Shotton Steelworks
30/08/18
Pools........2 Spotted Crake, ( Rocky Pool ),....( seen feeding out in the open at 1st light ), 2 Mute Swan, 32 Gadwall, 32 Coot, 14 Tufted Duck, 8 Moorhen, 5 Canada Goose, 4 Little Grebe, 50+ Pied Wagtail, ( feeding on, and around, the Tern/Black Headed Gull Breeding Rafts ), 14 Teal, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Kingfisher, ( perched on Tern/Black Headed Gull Breeding Rafts ), 2 Lapwing, 2 Little Egret, 1 Great Black Backed Gull, 2 Mallard, 2 Shoveler, and 1 Water Rail.
Adjacent saltmarsh/estuary..........( 1 hour watch over low tide )..........
3 Common Sandpiper, 5 Grey Heron, 10+ Cormorant, 300+ Redshank, 1 Black Tailed Godwit, 30+ Teal, 13 Curlew, 2 Whimbrel, 50+ Shelduck, ( 400+ Swallow, 70+ House Martin, and 20+ Sand Martin, passed through early morning ), 6 Raven, 50+ Goldfinch, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Osprey, ( perched on post on marsh, but very distant ), and 1 Yellow Wagtail.
Other notable birds.........2 Cetti's Warbler.
30/08/18
Pools........2 Spotted Crake, ( Rocky Pool ),....( seen feeding out in the open at 1st light ), 2 Mute Swan, 32 Gadwall, 32 Coot, 14 Tufted Duck, 8 Moorhen, 5 Canada Goose, 4 Little Grebe, 50+ Pied Wagtail, ( feeding on, and around, the Tern/Black Headed Gull Breeding Rafts ), 14 Teal, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Kingfisher, ( perched on Tern/Black Headed Gull Breeding Rafts ), 2 Lapwing, 2 Little Egret, 1 Great Black Backed Gull, 2 Mallard, 2 Shoveler, and 1 Water Rail.
Adjacent saltmarsh/estuary..........( 1 hour watch over low tide )..........
3 Common Sandpiper, 5 Grey Heron, 10+ Cormorant, 300+ Redshank, 1 Black Tailed Godwit, 30+ Teal, 13 Curlew, 2 Whimbrel, 50+ Shelduck, ( 400+ Swallow, 70+ House Martin, and 20+ Sand Martin, passed through early morning ), 6 Raven, 50+ Goldfinch, 20+ Meadow Pipit, 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Peregrine Falcon, 1 Osprey, ( perched on post on marsh, but very distant ), and 1 Yellow Wagtail.
Other notable birds.........2 Cetti's Warbler.