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  • Nick Godden
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      Still present today at Lilians hide

      Brambling and 10 siskin flew SE over Barrow Scout woods

      Nick Godden
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        in reply to: Leighton Moss #8028

        19/10 from skytower at dusk
        C.700 redwing in to roost
        120 fieldfare “”
        C. 1000 starling
        Merlin hunting the redwing

        20/10 Blue Gate path
        Brambling 1
        Siskin 35

        Nick Godden
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          20.08.23

          Teal 264
          Shoveler 5
          Pochard 4
          Ruff 3
          Knot 1
          Greenshank 14
          Snipe 18
          Lapwing 129
          Great white egret 1
          Pied wagtail 41
          House Martin 6
          Sand Martin 5

          7 Spoonbill still out at the Slag tips

          Nick Godden
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            in reply to: Heysham area #7701

            Not much extra from 11-12:45, 1 guillemot, 1 Manx shearwater, 55 dunlin all heading out

            Nick Godden
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              in reply to: Stone Jetty #7432

              6.20-7.20

              Pink-footed goose 75
              Gannet 1
              Arctic skua 1 light morph
              Common tern 1
              Sandwich tern 14
              Herring gull c. 600
              Puffin 1 in
              Sanderling 3
              Black-tailed godwit 1
              Yellow wagtail 1 on Rocks then flew N
              Swallow 39
              Sand Martin 11
              House Martin 1

              Nick Godden
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                in reply to: Stone Jetty #7431

                Just a short visit 6.25-7.20

                Common scoter 11
                Arctic tern 67 in one flock
                Sandwich tern c. 40
                Arctic skua 1 dark morph in

                Nick Godden
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                  in reply to: Stone Jetty #7404

                  6.15-8.20. A bit of seabird movement which stopped soon after the rain set in, and a few grounded passerines

                  Red-throated diver 15 in
                  Shelduck 16 in
                  Common scoter 58
                  Red-breasted merganser 6
                  Gadwall 2
                  Sandwich tern 24
                  Common tern 2
                  Arctic tern 5
                  Dunlin 8
                  Whimbrel 16
                  Turnstone 2
                  Swallow 21 NE
                  Wheatear 10
                  Willow warbler 2
                  Blackcap 1 f

                  29.4 at Pine Lake early morning
                  Common sandpiper 3
                  Oystercatcher 2
                  Peregrine 1 swooped past me 5-10m away to catch a mallard duckling on the entrance road

                  Nick Godden
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                    5.4.23

                    Avocet 55
                    Black-tailed godwit 4515
                    Bar-tailed godwit 2
                    Knot 26
                    Dunlin 2
                    Redshank 236

                    Outer marsh
                    Eider 11
                    Shelduck 39

                    Nick Godden
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                      in reply to: Various sites #6837

                      Some highlights from today

                      Heysham
                      Pale-bellied Brent goose 14 off playground

                      Morecambe prom
                      Red-breasted merganser 8
                      Bar-tailed godwit 58

                      Bolton le Sands
                      Twite 6
                      Linnet 3
                      Merlin f
                      Rock pipit 1
                      Skylark 16

                      Cockersands
                      Fieldfare 103
                      Wigeon 4850

                      Nick Godden
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                        in reply to: Various sites #6833

                        Heysham Moss on 30th
                        Curlew 220 beside Oxcliffe Road
                        Pink-footed goose 185

                        Morecambe Golf Course on 30th
                        Jackdaw 735 pre roost gathering
                        Carrion crow 61 and 5 rook as above

                        Pine Lake on 31st
                        Tufted duck 144
                        Pochard 26
                        Shoveler 7
                        Wigeon 51
                        Goldeneye 14
                        Goosander 2
                        Coot 272
                        Great crested grebe 6

                        Nick Godden
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                          in reply to: Various sites #6820

                          26/12

                          Bolton-le-Sands saltmarsh
                          Goosander 1
                          Peregrine 1
                          Skylark 27
                          Twite 5 by horse paddock

                          Crag Bank floods
                          Black-tailed godwit 2
                          Redshank 71
                          Lapwing 159
                          Curlew 5
                          Oystercatcher 39
                          Pied wagtail 16
                          Meadow pipit 8
                          Starling 2000

                          Warton Mires
                          European White-fronted goose 1st w
                          Greylag goose 77
                          Pintail 83
                          Wigeon 479
                          Gadwall 14
                          Shoveler 9
                          Black-tailed godwit 37
                          Lapwing 115

                          Nick Godden
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                            in reply to: Various sites #6817

                            Also on 24th – Lune from Sunderland Point
                            720 black-tailed godwit on East side by Crook Farm
                            Lapwing 650
                            Golden plover 21
                            Wigeon 160
                            Red-breasted merganser 3
                            Great crested grebe 1

                            60 goldfinch in Overton village behind the pub

                            Nick Godden
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                              in reply to: Aldcliffe geese #6773

                              Presumably an additional 3 White-fronted geese were on the saltmarsh with greylags at 11.45am opposite the Golden Ball. Also 240 wigeon, 11 gadwall, 8 teal, 3 goosander and 2 goldeneye on the river.

                              Nick Godden
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                                Yellow-browed warbler still present about 50m from the Causeway 2.30pm

                                Nick Godden
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                                  A few sightings from here over the last few days :
                                  9th – Hobby
                                  8th – green sandpiper, ringed plover flyovers
                                  7th – merlin, 13+ pied wagtail and 8 meadow pipits following our machines, wheatear
                                  6th – yellow wagtail, 2 wheatear, 271 teal, 18 wigeon, at least 3 spotted redshank and 6 greenshank

                                  The diggers have finished working now and the tides this weekend should fill some of the pools a bit more

                                  Nick Godden
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                                    Friday afternoon – yellow wagtail flying around the Eric Morecambe pool and a spotted redshank on the Allen pool

                                    Nick Godden
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                                      2 juvenile red kites followed silaging tractor for a few minutes just east of the pools at 12.20 then drifted north along the ridge east of Leighton Moss. Also Mediterranean gull with the gulls following the tractor

                                      Nick Godden
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                                        Also 649 Eider and a female common scoter in with them, 6 goosander, 1 teal, 441 Curlew, 509 oystercatcher, 12 ringed plover and 56 lapwing at high tide.

                                        Nick Godden
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                                          in reply to: Red-rumped swallow #5662

                                          Well done Neil, shame it moved on so soon

                                          Nick Godden
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                                            in reply to: Stone Jetty #5542

                                            13/5/22 6.30-7.20
                                            Kittiwake c.45 out
                                            Red-throated diver 4 out
                                            Gannet 7

                                            14/5/22 6.15-9.50
                                            Skua sp light morph in at 7.55 too distant to ID
                                            Gannet 24
                                            Eider 112
                                            Kittiwake 15 out
                                            Red-throated diver 1 out
                                            Whimbrel 1
                                            Sanderling 2
                                            Swallow 53
                                            Sand martin 2

                                            Nick Godden
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                                              400+ Black-tailed godwit feeding in the Silverdale level crossing fields 7/4/22

                                              Nick Godden
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                                                A flock of common scoter heard flying over NE at 7.55pm

                                                Nick Godden
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                                                  Probably the same hawfinches (3 or 4 heard) late morning.

                                                  Water pipit at Leighton in a cut area near Causeway with 7+ pied wagtails. Bittern booming South of the causeway at the far end. Several Marsh tits now singing here and at Hale Moss Sd5077.

                                                  20-25 whooper swan at Holmere on 14th early morning only

                                                  Nick Godden
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                                                    I’ve regularly seen pre roost gatherings of up to 30-35 in Scale Hall, Morecambe and once just over 100 at Pine Lake NW corner.

                                                    Nick Godden
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                                                      Still present at 8.40 this morning on the pavement near the blue house

                                                      Rock pipit one either side of the battery

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