Slyne on 21/12
Woodcock flew west over A6 around dusk into maize field at SD479664
Leighton Moss on 22/12
Water pipit right in front of Lilians hide
Green woodpecker calling from Grisedale Wood
Fieldfare 34 flew west
Goldeneye and 400 wigeon on Eric Morecambe complex
Heaton Marsh
Dunlin 187 and rock pipit at high tide on 23rd
Whooper Swan 2 juv on 24th at SD443610 with 89 greylag
Morecambe prom 25/12
Purple sandpiper 2 initially on groyne by Seaborne Road then moved to Broadway as tide came in
Great crested grebe 3
Red-breasted merganser 2
Ringed plover 19
Oystercatcher 600
Turnstone 70
Reed bunting – a fantastic sight of 21-22 on the saltmarsh by The Battery, moving onto the rock armour as the tide covered the marsh. I’ve never seen more than one here before. 1 rock pipit there too
