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  • Dan Haywood
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      Mid-morning, N1, 4 Oktas, mist dissipating.

      Southern half of Aldcliffe Marsh;

      Pink-footed Goose 2800 at SD 456603, with three Canada Goose and one Tundra Bean Goose
      c5 Redshank territories
      c3 Skylark territories

      (Overhead 1000 to 1030)
      Linnet 28 N
      Meadow Pipit 16 N
      Siskin 5 N
      Swallow 4 N
      Sand Martin 2 N
      Tree Pipit 1 N
      Short-eared Owl 1 N

      Wildfowlers Pools;
      Teal 27
      Canada Goose 24
      Gadwall 7
      Mallard 6
      Snipe 4
      Lapwing 3 (2m, with some display behaviour SD 457 608)
      Redshank 2 (pair)
      Reed Bunting 2 (singing males)
      Common Sandpiper 1

      Freeman’s Pools East;
      Oystercatcher 4
      Mute Swan 3
      Gadwall 3
      Goldeneye 3

      Swallow 2
      Sparrowhawk 1

      Blackcap 3
      Willow Warbler 2

      Osprey 1 gaining height over Salt Ayre before drifting NE

      Clay G
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        This morning (14th):

        Flooded field at the bottom of Aldcliffe Hall Lane:
        Pied Wagtail – 4
        Robin – 1
        Dunnock – 1

        Various pools:
        Mallard – 7 WPs
        Teal – 13 WPs
        Canada Goose – 14 WPs + 2 nearby fields
        Tufted Duck – 1 drake Frog Pond
        Mute Swan – 1 Darter Pond
        Moorhen – 2 WPs
        Coot – 2 Frog Pond
        Lapwing – Pair by WPs
        Black-tailed Godwit – 1 WPs

        Fields:
        Starling – c30 feeding
        Oystercatchers – 6, in pairs

        In the bushes:
        Chiffchaff – 4 singing + 1 calling near one of the singers
        Blackcap – 1 singing
        Lesser Whitethroat – 1 singing from bushes on the sea wall (my first of the year here)
        Long-tailed tit – 2 paired up + 1 further down the path near possible nest site
        Wren – 5 singing
        Dunnock – 1 singing
        Goldfinch – 2
        Chaffinch – 1
        Stock Dove – 1

        Over:
        Swallow – 1 S
        Linnet – 8 S
        Pink-footed Goose – One skein of c55 circled a bit then flew off. The fields that hosted thousands of geese last week now all have bird scarers (i.e. plastic sheets attached to a pole) in them.

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