Whinchat. Jan Larsson @ Vingspann
Always a good idea for some footwork to take a closer look in the fields and on the fence posts along Jeremy Lane around this time of the year, and yesterday was definitely a good idea, and didn't take long for one bird to develop into 12 Wheatear in one field - the bakers dozen was made up with one at Cockersand later - but wait a minute, the bird further into the field isn't a Wheatear, it's a female Whinchat.
A Goldeneye is lingering on at Conder Pool, it thinks it's one of the 14 Tufted Duck it was diving with, a Greenshank was in company with 38 Redshank. The Common Sandpiper I saw again today is almost certainly the wintering bird, it was again in the very same area I found it in virtually every time I visited throughout the winter months and rarely on Conder Pool or even elsewhere in the creeks. Two House Martin were around the River Winds/Cafe d' Lune, and 4 Little Egret had the otherwise deserted Conder channel to themselves.
I found a breeding Mistle Thrush on my rounds yesterday, but the bird is living dangerously and has built the nest no more than 2 metres off the ground in the fork of a Silver Birch.
The Lune Estuary at Glasson was virtually deserted, but 9 Eider and 2 Great-crested Grebe were of note. At Cockersand, a Wheatear on Plover Scar, 3 Eider were off here, and close by, c.170 Dunlin and up to 30 Ringed Plover were feeding on the shore. The circuit produced little, but 2 Stock Dove, the drake Shoveler on the flood, and a flock of c.60 Linnet were flighty.
No sign of any Yellow Wagtail at Braides, but at least 15 White Wagtail picked out in the long grass. I saw no more than a dozen Swallow on the day again.
Mistle Thrush @ Pegler Birding
I found a breeding Mistle Thrush on my rounds yesterday, but the bird is living dangerously and has built the nest no more than 2 metres off the ground in the fork of a Silver Birch.
The Lune Estuary at Glasson was virtually deserted, but 9 Eider and 2 Great-crested Grebe were of note. At Cockersand, a Wheatear on Plover Scar, 3 Eider were off here, and close by, c.170 Dunlin and up to 30 Ringed Plover were feeding on the shore. The circuit produced little, but 2 Stock Dove, the drake Shoveler on the flood, and a flock of c.60 Linnet were flighty.
No sign of any Yellow Wagtail at Braides, but at least 15 White Wagtail picked out in the long grass. I saw no more than a dozen Swallow on the day again.
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