Stuart’s birding
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Lancashire birding; Gulls, waders and wildfowl; Finding my own; Hesketh Out Marsh #HOM, Banks Marsh & #Marshside #gulling #goosing #lancsbirding
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Great combo of White-rumped Sand and WWBT (if it’s the same bird, which I guess it is, where’s it been for 5 weeks?)at #Marshside this morning - absolute quality! #UKbirding
October 26, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Great combo of White-rumped Sand and WWBT (if it’s the same bird, which I guess it is, where’s it been for 5 weeks?)at #Marshside this morning - absolute quality! #UKbirding
Pinks streaming off the marsh to go high east this morning - could be some good skeins for you @alexanderlees.bsky.social #UKbirding
October 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Pinks streaming off the marsh to go high east this morning - could be some good skeins for you @alexanderlees.bsky.social #UKbirding
Glossy Ibis just flown through #HOMbirds - site tick for me. On a roll…. #UKbirding
September 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Glossy Ibis just flown through #HOMbirds - site tick for me. On a roll…. #UKbirding
Great to find this American Golden Plover at #HOMbirds this morning - think I’ve now found half the total Lancs records it’s, crazy! Flew off north after being flushed by Kestrel. #Lansbirding # UKbitding
September 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Great to find this American Golden Plover at #HOMbirds this morning - think I’ve now found half the total Lancs records it’s, crazy! Flew off north after being flushed by Kestrel. #Lansbirding # UKbitding
The juv Monties showed really nicely in great light this morning at #Marshside #UKbirding - what a cracker
August 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
The juv Monties showed really nicely in great light this morning at #Marshside #UKbirding - what a cracker
Spent an hour with a fantastic group of at least 15 Med Gulls at Howick Cross this morning. The largest group in #Lancsbirding away from the main breeding site I’ve seen. Mainly adults but also some 1st and 2nd summers plus at least 1 ringed bird - absolutely brilliant #UKbirding
June 1, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Spent an hour with a fantastic group of at least 15 Med Gulls at Howick Cross this morning. The largest group in #Lancsbirding away from the main breeding site I’ve seen. Mainly adults but also some 1st and 2nd summers plus at least 1 ringed bird - absolutely brilliant #UKbirding
Smart Channel Wagtail in the fields at #HOMbirds #UKbirding
May 31, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Smart Channel Wagtail in the fields at #HOMbirds #UKbirding
An interesting small/medium dark winged, dark rumped wader briefly in flight at #HOMbirds this morning moving from east to west side, but I can’t find it in a search of the west pools - very frustrating!
May 26, 2025 at 6:56 AM
An interesting small/medium dark winged, dark rumped wader briefly in flight at #HOMbirds this morning moving from east to west side, but I can’t find it in a search of the west pools - very frustrating!
Very jealous of my neighbours 2 spikes of Bee Orchid - my grass is just too shaded unfortunately #UKorchids
May 25, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Very jealous of my neighbours 2 spikes of Bee Orchid - my grass is just too shaded unfortunately #UKorchids
Some really enjoyable seawatching at Starr Gate #Fyldebirding this morning with great company. 7 Fulmar the highlights, which is a good count here, plus good numbers of Manx, Kittiwake and Gannet constantly flying through #UKbirding - some “atmospheric” record shots
May 25, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Some really enjoyable seawatching at Starr Gate #Fyldebirding this morning with great company. 7 Fulmar the highlights, which is a good count here, plus good numbers of Manx, Kittiwake and Gannet constantly flying through #UKbirding - some “atmospheric” record shots
And the Great Tits have fledged from the garden #LongtonBirds
May 11, 2025 at 11:25 AM
And the Great Tits have fledged from the garden #LongtonBirds
Another Lesser Whitethroat rattling away in the back field this afternoon as I sat in the garden. At least 6 local #Longtonbitds records this year, one at Banks Marsh, and one on each of the golf courses at #Marshside mark another decent year for the species on my various local sites
May 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Another Lesser Whitethroat rattling away in the back field this afternoon as I sat in the garden. At least 6 local #Longtonbitds records this year, one at Banks Marsh, and one on each of the golf courses at #Marshside mark another decent year for the species on my various local sites
Pair LRP with 3 chicks, Golden Plover, 6 pair Arctic, 2 pair Common Tern, 9 Yellow Wag (7m, 2f), 22 Dunlin, Snipe, Barn Owl, Sparrowhawk, pair Wigeon, Reed Warbler best of #HOMbirds #UKbirding
May 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Pair LRP with 3 chicks, Golden Plover, 6 pair Arctic, 2 pair Common Tern, 9 Yellow Wag (7m, 2f), 22 Dunlin, Snipe, Barn Owl, Sparrowhawk, pair Wigeon, Reed Warbler best of #HOMbirds #UKbirding
The drake Green-winged Teal still at #Marshside early am, but the golf course was very quiet and cold with frost on the ground in some exposed areas…. #UKbirding
May 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The drake Green-winged Teal still at #Marshside early am, but the golf course was very quiet and cold with frost on the ground in some exposed areas…. #UKbirding
Shambolic effort of a record shot for a really decent #Marshside bird - Little Tern just flew over the reserve, across the road and then out south west onto salt marsh #UKbirding
May 3, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Shambolic effort of a record shot for a really decent #Marshside bird - Little Tern just flew over the reserve, across the road and then out south west onto salt marsh #UKbirding
Always nice to see a Wood Sand #Marshside #UKbirding
May 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Always nice to see a Wood Sand #Marshside #UKbirding
3 Greenshank, LRP, 13 Whimbrel, Barn Owl, 10 + Arctic Tern, 2 Dunlin, cr Avocet best of a brief look at #HOMbirds this morning - very cold and windy! #UKbirding
May 3, 2025 at 6:28 AM
3 Greenshank, LRP, 13 Whimbrel, Barn Owl, 10 + Arctic Tern, 2 Dunlin, cr Avocet best of a brief look at #HOMbirds this morning - very cold and windy! #UKbirding
176 Whimbrel into the Longton Marsh roost for the combined Lancs count so far, a good improvement on last weeks count #Longtonbirds #UKbirding
May 2, 2025 at 8:25 PM
176 Whimbrel into the Longton Marsh roost for the combined Lancs count so far, a good improvement on last weeks count #Longtonbirds #UKbirding
A steady stream of Manx Shearwater (100+), Gannet and Sandwich Tern over an hour at Formby Point on a family walk at high tide - many reasonably close in. Good range of waders too inc 2 Whimbrel and plenty of Grey Plover, Barwit and Knot #Lancsbirding #UKbirding
April 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
A steady stream of Manx Shearwater (100+), Gannet and Sandwich Tern over an hour at Formby Point on a family walk at high tide - many reasonably close in. Good range of waders too inc 2 Whimbrel and plenty of Grey Plover, Barwit and Knot #Lancsbirding #UKbirding
Temmincks Stint still in front and slightly to the right of Nels Hide #Marshside also Swift, Snow Goose, Dunlin, 5 Snipe and a kaleidoscope of Ruff #UKbirding
April 27, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Temmincks Stint still in front and slightly to the right of Nels Hide #Marshside also Swift, Snow Goose, Dunlin, 5 Snipe and a kaleidoscope of Ruff #UKbirding
Superb passage of Terns through #HOM east with c45 Arctics and at least 3 Sandwich which are great records for the reserve. Also 8 Whimbrel #UKbirding
April 26, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Superb passage of Terns through #HOM east with c45 Arctics and at least 3 Sandwich which are great records for the reserve. Also 8 Whimbrel #UKbirding
Great to find my first Little Stints (2) and Curlew Sands (3) of the year in the Dunlin and Ring Plover on #BanksMarsh over the high tide #UKbirding
April 26, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Great to find my first Little Stints (2) and Curlew Sands (3) of the year in the Dunlin and Ring Plover on #BanksMarsh over the high tide #UKbirding
3rd Lesser Whitethroat for the house singing towards the end of this video clip - such a superb song #Longtonbirds #UKbirding
April 25, 2025 at 8:30 AM
3rd Lesser Whitethroat for the house singing towards the end of this video clip - such a superb song #Longtonbirds #UKbirding