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  1. ColinD

    Lancashire Birding

    Hi Derek, I wonder if I saw you there. I saw the shrike being chased by the woodpecker, and saw the Harrier. Presumably you were also there as the football scores kept coming in by text! The best view I had of the shrike was when it sat in the tree with the snow on Pendle Hill in the...
  2. ColinD

    Lancashire Birding

    Cliff, they are wonderful photos!
  3. ColinD

    Lancashire Birding

    Spent yesterday at Ainsdale, Birkdale and Marshside. At least 55 Twite at Birkdale, and I also heard what I'm fairly certain was Lapland Bunting, but it's a while since I last heard one so I won't be counting it. Between Ainsdale and Birkdale there were good numbers of waders. A few hundred...
  4. ColinD

    Lancashire Birding

    Just got back from watching the Ring-neck Duck at Preesall, and the Snow Geese at Aldcliffe. The duck was a really nice looking male. Unfortunately it was very dull and windy, so my camera had no chance of getting anything more than a record shot. It wasn't much brighter when we saw the geese...
  5. ColinD

    Lancashire Birding

    When I said I counted 60, I was talking about adults. There were no chicks in the count.
  6. ColinD

    Lancashire Birding

    Might be for the time of year, but I had a count of at least 60 Avocets at the end of May last year, when there were also 23 nests.
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