Conder Green/Lancaster Canal

[Luke]

#5644

Fantastic walk this morning yielded some great sightings, with highlights including:

Avocet 10 ad 6 juv, inc ad+2juv on estuary
Little Ringed Plover 1
Mediterranean Gull 1 1st summer
Common Tern 14
Barn Owl 1, flew into barn

Great Crested Grebe 2, on Glasson Dock
Reed Warbler 1 (heard only), in small patch of reeds near Glasson

Sedge Warbler 8, most along Lanc canal
Tree Sparrow several
Reed Bunting 8+

Hobby 1 ad, flew over S Lune near start of cycle path
Redpoll 1, in trees by conder green car park
Little Egret 28 at least on the estuary

Non birds included:
Banded Demioselle 2m 1f
Common Blue and Blue Tailed Damselflies
White Plume Moth
Common Blue, Small Tortoiseshell, Speckled Wood and Smale White Butterflies
Brown Hare 1
A nice variety of plants – Mallow and Thrift were new for me – also bush vetch, birds-foot trefoil, yellow flag iris etc…

65 spp of birds and some good ones at that. Well done everyone. Thanks all for coming : )

L

[suecounsell]

#5645

Thanks Luke. It was brilliant.

[Pete Marsh]

#5649

Worth recording the white plume – nowhere near as common as used to be – if you give a grid ref I’ll stick it on mapmate ready for next sync with county records hub. Thanks

[Alasdair Taylor]

#5653

Thanks Luke, most enjoyable. As demonstrated yesterday, the combination of the pools, estuary and canal make for a great compact birdwatching triangle. Sorry I had to leave early and missed the Hobby!

[Luke]

#5665

Cheers all, grid ref for the white plume is SD463552.

[Pete Marsh]

#5667

Thanks Luke

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