Lancashire sightings

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13th October

Cockersand: juvenile Long-billed Dowitcher SD430546, 2 juvenile Curlew Sandpipers, adult Spotted Redshank, 14 Eider, c250 Shelducks

Glasson: juvenile Curlew Sandpiper, c500 Golden Plovers, 245 Bar-tailed Godwits, 3+ Little Egrets

Fluke Hall Lane: 2 Barnacle Geese, 2 Little Egrets

Knott End: 19 Eider, 8 Grey Plover, 6 Sanderling, Little Egret, 27 Long-tailed Tits, 1+ Grey Wagtail

Fluke Hall: Chiffchaff, Brambling

Rossall Point: 19 Oystercatcher, 27 Meadow Pipit over, 4 Stonechat (3 males, female), 6 Pied or White Wagtails over, 20 Eider, 101 Common Scoter, 23 Cormorant, 3 Red-throated Diver, 3 Rock Pipit over, 2 Grey Wagtail over, 10 Ringed Plover, 21 Sanderling, 18 Linnet, Wheatear, Great Spotted Woodpecker over, 10 Jackdaw over, 2+ Turnstones

Fairhaven: 51 Meadow Pipit over, 3 Rock Pipit over, 9 Redwing over, 2 Grey Wagtail over, 139 Starling over, 554 Chaffinch over, 25 Goldfinch over, 4 Lesser Redpoll over, 65 Reed Bunting over, Blue Tit over, 22 Collared Dove over, 157 Greenfinch over, 27 Pied or White Wagtails over, 15 Linnet over, 6 Mistle Thrush over, 7 Woodpigeon over, Skylark over, 14 Siskin over, 5 Song Thrush over

Todderstaffe Hall: 3 Buzzards
Bispham: 2 Cormorants flew southeast, Grey Wagtail flew southeast, c1,500 Starlings

Lytham: 17 Pintail, 12 Shelducks, 2 Grey Herons

Conder Estuary/Conder Pool: 1st-winter Mediterranean Gull, 10 Little Grebe, Common Sandpiper, 4 Snipe, Kingfisher, 2 Greenshank, 2 Spotted Redshank, Bar-tailed Godwit

Glasson Basin: 76 Tufted Ducks, male Pochard, 3 Great Crested Grebes (2 adults, juvenile), 8 Mute Swans (2 adults, 6 juveniles)

Pilling Marsh: 2 Little Egrets, 7,000+ Pink-footed Geese

Brock: Dipper

Rawcliffe Moss: 71 Tree Sparrows, 4,562 Pink-footed Geese

Just outside the Fylde: Hesketh Out Marsh: blue morph Lesser Snow Goose, 4 Barnacle Geese, hybrid Barnacle Goose x Pink-footed Goose

From the Fylde Bird Club

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14th October

Cockersand: juvenile Long-billed Dowitcher SD430546, 2 juvenile Curlew Sandpipers

Fairhaven Golf Course: Green Woodpecker

Warton: 104+ Redwings flew over

Blackpool: c450 Feral Pigeons West Street

Knott End: male Blackcap, juvenile Sparrowhawk, 2 adult Whooper Swans flew north, Grey Wagtail, 2 Pied Wagtails

Ingol: 9 Redwings

Fairhaven: 1,872 Redwing over, 286 Fieldfare over, 83 Starling over, 7 Song Thrush over, 6 Pied or White Wagtails over, Grey Wagtail over, 68 Greenfinch over, 131 Chaffinch over, 8 Reed Bunting over, 22 Goldfinch over, 22 Meadow Pipit over, 2 Rock Pipit over, Linnet over, 17 Woodpigeon over, Great Spotted Woodpecker over

Starr Gate: Goldeneye, Great Crested Grebe south, Red-throated Diver, c300 Common Scoters [Grey Seal]

Devonshire Road Rock Gardens: 2+ Redwings over

Warbreck Hill: c50 Redwings

Reported on Fylde Bird Club