Mark Breaks
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Mark Breaks
@mark-birder-breaks.bsky.social
Lancashire birder
One of two snow buntings at lytham today #LancsBirding
January 15, 2026 at 3:39 PM
371 wigeon and often feeding with around 100 birds. This is down on 535 wigeon there last week but guess flocks are highly mobile down river from there
January 14, 2026 at 8:21 AM
I haven't got my counts to hand but there were several hundred wigeon yesterday at Howick Cross
January 13, 2026 at 10:14 PM
307 on the same pond with it, can't really see the other pools to know if more in area as well
January 13, 2026 at 9:31 PM
January 12, 2026 at 1:22 PM
The American wigeon looks like a first winter, Howick Cross Lane #LancsBirding
January 12, 2026 at 1:21 PM
Looks good for an American wigeon on River Ribble at Howick Cross Lane, Penwortham this morning #LancsBirding
January 12, 2026 at 10:12 AM
American wigeon showing well at Myerscough Quarry #LancsBirding, @louise-greenwood.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Happy New Year, @louise-greenwood.bsky.social and I spent this blustery day exploring South West Lancs where we managed a final count of 110 bird species. Highlights include finding a tundra bean goose, along with seeing smew, glossy ibis, white-fronted goose, eider, crossbill, ... #LancsBirding
January 1, 2026 at 8:36 PM
Lovely views of the stunning bufflehead at Foryd Bay this morning
December 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Lots to see at Martin Mere currently with the showy ring-necked duck feeding alongside pochard and tufted ducks. (Short-eared owl and whooper swan) #Lancsbirding
December 20, 2025 at 9:53 PM
The smew showed superbly at Southport this morning along with red-breasted merganser and a rock pipit dropped in nearby #Lancsbirding
December 20, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Red-breasted flycatcher heard calling in top of ravine but not seen @flamboroughbird.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Barred warbler showing well at South Landing still @flamboroughbird.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Vocal Siberian chiffchaff at Old Fall, @flamboroughbird.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Long-eared owl in over motorway hedge @flamboroughbird.bsky.social
October 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Red-breasted flycatcher at Old Fall @flamboroughbird.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 4:33 PM
October 11, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Red-necked phalarope showing well in lovely morning light @nosterfieldnr.bsky.social @nybirdnews.bsky.social
October 11, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Somehow I managed to miss all the Sabine's that were around in Storm Amy this morning, but 9 little gulls battling past Knott End was a delight #LancsBirding
October 4, 2025 at 4:34 PM
#LancsBirding seawatching at its best this evening from Rossall Point with 2 juv Sabine's gulls, 3 Leach's storm petrel, arctic skua (too distant for pic) and manx shearwaters
September 15, 2025 at 8:48 PM
White-winged tern at Crossens Outer Marsh #Lancsbirding
September 14, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Grey phalarope showing well at Hellifield this morning @northyorksbirds.bsky.social
September 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
A few more of this evenings spotted redshank at Grimsargh Wetlands #LancsBirding
August 22, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Spotted redshank currently on patch, Grimsargh Wetlands, #Lancsbirding
August 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM