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in reply to: OOA Old record ID required please #8457
I would go with Stock Dove I think.
Ian
in reply to: Waxwing on White Lund #812111th Nov
7 Waxwings in the same area about 9:20am, in berry trees around Booker cash and carry.
Also a flock of 8 Cattle Egrets flew over heading southIan Hartley
in reply to: Conder Green #75779th June Conder Green
Eider – a 1st summer male on the pool this morning, that was a first for me there
Mediterranean Gull 2 x 2ndCY birdsIan Hartley
in reply to: Common scoter #7300Common Scoters
13th April One female on Blea Tarn reservoir
14th April One female on the Lune at GressinghamIan Hartley
in reply to: Thurnham, Glasson and Aldcliffe #712612 March
Not much to add to Pete’s sightings.Conder Green
Ruff 1
Shoveler 1Glasson Marsh
Pintail 10
Wigeon 230
Bat sp 1 flying around about 1pm
Peregrine 1 2CYIan Hartley
in reply to: Caton/Whit Moor – 5 Sep #6128Thanks for the tip-off Steve. Six Whinchat near cattle grid at about 4.30pm, also 2 Stonechats and 2 Wheatears. Juv Marsh Harrier still in the area as well.
Ian Hartley
in reply to: Sunday morning #5684Avocet yellow flag 73 was ringed as a chick 10/6/2021 on the English side of the Solway, north Cumbria, it was photographed at Desembocadura Río Almanzora, Almería, Spain on 06/05/2022, then photographed at Musselburgh pools, East Lothian on 18-19/05/2022. It turned up at Leighton Moss pools, where it was photographed/sighted first on 05/06/2022, then on several dates up to 12/06/2022. From mating behaviour it is a female.
Thanks for the record Pete. All records of flagged avocets gratefully received, including repeat sightings from the same site. Either to me directly or on here with a date/time/place.
The ringing is starting to provide new information on movements of Lancashire and Cumbrian Avocets even with relatively small numbers marked. After fledging they seem to disperse quite widely within the UK, for example to Teeside and the Humber as well within Lancashire. Sightings suggest they have wintered in Essex, Devon, Spain and France. Although it was previously reported that Avocets do not breed in their first year, we know that is not the case, and one of the Avocets ringed as a chick last year at Conder Green is currently raising chicks at Titchwell in Norfolk, while another has come home and currently has chicks at Conder pool and a third has tried to breed at Leighton Moss. They are potentially long-lived birds, so should continue to provide data in future years as well.
Thanks
Ian Hartley
in reply to: Purple Sandpiper #4604And again on 18th Jan at high tide.
Ian Hartley
in reply to: Long Billed Dowitcher #4519The Long-billed Dowitcher and the Redshank flock it was associating with, were flushed by a Peregrine and they all moved to the edge of the saltmarsh, north of the seawall by the car park, so it definitely entered the LDBWS recording area at about SD38625008.
Ian Hartley
in reply to: Conder & Glasson #441720th Dec
Conder Green
Green Sandpiper 1
Goldeneye 4 males on pool
Teal 130
Little Grebe 6
Goosander 5Glasson Marsh
Merlin 1
Shoveler 2
Black-tailed Godwit 210
Lapwing 430
Wigeon 250
Knot 250
Jay 2Blea Tarn reservoir
Red-breasted Merganser 1 redhead
Great Black-backed Gull 1 adIan Hartley
in reply to: Leighton Moss Egret Roost #4404I’m wondering if avian flu has taken some.
in reply to: Conder Green #431728th Nov
Conder Green
No sign of Green-winged Teal.
Teal 123
Snipe 20
Mallard 68
Little Grebe 6
Kingfisher 1
Wigeon 78Blea Tarn reservoir
Red-breasted Merganse 1 redhead
Little Grebe 1
Greylag Goose 73 on field nearby
Snipe 12Ian Hartley
in reply to: Pink-footed Geese #405525th Sept
Pink-footed Goose
Some further totals:240 mostly S or W over Blea Tarn 0845-0915
1870 south over Conder Green 0920-1105
2410 south Cockersands 1120-1320Ian Hartley
in reply to: Conder & Glasson #3981Record shot, just about.
in reply to: Conder and Cockersands #39618th Sept
Conder green
Little Grebe 25 on pool (a personal high count)
Greenshank 4
Raven 2Cockersands lighthouse area
Mediterranean Gull 1 ad on water
Woodpigeon 275 on recently cut stubble field
Eider 1 between lighthouse and plover scarIan Hartley
in reply to: Eric Morecambe Complex & Fell End on 25th #3895Thanks for the Avocet record John – 6V was ringed as a chick at Conder Green on 1/6/21, was at Leighton Moss on 14/7/21, then was photographed at Alkborough in north Lincolnshire on 31/7/21 and again on 13/8/21 and 18/8/21, and is now back – rather surprisingly. It was reported by someone else on 26th but it is useful to get a second observer to provide corroborative evidence, so thanks for posting.
Do you have an approximate time for your sighting please?
Ian Hartley
in reply to: Conder Green #3845Thanks for the avocet sighting Barrie. 6J is one of two from the last brood to hatch, and is an offspring of one of the birds fledged at Conder pool in 2020.
Ian
in reply to: Conder & Glasson #3829Great Black-backed Gulls are not particularly regular at Blea Tarn, but at the moment there are quite a few Lesser black-backed gull families there, presumably having left the inland fells where they breed, so I assume this GBBG pair and young are also from up there too. Guesswork really, but it makes most sense.
Ian
in reply to: Conder Pool #3697Note that the juvenile Common Terns reared on Conder Pool have got a red ring with a 3 digit number, so I’d be grateful for time and date of any that are recorded here or elsewhere. All records of birds reared at the pool are useful so that we have a better idea of when they leave. Common and Sandwich Terns ringed at Hodbarrow in Cumbria are already being seen on their way south.
Thanks
Ian Hartleyin reply to: No WeBS, but some Bull Beck highlights… #2557To add to this for same area:
Colour ringed curlew seen on 8th March. Ringed as adult, 18/12/2017 at Llanrhystud, Ceredigion, Wales. Since then it has been recorded on three further occasions, all at Breydon water, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk: 22/08/2019, 24/11/2019 and 15/09/2020.
Neck collared Greylag Goose seen on 8th March. Ringed as adult, 25/6/2016 at Ambleside, Cumbria.
There is also a Canada Goose with a colour ring from Windermere but I haven’t had it close enough yet.
Finally, the remains of a predated kingfisher on 8th March, scattered on path near fishermen’s shelter.
Ian Hartley
in reply to: Neck-collared Pink-footed Geese at Aldcliffe #2407Grey collar VCN was ringed at Martin Mere on 22nd March 2018. I saw it on 3rd Feb 2019 at Lower Thurnham fields.
Ian Hartley
in reply to: Great Tit colour variation #2091The yellow colour in feathers is made from a component in the birds’ diet called carotenoids. Carotenoids are a family of chemicals made by plants which tend to be pigmented – so they form the orange in carrots and the red in tomatoes and other fruits. For birds, these cannot be made by physiological processes and need to be taken in as part of the diet. The intensity of the yellow is determined by a couple of factors at the time when the bird moults in autumn – first, the level of carotenoids in their diet and secondly their ability to use the carotenoids. Carotenoids serve several functions, as well as adding colour to the feathers, which might increase the chances of getting a mate, they are also used in immune system function and, for females, are deposited in egg yolks, which increases offspring quality. These various trade-offs can affect the plumage colour intensity. For example, if a bird is ill or has a large parasite load at the time of moulting, it might use up the carotenoids to bolster the immune system in defence of its health, so the feathers emerge rather paler than they would on a healthy bird or a bird that has access to a high quality food source. Some of these effects are also likely to be associated with age and sex.
This is a big field of research because of the link between individual quality and the plumage signal/marker. So if you want to read more, a google search on ‘carotenoid bird plumage’ will throw up plenty of results. Work by Geoff Hill and Kevin McGraw has been particularly important.
Ian Hartley
in reply to: Ringed blue tit #1840Yes those are going to be birds from the Lancaster University campus. Breeding adult blue tits are colour ringed and nestlings get a metal ring.
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