Conder & Glasson

[Ian Hartley]

#3823

15 Aug 2021

Conder Green
Teal 4
Lapwing 140
Whimbrel 1
Greenshank 1
Common Tern 4 adults and at least 6 juveniles. Two colour ringed chicks from the first brood to fledge have been seen on their way south at Seaforth, Merseyside.

Lune from Glasson bowling green
Avocet 3
Peregrine 1 adult
Little Egret 23
Redshank 830
Lapwing 370
Common Gull 130
Mediterranean Gull 9 (5xAd, 2xJuv, 2x2CY)
Whimbrel 1
Black-tailed Godwit only 2
Greenshank 11

Blea Tarn Reservoir
Great Black-backed Gull 2 adults and a juvenile
Lesser Black-backed Gull 65
Lapwing 70

Ian Hartley

[Barrie Cooper]

#3824

Ian – we were probably looking at the same three Avocets (I was at Conder Green picnic site). They were an adult with two juvs, one of which had a yellow ring/flag but it was too far away to read.

Thirty two Little Egrets feeding in the same “tidal pool” on the Lune at Stodday at 10.00.

[guymcclelland]

#3825

Thanks Ian about recording the GBBGs. I recorded one flying over my house at Hala on Saturday, so it might have been one of the GBBGs that you sighted. Are they regular at Blea Tarn?

[Ian Hartley]

#3829

Great Black-backed Gulls are not particularly regular at Blea Tarn, but at the moment there are quite a few Lesser black-backed gull families there, presumably having left the inland fells where they breed, so I assume this GBBG pair and young are also from up there too. Guesswork really, but it makes most sense.

Ian

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