Swinsty Res & Timble Ings

 Saturday 26th September a.m.

A beautiful sunny morning with a temperature of 12°C, I joined other BOG members for a group walk starting off at Swinsty Reservoir.  We walked alongside the res seeing Mallard, Cormorant & Grey Heron.  We headed up towards Timble Ings an area of woodland adding Red Kite, Buzzard, Goldfinch, Jay & Chaffinch along the way.  In an area of scubland we saw a couple of Stonechats & a Reed Bunting plus Swallows.  We headed up hill through the woodland where we saw more Goldfinch eating the seeds from the Conifer cones, also Siskin, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, LT Tit & Goldcrest were seen or heard.  The noise of a Raven cronking was heard and after a while looking high in the trees we manged to spot it.  As we went along we also saw Dragonflies and Butterflies such as Speckled Wood & Red Admiral.  Heading back we went through Timble village and shortly after a Great Spotted Woodpecker was seen rounding off an enjoyable morning.

Raven

Red Kite

Stonechat

Speckled Wood Butterfly

Goldfinch

Goldfinch at Timble Ings 26/9/2026

Leighton Moss

 Thursday 24th September a.m.

A sunny morning with a temperature of 10°C when I arrived at Leighton Moss on the West coast near Morcambe Bay.  A good start seeing Great White Egret & Little Egret with c100 Redshank & c100 Lapwings.  From Eric Morcambe hide I could see c250 Black-tailed Godwitts in the distance, plenty others including Dunlin, Curlew, Shoveler, Goosander, Snipe & Pied Wagtail. I was also pleased to see a couple of Spotted Reshanks, a Ruff and several Greenshanks.  I moved across to the main reserve adding Gadwall, Pintail, Coot, Moorhen & Mute Swan. 

Spotted Redshank 

 

Greenshank 

Redshank 

Ruff

Snipe

Curlew

Dunlin

GW Egret

Little Egret

GW Egret & Little Egret

Pintail

Shoveler

Gadwall

distant Black-tailed Godwitt

Spotted Redshank behind the Redshanks at Leighton Moss 24/9/2026

Lister Park

 Sunday 20th September a.m.

A sunny morning with a temperature of 13°C as I headed for the Lake where there was a Grey Heron on one of the islands.  On the water there were c50 BH Gulls, Herring Gull, Coots, Moorhen & Tufteds.  Walking round the Park I saw Treecreepers, Nuthatch, LT Tit, Coal Tit, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Robin, Mistle Thrush, Greylag & Canadas.  

Treecreeper 

LT Tit

Robin

Tufted

BH Gull

Herring Gull

Coot

Grey Heron

Greylag

Canadas at Lister Park 20/9/2026

Rodley Nature Reserve

 Wednesday 16th September a.m.

A sunny morning with a temperature of 15 °C as I made my way around Rodley NR.  There were a good number of Little Grebes & Gadwalls but the highlight of the morning was a Snipe which came out of the reeds for some pictures.  I heard a couple of Cetti's Warblers, others were Kestrel, Linnet, Little Egret, Cormorant, Lapwing, Moorhen, Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail, Mute Swan & BH Gull. 

Common Snipe

Moorhen & Snipe

Little Egret

Grey Wagtail

Lapwing

Little Grebe

Cormorant

Gadwall

Grey Heron

Common Snipe at Rodley NR 16/9/2026