Had a day up at Lancaster yesterday.
First stop Heysham Power Station, for the gulls. A howling gale tried it's best to put me over the wall onto the beach, but I clung manfully onto the fence as I juggled my binoculars to watch 5 Little Gulls and 2 Kittiwakes on the outfall. Nothing much else obvious, but it was too windy to use the scope, the beach was quite empty and the tide was well out.
I tried to find my way round the nature reserve there, but couldn't figure out the tracks, so I gave up and headed off to Leighton Moss.
The new arrangement at the feeders is really good, you seem to stand right amongst the birds, and the new hides at Grisdale and Tim Jackson are brilliant. Marsh Tit was occasionally on the feeders with Blue, Great and Coal as well as Chaffinch, Dunnock, Bullfinch and Nuthatch. I had Marsh Harrier from Grisedale as well as a Sparrowhawk that flew low along the reeds putting up Snipe every so often, but I didn't see it catch one. A Red Deer was grazing here in the reeds.
It was bleak down at the seaside hides, not much to see, so I hung around looking for Spotted Redshank but not finding one.
Still year list up tp 125 now with 45 for the day.
First stop Heysham Power Station, for the gulls. A howling gale tried it's best to put me over the wall onto the beach, but I clung manfully onto the fence as I juggled my binoculars to watch 5 Little Gulls and 2 Kittiwakes on the outfall. Nothing much else obvious, but it was too windy to use the scope, the beach was quite empty and the tide was well out.
I tried to find my way round the nature reserve there, but couldn't figure out the tracks, so I gave up and headed off to Leighton Moss.
The new arrangement at the feeders is really good, you seem to stand right amongst the birds, and the new hides at Grisdale and Tim Jackson are brilliant. Marsh Tit was occasionally on the feeders with Blue, Great and Coal as well as Chaffinch, Dunnock, Bullfinch and Nuthatch. I had Marsh Harrier from Grisedale as well as a Sparrowhawk that flew low along the reeds putting up Snipe every so often, but I didn't see it catch one. A Red Deer was grazing here in the reeds.
It was bleak down at the seaside hides, not much to see, so I hung around looking for Spotted Redshank but not finding one.
Still year list up tp 125 now with 45 for the day.
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