Sweet & Sour!

I spent a couple of hours at Cockersand on Tuesday, nothing new about that, but it was a pretty disappointing two hours with nothing more of note than a Stock Dove, and a Kestrel seen over Bank Houses, one later over Slack Lane could have been the same bird on wires with 22 Linnet close by at the cover crop. 

Whinchat. Ana Minguez @ Naturanafotos

But hang on....that's not a Linnet on the fence post is it, it's a Whinchat....nice one.

More on the 'nice one' list followed a little later when 6 Ruff were on the Lune Estuary at Glasson, and on Conder Pool, 5 Greenshank, a Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, and a new peak of 13 Little Grebe ended what I'd call Tuesday's birding sweet and sour.

Wednesday 20 September.

Wednesday didn't shape up much better either, and Plover Scar didn't pose any counting headaches, with 14 Dunlin, 11 Ringed Plover, and 2 Great-crested Grebe off here. A Wheatear seen, and c.450 Golden Plover flew south past the headland.

Bar-tailed Godwit. 

Bar-tailed Godwit. Noushka @  1000-Pattes 

I found 11 Bar-tailed Godwit feeding off Crook Farm on Tuesday as the tide dropped. Though the Bar-tailed Godwit can be seen in our area in all months, these were the first I've seen anywhere on the Lune Estuary since 10 on 5 May at Glasson.

Thanks to Ana and Noushka for the excellent images.