Eric Morecambe Complex 19/04/25

[Clay G]

#9789

Belated records from Saturday 19th April, 9:30-11:45
Overcast, still, 10 degrees

Track from New Road to carpark:
Coot – 1 heard Barrow Scout
Little Grebe – 1 heard Barrow Scout
Common Sandpiper -1 heard Barrow Scout
Cetti’s Warbler – 1
Sedge Warbler – 1
Reed Warbler – 1
Wheatear – 3 on wall by New Lane opposite the entrance to the reserve

Fields north of carpark:
Greylag – 16
Mallard – 4
Woodpigeon – 17
Jackdaw – 3
Crow – 4
Sedge Warbler – 2 in bushes by railway
Whinchat – 1 male at 9:30; male and female at 11:30 (see below)
Wheatear – 2
Pied Wagtail – 1

Carpark & path to hides:
Magpie – 2
Blue Tit – 1
Cetti’s Warbler – 3
Willow Warbler – 1
Chiffchaff – 4
Sedge Warbler – 7 (for a total of 10, including the ones mentioned above)
Wren – 3
Blackbird – 1
Dunnock – 1
Greenfinch – 2
Goldfinch – 6
Reed Bunting – 1

Pools & Marsh:
Canada Goose – 1
Pink-footed Goose – c60 still feeding on marsh
Shelduck – 15
Shoveler – 4
Gadwall – 2
Wigeon – 1
Mallard – 2
Pintail – 2
Teal – 1
Eider – 2

Oystercatcher – 8
Avocet – 68
Bar-tailed Godwit – c40
Black-tailed Godwit – c2,500
Redshank – c350
Spotted Redshank – 2 half-way to summer plumage
Knot – c250

(The wader flocks above were all roosting on the islands/bunds really close to Eric Morecambe Hide – spectacular sight)

Black-headed Gull – c200
Mediterranean Gull – 2 on Allen Pool
Great Black-backed Gull – 2 on marsh
Little Egret – 2
Great White Egret – 1
Skylark – c5 displaying over marsh

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