There has not been a lot to write about lately as I have not been out and about birding and when I was, there were few opportunities to take pictures. A couple of weeks in Bolton were taken up with child minding so there wasn't an exciting day out to a bird reserve!! Any birding was incidental but the garden produced the local nuthatch (or two), a jay and finally a great spotted woodpecker on the feeder - an immature bird from this year. I also managed a red kite near Castle Douglas in Scotland.
WOW has been quiet and dry but we have had a bit of water recently and it is around 50% wet but still shallow enough for hooded crows to wade around like gulls. I have managed to add meadow pipit, guillemot, razorbill, sparrowhawk, snipe and sanderling to the list. The terns have all but gone and the ducks are all in eclipse plumage. There is very little close in and I didn't go as far as Hide 2 for pictures.
The coastal path added - finally - house martin, common tern and razorbill. An interesting feature was a sea mist which rolled in and blanketed the edge of the shore. Our house was in sunshine and blue skies while down on the shore visibility was about 100 m and the sound scape was foghorns from anchored ships.
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| July 22 |
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| August 19 |
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| August 26 |
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| Curlew, lapwing and lesser black backs |
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| Teal |
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| Moorhens |
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| Sea mist on the patch |
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| Same view last Tuesday evening!! |
2021
140: Roseate tern
141: Great sp0tted woodpecker
142: Red kite
143: Sanderling
NDCP
66: Manx shearwater
67: House martin
68: Common tern
69: Razorbill
WOW
70: Black guillemot
71: Meadow pipit
72: Guillemot
73: Snipe
74: Sparrow hawk
75: Sanderling
76: Razorbill
