Birding Catch Up

Work had kept me so busy everytime I've sat at my desk recently I've not had any spare time to transfer my birding notes from scrawl to PC. So I thought I'd better put up one big post to get back up to date so I have a firm record of what I've been up to.

Fairhaven Lake, Lytham St Annes
Lots of waders around, but typically my wader skills are poor so I didn't really record all I saw... mostly Sanderling and Dunlin but that's unofficial. However, 2 nice ticks in the lake were Goldeneye and Red Breasted Merganser.

Llanfairfechan
Curlew, Redshank, Shelduck, Teal, Coot, Lapwing, Starlings and Oyster Catchers.

Pen-Sarn
Ringed Plover here feeding round the rocks. Nice tick for a busy beach.

Digley - 11/03/06
Pochard(2), Goldeneye (2) and heard Curlew

Macclesfield Forest - 05/04/06
Long Tailed Tits, Heron (9 nests), Dabchicks (4), Great Crested Grebe (2), Mallard, Coot, Tufted Duck, Canada Geese, Robin, Chaffinch, Tree Creeper, Kestrel, Cormorant (2 and diving plus 5 juveniles in a tree).

Blackmoorfoot - 08/04/06
Pair of Great Crested Grebe and first House Martins of the year.

Scout Dyke - 09/04/06
Great Crested Grebe, Sand Martins, Mallard, Coot and Tufted Ducks.

RSPB Conwy
Canada Geese, Redshank, Greylag Geese, Dabchick, Shelduck, Red Breasted Merganser, Tufted Duck, Coot, Blacked Backed Gull, Mute Swan, Lapwing, Moorhen, Mallard, House Martin, Great Crested Grebe, House Sparrow, Magpie, Pied Wagtail, Herring Gull, Kestrel, Oyster Catcher, Cormorant and Curlew. Just as we were leaving walking down the river a flock of Redshank flew right across us which was amazing.

Bronte Caravan Park
Canada Geese, Mandarin Duck (pair), Coot (nest building), Moorhen, Tufted Duck, Heron, Black Swan, Chaffinch, Wren, Great Tit, Mallard, Jays (5 in one tree), Blackbird, Goldcrest (actually in Haworth Park) and Housemartin. It's great for animals here too... we saw masses of frogs (much mating going on), deer, rabbits and bats.

Scammonden
Curlew, Willow Warbler, Blue Tits, Long Tailed Tit, Chaffinch, Great Crested Grebe, Mallard, Wren, Robin and Sand Martin.