Photos:
Roseate and Common Terns at Seaforth plus Black Swan and Bar-headed Goose
Red-necked Phalarope at Frodsham No. 6 tank
13th June
Seaforth early am. I arrived and within a few minutes I spotted a Roseate Tern on the spit. Later Pete Kinsella identified it as the regular female with the long tail streamers. She didn’t stay long, however the pair of Roseates that Pete found yesterday were also present and they stayed present all morning. There were 430+ Common Terns when I arrived – the numbers gradually dwindled as the morning progressed. Pete’s Seaforth Mega in the form of the Bar-headed Goose was also still present, as was the Black Swan. Oystercatchers aside, waders were relatively scarce with a single Blackwit, a Little Ringed Plover and two fly through Curlews.
When news came through of a Red-necked Phalarope at Frodsham around lunch time I resisted for all of 30 nanosecond and then headed off there.
The RNP – a male – was swimming around in No. 6 tank but way over the other side. We all eventually headed off over there and got somewhat better views. At one point the bird took off in the company of 58 Black-tailed Godwits but did return. There was a pair of Avocets with four well grown young and quite a few other birds plus lots of Ringed Plovers, several being juveniles. Over the distant hill beyond the motorway I could see a Kestrel having a pop at a Peregrine. Lots of other stuff too.
Later I headed over to Rixton. Usual stuff really though I did find four Tree Sparrows in the edge of a barley field off Prospect Lane and a decent flock of Swifts over Dam Head Lane. Coal Tit in the garden today.
13th June
Seaforth early am. I arrived and within a few minutes I spotted a Roseate Tern on the spit. Later Pete Kinsella identified it as the regular female with the long tail streamers. She didn’t stay long, however the pair of Roseates that Pete found yesterday were also present and they stayed present all morning. There were 430+ Common Terns when I arrived – the numbers gradually dwindled as the morning progressed. Pete’s Seaforth Mega in the form of the Bar-headed Goose was also still present, as was the Black Swan. Oystercatchers aside, waders were relatively scarce with a single Blackwit, a Little Ringed Plover and two fly through Curlews.
When news came through of a Red-necked Phalarope at Frodsham around lunch time I resisted for all of 30 nanosecond and then headed off there.
The RNP – a male – was swimming around in No. 6 tank but way over the other side. We all eventually headed off over there and got somewhat better views. At one point the bird took off in the company of 58 Black-tailed Godwits but did return. There was a pair of Avocets with four well grown young and quite a few other birds plus lots of Ringed Plovers, several being juveniles. Over the distant hill beyond the motorway I could see a Kestrel having a pop at a Peregrine. Lots of other stuff too.
Later I headed over to Rixton. Usual stuff really though I did find four Tree Sparrows in the edge of a barley field off Prospect Lane and a decent flock of Swifts over Dam Head Lane. Coal Tit in the garden today.
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