Monday September 28th a.m.
A sunny morning with a temperature of 9°C at TMR where there was a good number of Red-legged Partridge but lower numbers of BH Gull, Herring Gull & LBB Gulls. There were c30 Lapwings plus Jacdaws & Mallards. It was good to see two early returning Wigeon, others were Red Grouse, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Greylags & Canadas.
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| Red-legged Partridge |
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| Wigeon |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| BH Gull |
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| Lapwing |
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| LBB Gull |
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| Canadas arriving at TMR 28/9/2026 |
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.
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| Raven |
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| Red Kite |
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| Stonechat |
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| Speckled Wood Butterfly |
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| Goldfinch |
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| Goldfinch at Timble Ings 26/9/2026 |
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
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| Greenshank |
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| Redshank |
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| Ruff |
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| Snipe |
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| Curlew |
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| Dunlin |
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| GW Egret |
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| Little Egret |
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| GW Egret & Little Egret |
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| Pintail |
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| Shoveler |
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| Gadwall |
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| distant Black-tailed Godwitt |
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| Spotted Redshank behind the Redshanks at Leighton Moss 24/9/2026 |
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.
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| Treecreeper |
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| LT Tit |
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| Robin |
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| Tufted |
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| BH Gull |
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| Herring Gull |
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| Coot |
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| Grey Heron |
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| Greylag |
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| Canadas at Lister Park 20/9/2026 |
