Very high tide today, and good sized bore seen from Marsh Point, though not much bird wise happening. There were 6 Skylark on the sea defence and 1 Whimbrel near the pylons, a Common Sandpiper flew past. There was a Little Egret on the Flood and a few Snipe. Wildfowlers’ had 3 Little Egret and a Kingfisher. Freeman’s Pools were quiet, a Kestrel was hunting near the trees and the island had a mixture of Canada Geese and Lapwing.
Steve
Welcome to Aldcliffe & Freeman's Wood, Lancaster - an area of the Lune Estuary in Morecambe Bay, North Lancs.
Thursday, 9 September 2010
Wednesday, 8 September 2010
On a Whim
A warm sunny afternoon at Aldcliffe, but bird-wise it was no great shakes.
A tittering whimbrel using the marsh was the highlight. A species easy to connect with here during Spring passage, less so in Autumn.
A juvenile plumage sedge warbler was skulking around in some rushes and two green sandpipers were at the Wildfowler's Pools.
Odonata was more in evidence in the Indian Summer weather: Around 20 migrant hawkers were about, including two copulating pairs, a brown hawker and 20-25 common darters (one of which pictured above).
Dan.
A tittering whimbrel using the marsh was the highlight. A species easy to connect with here during Spring passage, less so in Autumn.
A juvenile plumage sedge warbler was skulking around in some rushes and two green sandpipers were at the Wildfowler's Pools.
Dan.
Tuesday, 7 September 2010
Our Bon 'Mot
Hello again. Dan here.
Not a bad morning in the parish, with the lovely wood sandpiper still gracing the pools. Green sand here too.
Three greenshanks were on Freeman's Pools, along with 3 gadwall and a kingfisher.
3 tree sparrows were near Darter Pool.
A bonny guillemot swam up with the rising tide as far as Stodday, where 2 green sandpipers and a wheatear were to be had.
A little further upstream a stock dove was drinking, a little owl was squawking and a lesser whitethroat was in full song!
A rare expedition South of the pylons with Steve W followed, the highlight of which being 5 curlew sandpipers and a shoveler near the mouth of the Conder. Other warblers today comprised 5 chiffchaffs, 2 willow warblers, a whitethroat and a blackcap.
Not a bad morning in the parish, with the lovely wood sandpiper still gracing the pools. Green sand here too.
Three greenshanks were on Freeman's Pools, along with 3 gadwall and a kingfisher.
3 tree sparrows were near Darter Pool.
A bonny guillemot swam up with the rising tide as far as Stodday, where 2 green sandpipers and a wheatear were to be had.
A little further upstream a stock dove was drinking, a little owl was squawking and a lesser whitethroat was in full song!
A rare expedition South of the pylons with Steve W followed, the highlight of which being 5 curlew sandpipers and a shoveler near the mouth of the Conder. Other warblers today comprised 5 chiffchaffs, 2 willow warblers, a whitethroat and a blackcap.
Sunday, 5 September 2010
Sunday........
Was initially disgruntled to have missed the Wood Sandpiper, as I had been visiting regularly and hoping for one. So I was very pleased when today, after a bit of a search, the Wood Sandpiper showed up on The Flood giving excellent views. There was also a Green Sandpiper and a few Snipe present. On the Wildfowlers’ Pool there were 2 Green Sandpipers and a Kingfisher, a Collared Dove was also present.
The Marsh was busy with all the usual birds, Greylag, Canada, Curlew, Redshank, Little Egret, Grey Heron and plenty of Snipe and good numbers of Lapwing. Freeman's Pool was quiet, usual Coot, Little Grebe and 2 Gadwall flew in. A female Kestrel was on the fence. Still a number of Swallows about.
Steve
Friday, 3 September 2010
Super!
Hello. Dan reporting.
My two best birds today were both sporting striking supercilia.
First was a gorgeous wood sandpiper, which was stalking the pools of the parish. I managed to get a couple of shots by poking my lens through the branches of a hedge.
Jon 'Canuck' Carter had 5 or 6 wood sands down Aldcliffe over the years, but this was only my second in 12 years. I phoned it in to RBA to be told that it had already been logged- three hours earlier. Old news!
Anyhoo, the second set of eyebrows was on a pleasant whinchat which was hunting the juncus by Freeman's Pools. Two kingfishers there also.
Other highlights included a merlin, three green sandpipers, thirty common snipe and the continued plague of juv willow warblers.
Dan
My two best birds today were both sporting striking supercilia.
First was a gorgeous wood sandpiper, which was stalking the pools of the parish. I managed to get a couple of shots by poking my lens through the branches of a hedge.
Jon 'Canuck' Carter had 5 or 6 wood sands down Aldcliffe over the years, but this was only my second in 12 years. I phoned it in to RBA to be told that it had already been logged- three hours earlier. Old news!
Anyhoo, the second set of eyebrows was on a pleasant whinchat which was hunting the juncus by Freeman's Pools. Two kingfishers there also.
Other highlights included a merlin, three green sandpipers, thirty common snipe and the continued plague of juv willow warblers.
Dan
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