Met up with Aldcliffe veteran and old birding chum Greg Potter on Saturday and had a blast around the patch.
Not too much going on...
Freeman's Pools: Usual stuff, though up to 5 swift moving through with mixed hirundines was notable.
Three newly-hatched moorhen chicks were a bit of a surprise on Darter Pool - wasn't even aware of a second nest!
Just a lone green sandpiper seen at the Wildfowlers' Pools, plus a shoveler.
2 little egret and a single wheatear on the marsh but little else of note.
Common buzzard, sparrowhawk and kestrel seen.
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Sunday
After a morning trying to flog 30-odd year's worth of accumulated crap at a car boot sale near Milnthorpe (2 tree pipits south @8.20am - an obvious highlight) I managed a mid afternoon visit but it was even quieter than yesterday.
A common sandpiper was at Freeman's upper pools area - no sign of little grebe & sprog for the second day...
Two green sandpipers at the Wildfowlers' Pools (looks like the others have moved on, unless high water levels has just displaced them temporarily) plus 5 shoveler & 6 teal.
1 legret on Aldcliffe Marsh.
Gave the gulls on the Lune a good grilling but found nothing amongst them.
Welcome to Aldcliffe & Freeman's Wood, Lancaster - an area of the Lune Estuary in Morecambe Bay, North Lancs.
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