Fylde Bird Club - Sightings report

Location

Species

Count

Age / Sex

Notes

Grid Ref

Source

16th July

Staining Nook

House Martin

20+

low over the Sycamores

Galgate

Curlew

flew west

15th July

Marton Mere

Kestrel

barn area

Cocker's Dyke

Black Redstart

100m-200m W of Cockers Dyke at 16.30

AC/MF

St Michael's on Wyre

Kingfisher

Poulton-le-Fylde

new species

Hummingbird Hawkmoth briefly in back garden on buddleia

Barry Dyson

Singleton	Ruff	1				Barry Dyson
	Curlew	22		Included some juvs
	Black-headed Gull	18	14 ad, 4 1CY
	Brown Hawker	5
	White-letter Hairstreak	2			SD3638
	Purple Hairstreak	11			SD3738

Fairhaven Beach	Bar-tailed Godwit	42	Stunning Birds in breeding plumage	IW / RH WeBS
	Knot	9	7 Birds in breeding plumage
	Redshank	7
	Curlew	27
	Oystercatcher	680
	Grey Heron	5
	Little Egret	5
	Eider	5

Fairhaven Lake	Canada Goose	258		IW WeBS
	Mallard	107
	Mute Swan	14
	Grey Heron	1	Imm
	Coot	23
	Tufted Duck	6
	Moorhen	8

Fleetwood	Shelduck	8	Going north west at 17.24	KG
	Holly Blue	2	Garden Ullswater A ve
	Peacock butterfly	2	Garden Ullswater Ave
	Speckled Wood	1	Garden Ullswater Ave

Marton Mere	Sand Martin	1	Maurice/Ellen
	Reed Warbler	4
	Sedge Warbler	1
	Blackcap	1
	Little Grebe	2
	Common Tern	2

Arm Hill	Whimbrel	3			P. Ellis / WeBS
	Redshank	140
	Lapwing	39
	Common Sandpiper	1
	Oystercatcher	750
	Eider	13	9 ad, 4 juvs	four large juveniles assumed same brood seen last month
	Shelduck	10	5 ad, 5 juvs
	Black-headed Gull	201
	Herring Gull	3
	Great Black-backed Gull	6
	Kestrel	1
	Whitethroat	2

Fleetwood Marsh	Herring Gull	33		P. Ellis / WeBS
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	10
	Black-headed Gull	41
	Little Egret	2
	Grey Heron	5
	Shelduck	19	3 ad, 16 juvs
	Lapwing	31

Barnaby's Sands	Meadow Pipit	5		one singing	P. Ellis / WeBS
	Reed Bunting	2		singing
	Linnet	2
	Curlew	180
	Kestrel	1
	Little Egret	1
	Grey Heron	1
	Shelduck	10
	Greylag Goose	9	1 ad, 8 juvs

Wardley's Creek	Redshank	67			P. Ellis / WeBS
	Greenshank	2
	Dunlin	13
	Oystercatcher	8
	Curlew	5
	Lapwing	46
	Little Egret	1
	Grey Heron	2
	Mallard	7
	Shelduck	8
	Little Grebe	5	2 ad, 3 juv	Ads feeding 3 small juvs on pond
	Great Black-backed Gull	2
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	54
	Common Gull	1
	Black-headed Gull	65
	Emperor Dragonfly	1		over pond

Shard Bridge	Redshank	45		P. Ellis / WeBS
	Lapwing	46
	Curlew	9
	Oystercatcher	2
	Little Egret	2
	Grey Heron	6
	Black-headed Gull	100
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	12
	Herring Gull	2
	Stock Dove	2
	Mallard	10
	Shelduck	3	2 ad, 1 juv

Skippool Creek	Redshank	48			P. Ellis / WeBS
	Lapwing	47
	Oystercatcher	1
	Curlew	8
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	27
	Black-headed Gull	111
	Grey Heron	1
	Herring Gull	5
	Shelduck	27	5 ads, 22 juvs	broods of 4, 3 and 15
	Common Gull	1

Ramper Pot	Common Sandpiper	2			P. Ellis / WeBS
	Redshank	20
	Lapwing	59
	Curlew	6
	Oystercatcher	2
	Little Egret	4
	Cormorant	1
	Shelduck	19	5 ad, 14 juvs
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	20
	Black-headed Gull	395
	Grey Heron	3
	Chiffchaff	1		singing
	Reed Bunting	1		singing

Church Scar	Little Egret	1	R Holmes & I Walker WeBS
	Oystercatcher	16
	Ringed Plover	12

Lytham Jetty	Mute Swan	3	R Holmes & I Walker WeBS
	Cormorant	6
	Redshank	69
	Curlew	4
	Whimbrel	3
	Shelduck	68
	Eider	8
	Grey Heron	5
	Little Egret	6
	Mallard	3
	Oystercatcher	154
	Dunlin	438
	Common Tern	3
	House Martin	6

Lytham Quays	Redshank	56	R Holmes & I Walker WeBS
	Curlew	4
	Mallard	6
	Oystercatcher	14
	Lapwing	4
	Dunlin	48

Cocker's Dyke	Golden Plover	1	adult
	Oystercatcher	55
	Common Gull	45		to east	SD378498
	Black-headed Gull	500		to east	SD378498
	Mediterranean Gull	1	adult	to east	SD378498
	Great Black-backed Gull	1
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	25
	Herring Gull	30	1 juvenile
	Cormorant	4
	Linnet	2

Knott End	Whimbrel	2
	Sand Martin	1
	Swift	1
	Redshank	6
	Lesser Black-backed Gull	4
	Herring Gull	12
	Whitethroat	1	male	singing

Pilling Lane	Black Redstart	1	juvenile	sea wall	SD366492	Chris Batty
	Tree Sparrow	1
	Starling	150

St Michael's on Wyre	Purple Hairstreak	3	andy myo
	Nuthatch	1
	Grey Wagtail	1
	Swift	1

Starr Gate	Manx Shearwater	9	South. (0645-0915)	SC,M.J
	Common Tern	4	South
	Sandwich Tern	6	South
	Dunlin	8	South
	Sanderling	2	South
	Common Scoter	82	South/North
	Gannet	14	South
	Swallow	2	North
	Cormorant	6	North

14th July

Pilling Lane	Starling	300		Beach Road	Paul Ellis / Kinta Beaver
	Sparrowhawk	1	f
	Collared Dove	6	4 ad 2 juv	adult with dependant juvs Beach Road
	Goldfinch	20		Beach Road inc at least 4 juvs
	House Sparrow			two nests feeding young Beach Road
	Dunnock			nest with young Beach Road

Lytham Crematorium	Migrant Hawker	1	Frank Bird
	Brown Hawker	2
	Emperor Dragonfly	1

Skippool Creek	Common Sandpiper	1	MF
	Redshank	50
	Black-headed Gull	60
	Lesser Black-backed Gull

	Ramper Pot	Mediterranean Gull	1		09.55am		MF
		Black-headed Gull	100

Knott End	Swift	9
	House Martin	15
	Swallow	10
	Sandwich Tern	3

Cottam	Tawny Owl	1	female	calling 23:00	JS, SB, AB
	Dunlin	1+		over calling 23:00
	Oystercatcher	1+		over calling 23:00

Lea Gate	Raven	2	calling over river and on pylons	JS, SB
	Kestrel	1
	Buzzard	1
	Common Sandpiper	6	on river
	Lapwing	17
	Shelduck	2
	Whitethroat	2
	Linnet	5
	Stock Dove	1

Preston Dock	Arctic Tern	7+	6+ ad, 1 2cy	at 21:20	JS, SB
	Common Tern	112	112 ad	+ uncounted youngsters, at 21:20
	Great Black-backed Gull	1
	Peregrine	1	juvenile	over south

	Lytham Crematorium	Purple Hairstreak	11		Oaks west side		Frank Bird
		White-letter Hairstreak	1		Regent Av.

	Singleton	Swift	2		Over Singleton church		Barry Dyson
		Purple Hairstreak	5		On oak tree in church yard. Still flying above the canopy at 20.00pm.

Rossall Point	Dunlin	c250			Barry Dyson
	Sanderling	1
	Eider	10	All females	Flying parallel to the coastline towards Wyre estuary.

Staining	Swift	45+		fields east of McColl's shop, 20.00	TS
	Whitethroat	4		possibly all juvs
	Curlew	1		over west
	Buzzard	1
	Red-legged Partridge	4
	Pied Wagtail	3	ad + 2 juvs
	Mistle Thrush	1
	Song Thrush	1		singing
	Linnet	20+
	Greenfinch	5+
	Goldfinch	40+

	Rossall School	Starling	500+		On roof of school		kg
		Meadow Pipit	1		Song flight

Galgate	Kingfisher	1
	Dipper	2
	Nuthatch	1
	Long-tailed Tit	10	juveniles

Preston Dock	Peregrine	1	over flying west 6.30am	martin jump
	Common Sandpiper	1	on wave breakers.
	Common Tern	80+	lots sitting on second clutch of eggs.Not seen 1 fledged Common Tern chick on all the sight,

	Marton Mere	Little Ringed Plover	1				TS
		Little Grebe	1	ad

	Weeton	Purple Hairstreak	10+		in woods along railway and opposite school.In allmost every oak tree.Must be very abundent this year		andy myo
		Great Spotted Woodpecker	1

13th July

Fleetwood	Blackbird	2	juv	in garden Ullswater Ave	kg
	Magpie	2	juv	in garden Ullswater Ave
	Curlew	1		over Ullswater Ave

	Rossall Point	Curlew	2				AA
		Small Copper	3

Newton-with-Scales

Purple Hairstreak

On oak just past basketball hoop. On newton recreation ground

andy myo

Starr Gate	Common Scoter	130	south. Watch 1145-1330.	L.G.B.
	Gannet	5	south.
	Dunlin	68	south.
	Sandwich Tern	4
	Risso's Dolphin	1	slowly moving north 1225-1245.

12th July

Starr Gate	Eider	3	north. Watch 0630-1000	Sev. obs.
	Common Scoter	630	south.
	Manx Shearwater	10	south.
	Great Crested Grebe	1
	Gannet	20	south.
	Cormorant	8	south.
	Curlew	3	south.
	Redshank	1	south.
	Sandwich Tern	10
	Common Tern	6
	Arctic Tern	1
	Harbour Porpoise	2

Marton Mere	Mute Swan	8	m, f + 6 juvs		TS
	Shoveler	4+
	Oystercatcher	1
	Kestrel	4		3 barn south ledge
	Red-legged Partridge	1		flew over the barn
	Linnet	2	m, f	north side
	Swift	1
	House Martin	10+

	Mowbreck	Raven	4				andy myo
		Purple Hairstreak	3

Thornton

Swift

Over garden

Howard

Freckleton Naze Point

Purple Hairstreak

At naze farm.Probably more this one showed well

andy myo

Lytham St Annes Nature Reserve	Grayling	27	Dunes side	AA
	Gatekeeper	37
	Meadow Brown	23
	Small Skipper	7

Lightfoot Green	Sand Martin		224 nest holes	Steve Jones
	Canada Goose	13	4 adults, 9 juveniles
	Tufted Duck	2	female & 1 juvenile

Conder Green	Common Tern	5	3 Ad+2 juves	AC
	Avocet	1
	Tufted Duck	3	Ad+ 2 chicks

Bodie Hill

Swift

Knott End	Mediterranean Gull	1	adult
	Black-headed Gull	260
	Great Black-backed Gull	1	adult
	Swift	8
	Little Egret	1
	Common Gull	10
	Curlew	1
	Sandwich Tern	2	2 adults
	Dunlin	5		flew south

11th July

	Haslam Park	Kingfisher	1		second day running		Steve Jones
		Kestrel	2		adult male & flying juvenile

Knott End

Pied Wagtail

Blackpool Central

Peregrine

Singleton	Purple Hairstreak	12	Seen at Grange Hill wood.This site was only opened to the public in late 2016 by way of a permissive footpath. Goodness knows the true total to be found there.	SD3938	Barry Dyson
	Black-tailed Skimmer	1
	Purple Hairstreak	1	Low down on the 58 year old oak tree (see plaque) in the church grounds and within 50 metres of a WLHairstreak I saw there on 8/7

Knott End

Swift

Esplanade feeding

Marton Mere

Little Ringed Plover

North end of the island pool viewable from the bench on the path

MM VOLS

	Mowbreck	Bullfinch	1	m			andy myo
		Purple Hairstreak	1	f	good views through scoop at yesterdays site

Marton Mere	Little Egret	1		flew NE over NE corner, 9.35	TS
	Little Grebe	1	ad
	Shoveler	6
	Teal	3
	Tufted Duck	6

10th July

Warton

Sedge Warbler

singing Lodge Lane

Paul Ellis

Warton Marsh

Sedge Warbler

singing in reedbed at end of Bank Lane

Paul Ellis

Wyre Light

Cormorant

Knott End

Little Egret

Lytham Moss

Corn Bunting

singing Anna's Lane

Blackpool Central

Peregrine

	Mowbreck	Purple Hairstreak	2		in lone oak past scout camp and white house near elms with white letter hairstreaks in		andy myo
		Raven	2

Weeton Camp

Kestrel

Paul Ellis

Singleton

Kestrel

Paul Ellis

Knott End

Herring Gull

2+ juveniles

Preesall Sands

Cleveleys North Promenade

Short-eared Owl

Seen circling at altitude, then appeared to descend towards Rossall School at 7.30am.

D & J Moreton

9th July

Warton Aerodrome

Goldcrest

in confiers North side

Paul Ellis

Warton

Chiffchaff

singing Church Road

Paul Ellis

Preston Dock	Mediterranean Gull	1	second-summer
	Black-headed Gull	400
	Arctic Tern	9	8 ads and juvenile	22:25
	Common Tern	142	142 adults	22:25

Greenhalgh

Kestrel

Wesham

Swift

Windy Harbour

Buzzard

SD391396

	Fleetwood Marsh Nature Park	Little Grebe	6	1 ad, 5 juvs			Barry Dyson
		Gatekeeper	71		Nearly a threefold increase on previous best year (2015)

Starr Gate	Shelduck	13		south. Watch 0615-1000	Sev. obs.
	Eider	1		north.
	Common Scoter	157		south.
	Manx Shearwater	73		south.
	Gannet	23		north.
	Great Crested Grebe	1
	Mediterranean Gull	1	ad.	south inshore.
	Sandwich Tern	10
	Common Tern	1
	Guillemot	4
	Razorbill	3

Stanley Park	Great Crested Grebe	5	4 ads, juv		TS
	Mute Swan	4+	m, f + 2 juvs	+ other ads
	Stock Dove	1		near west bridge
	Grey Wagtail	1		north end of lake
	Swift	3

Pilling Lane Ends

Kestrel

to east

Kincraig Lake	Great Crested Grebe	4	2 ad, 2 juv
	Mallard	44
	Greylag Goose	23

Preesall Moss Side

Stock Dove

	Knott End	Starling	300		flew west
		Herring Gull	5	2 ads and 3 young	Grasmere Road

Head Dyke Lane

Kestrel

Glasson

Mute Swan

Conder Green	Little Egret	2
	Mute Swan	2
	Swift	1

Preesall Park

Buzzard

to south

	Wrampool	Grey Heron	2
		Lapwing	10		to west

	Blackpool Central	Peregrine	1
		Grey Wagtail	1+

Preston Dock

Roseate Tern

Briefly at 1620hrs. Tried to land on the pontoons but mobbed by resident terns and flew off towards Bull Nose. At the point of identification immature tern plumage variation fully considered

Ian Walker et al

8th July

Singleton Park

Swallow

Barry Dyson

	Singleton	White-letter Hairstreak	1		On elm east of Singleton church boundary wall		Barry Dyson
		Black-tailed Skimmer	2	Males	In Peace garden located behind Singleton church

Stake Pool

Chiffchaff

singing

Paul Ellis

	Out Rawcliffe	Yellowhammer	1		singing 200 yds west of Castle Hill Wood		Paul Ellis
		Chiffchaff	1		singing Castle Hill Wood

Marton Mere

Barn Owl

over NE field with prey, 20.55

Galgate	Nuthatch	1	allotments
	Blackcap	1	allotments
	Black-headed Gull	2	flew over

Winmarleigh Moss	Reed Bunting	2	singing. All dried out	Paul Ellis
	Meadow Pipit	3	singing
	Willow Warbler	1	calling
	Whitethroat	1	singing
	Buzzard	2	high and distant
	Gatekeeper	3
	Large Skipper	6

Skippool Creek	Dunlin	24		Paul Ellis
	Golden Plover	1
	Redshank	15
	Lapwing	45
	Oystercatcher	7
	Curlew	74
	Shelduck	39	5 ad, 34 juvs
	Cormorant	2

Wardley's Creek	Greenshank	3			Paul Ellis
	Redshank	5
	Curlew	5
	Lapwing	23
	Oystercatcher	13
	Shelduck	3	ad, 2 juv
	Grey Heron	1
	Little Grebe	1	ad	on pond
	Coot	2		on pond

Ramper Pot	Golden Plover	2	Paul Ellis
	Lapwing	24
	Redshank	105
	Dunlin	1
	Curlew	4
	Oystercatcher	4
	Shelduck	4

Shard Bridge	Common Sandpiper	1		Paul Ellis
	Lapwing	112
	Curlew	2
	Redshank	5
	Oystercatcher	3
	Curlew	2
	Grey Heron	1
	Shelduck	4	2 ad, 2 juv

Warbreck Hill

Peregrine

DJM

Preston Dock	Common Tern		Mark Cookson
	Herring Gull
	Lesser Black-backed Gull
	Coot
	Moorhen
	House Martin
	Peregrine	High above docks at a distant
	Black-headed Gull
	Feral Pigeon
	Mallard

Little Singleton

Common Sandpiper

Little Singleton	Tree Sparrow	1
	Greenfinch	1	male	singing
	Grey Heron	1
	Goldfinch	1
	Chaffinch	1
	Swallow	5

Hambleton

Pied Wagtail

Preston Dock

Roseate Tern

adult

present 15:10-16:20+ on south pontoons

per Shaun Ankers

Lytham Hall

Purple Hairstreak

on oak trees all seen from eastern boundary path

Starr Gate	Eider	4	fem.	north.	L.G.B .G.J. M.J.
	Common Scoter	460
	Red-breasted Merganser	1	male.	north.
	Manx Shearwater	20		south.
	Cormorant	19		north.
	Sanderling	4		south.
	Mediterranean Gull	1	ad.	north.
	Sandwich Tern	16
	Common Tern	1
	Guillemot	4		north.

	Preston Dock	Little Tern	1	1st summer	Present briefly in morning then flew off down river		per S Darbyshire
		Arctic Tern	5		3 in nest boxes and 1 pair displaying

7th July

Knott End

Swift

all in screaming flock in evening

Paul Ellis

Preston Dock	Arctic Tern	7	Juv fledged and gone. 4 more adults sitting in boxes on eastern set	Paul Ellis
	Common Tern	59	active nests
	Swift	29	over town

Knott End

Pied Wagtail

Cleveleys

Bottlenose Dolphin

Filmed tonight from near The Venue per Facebook

Salwick	Common Tern	3		Along canal	Stu Milne
	Canada Goose	5	2ad 3juv
	Chiffchaff	2
	Mute Swan	2
	Sedge Warbler	1
	Pheasant	1	Cock
	Tawny Owl	1		Flushed from trees near hall canal bridge
	new species	2		Comma butterfly
	new species	1+		Gatekeeper butterfly no sign of White Letter Hairstreaks
	new species	1	M	Banded Demoiselle cut walk short due to Horseflys

Marton

Coal Tit

ad, juv

garden

Frank Bird

6th July

Marton

Swift

groups 5,5 and 4 over regular breeding sites plus 27 over Stanley Park.

L.G.B.

Starr Gate	Common Scoter	241		south. Watch 0630-1030	L.G.B. S.C. G.J.
	Manx Shearwater	68		north.
	Gannet	16		north.
	Curlew	3		south.
	Sanderling	5		south.
	Redshank	4		south.
	Sandwich Tern	11
	Common Tern	4
	Pomarine Skua	1	ad.	north 0830.
	Guillemot	2		north.

Marton

White-letter Hairstreak

Preston new rd on elms between carson rd / winton rd

Frank Bird

Galgate	Chiffchaff	1	juvenile
	Song Thrush	1	juvenile
	Mistle Thrush	5		flew over
	Kingfisher	1		carrying food
	Dipper	1
	Long-tailed Tit	10+
	Goldcrest	1		singing
	Grey Heron	2		flew over

Marton Mere

Barn Owl

NE field and towards Staining Nook, 21.35-45

Devonshire Rock Gardens	Blackcap	3	m	2 DRGC & 1 Golden triangle	DJM/CR/WM
	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1		Over W - my first here for some time
	Swallow	7+		Feeding over former school playing field
	Swift	2
	Woodpigeon	2+		Pair connecting nesting sticks
	Brown Hawker	1
	Emperor Dragonfly	1
	White-letter Hairstreak	2
	Painted Lady	1
	Red Admiral	2
	Small Copper	1
	Comma	1+
	Small Tortoiseshell	1
	Meadow Brown	50+
	Large Skipper	5+
	Small Skipper	25+
	Gatekeeper	10+
	Large White	5+
	Small White	5+
	new species	5+		Field grasshopper

Stanley Park	Great Crested Grebe	4	3 ads, juv.		TS
	Mute Swan	38	2 juvs
	Mallard	5	f + 4 small young	+ other ads
	Stock Dove	1		near west bridge

Pilling Lane

Starling

Knott End

Whitethroat

male

singing

5th July

Rossall Beach	Ringed Plover	1		DJM/GB
	Curlew	1	N
	Manx Shearwater	3	N

Shard Bridge	Golden Plover	5
	Common Sandpiper	3
	Grey Heron	2
	House Martin	4
	Shelduck	15	11 adult and 4 young
	Lapwing	5

Knott End

Chiffchaff

male

singing

Marton Mere

Common Tern

ads

21.00+

Wesham Marsh

Noctule Bat

Flying around with swifts This has been a good site for this species for a number of years

andy myo

	Harris Park	Swift	5	2 Adults 3 young.	First sign of fledged young tonight.		Jim Cl,ift
		Comma	1	Adukt	Comma flew north through our garden this afternoon

Kirkham	Long-tailed Tit	20+	Carr Lane	Geoff Speight
	Buzzard	1	Mowbreck lane
	Kestrel	1	Mowbreck lane
	new species

Starr Gate	Mute Swan	4	ads.	sat on the sea. Watch 0630-0830.	L.G.B.
	Common Scoter	393		south.
	Manx Shearwater	12		north.
	Gannet	5		north.
	Curlew	1		south.
	Sandwich Tern	14		including first juv. of the autumn,
	Common Tern	2
	Guillemot	4		north.

Singleton

White-letter Hairstreak

Church Rd / Grange Rd

SD38713876

Frank Bird

Pilling Lane Ends

Emperor Dragonfly

MMM

Carr House Green Common	Grasshopper Warbler	1		singing	ME
	Sedge Warbler	10		3 singing, 2 carrying food
	Whitethroat	11		6 singing, one carrying food, one carrying faecal sac
	Lesser Whitethroat	1		singing
	Blackcap	2		both singing
	Willow Warbler	8		3 singing
	Chiffchaff	4		2 singing
	Reed Bunting	5		all singing
	Raven	2		over
	Bullfinch	1	m
	Ringlet	1		my first and probably a new species for the site

Newton Marsh

Buzzard

Pool and creek very nearly completely dried out.

4th July

Warton Hall

Nuthatch

calling

Paul Ellis

	Warton Bank	Redshank	1		alarming and mobbing kestrel west of Bank Lane		Paul Ellis
		Kestrel	1

Blackpool Sixth Form College

Swift

over Poulton Old Road

Herons' Reach Golf Course

Swallow

100+

Marton Mere

Teal

Skippool Creek

Golden Plover

Elswick

White-letter Hairstreak

Roseacre rd

SD42373766

Frank Bird

Preston Dock

Sandwich Tern

over calling flying east.

martin jump

Pilling Lane Ends	Little Grebe	1			AC
	Emperor Dragonfly	1
	Common Blue	2
	Gatekeeper	2+
	Meadow Brown	20+
	Ringlet	2		Countless Burnet moths
	Tufted Duck	4	2 M 2 F

Wrampool	Gatekeeper	3		AC
	Large White	10+	Lots of White butterflies on flowering set aside field
	Small White	10+
	Small Tortoiseshell	2+
	Meadow Brown	5+

3rd July

Herons' Reach Golf Course	Hobby	1	ad	flew east just to the north of the crossing path, 22.15	TS
	Mute Swan	2	m + 1 juv
	Reed Warbler	2		singing, west side pool
	Tufted Duck	1	m
	Swallow	30+

Herons' Reach

Sparrowhawk

circling over

Salwick	White-letter Hairstreak	5	Frank Bird
	Banded Demoiselle	2
	Brown Hawker	1

Starr Gate	Shelduck	3	south. Watch 0630-0930	L.GB. S.C.
	Common Scoter	163	south.
	Gannet	5	north.
	Cormorant	11	north.
	Knot	4	south.
	Dunlin	5	south.
	Curlew	3	south.
	Sandwich Tern	2
	Little Tern	1	south.
	Swift	3	north.
	Swallow	3	south/east.

Mowbreck

White-letter Hairstreak

near top of one of a line of elms past scout camp

andy myo

Marton Mere	Black-headed Gull	MM VOLS
	Woodpigeon
	Swallow
	House Sparrow
	Goldfinch
	Chiffchaff
	Whitethroat
	Herring Gull
	Coot
	Moorhen
	Mallard
	Grey Heron
	Pochard
	Lesser Black-backed Gull
	Mute Swan
	Carrion Crow
	Reed Bunting
	Song Thrush
	Wren
	Oystercatcher
	Lapwing
	Little Ringed Plover
	Linnet
	Sedge Warbler
	House Martin
	Magpie
	Blackbird
	Teal
	Reed Warbler
	Tufted Duck

Marton Mere	Little Ringed Plover	1		TS
	Pochard	1	m
	Grey Heron	6
	Cormorant	1
	Kestrel	1	m

Stanley Park	Great Crested Grebe	2	ads		TS
	Mute Swan	4+	m, f + 2 juvs	+ other ads
	Mallard	6	f + 5 small young	Herring Gull attacked, but female grabbed it's wing and dragged it along the water. It was glad to escape. Young survived for now
	Swift	5		screaming over Woodland Grove

St Michael's on Wyre	Kingfisher	3	young	andy myo
	Grey Wagtail	2	young
	Song Thrush	3
	Nuthatch	2
	Blackcap	2
	Whitethroat	1
	Banded Demoiselle	20+
	Red Admiral	2

Knott End	Little Egret	1
	Kestrel	1
	Swift	4
	Sparrowhawk	1
	Pied Wagtail	1

2nd July

Herons' Reach

Curlew

over calling

Herons' Reach Golf Course	Mute Swan	2	m + 1 young	pool east of zoo car park	TS
	Reed Warbler	2		singing, west side pools
	Swallow	35+
	Swift	4

Marton Mere

Red-legged Partridge

barn roof

	Pilling Lane	Swift	4
		Lapwing	1

Little Singleton

Common Sandpiper

Knott End	Sand Martin	1
	Grey Heron	2	flew east
	Curlew	10
	Swift	4
	Pied Wagtail	1

Starr Gate	Manx Shearwater	11	North. 0600-0800	S.C
	Gannet	16	South
	Common Scoter	21	North and South
	Sandwich Tern	5	South
	Common Tern	4	North
	Shelduck	2	South
	Swallow	1	North

	Treales	Yellowhammer	7		Jacob's Lane 0815hrs		Ian Walker
		Siskin	1		Flew south east

1st July

Pilling Lane

Woodpigeon

ad feeding two dependant young Beach Road

Paul Ellis

Starr Gate	Shelduck	4	south. Watch 0630-0930	L.G.B. G.J.
	Common Scoter	232	south.
	Eider	6	south.
	Gannet	15	north.
	Manx Shearwater	42	north.
	Dunlin	1	south.
	Knot	16	south.
	Curlew	3	south.
	Sandwich Tern	4	south.
	Common Tern	5
	Swift	5	south.

	Knott End	Sand Martin	1
		Swift	3

Herons' Reach Golf Course	Mute Swan	2	m + 1 young	central pool	TS
	Little Grebe	1		calling, central pool
	Reed Warbler	2		singing, central pool, west side pool
	Kestrel	1	m
	Swift	3
	Swallow	20+

Marton Mere	Common Tern	2	ads	briefly, island pool bank, 21.20	TS
	Lapwing	3
	Linnet	2		west over the island
	Red-legged Partridge	1		barn roof

Poulton-le-Fylde	Long-tailed Tit	3+	Moorland Rd	Jol
	Great Spotted Woodpecker	1	Moorland Gardens
	Nuthatch	1	Moorland Gardens

Lytham Jetty

Great White Egret

Little Singleton	Common Sandpiper	2
	Stock Dove	2
	Shelduck	4	2 ad, 2 juv	Pair with two small ducklings

Fleetwood

Buzzard

Amounderness way Rossall turning being mobbed by 2 Crows

Freckleton Naze Point	Common Sandpiper	13	Ian Walker
	Curlew	16
	Little Egret	2

Freckleton Naze Pool	Avocet	7	3 Ad 4 Juvs	Ian Walker
	Common Sandpiper	2
	Little Ringed Plover	1
	Redshank	9

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Sightings for July 2018