LDBWS feeding station at Fairfield / Various Aldcliffe

[Dan Haywood]

#5140

LDBWS feeding station at Fairfield (A10W)

0745, 6 degrees Celsius, showery, windy:

Linnet 23
Reed Bunting 9 (mostly males)
Chaffinch 7
Stock Dove 4
Mallard 4
Brambling 1

Hearty thanks to AKMT for donating some more seed to this project.

Elsewhere in the arable field (A10):

Black-headed Gull 22
Stock Dove- a further 8
Wheatear 1
Common Gull 1
Mediterranean Gull 1
Oystercatcher 1

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A14:

Teal 10
Redshank 2
White Wagtail 1
Green Sandpiper 1

Aldcliffe Marsh N*:

Pink-footed Goose 14
Shelduck 10
Redshank 6 displaying
Wheatear 2

A4S (Wildfowlers Pools S):

Teal 28
Redshank 4 (including 2 displaying)

A4N:

Teal 25
Gadwall 3
Shoveler 2
Snipe 2
Wheatear 1

A3:

Lapwing- sadly only 3 pairs this year in the maize field- a steep decline in recent years. Anyone fancy forming a Lapwing nest protection group here?
Oystercatcher 2 pairs
Cetti’s Warbler one singing Darter Pool (A3E)

A2:

Black-headed Gull 87
Goldeneye 6
Gadwall 3
Little Grebe 3

Attachments:

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   LDBWS-FLL-A.pdf
   

[Dan Haywood]

#5151

LDBWS feeding station at Fairfield

0730, 2 degrees Celsius, light frost:

Linnet 14
Reed Bunting 8
Stock Dove 8
Chaffinch 6
Mallard 4
Goldfinch 2
Brambling 1

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Overhead: vis mig Siskins and my first Tree Pipit of the year northbound here.

[Dan Haywood]

#5154

Evening addendum:

Common Sandpiper feeding by Millennium Bridge.

Barn Owl hunting Aldcliffe Marsh N.

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