Wigeon 4

Grey partridge 2

Shelduck 2

Oystercatcher 2

 



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A glorious afternoon at Lightshaw, birds included:

Pintail 1 drake

Wigeon 7

Pochard 2 1st winter males

Little egret 1

Fieldfare 20

Redwing 10

Shelduck 2



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Pintail 1 drake

Shelduck 2

Oystercatcher 2

Wigeon 4 drakes

 



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Midday highlights
1 Little Egret
1 Drake Pintail
1 Drake Wigeon
3 Shelduck
5 Goosander
1 Willow Tit
1 Buzzard

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No sign of Richardson's cackling goose today. Canada geese were well down on recent days, but they might just feeding somewhere out of sight.

One raven over was the highlight.



-- Edited by colin davies on Thursday 4th of February 2021 12:31:53 PM

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The Richardson's Cackling goose is still present but now with Canada geese in field south of the flash. It's unringed.

 



-- Edited by colin davies on Wednesday 3rd of February 2021 01:11:51 PM

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In an interesting development this evening, I have been contacted by Stuart Derbyshire who birds the Ribble Estuary and finds lots of interesting geese there. It appears that the Lightshaw bird is the same as one which he found at Longton Marsh on 15th January but which has since gone missing. Of course this doesn't prove its origins either way but it's an interesting movement at least.



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