Sightings for June 2020
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4th June
| | Marton Mere | Teal | 1 | m | | | |
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| | | Gadwall | 2 | m, f | | | |
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| | Kincraig Lake | Tufted Duck | 1 | m | | | |
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| | | Great Crested Grebe | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Mute Swan | 5 | 2 ad, 3 y | Confirmed breeding, small cygnets | | |
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| | | Greylag Goose | 35 | | | | |
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| | | Canada Goose | 14 | | | | |
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| | Blackpool North Shore | Kittiwake | 29 | | single group north | | |
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| | | Shelduck | 24 | | south | | |
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| | Blackpool North Shore | Black Guillemot | 1 | | flew south at 09:05 | | Frank Bird |
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| | Herons' Reach Golf Course | Little Grebe | 1 | ad | | | TS |
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| | | Mute Swan | 6 | m, f + 4 young | on the 4th different pool since hatching 6 days ago. Over 200m from this morning's pool, this evening! | | |
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| | | Oystercatcher | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Kestrel | 1 | f | | | |
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| | | Reed Bunting | 1 | m | | | |
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| | | Collared Dove | 1 | | over west | | |
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| | | Reed Warbler | 2 | | singing, same west side pool | | |
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| | | Willow Warbler | 1 | | singing | | |
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| | | Whitethroat | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Swift | 10+ | | over south end | | |
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| | | House Martin | 10+ | | over south end | | |
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| | Treales | Yellowhammer | 1 | M | Junction between Blue Moor and Jacobs Lane | | Ian Walker |
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| | Carr House Green Common | Swift | 5+ | | | | |
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| | Blackpool North Shore | Pied Wagtail | 4 | 2m,f,j | Family opposite St Stephen's Ave + m at red bank road | | DJM |
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| | Herons' Reach | Blackcap | 8+ | | | | DJM |
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| | | Chiffchaff | 5 | | | | |
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| | | Robin | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Rabbit | 2 | | Singles 1 near zoo car park 1 near de Veres car park. | | |
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| | Salisbury Woodland | Ring-necked Parakeet | 1 | | | | DJM |
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| | | Wren | 2+ | | 2 Fledglings sseen | | |
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| | | Coal Tit | 1 | | Singing | | |
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3rd June
| | Marton Mere | Barn Owl | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Grasshopper Warbler | 2 | m | | | |
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| | | Teal | 3 | m | | | |
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| | | Gadwall | 5 | | | | |
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| | | Common Tern | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Lesser Whitethroat | 1 | | Mere View | | |
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| | | Barnacle Goose | 41 | | | | |
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| | Marton Mere | Little Owl | 1 | | barn Hawthorns | | TS |
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| | | Buzzard | 1 | | over Gipsy Hole Wood | | |
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| | Herons' Reach Golf Course | Little Grebe | 1 | ad | | | TS |
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| | | Mute Swan | 6 | m, f + 4 young | | | |
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| | | Oystercatcher | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Kestrel | 1 | f | with prey | | |
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| | | Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | | over NW area | | |
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| | | Reed Bunting | 1 | m | | | |
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| | | Whitethroat | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Willow Warbler | 1 | | singing | | |
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| | | Chiffchaff | 2 | | singing | | |
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| | | Blackcap | 3 | | singing | | |
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| | | Swallow | 8 | | | | |
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| | | House Martin | 15+ | | over SW area | | |
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| | | Swift | 8 | | | | |
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| | Lytham Jetty | Avocet | 1 | | | | AA |
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| | | Great Crested Grebe | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Eider | 7 | | 62 on far bank | | |
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| | | Common Tern | 3 | | | | |
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| | | Curlew | 4 | | | | |
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| | | Little Egret | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Grey Heron | 6 | | | | |
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| | Marton Mere | Barnacle Goose | 10 | | | | J Wood |
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| | | Shoveler | 2 | Male | | | |
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| | | Gadwall | 2 | | Pair | | |
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| | | Teal | 2 | | Pair | | |
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| | | Stock Dove | 2 | | East of Mere | | |
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| | | Oystercatcher | 3 | | Flyover | | |
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| | | Kestrel | 1 | | East of Mere | | |
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| | | Cetti's Warbler | | | | | |
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| | | Chaffinch | | | In song | | |
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| | | Greenfinch | | | In song | | |
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| | | Song Thrush | | | In song | | |
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| | Stanley Park | Gadwall | 2 | M&F | | | J Wood |
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| | | Tufted Duck | 1 | Male | | | |
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| | | Great Crested Grebe | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Grey Heron | 1 | Imm. | | | |
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| | | Ring-necked Parakeet | 3 | | | | |
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| | | Blackcap | 1 | | In song | | |
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| | | Grey Wagtail | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Sand Martin | | | | | |
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| | | House Martin | | | | | |
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| | Newton Marsh | Avocet | 3 | 2ad 1juv | Last night's rain had negligible impact | | Neil Fox |
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| | | Greylag Goose | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Redshank | | | | | |
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| | | Canada Goose | | | | | |
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| | | Shelduck | | | | | |
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| | Stanley Park | Goldcrest | 2 | | singing Lodge Lane | | Paul Ellis |
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| | | Great Spotted Woodpecker | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Nuthatch | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Swift | 7 | | | | |
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| | | Shoveler | 1 | m | | | |
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| | | Mute Swan | 48 | | | | |
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| | | Ring-necked Parakeet | 1 | | plus heard | | |
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| | | Moorhen | | ad, juv | ad and juv | | |
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| | | Mallard | | add & 10 small juvs | | | |
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2nd June
| | Little Singleton | Reed Warbler | 1 | | singing by ditch to south of Pool Foot lane | | Ron Rhodes |
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| | Marton Mere | Sparrowhawk | 1 | | East Fields | | |
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| | | Kestrel | 1 | | East Fields | | |
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| | | Barnacle Goose | 6 | | Over into East Fields | | |
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| | | Gadwall | 4 | | | | |
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| | | Starling | c3000 | | in to roost | | |
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| | Marton Mere | Swift | 20+ | | over mere/east fields | | TS |
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| | | House Martin | 20+ | | over east fields | | |
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| | | Reed Warbler | 2 | | singing, main dyke | | |
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| | | Buzzard | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Stock Dove | 5 | | barn roof | | |
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| | | Red-legged Partridge | 1 | | east fields | | |
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| | | Teal | 3 | 2m | | | |
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| | Herons' Reach Golf Course | Little Grebe | 1 | ad | | | TS |
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| | | Mute Swan | 6 | m, f + 4 young | | | |
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| | | Oystercatcher | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Buzzard | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Reed Bunting | 1 | m | | | |
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| | | Reed Warbler | 2 | | singing | | |
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| | | Willow Warbler | 1 | | singing | | |
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| | | Whitethroat | 2 | | singing | | |
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| | | Blackcap | 6 | | singing | | |
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| | | Mistle Thrush | 1 | | | | |
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| | Blackpool North Shore | Kittiwake | 42 | | 9 north, 1 + 15 + 17 south | | |
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| | | Razorbill | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Common Tern | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Sandwich Tern | 7 | | | | |
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| | | Gannet | 10 | | | | |
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| | | Swift | 1 | | north | | |
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| | | Shelduck | 20 | | 13 + 4 + 1 south, 2 north | | |
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| | | Common Scoter | 28 | | | | |
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| | | Knot | c1700 | | south | | |
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| | | Black-headed Gull | 21 | | | | |
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| | | Common Gull | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Guillemot | 7 | | | | |
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| | | unidentified Guillemot or Razorbill | 3 | | | | |
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| | | Cormorant | 5 | | | | |
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| | | Canada Goose | 15 | | presumed distantly south | | |
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| | Marton Mere | Whitethroat | 2 | | North pasture | | NJL |
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| | | Grasshopper Warbler | 1 | | North pasture | | |
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| | | Goldfinch | 2 | | North scrub | | |
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| | | Greenfinch | 1 | m | North scrub | | |
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| | | Oystercatcher | 2 | | Scrape | | |
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| | | Lapwing | 3 | | Scrape | | |
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| | | Gadwall | 2 | m/f | Scrape | | |
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| | | Canada Goose | 4 | | Scrape | | |
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| | | Cormorant | 2 | | Scrape | | |
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| | | Grey Heron | 1 | | Scrape | | |
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| | | Common Blue Damselfly | 10+ | | | | |
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| | | Broad-bodied Chaser | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Red Admiral | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Small Tortoiseshell | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Small Skipper | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Peacock butterfly | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Small White | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Buzzard | 2 | | Over north scrub | | |
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| | | House Martin | 4+ | | | | |
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| | | Reed Bunting | 3 | 2m | Causeway | | |
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| | Conder Green | Avocet | 9 | | | | AJH |
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| | | Common Tern | 6 | | | | |
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| | | Oystercatcher | 6 | | with 3 chicks | | |
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| | | Redshank | 1 | | | | |
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| | | House Martin | 2 | | | | |
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| | Bispham | Coal Tit | 2 | | Bushes in middle of Sainsbury's car park | | DJM |
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| | | Swift | 1+ | | Low around the houses along Warbreck Drive | | |
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| | Bispham | Sparrowhawk | 1 | | Hunting over Gala field | | JB |
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| | | Swift | 6 | | roof level 9am Kelvin Rd | | |
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| | Little Tongues | Greylag Goose | 78 | | | | JM |
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| | | Reed Warbler | 4 | | Singing well | | |
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| | | Grey Heron | 2 | | Flying | | |
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| | | Goldfinch | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Swallow | 5 | | | | |
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| | | Tree Sparrow | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Blackbird | 13 | | | | |
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| | | Skylark | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Meadow Pipit | 5 | | | | |
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| | | Whitethroat | 1 | | | | |
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| | | new species | 2 | | in fields opp hy-fly | | |
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1st June
| | Knott End | Blyth's Reed Warbler | 1 | | singing in scrub north of Grasmere Road roundabout | SD360486 | Chris Batty |
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| | Lawson Wetland | Whitethroat | 2 | | | | NJL |
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| | | Blackcap | 1 | f | | | |
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| | | Great Tit | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Dunnock | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Swallow | 10+ | | | | |
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| | | Emperor Dragonfly | 1 | | My first this year | | |
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| | | Ring-necked Parakeet | 2 | | Over from allotments | | |
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| | Knott End | Lesser Whitethroat | 1 | | scrub north of Pilling Lane / Grasmere Road junction | | Paul Ellis |
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| | | Whitethroat | 9 | | inc 7 singing and some carrying food, scrub north of Pilling Lane / Grasmere Road junction | | |
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| | | Blackcap | 2 | | singing scrub north of Pilling Lane / Grasmere Road junction | | |
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| | | Coal Tit | 1 | | scrub north of Pilling Lane / Grasmere Road junction | | |
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| | | Song Thrush | 2 | | singing scrub north of Pilling Lane / Grasmere Road junction | | |
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| | | Sparrowhawk | 1 | female | | | |
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| | Marton Mere | Common Tern | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Barn Owl | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Grasshopper Warbler | 2 | m | | | |
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| | | Starling | 3000+ | | | | |
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| | | Gadwall | 3 | | | | |
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| | | Shoveler | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Tufted Duck | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Sparrowhawk | 3 | | large female south, two poss juvs together | | |
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| | | Barnacle Goose | 3 | | | | |
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| | Fleetwood Marsh Nature Park | Great Crested Grebe | 4 | 2ads, 2juvs | | | Barry Dyson |
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| | | Shoveler | 3 | 2m, 1f | | | |
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| | | Swift | 2 | | In chase flight | | |
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| | | Raven | 1 | | Over, low | | |
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| | | Painted Lady | 1 | | My first of the year | | |
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| | Marton Mere | Skylark | 3 | | low over 2nd. field east, then 1 ascending high, singing | | TS |
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| | | Linnet | 1 | | over east fields | | |
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| | | Stock Dove | 2 | | SE over east fields & Gipsy Hole wood | | |
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| | | Buzzard | 1 | | dyke pylon | | |
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| | Herons' Reach Golf Course | Cetti's Warbler | 1 | | singing | | TS |
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| | | Reed Warbler | 4 | | singing | | |
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| | | Blackcap | 7 | | singing | | |
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| | | Whitethroat | 1 | | singing | | |
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| | | Chiffchaff | 1 | | singing | | |
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| | | Swift | 5 | | | | |
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| | | Swallow | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Reed Bunting | 2 | m, f | | | |
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| | | Mistle Thrush | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Kestrel | 1 | f | | | |
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| | | Oystercatcher | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Tufted Duck | 3 | 2m | | | |
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| | | Mute Swan | 6 | m, f + 4 young | | | |
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| | | Little Grebe | 1 | ad | | | |
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| | Blackpool North Shore | Arctic Tern | 23 | | north one group | | |
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| | | Canada Goose | 36 | | north one group | | |
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| | | Gannet | 16 | | | | |
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| | | Common Scoter | 8 | | | | |
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| | | Black-headed Gull | 8 | | | | |
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| | | Shelduck | 11 | | south | | |
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| | | Sandwich Tern | 6 | | | | |
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| | | Cormorant | 7 | | | | |
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| | | Manx Shearwater | 3 | | | | |
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| | | Guillemot | 2 | | | | |
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| | | unidentified Guillemot or Razorbill | 3 | | | | |
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| | | Common Tern | 1 | | south | | |
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| | | Eider | 1 | m | north | | |
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| | | Sanderling | 2 | | | | |
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| | Newton Marsh | Avocet | 2 | 1 and, 1 juv | | | John Lees |
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| | | Redshank | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Little Egret | 1 | | | | |
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| | | Little Ringed Plover | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Lapwing | 2 | | | | |
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| | | Shelduck | 4 | | | | |
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| | Carr House Green Common | Barn Owl | 1 | | hunting early morning | | MEv |
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| | | Willow Warbler | 8 | 7+ males | 7 singing | | |
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| | | Chiffchaff | 5 | 5 males | all singing | | |
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| | | Sedge Warbler | 11 | 9+ males | 9 singing | | |
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| | | Grasshopper Warbler | 1 | male | singing intermittently till 10.15 at least | | |
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| | | Blackcap | 5 | 5 males | all singing | | |
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| | | Lesser Whitethroat | 2 | 1+ male | one singing | | |
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| | | Whitethroat | 7 | 5+ males | 5 singing | | |
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| | | Bullfinch | 2 | m, f | | | |
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| | | Reed Bunting | 8 | 6+ males | 3 singing | | |
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| | Marton Mere | Little Ringed Plover | 1 | | island pool | | TS |
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| | | Bullfinch | 1 | m | low east over north end of NE field | | |
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| | | Little Owl | 1 | | barn Hawthorns | | |
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| | | Kestrel | 2 | f | flying together over east field. Month too early for a Juv. | | |
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| | | Teal | 3 | 2m | | | |
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| | | Weasel | 2 | | on path west of Mere View | | |
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