18 May 2012
Jan and I went off to Leighton Moss on Wednesday and
got back home feeling a bit mixed in as far as the day went. Bird-wise we got 42 species and only tree for
the year list. If it hadn’t been for the
black headed gulls Leighton Moss would have been just about empty. By the time we got round to Bolton-Le-Sands
the tide was well out and there was only dunnock and tree sparrows to be
seen. From there were headed off again
and we called into Blackpool for a couple of hours.
Our list for the day then reads thus …
To Leighton Moss
Wood pigeon, buzzard, jackdaw, magpie, lapwing,
crow, black headed gull, rook, greater black backed gull, oystercatcher,.
Leighton Moss
House sparrow, greylag geese, mallard, bullfinch,
chaffinch, coal tit, great tit, nuthatch, black headed gull, tufted duck, hen
harrier, coot, Canada geese, lapwing, shell duck, black tailed godwits, shovelor, swift, swallow, grey heron,
gadwall, mute swan, pheasant, blackbird, blackbird, starling, magpie, lesser
black backed gull, goldfinch, stock dove, herring gull, dunnock, tree sparrow.
You will notice that I list hen harrier; I do that
because when we saw it weren’t sure to start with and Jan claimed it as
such. None of the others in the hide
said differently and I saw one man nodding his head. Yesterday I got an email
from someone who posts daily lists for East Anglia and even North Norfolk was
very quiet too. Looks like it was just
one of those birding days that we all get every so often.
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