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| 1st calendar year Shag on the Near Naze 17/12/24 Ringed as a nestling 16/06/24 on Puffin Island, Anglesey, Wales The most regular source of ringed Shag in Lancashire |
112 Brent Geese off Knowleys Rd 11-50am (highest count so far this winter)
South shore (Malcolm)
I walked the tide in, on the shore out from Ocean Edge at lunchtime.
Once again, a skein of Pale-bellied Brent geese left Red Nab early and flew to the south of the Lune estuary. But "only" 58 of them. The others seen by Pete probably flew further south ignoring Red Nab, as did the large second skein I saw on Tuesday.
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| Some of the Pale-bellied Brent geese |
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| Pale-bellied Brent geese and the incoming lunchtime ferry |
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| Cormorants heading to their high water roost Likely the wooden jetty |
An unusual mix of waders
There wasn't a single Knot anywhere on the shore for as far as I could scan.
Dunlin a flock of 28 was flying around.
Curlew 20 and Oystercatcher 100 were the only waders along the waterline, then
Bar-Tailed Godwit 400 - initially a flock of 45 landed out from the sea wall. Then they were joined by a larger flock.
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| The first flock of Godwits came from the north side. |
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| Then they were joined by a large flock also from the north side |
But the tide was coming in quickly at this stage, and they all took to the air and eventually drifted off further south.
Sanderling 3 - just as I was heading back they came from the south and fed briefly on the shore out from the sea wall.
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| Sanderling |
Middleton Nature Reserve (Malcolm)
Just a check from the south side as the sun was setting.
Jackdaw 200+
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| Some of the Jackdaw |
Wood Pigeon 10
Stock Dove 96 minimum came in to roost. Initially in small groups but later three larger groups of 12, 13 and 27. Definitely no overlap today.
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| Stock Doves |
No sign of the Barn Owl this evening.
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| The sun had set, but the red contrails show it to be just over the horizon |
