Aldcliffe late afternoon / early evening

[Dan Haywood]

#2900

Wildfowlers Pools N (A4N):

Lapwing 9 including one sitting
White Wagtail 3
Shoveler 3
Snipe 3

Wildfowlers Pools S (A4S):

Swallow 40
Sand Martin 55
House Martin 2 (my first of the year)

Lesser Redpoll 6 (dropped out of the sky into the tallest ash)
Pied Wagtail 6
White Wagtail 5
Reed Bunting 5
Chiffchaff 3
Willow Warbler 1
Blackcap 1

The Flood (A14):

Meadow Pipit 35
Redshank 31
Black-tailed Godwit 22
Little Ringed Plover 7 (5 m)
Pied Wagtail 6
White Wagtail 4
Green Sandpiper 2

Freeman’s Pools (A3)

After weeks of double and triple figure counts of Black-headed Gulls here with lots of breeding behaviour (calls, nest material, mating)… there were NONE today.

Goldeneye 10

Early evening sesh at Aldcliffe: Black-tailed Godwits, Green Sandpipers, Little Ringed Plovers, Goldeneyes and more…https://t.co/zBTPnnhVCF pic.twitter.com/BZPxJYyVpv

— Lancaster & District Birdwatching (@LDBWSnews) April 10, 2021

[Steve Graham]

#2902

Really strange about the BHG there were goods numbers only yesterday on Freemans?!

I wonder if some predator had managed to get onto the island and spooked them all.

Cheers
Steve

[Barrie Cooper]

#2903

Or a dog owner unleashed their dogs to have a “play in the water” as seen on Frog Pond this morning.

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