Great to see a nice female Black Redstart flitting about at the end of Shore Road at lunchtime today - uncharacteristically flighty tho', giving me just time to get my 'scope and grab a bad backlit digishot of it on the skipyard fence before it zipped over the road and into the Pontins gulag.
Barely had enough time to admire the quivery orangeyness of its rear end.
Quite why it preferred the barbed wire and chalets to the nice dunes and perchy fenceposts of the outside world must remain a mystery.
If it ever comes out again, I'll let you know.
Still at least one Little Tern off Formby Point this morning over the tide, lots of hirundines on the move despite the windchill.
Eyes to the skies everyone, eyes to the skies...
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i spent a short afternoon at white coppice yesterday, what a beautiful place, idyllic !!! but no cuckoo ??? are they about, or was my timing wrong ?? anybody any ideas ??
Hi John,This morning in the trees by Southport Muni golf-course I found three more Harlequin ladybirds. These were the usual colour of Orange-red with black spots.(f.succine). Mike.
Plex had a few whimbrel left feeding in the same area at 7:30pm tonight.The top of Weld Rd had a good few wheatear,reed bunting and singing skylark this morning and the fields and thorny scrub area behind The Nags Head in Thornton had sedge warbler , whitethroat, linnet, willow warbler and reed bunting this afternoon
The team at the RSPB Ribble Discovery Centre, at Fairhaven Lake are appealing to you to rummage in your drawers and dig out any unused tea strainers.
It may sound strange but these strainers are ideal for schools to use when they visit the mudflats to sieve the mud and find out what creatures live there.
Jane Bryson, field teacher at the centre says âÂÂThe children are amazed to find lots of tiny shrimps, worms and snails when they mud dip and at the same time they also learn how the important this mud and the Ribble Estuary is for birds.âÂÂ
She continues âÂÂWith over 2000 children visiting us each year, wear and tear is bound to occur on the equipment and we could now do with lots of replacement ones. If you have any you could give us we would be really grateful.âÂÂ
It was five years ago that the centre had their last tea strainer appeal and help came from all over the world with 30 sieves coming as far away as Hong Kong.
Julie Vale, visitor officer says âÂÂThe response was amazing, itâÂÂs great that the whole community joins together to support the centre. Hopefully this year will be just as successful.âÂÂ
To donate your old strainers then please bring them along to the centre which is open every day, except Mondays, from 10 am to 5 pm. Or if you prefer, post them to Ribble Discovery Centre, Fairhaven Lake, Inner promenade, Lytham St Annes, Lancashire, FY8 1BD.
For further information see: www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/r/ribblediscoverycentre
If youâÂÂre a school or youth group and wish to book a mud dip session, please phone 01253 796292. The RSPB Ribble Discovery Centre is a partnership between RSPB, United Utilities and Fylde Borough Council.
Inspiring children about nature is a key part of the RSPBâÂÂs Letter to the Future campaign, which is a direct call to politicians to do more to protect our wildlife, countryside and the environment. You can sign the letter at your nearest RSPB reserve, where you'll be adding your name to hundreds of thousands of others determined to ensure future generations inherit a world worth living in, or sign online at www.signtheletter.org