Great Northern Diver (juvenile) at Fleetwood Marine Lake. Hard working digiscoping one of these birds!
Grey Phalarope, Lytham Moss
Whooper Swans, Lytham Moss
Part of the Starling flock (with Feral Pigeons) at Lytham Moss. Any ideas how many Starlings here? Being a saddo I counted them - for the answer go to the end of the post.xxxxxx
On Saturday afternoon I headed off to a stubble field near Brereton Heath. Unfortunately the Woodlarks that had been present for several days did one during the morning and failed to return. Nice to see Ian Woosey though. A late afternoon divert to Astbury Mere (thanks for the directions Ian) did give me an opportunity to see a juvenile Great Northern Diver - it was rather distant and the light was fading so views were brief.
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Sunday morning I took Bill and wandered up to the Fylde. The Grey Phalarope was showing well in a flooded field at Lytham Moss and it was nice to bump into Tony and Maurice for a chat. I wandered further up the lane with them to view the Whooper Swan flock – I counted 168 birds. I failed to spot a Bewick’s Swan which was later reported though I did see a Whooper with a relatively small patch of yellow on its bill which briefly had me more interested. The markings still did not match Bewick’s though and size of the bird gave it away too. A very large flock of Starlings was also present. I estimated around 3500 birds were present. In the above photo which shows part of the flock there are 2696 birds or thereabouts!
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Next stop was Fleetwood Marine Lake to see a much more confiding juvenile Great Northern Diver. It was nice to see and chat with Riggers and John Rayner while I was there. The diver came close on several occasions and also chased off a Red-breasted Merganser. It didn’t appear to catch much while I was there – I wonder if there is enough food to sustain this bird for a while? Two female Goldeneyes were also present at the far end of the lake.
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Sunday morning I took Bill and wandered up to the Fylde. The Grey Phalarope was showing well in a flooded field at Lytham Moss and it was nice to bump into Tony and Maurice for a chat. I wandered further up the lane with them to view the Whooper Swan flock – I counted 168 birds. I failed to spot a Bewick’s Swan which was later reported though I did see a Whooper with a relatively small patch of yellow on its bill which briefly had me more interested. The markings still did not match Bewick’s though and size of the bird gave it away too. A very large flock of Starlings was also present. I estimated around 3500 birds were present. In the above photo which shows part of the flock there are 2696 birds or thereabouts!
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Next stop was Fleetwood Marine Lake to see a much more confiding juvenile Great Northern Diver. It was nice to see and chat with Riggers and John Rayner while I was there. The diver came close on several occasions and also chased off a Red-breasted Merganser. It didn’t appear to catch much while I was there – I wonder if there is enough food to sustain this bird for a while? Two female Goldeneyes were also present at the far end of the lake.
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