Sightings for August 2020
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3rd August
| | Pilling Lane | Whimbrel | 7 | | over high heading SW calling | | Paul Ellis / Kinta Beaver |
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| | | Kestrel | 1 | | hunting east of Beach Road | | |
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| | Knott End | Sandwich Tern | 2 | 1 ad, 1 juv | | | Barry Dyson/H Phillips |
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| | | Wheatear | 2 | Juvs | | | |
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| | Wesham Marsh | Barn Owl | 1 | | hunting at 21,00 hrs | | andy myo |
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| | | Noctule Bat | 7 | | | | |
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| | Little Plumpton | Green Sandpiper | 6 | | | SD387328 | Frank Bird |
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| | | Common Sandpiper | 1 | | with Green Sands | | |
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| | Herons' Reach Golf Course | Little Grebe | 1 | ad | | | TS |
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| | | Mute Swan | 3 | m, f, juv | | | |
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| | | Oystercatcher | 3 | | green 1 | | |
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| | | Buzzard | 1 | | over south end | | |
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| | | Kestrel | 2 | f/j | circling high with the Buzzard | | |
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| | | Collared Dove | 1 | | over west | | |
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| | | Greenfinch | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Chiffchaff | 5 | | | | |
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| | | Swallow | 2 | | | | |
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| | | House Martin | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Swift | 14 | | a.m. | | |
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| | Marton Mere | Cormorant | 1 | | | | TS |
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| | | Stock Dove | 6 | | barn roof | | |
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| | Skippool Creek | Mediterranean Gull | 9 | 2 juv, 1s, 6 ads | | | Paul Slade |
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| | | Common Sandpiper | 6 | | | | |
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| | | Golden Plover | 18 | | | | |
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| | Stanley Park | Gadwall | 9 | | | | |
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| | | Moorhen | 9 | | | | |
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| | | Mallard | 54 | | | | |
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| | | Mute Swan | 52 | | | | |
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| | Grange Park | Swift | 6 | | Gateside Park | | |
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| | Blackpool North Shore | Wheatear | 1 | Juv | | | DJM/PL |
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| | Starr Gate | Common Scoter | 692 | | 606 sth. 86 nth. Watch 0600-1000. | | L.G.B. J.B. S.C. M.S.M. |
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| | | Eider | 1 | | north. | | |
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| | | Manx Shearwater | 22 | | north. | | |
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| | | Great Crested Grebe | 4 | | 2 sth. 2 nth. | | |
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| | | Gannet | 20 | | north. | | |
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| | | Cormorant | 4 | | north. | | |
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| | | Oystercatcher | 49 | | south offshore. | | |
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| | | Lapwing | 1 | | south. | | |
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| | | Sanderling | 33 | | south. | | |
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| | | Dunlin | 2 | | south. | | |
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| | | Knot | 4 | | south. | | |
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| | | Sandwich Tern | 25 | | south. | | |
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| | | Arctic Skua | 4 | | inshore, harassing terns. | | |
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| | | Guillemot | 1 | | north. | | |
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| | Lawson Wetland | Grasshopper Warbler | 1 | | Reeling. Reedmace 50 yards from gate. | | EJ |
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| | Bank End | Wheatear | 1 | | | | AC |
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| | | Pied Wagtail | 33 | | | | |
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2nd August
| | Green Dick's Lane | Little Owl | 1 | | | | Paul Slade/Paul Ellis |
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| | | Raven | 1+ | | calling | | |
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| | Glasson | Peregrine | 1 | | over Lune | | Paul Slade/Paul Ellis |
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| | | Mediterranean Gull | 1 | | Lune | | |
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| | | Dunlin | 100 | | Lune | | |
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| | | Curlew | 140 | | Lune | | |
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| | | Whimbrel | 1 | | Lune | | |
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| | | Lapwing | 500 | | Lune | | |
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| | | Common Tern | 3 | | Lune | | |
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| | | Bank Vole | 1 | | on path by Lune | | |
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| | Conder Green | Common Sandpiper | 5 | | (4 creek, 1 pool) | | Paul Slade/Paul Ellis |
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| | | Greenshank | 1 | | creek | | |
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| | | Avocet | 2 | | pool | | |
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| | | Swift | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Whimbrel | 3 | | over calling heading south | | |
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| | | Little Grebe | 5 | | pool | | |
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| | Cocker's Dyke | Yellow-legged Gull | 1 | ad | | | |
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| | | Mediterranean Gull | 1 | ad | | | |
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| | Pilling Lane | new species | 1 | | Hummingbird Hawk Moth, in garden Beach Road | | PGS/PE/KB |
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| | | Sparrowhawk | 1 | | | | |
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| | Wardley's Creek | Whimbrel | 1 | | | | Paul Slade/Paul Ellis |
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| | | Common Sandpiper | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Dunlin | 9 | | | | |
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| | | Little Egret | 5 | | | | |
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| | | Greenshank | 1 | | | | |
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| | Shard Bridge | Mediterranean Gull | 1 | | | | Paul Slade/Paul Ellis |
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| | | Little Egret | 14 | | | | |
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| | | Common Sandpiper | 9 | | | | |
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| | | Lapwing | 640 | | | | |
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| | Skippool Creek | Mediterranean Gull | 14 | 12 ads, 2 x 1s | | | Paul Slade/Paul Ellis |
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| | | Common Sandpiper | 3 | | | | |
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| | | Lapwing | 300 | | | | |
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| | | Whimbrel | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Black-headed Gull | 1 | | yellow ringed TLTN | | |
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| | St Annes Beach | Common Gull | 72 | | High tide roost on the salt marsh west of Denford Ave. First movement of post breeding birds | | Ian Walker |
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| | | Sandwich Tern | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Sanderling | 140 | | | | |
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| | | Dunlin | 2000 | | | | |
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| | Fairhaven Beach | Dunlin | 1500 | | 0900 - 1030hrs | | Ian Walker |
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| | | Sanderling | 20 | | | | |
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| | | Curlew | 170 | | | | |
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| | | Grey Plover | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Oystercatcher | 700 | | Blue ringed bird from Devon and Cornwall Wader Ringing Group | | |
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| | | Grey Heron | 6 | | | | |
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| | | Common Gull | 19 | | | | |
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| | Church Scar | Whimbrel | 5 | | 0800hrs | | Ian Walker |
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| | | Turnstone | 180 | | | | |
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| | | Dunlin | 400 | | | | |
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| | | Ringed Plover | 80 | | | | |
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| | Starr Gate | Shelduck | 2 | | south. Watch 0600-1000. | | L.G.B. S.C. |
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| | | Common Scoter | 825 | | south. | | |
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| | | Red-breasted Merganser | 1 | | south. | | |
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| | | Manx Shearwater | 35 | | 33 sth. 2 nth. | | |
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| | | Gannet | 24 | | 20 sth. 4 nth. | | |
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| | | Great Crested Grebe | 1 | | south. | | |
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| | | Cormorant | 8 | | 7 sth. 1 nth. | | |
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| | | Whimbrel | 1 | | south. | | |
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| | | Curlew | 4 | | south. | | |
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| | | Sanderling | 60 | | south. | | |
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| | | Dunlin | 32 | | south. | | |
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| | | Sandwich Tern | 22 | | south. | | |
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| | | Guillemot | 1 | | south. | | |
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| | Skippool Creek | Mediterranean Gull | 8 | 5 ad, 2/3S, 1S, juv | this evening | | |
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| | | Whimbrel | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Common Sandpiper | 2 | | | | |
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| | Blackpool North Shore | Little Tern | 2 | | north | | |
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| | | Fulmar | 2 | | one south, one north | | |
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| | | unidentified Common Tern or Arctic Tern | 4 | | flew west overland down Lowther Avenue to sea at c0855 | | |
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| | Marton Mere | Little Owl | 1 | | small barn roof, 18.15 | | TS |
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| | | Kestrel | 1 | | went into barn behind Hawthorns | | |
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| | | Stock Dove | 7 | | barn roof | | |
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| | | Sedge Warbler | 1 | | NE field | | |
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| | Blackpool Zoo | Cormorant | 8 | | over west, a.m. | | TS |
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| | Herons' Reach Golf Course | Swift | 16 | | over SW area, a.m. probable movement south | | TS |
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| | | House Martin | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Swallow | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Chiffchaff | 7 | | 7 different areas | | |
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| | | Robin | 1 | juv | | | |
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| | | Greenfinch | 1 | m | | | |
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| | | Oystercatcher | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Black-headed Gull | 6 | ads | | | |
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| | | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 | ad | | | |
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| | | Mute Swan | 3 | m, f, juv | | | |
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| | | Grey Heron | 2 | ad, 2cy | | | |
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| | Bank End | Swift | 7 | | | | AC |
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| | | Pied Wagtail | 25 | | | | |
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| | | Little Egret | 5 | | | | |
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| | | Whimbrel | 1 | | | | |
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1st August
| | Starr Gate | Common Scoter | 561 | | south. Watch 0530-0945. | | A.A. L.G.B. S.C. |
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| | | Manx Shearwater | 1 | | south. | | |
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| | | Great Crested Grebe | 2 | | south. | | |
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| | | Gannet | 26 | | 23 sth. 3 nth. | | |
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| | | Cormorant | 19 | | 18 sth 1 nth. | | |
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| | | Golden Plover | 1 | | south. | | |
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| | | Whimbrel | 4 | | south. | | |
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| | | Sanderling | 27 | | south. | | |
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| | | Dunlin | 63 | | south. | | |
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| | | Black-headed Gull | 5 | | south. | | |
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| | | Mediterranean Gull | 1 | ad. | north. | | |
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| | | Sandwich Tern | 23 | | south. | | |
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| | | Little Tern | 1 | ad. | south. | | |
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| | | Common Tern | 3 | | south. | | |
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| | Conder Green | Yellow Wagtail | 1 | juv | Pool | | Dan Haywood |
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| | | Lesser Whitethroat | 2 | juvs | pool hedgerow | | |
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| | | Willow Warbler | 2 | juvs | pool hedgerow | | |
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| | | Wood Sandpiper | 1 | juv | pool | | |
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| | | Dunlin | 4 | ads | pool | | |
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| | | Avocet | 1 | ad | pool | | |
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| | | Common Tern | 4 | ads | over pool | | |
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| | | Whimbrel | 2 | | overhead SE | | |
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| | | Common Sandpiper | 15 | | creek | | |
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| | | Greenshank | 3 | | creek | | |
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| | | Peregrine | 1 | juv | overhead S | | |
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| | | Mediterranean Gull | 4 | ads + 3CY | overhead S | | |
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| | | Swallow | 9 | juvs | overhead S | | |
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| | Skippool Creek | Common Sandpiper | 5 | | | | |
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| | Wesham Marsh | Barn Owl | 1 | | | | andy myo |
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| | | Noctule Bat | 5 | | | | |
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| | Ramper Pot | Mediterranean Gull | 3 | 2 ad, juv | including green R14T | | |
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| | | Whimbrel | 1 | | over | | |
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| | Freckleton | Greenshank | 3 | | Pool Lane ebbing tide 1500hrs | | Ian Walker |
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| | | Great Crested Grebe | 1 | Imm | | | |
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| | | Ringed Plover | 15 | 11 Ad 4 Juv | Orange flag OY ringed Nov 12 Beaumaris Wales, flag fitted 12.08.17 Llanfairfechan | | |
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| | | Common Darter | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Emperor Dragonfly | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Gatekeeper | 9 | | | | |
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| | Preston Dock | Lesser Black-backed Gull | 1 | Ad | Yellow Ring A62:W ringed Banks June 2018 | | Ian Walker |
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| | Newton Marsh | Shoveler | 1 | Ad Drake | The first eclipse Drake for me. | | Ian Walker |
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| | Lytham Jetty | Whimbrel | 3 | | Incoming tide 0800hrs | | Ian Walker |
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| | Myerscough Quarry | Common Sandpiper | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Little Grebe | 14 | 4 juvs | | | |
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| | | Buzzard | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Tufted Duck | 3 | 2m, f | | | |
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| | | Coot | 22 | | | | |
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| | | Mallard | 86 | | | | |
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| | | Grey Heron | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Cormorant | 2 | | | | |
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| | Marton Mere | Gadwall | 15 | | | | Ellen Pemberton |
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| | | Canada Goose | 18 | | | | |
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| | | Kestrel | 1 | male | | | |
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| | | Sparrowhawk | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Swallow | 4 | | | | |
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| | | House Martin | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Willow Warbler | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Whitethroat | 1 | | | | |
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| | Lawson Wetland | Grasshopper Warbler | 1 | | singing 12.45 - 13.00 | | Ellen Pemberton |
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| | Marton Mere | Kestrel | 2 | f/j | hunting NE area | | TS |
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| | | Stock Dove | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | | over NE field | | |
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| | | Goldfinch | 9 | | over NE field | | |
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| | | Mute Swan | 5 | 4 ads, juv | | | |
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| | | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | | singing, SE corner | | |
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| | | Willow Warbler | 1 | | singing, NE corner | | |
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| | Herons' Reach Golf Course | Little Grebe | 1 | ad | | | TS |
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| | | Mute Swan | 3 | m, f, juv | | | |
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| | | Grey Heron | 2 | ad, 2cy | | | |
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| | | Oystercatcher | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Song Thrush | 2 | | singing | | |
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| | | Chiffchaff | 3 | | | | |
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| | | House Martin | 12+ | | over SE corner | | |
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| | | Swift | 5 | | | | |
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| | | Swallow | 1 | | | | |
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| | Knott End | Little Egret | 2 | | Opposipe beach road | | JM |
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| | | Goldfinch | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Whimbrel | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Lapwing | 100+ | | | | |
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| | Blackpool North Shore | Cormorant | 21 | | 19 S, 2 N | | DJM/DB |
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| | | Common Scoter | 29 | | 4 flocks S | | |
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| | | Sandwich Tern | 1 | | N | | |
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| | | Curlew | 1 | | S | | |
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| | | Oystercatcher | 13 | | S | | |
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| | | Dunlin | 1 | | S with Oystercatchers | | |
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| | | Whimbrel | 1 | | N | | |
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| | Warbreck Hill | Whimbrel | 1+ | | Heard on,y S | | DJM |
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| | Marton Mere | Little Owl | 1 | | small barn roof, 9.55 | | TS |
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