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  1. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    Lots of geese around the county at the moment and I spent a few hours in the north of the Fylde searching for them today. 1 Tundra Bean Goose at Fluke Hall the highlight with about 2000 Pink Footed Geese. Just down the road at Pilling there were 2 Greenland with 3 Eurasian White Fronted Geese...
  2. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    When would you say that it is acceptable to release the news then?
  3. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    A pretty good day out today around the Fylde. Started off at St Michaels in the hope of a Kingfisher and although I didn't see one a local dog walker said he has seen them fairly regularly recently. However compensation was seen in the form of at least 7 Banded Demoiselles at the confluence of...
  4. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    Me and my dad were saying the same thing driving back today, we heard 3 just by standing in 1 spot for half an hour so there must be many more in the hundreds of other suitable fields over there
  5. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    An amazing evening Over Wyre today, I went to try and hear the Quail at Eagland Hill and it was quickly located singing near the pumping station. After a while a second bird started singing at the right hand end of the field and then amazingly a third bird started up from the other side of the...
  6. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    Spent a couple of hours walking around Ashton Park, Haslam Park and the area south of Ingol golf course in the search of Jays this afternoon but without success. Plenty of birds around however with the best being several Blackcaps, Treecreeper, 2 Sparrowhawk, 3 Chiffchaff, tons of Robins...
  7. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    This year I have tried (from memory): Ellel Grange Pilling Lane Ends/Fluke Hall Todderstaffe Hall Poulton/Carleton Cottam Brickworks Stanley Park/Marton Mere and thanks my exams are going well only got 2 more now then 2 months off o:D
  8. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    Took a walk around Carleton and Poulton this afternoon in search of Jays which I know are in the area. I focused my search around the Swimming Baths and Golf Course where there are the most trees but completely failed to find any Jays, still not seen any this year! However plenty of other birds...
  9. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    Bad weather seems to have halted the birding recently! Quick 45 minute seawatch off Rossall Point today produced: 72 Manx Shearwaters N 8 Gannet S 9 Auk sp (5N, 4S) 1 Fulmar S
  10. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    2 Temminick's Stints on the entrance pools at Newton Marsh today, can show well however usually distant and are quite often out of view
  11. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    Kentish Plover showed very well off Cockersand this evening about 50 metres off the sea wall with a flock of Dunlin and a few Ringed Plover allowing a good comparison. Also 5 Yellow Wagtails (1 male, 4 female) in the first field along the bank from the car park, with the horses in it.
  12. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    For anyone who is interested a few local sightings for today: Kentish Plover at Cockersands Abbey (female on the Lune Estuary at Plover Scar) Wood Sandpiper Mythop 14 Black Tern lingering off Heysham Iberian Chiffchaff Blackpool (possible male singing just east of Devonshire Road at Devonshire...
  13. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    Not confirmed but per birdguides: 17:54 02/05/11 Golden Eagle Lancs Pilling Moss an adult flew south over Union Lane/Lancaster Road junction late afternoon Just thought people would like to know incase it was one!
  14. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    My third and final seawatch of the long weekend off Rossall Point from 06:25-11:15 this morning, which although the longest produced surprisingly few birds. Totals are: 1 Arctic Skua (dark morph) 102 Arctic Tern 6 Sandwich Tern 5 Gannet 10 Red Breasted Merganser 1 Red Throated Diver 9 Shelduck...
  15. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    Another great sea-watch off Rossall Point this morning, although there weren't high numbers of any species the quality and views certainely made up for it! Totals between 06:50-11:10: 6 Little Tern (all together close in o:D, my first in the Fylde) 78 Arctic Tern 2 Sandwich Tern adult Little...
  16. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    A couple of record shots of the Marsh Harrier over Ellel Grange today.
  17. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    sorry I wasn't really trying to make a comparison more just an observation :-O and yes I stopped counting the terns after they started to head back the other way about 9:45
  18. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    My parents went for a walk along Lancaster Canal this afternoon between Cockerham Road and the Glasson turn off, so I tagged along. A big surprise came in the form of a female Marsh Harrier which appeared from the south and headed purposefully north over Ellel Grange, got some rubbish photos...
  19. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    In the second half of the watch there were quite a lot of Arctic Terns coming back south in the distance before heading east again past us
  20. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    I didn't find out about the first bird until I got home so don't know who reported it, but it could well have been the same bird doing a circuit of the bay. No I didn't see any Sarni terns nor little, I don't think any were seen before I arrived either
  21. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    Very good seawatch off Rossall Point this morning however I arrived too late for the main tern passage with over 1000 Arctics Terns seen before I arrived at 8! Totals between 08:00 and 10:30 as follows: male Long Tailed Duck east 2 dark morph Arctic Skua 171 Arctic Tern east with many more...
  22. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    Lark still present and showing very well this morning, luckily the track which it favours is in the fenced off area for the model aeroplane users so it isn't disturbed by all the dog walkers!
  23. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    Okay well I'm probably going to go take a look and hopefully it will still be around
  24. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    Any chance it will be there in the morning? Might go down early to try and see it as I was in Manchester today!
  25. Jonny721

    Lancashire Birding

    A few sightings from today: Fluke Hall - Tree Pipit over, 300+ Meadow Pipit over, 2 Chiffchaff Pilling Marsh - Whimbrel, only c75 Pink Footed Geese left Bank End - c60 Skylark on the marsh Conder Pool - Spotted Redshank, Common Sandpiper Marton Mere - Lesser Whitethroat, lots of Common...
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