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:
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
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!
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
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!!!
