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Tag: Black-tailed Godwit

Something brewing

Posted onFebruary 25, 2015February 25, 2015Leave a comment

The Ribble Estuary NNR just under 10 miles south of Blackpool Tower and home to over quarter of a million waders and wildfowl during the winter. On Saturday 21st Feb the highest tide of the year came rolling in. Typical, you really couldn’t make it Read More …

CategoriesBirds, Landscapes, SeashoreTagsBlack-tailed Godwit, Knot, Lapwing, Oystercatcher, Wigeon

Avocets and Twites

Posted onApril 14, 2013April 14, 2013Leave a comment

Highlights from another trip to the coast – the RSPB reserve at Marshside just north of Southport. Plenty of Avocets and Black-tailed Godwits with circa 150 Wigeon hanging on for a change in the weather before moving north. Also a Spoonbill and several Snipe around. Read More …

CategoriesBirds, Flora, MammalsTagsArt, Avocet, Black-tailed Godwit, Brown Rat, Burton Mere, Coltsfoot, Dunnock, Marshside, Southport, Twite

First Migrants of the Year

Posted onApril 4, 2013April 4, 2013Leave a comment

  Avocets at Leighton Moss (a rare digiscoped effort). The end of March and locally we’re still awaiting the arrival of the first summer migrants.  The closet we’ve had is a male Stonechat at Millgate Fields but this was a case of passing through rather Read More …

CategoriesBirdsTagsAvocet, Bearded Tit, Black-tailed Godwit, Lapwing, Leighton Moss, Morecambe Bay, Nestbox, Pee-wit, Snipe

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