Fylde Bird Club - Sightings report

Location

Species

Count

Age / Sex

Notes

Grid Ref

Source

24th June

Lytham St Annes Nature Reserve

Stonechat

juv

Stalmine Moss

Quail

On Union lane, singing in field by "Inverness" at 22.20

406457

Glen Jackson

Marton Mere	Common Tern	1	ad		TS
	Kestrel	6		Ad male + probable fem & 4 juvs, barn area
	Buzzard	1		over Gipsy Hole Wood
	Oystercatcher	1		over east fields
	Lapwing	3
	Red-legged Partridge	2		east field
	Stock Dove	5		barn roof
	Pied Wagtail	1	juv	pool bank
	Long-tailed Tit	10+		trees around NW platform
	Cetti's Warbler	3		singing
	Willow Warbler	2		singing
	Swift	3
	Swallow	12+		east field, following fly flushing tractor
	Mute Swan	8	6 young
	Great Crested Grebe	1
	Cormorant	1		circling over

Herons' Reach Golf Course	Mute Swan	6	4 young	2 lost since June 15th	TS
	Canada Goose	6	4 juv
	Coot	4	2 juv
	Buzzard	1		over west side
	Oystercatcher	2		over north

Cottam

Barn Owl

Hunting over fields along Cottam Way

Starr Gate	Shelduck	3	north. Watch 0630-1000	L.G.B.
	Common Scoter	47	south.
	Manx Shearwater	246	south.
	Gannet	130	north.
	Curlew	4	south.
	Great Skua	1	south 0729.
	Sandwich Tern	35	south.
	Common Tern	6
	Grey Seal	2

Myerscough Quarry	Linnet	2	1m 1f		AJH
	Whitethroat	1
	Common Tern	1		flying along canal

Stanley Park	Great Crested Grebe	2			TS
	Pochard	1	m
	Gadwall	8
	Tufted Duck	3	m
	Nuthatch	2+		possibly 3, wood west of Heron island
	Blackcap	2	m, f/juv	wood west of Heron island
	Coal Tit	1	juv	old putting green
	Long-tailed Tit	5+	juvs	old putting green
	Swift	2
	Greylag Goose	8	ads

Preston Dock	Common Tern	108		Plus a minimum of 22 young - alot more hidden in the trays	Ian Walker
	Arctic Tern	6	5 Ad & 1 Immature	Immature bird probable 1st Summer
	Common Sandpiper	1		On pontoons
	Great Black-backed Gull	2	Ads
	Cormorant	2

Newton Marsh

Black-tailed Godwit

Ian Walker

Stanley Park	Goldcrest	2	m	singing	`
	Grey Wagtail	2		juvs
	Canada Goose	c50
	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1

23rd June

Mossom Field

Willow Warbler

DJM/GM

Galgate

Jay

Light Ash	Corn Bunting	2		singing
	Treecreeper	1
	Common Tern	1		carrying food
	Buzzard	2
	Grey Heron	1
	Stock Dove	2
	Lapwing	70+
	Red-legged Partridge	4
	Pheasant	1	female	nest 3 eggs
	Blackcap	2		singing
	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
	Pied Wagtail	1
	Linnet	2	male, female

Myerscough	Lesser Whitethroat	1		singing Beech Grove	SD492383
	Yellowhammer	1		Lee Farm
	Lapwing	1	young	Lee Farm
	Oystercatcher	2		Lee Farm

Cuddy Hill	Goldcrest	1	singing
	Song Thrush	1	singing
	Whitethroat	1	singing
	Curlew	2

Catforth

Kestrel

Starr Gate	Manx Shearwater	177		south. Watch 1000-1300	L.G.B.
	Gannet	22		south.
	Sanderling	40		south.
	Dunlin	4		south.
	Curlew	2		south.
	Arctic Skua	1	ad. pale morph	south.
	Kittiwake	4	ads.	south.
	Sandwich Tern	37		south.
	Common Tern	8		south.
	Swift	7		south.

Marton Mere	Shoveler	1	m		TS
	Gadwall	1
	Great Black-backed Gull	1	3cy
	Kestrel	1	m
	Lapwing	1
	Stock Dove	3
	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1		SW field
	Linnet	5		NW area
	Song Thrush	3		singing
	Cetti's Warbler	3		singing
	Lesser Whitethroat	1		singing, north central scrub
	Swift	2
	Mute Swan	8	6 young
	Great Crested Grebe	2

Marton Mere

Common Tern

fishing for less than 10 minutes

Pilling Lane

Mallard

10 young

Cocker's Dyke	Greenfinch	1	male	singing
	Herring Gull	4
	Oystercatcher	8
	Lapwing	8
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	4

Knott End	Little Egret	1
	Black-headed Gull	3	adult and 2 juvs
	Song Thrush	1	juvenile
	Herring Gull	8
	Manx Shearwater	3		flew west
	Gannet	4		flew west

22nd June

Bone Hill	Quail	1+	male	singing
	Barn Owl	1		hunting
	Swift	5
	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1
	Lapwing	4	2 adults, 2 young

	Carleton Crematorium	Ring-necked Parakeet	1		In trees opposite crem gate on Moor Park Avenue at 16.00		DJM/GM et al
		Chiffchaff	2	m	1 in trees opposite crem gate on Moor Park Avenue, 1 in crem

	Knott End	Gannet	1	adult	flew west
		Shelduck	19

Marton Mere	Curlew	2	m, f	over west	TS
	Oystercatcher	2
	Lapwing	2
	Buzzard	1
	Kestrel	2	m, juv
	Stock Dove	3
	Great Black-backed Gull	1	ad
	Black-headed Gull	6	ads
	Skylark	1		singing over SE field
	Cetti's Warbler	5		singing
	Willow Warbler	1		singing
	Swift	4
	Gadwall	5
	Mallard	6	f + 5 young	overflow stream
	Mute Swan	10	6 young
	Great Crested Grebe	1

Shard Bridge

Common Sandpiper

Paul Slade

Skippool Creek	Lapwing	97	Paul Slade
	Golden Plover	1
	Curlew	4

	Scronkey	Kestrel	1
		Buzzard	1

Lousanna Farm

Buzzard

to west

Stalmine Moss	Corn Bunting	1	male	singing
	Skylark	2		1 carrying food	SD398449
	Lapwing	1
	Red-legged Partridge	1			SD398449

Stanley Park	Nuthatch	1	ad	wood north of Heron island	TS
	Treecreeper	1	ad	wood north of Heron island
	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	juv	wood north of Heron island
	Coal Tit	1	ad	wood north of Heron island
	Long-tailed Tit	1	ad	wood north of Heron island
	Blackcap	1	m	singing, wood north of Heron island
	Grey Wagtail	2	juvs	Heron island area
	Pied Wagtail	1	ad.m	west putting green
	Swift	4
	House Martin	1
	Black-headed Gull	6	ads
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	3	ads
	Mute Swan	25		1 dead
	Great Crested Grebe	2	ads
	Tufted Duck	3	m
	Gadwall	2	ecl.m, f
	Pochard	1	m
	new species	1		Emperor Dragonfly

	Marton Mere	Common Scoter	1	fem			TS
		Lesser Whitethroat	1		singing, north central scrub

	Staining Nook	Lesser Whitethroat	1		singing		TS
		Tree Sparrow	8+		Mere View Lane

21st June

Knott End	Great Crested Grebe	1	adult
	Swift	9
	House Martin	4		1 at nest

Out Rawcliffe

Barn Owl

Paul Slade

Bradshaw Lane Head

Barn Owl

Paul Slade

Eagland Hill

Little Owl

Paul Slade

Stalmine Moss	Quail	1	male	singing Union Lane 22.10	SD406457	Paul Slade
	Tawny Owl	1		Union Lane	SD407456
	Little Owl	1

Hale Nook

Little Owl

SD391439

Paul Slade

	Hambleton	Little Owl	2		Clay Gap Lane	SD386436	Paul Slade
		Tawny Owl	1		Clay Gap Lane	SD383434

Knott End

Swift

	Catforth	Common Tern	2		flew west
		Great Spotted Woodpecker	1

Marton Mere	Dunnock	2			Marton Mere Volunteers
	Wren	1
	Sedge Warbler	2		Lawsons Wetland and Causeway
	Reed Warbler	1		FBC hide
	Reed Bunting	3	2m/1f	Viewing Platform and Causeway
	Grasshopper Warbler	2		Lawsons Wetland and Causeway
	Blackcap	2	m/f and 3+ fledg	Adj Lawsons Allotment feeding young
	Whitethroat	2		Lawsons Wetland embankment
	Cetti's Warbler	1		Viewing Platform
	Grey Heron	1
	Kestrel	1		Over East Fields
	Great Crested Grebe	2
	Coot	20+
	Moorhen	3
	Shoveler	2	f
	Gadwall	2
	Swift	5
	House Martin	2
	new species	1		Ruby Tailed Wasp
	new species	1		Small Copper
	new species	4+		Red Admiral
	new species	2		Speckled Wood
	new species	1		Peacock
	new species	1		Orange Tip
	new species	5+		Small Tortoiseshell
	new species	1		Small Skipper
	new species	2		Grey Squirrel - Feeding Station
	new species	10+		Damsel Fly
	Chiffchaff	1		Pumping Station

Pilling Lane

Swift

Stanley Park	Great Crested Grebe	2	ads		TS
	Pochard	1	m
	Tufted Duck	1	m
	Grey Wagtail	5	4+ juvs	Heron island area
	Blackcap	3		singing
	Chiffchaff	1		singing
	Swift	5

Marton Mere	Great Crested Grebe	1			TS
	Gadwall	5	1m
	Kestrel	1	f
	Lapwing	1
	Stock Dove	8		barn roof
	Swift	5
	Cetti's Warbler	3		singing

Newton Marsh	Black-tailed Godwit	18			Paul Ellis
	Shoveler			3 broods (2 of large ones, one of smallish ones)
	Shelduck	2	juvs	brood of two

Starr Gate	Shelduck	6		south. Watch 0630-1030	L.G.B. M.J.
	Garganey	1	male	South then north 0720.
	Common Scoter	199		south.
	Great Crested Grebe	2		south.
	Manx Shearwater	15		south.
	Gannet	44		south.
	Little Egret	1		south.
	Curlew	4		south.
	Black-headed Gull	12
	Sandwich Tern	166		south.
	Common Tern	21
	Guillemot	1		south.
	Swift	20		south.
	Harbour Porpoise	2
	Grey Seal	2

20th June

Starr Gate	Shelduck	12	south.Watch 0630-1000.	L.G.B. M.J.
	Common Scoter	324	south.
	Red-throated Diver	1	north.
	Manx Shearwater	3	south.
	Gannet	24
	Cormorant	12	north.
	Little Egret	1	north.
	Black-headed Gull	14	including pr.+ 1juv.
	Little Tern	2	south.
	Sandwich Tern	90	feeding offshore with gannets.
	Common Tern	5
	Bottlenose Dolphin	3
	Grey Seal	2

Warton	Lesser Whitethroat	1	singing Church road	Paul Ellis
	Sedge Warbler	2	singing Lodge Lane
	Kestrel		fledged brood Carr Lane
	Reed Bunting	1	+ singing Lodge Lane

Marton Mere

Mute Swan

6 young

Mythop Angling Club

Coot

c25

Pit viewed from train

	Stanley Park	Great Crested Grebe	2	ads			TS
		Tufted Duck	4	3m

Medlar

Little Owl

2 juv

both birds this years young paler and more spotted than adult seen on last visit

andy myo

	Mossom Field	Swift	7				DJM
		Willow Warbler	1	m	Singing

Knott End

Swift

Westbourne Rd,feeding 1900

Preston Dock	Arctic Tern	4		nick patel
	Common Sandpiper	1	heard
	new species	25	bee orchid

Bone Hill	Quail	1	M	Singing near the pumping station 1815hrs	Ian Walker
	Corn Bunting	3
	Reed Bunting	1
	Buzzard	1

Marton Mere	Grey Heron	1		Marton Mere Volunteers
	Great Crested Grebe	1
	Coot	18
	Grasshopper Warbler	2	1 East Bank and 1 Lawsons
	Sedge Warbler	2+	Singing
	Reed Bunting	3
	Kestrel	1
	Lapwing	4
	Blue Tit	2
	Cetti's Warbler	3
	Chiffchaff	2+
	Blackcap	1
	Whitethroat	1
	Swallow	4	2 ad 2 juv
	Oystercatcher	2
	Willow Warbler	1	NE Corner
	new species	1	Stoat NE Corner
	new species	1	Small Tortoiseshell
	new species	1	Red Admiral
	new species	1	Comma
	new species	1	Speckled Wood
	new species	1	Broad Bodied Chaser

	Newton Marsh	Avocet	1		Surprisingly my first at this site.		SA
		Black-tailed Godwit	c50

Knott End	Mediterranean Gull	1	adult
	Common Tern	2	2 adults	flew west
	Black-headed Gull	40	2 juveniles
	Sand Martin	1
	Swift	6

19th June

Bradshaw Lane Head

Barn Owl

09.20 am

AJH

Marton Mere	Kestrel	4	3+ juvs	probably 3 juvs, barn roof. First sighting last year, July 7th	TS
	Buzzard	1
	Lapwing	5		island pool
	Oystercatcher	2		pool
	Great Crested Grebe	2
	Mute Swan	8	6 young
	Grey Heron	3	ads
	Stock Dove	3
	Mistle Thrush	1		east over north side
	Blackbird	1	f	sitting again, FBC hide
	Linnet	7		over embankment
	Greenfinch	3	m
	Tree Sparrow	1+		Mere View
	House Sparrow	1	m	Mere View
	Cetti's Warbler	5		singing
	Lesser Whitethroat	1		singing, north side
	Swift	2
	new species	1		Comma
	new species	1		Large Skipper
	new species	2	m, f	Common Blue
	new species	2		Burnet Moth
	new species	23		Rabbit, SW grass

St Annes

Corn Bunting

min 6 singing on Moss

Stanley Park	Grey Wagtail	4	3+ juvs	Heron island area	TS
	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1		north of west bridge
	Great Crested Grebe	1+	ad
	Tufted Duck	2	m

Bone Hill

Quail

2 males

2 singing

SD433465

Starr Gate	Little Tern	2		south	SD
	Arctic Skua	1		dm harrying gulls briefly
	Sandwich Tern	182		min. south
	Common Scoter	c400
	Common Tern	c20		blogging
	Shelduck	c103		movement north and south in groups up to 29
	Eider	1	f	north
	Cormorant	7
	Greylag Goose	4		south distantly presumed this sp
	Grey Wagtail	1		south
	Bottlenose Dolphin	1+
	Harbour Porpoise	1

18th June

Out Rawcliffe

Barn Owl

09.30 am

AJH

Stake Pool

Chiffchaff

singing in village

Paul Ellis

Winmarleigh Moss	Willow Warbler	7	singing along north edge + one carrying food	Paul Ellis / Kinta Beaver
	Meadow Pipit	3	plus singing north edge
	Jay	2
	Buzzard	1
	Sparrowhawk	1
	Kestrel	1
	Chiffchaff	2	singing
	new species	20	Four spot Chasers
	new species	4	Large Red Damselflies
	new species	6	Azure Damselflies
	new species	1	Emporer dragonfly

	Garstang Marina	Sparrowhawk	1		to northeast
		Curlew	1		to northeast

Cabus Nook

Lesser Black-backed Gull

	Winmarleigh	Buzzard	1
		Swallow	15

Savick Park	Bullfinch	8	4m, 2f, 2juvs		gg
	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	m
	Greenfinch	3	m, 2juvs
	Goldfinch	6	2juvs
	Chaffinch	2	juvs
	Blue Tit	5+	4juvs
	Great Tit	3+	juvs
	Long-tailed Tit	1
	Coal Tit	2	1juv
	Robin	3	1juv
	Dunnock	2
	Collared Dove	2		copulating
	Magpie	3
	Blackbird	3
	Song Thrush	1		singing daily
	Chiffchaff	1		singing daily
	Wren	1		singing daily
	Starling	3+	2+juvs
	Woodpigeon	2

Knott End	Herring Gull	4	2 adults and 2 young	Grasmere Road	SD356484
	Curlew	6		flew west
	Swift	2
	Gannet	1	adult
	Black-headed Gull	50

	Cockerham Moss	Curlew	3		south side
		Song Thrush	1	male	singing on south side

Cogie Hill	Buzzard	1		to northwest
	Kestrel	2		to north
	Corn Bunting	1	male	singing to northwest
	Stock Dove	2		to northwest

Cumming Carr

Barn Owl

to north

Bone Hill	Quail	3	3 males	3 singing	SD433465	Chris Batty
	Buzzard	1
	Lapwing	1
	Curlew	1

Winmarleigh Moss	Grasshopper Warbler	1		singing	SD447481
	Barn Owl	1
	Reed Bunting	5	1+ male	1 singing
	Song Thrush	2
	Willow Warbler	4	3+ males	3 singing
	Curlew	1

Marton Mere	Little Grebe	1			TS
	Great Crested Grebe	1
	Tufted Duck	1	m
	Lapwing	3		island pool
	Buzzard	1
	Kestrel	3	2m	barn area
	Stock Dove	5		barn area
	Red-legged Partridge	2		east field, and calling
	Greenfinch	3	m
	Cetti's Warbler	4+		singing
	Lesser Whitethroat	1		singing, Mere View Lane
	Willow Warbler	1		singing
	Swift	3
	new species	1		Painted Lady
	new species	1		Emperor Dragonfly

Stanley Park	Grey Wagtail	3	2 juvs + 1	3rd bird flew out of sight	TS
	Great Crested Grebe	3	ads
	Tufted Duck	1	m

Fairhaven Lake

Tufted Duck

2 ad fem 10 young

1 with 6, 1 with 4

Ash Baines

Warton

Little Ringed Plover

Barretts Housing development at 20.10

Ian Walker

Galgate	Kingfisher	1
	Jay	1
	Chiffchaff	1	singing

Myerscough	Kingfisher	1		On canal opposite quarry.	Stu Milne.
	Reed Warbler	1
	Reed Bunting	6+
	Sedge Warbler	8+
	Buzzard	2
	Peregrine	1		On pylon near quarry.
	new species	2		Large skipper butterfly.
	new species	1	M	Banded demoiselle.

	Copthorne	Barnacle Goose	1
		Greylag Goose	c110		including juveniles

Grange Park

Goldcrest

singing Boundary Park

Preston Dock	Arctic Tern	4		P Slade/P Ellis
	new species	27	Bee Orchid's, remarkably nicely in flower only a week after being mowed
	new species	1	Marsh Orchid
	House Martin	1	at least one active nest on flats south side

Freckleton Naze Pool

Grasshopper Warbler

Reeling

Ash Baines

Treales	Common Tern	2		Lancaster Canal	Ian Walker
	Sparrowhawk	1
	Nuthatch	2		Wood opposite Hand and Dagger pub
	new species	1	M	Banded Demoiselle Damselfly

Treales	Yellowhammer	3	M	Jacob's Lane - One carrying food	IW & AM
	Tree Sparrow	1
	Buzzard	2

Devonshire Rock Gardens	Blackcap	2+	m	2 males singing + calls heard	DJM
	Song Thrush	2	m	1 near offices & 1 in 'Butterfly Zone'
	Sparrowhawk	1		over rough fields

Warbreck Hill	Blackcap	1	m	Singing from 'Golden Triangle' at end of Hilstone Lane	DJM
	Song Thrush	1	m	Singing from 'Golden Triangle' at end of Hilstone Lane
	Greenfinch	1	m	Singing from 'Golden Triangle' at end of Hilstone Lane
	Dunnock	1	m	Singing from 'Golden Triangle' at end of Hilstone Lane

Newton Marsh	Black-tailed Godwit	45			DJM
	Barn Owl	1		Taking prey to UU buildings
	Teal	4
	Shoveler	20+		Many juveniles from quite small to almost full grown
	Shelduck	9+		incl pair with 5 very small chicks
	Whitethroat	1	m	Singing from roadsidde hedge

17th June

Knott End	Little Egret	1
	Swift	4
	Chiffchaff	1	male	singing
	Whitethroat	1	male	singing
	Starling	50

Marton Mere	Shelduck	7		over south	TS
	Shoveler	1	m
	Little Grebe	1		calling
	Great Crested Grebe	2	ads
	Mute Swan	8	6 young
	Oystercatcher	1
	Lapwing	1
	Buzzard	1
	Kestrel	2	m, f
	Stock Dove	7		barn roof
	Collared Dove	2		barn roof
	Black-headed Gull	3		over north
	Linnet	2
	Goldfinch	6
	Cetti's Warbler	5		singing. 1 SW corner of SW field
	Lesser Whitethroat	1		singing. Mere View Lane
	Tree Sparrow	2+		Mere View
	Willow Warbler	1		singing, Staining Nook
	Swift	2
	House Martin	20+

Stanley Park	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	juv	NW corner of model village	TS
	Grey Wagtail	1	juv	Heron island area
	Blackcap	1	m	singing
	Tufted Duck	2	m
	Great Crested Grebe	3	ads

Pilling Lane

Sparrowhawk

Paul Ellis / Kinta Beaver

Cottam	Buzzard	1			Stu Milne.
	Sparrowhawk	1	F
	Bullfinch	1	M
	Whitethroat	4+		Brickworks
	Chiffchaff	1+		Lots singing
	Common Tern	1		Along canal with fish in mouth.
	new species	1+		Meadow brown butterfly.
	new species	4		Speckled wood butterfly.
	new species	3		Common blue butterfly.
	new species	1+		Burnet moth lots on brickworks.
	new species	1		Broad bodied chaser.
	new species	2		Emporor dragonfly.

Carr House Green Common	Bullfinch	1	M	all records south end other side of B5269	Ian Walker
	Grasshopper Warbler	1		Reeling
	Blackcap	2		Worth checking for Garden Warbler heard a possible but couldn't relocate
	Lesser Whitethroat	1		Hard tacking
	Sedge Warbler	6		2 carrying food
	Whitethroat	7
	new species	3		Large Skipper
	new species	1		Red Admiral
	new species			Meadow Brown

	Conder Green	Avocet	13		Conder Pool 6 adults ,7 chicks.		martin jump
		Common Tern	4		Conder Pool 2 adults,2 chicks.

Lytham Crematorium

Little Owl

AB, KS

Cockersand	Whooper Swan	2		Moss Lane
	Tree Sparrow	c7
	Eider	1	m

Glasson	Goldcrest	1	m	singing by church
	Little Egret	6		estuary
	Tree Sparrow	6		Old Glasson

	Conder Green	Tufted Duck	5		pool
		Black-tailed Godwit	12		creek

Newton Marsh	Black-tailed Godwit	31	2CY		Ian Walker
	Little Ringed Plover	1
	Oystercatcher	2	Plus 2 chicks
	Gadwall	13
	Teal	4
	Shelduck	3	Plus brood of 4
	Buzzard	1
	new species	1	M	Emperor Dragonfly

16th June

Eaves

Barn Owl

4 young

4 young in barn at Cross House Farm

Wrea Green

Nuthatch

The Villa

Pilling Lane	Great Black-backed Gull	1	first-summer
	Song Thrush	1	male	singing
	Greenfinch	2
	Swift	2

Cocker's Dyke	Whitethroat	1	male	singing
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	20
	Greenfinch	1	male	singing

Knott End

Whitethroat

male

singing

Staining Nook	Cetti's Warbler	1	singing	TS
	Lesser Whitethroat	1	singing
	Willow Warbler	1	singing
	House Martin	10+	over Nook area

Marton Mere	Little Grebe	1		calling, close in to south bank	TS
	Great Crested Grebe	2	ads
	Mute Swan	10	6 young	2 ads - main dyke
	Mallard	10+		females with 3 well grown juvs and 5 new young
	Buzzard	1
	Kestrel	1	m
	Stock Dove	4
	Lapwing	2
	Red-legged Partridge	2		east field
	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1		MW scrub
	Pied Wagtail	1	m	pool bank
	Tree Sparrow	4+		Mere View
	Greenfinch	3		Mere View Lane
	Goldfinch	5+
	Cetti's Warbler	4		singing
	Lesser Whitethroat	1		singing, north central scrub
	Sedge Warbler	3		singing
	Swift	3

Lower Ballam

Gadwall

female with 8 ducklings on dyke that runs under brays lane

andy myo

Stanley Park	Great Crested Grebe	2	ads		TS
	Mute Swan	24
	Tufted Duck	1	m
	Grey Wagtail	1	fem	east bridge area
	Blackcap	2	m	singing
	Swift	10+

Preston Dock

new species

Bee Orchid,all the set aside were the Bee Orchids were has been mown down only a few spikes left.I`m gutted.

martin jump

Fairhaven Lake

Gannet

Adult

13.00 Dead. Floating on lake near the overflow.

Marton Mere

Bittern

flew low from island pools south side reeds to west end of north reeds, 10.28. My first ever June record here.

15th June

Nateby

Avocet

On flooded farm field

G Thomas

Marton Mere

Mallard

	Knott End	Swift	2
		Common Gull	6	6 first-summers

Ribby Hall	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1		G Coulburn
	Chiffchaff	4
	Jay	2
	Blackcap	1
	new species	5	speckled wood

	Medlar	Barn Owl	2				andy myo
		Little Owl	1		seen at 21.10 on fence posts

Blackpool Central

Great Black-backed Gull

2 ad, 3 juv

Nest on rooftop between Birley and Clifton Streets behind Abingdon Street

Marton Mere	Mute Swan	12	6 young	2 ads flew NE from SE field. Still 6 young on mere late morning	TS
	Mallard	4		female with 3 young, overflow stream
	Buzzard	2		over Mythop fields
	Kestrel	1	m
	Lapwing	1	ad
	Stock Dove	5		barn roof
	Cetti's Warbler	3		singing. 1 NW pit (west end of S.S.S.I.)
	Willow Warbler	1		singing, NW pit
	Swift	6
	House Martin	6		low over east marsh / east field
	Sand Martin	2		low over east marsh / east field
	Common Tern	1	ad	2 five minute visits
	new species	1		Large Skipper, SW field

Herons' Reach Golf Course

Mute Swan

6 young

moved to large central pool

	Stanley Park	Great Crested Grebe	2	ads	north end, no sign of single young		TS
		Tufted Duck	1	m

Marton Mere	Greylag Goose	1	All spotted by vols while out working	Marton Mere Volunteers
	Coot	4
	Cormorant	1
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	20
	Herring Gull	3
	Reed Bunting	2
	Linnet	2	East embankment Hawthorne
	Goldfinch	5
	Great Crested Grebe	1
	Mute Swan	2	2 Adults and 5 young
	Swift	1
	House Martin	4
	Blackcap	2
	Whitethroat	2
	Reed Warbler	1
	Chiffchaff	1	Singing in willow N path
	Buzzard	1	Over N scrub
	Grey Heron	1
	Oystercatcher	2
	Wren	1

14th June

Galgate

Grey Wagtail

1 young fledged from nestbox

Cottam

Chiffchaff

singing Cottam Ave/Lea Rd

Knott End

Greylag Goose

flew east

Freckleton

Grey Wagtail

carrying food

434 282

Dan Haywood

Lytham Marsh

Marsh Harrier

a moulting 'cream-crown'... looking to be same individual as seen Hundred End 13/6

Dan Haywood

	Kirkham	Barn Owl	1		hunting and carrying food		andy myo
		Little Owl	1

Conder Green	Tufted Duck	5
	Avocet	4	2 adults and 2 young
	Black-tailed Godwit	12
	Reed Bunting	1
	Redshank	7
	Oystercatcher	9	1 young
	Pied Wagtail	3	2 juveniles
	Common Tern	1	adult
	Mute Swan	8
	Little Egret	1	adult

Head Dyke Lane

Lapwing

east end

	Cockerham	Pied Wagtail	1
		Whitethroat	1			SD463531

Wrampool

Lesser Black-backed Gull

	Sand Villa	Buzzard	1
		Curlew	1

	Braides	Buzzard	1
		Curlew	1

Preesall Moss Side

Pied Wagtail

	Stake Pool	Song Thrush	1		carrying food
		House Martin	2

Wrampool

Swift

Stake Pool

Swift

Marton Mere	Great Crested Grebe	1			TS
	Oystercatcher	2		over south
	Lapwing	1
	Sparrowhawk	1	f	low over east marsh with prey
	Kestrel	1	m	barn ledge
	Stock Dove	2
	Red-legged Partridge	2		RL Partridge or Chukor, east field
	Goldfinch	8		over east marsh. 2 juvs seen earlier
	Cetti's Warbler	3		singing
	Willow Warbler	1		singing
	Swift	2

Wesham

Swift

screaming party around NHS buildings

Ian Walker

Singleton

Barn Owl

12+

10young 2adults

6 nest boxes checked, all with at least 2 young. 3 new sites.

monty

Out Rawcliffe	Yellowhammer	1	male	singing Crook Gate Lane	SD419427	Paul Slade
	Nuthatch	1		Castle Hill Wood
	Chiffchaff	1	male	singing Castle Hill Wood
	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1		Castle Hill Wood
	Whitethroat	1	males	singing Castle Hill Wood

Pilling Lane	Lapwing	2
	Buzzard	1
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	2	2 adults
	Greylag Goose	2
	Linnet	1

Knott End	Great Crested Grebe	1	adult
	Swift	2
	Starling	25

Stanley Park	Coal Tit	2	ads	1 clock garden area, 1 stump circle area	TS
	Grey Wagtail	2	juvs	Heron island area
	Blackcap	2		singing
	Tufted Duck	1	m
	Great Crested Grebe	5	1 young

Freckleton Naze Point

Spoonbill

immature

then flew west

Dan Haywood

13th June

Galgate

Grey Wagtail

male, female, 1 young in nest

	Warton Marsh	Barnacle Goose	1		associating with Canada Geese on estuary		Dan Haywood
		Starling	600

Preston Dock

Arctic Tern

1s, 2s, 6 ads

Paul Slade

Marton Mere	Great Crested Grebe	1	ad		TS
	Mute Swan	8	6 young
	Gadwall	2	m, f
	Oystercatcher	3		over east fields
	Lapwing	4		east fields
	Buzzard	1
	Sparrowhawk	1	f
	Kestrel	1
	Stock Dove	4
	Black-headed Gull	1	ad
	Long-tailed Tit	21		flew from SW corner willows to SW planting. Probably ads + 2 broods feeding together
	Swift	2
	Sedge Warbler	1		singing
	Cetti's Warbler	4		singing. 1 showed well island path willows
	Grey Heron	3	2 ad, 1 juv	island pools

Lawson Road

Cetti's Warbler

singing, north side of allotments

Herons' Reach Golf Course

Little Grebe

pool SE from zoo car park

Preston Dock

Black Tern

On pontoon 18.00

AB, SB

Mowbreck

Raven

flying east to west calling

andy myo

Pilling Lane

Buzzard

mobbed by seagulls

Peter R

Warton Bank

Hobby

adult

flew north over Warton Brows

Dan Haywood

Staining Nook	Cetti's Warbler	1		singing and showing well near bridle path	TS
	Willow Warbler	1		singing
	Chiffchaff	1		singing
	Blackcap	1		singing
	Whitethroat	1
	House Martin	8+		to the east
	Collared Dove	1		singing
	Song Thrush	1		singing
	Tree Sparrow	10+	ads & juvs	Mere View Lane
	Robin	3	ad + 2 juv	Mere View
	Goldfinch	2
	Canada Goose	6	2 ad + 4 juvs	field east of Mere View Lane

	Stanley Park	Great Crested Grebe	3	1 young	2 ads with 1 (from 3) young, lake north end		TS
		Blackcap	3	m	singing

Knott End

Buzzard

12th June

	Knott End	Gannet	3		flew west
		Grey Heron	1	adult

Starr Gate	Common Scoter	19		south.Watch 0930-1230.	L.G.B.
	Fulmar	1		south.
	Manx Shearwater	157		south.
	Gannet	71		south.
	Cormorant	1		south.
	Knot	57		south.
	Sanderling	25		south.
	Dunlin	70		south.
	Arctic Skua	1	ad. pale morph.	south 1155.
	Kittiwake	6		south.
	Sandwich Tern	14
	Common Tern	5
	Guillemot	14		south.

	Preston Dock	Arctic Tern	7		1 sitting on abandoned mute's nest, possibly retry		nick patel
		new species	20		bee orchid spikes

Marton Mere	Common Tern	1	ad	fishing south side of mere, 15.00-15.10, then flew south	TS
	Lesser Whitethroat	1		singing, north central scrub
	Cetti's Warbler	3		singing
	Skylark	1		over east field
	Linnet	1		east field
	Greenfinch	1
	Goldfinch	7		over east end
	Lapwing	1	ad
	Oystercatcher	2
	Buzzard	1
	Kestrel	2		males clashing over SW field
	Gadwall	1	m
	Mute Swan	8	6 young

Stanley Park	Grey Wagtail	3	2 juv	female feeding 2 juvs, east bridge area	TS
	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	juv	SE corner, west putting green
	House Sparrow	1	f	collecting food near east bridge
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	9
	Tufted Duck	4	3m
	Greylag Goose	6	ads	1 resident bird
	Mute Swan	23
	Great Crested Grebe	4+		2 ads south end of lake, 1 ad + 1 young showing north end
	Swift	10+

	Herons' Reach Golf Course	Tufted Duck	2	m, f	pool east of zoo car park		TS
		Reed Warbler	1		singing

	Preston Dock	Common Scoter	2	2 males	briefly 10.20am		Maurice Jones,Frank Walsh
		Arctic Tern	1	adult

11th June

	Cockersand	Whooper Swan	2		Moss Lane
		Little Egret	1		Moss Lane

	Bank End	Little Egret	5
		Oystercatcher	c350

Knott End

Little Egret

Mossom Field

Blackcap

DJM/GM

Blackpool North Shore	Great Skua	1	N @ high tide 13.00	DJM
	Manx Shearwater	c50	Roughly 2/3 N distant, 1/3 S closer
	Gannet	c10	Mostly 2cy
	Kittiwake	2	S

Stanley Park	Hobby	1	Briefly chasing House Martins over the lake, then headed away towards Marton Mere 10.30	P Guy
	House Martin	20+	Over the Lake in Stanley Park
	Swift	10+	Over the Lake in Stanley Park

Bank End	Swift	5			AC
	Pied Wagtail	7	3ads 4 juves
	Great Crested Grebe	2	ads	in cocker channel

Bone Hill

Corn Bunting

male

singing

Bradshaw Lane Head

House Martin

Catterall

Swift

SD502419

Nateby

Whitethroat

male

singing

SD461452

Cogie Hill

Swift

to west

	Stake Pool	Swift	1		to east
		House Martin	1		at nest to east

	Head Dyke Lane	Kestrel	1	male	east end
		Swift	1

Knott End	Manx Shearwater	2	flew west
	Kittiwake	1	flew west
	Gannet	1	flew west
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	48
	Grey Plover	1
	Swift	2
	Black-headed Gull	8

Starr Gate	Gannet	8	Majority imm	Seawatch 1400 - 1510hrs	Ian Walker
	Manx Shearwater	39
	Fulmar	1
	Kittiwake	3
	Common Tern	1
	Sandwich Tern	2
	unidentified Common Tern or Arctic Tern	2

Fairhaven Lake	Canada Goose	192	Ian Walker WeBS
	Mute Swan	2
	Tufted Duck	15
	Mallard	49
	Moorhen	4
	Coot	18

Fairhaven Beach	Little Egret	4	Ian Walker WeBS
	Grey Heron	1
	Shelduck	13
	Oystercatcher	94
	Cormorant	7
	Bar-tailed Godwit	2
	Common Tern	11
	Manx Shearwater	9
	Grey Seal	1

Preston Dock

Arctic Tern

3 ads, 2nd summer

P Slade/IW/SB

Weeton

Swift

80+

Low over field east of camp late afternoon

Paul Slade

Preston Dock	Little Tern	1	adult	near far end of tern pontoons.	Steve Jones
	Great Crested Grebe	1	adult
	Mute Swan	2	adults	no sign on any cygnets now.

Fleetwood Marsh	Herring Gull	75	P Slade/Webs
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	15
	Great Black-backed Gull	1
	Cormorant	2

Arm Hill	Oystercatcher	968			P Slade/Webs
	Shelduck	39	inc 8 small young
	Lapwing	3	inc one young
	Eider	5
	Little Egret	1
	Curlew	1
	Whitethroat	1	male	singing

Barnaby's Sands	Oystercatcher	6		P Slade/Webs
	Redshank	6
	Little Egret	1
	Shelduck	22
	Cormorant	1
	Curlew	2
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	55
	Herring Gull	22
	Reed Bunting	1	male

Agglebys Pit	Mallard	1			P Slade/Webs
	Lapwing	29
	Oystercatcher	5
	Whitethroat	3	2 males
	Lesser Whitethroat	1		singing

Wardley's Creek	Shelduck	50	inc 4 small young		P Slade/Webs
	Cormorant	1
	Black-headed Gull	3
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	46
	Oystercatcher	4
	Herring Gull	6
	Great Black-backed Gull	3
	Mallard	8
	Grey Heron	1		on roadside pool, caught a small rodent
	Mute Swan	2		on roadside pool

Shard Bridge	Shelduck	10	inc 7 small young	P Slade/Webs
	Grey Heron	2
	Little Egret	2
	Lapwing	12
	Mallard	4
	Black-headed Gull	3
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	9

Skippool Creek	Lesser Black-backed Gull	20		P Slade/Webs
	Herring Gull	2
	Shelduck	17	inc 10 small young
	Curlew	1
	Grey Heron	1
	Little Egret	1
	Oystercatcher	2
	Mallard	9
	Black-headed Gull	1

Ramper Pot	Shelduck	6	P Slade/Webs
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	16
	Oystercatcher	2

Lytham Jetty	Cormorant	12	Ric Holmes WeBS
	Shelduck	76
	Oystercatcher	86
	Mute Swan	9
	Eider	72
	Mallard	5
	Canada Goose	124
	Common Tern	3

Todderstaffe Hall

Blackcap

male

singing

Paul Slade

Poulton-le-Fylde

Goldcrest

male

singing Moreton Drive

Paul Slade

	Marton Mere	Grasshopper Warbler	1		singing, reedy area near NE gate		TS
		Sand Martin	2

	Stanley Park	Great Crested Grebe	4	2 ad + 2 young			TS
		Tufted Duck	1	m

Savick Park	Bullfinch	9	3m, 3f, 3juvs		gg
	Greenfinch	4	m, f, 2juvs
	Goldfinch	4	4ads, 1juv
	Chaffinch	2	juvs
	Coal Tit	2
	Blue Tit	5+	4 juvs
	Great Tit	2+	juvs
	Starling	5+	4+juvs
	Robin	3	1juv
	Dunnock	1
	Blackbird	4	2m, f, juv
	Collared Dove	4
	Woodpigeon	2
	Song Thrush	1		singing
	Magpie	2
	House Sparrow	1	m

10th June

Knott End

Swift

Little Singleton

Little Egret

Marton Mere	Great Crested Grebe	1	ad		TS
	Lapwing	4	ads
	Buzzard	1
	Kestrel	1	m
	Stock Dove	1
	Goldfinch	3	ads
	Song Thrush	1		singing
	Cetti's Warbler	3		singing
	Swift	5

Little Singleton	Little Egret	4
	Shelduck	6	F and 5 small young
	Mallard	10	F and 9 small young
	Skylark	1+	singing

Mythop Grange

Shelduck

Lytham Jetty

Meadow Pipit

3+ males

3 singing to east

Blackpool Airport	Oystercatcher	11	SD311314
	Herring Gull	25	SD311314
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	2	SD311314

Skippool Creek

Swift

SD360404

Blackpool Waste Transfer Station

Lesser Black-backed Gull

160

Yeadon Way

Swift

Shard Bridge

Cormorant

9th June

Lytham Crematorium

Ring-necked Parakeet

Preston Dock	Common Tern	125+		nests. 15+ young	Paul Slade
	Arctic Tern	3	pr + 2nd summer	Nest by swan nest failed
	new species	10		Bee Orchid's

Lytham Crematorium

Ring-necked Parakeet

From mid afternoon

	Stanah	Lapwing	93
		Shelduck	86

Skippool Creek	Lapwing	35
	Shelduck	26
	Little Egret	1
	Grey Heron	2

	Little Singleton	Little Egret	1
		Grey Heron	3

Marton Mere	Gadwall	1	m		TS
	Mute Swan	8	6 young
	Oystercatcher	2		over NW
	Lapwing	2
	Stock Dove	2
	Linnet	1
	Goldfinch	1
	Cetti's Warbler	4		singing

	Fleetwood Marsh Nature Reserve	Swift	11		feeding low
		Little Grebe	1		on Bridge pool trying to swallow a small, black Catfish.

	Knott End	Canada Goose	30		flew over
		Little Egret	1

8th June

Newton Marsh

Barn Owl

AB, SB

Haslam Park	Bullfinch	1	m	allotments.	martin jump
	Greenfinch	4
	Whitethroat	2		wetland.
	Blackcap	1		in wetland area.
	new species	7		Banded Demoiselle,by banks of Savick brook.
	Grasshopper Warbler	1		Reeling in rough field next to orchard

Knott End	Gannet	3		flew west
	Canada Goose	76		flew over
	Dunlin	45
	Great Crested Grebe	1	adult

7th June

Newton Marsh

Little Ringed Plover

AB, SB

Pilling Lane

Long-tailed Tit

Marton Mere	Shoveler	2	m, f		TS
	Mute Swan	8	6 young
	Great Black-backed Gull	2	ads
	Lapwing	2	ads
	Buzzard	1
	Kestrel	1
	Stock Dove	6		barn roof
	Cetti's Warbler	5		singing

Blackpool North Shore	Fulmar	5	Sea watch 7.25-9.50. All north	Barry Dyson
	Gannet	42	37 north, 5 south
	Manx Shearwater	2	2 north

Savick Park

Bullfinch

FIRST juvenile of 2017: 19.06 2015: 02.07 2016

Knott End	Gannet	11	flew west
	Ringed Plover	1
	Dunlin	1
	Little Egret	1

6th June

Blackpool Central

Grey Wagtail

Breeding site area

Starr Gate	Common Scoter	89		north. Watches 0700-1115 1415-1615.	L.G.B.
	Red-breasted Merganser	1	m	north.
	Fulmar	27		north.
	Manx Shearwater	176		north.
	Gannet	232		north.
	Great Skua	1		north 0835.
	Kittiwake	82		north.
	Common Tern	6		north.

	Stanley Park	Sand Martin	1+		Over north end of lake + House Martins, Swallows and Swifts		TS
		Great Crested Grebe	6		Pair + 2 young, north end. South end pair - nest washed out

	Marton Mere	Mute Swan	8	6 young			TS
		Kestrel	2	m, f

Starr Gate	Kittiwake	15+	N	DJM
	Gannet	7	N
	Manx Shearwater	3	N

Stanley Park

Swift

over south fields

Knott End	Sooty Shearwater	1		flew west at 10:28am	Chris Batty
	Manx Shearwater	15		flew west
	Gannet	13		flew west
	Tufted Duck	1	female	flew west
	Oystercatcher	12
	Sandwich Tern	2	2 adults	flew west
	Great Skua	1		flew west
	Fulmar	3		flew west
	Arctic Skua	1
	Kittiwake	2+	2+ adults	flew west
	Common Gull	2	2 first-summers
	Dunlin	35
	Sanderling	25
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	30
	Little Egret	1

	Starr Gate	Manx Shearwater	2		N		DJM
		Gannet	9		N

5th June

Marton Mere	Shoveler	2	m, f		TS
	Oystercatcher	2		pool
	Lapwing	1	ad	east field. Could have young hidden in the grass
	Buzzard	1
	Kestrel	1
	Stock Dove	2
	Red-legged Partridge	1		east field
	Greenfinch	1
	Goldfinch	15		over the embankment
	Cetti's Warbler	2		singing
	Whitethroat	1		with nesting material
	Swift	5

Stanley Park

Great Crested Grebe

4 ad, 2 young

Starr Gate	Gannet	11	Feeding moving south	DJM
	Sandwich Tern	16	Feeding just behind surf moving south
	Manx Shearwater	2	South

Norbreck

Gannet

c30

Adults & Juveniles

at 0700 group circling close to shore heading steadily southwards

307412

Glen Jackson

4th June

Carr House Green Common	Lesser Whitethroat	2	pair	both carrying food and calling	ME
	Grasshopper Warbler	1		singing
	Willow Warbler	10		8 singing, one carrying food
	Chiffchaff	6		all singing
	Whitethroat	9		7 singing
	Sedge Warbler	6		5 singing
	Blackcap	3		all singing
	Reed Bunting	9		2 singing

Lytham Moss	Corn Bunting	1	Annas Road	Paul Ellis / Paul Slade
	Skylark	5	plus singing North Houses Lane
	Kestrel	1	North Houses Lane
	Reed Bunting	1	singing North Houses Lane

Conder Estuary/Conder Pool	Avocet	5	adults	on pool	Paul Ellis / Kinta Beaver
	Tufted Duck	6		pool
	Pied Wagtail	1	juv

Bone Hill	Quail	1	calling 1515 hrs	SD432464	Paul Ellis / Kinta Beaver
	Curlew	1	singing	SD432464
	new species	2		SD432464

Savick Park	Bullfinch	6	4m, 2f	probably 4 pair	gg
	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	m	collecting food, i.e breeding locally
	Coal Tit	2
	Blue Tit	5+		several juvs
	Great Tit	2+		juvs
	Starling	5+		several juvs
	Robin	2	1juv
	Greenfinch	2	m,f
	Goldfinch	4
	House Sparrow	1	m
	Blackbird	5+	2m, 2f juv
	Magpie	1
	Dunnock	2
	Sparrowhawk	1		over north riding thermals
	Carrion Crow	3		mobbing sparrowhawk

Preston Dock	Common Tern	148		on eggs/nests	P Slade/P Ellis
	Arctic Tern	1		on eggs by swan nest
	new species	7		Bee Orchid's by flats
	new species	7		Marsh ? orchid's by flats
	Goldcrest	1		singing by railway
	Mute Swan	7	2 ad, 5 juv	five of eight eggs hatched
	Coot	9	7+ ad, 2 juv	ad seen take at least one common tern egg

Newton Marsh	Black-tailed Godwit	42		P Slade/P Ellis
	Shoveler	5	fem + 5 yng
	Little Ringed Plover	1

Staining Lodge Golf Course	Reed Warbler	1	male	singing	Paul Slade
	Sedge Warbler	1	male	singing
	Blackcap	1	male	singing
	Whitethroat	5	males	singing
	Willow Warbler	2	males	singing
	Chiffchaff	1	male	singing
	Kestrel	1	male	singing

Marton Mere	Great Crested Grebe	1	ad		TS
	Mute Swan	8	6 young
	Shoveler	2	m, f
	Gadwall	2	m, f
	Buzzard	2		over Gipsy Hole Wood
	Kestrel	1	m
	Lesser Whitethroat	1		singing, north side
	Swift	5

Salisbury Woodland	Nuthatch	1			TS
	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1		calling
	Robin	1+	juv

Starr Gate	Canada Goose	3	south.Watch 0715-1030	LGB,IB,MJ,DJP.
	Shelduck	10	south.
	Common Scoter	51	south.
	Fulmar	1	south.
	Manx Shearwater	224	south.
	Gannet	18
	Cormorant	10	north.
	Arctic Skua	1	dark morph harassing terns.
	Kittiwake	36	south.
	Sandwich Tern	150	29 south plus feeding flock of c.120
	Guillemot	16	south.

Preesall Hill	Lesser Whitethroat	1		alarm calling	SD368473
	Sedge Warbler	1		singing
	Swift	4
	Whitethroat	2	2 males	2 singing
	Chiffchaff	3	3 males	3 singing
	Collared Dove	6
	Song Thrush	3	2+ males	2 singing
	Greenfinch	1	male	singing
	Herring Gull	3
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	5
	Blackbird	1		carrying food
	House Martin	10
	Swallow	2
	Chaffinch	1	male	singing

Preesall Park

Lapwing

SD372466

Bourbles Pits	Greylag Goose	25
	Oystercatcher	2
	Shelduck	2

Fluke Hall

Buzzard

Head Dyke Lane

Buzzard

to south

Glasson	Eider	11	6M 5F	Lune low tide	Richard H/KathD
	Little Egret	6
	Grey Heron	2
	Mute Swan	23
	Linnet	2
	Greylag Goose	6

Glasson Basin	Mute Swan	12	10 cygnets	Pair dark blue ringed 4AVZ and CA4	Richard H/KathD
	Great Crested Grebe	1
	Reed Bunting	2	M/F
	Pied Wagtail	4	2 Juvs

Conder Estuary/Conder Pool	Avocet	3	1 Juv		Richard H/KathD
	Common Tern	2		Female still sitting on pontoon
	Oystercatcher	6	1 Juv on grass bank	Female sitting in box on island
	Tufted Duck	4
	Black-tailed Godwit	41		on creek
	Common Sandpiper	1

Preston Dock	Arctic Tern	8		nick patel
	Peregrine	1
	new species	6	6 bee orchid spikes on grassland

Warbreck Hill

Goldfinch

1st juveniles of year on feeders

DJM

Devonshire Rock Gardens	Whitethroat	1	DJM
	Blackcap	2
	Chiffchaff	1
	Song Thrush	1

Knott End Golf Course

Whitethroat

male

singing

Knott End	Whitethroat	4	4 males	4 singing
	Little Egret	1
	Chiffchaff	1	male	singing
	Eider	4	ad.male and 3 female	Wyre Estuary
	Guillemot	1	adult	dead

3rd June

Knott End

Swift

	Lytham St Annes Nature Reserve	Sparrowhawk	1
		new species	2	M, f	Broad-bodied Chaser

Stanley Park

Goldcrest

Singing in different areas

Little Poulton	Whitethroat	6	6 adults	By the main dyke. All showing signs of breeding eg alarm calls and food carrying.	Barry Dyson
	Sedge Warbler	1		Display flight
	Chiffchaff	1		Singing
	Blackcap	1		Singing
	Wren	2		Churring

Marton Mere	Mute Swan	8	6 young		TS
	Shoveler	2	m, f
	Buzzard	1
	Kestrel	1		barn ledge
	Oystercatcher	2
	Lapwing	2	ads
	Stock Dove	2
	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1		west over FBC hide

Salisbury Woodland	Long-tailed Tit	5+	juvs		TS
	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1		calling
	Blackcap	1	m	singing

	Stanley Park	Treecreeper	1		near stump circle		TS
		Great Crested Grebe	6	4 ads, 2 young

	Marton Mere	Little Egret	1		flew north over the mere, 11.05. TS / PE		TS
		new species	1		Small Copper, SW field

	Rawcliffe Moss	Barn Owl	1		Hunting at 0700 junction of Lancaster Road/Union Lane	410460	Glen Jackson
		Quail	1		Calling at 0900 from potato field next to pumping station	433466

Avenham Park	Common Sandpiper	1		Flying east upriver	Richard H
	Grey Wagtail	2	F with juv
	Mute Swan	26	Mainly 2nd summer
	Goosander	2	Females

2nd June

Thistleton

Kestrel

by A585

Paul Ellis

Warton	Sedge Warbler	3	one sing West End Lane, one singing Carr Lane, one singing Lodge Lane	Paul Ellis
	Kestrel	1	Lodge Lane
	Blackcap	1	singing Warton Hall

Marton Mere	Bullfinch	1	male		TS
	Greenfinch	1	m	NE scrub
	Linnet	3		east field
	Goldfinch	8		over east end
	Skylark	1		low over east field
	Pied Wagtail	1	m
	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1		over east end
	Mistle Thrush	2		east field
	Red-legged Partridge	1		east field
	Stock Dove	4
	Lapwing	3	ads	east field
	Kestrel	2	m, f
	Sparrowhawk	1	f
	Buzzard	1
	Shoveler	2	m, f
	Gadwall	2	m, f
	Tufted Duck	1	m
	Cetti's Warbler	5		singing
	Lesser Whitethroat	1		singing, north central scrub
	House Martin	10+		over Staining Nook

	Layton	Swift	1
		Oystercatcher	1			SD331369

Singleton

Swift

to west

Hambleton	Kestrel	1		to north
	Skylark	1	male	singing
	Swift	1		to south

Preesall Hill

Kestrel

	Knott End	Swift	6
		Kestrel	1	male

Herons' Reach Golf Course	Little Grebe	1	ad	pool east of zoo car park	TS
	Tufted Duck	2	m, f	pool east of zoo car park
	Coot	5	2 ads + 3 young	did have at least 5 young
	Reed Warbler	1		singing
	Mute Swan	8	6 young	pool SE of zoo car park

Warbreck Hill

Wren

1 ad + 3_ juvs

Very recently fldged in 'Goden Triangle' on Regency Gardens

DJM

Glasson Basin	Black-tailed Godwit	30+		nearly all in full breeding colour. MT	Marsh Towers
	Eider	12	6M 6F	River side MT
	Linnet	2		MT

Starr Gate

Little Egret

Feeding In pool on beach under mirror ball, Came from S 12.30

DJM

Galgate	Grey Wagtail	2		feeding young in nestbox by River Conder
	Blackcap	1	male	singing
	Goldcrest	1		singing
	Chiffchaff	1		singing
	Jay	2
	Kingfisher	1

1st June

Poulton-le-Fylde

Goldcrest

male

singing Moreton Drive

Paul Slade

Conder Estuary/Conder Pool	Avocet	6	3 pairs	2 together roosting, 1 F on nest with M alongside, 2 defending unseen chick(s)	Barry Dyson
	Black-tailed Godwit	112
	Little Egret	3
	Common Tern	2	1 pair	F sitting on pontoon

	Stanley Park	Goldcrest	2	m	Singing golf club and near cafe
		Swift	c20

Marton Mere	Cormorant	1		circling over	TS
	Great Crested Grebe	1	ad
	Mute Swan	8	6 young
	Shoveler	2	m, f
	Gadwall	2	m, f
	Lapwing	2
	Great Black-backed Gull	1	ad
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	20+
	Black-headed Gull	2	ads
	Buzzard	2
	Kestrel	1	m
	Stock Dove	3
	Tree Sparrow	2+		Mere View
	Red-legged Partridge	1		east field
	Rook	2	ads	east field
	Jackdaw	7		Staining Nook
	Cetti's Warbler	6		singing. 1 Staining Nook
	Lesser Whitethroat	1		singing, north central scrub
	Willow Warbler	1		singing, Staining Nook

Stanley Park

Great Crested Grebe

4 ads

1 fem with 2+ young on back. 1 fem on new nest

Knott End

Canada Goose

Starr Gate	Arctic Skua	1	Harrasing terns	DJM
	Gannet	c40	Distant, diving for fish, terns also present
	Common Scoter	6	Pr on sea & 4 S

Newton Marsh	Barn Owl	1	At 7.35am.	SA
	Black-tailed Godwit	c25
	House Martin	c10	Collecting mud.

	Warton	Little Ringed Plover	2		Displaying on the building site - Barratts		Ian Walker
		House Martin	6		Collecting mud at the same site

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Sightings for June 2017