Aldcliffe Hall Lane & cycle track to Freeman’s Wood
7:00-8:45 this morning
Clear, no breeze
Fields near Freeman’s Wood:
c2,000 Pink-footed Goose
c20 Canada Goose
2 Greylag
2 Oystercatcher
2 Pheasants
1 Magpie gathering nesting material
On the marsh:
6 Shelduck
1 Great Black-backed Gull
Also Redshank, Curlew, BH & LB Gulls, Skylarks displaying
Wildfowlers’ Pools:
c30 Teal
c15 Mallard
1 Shoveler
2 Little Ringed Plover
2 Lapwing
2 Oystercatcher
2 Redshank
1 Heron
3 Little Egret
4 Moorhen
In the trees and bushes:
Chiffchaff 6 (including 1 nestbuilding)
Willow Warbler 1
Chaffinch 4
Goldfinch c5
Greenfinch 3
Linnet 8
Great Tit 4
Song Thrush 2
Blackbird 4
Robin 4
Dunnock 6
Long-tailed Tit 2
Wren 8
1 Stock Dove the only bird on flood
Passage (N):
Sand Martin 6
Meadow Pipit 6
