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https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/09/coots-mon.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Coots mon! An influx of coot onto Freeman's Pools noted this evening with at least 11 birds present. 6 mute swan, little grebe and a couple of wigeon t... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2011/03/windy-migger.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Windy Migger Out with the italics , because it's Dan reporting on his windy watchpoint: 1200-1700 vis comprised 1+3+5 sand martins and 1 swallow, all... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2016/10/ Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: October 2016 the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2012/05/late-goldeneye.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Late goldeneye A male goldeneye was on Freemans pools this afternoon At least 4 LRP's were in the parish. Four were seen together on the Flood with anothe... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/08/quiet-afternoon-trawl.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Quiet afternoon... All quiet at Freeman's Pools with nothing more than a couple of coot and a moorhen. Similarly Bank Pool, Darter Pool and Frog Pond were pret... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2010/10/cock-or-two.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire:... Had a bash through Freeman's Wood for an hour or so, flushed at least 3 Woodcock. Plenty of Redwing and Blackbirds, couldn't count them as t... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching estuary https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2015/05/eu-nature-directive-threat.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: EU Nature Directive... European leaders are looking at rolling back decades of progress by revising the EU Nature Directives in the mistaken belief that weaker pro... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/10/sylvias-cover.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Sylvia's Cover Dan: Thought I'd make the most of the still conditions this morning and do a spot of Aldcliffe 'vis' ... almost all birds were heading south... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2015/07/ Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: July 2015 the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2017/12/floods-ice-and-wildfowl.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Floods, Ice and... Wishing all readers of this blog a very merry Christmas and a bird-filled New Year. Sunset over the flooded Wildfowlers' Pools My own... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2015/01/jack-nipper.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Jack The Nipper It was much milder, calmer and drier this morning when I did my rounds of the Aldcliffe patch. The clear highlight was the discovery of a p... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2011/ Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: 2011 the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching estuary https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/03/welcome.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Welcome The popular Ross's goose remains on the marsh with approximately 500 pink-footed geese and a lone barnacle goose. 2 whooper swans are still ... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching estuary https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2015/04/ Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: April 2015 the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2013/07/ Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: July 2013 the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2014/10/ Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: October 2014 the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/06/ Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: June 2008 the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2012/05/still-off-passage.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Still off passage The wheatears were still in the newly prepared fields this morning. One pair of lapwings were seen mating. A kestrel was hunting at the bu... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2009/01/mild-but-dull.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Mild but dull Considerably milder than of late and blessed with blue skies and sunshine, though the birding wasn't overly productive... probably not helpe... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2013/03/the-little-things-in-life.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: The Little Things In... Little ringed plover, The Flood Managed to find an hour to get out today and go in search of Guy's little ringed plover from yesterday.... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2009/04/ruby-tuesday.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Ruby Tuesday.... Aldcliffe was all quiet after the mad weekend, well it was 06.30! You know the expression about worms and birds; well it was a great couple ... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/12/more-ansers-than-questions.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: More ansers than... An early finish allowed a post-work blast down to the patch, where I bumped into Steve W. who joined me for a bit of a root about. Soon afte... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2016/02/sorting-chiff-from-chaff.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Sorting the Chiff from... Siberian chiffchaff I really have spent too much time trying to relocate the Freeman's Wood firecrest . I've blamed everything from win... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2009/06/sunday-service.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Sunday service Made my first visit to the patch since Tuesday this evening. Felt like a lifetime. Pretty quiet in Freeman's Wood although the continued app... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/12/ Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: December 2008 the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/10/turdus.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Turdus! Little'uns like chiffchaffs and goldcrests were hard to come by in Freeman's Wood with just two of each found this afternoon. The only 'new... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching estuary https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2010/09/on-whim.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: 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 spec... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2011/02/back-patching.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Back Patching....... First time down the old patch for a while, family commitments meant birding was off the agenda. So today was brilliant getting into some Ald... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2011/06/hypo-active.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Hypo-Active Dan reporting. Three green sandpipers and five little ringed plovers on the freshwater edges looked set to be the wader headline today, u... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2015/08/message-from-trevor.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Message from Trevor Hello-- Dan here. Trevor Connah from the Morecambe Bay Wildfowling Association has contacted me to help spread news of some planned work ... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2010/09/thursday-morning.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Thursday Morning..... 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 defenc... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2011/10/spotted.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Spotted! Dan again. An adult spotted redshank was in the Gull Bank area of the estuary this afternoon, near a brute of an adult Mediterranean gull... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching estuary https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/03/lancashires-less-interesting-bird-by.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Lancashire's less... The Ross's goose was still amongst the pinkfeet when I visited this evening, the barnacle was out of sight but was certainly present earlier... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2013/01/smew-th-operator.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Smew-th Operator Redhead smew - Freeman's Pools The redhead smew continues at Freeman's Pools, showing well over the weekend. I dragged my 'scope down ... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2009/04/wader-go.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Wader Go! Dan here. Wherever I am I'm always thinking of Aldcliffe. So when I was passing Snatchems (the dark side of the Lune) at midday I couldn't ... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/04/bluethroat-white-knuckles.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Bluethroat, white... Got a call from Dan H about 2.10pm saying he'd just found a bluethroat by the deep cutting behind cadaver corner. Always a vigilant chap, he... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2012/05/ye-gods.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: ye gods! Dan here. Had a check for passage waders today, but I ended up stint-less and not getting wood. However, a northbound flock of 7 black-t... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2010/04/raving-on.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Raving on........ Had a visit to the patch this aft, started off on a lively note with Ravens on the pylons making quite a racket and a peregrine screeching a... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/10/just-regulus.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Just the Regulus! Dan once more. A paltry four goldcrests located in Freeman's Wood in ever dampening conditions this afternoon. No chiffs or sylvias evident ... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2009/04/holiday-havoc.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Holiday havoc? Popped by the pools on my way home this evening and was treated to the depressing, though doubtless increasingly familiar, sight of an almos... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2017/02/grillers-in-mist.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Grillers In The Mist Aldcliffe birding's been a bit on the predictable side of late. The last three or four visits have seen me looking at pretty much the same b... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2011/08/parish-register.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Parish Register Had a walk round the southern end of the patch with Aldcliffes' newest parishioner. The only noteable sighting was 3 LRP's on Flood - two of... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2009/01/geese-are-getting-fat.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: The geese are getting... Highlights from a trundle around the patch today: Approximately 580 greylag (and 1 pinkfoot ) were feeding in the stubble fields between th... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2017/07/ Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: July 2017 the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2012/10/obsessive-moi.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Obsessive, moi? I managed a quick hour on the patch yesterday afternoon. After the excitement of the lesser yellowlegs, I resumed my almost obsessive search... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2011/09/one-for-lads.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: One for the Lads Without any sign of vagrant waders or much evidence of the magic of migration I had to be content with micro-birding nuances that only hard... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2011/08/early-start.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Early 'Start Yesterday's tripit, the previous day's tree sparrow and this morning's first-Winter male common redstart have all been spied in the same haw... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2011/06/tringa-trio.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Tringa Trio Dan reporting once more... with added boring and pointless pontifications on local waders. Three green sandpipers were gracing the pools ... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2009/04/ Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: April 2009 the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/04/wda.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Quick whizz round... Post-work visit highlights: LR plover at Freeman's Pools plus oystercatcher pair on the island. Not much visible on the other pools, though ... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2009/03/wet-from-west.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Wet from the west Unfortunately my only window of opportunity today coincided with a band of horizontal rain sweeping up the Lune that made birding both diffi... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2012/06/ Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: June 2012 the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2017/10/goldeneyes-return.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Return of the Goldeneye The clear winner of the 'Highlight of the Day' category was the pair of goldeneyes on Freeman's Pools this morning. Generally duck numbers ... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/09/ Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: September 2008 the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2009/12/stone-me.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Stone Me Despite the blizzards birding was a joy today at Aldcliffe. Highlight was a male Stonechat on the sea wall opposite Snatchems. Along with u... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/04/displaying-lrp-willow-warbler-in-and.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Displaying LRP, willow... Highlights from a good morning's trawl included the following: 5 singing chiffchaff in Freeman's Wood. Little ringed plover in display flig... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2010/09/good-spot.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: A good spot I set off from the car park near the flood at about 8 this morning. 2 green sandpipers were on the Flood. 1 juvenile lesser whitethroat wa... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2011/04/saturday-morning.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Saturday morning Pleasant walk round the patch this morning. It's the time of year when this visual past time becomes virtually an audible puruit only. 4 s... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2009/07/unkindness-thrills.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Unkindness thrills A good couple of hours trawl around the parish this evening. An amazing sight of a flock of 10 ravens were over the fields and marsh, eventu... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/12/managed-bit-of-time-out-for-lazy-early.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Penelope pitstop Managed a bit of time out for a lazy early afternoon trawl around the usual key spots. Freeman's Pools: the regular 1stw fem scaup still pre... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2009/05/signs-of-times.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Signs of the times A post-work trawl revealed the following noteworthy things... Pair of little ringed plover, 1 com. sandpiper, 4 tufted duck, pair gadwall, 2... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2009/01/monday-sightings.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Monday sightings... Received the following records from Alan Dent Afternoon walk along cycle track today Monday 05/01/09. 1 male kingfisher sat on post adjacen... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2009/05/cygnus-olordy.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Cygnus Olordy! Not much to report from this evening's visit, a little ringed plover was at Freeman's Pool (where a pair of swans have rather foolishly deci... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/07/lrp-fest.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: LRP fest 2 adults and the juv LRPs at Freeman's Pools this evening. The 2 ever-growing oystercatcher young continue to prosper and a new lapwing chic... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2009/02/green-sandpiper-puts-on-good-show.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Green sandpiper puts... A walk around the patch with Jenny early afternoon and it was much the same as yesterday with the exception of around 450 pinkfeet on Aldcli... the lune https://co-curate.ncl.ac.uk/resources/view/134639/ The Lune near Underley Grange | Co-Curate the lune near grange co curate https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2009/03/hello-dan-here-as-sun-broke-through.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: The Camera Never Lies Hello-- Dan here! good picture, eh? As the sun broke through early afternoon I rang Steve W to suggest a bit of Aldcliffe migrant raptor-wat... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/09/sunday-sunny-sunday.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Sunday, sunny Sunday... I'd forgotten what the sun felt like - how very pleasant. Bird-wise there wasn't a great deal going on however, the highlights being just 3 ... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2008/09/ruff-around-edges.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Ruff around the edges Morning visit reasonable - 2 wigeon amongst the mallard etc on Freeman's Pools. 2 chiffchcaff nearby. 4 green sandpiper on the Wildfowlers'... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2013/07/baby-birds-dragons-delight.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Baby Birds & Dragons... With the weather so warm and wonderfully sunny I thought I'd concentrate my efforts today on looking for Aldcliffe odanata . Little ring... the lune https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2012/04/alba-rhythms.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: alba-rhythms Dan here. For over a month now 'the flood' has been a holding bay for pied wagtails-- up to twenty-five (mostly males) on a daily basis. ... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2009/09/ Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: September 2009 the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching https://birdingaldcliffe.blogspot.com/2013/11/marvelous-montanus.html Birding Aldcliffe: Birdwatching the Lune Estuary, Morecambe Bay, Lancashire: Marvelous Montanus Tree sparrow I f inally caught up with some tree sparrows on the patch this morning. There were 9 in the hedge dissecting the stubble... the lune morecambe bay birding birdwatching