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in reply to: Sunderland Point #3145
Little Stint seen feeding with Dunlins beside the point (east side) this morning.
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in reply to: Stone Jetty #3144A quiet morning for you Phil- granted. But not as quiet as my watch this morning:
0715-0945, W1-2 later NW3 (2 oktas- later 6, dry)
Swallow 5 NE
Red-breasted Merganser pair in at high tide
Goldfinch 1 N
Guillemot 1 NE
Osprey 1* NE along Morecambe Front 0910no tern passage but 5 or 6 Sandwich Terns feeding at close range and in middle distance, also two Great Crested Grebes.
No sight or sound of Rock Pipit on jetty.
Can anyone beat this tomorrow?
*PJM had another Osprey sighting earlier in the morning– one seen moving in bay (NE?) off Heysham around 0730.
in reply to: Holme lapwing broods #3121Good going.
More Lapwings chick records from site users please!
in reply to: LDBWS May Day Sea, Land and Skywatch Highlights #3114A good summing up Jean! I think we can do better tomorrow. Went to delete my posting but don’t know how!
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in reply to: LDBWS Aldcliffe Open Morning: Highlights #3068Another three to add to our day list; Little Grebe, Common Gull and Cormorant. Thans Shaun, John & Jill.
in reply to: Clougha cuckoos #3064Crag Wood (SD541614) is often good for Cuckoos. Pied Flycatcher and Redstart on territory there last week.
in reply to: LDBWS Aldcliffe Open Morning: Highlights #3047Four species to add (thanks Andrew):
Treecreeper, Rook, Jay and Dunlin– so 82 species and counting….
in reply to: Common Scoters moving tonight #2930More Common Scoter movement heard over Lancaster this evening.
in reply to: Common Scoters moving tonight #2924small or less vocal party over 1048PM….amd so to bed.
in reply to: Common Scoters moving tonight #2923…1039 PM…
in reply to: Aldcliffe again #2913Forgot to mention 135 Pink-footed Goose NW over the estuary this morning.
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in reply to: Aldcliffe marsh #2821Up to four Little Ringed Plovers interacting today.
Eight Swallows over The Flood (A14) at one point.
Small numbers Siskins, redpoll sp, Sand Martins and Meadow Pipits moving N but not counted.
At Fairfield, 25 Linnets, two Stock Doves and seven Reed Buntings at the LDBWS feeding area. The Fairfield Association is keen to keep our station going to the year’s end and are donating some seed money.
in reply to: Halton to Bull Beck cycle ride #2805Thanks. Were they on the grass or in the river channel itself?
in reply to: Halton to Bull Beck cycle ride #2802A good haul there Steve.
Could you give us a six-figure for the 190 Black-tailed Godwits please?
in reply to: Blackbird ‘Police Siren’ vocalisations #2687Hi Matthew.
The king of the siren imitators is the Starling– they mimic all sorts of bird calls and man-made sounds including speech. I remember one in Ullapool that imitated the sound indicating that Stornoway ferry doors were closing so well that we thought we’d missed our crossing.
The song of the Blackbird is much more mellow and melodic and I’ve never heard them mimic but I believe that they can.
As one of the purposes of bird song is to hold and maintain territory, perhaps increasing its repertoire by copying this jarring element from its environment gives it some ‘edge’ as it competes for space and mates.
It’s also possible that this call has been passed down through the Blackbird generations!
Cheers.
in reply to: Fairfield etc. #2686I promise this is the *last* LDBWS feeding station vid I'll post before autumn. Linnets and Reed Buntings noshing. We're winding down this winter project soon. pic.twitter.com/5jSY9ByG58
— Lancaster & District Birdwatching (@LDBWSnews) March 23, 2021
in reply to: Goshawk migration #2642Blimey. Was it an adult male, Matt?
in reply to: Lancaster ravens #2615What did you name your Raven, Eddy?
in reply to: Lancaster ravens #2591I made the mistake of mentioning seeing this Raven (pictured over Lancaster this morning) to my dentist today. 'Ravens?! I thought they were fantasy birds!'… by which he meant mythical. I assured him they were quite real, but I don't think he believed me. Kronk! pic.twitter.com/biFTxLqrOR
— Lancaster & District Birdwatching (@LDBWSnews) March 15, 2021
in reply to: Colour-ringed Black-tailed Godwit #2581320 Black-tailed Godwits feeding in A13 (field N of The Flood field) at 1430. None at latter site (A14) by this time .
16 Tufted Duck A4 S (Wildfowlers Pools S).
34 Redshank and 28 Wigeon feeding in A5 (field containing Frog Pond).
36 Linnets and 20 Reed Buntings feeding at LDBWS feeding station.
in reply to: Lancaster ravens #2572Poe – try in motion.
in reply to: Selected Aldcliffe bits yesterday and today. #2554For interest, here are the histories of two Black-tailed Godwits ringed at the Wash that have been seen by the Lune estuary and Lune valley of late. Thanks Pete, Jean, Richard Du Feu and Jennifer Gill.
O-GW//W
01.09.19 Snettisham, the Wash estuary, Norfolk, E England
01.03.20 Snettisham, the Wash estuary, Norfolk, E England
06.03.20 Snettisham, the Wash estuary, Norfolk, E England
28.03.20 Aldcliffe, Lune estuary, Lancashire, NW England
01.09.20 Titchwell, Norfolk, E England
24.09.20 Titchwell, Norfolk, E England
01.12.20 Cockerham Sands, Lune estuary, Lancashire, NW England
24.12.20 Newton Marsh, Preston, Lancashire, NW England
15.02.21 Aldcliffe, Lune estuary, Lancashire, NW England
06.03.21 Aldcliffe, Lune estuary, Lancashire, NW England
09.03.21 Aldcliffe, Lune estuary, Lancashire, NW EnglandO-YW//W
01.09.19 Snettisham, the Wash estuary, Norfolk, E England
08.11.19 Genêts, Dragey-Ronthon, Normandy, N France
19.11.19 Baie du Mont St Michel, Manche, N France
14.03.20 Aldcliffe, Lune estuary, Lancashire, NW England
25.03.20 Aldcliffe, Lune estuary, Lancashire, NW England
08.08.20 Snettisham, the Wash estuary, Norfolk, E England
09.08.20 Snettisham, the Wash estuary, Norfolk, E England
23.08.20 Snettisham, the Wash estuary, Norfolk, E England
19.09.20 Snettisham, the Wash estuary, Norfolk, E England
13.02.21 Pilling Marsh, Lancashire, NW England
09.03.21 Aldcliffe, Lune estuary, Lancashire, NW Englandin reply to: Aldcliffe / Fairfield this morning #2537We do have a birding battleships league Alasdair– but at the moment it’s committee members only.
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