No evidence of an early spring Med Gull influx/passage amongst the 3-4000 Black-headed Gulls at Fishmoor Res, Blackburn this afternoon, just a single adult. Suspect it’ll happen when this easterly shifts round to the SW/West… #LancsBirding
February 3, 2026 at 10:05 PM
No evidence of an early spring Med Gull influx/passage amongst the 3-4000 Black-headed Gulls at Fishmoor Res, Blackburn this afternoon, just a single adult. Suspect it’ll happen when this easterly shifts round to the SW/West… #LancsBirding
Signs of spring in South Liverpool, Coots, Parakeets & Stock Doves already nesting in Sefton & Greenbank Parks. Also Tawny Owl, Redwings, 4 Shoveler & a Gadwall seen #Lancsbirding #UKBIRDING
January 31, 2026 at 4:03 PM
Signs of spring in South Liverpool, Coots, Parakeets & Stock Doves already nesting in Sefton & Greenbank Parks. Also Tawny Owl, Redwings, 4 Shoveler & a Gadwall seen #Lancsbirding #UKBIRDING
Paid a first visit to Martin Mere for at least 10 years y'day pm & was surprised by the lack of waders bad timing? highlights 1 Ruff, R N Duck, M Harrier,Wh. Swans, usual Ducks, 2 GWE, 22 C.Egret in field opposite reserve, Dipped G Ibis & other usual raptors. 58 species #UKBirding #Lancsbirding
February 3, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Paid a first visit to Martin Mere for at least 10 years y'day pm & was surprised by the lack of waders bad timing? highlights 1 Ruff, R N Duck, M Harrier,Wh. Swans, usual Ducks, 2 GWE, 22 C.Egret in field opposite reserve, Dipped G Ibis & other usual raptors. 58 species #UKBirding #Lancsbirding
This fancy character was goose of the day on the Fylde today. Also a fine pair of Russian Whitefronts and a couple of Barnacles amongst 7,000+ Pinks #lancsbirding #goosing
January 29, 2026 at 7:56 PM
This fancy character was goose of the day on the Fylde today. Also a fine pair of Russian Whitefronts and a couple of Barnacles amongst 7,000+ Pinks #lancsbirding #goosing
Ainsdale this morning, ad drake velvet scoter quite close in with a small flock of common scoter. Close enough to see the white mark behind the eye. Many more scoter much more distant. Also 3+ red-throated divers & 6 RB mergansers #LancsBirding
January 28, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Ainsdale this morning, ad drake velvet scoter quite close in with a small flock of common scoter. Close enough to see the white mark behind the eye. Many more scoter much more distant. Also 3+ red-throated divers & 6 RB mergansers #LancsBirding
Surprise of the day: this beautiful Long-tailed Duck just landed right in front of me on the Ribble just west of the entrance to Preston Dock before continuing upstream at 1340 #lancsbirding
January 26, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Surprise of the day: this beautiful Long-tailed Duck just landed right in front of me on the Ribble just west of the entrance to Preston Dock before continuing upstream at 1340 #lancsbirding
The week of full Pink immersion therapy came to an end today. Good to see Paul Ellis's Tundra Bean, and nice to complete the set with this presumed Taiga: large amd swaggery, long-necked, lots of orange on the bill with white around the base... diagnostic, yeah?! 🧐 #lancsbirding #goosing
January 16, 2026 at 6:19 PM
The week of full Pink immersion therapy came to an end today. Good to see Paul Ellis's Tundra Bean, and nice to complete the set with this presumed Taiga: large amd swaggery, long-necked, lots of orange on the bill with white around the base... diagnostic, yeah?! 🧐 #lancsbirding #goosing
Slim pickings amongst 9,700 Pinks in a thorough search Over Wyre this afternoon, just 2 Barnies, but great views, and a couple of Cattle Egrets kept spirits up #lancsbirding
January 15, 2026 at 9:06 PM
Slim pickings amongst 9,700 Pinks in a thorough search Over Wyre this afternoon, just 2 Barnies, but great views, and a couple of Cattle Egrets kept spirits up #lancsbirding
One of two snow buntings at lytham today #LancsBirding
January 15, 2026 at 3:39 PM
One of two snow buntings at lytham today #LancsBirding
Quality #wildfowl Over Wyre this afternoon: 2 Barnacles with Pinks at Scronkey, ad Russian Whitefront with 2300 Pinks at Eagland Hill, 2cy Greenland Whitefront and the pair of Bewick's with Whoopers and Greylags at Cockerham. Love it 😎 #lancsbirding
January 14, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Quality #wildfowl Over Wyre this afternoon: 2 Barnacles with Pinks at Scronkey, ad Russian Whitefront with 2300 Pinks at Eagland Hill, 2cy Greenland Whitefront and the pair of Bewick's with Whoopers and Greylags at Cockerham. Love it 😎 #lancsbirding
A session at Queens Park, Blackburn this afternoon in the hope of a colour ringed Gull or two produced a presumed intermedius 2CY Lesser Black-backed Gull (Black JU63T) from northern Norway. #LancsBirding
January 14, 2026 at 8:51 PM
A session at Queens Park, Blackburn this afternoon in the hope of a colour ringed Gull or two produced a presumed intermedius 2CY Lesser Black-backed Gull (Black JU63T) from northern Norway. #LancsBirding
Not sure I've ever seen an American Wigeon as well as the Ribble one. Even better when the sun came out this afternoon. Couldn't find the nearby Myerscough drake late on though #lancsbirding #wildfowl
January 13, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Not sure I've ever seen an American Wigeon as well as the Ribble one. Even better when the sun came out this afternoon. Couldn't find the nearby Myerscough drake late on though #lancsbirding #wildfowl
Started the day with another look at #shropshirebirding female Lesser Scaup at Ellesmere and ended it with great views of the new #lancsbirding 2cy drake American Wigeon on the Ribble
January 12, 2026 at 4:30 PM
Started the day with another look at #shropshirebirding female Lesser Scaup at Ellesmere and ended it with great views of the new #lancsbirding 2cy drake American Wigeon on the Ribble
Looks good for an American wigeon on River Ribble at Howick Cross Lane, Penwortham this morning #LancsBirding
January 12, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Looks good for an American wigeon on River Ribble at Howick Cross Lane, Penwortham this morning #LancsBirding
American wigeon showing well at Myerscough Quarry #LancsBirding, @louise-greenwood.bsky.social
January 11, 2026 at 12:55 PM
American wigeon showing well at Myerscough Quarry #LancsBirding, @louise-greenwood.bsky.social
Great to catch up with the American Wigeon found by John Wood at Myerscough Quarry, a species I've always wanted to see there. For a few reasons I think it might be the Little Singleton bird of last January #LancsBirding
January 11, 2026 at 11:32 AM
Great to catch up with the American Wigeon found by John Wood at Myerscough Quarry, a species I've always wanted to see there. For a few reasons I think it might be the Little Singleton bird of last January #LancsBirding
The freeze has livened things up a bit locally with a redhead (1stW drake?) #Smew on the River Lune in urban #Lancaster this morning. Thanks to Jennifer who alerted us to a chiffchaff feeing along the road verge which turned out to be a stunning #SiberianChiffchaff! #UKBirding #Lancsbirding #birds
January 6, 2026 at 9:47 PM
The freeze has livened things up a bit locally with a redhead (1stW drake?) #Smew on the River Lune in urban #Lancaster this morning. Thanks to Jennifer who alerted us to a chiffchaff feeing along the road verge which turned out to be a stunning #SiberianChiffchaff! #UKBirding #Lancsbirding #birds
Here's the stork that has been wandering Lancs today, which was at Standing Tarn in December and January 1, but not yesterday with the freeze up. I've no idea why it's not being caveated as an escape. #LancsBirding
January 5, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Here's the stork that has been wandering Lancs today, which was at Standing Tarn in December and January 1, but not yesterday with the freeze up. I've no idea why it's not being caveated as an escape. #LancsBirding
After several days of acute Whitefront blindness the two I did see at Little Singleton weren't particularly obliging. Posting partly to see if the Lancs Birding hashtag works again for me #LancsBirding
January 2, 2026 at 5:12 PM
After several days of acute Whitefront blindness the two I did see at Little Singleton weren't particularly obliging. Posting partly to see if the Lancs Birding hashtag works again for me #LancsBirding
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
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
Another exceptional day at Martin Mere today with ring-necked duck, glossy ibis & short-eared owl still present, plus the usual egrets and wildfowl. No sign of yesterdays Russian white-fronted geese but a fabulous partially leucistic reed bunting still at Janet Kear hide #WWTMM #LancsBirding
December 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Another exceptional day at Martin Mere today with ring-necked duck, glossy ibis & short-eared owl still present, plus the usual egrets and wildfowl. No sign of yesterdays Russian white-fronted geese but a fabulous partially leucistic reed bunting still at Janet Kear hide #WWTMM #LancsBirding
Nice to get in on the Russian White-front influx today with this family party of 2 adults and 4 young at Cockersand, single Tundra Bean and Barnacle in the same flock, unfortunately the Tundra flew off b4 got chance to 📷
December 28, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Three Bewick's swans & a short-eared owl the highlights for me at Martin Mere today, with ring-necked duck & glossy ibis also still present. Both the swans & the owl were my first at #MMWWT since 2011. On 23/12/1990 I recorded 818 Bewick's on the reserve but those days have long gone #LancsBirding
December 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Three Bewick's swans & a short-eared owl the highlights for me at Martin Mere today, with ring-necked duck & glossy ibis also still present. Both the swans & the owl were my first at #MMWWT since 2011. On 23/12/1990 I recorded 818 Bewick's on the reserve but those days have long gone #LancsBirding
Oystercatcher at Southport Marine Lake this morning #LancsBirding
December 27, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Oystercatcher at Southport Marine Lake this morning #LancsBirding
The glossy ibis at Martin Mere showed very well today from the Gordon Taylor hide, also ring-necked duck still at the Discovery hide and at least 1 Siberian chiffchaff at the sewage works #MMWWT ##LancsBirding
December 27, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The glossy ibis at Martin Mere showed very well today from the Gordon Taylor hide, also ring-necked duck still at the Discovery hide and at least 1 Siberian chiffchaff at the sewage works #MMWWT ##LancsBirding