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