Spent an hour or so at Marshside this evening, pretty cloudy with a few half hearted showers, but plenty of birds about.
Scoping north from the Hesketh Road platform I could see the male Garganey feeding away just south of Nels hide, and swarms of hirundines whizzing over the surface of the water in front of it.
Mainly Swallows, but a few House and Sand Martins in with them.
Above them a light passage of Swifts were sliding steadily north, at least seven went by while I watched in a few minutes.
A Chiffchaff was singing away in the SSSI ditch.
One Little Egret flapped south, presumably on its way to roost on the Marine Lake.
Three singing Sedge Warblers between Sandgrounders Hide and the Marshside Road junction.
Real characters, they resented the arrival of the Kestrel at the top of this blog entry, momentarily stopping singing, before slipping down into cover and belligerently cranking up their deranged warblings again.
One male Wheatear around the Sandplant and a few Meadow Pipits.
Avocets everywhere!
Went out onto Plex until dark, didn't find much apart from Corn Bunts, Red Legged Partridge etc.
But it didn't matter - there was clearly nothing on TV anyway.
Eyes to the skies everyone, eyes to the skies...
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Simon G wrote...
Mornin John.
Whitethroat in the garden in central Southport, a first during my waking hours ... Willow warbler during the week too. En route to Lytham now, inspired by Rich Steele's photos - and yours too.
Posted by: Simon G | April 26, 2008 9:38 AM