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in reply to: Aldcliffe / Fairfield #2441
140 Linnets in Aldcliffe maize field (A3) today.
in reply to: Aldcliffe / Fairfield #2438Forgot:
55 Black-tailed Godwit on Wildfowlers Pools N (A4).
in reply to: Fairfield Stonechats #2426Two Stonechats at SD455565 on saltmarsh just N of Conder Green today.
Quite a good passage of this species in recent days.
Note Kevin’s razor-dodger from Heysham Harbour below.
@LDBWSnews A lovely male Stonechat living dangerously at Heysham harbour today. pic.twitter.com/JN2DoNzfKP
— Kevin Eaves (@khrizmo) February 21, 2021
in reply to: LDBWS feeding station #2425A whopping 21 Reed Buntings in and around the feeding station this afternoon. This counts equals the site record.
Ad Peregrine over NE.
in reply to: Fairfield Reserve Barn Owl #2400LDBWS Feeding Station early morning:
Chaffinch 32
Linnet 19
Reed Bunting 1030 Fieldfares in Pony Wood.
in reply to: Various Linnets and Aldcliffe Geese #2397No quality for me either but 2180 Pink-footed Goose in field containing Frog Pond SD 45908 61170 mid-morning. (note for Rosie: ‘A5’!).
63 Linnets in maize stubble field opposite (A4!).
77 Curlews on ‘The Flood’ (A14!)
in reply to: LDBWS feeding station at Fairfield #2389Many thanks Mal and Eddy. This will definitely keep us going until Mid-March when there will be a breeding season hiatus until the autumn.
in reply to: LDBWS feeding station at Fairfield #238132 Cavendish Street
Lancaster
LA1 5QAThanks!
in reply to: LDBWS feeding station at Fairfield #2353Our ‘grain mountain’ is dwindling and were hoping to carry on the supplementary feeding for another three or four weeks.
Is anybody able to help in purchasing a 25kg sack of this? https://www.gardenwildlifedirect.co.uk/no-wheat-wild-bird-seed-mix.html
The birds are fond of sunflower chips and we have a good few kilos of those in stock (in my back room) but this particular mix is going down well too.
Cheers,
Dan.in reply to: LDBWS feeding station at Fairfield #2351LDBWS feeding station seedeaters (mostly on the deck) this afternoon:
Chaffinch 40
Linnet 26
Reed Bunting 13
Blackbird 6
Lesser Redpoll 1A mix of Linnets, Chaffinches and Reed Buntings eating LDBWS seed mix at Fairfield. Jack Snipe by 'School Pond' in the N half of the reserve. Hawfinch seen at a former district stronghold (Woodwell, Silverdale). https://t.co/MSuWeBpHCd pic.twitter.com/o2xD2NKnhh
— Lancaster & District Birdwatching (@LDBWSnews) February 14, 2021
in reply to: Arnside Chiffchaff #2313Good record.
in reply to: Caton/Halton #2312Great shots.
The duck is actually a Red-breasted Merganser (note the red eye, straight –not hooked– bill tip).
Great images on your site, by the way– particularly the Lune ones!
https://www.samadelewildlife.co.uk/blog/a-good-start-to-the-lune-valley-wildlife-project
I made it about 180 Black-tailed Godwits as well, Barrie.
No sign of the harrier this afternoon.
55 Linnets in middle of maize field (SD455611).
190 Lapwings in narrow field E of ‘upper path’ at SD460604.
Two Green Sandpipers, two Grey Wagtails and two Goldcrests were at Stodday sewage works.
Pictured: a decent flock of Black-tailed Godwits new in over the flooded fields at Aldcliffe today. I'm sure I'm not the only one hoping Spring 2021 can equal Spring 2020 when four figures of these Icelandic birds were using these floods daily. pic.twitter.com/D0FeXibyrQ
— Lancaster & District Birdwatching (@LDBWSnews) February 8, 2021
in reply to: LDBWS feeding station #2294Chaffinch 31
Reed Bunting 17
Stock Dove 2Kestrel 1
in reply to: LDBWS feeding station #2284Better numbers today:
Chaffinch 33
Reed Bunting 1430 Fieldfare in Pony Wood.
male Sparrowhawk through.
Chaffinches and Reed Buntings benefitting from the ground feeding & tables at the LDBWS feeding station today. Should get even busier during next week's cold spell: pic.twitter.com/axxQytE19V
— Lancaster & District Birdwatching (@LDBWSnews) February 6, 2021
in reply to: Chiffchaff #2282I’ve seen Chiffchaffs with paler feet like this before.
Plumage tones in pic very ‘collybita’.
in reply to: Lune Estuary Area #2276*
Just checked some video footage from yesterday and there were a further two adults in another Whooper field, ie eight in total:Bewick’s Swan:
6 ads SD448545 (nr Jeremy Lane / Moss Lane)
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2 ads SD445541 (nr Moss Lane)in reply to: Lune Estuary Area #2273Hi Rosie– forgot 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls– SD450550 near Jeremy Lane
in reply to: Jeremy & Abbey #2244Up to six adult Bewick’s near Jeremy Lane today.
in reply to: Fairfield NR #2228This afternoon:
LDBWS feeding station + Pony Wood:
Starling 105
Fieldfare 34
Linnet 26
Chaffinch 20
Goldfinch 18
Reed Bunting 14
Kestrel 1 min reply to: Aldcliffe / Fairfield YESTERDAY #2194Gone are the other week's supa close-up views of geese at Aldcliffe– but there are still some about. Spot the Barnacle in among the Pinks up on the drumlins (taken today): pic.twitter.com/UkRT9eC7um
— Lancaster & District Birdwatching (@LDBWSnews) January 23, 2021
in reply to: Fairfield / Aldcliffe #2168Five Reed Buntings, 30 Chaffinches and a Stock Dove seen using the feeding station today.
in reply to: Fairfield / Aldcliffe #2143Eighteen’s a great count of RB. You’ve smashed the site record there, JC.
I had a more typical seven (and 25 Chaffinches) in the morning.
Got good views of three Lesser Redpolls eating willowherb seeds near the double gate. They were all relatively pale, but one in particular looked quite Mealyesque.
in reply to: LDBWS Feeding Station and Garden Records Request #2117Thanks Peta.
in reply to: Fieldfare – male or female? #2104Nice shot Steve– my guess is that it’s a male because of the blackish (not dark brownish) tail feathers and perhaps the extent of black in the face, ‘collar’ and chest sides.
The top of the head has some relatively heavy speckling and streaking– which I believe is a plumage trait of male FF.
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