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26/11/02
Starr Gate 0800: 1 f/imm LT Duck & 1 RT Diver.
1 Barn Owl hunting to south of the telephone box at Eagland Hill, 0730 hrs.
1 Buzzard sitting on top of a low thorn hedge, harassed by 2 crows, near
Windy Harbour traffic lights, at 09.30.
7+ Twite with 80+ Linnets at Lytham on saltmarsh, 250yds E
of slipway opposite Seafield Road 1015hrs.
25/11/02
Pair of Bullfinch and Nuthatch in Thurnham Hall.
16+ Twite
Lytham on beach by slipway opposite Seafield Road.
Starr Gate 1200-1240: 1 Razorbill north, 2 RT Divers, c20 GC Grebes. c150 Common
Scoter.
Bradshaw Lane: 11 Corn Buntings. 45 Tree Sparrow, 11 Yellowhammer, and 18
Chaffinch at Bradshaw Lane F.S.1256 hrs. 134 Greenfinch on wires over the
sunflower field, Eagland Hill.
24/11/02
Cockersands- Bank End: 12 Twite, 5 Tree Sparrows & 1 Merlin.
Bradshaw Lane Feeding Stn: 30 Tree Sparrows & 6 Corn Buntings.
23/11/02
Starr Gate: 1m and 1f Velvet Scoter - 9.30 flew in and landed with
Common Scoter south of the sea wall. 1 m Goosander south 0840, c2000 Common
Scoter south, 7 Razorbills, 1 auk sp, 4 RT Diver & 4 Pintail.
Warton Bank over high tide: 1 Water Pipit on fenceposts, 1
Brambling in orchard, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Grey Wag.
1 Peregrine flew south-easterly over Myerscough Quarry am. 1 female
Goosander also present.
22/11/02
Starr Gate:0800-0830 - 1 f/imm LT Duck in from north landing with
scoter.5 Scaup 3 RT Divers, c10 GC Grebe and 3 Kittiwakes.
21/11/02
Starr Gate: 1 Slavonian Grebe on the sea, 2 Red throated Divers &
4 Razorbills.
20/11/02
19/11/02
Starr Gate: 1 Little Auk flew N at 10:35; 1 Bonxie loitering,
10+ Red-throated Divers, 2+ Guillemots, 2+ Razorbills.
1 Peregrine on pylon at Chain Lane/ Mythop Rd.
18/11/02
2 Peregrines on pylons at Chain Lane/ Mythop Rd.
Starr Gate: 2 ( 1ad m) Long-tailed Ducks
on sea & 6 Red throated Divers on sea.
17/11/02
Reams Hill Pond: 29 Whooper Swans, 2 Bewicks Swans.
2 Peregrines on pylon at Mythop.
Starr Gate: 1 Bonxie, 3 Brent Geese south, 1 ringtail Hen Harrier south & 3000 Common Scoters.
Rossall Point: 1 Bonxie, 3 Brent Geese south, 1 ad Med Gull, 20 Little
Gulls,
14 Whooper Swans south, c20 Red-throated Divers.
25 Twite
at Bank End.
DESPERATE SHORTAGE OF WeBS COUNTERS
TODAY...............
Cockerham WeBS Count:
Little Grebe 1, GC Grebe 2, Cormorant 4, Grey Heron 4, Mute Swan 4, Whooper Swan
8, Pink-foot Goose 126 (though 3000 were present earlier), Greylag 1, Shelduck
544 (at least, probably more), Wigeon 277, Teal 769, Mallard 272, Pintail 300,
Shoveler 1, RB Merganser 3, Coot 4, Oycs 2881, Golden Plover 139 (probably more
in fields towards Knott End), Lapwing 2550, Knot 6000, Dunlin 4250, Snipe
2, Curlew 2226, Redshank 919, BHG 57, H Gull 14, GBB 1,
16/11/02
Starr Gate: 1 Little Auk flew N at 11:05; 2 ( 1ad m ,1 fem/1st w) Long-tailed Ducks
on sea just S of south end of sea wall; 6+ Red throated Divers on sea, 200
Common Scoters 'milling about'.
Fairhaven Beach: 1 Snow Bunting.
Marton Mere: 1
Bittern flew to north reeds at 16:15 and sat up in view till 16:45 at
least, 2 Little Owls east barn, 2 Peregrines on pylon at Mythop Rd.
Sparrowhawk, 1 GS Woodpecker roosting in bat box!
Reams Hill Pond: 82 Whooper Swans, 3 Bewicks Swans, 1000 Pinkfeet,
1 Buzzard on post.
Warton Bank: 1 ringtail Hen Harrier mobbed by Peregrine, 1male Blackcap,
Little Owl calling,15.35 & 4 Whooper Swans south overhead.
Rossall Point: 1 Purple Sandpiper with Turnstones & 19 Whoopers Swans flew east.
15/11/02
Starr Gate: 3 Long-tailed Ducks, ( two f/imms close in on sea 0810
before flying south, one south with scoter 0815), 880 Common Scoter south, 33
GC Grebes south, 21 RT Diver south, 3 Razorbills, 1 drake Eider, 10 Wigeon, 1
Grey Wagtail.
14/11/02
Starr Gate: 1 f / imm Long-tailed Ducks, 190 Common Scoters (past in 15 mins), 3 Red th. Divers. 8 Razorbills south, 10 GC Grebes south.
2 Grey Wags Starr Gate and 1 West Street.
13/11/02
Starr Gate: 3+ f / imm Long-tailed Ducks, 350 Common Scoters, 1 small
grebe sp south & 6 GC Grebes south.
Grannies Bay 406 Shelduck; c.640 Pintail.
Fairhaven lake 61 Pochard, 34 Tufted, 4 Goldeneye.
Bray's Farm: 5 adult 5 juvenile Whooper Swan at 16.00 hrs.
2 Peregrines on pylon Mythop Rd/Chain Lane.
Warton Bank: 1 ringtail Hen Harrier, 2 Peregrine, 2+ Merlin, 1
Sparrowhawk, 1 Water Pipit & 1 Rock Pipit.
1 Jay Lowther Gdns.
50+ Whoopers Moss Side, Lytham.
1 Merlin + 1 Peregrine Lane Ends.
1 Merlin at Bradshaw Lane feeding station + c20 Tree Sparrow + 3
Yellowhammer.
12/11/02
1 Peregrine on pylon Mythop Rd/Chain Lane.
10/11/02
Knott End to Fluke
Hall: 2+ Twite in flock of 50 Linnets, 9 Bewicks Swans with 39 Whooper
Swans on beach pm ( no doubt part of flock below), 2-3 Peregrines, 3 Goldcrests, 1 Grey Wag.
1 Barn Owl just west of Birks Farm, Eagland Hill 1700 hrs ( apparently:
"you can set your watch by it").
1
Stonechat Whyndyke, Marton.
Wildings Hill Wood / Mythop Moss Wood: 4+ Buzzards (four in the air at
once), Peregrine 'buzzed' one of the Buzzards & landed on pylon to north.
1 Rock / Water Pipit north calling up the dyke and lost to view. 1000+
Pinkfeet towards Mythop Grange, min 20 Whooper Swans, Grey Wag, Goldcrest, GS
Woodpecker.
Lytham: 1 Twite on beach with Greenfinches.
Lowther Gardens - 6 Goldcrests, Grey Wag
Fairhaven - 6 Goldeneye, 29 Pochard, 30 Pintail
Warton Bank - 1 Merlin, 1 Peregrine, 1 harrier sp. (but no Water Pipits at
same tide time as yesterday)
Bray's Farm, Lytham Moss - c57 Whooper Swans, 1 Buzzard.
Fleetwood Fields: 200 Pinkfeet (up to 2000 here recently on 5th).
Marton Mere: 1 Woodcock,
1 Bittern, 1 Little Grebe and 5000-7000 Starlings roosting.
9/11/02
Warton Bank: 4 Water Pipits on fence at Bank Lane at high tide, 1 juv
Marsh Harrier, 2 Merlins, 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 G.S.Woodpecker, Grey Wagtail, 1
Little Owl.
3 Jack Snipe at Lytham St Annes Nature Reserve.
Stanley Park: c4 Grey Wags, 16 Cormorant, Goldcrests.
Mythop: c2000 Pinkfeet down (unprecedented), 1 Buzzard, 24
Whooper Swans and 3 Pochard.
1 Peregrine on pylon Mythop Rd/Chain Lane.
Weeton - 1 Jay.
2 Jack Snipe flushed from pit 4 at Myerscough Quarry. Also 70+
(minimum) Tree Sparrows.
Pilling Lane Ends -0645/1400: 1 Firecrest - 1 juv male ringed,
Water Rail - 1, Pink-footed Goose - c.3000, Gadwall - 1, Siskin - 22, Great
Spotted Woodpecker - 1 juv male ringed, Redpoll - 1, Twite - 40, Kingfisher
- 1 juv male ringed, Whooper Swan - 14, Sparrowhawk - 1 juv female
ringed.
7/11/02
Warton Bank: 1 Water Pipit on log near fence Bank Lane at1300hrs + 2
Rock/Water Pipits flying around calling, 2 Merlins, 1 Peregrine, 1700
Oystercatchers on 'river islands'.
Eagland Hill 1600 Pink-footed Goose.
Lane Ends: 6 Goldeneye
28 Pochard, 26 Tufties, m Goldeneye as well as the females Fairhaven Lake.
2 Kittiwakes, c200 Common Scoter Starr Gate 45 mins at high tide.
6/11/02
Warton Bank: 10 Short-eared Owls an hour before HT ( 8 on deck & 2
in flight ), 1 ad. Med Gull, 3 Merlins, 2 Peregrines, Sparrowhawk
& 2 Rock/water Pipits flying around calling.
Lytham (Fairlawn - Lifeboat Stn) RockPipit 1, Turnstone 50.
Fairhaven Lake: 1 Little Grebe, 20 Tufted Duck, 28 Pochard, 6 (all f.),
Goldeneye, 1 Great-spotted Woodpecker, 1 Rock Pipit, & 1 Goldcrest.
Granny's Bay: 23 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Snow Bunting (flew e. @ 14.45hrs
calling).
2 Peregrines on pylon Mythop Rd/Chain Lane am.
Starr Gate 0735-0805: 290 Common Scoter, 15 Wigeon and 1 RT Diver .
5/11/02
Warton Bank: 1 Water Pipit and 1 Scandinavian Rock Pipit in
with 3-4 pipits which came in close with the tide & 1 ringtail Hen Harrier at
11.00 - 11.45 hunting over the saltings to the east of Bank Lane, 5
Short eared Owls ( one mobbed harrier), 1 f. Merlin, 2 Sparrowhawks, 1 m.
Bullfinch (with flock of Reed Buntings), Water Rail heard, lots of winter
thrushes.
4/11/02
2 Purple Sandpipers
at Rossall Pt.
Warton Bank: 1 ringtail Hen Harrier at 1500hrs.
3/11/02
Fairhaven:
1 Purple Sandpiper on the sea wall at opposite the lake but
flushed at 11:20hrs & c3 Rock Pipits (dispersed), 1 Chiffchaff, 1 G.S.
Woodpecker, 2+ Goldcrests, light Skylark passage.
Ream Hills - 1 Common Buzzard on field & 34 Whooper Swans on lake.
Staining: c500 Pinkfeet
on fields to west but flew off at 1320hrs.
Lytham Moss: 200 Fieldfares at Brays Farm , 1 Merlin at Saltcoats.
1 Jack Snipe at Myerscough Quarry.
Starr Gate am: 838 C Scoter south, 25 auks, (those seen well were Razorbills),,
5 Kittiwake, 1 RT Diver
St Annes - large numbers of large gulls (mostly Herring) attracted to a starfish
wreck inc 1 argentatus Herring & 20 Bar t. Godwits, 20 Grey
Plover, lots of Dunlin and Sanderling.
Eagland Hill - GS Woodpecker, Grey Wag (Birks Farm).
Jameson Rd landfill: f. Goldeneye, Water Rails heard (2), 8 Snipe, 30+
Pink-footed Goose "over".
Pilling Lane Ends: 21 Twite & 45 Skylark; Vis mig: 1 Grey Wag,
3 Siskin, 1 Redpoll, couple of Meadow Pipits and 3 Linnet. Also 950 Shelduck, 1
Peregrine,1 G. S. Woopecker in the plantation & 1 Rock Pipit at Pilling
Water.
1/11/02
Knott End at East end of B 5270: 1 Rock Pipit (- no sign early pm of
yesterday's Snow Bunting).
1 Swallow
near Park Farm, Union Lane, Out Rawcliffe 1320hrs.
Bradshaw Lane Feeding Stn: 42 Tree Sparrows.
New Lane Feeding Stn: 9 Yellowhammers.
31/10/02
1 Bonxie
c.1 mile east of the ferry at Knott End, sitting in the marsh
grass; 11a.m.
1 Snow Bunting at Knott End at East end of B 5270.
1 juvenile Gannet over Eagland Hill also 5,000+ Pink-footed Geese.
Starr Gate 0705-0805: 225 Common Scoter south, 19 Razorbills, 20 GC Grebe (most
south), 2 RT Diver, 1 PF Goose in off sea
Watson Road railway bushes 1.30 - 3 Grey Wags
30/10/02
Starr Gate 0755-0825: 1 Puffin north with a single Razorbill (total
of 32), 1 Rock Pipit north.
Starr Gate 1330-1355: 2 Red-throated Divers, c100 Common Scoter.
29/10/02
28/10/02
2+ Brambling
Bartle Hall today, also a Jay.
1 Peregrine on pylon Mythop Rd/Chain Lane for past 3 days (on and off).
No Chough - it was
an escaped Bald Ibis.
27/10/02
96 Golden Plover, c.400 Lapwing, 30+ Curlew, m. Sparrowhawk Lytham Moss at
dusk.
2 Goldeneye Marton Mere.
26/10/02
1 f/imm Long-tailed
Duck Starr Gate, in from north and landed with Scoters.
1 Shag and 1 Scaup Rossall Point.
20 Whooper Swans Mythop.
1 f Goldeneye Fairhaven Lake.
6 RT Divers Starr Gate
1300 including three close inshore (ad winter, ad winter retaining red throat
and juv).
LSANR - Goldcrest.
Starr Gate 0830-0950 - 106 Razorbills, 1350 Common Scoter, 6 GC Grebes, 4 RT Divers, 4
Eider, 3 Bar t Godwit, 1 Grey Seal.
Watson Road rail bushes - Goldcrest, 3 Grey Wags.
Warton Bank - f/imm Merlin, Peregrine, Water Rail, m Blackcap, Goldcrest.
Naze Point - Swallow, Fieldfare, 16 LT Tits, 5 Redwing.
Naze Pool - Ruff.
Mythop - 1 Whooper Swan.
Lawson Road - Grey Wag.
Marton Mere - 1 male Bullfinch
& 1 Bittern.
Stanley Park - 105+ Shoveler.
Todderstaffe Hall: 1 Buzzard.
1 Swallow over Staining & 1st w Grey Wagtail at garden pond Staining Rise. & 4 more over Staining.
Starr Gate 0750
-0820hrs: 266 Razorbills, 3 Red Th. Divers & 700+ Common Scoters.
LSANR midday: 1 Short eared Owl & 3 Redwings.
Jameson Road Tip Lagoon: 1 juv Grey Phalarope, 1 Hooded x Carrion Crow hybrid, 2 Ruff & 1 Stonechat on the tip perimeter.
Over LSANR
0740-0920hrs: 879 Mipits, 302 Chaffinch, 83 Siskin (including one flock
of 21), 45 Skylark, 23 alba wag, 15 Brambling, 11 Mistle Thrushes, 10
Reed Bunts, 6 Grey Wags, 3 Redpoll, 1 Swallow. Also 3 Goldcrests on
reserve.
Fairhaven Lake ('Best movement so far this year'), 0715-1100hrs: (movement
began about 0745): Chaffinch 1230, Unidentified (finches mainly) 182,
Greenfinch (most early in period) 150, Meadow Pipit (most late in period)
114, Skylark 105, Starling 35, Siskin 26, Brambling 14, Mistle Thrush 11,
Reed Bunting 8, Pied Wagtail (probably moving) 7, Linnet 7, Goldfinch 6, Redwing
5, Song Thrush 2, Grey Wagtail (probably moving) 2, Great spot Woodpecker
2, Blackbird (probably moving 1).
Fairhaven grounded- 3+ Goldcrests and Chiff Chaff (occasionally singing).
Stanley Park 42+ Shoveler, GS Pecker, plenty of Goldcrest.
1 Swallow at Amounderness Way roundabout, Carleton.
1 Rock Pipit,
Wheatear and 3 RT Divers opposite Miners Home.
LSANR 0720-0820: 1
Barn Owl ( first known reserve record) & 2+ Goldcrests. Plus visible
Migration over: 89 Mipits, 38 Chaffinch, 14 alba Wags, 10 Greenfinch, 7
Skylark, 6 Siskin, 3 Grey Wag, 2 Brambling, 2 Reed Bunting, 1 Fieldfare,
Starr Gate lunchtime - probable Scaup south (female type), 6 RT Divers (inc.bird
largely in sum plum), 10 Razorbill & 7 GC Grebes.
Pleasure Beach
bushes early am - 2 Goldcrests, 3+ Grey Wags.
Starr Gate 1240-1320hrs: 4 RT Divers &12 Razorbills.
1 Lapland Bunting
south east with Meadow Pipits LSANR 0800hrs.
Starr Gate 1300hrs: 3 RT Divers (inc moulting bird close inshore), 8
Razorbills -(4 north & 4 close offshore).
1 Goldcrest present and Grey Wagtails over CHGC.
North Shore early pm
- 7 RT Divers south, plenty of scoter, 6 PFGoose skeins from Barrow direction
Gipsy Hole Wood - 2 Buzzard.
Starr Gate: 2
Velvet Scoters, 521 Razorbills, 3 R.t. Diver south, 2 Gannets, plenty of
Common Scoter' & 1 Grey Wag south.
Pleasure Beach railway bushes - Goldcrest & 1 Grey Wag.
1 Peregrine Staining on pylon, flew west at dusk.
1 1st winter Lesser
Redpoll in the bushes at Carr House Green Common this evening. Also grounded
Grey Wagtail.
LSANR 0730-0815 (vis only counted 0730-0800): 200+ Meadow Pipits, 30 Chaffinch,
30 Greenfinch, 12 Pinkfeet, 9 Siskin, 6 Redpoll, 5 Skylark, 5 alba wagtail, 2
Song Thrush, 1 Lapland / Snow Bunting. Also 150 Goldfinch flock suddenly
up to 150, a GW Woodpecker moving through and 2 Stonechat.
Watson Rd Railway bushes midday - Sparrowhawk and 2 Grey Wags (latter not
passage birds)
Watson Road Park12.30 - 4 Goldcrests
Stanley Park this evening - 65 Shoveler, 105 Coot, grounded Grey Wag
Skippool 1835hrs:- 1 ad w. Med Gull,
1 juv Curlew Sand, 4 Greenshank, 45 Knot, 1 Pintail & 1 Common
Sandpiper.
Skippool - 1 ad w. Med Gull, 1 juv Curlew Sand, 10 Greenshank, 194 Knot, 43 Blk t Godwits, 1 Bar t. Godwit, 1 Kingfisher, Grey Wag & BHGull AAJ1 again.
Colour
ringed Blk t. Godwit (right leg - yellow above red above knee, left leg - blue
above lime green above knee) GL YR was ringed as a chick on 7.7.2002 near Höllustašir,
NW-Iceland.
Blackpool North Shore: 8 Common Scoters; 2 Red throated Divers 3
Razorbills & 2 Sandwich Terns. (all moving south).
1 Green Sandpiper at Myerscough Quarry.
Skippool - 1 first w. Med Gull with no rings, 1 juv Curlew Sand, & 6 Greenshank on Hambleton Marsh
Union Lane: 3
Wheatears.
Blackpool North Shore: 1 Velvet Scoter with 6-700 Common Scoter; & 3
Red throated Divers, 1 Sandwich Tern & Grey Wag.
Marton Mere: 1 Bittern seen in flight at 1205hrs.
Naze Point: 2 Spotted Redshank (ad + juv) just upstream of Naze Creek on
the north shore at high tide. 5 Greenshank (2ad, 3 juv), 5 Ruff (2ad, 3 juv),
Several hundred Golden Plover. 2 Dunlin.300 Redshank.5 Bar-tailed Godwit.14
Black-tailed Godwit, 500+ Wigeon inc. 1 leucistic bird. 30 Shelduck. 350+ Teal.
2 Peregrine.1 Merlin.
Naze Pool: 5 Black-tailed Godwit.
1 Whitethroat at CHGC.
Pilling Lane Ends - 3 Little Grebes, 9 Long-tailed Tits, 1 Grey Wagtail and 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Bradshaw Lane - min. 30 Greenfinch and c40 Tree Sparrow on feed.
River Wyre (Rawcliffe) - female Goosander, 2 Kingfishers together, 36
Pied Wagtails
1 Jay flew into Rawcliffe Hall.
Skippool - 1 juv Curlew Sand, 1 first w. Med Gull with green ring number 36W or 3DW. & 2 Peregrines, 1 sinensis Cormorant, and c70 Pinkfeet.
Thistleton Lodge
(A585): 2 Buzzards & 1 Peregrine up together at 1820hrs.
1 Buzzard east over Poulton 11a.m. & 93 Pinkfeet south during the
morning.
5 Grey Wagtails at Poulton Cemetery.
5+ Goldcrests
Pleasure Beach bushes early am, also 2 Grey Wags.
1 Wryneck Carr House Green Common pm.
Freckleton Naze: 1
Treecreeper and 1 Spotted Flycatcher in mixed tit flock + c4 Goldcrest
about.
5 Ruff on the Naze Pool.
1 Buzzard over BAe Warton gained tremendous height, last seen
disappearing from naked eye view half way over the Ribble estuary.
2 Chiff Chaffs LSANR.
Skippool Creek: 2nd w Med Gull, 1 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 31 Bl-t Godwit , 1 Bar t. Godwit, 6 Greenshank, Peregrine & Grey Wag.
Pleasure beach bushes
0745-0815: vis - 81 Mipits, 3 Grey Wags, 1 Pied Wag south east & grounded -
1 Whitethroat & 5 Goldcrests
Tawny Owl on the De Vere car park lamps, Blackpool
LSANR 1220-1250; vis - steady Mipit and Swallow movement east & grounded - 6
Goldcrests.
Poulton-le-Fylde 10 30 -10 40am (all flying due south): 141 Pink foot
Geese, 21 Meadow Pipits & 3 Pied Wagtails.
Over Poulton this am in 1.5 hours: 168 Pinkfeet, 120 Meadow Pipits & 9 Grey Wagtails all
going south.
Pleasure beaches / railway bushes 0745-0815 - min. 5 Goldcrests, 1 Chiffchaff, 4
Grey Wags over (one east, three south / south east)
18 Pinkfeet over 'Hardhorn flash' 1900hrs.
Cockersands Abbey:
2 juv Little Stints, 3 Whimbrel & 3 Greenshank.
Staining 2 Peregrines on
pylons Chain Lane/Mythop Rd.
3 Goldcrests Watson Road rail bushes, also Grey Wag
LSANR: 60 Goldfinch, 3 Chiff Chaffs and 1 Goldcrest
2 Goldcrests behind Westgate House, Squires Gate Lane
Skippool Creek: 1 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Whimbrel, 4 Greenshank, 1
Common Sandpiper, 1 Grey Wag, 20 Mistle Thrushes at dusk at Yacht Club
Ramper Pot: 2 juv Curlew Sandpipers, 1 Spotted Redshank & 1 juv. Bar
t. Godwit.
Crooks Farm, R. Lune: 1 juv Curlew Sandpiper.
Naze Pool: 5 Ruff on stubble
Naze Point: 1 Common Sandpiper, 4 Grey Wagtails over, 1 Peregrine & 1 Greenshank.
Pilling Lane Ends: 3
Peregrines ( 2 ad & 1 pale juv.)
Staining: Peregrine on pylon Chain Lane.
Marton Mere: 1 Bittern.
Fleetwood Tip lagoons,0830-0930: c350 Teal and c150 Wigeon , also 3
Grey Wags over
1 ad Med Gull Lytham lifeboat stn also c1400 Black t Godwits.
Rossall Point: 1
Little Egret.
2 Goldcrests, 5 Gadwall and Kingfisher Marton Mere early am.
20 Black-tailed Godwits Mythop flood.
Skippool Creek: 3 juv Curlew Sands, 1 Kingfisher, 2 Goldcrests and
Grey Wag over.
Warton Bank: 2+ Spotted Flycatchers, 2+ Goldcrests, Water Rail and 3
Wheatear.
Hardhorn Flood: 1
juvenile Mediterranean Gull , 15 Ruff,
5 Snipe, 4 Curlew, 3 Pintail & 2 Teal.
2 Chiffchaffs Pleasure beach bushes am 6 Grey Wags over 0735-0815.
LSANR lunch time - 3 Chiffchaffs, male Blackcap, Goldcrest
2 Juv Curlew Sandpipers Skippool tonight, also 2 Grey Wags.
Skippool: 1 Kingfisher.
Lane Ends: 1 Little Egret.
(Late news: 1 Crossbill over Watson Rd Park 13th Aug )
Starr Gate 0735-0820 -
29 Mipits, 18 alba wags, 4 Grey Wags, 4 Swallows
LSANR early pm - 2 Chiffchaffs, 1 phyllosc sp, 1 Goldcrest, 3 Wheatear
3 Wheatear LSANR
Peregrine Staining on
pylon
1 first w Little Gull Marton Mere & Peregrine on pylon.
Marton Mere: 1 Bittern ( 2 seen a week ago - one flew to Staining Nook) + 1 Kingfisher, 2 Greenshanks flew thu & 2 Peregrines on pylon.
Pilling Lane Ends: 9
Pinkfeet flew over heading south, 2 Peregrines, 1 Merlin, 2 Greenshank, 1
Whinchat, 11 Wheatears, 1 Kingfisher, 6 Ruff & Several
Goldcrests.
Bank End: 2w Med Gull
Skippool: Ad Med Gull & 6 Greenshank
Glasson Marsh: 2 juv Curlew Sandpipers
At mouth of R. Conder: 1 Spotted Redshank, Ad Med Gull & 1 Greenshank.
Fairhaven: 1 juv Curlew Sandpiper & 15 Grey Wagtails flew east 0900 - 1000hrs
9 Pinkfeet flew south
over Poulton at 2.18p.m.
15 Grey Wagtails east over Fairhaven Lake 9am-10am
1 juvenile Curlew Sandpiper Fairhaven Beach at high tide
1 Little Egret saltings north of Fluke Hall wood
2 Pinkfeet at Bank End
1 Bittern Marton Mere flew from east to west end at 1620hrs + Peregrine on pylon, pr Gadwall & Chiffchaff
Chiffchaff singing
Staining Nook
Skippool: 8 Greenshank
& 5 Blk T Godwits
Shard: 3 Greenshank
Wardleys: 2 Greenshank
Naze Pool: 3 Greenshank. 150 Redshank, 1 Ruff & 2 Blk T Godwits
Naze Pt: 3 Greenshank
& 2 Blk T Godwits
Warton Bank: 1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Merlin, 6 Greenshank & 3 Water Rail.
Winmarleigh: 1 Buzzard
Pilling Lane Ends: 2 Ravens & 2 Peregrines (Ravens seen also over Nateby at 1440hrs).
Bank End: 1 juv Little Ringed Plover & 1 Kingfisher
1 Kingfisher Conder Green
1 Fulmar from South Pier
1745-1830.
1 Green Sand at Singleton.
Stanah: 5 Greenshank and
1+ Whimbrel
8+ Sandwich Terns Starr Gate 8am
Peregrine on Chain lane Pylon am
10+
Sandwich Terns Starr Gate beach 8am this mornning & 4 grounded Grey
Wagtails.
1 Swift just south of the Pleasure Beach around midday.
9 Greenshanks Hambleton
2 Grey Wags south west over Watson Rd railway bushes 1pm.
1 Grey Wagtail south over Pilling Water
1 Buzzard
Winmarleigh near Island Farm
Marton Mere: 1 Kingfisher, 4 Reed Warblers from the ' first ' new
hide,
Staining Nook: 1 Garden Warbler, 1 Whitethroat and m + f Blackcap
2 Peregrines on the Pylon on Chain Lane
2 Buzzards over Gypsy Hole Wood.
4 Golden Plovers with
the Lapwings by the radar station on St.Annes Moss.
Warton Bank: 2 Marsh Harriers (one each side of the river), 1 Kingfisher, All white Starling (presumed albino in the flock), 1 Water Rail (seen),
2+ Greenshank, 2 Chiff
Chaffs, 1 Wheatear, 1 Grey Wag south, 1+ Goldcrest, 2 Tree Sparrows, 2 Painted
Lady, Small Skipper
Freckleton Naze Pool: 2 Ravens on stubble behind the pool before
heading west, 9 Greenshank, 3 Ruff, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Swift, c7-800 Lapwing
and 50 Golden Plover on the stubble. 1 Painted Lady
Skippool Creek: 1 juv Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Mediterranean Gulls
(juvenile and 2nd-winter), 1 Whimbrel, 4+ Greenshanks, 3+ Common
Sandpipers,
1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 8+Blk-tailed Godwits & 25 Mistle Thrushes.
Fleetwood Tip Lagoon: 1 Little Ringed Plover, 50 Wigeon & 50 Teal.
Fairhaven: 4 Grey Wagtails (2x2) c8am & 6 Long-tailed Tits
50 Goldfinch LSANR
Avenham Park, Preston: 3
Goosander, Nuthatch, Kingfisher and c4 Grey Wags
1 Green Sand Newton Marsh.
1 imm Marsh Harrier, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Pintail at Marton Mere
Ribble from Penwortham Bridge to Clifton Marsh: 11 Common Sands; 170 LBBGs; 57
Mutes; 450 Lapwing; 80 Mallard; 28 Greylag; 111 Canadas; 25 Teal; 12 Grey
Heron; 23 Cormorant; 1 Wheatear; 90 Goldfinch
Warton Bank:- 1 imm.
Marsh Harrier (not an all dark one), 16 Greenshank (together on one pool), 1
imm Peregrine, 1 Chiffchaff in song / sub song for ten minutes. 2+ Water Rail,
10 Long-tailed Tits & 3 Painted Lady
Freckleton Naze area:- 9 Greenshank, 2 Ruff (m and f), 40 Black-tailed
Godwit & 20 Teal
Newton Marsh:- 1 Green Sandpiper & 3 Shoveler.
Peregrine on pylon again Chain Lane, Staining, pm.
1
Greenshank at Skippool.
Marton Mere: 1 Bittern, Garden Warbler and 2 Buzzards
1 adult Yellow-legged
Gull Skippool opposite yacht club again +3 Greenshanks
Avocet and Spotted Redshank reported at Freckleton Naze also 2 Peregrines
1
f Ruddy Duck plus 6 small juvs and another with 2 larger juvs Jameson Rd.
Newton Marsh: 35 Mistle Thrush on pylons,
1 Greenshank Warton
Bank, also 2 Migrant Hawkers and butterflies inc Comma and c25 Peacocks.
2 Green Sands Newton Marsh.
1 juvenile or female Garganey on wildfowlers pool just west of Pilling
Water
4 Yellow Wagtails ( 1 ad m) Bank End Farm on saltings also Whimbrel
1
Redstart in a garden on St.Davids Road North, St.Anne's
Marton Mere: 1
Garganey, 2 Water Rails, 1 Lesser Whitethroat & 2000+ Swallows
roosting at east end
4 Greenshanks Skippool.
1 Greenshank south over Fairhaven lake 12.35pm
1 Garganey at
Marton Mere
14/08/02
Bank End: 2+ juv. Yellow Wagtail, very obliging but mobile on the
saltmarsh next to B. End caravan site entrance. & 1 Spotted Redshank, 1
Greenshank, 1 Black-tailed Godwit, 1+ Whimbrel.
3
Little Terns St Annes beach and over sea opposite sand yachting club
Also 15 Sandwich Terns, c500-600 Sanderling.
1 adult Mediterranean Gull St.Annes on shore opposite Denford
Avenue
1 first summer Mediterranean Gull Cocker Channel opposite Cockerham Sands
Country Park 0830hrs.
Peregrine on Pylon Chain
Lane Staining am
(Belated News: 2 Yellow Wagtails Cocker Sands 6-8-02)
1 Green Sandpiper Newton Marsh
Peregrine Chain Lane
Pylon am
Ad Y.L.Gull still in residence at Glasson
16 Snipe and Little
Grebe at Conder Green.
Grannies Bay: 1male Scaup & 6
Eider on Ribble & c. 2000 Blk.t.Godwits
1 Peregrine on pylon Mythop Rd pm
1 Peregrine over Lytham Moss
1 Wheatear Grannies Bay.
04/08/2002
Eclipse drake Garganey Fleetwood Tip 7pm.
1 Spotted Redshank on Wyre Estuary near Jameson Road Landfill Site
c3 Water Rail Warton
Bank. Grey
Partridge calling from within the grounds of BAe. Female Gadwall called
several times.
Freckleton end of Warton aerodrome - Naze Pool (10.45 - 16.30hrs):
(Marsh Harrier - 2 distantly on south side of river. Common Buzzard
- 1 on south side of river), Peregrine - 1 ad male + 1 juv female. Raven
- 2. Whimbrel - 1. Bar T. Godwit - 25. Greenshank - 5. Golden Plover - 87.
Dunlin - 30 max (500+ last weekend!) Common Sandpiper - 4. Common Tern - 7
Naze
Pool: Merlin - 1 on fence posts, Gadwall - 2, Little Grebe - 1,
Teal - 38.
1 Wheatear Lytham Lifeboat Stn.
03/08/2002
2+ Avocets (adult and juvenile) on River
Ribble off the end of Pool Lane, Freckleton & 2 Peregrines (ad & juv),
2 Greenshanks, 4
Common Sandpipers.
1 Common Sandpiper & Emperor Dragonfly Tyre Pool Fleetwood Jameson Rd
Marton Mere: 3 Gadwall & 10 Teal.
Shard Bridge: 3 Sanderling (2 adults and juvenile) also 3 Bar-tailed Godwits, 3 adult Knot, 27+ Common Sandpipers, 3 Greenshank, 2 Whimbrel
02/08/2002
3 Avocets (adult and 2 juveniles) on
River Ribble off the end of Pool Lane, Freckleton
1 Raven flew over the A583 at the traffic lights just past the Salwick turn off , heading from Salwick to Newton at 17.40
Peregrine on pylon Mythop Rd/Chain Lane Staining, pm
01/08/2002
1pm -
1.30pm Freckleton Naze Point : 3 imm Avocets about half a
mile downriver from Naze behind aerodrome & 2 Greenshank,
2 Common Sand & 1 Whimbrel.
2
Raven flew over Naze pool ( calling ) towards the tip.
1 Snipe at Newton Marsh Entrance Pool.
31/07/2002
1 adult Mediterranean Gull just west of
Granny's Bay late afternoon also Whimbrel,
4 Turnstone Skippool also Knot, Greenshank, 120 Golden Plovers.
1 Adult Mediterranean Gull at Marton Mere late afternoon.
Barn Owl & Little Owl at Moss Side, Lytham
30/07/2002
1 adult Mediterranean Gull Fairhaven Lake
on southeast bank at 4.20pm only
114 Golden Plovers Skippool also 3 Greenshank, 19 Black-tailed Godwits
Wardleys...2 Whimbrel
Shard Bridge (south side)....7 Common Sand, 2
Greenshank, 640 Dunlin, 122 Golden Plover.
8 Avocets reported again at Naze Pt & Spotted Redshank. Can
someone confirm this?
1 Common Tern at Stanley Park tonight, left with the
Black-headed Gulls & 29 Tufted Duck (inc juvs), (3 Wigeon which are
presumably all clipped).
c145 Mute Swans at Fairhaven
29/07/2002
2
Quail again calling at Copthorne tonight.
1 Quail singing Eagland Hill in 4th field northwest of phonebox at
8.55pm (a cereal field)
21 Common Sandpipers Shard bridge also Greenshank
24 Eider off Lytham early afternoon.
28/07/2002
River Ribble:
Green Woodpecker heard twice early pm at Naze Point.
8 Avocets ( 2ad 6juv) on River Ribble between Naze Pt and Warton Airfield also 1 imm Marsh Harrier, 2 ad Little Egrets, 1 Spotted Redshank, 3 Greenshank, 3 Ruff ,1 ad s.p. Med Gull, 1 Little Owl, Jay, c15 Common Terns, 2+ Arctic Terns, 2 Peregrine, Lesser Whitethroat, 21 Bar t Godwit, 1 Whimbrel, 500 Dunlin & 150 Golden Plovers.
Newton Marsh: 2 ad Green Sandpipers, 1 Snipe
2nd Summer Med Gull at Myerscough Quarry tonight. Also Dunlin and 3 Common Sands.
2 Water Rails Warton Bank
River Wyre:
Shard Bridge: 11 Common Sandpipers, 4 Greenshank & 1 Whimbrel
Ramper Pot: 450 Dunlin, 230 Redshank. 7 Blk T Godwits
Wardleys: 1 Whimbrel
Skippool Creek: 600 Dunlin, 145 Golden Plovers
Marton Mere: 8 Blk t
Godwits on scrape
27/07/2002
26/07/2002
2 Quail Copthorne tonight, Whimbrel over, 1 Barn Owl hunting over strip setaside near New Lane feeding Station at 2045hrs.
Common Lizard LSANR at lunch.
25/07/2002
Shard : 17 Common Sand, 3 Greenshank, 1 Snipe
Wardleys : 1 Whimbrel
9 Mistle Thrushes on
pylon behind Tesco / Progress House.
1 Arctic Tern Starr Gate 1230-1255
23/07/2002
1 Peregrine on St.John's Church Blackpool am and poss same bird on pylon off Mythop Road pm
12000 Starlings roosting under North Pier
20 Manx Shearwaters past North Prom in 2.75hrs
22/07/2002
1 Manx Shearwater past Starr Gate 1230-1250
26 Mistle Thrushes flew over Cuddy hill.21/07/2002
1 Barn Owl flew over Staining at 11:15 AM - presumably flushed from roost in Smithy Lane area.
1 juv/fem Stonechat Cockersands Abbey & 1 Whimbrel Plover Scar
2 Greenshank Glasson on south side of Lune & 4 Common Sands Conder Green
1 adult Yellow-legged Gull Lune Estuary off Fishnet Point also 3+ Whimbrel
1Green Sand at Myerscough Quarry this morning, before flying off North-west at
c.11am &1 Common Sand
2 Green Sands Newton Marsh this morning.
On the incoming tide at Naze Point c8 Arctic Terns, c4 Common Terns, Sandwich
Tern, 2 Greenshank, 5 Common Sands,& 25 Sand Martins, 1 Great Spotted
Woodpecker.
1 Buzzard over Hale Hall Farm east of Wharles.
20/07/2002
41 Common Sandpipers Wyre Estuary from Shard Bridge also Greenshank
Wyre Estuary at Skippool: 1 juv. Sanderling, 1 adult Knot, 380 Dunlin, 110
Golden Plovers, 2 Common Sandpipers.
Shard
Bridge: 19 Common Sandpipers & 2 Greenshank.
Peregrine Granny's Bay also Sandwich Tern
Buzzard Gipsy Hole Wood just east of Marton Mere
19/07/2002
18/07/2002
Newton Marsh Entrance
Pool: 2
Green Sandpipers
The German BH Gull still at Skippool AAJ1
17/07/2002
2 Green Sandpiper,1 Spotted Redshank, 9 Ruff (7 male &2 female) & 1 Common Snipe.
Naze pool: 1 Ruff and 1 Common Sandpiper
Ad Med Gull on newly ploughed land at Myerscough Quarry this morning
16/07/2002
2 Green Sandpipers, 1 Common Sandpiper on Newton Marsh Entrance Pool
15/07/2002
Stanley Park female
Tufted Duck with small chicks, also a larger juv.
Bispham Marsh: Water Rail heard & 1 Teal.
14/07/2002
Skippool Creek: 4 Greenshank, 120 Dunlin. 10 Common Sandpipers & 5 Golden Plovers
Shard Bridge: 8 Common
Sandpipers & 2 Common Terns
Freckleton Naze Point: 2
Sandwich Terns, 11+ Arctic Terns inc 2 juvs, 3 + Common Terns.
Freckleton Naze Pool 1 imm Little Grebe, 1 ad Blk .t. Godwit & 5 Teal.
Marton Mere: 1 Common Tern, 1 Wigeon, 1 Shoveler, 3 Teal, 16 Pochard, 60 Tufted Duck, 331 Coots, 2 Common Sandpipers & 2 Little Owls on east barn.
Pilling Lane Ends: 1
Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper and 1 Whimbrel.
2 Common Sandpipers at Cockersands
13/07/2002
Ad Med Gull, Water
Rail (heard), 1 Arctic Tern and 1 Sandwich Tern Warton Bank
Freckleton Naze Pool 1 imm Little Grebe
12/07/2002
Shard Bridge: 16 Common
Sandpipers & 4 Greenshank.
Marton Mere: 1 Common tern (3rd day), 230 Coot, 3 male Pochard, 64
Tufted Duck 1 Little Grebe, 3 Common Sand a 1 Redshank
2 Little Owls on the barn east of Marton Mere.
1 Buzzard over Gypsy Hole Wood (just east of Marton Mere)
1 Grey Seal Starr Gate
11/07/2002
Shard Bridge: 24 Common
Sandpipers and 2 Greenshanks at 11.00am today at the
Skippool: 5 Common Sands, 1 Greenshank ,126 Dunlin,1 Sparrowhawk,1
Peregrine.
8 Common Sands Rawcliffe Hall / Out Rawcliffe tonight including colour ringed
bird
2 Buzzards over Gypsy Hole Wood (just east of Marton Mere)
09/07/2002
1S Little Gull
this evening on the Ribble at Lytham lifeboat station tonight, presumably the Saltcoates
bird
Also 23+ terns, mostly Arctics but at least one Common.
Peregrine Grannies Bay
34 Golden Plovers Pilling Moss
2 Green Sandpipers, 1 Little Ringed Plover , 1 Common Sandpiper on Newton Marsh Entrance Pool
08/07/2002
Shard Bridge: 26 Common Sandpipers, 2 Common Tern, 3 Greenshank & 387 Curlew
446 Redshank, 45 Dunlin, and 300 Lapwings in the Wyre at Skippool
c50 Manxies and 50 Common Scoter off South Prom, Blackpool
07/07/2002
1 ad Little Egret at Skippool Creek 0840hrs then flew off north & 5 Greenshank at high tide
40 Common Sandpipers at Shard Bridge + 11 at Wardleys/Hambleton & 1 at Out Rawcliffe on River Wyre.
9 Common Sandpipers & 2 Greenshank at Conder Green.
Drake Scaup at Cockersands
Whimbrel at Pilling Lane Ends 1+ heard
One 1S Little Gull still at Saltcotes
c3 Water Rail at Warton Bank today (all heard). Also 4 Stock Doves, 4 Common Terns and a couple of Sandwich Terns
Darvic B H Gull AAJ1 from Germany at Skippool again
06/07/2002
Ad Greenshank & 15 Common Sandpipers at Shard Bridge on River Wyre (low tide)
Peregrine Pilling Lane Ends
1st-summer Little Gull Saltcotes Road flood
c50 Black-tailed
Godwits, 5 Arctic Terns and 1 Common Tern Freckleton Naze area.
05/07/2002
36 Common Sandpipers at Shard Bridge on River Wyre
04/07/2002
03/07/2002
13 Common Sands Shard Bridge
45 Linnets at Myerscough.
02/07/2002
11 Manx Shearwaters &
4 presumed Arctic Terns
past Starr Gate between 1220 & 2410hrs
c35 Arctic Terns, 15 Common Scoter, 14 Manxies off Starr Gate 1740-1840. Also
2 auk sp & 2Gannets.
01/07/2002
30+ Manx Shearwaters & 10+ Arctic Terns past Starr Gate between 1620 & 1700hrs
11 Common Sands Shard
Bridge
1
Greenshank, 1 Peregrine, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit and 1 Common Sand Skippool
c124 Mutes Fairhaven plus Snow Goose, also a Gannet which was taken into care
30/06/2002
2 Arctic Terns and 3
Common Terns over the Naze Pool at high tide, also 1 Snipe.
29/06/2002
2 Arctic and 13 Common
Terns Naze Point this evening. 30 Black-tailed Godwits on the Naze Pool
Freckleton.
28/06/2002
1 first summer
Little Gull Saltcotes flood this evening, also c100 Swift and 10 Stock
Doves nearby.
Pr of Spotted
Flycatchers at Catforth.
27/06/2002
Escaped 1st-summer white morph Snow Goose Fairhaven Lake
26/06/2002
1 Quail calling near Bone Hill, ( 2 heard about 1 week ago)
7 Common Scoters by South Pier
5 Common Sandpipers on River Wyre at Shard Bridge.
24/06/2002
23/06/2002
4 Little Grebes on pond at Herons Reach GC.
Reed Warbler singing
Stanah.
22/06/2002
Darvic ringed (AAJ1)
Black headed Gull seen at Skippool: ringed at Leese/Stolzenau, Kreis
Nienburg, Niedersachsen, Germany (52.31N/09.05E) on 14.06.2001. 818 km
travelled.
Peregrine at Arm Hill
trying to take a Shelduck chick (unsuccessful).
Male Lesser Whitethroat at Ramper Pot.
21/06/2002
A Midlands Mute Swan on Fairhaven Lake - yellow RUD. Request that we
could keep an eye out to see how long it remains.
Link here to Swan Web Site www.charlesfindlay.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk
Feral Barnacle Goose Fairhaven Lake
20/06/2002
1 Common Tern fishing at Warton Bank pm.
9/06/2002
A pair of Garganey seen during the wader count 'on the little pond at the far end of the wildfowler's stretch at Cockerham'.
4/06/2002
1 Quail calling south of Bone
Hill Farm
3/06/2002
1 male Lesser Whitethroat singing on the Lancaster Canal tow path, near Haslam Park, Preston SD515314 Also a pair of Sparrowhawks displaying over Haslam Park.
31/05/2002
A Liitle Owl at Eagland Hill, repeatedly hovering like a Kestrel.
29/05/2002
2 or 3 Manxies off South
Pier at lunch. 2 Teal, 3 Ruddy Duck at the Mere
27/05/2002
3 drake Gadwall at Warton Bank
26/05/2002
1 Little Egret, 1 ad Med Gull & Peregrine at Warton Bank
2 drake Teal, 1 drake Shoveler at Marton Mere.
25/05/2002
Ringing Recovery
25.05.02 Stanley park, Blackpool: Lesser black-backed Gull darvic ringed W6SB
Ringed as a juvenile when
about 30-35
days old at S. Walney nature reserve (SD 2162 or 54.03N - 03.12W) on 8.07.2000.
This gull has also been reported at a rubbish tip in Badajoz, Spain
(38.53N - 06.58W) on 07.01.01
and at a tip at Gloucester (SO 8217 or > 51.51N - 02.17W) on 22 and 28.11.01.
24/05/2002
3 Gannets, 1 Sandwich Tern at lunch off Starr Gate.
5 Tree Sparrows southern Eagland Hill feeding station, 6 at the northern one.
9 Pink-feet off Lane Ends including two which could clearly fly.
Fem Peregrine flew over Myerscough Quarry and Cuckoo, 50 - 75 pairs Sand Martins.
1 Chiffchaff Bispham Marsh am
1 Gannet, 1 Manxie, 5
Sandwich Terns, 1 Commic Tern Starr Gate 1225-1255.
1 Arctic Tern Marton Mere this evening
23/05/2002
F/Imm.Marsh Harrier 09-00 on marsh to South of airfield.
1st summer Med Gull N.E. over Naze
22/05/2002
Myerscough Quarry: Stock Dove
- 1, Great Crested Grebe - 2, Lesser Whitethroat - 1
3m and 1f Tufted Duck on Bispham Marsh am
2 Stonechats at LSANR
21/05/2002
1+ Black tailed Godwit chick seen on Newton Marsh with ad m & fem ( probably hatched yesterday)
5 Whimbrel on mown field at Todderstaffe next to road, am.
Chiffchaff Watson Road railway bushes
20/05/2002
Warton Bank pm: 2 Med Gulls ( ad & 1st S), 4+ Gadwall (3+m), 2+ Arctic Terns
Marton Mere: c.200 Swifts, 3 Teal & 2 Dunlin on scrape.Reed Bunting LSANR
19/05/2002
Todderstaffe 12 Whimbrel on one mown field next to road.
Warton Bank am-
7 m Reed Bunts, 2 Water Rail, m Lsr Whitethroat
Mount Park pm - 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Chiff Chaff
Rossall Point - huge numbers of Sanderling c.1500 & 8 Sandwich Terns.
18/05/2002
Todderstaffe - White
Stork
(Greenland) Wheatear, phyllosc sp and Fox LSANR
Watson Road railway bushes - m Chiffchaff
Newton Marsh - Common Sand, 2 Little Ringed Plover displaying
Marton Mere - 1S Little Gull, Lesser Whitethroat, c200 Swift
after rain, 2 Common Sands, 1 Dunlin, 3 Teal inc at least one injured bird
17/05/2002
Singleton/Hardhorn 1 White Stork in mown fields near railway & Todderstaffe Hall all day. 11 Whimbrel in same field, L.Whitethroat singing.
Newton Marsh: 1 ad
summer Temminck's Stint 0710 - 0715 (when moved out of view) on Entrance
Pool, drake Teal, 7 Blk t Godwits.
Marton Mere: 2 Black Terns
Stanley Park: 1 Common
Sandpiper, 1 juv. Great Crested Grebe.
4 Black Terns flew east up River Ribble in
am
1 Marsh Harrier ( Fe/Imm..) circled fast to the West on the North Bank over The Naze heading towards Warton Marsh at 11-20hrs
16/05/2002
Marton Mere: 1 Lsr Whitethroat, Pr Gadwall,
2 Common Sands, 1 Dunlin' m Shoveler
Stanley Park: 2 Spotted Flycatchers
15/05/2002
3 Tree Sparrows at both Eagland Hill feeding sites tonight also 6 Yellowhammer and 5 Corn Buntings in the general area.
14/05/2002
Starr Gate: 1 drake Eider, 1 Kittiwake & 2 Sandwich Terns.
13/05/2002
12/05/2002
14 'Greenland' type Wheatears Lytham Moss tonight.
11/05/2002
Whinchat behind
BAe near the outflow, also 6 Gadwall in this area and a Water Rail
heard again. 5 Sedge Warblers on the BAE perimeter east of the outflow,( i.e.
additional to the six counted last week).
3 Arctic Terns on the Ribble.
5 Lesser Whitethroats heard as follows one at the Naze (as
previously), two at Warton Bank (as previously), one near the east entrance to
BAe (new) and one near the boatyard on the road (new).
7m Reed Buntings singing
in the rape field north of Copthorne fisheries.
5 Greenland type Wheatears Eagland Hill.
10/05/2002
1 Black Tern East up the Ribble
10 Eider Warton Bank
1 Whinchat Marton Mere
2 Whinchat, 2 Sedge Warbler 2 Linnet 1 Whitethroat, Reed Bunting at triangle damp scrub to west of Blackpool & Fylde College Bispham
Freckleton Naze Point -
drake Wigeon, 2 Lesser Whitethroats towards BAe, 6 Blackwits (pool), 1
Barwit (river), 5+ Arctic Terns and 5+ Common Terns, 6 sum plum Grey
Plover over.
Warton Bank - Water Rail heard, pr Gadwall, Stock Dove
Clifton Marsh - Wheatear
LSANR - Wheatear
Escaped 1st sum white Snow Goose Fairhaven Lake coming to bread (4th day).
4+ Goosander River Ribble at A6 in Preston, ( 11 last week)
le at A6 in Preston, ( 11 last week)
09/05/2002
Blackpool Industrial Estate: 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Tree Pipits, 9 Sedge Warblers, 3 Wheatears.
Marton Mere tonight Grasshopper Warbler, pr Gadwall, 4 Great Crested Grebes ( 2 broods of 3 young recently).
3 Lesser Whitethroats Bourne
Road, Thornton (1 at back of sports field & 2 in the old ICI site + 2
Sedge Warblers).
98 Arctic Terns East up the Ribble.
08/05/2002
Ringtail Harrier over Lytham Moss from Radar Station at c.4pm.
6 'Greenland' Wheatears
Lytham Moss this evening.
2 Sedge Warblers, 1 Willow Warbler and Sparrowhawk Pleasure Beach railway bushes
midday
1 1st sum Little Gull
& Greenshank at Marton Mere.
Marton Mere 2, pr Gadwall
07/05/2002
1
Lesser Whitethroat singing in open ground east of Holyoake Lane,
Blackpool.
1 singing Sedge Warbler Blackpool and the Fylde Bispham campus.
Marton Mere Cuckoo and Redpoll
06/05/2002
Bispham Marsh: L Grebe
with 2 young, Creche of 12 Greylag young and a Canada brood & Drake Ruddy
Duck
05/05/2002
FYLDE BIRD RACE DAY
2 Teams both scored 114 = previous record. Combined total =123
1 fem Goosander River Wyre downstream of Cartford Bridge
1 Marsh Harrier 8am, 1 1st sum. Little Gull, 2 Grasshopper Warblers , Lesser Whitethroat, 7 Whinchats, 4 Teal, 2 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, Common Sandp Marton Mere.
1 Common Buzzard from M55 NE of J3
2 Wood Warblers Bourne Hill Fleetwood & Lesser Whitethroat
1 Wood Warbler, 14 Lesser Redpoll & 3 Siskins in Memorial Park Fleetwood
1 Yellow Wagtail, 2+ Tree Pipits & 2 Siskins over Rossall Point
Rossall Point 1 Whinchat, 2 Wheatears, 2 Red Th. Divers, 1 Gannet, 1 Guillemot, c20 Common Scoter, 7 Eider, 4+ Sandwich Terns, 4+ Common Terns. Grey Seal.
45 Lesser Redpolls in one flock came out of Fleetwood Cemetery at Rossall & 5 Wheatears
19 Lesser Redpolls & 6 Siskins Mount Park Fleetwood
1 at least 1st sum. Little Gull on Stanley Park Lake, Garden Warbler & 2 Common Sandpipers.
Newton Marsh: Pair Little Ringed Plovers, 2 Blk T. Godwits.
Kingfisher Ellel Grange on pond view from Canal towpath only & Goldcrest singing, Nuthatch, Treecreeper
Red Th. Diver - 1 off
Starr Gate
2 Med Gulls (ad & 1st sum.), 1 fem Pintail, 1 Little
Egret, 1 Peregrine,
c60 Arctic Terns, 2 Whinchats, Lesser Whitethroat Warton Bank
20 Arctic Terns
off Lytham heading up river in flock at 2000hrs & c33 Eider, 20 Grey
Plovers.
4 Red Br.Merganser & 6 Eider off Cockersands Abbey
c15 Bar-tailed Godwit Glasson
Wilkinson's GP 1
Lesser Whitethroat & 4 Common Sand
1 Dipper & 3 Grey Wag on the River Brock.
Greyfriars: 1 Grey Wagtail, Goldcrest singing, 1 Cuckoo, Lesser
Whitethroat
Rossall Hospital: 1 Whinchat
Fleetwood Tip, 2 Whinchat, m Gadwall & Blk T. Godwit
Fleetwood Docks: Lesser Whitethroat & Red Br Merganser
2 Lesser Redpoll over the CEGB pool & Little Grebe
2 Stonechat LSANR
1 Grasshopper Warbler Ingol school area
Tawny Owl Nateby.
3 Whimbrel Little Singleton am
Pilling Lane Ends 496
Pink footed Geese still & Lesser Whitethroat
Garden Warbler, Lesser Redpoll - Thurnham Hall
Goldcrest - Lowther Gardens
Stag Roe Deer Union Lane, Stalmine Moss Over Wyre
04/05/2002
1 Wood Sandpiper at Myerscough Quarry at 11am for 20 minutes before leaving to the east.
2 1st summer Little Gulls on Stanley Park Lake (south section) till 1800 at least, also Coal Tit and Goldcrest.
1 Goldcrest singing Woodland Gardens + Blackcap
Newton Marsh: 2 s.plum. Golden Plovers, pair Little Ringed Plovers, 3 Blk T. Godwits & Lesser Whitethroat singing opp layby.
Lesser Whitethroat singing Staining along path to Todderstaffe.
2 Snipe Fleetwood Tip
1 Wood Warbler at Marton Mere
03/05/2002
Wood Warbler singing Mellings Wood off Queensway, Lytham (1300 to 1840 hrs at least).
02/05/2002
1 adult Spoonbill 1630 until 2030hrs & 33 Blk.t. Godwits on the Naze Pool, Freckleton
1 Common Buzzard from M55 NE of J3
1 Wood Warbler singing Woodland Gardens & 3+ Goldcrests & 1+ Coal Tit Stanley Park
Marton Mere: 1 Grasshopper Warbler singing, 2 singing Lesser Whitethroats & 3 Whimbrel flew west.
Newton Marsh: 1m Little Ringed Plover, 2 Snipe, 14 Whimbrel, 3 Blk.t. Godwits, 2 Wheatears & Lesser Whitethroat singing opp. layby.
3 Whimbrel west over Herons Reach GC 7.30pm.
01/05/2002
30/04/2002
29/04/2002
28/04/2002
Stanley Park: 1 male Pied Flycatcher & Wood Warbler(s)2 Arctic Skuas Rossall Point
28 Whimbrel S over Staining at 1330hrs
2 Lesser Whitethroats & 7 Swifts Marton Mere
13 Whimbrel Eagland Hill
in field by pumping station.
5 Gadwall (3 drakes) and 40 Blk-tailed Godwits Warton Bank
Clifton on the Ribble:
c40 Whimbrel, 4 adult Little Gulls - all singles arriving from the east
in evening .
The male hybrid Pintail x Mallard at Lytham on
ornamental pond with pagoda (Cypress Point, south of North Houses Lane).
27/04/2002
1 male Redstart
on Mount Park, Fleetwood early morning
2 Little Terns past Rossall Point
1 Arctic Tern CEGB Pool.
2 Whinchats NE of Jameson Road on site of old power station
1 Greenshank over Jameson Road landfill site
1 Arctic Tern and 1st summer Med Gull at Warton (Bank Lane).
26/04/2002
27 Whimbrel, Greenland
Wheatear and 130 Shelduck in one field Eagland Hill
Lesser Whitethroat and 2 Common Sands Preesall Flashes
Whinchat Fleetwood Docks by marina with 9 Wheatears
25/04/2002
24/04/2002
1 Hoopoe still on Lytham St.Annes Nature Reserve & Several Wheatears and a Blackcap
Female Merlin, 6+
Whimbrel at Freckleton this evening.
2 Gannets Fleetwood
Cuckoo and Swift Marton Mere
23/04/2002
1 Hoopoe still on Lytham St.Annes Nature Reserve, on the railway & in Pontins. + 2 Stonechats.
1 Lesser Whitethroat, 1 Garden Warbler, 4 Reed Warbler, 11 Sedge Warbler, 4 Willow Warbler, 6 Whitethroats at Marton Mere.
22/04/2002
1 Hoopoe on
Lytham St.Annes Nature Reserve in afternoon till 8pm (on and off) at least. Also
15 Wheatears and 2 Willow Warblers there.
Lesser
Whitethroat at CHGC tonight
Lesser
Whitethroat at Marton Mere & Grasshopper Warbler reported
singing at 0630hrs. & 3 House Martins.
1 Grasshopper Warbler
singing at 0830 hrs in Stanley Park between the lake and the golf course.
3+
adult Gannets south past Little Bispham also 2 Fulmars 2 Sandwich Terns
9+ Wheatears Rossall School
3 Gadwall (2 males and
female) Jameson Road landfill site also female Pintail
1 Reed Warbler singing Fleetwood
Marsh
21 Whimbrel on River Wyre at Little Singleton in recent evenings
21 Wheatears at Singleton
21/04/2002
1 Little Egret Warton Bank
2 Common Sands, 4
Dunlin, 4 Grey Partridge Ream Hills this morning.
3 Common Sands and early Garden Warbler Preesall Flashes.
2 Common Sandpipers
Marton Mere
1 Garganey still at Preesall
c1400-1500 Pink-feet off Lane Ends
1m Wheatear between the northern feeding site and Eagland Hill, with another at
Markfield Farm, Whin Lane, Out Rawcliffe
20/04/2002
1 Cuckoo Preesall Flashes.
1 Little Egret Warton Bank
1 Common Sandpiper
in creek on Ribble near Ribble Boat Yard in Lytham.
Rossall Point early am: 6 Whimbrel, 6 Tree Pipits, c.10 Siskins, c.10
Redpolls, 'many' White Wagtails.
6 Wheatears Anchorsholme Park
Drake Garganey still at Preesall.
3 Gadwall (2 males and female) Jameson Road landfill site also 6 Eider (4 males and 2 females) on adjacent Wyre Estuary
3 House Martins, 5 White Wagtails & 1 Reed Warbler Marton Mere LNR
19/04/2002
1 Common Sandpiper on Newton Marsh
Drake Garganey
still at Preesall, but irregular and apparently 'attached' to a Domestic Duck!!!
1 Wheatear and 60 Black-tailed Godwits Lytham
Common Buzzard Bartle Hall & 73 Black-tailed Godwits Bartle Pools
Nuthatch calling Kirkland Hall Wood, Churchtown.
18/04/2002
House Martin Glasson Dock
Newton Marsh: Female Marsh Harrier at 07.45.
Warton Bank:1 Little Egret, 2 Gadwall
Marton Mere tonight: 2+
White Wags, c100 Sand Martin, c30 Swallows, 2 House Martins,
2 Little Grebes, 2 Shoveler, 18 Goldeneye
Drake Shoveler with Cinnamon Teal (escape) still on De Vere Hotel pond.
Merlin Cockerham Sands opposite caravan park
17/04/2002
Pilling Lane Ends: Summer plumaged Spotted Redshank, 1 Ruff
16/04/2002
1 Sedge Warbler at Marton Mere LNR
1 male Lesser Redpoll at St Annes Crematorium, another redpoll heard.
Chiffchaff heard on Fairhaven Golf Course
Eider and 2 Grey Seal at
Starr Gate lunchtime
Fieldfare at Eagland Hill
c1050 Pinkfeet at Lane Ends
1 Little Egret and adult Med Gull at Warton Bank
15/04/2002
Hooded-Carrion Crow hybrid flew NNE over Heyhouses at 07.15 accompanying a full Carrion Crow.
Chiffchaff heard Royal Lytham Golf Course
Summer plumage Spotted
Redshank from car park at Lane Ends at high tide and
1 Ruff on the pool by the side of the road west of the CP
2 Bullfinches (male and
female) just south of Greyfriars and just west of
Hollybank by public footpath at SD523322 also 2+ singing Blackcaps
14/04/2002
Rossall: 1 pale Arctic Skua (12.20pm), 6 Sandwich Terns, 63 Common Scoter,
drake Eider, 5 Sanderling, 17 Ringed Plover
4 Little Egrets at Warton Bank
25 Coot and 2pr Tufties Ream Hills Farm
13/04/2002
Marton Mere: Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Swallows, Osprey going north at 2pm
3 Dippers on R. Brock (2 very aggressive males).
3 Little Egrets Warton Bank
Newton Marsh: 355 Golden
Plover, Snipe, 2 Stock Dove, 1 Swallow, 2 Black-tailed Godwit (1 possibly
territorial), also Mallard with newly-hatched ducklings
Singing Corn Bunting between Kirkham and Weeton
3 Teal at Bispham Marsh.
Freckleton Naze pool: 3 Black-tailed Godwits, also 16 in flight over Naze Mount
Farm
12/04/2002
Report of Common Crane over Blackpool
Adult Mediterranean Gull Lytham Moss with Black-headed Gulls in ploughed field
just west of North Houses Lane at 9am
2 Swallows over Marton Mere at 5.30pm
Presumed Black-throated
Diver off Starr Gate at midday, also 7 Red-throated
Diver, Fulmar, Sandwich Tern and Red-breasted Merganser
11/04/2002
256 Golden Plovers Newton Marsh and c20 Black-tailed Godwits on Entrance Pool briefly
At least 8 Goosander in
the Larbreck - Out Rawcliffe area of the Wyre.
Chiffchaff Rawcliffe Hall
10/04/2002
1 Crane circled Marton Mere at 7am and headed off north. Presumably the same bird seen later over Heysham
09/04/2002
361 Black-tailed Godwits on River Ribble off Naze Point, Freckleton
Warton Bank: Little
Egret, Sparrowhawk, 1 Swallow.
Fairlawn Ave: 1 Siskin.
Marton Mere: 1 Redpoll, 17 Goldeneye, up to 5 Blackcap, 4 Willow Warblers,
3 Buzzard over longwood
Newton Marsh: 1 Green Sandpiper on the pool also buzzard being mobbed by crows (distant views), also Spotshank reported
Lytham Moss (Anna's Lane): Female Merlin, c170 Linnet and 5 Corn Bunts
08/04/2002
2 Little ringed plover
at Newton Marsh pool
Osprey north over Bank Lane, Warton at 1600hrs
At Marton Mere tonight
Black-tailed Godwit (which left high to the south), 120+
Sand Martins, 22 Goldeneye, 22 Mutes. At least two Shoveler, and the drake
still on the De Vere Hotel pond.
3 Wheatear at Lytham St Annes Nature Reserve at midday
2 Gadwall (male and female) Jameson Road landfill site on lagoon
07/04/2002
Hybrid Barnacle Goose x Anser with Pinkfooted Geese Pilling Marsh by Pilling Water this evening also 1+ Merlin.
Also at Pilling Marsh 2+ redpolls early morning
Drake Garganey still at
Preesall, also 75 Linnets.
Chiff chaff Bispham Marsh.
3 Ruff at Pilling, on flood in field by road southwest of Lane Ends
06/04/2002
Blackcap singing Ellel Grange also 4+ Nuthatches Ellel Grange/ Home Farm + Treecreeper
Grey Wag and 12 Sand
Martin at Brock Aqueduct.
Drake Garganey still at Preesall.
1500 Pinkfeet Lane Ends and the hybrid but no Beans seen.
Drake Shoveler on De Vere Hotel pool displaying to Cinnamon Teal!
12 Tree Sparrow at Eagland Hill (near yellow digger)
05/04/2002
1 Wheatear, 1 Sand Martin and 4 Mistle Thrushes Lytham St Annes Nature Reserve
04/04/2002
Drake Garganey on Wilkinson's GP, Preesall tonight
3 Wheatears (2 males and female) just east of Fairhaven Lake
Chiffchaff at Woodland Gardens
Warton Bank: 1
Chiffchaff, 1 Sparrowhawk, 522 Black-tailed Godwits.
Fairlawn Ave: 1 Sisikin over
03/04/2002
3 Garganey (2m) on a private pond at Preesall
8+ Wheatears between Rossall School and Rossall Hospital
2 Gadwall (male and female) Jameson Road landfill site on lagoon also 3 Pintail (male and 2 females)
Osprey near Kirkham, going north over M55
1 Swallow on telegraph wires along Malley lane, about 1.5 miles SW of Myerscough Quarry
c4 Wheatears at Lytham St Annes Nature Reserve midday
Stanah: Peregrine and 3 Redpolls (Lesser) this evening
Swans nest on Whitehills Lake has been vandalised. 3 eggs were found in the water 10-12 feet from the nest.
02/04/2002
Black-tailed Godwit Marton Mere LNR on wader scrape
Grey Heron on nest at Bispham Marsh (? new site)
Also at Bispham Marsh: Ruddy Duck, at least one pair of Little Grebe, 5+ Teal.
Osprey going north over Woodland Gardens this evening
01/04/2002
3 Swallows heading west along the Ribble towards Freckleton at 7.30pm (seen from Preston Dock)
Fairhaven Lake this afternoon: male Pintail x Mallard, Hooded x Carrion Crow
Upper Eagland Hill feeding station: 50 Corn Bunts, 30+ Tree Sparrow
Lower Eagland Hill station: 1 Brambling
From Eagland Hill phone box: c850 PF Geese and the presumed Greylag x Barnacle
Pilling Lane Ends: 250 PF Geese
Male presumed Mealy Redpoll at Marton Mere at the west end on the red nut bag again,
also 1+ presumed Lesser Redpoll
5 Wheatears on Herons Reach Golf Course
Report of Spotted Redshank at Newton Marsh but no sign of it on the Entrance Pool late afternoon
31/03/2002
2 Garganey still at Myerscough Quarry this morning, also c.33 Sand Martin, 4 LRP (2 flew off in SE direction but have been seen to fly off and return before), male and female Wheatear.
68 Whoopers at Naze Point, initially outside the Fylde, but when shooting commenced 62 flew west
up the Ribble and the other six went north over the Naze Pool.
Pair Shoveler Saltcotes flood
Male Yellowhammer Lower Lane, Kirkham
Marton Mere: 2+ presumed Lesser Redpolls also 2 singing Willow Warblers, Black-tailed Godwit,
c140 Sand Martins at 7.45pm
17 Eider Ribble Estuary off Fairhaven Lake
Jameson Rd landfill site lagoon: 2 Gadwall (male and female), 2 Pintail, Wheatear, 18 Shovele
30/03/2002
Several Water Pipits at Bank Lane, Warton Bank at high tide.
Dipper just north of Brock on River Brock just west of CC Brock Lower Bridge (A6 by Dutton Forshaw Land Rover), also
Grey Wagtail.
Marton Mere: The possible/probable Mealy Redpoll still present with 5 or 6 other redpolls. Also at the Mere Blackcap
Tree Sparrow at Brackenscales Farm, Singleton.
At least one Peregrine still on St.Johns Church in Blackpool town centre
29/03/2002
Warton Bank: 5 Water Pipits, 2 Short-eared Owls from Bank Lane, Little Egret, Merlin
Marton Mere: 4 Redpoll at west end, 3 presumed Lesser and 1 male presumed Mealy Redpoll favouring the red nut bag
Also at Marton Mere 2 singing Willow Warblers and 7 Lesser Redpolls
Jameson Road Landfill
(south of Fleetwood): Adult Yellow legged Gull,16 Ruff, 3 Whooper
Swan over NE.
Singleton: Wheatear on Carr Lane, Jay by the entrance to Singleton Lodge, Fieldfare just outside village, and
5 Tree Sparrows by the
LCC depot, just off the A585 at SD395393
Also at Singleton: singing Nuthatch at Mile Road this afternoon
Blackpool Zoo: singing Chiff chaff on 'Gorilla Mountain'! Also for anyone interested in captive stocks
with escape potential 3
RC Pochard and Ruddy Shelduck, but no Red-breasted Geese.
Pair of Garganey still at Myerscough Quarry this morning. Also Little Ringed
Plover there.
Jack Snipe at Hambleton Marsh
28/03/2002
2+ Whoopers over Marton
Mere / Herons Reach GC at 8.20pm
Pair Stock Doves Pegs Lane, Ballam.
2 Garganey still at Myerscough Quarry at dusk tonight
27/03/2002
White Wagtail LSANR (also
2 Peacocks and 1 Small Tort)
15 Sand Martins at Marton Mere tonight, and the two godwits still.
5 Siskins west over Fairhaven Lake 8.05am-8.50am also male hybrid Pintail x Mallard there again
26/03/2002
2 Sandwich Terns: Rossall Point
Pair of Garganey still at Myerscough Quarry
Chiff Chaff Newton Hall
caravan park (plus Peacock and Small Tort
butterflies)
60+ Sand Martins Marton Mere LNR in evening
25/03/2002
3 Gannets south past
Starr Gate together at lunch.
Goldcrest Blackpool pleasure beach bushes.
Osprey briefly at Marton Mere.
24/03/2002
Little Bunting reported at an Eagland Hill feeding station (presumably Bradshaw Lane Head feeding station)
6 Whoopers (5 ads)
Fleetwood Tip scrape this morning before leaving to
north, also drake Gadwall and 4 Pintail.
3 Swallows east through Preston Dock at 3pm
2 Grey Wags (north) and 3 drake Goosander (south east) Carr House Green
Common 4pm
65 Sand Martins Marton Mere this evening, also 2 Black-tailed Godwit which
have apparently been here most of the week.
Pair of Mute Swans nesting on Whitehills Lake
2(1drk) Garganey
Myerscough Quarry
sev. Redpoll. Marton Mere, with 2-3 showing characters of Mealy.
23/03/2002
1st winter Iceland Gull Jameson Rd Landfill
2 Wheatears w. of Fluke Hall.
2 male & 1 female Crossbills in a Warton garden
Note: 2 Cranes were reported at Eagland Hill Tuesday 19th, and one
Wednesday 20th seen to leave at height. Not seen by birders, but the
descriptions from farmers are apparently credible.
22/03/2002
Woodland Gardens: 6 Goldcrest
Mount Park, Fleetwood: 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Siskin (1 male, 1 female)
21/03/2002
4 Sand Martin flew over in north direction at dusk and peregrine briefly present.
Single Twite north over
Starr Gate 0820.
Stanley Park tonight - 4 Goldcrest including 3 singing, 30 Tufties, 3
Pochard.
Small Tortoiseshell at the pleasure beach at lunch.
20/03/2002
Pair of Garganey at Myerscough Quarry in afternoon.
1 Raven at Thurnaham
Warton Bank: 1 Raven,
drake Gadwall, 50+ Black t. Godwits, 1 Brambling.
3 Common Scoter at Starr Gate
1 Wheatear LSAN Reserve
19/03/2002
c40 Common Scoter and 1 RT Diver Starr Gate at lunch.
18/03/2002
19 Eider Lytham.
1 singing Goldcrest Lowther Gardens.
1 Chiffchaff, 21 Twite Lane Ends & 1
Little Egret east of Lane Ends in field northwest of Sand Villa
2000 Pinkfeet Eagland Hill and the weird hybrid (poss. Greylag x Barnacle).
15+ Brambling at Eagland Hill, New Lane, feeding site.
17/03/2002
Marton Mere: 3 Sand Martins & ad Med Gull
8 Wheatear, 1 White Wagtail, 1 Woodcock (golf course), male Merlin, c20 Eider, 3 R.b.Mergs Rossall Point
4 Wheatears & 250 Meadow Pipits grounded at Rossall School
1 Chiffchaff, 3 Siskin, 5 Grey Wags over and Wheatear Mount Park Fleetwood
1 Sand Martin, 4 Wheatears, fem Stonechat, 2 Siskins Marine Hall Garden Fleetwood.
2 Siskins at feeders Staining Garden
16/03/2002
1 Wheatear + fem Stonechat Rossall Point
5 Whooper Swans & 6 Black-tailed Godwits Saltcoates
Warton Bank (9.4m tide - not enough! ) 2 m Bramblings, 3 Merlins, Water Rail heard, 1 Water/Rock calling & seen in flight only, Grey Wagtail.& fem Stonechat, ( weasel).
1 White Wagtail, 4 Ruff , male Stonechat, Chiffchaff at Pilling Lane Ends.
3 Stonechats & Merlin at Fluke Hall
Marton Mere:1 Bittern 7 pm seen high up flew off north & 90 Shoveler and pr Gadwall
15/03/2002
1 Chiffchaff Marton Mere
7+ Bramblings (inc 3 males coming into summer plum) New Lane feeding site Eagland Hill
14/03/2002
1 Wheatear Cockersands
Pilling: 70 Twite in rough field by Car Park
2 Whooper Swans north
over Starr Gate this morning.
13/03/2002
1 White Wagtail north over Anchorsholme am. Also pm a female Sparrowhawk in from the coast, thermalled high and headed northeast.
6 alba wagtails (poss.White
Wags) offshore low over the sea.
2
male Blackcaps in a Freckleton garden
8 Red Th. Divers off
Starr Gate this morning.
4 Goldeneye Fairhaven Lake tonight.
12/03/2002
1 Little Egret still at Fluke Hall.
Still 10 Kittiwakes along Blackpool prom. & Grey Wagtail
1 Peregrine on pylon again Chain Lane Staining.
11/03/2002
2 ad Mediterranean Gulls on Blackpool Beach at Starr Gate. (1 was darvic ringed). Also several Kittiwakes still along the prom.
10/03/2002
Drake Common Scoter, 1 ad Mediterranean Gull & drake Pintail x Mallard hybrid on Marton Mere.
2 ad Mediterranean
Gulls on Blackpool Beach just north of North Pier early afternoon. (both
unringed).
c12 'wrecked' Kittiwakes today in North - Central Pier area, including two on
the sea wall over high tide which could be approached to three feet.
1 ad Mediterranean Gull on Fairhaven Lake
1 Little Egret flew from pond at Lane Ends to Fluke Hall & 1 Stonechat.
09/03/2002
2w Iceland Gull Fleetwood Tip
8 Stonechats Jameson Road.
1 Little Egret at Fluke Hall.
60 Tree Sparrows and 100 Corn Buntings Eagland Hill
Drake Pintail x Mallard hybrid at Newton Marsh
08/03/2002
2w Glaucous Gull & 4 Med Gulls on Blackpool promenade
1 second w. Med Gull Fleetwood
Drake Ferruginous Duck still on Marton Mere
07/03/2002
2 Little Gulls (ad & 1st w) on St Annes beach west of Fairhaven at 1245hrs
05/03/2002
4 Mergansers and
Peregrine Fairhaven at lunch.
20 Kittiwakes on the sea wall behind the Sandcastle at lunch,
Ad Yellow legged Gull in the throng at St Annes this evening.
03/03/2002
2 Jack Snipe flushed from saltmarsh just north of Point Shard (3/4 mile
southwest of Hambleton) 1 of which may 1 have 1 been taken by a female Merlin
also 1+ Rock Pipit
02/03/2002
Warton
Bank: Several
Water Pipits, 1 scandinavian Rock Pipit and 1 nominate Rock Pipit. Also 1
Bonxie & 1 Little Egret
1st-winter
Glaucous Gull and 1st-winter/2nd-winter Iceland Gull
on Jameson Road
landfill site.
1 Water rail at Carr House Green Common
3 Jack Snipe at the Entrance Pool on Newton Marsh at 11:30
12+ Rock Pipits Barnaby's Sands at south end at high tide +44+ Pintail and 3 adult drake Eider.
St Annes - 1 full summer plumaged adult Med, (looked to be Darvic ringed) 1 ad.Kittiwake
01/03/2002
Warton Bank High Tide: 8 Water Pipits, 1 Little Egret, 2 Merlin, 1 Jack Snipe, 3 Short-eared Owls.
1
Twite & 3 Bramblings at Lytham Prom.
HillCrest, Mythop Road: 16 Tree Sparrow, 13 Stock Dove.
2 winter ad Med Gulls, 3 Little Gulls (ad and 2 first winter) and 7 Kittiwakes.
28/02/2002
1 imm blue morph Lesser Snow Goose with Pinkfeet reported again on Cockerham Moss at Great Crimbles.
27/02/2002
Warton Bank: 15+ Water Pipits, 1 Short eared Owl, 1 Jack Snipe & 1 Merlin over high tide.
Saltcotes - 36 Whooper
Swan, 77 Bewicks Swan, 10 Mute, 2 Black Swan.
Fairhaven Lake - 13 Red breasted Mergansers
Argentatus Herring Gull Starr Gate this evening
7000++ Common Scoters counted from an aircraft at Shell Flat c5km west of Blackpool 'earlier this month'.
( processed counted expected to be somewhat higher!)
26/02/2002
1st or 2nd w Iceland Gull 1130hrs Fleetwood Tip
Bonxie off Pilling Lane Ends at 1515hrs
75 Kittiwakes Blackpool beach
25/02/2002
2nd w Iceland Gull briefly at Starr Gate this evening & 1st w Glaucous Gull on the beach a little further north & 17 Kittiwakes (to within 15 feet)
Peregrine on pylon Chain Lane Staining
24/02/2002
1 imm blue morph Lesser Snow Goose with Pinkfeet on Cockerham Moss at Great Crimbles. & 1 ad Greenland Whitefront and 4 Barnacle Geese.
Marton Mere: Female Smew, Dk Ferruginous duck east end, Dk Common Scoter west end. & 6 Lesser Redpolls feeding stn area.
Saltcoates: 78 Bewicks Swans, 49 Whooper Swans, 11 Mute Swans and 2 Black Swans.
Lytham Prom: 6 Bramblings with c50 Chaffinches.
Bonxie off Cockersands at 11:50 am
1 Ruff in
flooded field along Black Lane out of Nateby.
Bond's Farm: 25 Whooper Swans.
23/02/2002
1 Little Auk flew east past Rossall Coast Guards at 8:40 am - close in & 42 Little Gulls, 165 Kittiwakes
1 imm blue morph Lesser Snow Goose with 5000 Pinkfeet on Cockerham Moss at Great Crimbles. & 3 Barnacle Geese
1 Ruff Pilling Lane Ends
1 ad Med Gull Fleetwood Marine Lake in morning & a 2nd W. on Rossall Beach late pm
Ad Kittiwake GEGB pool & tip
3 Little Gulls over beach at Cleveleys 11 am ( 2ad, 1 1st w)
Marton Mere: Dk Ferruginous duck east end, Dk Common Scoter west end, 4 Little Gulls (3ad, 1 1st w.)
22/02/2002
Ad Med Gull Glasson in field by Jeremy Lane & 2 Little Gulls
6 R.b. Mergansers on Fairhaven Lake.
20/02/2002
1 imm blue morph Lesser Snow Goose with 5000 Pinkfeet on Cockerham Moss at Great Crimbles.
Starr Gate: Ad
Yellow legged Gull again
Peregrine on pylon Chain Lane Staining
19/02/2002
Starr Gate: Ad
Yellow legged Gull & 2 argentatus Herring Gulls.
1
imm blue morph Lesser Snow Goose with 5000 Pinkfeet & 3
Barnacle Geese Cockerham Moss at Great Crimbles.
10+ Brambling on seed at New Lane, Eagland Hill (funded by Fylde Bird Club)
1st w. Little Gull Pilling Lane Ends
18/02/2002
Fleetwood Tip: 2 first winter Glaucous Gulls.
Bonxie Lane Ends off Car Park again 'showing well'
Ad Yellow legged Gull Starr Gate at 1700hrs
17/02/2002
Fleetwood Tip: 1 first w & a 2w Iceland Gulls (2w on Rossall beach later at 1653hrs). + 3 Stonechats
1st w. Glaucous Gull, 1st w. Med Gull & 1st w. Kittiwake Rossall Point
Warton Bank 2+ Water Pipits.
1 imm blue morph Lesser Snow Goose with Pinkfeet near Stalmine
3 Barnacle Geese Cockerham Moss at Great Crimbles with sev. 1000 Pinkfeet.
Merlin at Pilling Lane Ends
Marton Mere Female Smew & Ferruginous Duck.
Saltcotes 63 Bewicks, 50 Whoopers, 16 Mutes and 2 Black Swans.
Fairhaven: 1 adult Kittiwake on the lake
St.Annes: 1 ad Med Gull & ad Kittiwake
Blackpool South Shore 1 ad Med Gull
16/02/2002
Fleetwood Tip: 1 adult & a 2w Iceland Gulls, a 1st w Glaucous Gull & ad argentatus Herring Gull.
c30 Twite Fleetwood in ICI compound off Jameson Rd + 5 Stonechats Jameson Road
Rossall Point: Ad Med Gull, Kittwake on beach + ad & 1st w. argentatus Herring Gulls.
St.Annes: 2 ad and one 2nd w. Med Gulls, ad Y.LGull & Bonxie on Beach.+ 3 Stonechats in dunes
1 imm blue morph Lesser Snow Goose with Pinkfeet near Stalmine
27 Whooper Swans Fluke Hall
7
Twite Pilling Lane Ends
Marton Mere: Female Smew, Ferruginous Duck & ad Med Gull.
2 Jack Snipe Hambleton Marsh north of Shard Bridge on Wyre.
1 first w. Kittiwake on beach Knott End
15/02/2002
1 adult Ivory Gull on the beach and lake at Fairhaven & 3 ad & 1 first w Med Gulls on beach between Fairhaven & StAnnes
1w Iceland Gull Rossall Point on beach 1653hrs
Fairhaven Lake: 1 dk Ferruginous Duck & 2 Scaup.
1
imm blue morph Lesser Snow Goose with Pinkfeet near Stalmine
12+ Brambling on seed at New Lane, Eagland Hill (funded
by Fylde Bird Club)
3 Bean Geese Fluke Hall Lane on stubble field.
Pilling Lane Ends: Pilling Lane Ends: 1 Bonxie
Redhead Smew still on Marton Mere.
Lytham Prom opp. Lowther Gardens: 3 Twite.
14/02/2002
1 adult Ivory Gull on the beach and lake at Fairhaven on and off from 1105hrs till 1650hrs. & 2 ad Med Gulls on sea 1235hrs
Fairhaven Lake: 1 dk Ferruginous Duck & 2 Scaup.
1 imm blue morph Lesser Snow Goose with Pinkfeet SW of Stalmine viewed from Cemetery Lane of Greens Lane.
Todd's Canada Goose 3m E of Stake Pool from
Bonds Farm
20+ Brambling on seed at New Lane, Eagland Hill (funded
by Fylde Bird Club)
1 Bean Goose in the flock of PFGs north west of Stalmine late this afternoon.
13/02/2002
1 adult Ivory Gull on the beach by Fairhaven Lake at 2.30pm
Pilling Lane Ends: Pilling Lane Ends: 3 Bean Geese, 1 Bonxie & 77 Whooper Swans.
12/02/2002
Todd's Canada Goose (interior) + Pinkfeet betw'n Hambleton & Stalmine in field viewed from footpath running east from High Gate Lane @ 4.40pm.
1
imm blue morph Lesser Snow Goose with Pinkfeet in field on west side of
A588 opposite layby at Cold Row, between Hambleton and Stalmine.
Pilling Lane Ends: 3 Bean Geese also 1 Bonxie still
& Peregrine.
Fluke Hall: 1 Little Egret & 60 Whooper Swans
Iceland Gull Fleetwood tip (prob 2nd w.).
1w Iceland Gull (new bird) & 1w Glaucous Gull Fleetwood beach with c5000 Gulls,
Rossall Point: 2 ad Little Gull, 4 Kittiwakes, 2 argentatus Herring Gulls (ad & 1w), 1 Fulmar, 1Common Scotor
6 Kittiwake south past Starr Gate 8am-8.20. & 15 Kittiwaks south here 12.30-1.30
Lytham Prom opp. Lowther Gardens: 3 Twite, 3 Bramblings
Fairhaven Lake: 1 dk Ferruginous Duck, & 1 3rd w. Yellow legged Gull,
Lytham Moss, Saltcoates: 25 Bewicks Swans & 26 Whooper Swans.
Warton Bank 1 Little Egret,1Barn Owl .@16.15.
11/02/2002
Glaucous Gull Blackpool Central Prom
2 Leach's Petrels Pilling Lane Ends over high tide also 1 Bonxie still, Merlin, 3 Little Gulls (adult and 2 1st-winters) & 3+ adult Kittiwakes.
10/02/2002
Lesser Snow Goose (blue phase) 1.25 E of Preesall S of A588 Head Dyke Lane SD 385 470
Green Dicks Lane Preessall : 3 Bean Geese ( 2 ad, 1 1st w)
Fairhaven Lake: 1 dk Ferruginous Duck
1 Bonxie Pilling Lane Ends on south marsh & 2 Little Gulls + Peregrine.
Lytham Prom opp. Lowther Gardens: 1+ Twite, 3 Bramblings with 30+ Linnets & 30+ Chaffinches.
Rossall Point: 2 Long tailed Ducks, 1 Scaup, 1 3rd w. Yellow legged Gull, 28 Little Gulls &100 Kittiwakes.
Fluke Hall 1 Little Egret on saltmarsh 11:30 am and ad Mediterranean Gull
1 adult/near-adult Continental Lesser Black-backed Gull Skippool late afternoon
09/02/2002
Lesser Snow Goose (blue phase) 1.25 E of Preesall S of A588 Head Dyke Lane SD 385 470 all day
Green Dicks Lane Preessall : 3 Bean Geese ( 2 ad, 1 1st w) 85 Whooper Swans & 3 Bewicks Swans.
Fluke Hall 1 Little Egret in wood early am
Fairhaven Lake: 1 dk Ferruginous Duck
1st-winter Glaucous Gull Jameson Road landfill site viewable from entrance at 2pm also adult Kittiwake on flood there
1adult Kittiwake Fleetwood Docks
5+ Kittiwakes lingering by Blackpool North Pier late morning
Redhead Smew still on Marton Mere & 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Owls on east barns, Peregrine on pylon off Chain Lane
3 1st w Little Gulls Lane Ends & 1 adult over Green Dicks Lane and Kittiwake.
Eagland Hill feeding stns: 21 Bramblings, 80 Tree Sparrows, 10 Yellowhammers
8/2/02
Lesser Snow Goose (blue phase) 1.25 E of Preesall S of A588 Head Dyke Lane SD 385 470
Green Dicks Lane Preessall : 3 Bean Geese ( 2 ad, 1 1st w) Ridge Farm and sea wall with c200 Pinkfeet and c60 Whooper Swan.
Fluke Hall 1 Little Egret in wood
Fairhaven Lake: 1 dk Ferruginous Duck, 1 Scaup, 4 Red BR. Mergansers, 8 Goldeneye & 2 Stonechats.
Lytham shore, opposite
Lowther Gardens 3 Twite with about 30 Linnets;
Saltcotes 24 Whooper and 3 Mute Swan;
Bradshaw Lane feeding station 110 Tree Sparrows, 18 Yellowhammer; Eagland Hill No 2 feeding station 7 Brambling, 3 Yellowhammer;
Jarvis Carr 300 Fieldfare; Green Dick's Lane pm - 3 Bean Geese fabalis with c200 Pinkfeet and c60 Whooper Swan.
7/2/02
Fairhaven Lake: 1 dk Ferruginous Duck, 1 imm dk Scaup & 2 Stonechats.
6/2/02
Eagland Hill: 1 Lesser Snow Goose (blue phase), & hybrid Barnacle x Greylag(?) with Pinkfeet ( inc one with orange legs)
Fluke Hall between : 3 Bean Geese ( 2 ad, 1 1st w) Ridge Farm and sea wall & 1 Little Egret
1 Leach's Petrel past Rossall Point at 1607hrs + ad Little Gull
1 Ruff & ad Mediterranean Gull 1/2 mile west Lane Ends on field.
4 Little Gulls off Lane Ends and 1 off Knott End
6 Bramblings Eagland Hill
15 Kittiwakes past Starr Gate in half an hour at lunch, also 4 Pintail, 2 Eider.
5/2/02
Eagland Hill: 1 Lesser Snow Goose (blue phase), 2 Bean Geese & hybrid Barnacle x Greylag(?) all with Pinkfeet
Pilling Lane Ends 1 Little Egret,
Marton Mere: Redhead Smew (still!) 1 Bittern & 1st w Kittiwake.
10+ Bramblings Eagland Hill
4/2/02
1 Leach's Petrel off Cockersands at 1530ish today
Eagland Hill: 1 Blue Snow Goose
100 Whooper Swans Hy Fly
Fairhaven Lake: 1 dk Ferruginous Duck
30 Yellowhammers Bradshaw Lane feeding stn
3/2/02
1 Rossicus Bean Goose Eagland Hill
Pilling Lane Ends (Guided Walk): 1 Spotted Redshank, 1 Little Egret, 2 1st w Little Gulls, 2 Peregrines, 1 Merlin & 2 Rock Pipits.
19+Bramblings with Chaffinches at the '2nd' Eagland Hill feeding station, track on south side of road near the Bone Hill Lane junction SD.438.453. 50 Corn Buntings nearby.
c60 Tree Sparrows, 14 Yellowhammers & Barn Owl Bradshaw Lane feeding stn
Fairhaven Lake: 1 dk Ferruginous Duck, 1 imm dk Scaup & 1 R.b. Merganser
Male Hen Harrier at CHGC this afternoon.
6 Twite with 30+ Linnets on saltings opposite w. end of Lowther Gds at 11.00 - very close on sandy patch.
Clifton: I Grey Wagtail
Warton Bank: 1 Twite with Linnets, 2 Water Rail, 1 Barn Owl at dusk.
2/2/02
Bank Lane Warton: 11+ Water Pipits, 1 Short eared Owl, Peregrine, Merlin & Grey Wag over high tide
Fairhaven Lake: 1 dk Ferruginous Duck, 1 fem Scaup & 1 R.b. Merganser
'Ringtail Hen Harrier between Bank End & Cockersands at Patty's Farm at SD452 522. 2 Corn Bunts Cockersands Caravan Park.
24 Whooper Swans & 3 Bewicks Swans at Saltcoates
194 Corn Buntings Eagland Hill
2 Water Rails Burrows Marsh.
1/2/02
Bank lane End, Warton 6+ Water Pipits, 1 Little Egret, 2 Short-eared Owls, 1 Water Rail, 1 Brent Goose- probably Dark-bellied,flying west
& 1 Jack Snipe. Also
1 Common Shrew and 2 Short-tailed Field Voles.
2 ad Mediterranean
Gulls Fleetwood & Little Gull Wyre Estuary
Fairhaven Lake: 1 dk Ferruginous Duck & 2 Scaup
Male Brambling Lowther Gardens Lytham
31/1/02
1200-1350. Bank Lane, Warton: 3 Short-eared Owl, 1 Peregrine, 2 Merlin 3 Water Pipits & 100+ Teal.
ad
Mediterranean Gull Windy Harbour 30-1-02 Chris Batty
30/01/2002
Fairhaven Lake: 1 dk Ferruginous Duck & 2 Scaup
29/01/2002
Fairhaven Lake: 1 dk Ferruginous Duck, 2 Scaup &1 Hybrid Hooded x Carrion Crow
25+ Twite over & calling Abbey CP and 1 Cockersands caravan park
in trees along seawall. 81 Goldeneye Lune & 1 Stonechat & 2 Rock
Pipits Cockersands
6
Bramblings
Eagland Hill
28/01/2002
1 small Canada Goose poss parvipes on Fleetwood Fields in pm with 500
Pinkfeet (also seen on 21st)
1 ad Little Gull Starr Gate
1 fem Goosander Glasson Dock
27/01/2002
1pr Brambling Lytham shore opposite Lowther Gardens in flock of about 50
Chaffinch.
1 Green Sandpiper and Peregrine Carr House Green Common
26/01/2002
1 Little Egret
Fluke Hall in wood early am then on marsh
104 Whoopers / Bewicks
and c1000 Pink-feet Hy Fly.
Glasson Dock: 4th-winter Continental Cormorant (sinensis) with
blue colour-ring with white code 4I3 -- Still there.
1 Russian White fronted Goose with pinks at Bonds Farm, Stake Pool
25/01/2002
Warton Bank 1 Little Egret
& 1 Merlin
2nd w Mediterranean Gull River Wyre opp. Skippool Yacht Club with tall green ring on left leg - again at 1620hrs & adult/near-adult summer Continental Lesser Black-backed Gull (intermedius) present since at least 24/12/2001.
5 Bramblings with Chaffinches at the '2nd' Eagland Hill feeding station, the track on the south side of the road near the Bone Hill Lane
Fairhaven Lake: 1 dk Ferruginous Duck, 1+ Scaup
24/01/2002
Fairhaven Lake: Ad Mediterranean
Gull, 1 dk Ferruginous Duck, 2 Scaup (fem & 1st w
dk)
c30 Twite flew
northeast over east end of Burglar's Alley towards ICI compound Fleetwood, also
79+ Black-tailed Godwits on Wyre Estuary
Little Egret Fluke Hall from at least 5.10pm on east end of island in
small pond in wood.
23/01/2002
2nd w Mediterranean Gull River Wyre opp. Skippool
Yacht Club with tall green ring on left leg.
c.5000 Pinkfeet Fleetwood fields
1st w drake Scaup Fairhaven Lake
22/01/2002
Adult Mediterranean Gull Jameson Road Landfill Site at 1.26pm only
c100+ Little Gulls
west past Rossall Point coastguards late afternoon although all very distant
& 40+ Kittiwakes
Goshawk reported at Pilling Lane Ends
'Recently': Little Egret roosting in Fluke Hall wood.
21/01/2002
Redhead Smew still on Marton Mere
1600 Pink-feet at
Fleetwood in fields opposite Westbourne Road.
c.1500 Pinkfeet just south west of Weeton, on waste potatoes
20/1/2002
1 Little Egret Ribble at Freckleton
Fairhaven Lake 1 dk Ferruginous Duck, 2 Scaup (fem & 1st w dk), 7 R.B.Mergansers.
Grannies Bay 1 Hybrid Hooded Crow
5 Bewick's Swans Mythop Rd
19/1/2002
Fairhaven Lake 1 ad Mediterranean Gull, 1 dk Ferruginous Duck, 2 Scaup (fem & 1st w dk), 7 R.B.Mergansers. 1 Hybrid Hooded Crow Grannies Bay Fairhaven.
Saltcoates 118 mixed Bewick's & Whooper Swans (most Bewick's)
Woodcock Ellel Grange also Treecreeper, 2 Jays, Nuthatch
1 Russian White front Bonds Farm Stake Pool
1 Short eared Owl at Warton Aerodrome
1 Barn Owl Lytham Moss (
Division Lane/Wild Lane)
70 Whoopers / Bewicks Fluke Hall plus 26 Hy Fly Pressall also 2 (unknown origin)
Greylag Geese with Pinkfeet at Pressall
1 Merlin Fluke Hall
5 Siskin Witch Wood Lytham
18/1/2002
Fairhaven Lake 1 Ferruginous Duck, 2 Scaup, 6 R.B.Mergansers
2nd-winter Scandinavian Herring Gull Jameson Road landfill site
17/1/2002
Fairhaven Lake 1 Ferruginous Duck, 2 Scaup, &10 R.B.Mergansers
Stanley Park: 1 drake Goosander, 49 Shoveler and 12 Pochard.
Freckleton Naze: Ad Mediterranean Gull - headed off w. Ad Whooper Swan on Ribble
'RecentLy'
16/1/2002
Saltcoates am- 92 Bewick's Swans, 28 Whooper Swans and 2 Mute Swans
2 Woodcock, 1
Treecreeper at Thurnham Hall
& 1 Jay Thurnham Hall
1 fem Goosander Glasson Dock
Kingfisher Warton Aerodrome (stream on south side).
Ringing recovery
15/1/2002
female Gadwall Jameson
Road landfill site on lagoon by eastern perimeter
6 Red-breasted Mergansers Fleetwood Dock
1 Buzzard at Singleton
Another
Mute Swan Movement: Darvic FXB
Ringed as a 1st year female at Bowness on Windermere on 21st
September 1991, found dead Stanley Park 15-1-02. It had thus survived 3769
days and had made a movement of 61 kms.
14/1/2002
1 Little Auk south past Starr Gate midday & 1 Guillemot, 2 Kittiwakes 1 R. th. Diver.
1 ad Yellow legged Gull & 3 ad Scandinavian Herring Gulls (nominate argentatus) on Fleetwood Tip at Jameson Road
13/1/2002
Saltcoates: A total of 112 Swans: 85 Bewicks, 25 Whoopers, 2 Mutes & 85 Shelduck
Marton Mere 1 redhead Smew still
2 Scandinavian Herring Gulls (nominate argentatus) Fleetwood at Jameson Road tip & 1 Stonechat.
1 Little Egret, 1 Spotted Redshank & 1 Woodcock Pilling Lane Ends
118 Whooper Swan
and 20 Bewick's between Knott End and Fluke Hall
1 Gadwall and 1,000 Teal on Wyre Estuary off
Burglar's Alley
12/1/2002
1 Green Sandpiper & Peregrine Carr House Green Common
1 Redhead Smew Marton Mere still
78 Bewicks Swans & 31 Whooper Swans Saltcoates
1 Russian White front & 4 (2 juveniles) Bewicks Swans Bonds Farm Stake Pool
Green Dicks Lane Pressall 3 Grey Lag Geese (unknown origin) with Pinkfeet .
Peregrine & Grey Wagtail at Warton Bank
Fairhaven Lake 1 Ferruginous Duck & 2 Scaup
1 Jay Union Lane, Stalmine
11/1/2002
Merlin and Rock Pipit by River Wyre at Point Shard
10/1/2002
1 Little Egret Pilling Lane Ends
Peregrine on pylon Chain Lane Staining
4 Stonechats Cockersands
9/1/2002
Fairhaven Lake 1 Ferruginous Duck, 2 Scaup, 2 R.B.Mergansers 2 Gadwall
Saltcotes 61 Bewick's Swan & 33 Whooper Swans
Barn Owl just south of Wrea Green
8/1/2002
1 Little Egret Pilling Lane Ends
1 Jay Greyfriars
8 Woodcock Preesall Flashes
Fairhaven Lake 1 Ferruginous Duck, 2 Scaup, 3 R.B.Mergansers,10 Goldeneye, 3 Gadwall
7/1/2002
Brambling with 70 Chaffinches, also 3+ Water Rails at Warton Bank
Fairhaven Lake 1 Ferruginous Duck, 2 Scaup, 2 R.B.Merganser, 4 Gadwall
This Mute Swan was on Fairhaven Lake on Monday the 7th of January : Blue 7ASB
13-01-00 R: TRENCH POOL TELFORD
GBSA SJ6812 A V Cross
Age/ Sex 3, with adults Blue W7S/ un-ringed F.
19-01-00 S:
TRENCH POOL TELFORD GBSA SJ6812
M G Grant
With Blue W7S + un-ringed F.
Also on 12-02-00 alone.
19-02-00, 27-02-00, 15-03-00 with Blue J7U.
28-03-00 with Blue 7AJJ + 3 un-ringed juveniles.
05-04-00 alone.
10-04-00 with Blue 7KC + un-ringed M being chased
around by Blue R7N + Z86586 [ex Blue GB7].
12-04-00 alone.
17-04-00, 25-04-00 with Blue 7KC + un-ringed M.
03-05-00 with Blue 7KC + un-ringed M being chased
around by Blue R7N + Z86586 [ex Blue GB7].
22-05-00
S:
BARROW-IN-FURNACE, CUMBRIA GBCU
J Sheldon
Present until 05-10-00.
06-03-01
S:
SOUTHPORT MARINE LAKE GBLA
J Smith
Also on 07-03-01.
12-05-01 S: BARROW-IN-FURNACE, CUMBRIA GBCU J Sheldon
AND
26-08-01 on Fairhaven Lake J.F. Walsh
03-09-01 on Fairhaven Lake J.F. Walsh
6/1/2002
760 Pinkfeet Fleetwood fields
3 Jack Snipe Burglers Alley
Fairhaven Lake 1 Ferruginous Duck
Bradshaw Lane:100 Tree Sparrow & 50 Reed Buntings
Woodcock at Carr House Green Common
5/1/2002
1st-winter Glaucous Gull Fleetwood at Jameson Road tip briefly at 1.50pm only +2+1st-winter Scandinavian Herring Gulls (nominate argentatus)
1 ad Glaucous Gull on Wyre then flew towards Fleetwood Tip
Fairhaven Lake 1 Ferruginous Duck, 1 Hooded Crow
Pilling Lane Ends: 6000+ Pinkfeet (4000 later at Green Dicks Lane),1 Woodcock over, 6 Shoveler on ponds
2000 Pinkfeet Fleetwood fields
4/1/2002
redhead Smew, 1+ Bitterns &
29 Bewicks Swans at Marton Mere
Fairhaven Lake 1
Ferruginous Duck, 2 Scaup (f & 1st w drake), 3 R.B.Merganser, 2 Gadwall
& 178 Coot.
3/1/2002
Ad Iceland Gull Fairhaven Lake
Smew, 2 Bitterns,1 drake Gadwall & 20 Bewicks Swans at Marton Mere
Fairhaven Lake 1 Ferruginous Duck, 2 Scaup (female +1st-winter drake)
8 G.C.Grebes Star Gate
131+Goldeneye River Lune between Glasson and Crook Farm +25 Tufted Ducks 22 Pochard Little Grebe
2/1/2002
2 Bitterns & 10 Bewicks Swans at Marton Mere
1 Little Egret Main dyke, just E of railway1.25 miles SE of Poulton
5 Goosander Cartford Bridge
Bradshaw Lane: 80+ Tree Sparrow, 20+ Chaffinch, 15 Yellowhammer
Fairhaven Lake 1
Ferruginous Duck; 1 Scaup, 3 R.b Merganser & 2 Gadwall
Warton Bank: 1 to 3 Water Pipits, Kingfisher, 2+ Water Rails and 30
Meadow Pipits
1/1/2002
1 minima Canada Goose & 1 Barnacle Goose Bonds Farm Pilling
1 'redhead' Smew off Cockersands & 117 Goldeneye
1 'redhead' Smew, 1 Bittern, Chiffchaff, Little Owl, 2 Whooper Swans & 8 Bewicks Swans at Marton Mere
Fairhaven Lake 1
Ferruginous Duck; 2m 1f Merganser
Saltcotes 26 Bewick's Swan, 22 Whooper Swan
Peel Road 1m Peregrine on pylon
116 Whoopers and 13 Bewick's on the sea behind Hy Fly (when they had been
flushed)
1ad Mediterranean Gull Fleetwood at Jameson Road tip
55 Twite Burgler's Alley
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