It was good to find another of those smart adult Mediterranean Gulls on the Lune Estuary at Glasson on Friday, this was a bird not seen here before this autumn, it had the darkest mask I've seen on the species in October. Also of note, up to 750 Golden Plover, 80 Curlew, 38 Black-tailed Godwit, 46 Wigeon, and 2 Great-crested Grebe.
Peregrine Falcon. Pete Woodruff.
This Peregrine Falcon perched by the Conder mouth, soon took off and locked on to a lone wader climbing into the sky, but soon gave up the chase to disappear from view over Colloway Marsh. Fifteen minutes later the falcon returned to the same perch and was still there on the lookout when I left to go to Conder Green. I reckon this was the very same bird which appeared another fifteen minutes later over Conder Green to be attacked by a Sparrowhawk before flying over Conder Pool to disappear once again over the Jeremy Lane area.
A Common Sandpiper was on Conder Pool with 14 Little Grebe and a Snipe, 110 Teal were in the creeks.
At Cockersand, 5 Whooper Swan were three adult and two juvenile, with 7 Mute Swan in the field by Lighthouse Cottage. Around the cover crop, 12 Linnet, 3 Greenfinch, a Reed Bunting, and a Kestrel in the area. On Plover Scar, 25 Turnstone were the only waders around the high tide, but on the inland edge 22 Twite, a Wheatear, and a lone Meadow Pipit, off the headland, 4 Rock Pipit. At Bank Houses, 15 Tree Sparrow and 2 Blackbird.
Star bird off Crook Farm was a Curlew Sandpiper, with counts of up to 240 Dunlin, 100 Redshank, 8 Grey Plover was an exceptional count for Cockersand, and 4 Bar-tailed Godwit.
Black + White.
A Common Sandpiper was on Conder Pool with 14 Little Grebe and a Snipe, 110 Teal were in the creeks.
At Cockersand, 5 Whooper Swan were three adult and two juvenile, with 7 Mute Swan in the field by Lighthouse Cottage. Around the cover crop, 12 Linnet, 3 Greenfinch, a Reed Bunting, and a Kestrel in the area. On Plover Scar, 25 Turnstone were the only waders around the high tide, but on the inland edge 22 Twite, a Wheatear, and a lone Meadow Pipit, off the headland, 4 Rock Pipit. At Bank Houses, 15 Tree Sparrow and 2 Blackbird.
Star bird off Crook Farm was a Curlew Sandpiper, with counts of up to 240 Dunlin, 100 Redshank, 8 Grey Plover was an exceptional count for Cockersand, and 4 Bar-tailed Godwit.
Black + White.
Black - and - White Warbler. Martin Lofgren @ Wild Bird Gallery
An extremely rare vagrant to Britain, a North American Black - and - White Warbler was found dead on a cargo ship docked at Liverpool on Friday 20 October.
Thanks to Richard for the excellent header image of Friday's Knott End Snow Bunting, and to Martin for the Black - and - White Warbler, with apologies for my terrible shot of the Peregrine Falcon at Glasson, but I had to publish this image as the bird had excited me in three sightings over little more than 25 minutes, and when you see this winged missile in an attack at full throttle....that's something else.
Thanks to Richard for the excellent header image of Friday's Knott End Snow Bunting, and to Martin for the Black - and - White Warbler, with apologies for my terrible shot of the Peregrine Falcon at Glasson, but I had to publish this image as the bird had excited me in three sightings over little more than 25 minutes, and when you see this winged missile in an attack at full throttle....that's something else.
Wow!! Beautiful Falco Peregrino.. Happy weekend Pete..
ReplyDeleteYes, beautiful Peregrino Falco, the bird absolutely, the photograph not so beautiful, but many thanks for this Ana.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have a lovely weekend, no doubt in the company of your Spanish wildlife.