Belated WEBS from earlier in the week…
Tide really high with the surge & difficult counting conditions – most birds flighty or pushed elsewhere…
Knot – 6500
Dunlin 3250
Grey Plover – 182
14 Golden Plover
Black Tailed Godwit – 112
Bar Tailed Godwit – 860
Oystercatcher – 1900
Curlew – 790
Lapwing – 51
Snipe – 5
Ringed Plover – 21
Redshank – 133
Wigeon -87
Shelduck – 279
Teal – 22
Little Egret – 8
Grey Heron – 1
Also – 2 Rock Pipit, Grey Wagtail, 7 Skylarks, 15 Meadow Pipits
Lyth Valley – 3 Whooper Swans (most of the week)
Male Hen Harrier – couple of occasions on Foulshaw this week in flying visits plus 20 Tree Sparrows, 7 Goldcrest, 5 redpoll
Barn Owl – Lyth Valley
Female Merlin – one on coastal footpath by Middle Foulshaw midweek.
