With the recent crap weather combined with the inevitable seasonal disruption, I had an opportunity to put together some of my random highlights for each month throughout the year.
January
Spotted Redshank Lune Estuary
Cattle Egret (4) Snow Bunting Cockersand
White-fronted Goose 1st winter Jeremy Lane
Hen Harrier male Cockersand
February
Hen Harrier/Merlin/Barn Owl Cockersand
March
Scaup drake/5 Mediterranean Gull/c.4,000 Black-tailed Godwit Conder Pool, the highest number ever recorded here.
April
Cattle Egret (2) Conder Pool
Emperor Moth female Hawthornthwaite
May
Pied Flycatcher possible 5 breeding pairs Stoops Bridge
Cuckoo 5 birds including a female calling/7 Garden Warbler Birk Bank area
Woodcock Tower Lodge
June
Southern Marsh Orchid up to 200 spikes east of Lancaster
Cuckoo 5 including interaction between 3 birds Bowland
Bilberry Bumblebee 5 Birk Bank area
Golden Ringed Dragonfly 17 all Bowland
July
Arctic Tern 1st summer Conder Pool
Mediterranean Gull 6 in field off Rigg Lane
Yellow Wagtail juvenile Conder Pool
August
Emperor Dragonfly 23/Brown Hawker 12 Lancaster Canal
Great White Egret Conder Pool
Green Sandpiper Conder Pool
Purple Hairstreak 4 Birk Bank
Banded Demoiselle 16 Lancaster Canal
September
Mediterranean Gull 11 Lune Estuary Glasson
October
Little Owl Cockersand first here for 9 years
November
Short-eared Owl Cockersand
December
Common Scoter pair/Scaup female Morecambe
Brent Geese 112 Heysham highest count here
Blackcap male in the garden
Garden Blackcap 30 December 2024
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL
Feliz Año 2025 Pete.Un fuerte abrazo amigo.
ReplyDeleteThank You Antonio. Feliz Año 2025 to you too....Pete.
DeleteHappy new year Pete-
ReplyDeleteOverall that’s quite a variety for the year you must be pleased. Nice little video clip of the Blackcap I wish I could get a bit more variety in my garden.
Posted from my iPad so anonymous again.
Ian Mitchell
Yes pleased Ian, but wouldn't go beyond saying a decent year. Blackcap put in an appearance as I sat by the window having a cuppa, and spent enough time for me grab the camera....Excellent.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year Ian....Pete.
Hello Pete,
ReplyDeleteI wish you a happy new year 2025 too, with lots of great observations, counts and photo stories. But the most important thing is that we stay healthy.
Greetings Frank
Thank you Frank, and you are right, health is the important thing.
ReplyDeleteHAPPY NEW YEAR....Pete.