Delayed WEBS count for Middleton Sands and a few birds from yesterday…and day before!
1070 Oystercatchers
692 Grey Plover
1 Ringed Plover
4320 Dunlin
1040 Curlew
1700 Knot
187 Bar Tailed Godwit
141 Lapwing
58 Redshank
4 Snipe
18 Pale Bellied Brent Geese
3 Mute Swans
8 Cormorant
27 Wigeon
24 Mallard
11 Teal
38 Shelduck
4 Little Egret
1 Grey Heron
7 LBB gulls
15 Black Headed Gulls
Mixed flock of Twite (30) & Linnet (90)
1 Rock Pipit
1 Reed Bunt
1 Skylark
2 Meadow Pipit
2 Raven
11 Fieldfare
15 Redwing
Dunnock (1), Blue Tit (3) Blackbird (8) Magpie (3), Woodpigeon (11)
Lades Marsh side – brief count 2hrs after high tide
850 Black Tailed Godwits
175 Bar Tailed Godwits
390 Golden Plover
325 Wigeon
167 Curlew
1500 Lapwing
180 Redshank
2 Mute Swans
Teal Bay
15 Pintail
30 Wigeon
Yesterday
Foulshaw –
Male Hen Harrier
5 Stonechat
3 Reed Bunting
7 Tree Sparrow
3 Buzzard
2 Goldcrest
1 G S Woodpecker
Silverdale Area
3 Marsh Tit (Leighton area)
1 Ring Necked Parakeet (Jacks Scout)
700 Lapwing (Jacks Scout)
31/12
Kingfisher – Gilpin Bridge
Where are the Green Woodpeckers ???
