[Nick Godden]

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]

in reply to: Eric Morecambe complex and Slag Tips #7810

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

in reply to: Eric Morecambe Complex #7258

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

in reply to: Yellow-browed Warbler – Leighton Moss #6654

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

[Nick Godden]

in reply to: Eric Morecambe Complex #6161

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]

in reply to: Leighton Moss Evening of the 25th #6080

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

[Nick Godden]

in reply to: Eric Morecambe Complex & Leighton #5979

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]

in reply to: Carnforth slag tips July 13th 2022. #5808

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]

in reply to: Red-rumped swallow #5662

Well done Neil, shame it moved on so soon

[Nick Godden]

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]

in reply to: Eric Morecambe Complex on 6th #5150

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

[Nick Godden]

in reply to: Eric Morecambe Complex #5022

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

[Nick Godden]

in reply to: Around the AONB / Leighton Moss #4795

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]

in reply to: Wigeon, Teal, Moorhen, Jackdaw, Greenfinch #4793

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]

in reply to: Morecambe black redstart #4641

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

Rock pipit one either side of the battery

[Nick Godden]

in reply to: Eric Morecambe Complex on 20th #4628

21/1/22

Great white egret 1
Pink-footed goose 597 moving between field at SD479725 and the Flood
Shoveler 101 including a few diving on the EM pool
Wigeon 280
Black-tailed godwit 39
Merlin 1

Silverdale level crossing fields
Greylag goose 305
Pink-footed goose 5
Curlew 28
Mistle thrush 6

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