Conder Pool.
The Avocet seem to be coming and going since their arrival on Conder Pool 28 March, now you see me, now you don't, with no sign on Monday, but a Greenshank was nice, with a drake Goosander and 11 Tufted Duck seen.
Lune Estuary.
Goldeneye Cliff Raby
I was a little surprised to find 7 Goldeneye still here, with the exception of a lone bird flying downstream on 8 April, there was no birds here in 2017 after 4 seen on 21 March, and no Goldeneye were reported on the Lune Estuary in April in any of the 2015 or 2016 Lancashire Annual Reports. Hard to believe that you could count up to 200 Goldeneye on the Lune Estuary at Glasson in 2009, since then there has been a decline, and the last three figure count was 5 years ago when 122 were seen in February 2013. Void of accuracy, this winters peak count didn't exceed more than the mid-twenties.
Other notes on the Lune Estuary, 26 Black-tailed Godwit, a lone Ringed Plover putting one of it's occasional visits here, and a pair of Eider. Thanks to Cliff for his image of the Goldeneye.
Cockersand.
On Plover Scar at high tide, up to 220 Dunlin and 32 Ringed Plover. Also seen, at least 140 Linnet in the field behind Lighthouse Cottage, 2 Wheatear, Skylark seen/heard, 3 Stock Dove, a Shoveler pair still on the flood, a Kestrel, and a Sparrowhawk which came out of the hedge bottom with small prey in it's talons, flew a meter above the road, to soon disappear again into the hedge. A Small Tortoiseshell came out with the sun, but can't possibly have been the happiest butterfly in the land on a mainly cloudy, cold, and windy day.
Braides.
Yellow Wagtail Marc Heath
Another text on Monday from the ever reliable AC, had me off to Braides to see a stunning male Yellow Wagtail in the field by the flood where I noted 4 Shoveler. Thanks to Marc for this image....Stunning bird, stunning photograph.
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