What a day!
No time for birding (but a trip to Marshside to welcome back the Avocets is on the cards for tomorrow I think), although singing Blackbird at Dempsey Towers was a good Spring sound to hear, amongst the nasal jabberings of Siskin (now four coming to the feeders) etc.
Thanks then to Derek Williams who snail-mailed me all his records from the mosses for January and February.
The February ones now follow (I'll type in the January ones when I get time), but if anyone wants to send me stuff, please use the Comments box or e-mail it (if you don't have my e-mail, just send me a message via the Comments box and I'll reply asap).
So here we go, Derek's February on the mosses - so far.
Unless otherwise stated, all records refer to Downholland Moss:
2.2.09:1 Sparrowhawk; 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 1 Weasel.
3.2.09: 1m Peregrine; 53 Golden Plover; 140 Lapwing; 1 Barn Owl; 75+ Fieldfare; 6 Redwing.
(Fine Jane's Brook, Segar's Lane: 1 Little Egret; 1 Redshank.
4.2.09: 1 Golden Plover; 2 Barn Owls; 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker; 76 Fieldfare; 65 Corn Bunting.
5.2.09: 1 Little Grebe; 1 Little Egret; 1 Cormorant; 25 Whooper Swan; 2 Shelduck; 1m Wigeon; 19 Teal; 252 Lapwing; 87 Fieldfare.
6.2.09: 1 Taiga Bean Goose; 1 Tundra Bean Goose; 132 Mallard; 1m Sparrowhawk; 5 Common Buzzard; 26 Golden Plover; 352 Lapwing; 1 Barn Owl; 19 Skylark; 60 Corn Bunting.
7.2.09: 3 Little Egret; 3 Cormorant; 210 Whooper Swan, 2 Shelduck; 59 Golden Plover; 69+ Fieldfare; 9 Mistle Thrush.
(Plex Moss: 393 Whooper Swan; 38 Greylag Goose; 1 Oystercatcher; 71 Curlew; 1 Kingfisher along ditch opposite Gettern's Farm)
8.2.09: 2 Little Grebe; 1 imm m Peregrine; 149 Golden Plover; 257 Lapwing; 1 Kingfisher; 2 Long Tailed Tit; 17 Reed Bunting.
(Plex Moss: 42 Whooper Swan; 31 Greylag Goose).
9.2.09: 1 Shelduck; 13 Teal; 114 Mallard; Common Buzzard plucking a Common Gull; 1 Barn Owl; 1 Kingfisher.
10.2.09: 1 Great Crested Grebe; 2 Cormorant; 1 Shelduck; 1 Tawny Owl; 1 Kingfisher.
(Plex Moss: 67 Whooper Swan; 2 Greylag Goose).
11.2.09: 2 Cormorant; 2 Shelduck; 1 ad winter plumage Mediterranean Gull; 1 Barn Owl; 141 Fieldfare; 22 Redwing.
12.2.09: 14 Teal; 3 Golden Plover; 1 ad Mediterranean Gull with almost complete black hood and white forehead); 25 Reed Bunting.
(Plex Moss: 21 Whooper Swan).
13.2.09: 2 Little Grebe; 1 Great Crested Grebe in summer plumage; 1 Cormorant; 5 Whooper Swan; 2 Shelduck; 33 Teal; 1 ad Mediterranean Gull with more white than black on head; 219 Fieldfare; 16 Redwing; 24 Reed Bunting.
14.2.09: 1 Great Crested Grebe; 1 Cormorant; 5-6 Mediterranean Gull, 3-4 adults in field by Worrall House Farm, 2 adults in field with air raid shelter near Southern Heyes Farm;180 Fieldfare; 26 Redwing.
Thanks again Derek - interesting pattern of Med Gull records starting to emerge there, I wonder if birds gather on the mosslands before hitting the coast for the Marshside/Sefton shoreline roosts of the next week or two prior to the breeding season?
Eyes to the skies everyone, eyes to the skies...
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Hi John,
Lee here, I read your blog religiously and love it, I have some good pics I would like to email you from around Chorley and Lancashire including the recent Waxwing, please could I have you email to see what you think?
Thanks Lee
Glad you like the blog Lee, address on the way to you...
11,000+ gulls on the Ainsdale-Birkdale shore this afternoon, not including the Weld Road end. I estimated 5000 Commons, 4000 Blackheads, 2000 Herrings and under 100 each of Lesser and Greater Black-backs. No dog disturbance for a change but I'm ashamed to say I couldn't find anything with them!