The following birds were noted on Sept 29th by new regular Aldcliffe patcher Jonny Scragg, who will be contributing to this site frequently.
A very nice morning spent around Aldcliffe, my first visit to the patch
after moving into my new house in Lancaster yesterday. Highlights
between 8:30-13:00 included:
Vis-mig (all south)
93+ Pink-footed Geese (16, 26, 51 and a heard only flock)
2 Grey Wagtail
5 Alba Wagtail
3 Chaffinch
5 Skylark (seem to be migrants rather than local)
12 Swallow
1 Reed Bunting
11 Meadow Pipit (surprisingly few)
FAUNA
2 Oystercatcher over
2 Snipe over
2 Mistle Thrush
Freeman's Wood
2 Goldcrest
Freeman's Pool
Tufted Duck
2 Wigeon
4 Teal
8 Little Grebe
1 Pheasant
River
female Goosander upriver of Marsh Point
c10 Little Egret
Marsh
2 Wheatear and a Stonechat along the tide edge
Gull Bank
173 Golden Plover
4 Little Egret
Stodday Sewage Works
Chiffchaff singing
2 Goldcrest
9 Tree Sparrow
Wildfowlers' Pool
Snipe
Little Grebe
Kingfisher
5 Swallow
2 Goldcrest along hedgerow
Frog Pond
Tufted Duck
5 Teal
Welcome to Aldcliffe & Freeman's Wood, Lancaster - an area of the Lune Estuary in Morecambe Bay, North Lancs.
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