Cockersands
On the sea/marsh from Bank End (9:30am):
– c40 Shelduck
– c20 Wigeon
– Goosander pair (m/f)
– c10 cormorants
– Redshank, oystercatcher, curlew, mallards, LBB gulls
Around the caravan park:
– Barn owl hunting over the marsh
– 3 buzzards over park
– 1 collared dove
Abbey fields (10:30am):
– 8 teal in the pool
– Flock c500 golden plover
– Linnets, skylarks and a couple of pied wagtails
– Merlin feeding in field behind Lighthouse Cottage (thanks Dan for help with the ID)
Plover Scar:
– Mostly turnstone and dunlin – 100+ of each
– Plenty of ringed plover – c50?
– 2 grey plover
– 1 knot
– 3 or 4 oystercatcher
Thurnham (13:30)
– 4 cattle egret still in field near Jeremy Lane – only visible from Moss Lane
– c150 whoopers in fields visible from Jeremy Lane
– Handful of mutes with them
– 10 shelduck also
– Still lots of skylarks
Glasson & Conder
Glasson -> Conder Footpath:
– Decent number of common gulls on Lune seen from Glasson bowling green at around 15:00
– 1 chiffchaff singing along Glasson branch of canal
– Large flock of godwits (c300) flew overhead from the direction of Conder Pool towards Lune at 15:30
Conder Pool (~16:00):
– 2 med gulls with black-headed gulls
– 1 oystercatcher
– Pair tufted ducks
– 1 cormorant
– 1 common gull
– Some mallards
– 1 dunlin
– 2 knot
– No sign of the avocets
Conder creek:
– 1 greenshank
– 1 spotted redshank – right opposite the Conder Pool hide
Glasson bowling green again (17:00)
– 500+ knot
– 350+ black-tailed godwits
– 1 turnstone
