Halforth: three young Lapwing. Eleven Shelduck chicks with 2 adults. These in addition to the Goosander pair which produced 11 young.
Adult Mallard fighting off a Carrion Crow to protect its young.
Between Halforth and Sampool: 2 Little Ringed Plover and 7 Dunlin.
2 Gadwall, 3 Common Teal, a pair of Red-breasted Merganser, adult Mallard with 5 chicks, 10 Greylag.
Carrion Crow eating a Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Two Whooper Swan. Sadly it looks like the third long-stayer might be dead. The remains of a swan were at Sampool. Impossible to tell if it’s a Mute or a Whooper, but most likely the latter.
The Sampool Sand martin nesting site thriving with constant comings and goings as the adults feed their young.
Three Sedge Warbler below Moss Side farm.
