[Pete Crooks]

in reply to: Lesser White-fronted Goose Aldcliffe #2360

The pattern of barring on the belly suggests that the Lesser W-fG is the same bird as at Piling recently.

The Pink-footed Goose flock in the pasture fields north of ‘the Flooded Field’ also contained an adult Tundra Bean Goose (a monster of a bird), while the Flooded Field held 23 Black-tailed Godwit, including 1 colour-ringed bird (Right leg: Green / White // White / metal. Left leg: Orange).

Pete C

[Pete Crooks]

in reply to: Pine lake #2339

If you stand by the ‘Biffa’ bins by the entrance roundabout to ‘scope the Ring-necked Duck in the NE corner it could be up to 850 metres away from you. (I’ve got access to an Ordnance Survey website for schools which has a really useful measuring tool on it.) At that distance the contrast between the white on the fore flanks compared with light grey on the rest of the flanks is probably the best feature to look for.

Pete C

[Pete Crooks]

in reply to: Aldcliffe #2070

Some numbers for the Aldcliffe goosefest:

Fields between Freeman’s Pools and Wildfowlers’ Pools – c. 2500 Pink-footed Geese and c.270 Greylag Geese (including 5 with orange neck collars – PSA, PSI, PPC, SFJ and SNB).

South end of Aldcliffe Marsh – 2 Russian White-fronted Geese (much closer views than yesterday confirmed the bill colour as pink), 2 Barnacle Geese, 130 Greylag Geese (including orange neck collar PXL) and 252 Canada Geese (including 2 with red darvic rings on their left legs, but too distant to read).

Flooded Field at the end of Aldcliffe Hall Lane – 93 Teal and 10 Shoveler

Pete C

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