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Conder Pool . This years peak count on Conder Pool thus far, was of 22 Avocet on Friday 6 March. As always, I am grateful for the contact, r...

A decent start to the day yesterday, when a Goldcrest was in the plum tree in our garden, and a few minutes later,  a Small Tortoiseshell ...

The hit and miss day started at Conder Pool - no surprises there then - where another first for this amazing site was finding 16 Shoveler ...

Christmas saw the start of what has become a mass influx  of Russian White-fronted Geese (WFG)  into the country. For much of this year so f...

It was 17 days since my last spell of birding, and my first session for 2026....Lift Off! I suppose lots of visitors to Conder Pool, wouldn...

I reviewed my top four dragon species found in 2025. Banded Demoiselle . 13 May: 16 at Bull Beck  in the Lune Valley  by the River Lune.  I ...

I'm in receipt of some brilliant images of some equally brilliant birds which have recently been on and around the River Lune. 'Prob...

It was great to see a Smew 'redhead' found  yesterday 6 January  on the River Lune in Lancaster. This find was the first in the LDBW...

I enjoyed flicking through the little black book for some highlights of birds found or seen through 2025. It was never going to be regarded ...

Not a wild goose chase in the strictest sense, but I think the title fitted reasonably well. The Greenland  White-fronted Goose  Anser albif...