Y'day @ Pennington Flash I had the company of this Robin #Birdoftheday for an hour singing within touching distance. Had I brought seed I'm sure it would have fed from my hand! 1 GWE, 2 L.Egret, 12 Goosander + all other expected birds. Missed the reported Casp Gull & left B4 Gull roost. #PFBirding

Eurasian Bittern @ a very wet Pennington Flash @ 14.34 on the Kidney Pond initially seen by P.Rhodes @ 12.10 also 1 GWE @ T.Ed Hide & 1 L.Egret in the ditch below the canal bridge. #PFBirding #UKBirding

Thursday afternoon was grey & dismal light conditions @ Pennington Flash so I was happy to get a photo of G.Tit then 4 5minsl{ B4 dusk the sun put his hat on, hip hip hip hooray! B4 anyone implies A1 the photo is not edited! 😊 Shots looking out over Ramsdales! #PFBirding

Wednesday @ #BCPBirding Mr Sparrowhawk was waiting for the Starlings to arrive pre roost & was very attentive to the sounds of birds nearby. Will post video in another post as it's not possible to post video & photos together. #UKBirding #Patchbirding

1st W Male Greater Scaup still present this afternoon asleep but in Ramsdales bay along with 50+Pochard, 10 Goosander, 70+ Tufted Duck, 8 Goldeneye due to the boats on flash,2 GWE 1 in Ramsdales reedbed & 1 by East bay. Miserable light but at least it stopped raining. #PFBirding

10.08 this morning a Single Whooper Swan flew North over my garden which lies halfway between Pennington Flash & Bickershaw CP #UKBirding #Lowcarbonbirding

Very quiet this early pm @ #BCPBirding of interest details as follows of Mute Swan 2 ringed birds 4FZL & 4FZN present on Nevison's Flash BCP South were ringed as cygnets on Diggle Flash BCP North on 25/09/1924 as part of a brood of 7!! Info thanks to Steve Christmas. The 3rd unringed #UKBirding

2hrs b4 dark NYD @ S'port Marine Lake, Smew eluded me but, Peregrine, Ad Med Gull @ 14.40,(see additional post for video) Ad Little Gull @ 16.00 flew East between Dunelm store & first island North of the Pier. A rainbow added colour to the old Promenade Hospital Building. #UKBirding #Lancsbirding

#Patchbirding @#BCPBirding has seen 8 new species added this year in a rapidly changing habitat since I started recording in 2011. Tally now stands @ 139 as you can see from graphs attached. What will 140 be? Highlights not necessarily rare,LRP, H.Harrier, Garden Warbler, C.Buzzard + more #UKBirding

This Treecreeper @ #BCPBirding caught my attention 4 a while y'day watching it's agility moving around the tree trunk picking insects etc out of the Moss. Wish I was as agile 🤣 #UKBirding #Patchbirding

Traveling down Long Lane, Aughton, Lancs, rather quickly on the way to meet family in Southport., @ 13.53 when I noticed a single CATTLE EGRET standing alone in the middle of a field looking a bit lonely was a bit of a surprise! No time to stop unfortunately! #UKBirding #Lancsbirding Pic 2wk old DB

And all the best for 2026! #BCPBirding #UKBirding

Over half of December been & gone @ #BCPBirding & a lot quieter! Good numbers of Redwing remain with plenty berries still on offer. Starling roost attracted a Sparrowhawk this week. The 8th Dec 1 G Partridge once a daily sight was only my second record this year!! #UKBirding #Patchbirding

Sat pm 1¾hr @ Sandplant Marshside raptor watchpoint till dusk 3 Marsh Harriers, 1 Merlin,1 Buzzard, 1 Kestrel were only raptors on show & distant. #UKBirding #RSPBMarshside #Lowcarbonbirding

Sat 13th pm walk along Marine Drive from M.Lake to Sandplant NCN62 looking seaward lots of Pinkies 1-2000 scattered along route & numerous Skylark occasional glance across road @ inland marsh where large numbers of wildfowl were present as well as Gulls & waders #UKBirding #RSPB #Lowcarbonbirding

Paid a visit to relatives in Southport y'day afternoon vià parbold &was fortunate to find 4 Cattle Egret in a field opposite Smithy Mushroom Farm in Scarisbrick on route, then a quick visit to Marine Lake, Southport & caught up with the 1st W Male Smew just before dusk #UKBirding

half day birding away from home y'day p.m @ Lytham/Fairhaven @ low tide was hoping to find Snow Bunting but no luck, a Spotted Redshank calling drew my attention as it flew past was unexpected! A quick stop on the way home @ Warton Bank just before dusk saw SEO fly over towards L. Quays. #UKBirding

This week @ #BCPBirding a Woodcock was my first of this winter a day after the J.Snipe. Redwing continue to be prominent especially @ roost. Starling Murmurations continue attracting a Peregrine again today. Redpoll & Siskin numbers have now dropped. 1 Ad Com Gull (wrongly named!) today #UKBirding

Jack Snipe accidentally flushed from reed by the path this p.m @ #BCPBirding was my first of this winter. All too brief as it flew away silently! #UKBirding #Patchbirding #lowcarbonbirding

Tuesday evening there were 2 Murmurations @ #BCPBirding, first up the usual Starlings B4 roosting in reedbed @16.10 then it was the Jackdaws turn which I have not witnessed @BCP B4 roosting as they usually roost @ Pennington Flash! Redwing heard going to roost in vid! #UkBirding #Patchbirding

It's been a good Autumn for Redwing & Fieldfare passage & with a very good crop of berries & apples on offer a lot will stay on site hopefully joined soon by some Waxwing 🤞On other taxon this Doe Roe Deer spotted me long before I saw her by a favourite apple tree #BCPBirding #UKBirding #Patchbirding

Female Hen Harrier (sorry for dodgy silhouette photo)flew over Nevison's Flash South @ 09.11 , a Firecrest called a few times but I was not able to locate it, 2GWE dropped into Nevison's were the highlights this morning @ #BCPBirding #Patchbirding #UKBirding #Birdguides.bsky.social

Part of Y'day evenings Starling pre roost murmuration was attended by 2 Peregrine, also numerous Redwing also dropping in to roost. Informed by a local fisherman that on Wednesday morning a Bittern flew across the Flash!! @ #BCPBirding #Patchbirding #UKBirding

Finally after I don't know how many years I managed to get a photo of a Cetti's Warbler this morning, admittedly not the best you will have seen! As you guessed I'm no expert but it's a photo 😀 Even better, taken while #Patchbirding #BCPBirding #UKBirding

Comments appreciated on this Teal at Pennington Flash on Fri when swimming white triangle patch clearly visible &4 split second on first sight thought GW but t.patch all wrong & not on breast. Hybrid crossed my mind, feather displacement & partial Leucism have been suggested #PFBirding #UKBirding

Spent 3hrs from midday y'day Tues in & around Ramsdales,T.Ed & Horrocks Hide ducking & diving heavy rain showers, the usual suspects on show along with the ever increasing numbers of 10+ GWE & 25+ L.Egret that were in every nook & crannie & mobile & numbers left under recorded. #PFBirding #UKBirding

Starling murmuration pre roost in a dramatic sunset @ Bickershaw CP, y'day evening with Jackdaw heading to roost at nearby Pennington Flash. Sound up! #BCPBirding #UKBirding #Patchbirding #PFBirding

17 Little Egret & 1 GWE on the spit @ Pennington Flash this evening & 1 Wigeon,11 C.Snipe with P.Rhodes who also saw 3 C.Scoter & 1 Drake Pochard after I left. Sorry for shaky vid viewed from canal path while holding dog lead not the best policy! #PFBirding #UKBirding

21 days since my last #BCPBirding #Patchbirding post highlights since have been 2 Stonechat, large numbers of Redpoll, 2 Crossbill flew over (new site record for me), Siskin & Goldcrest numbers up, today saw first Fieldfare with large number passing over with Redwing & some grounded #UKBirding

19 Common Scoter were present at 17.55 in the middle of the Flash @ Pennington Flash. Only had time to count them onze as individuals. Male & female evenly split numbers before they all flew off West @17.57. 1 GWE & 2 L.EGRETon spit but mobile. #PFBirding #UKBirding

Another cold morning 3⁰C @ #BCPBirding with rising dew slow to clear! 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 C Snipe, a few Siskin & M. Pipit hanging around the highlight. 75+ Canada Geese were noisy as were 5 W Rail. A Hare was munching on vegetation & a large spider web stood out in the sun. #UKBirding

Very chilly!! Migrants from 1st light 21st Sept @ #BCPBirding 2 Wheatear,3 G.Sand,1000+ Pinkies, 6 Gwag,19 Pwag,1 Willo W'ler,19 Siskin,1 Hobby,80+ M Pipit,4 W Rail 1 giving good views, probably missed a lot deciding to look up or down 😀 2 T Owls calling 20mins B4 1st light. #UKBirding #Patchbirding

Slightly better vid of L.Gull @ Pennington Flash this morning. Also Ruff still on spit, 1 C.Sand, 2 GWE, 1 Blackcap, 6+ G.Wag, 4 Siskin, 10+ M.Pipit. #PFBirding #UKBirding

Juv Little Gull @ Pennington Flash now #PFBirding #UKBirding

Late post for Fri 12th @ #BCPBirding highlights were Marsh Harrier, Little & GWE, another GSW posing. KAn extremely loud rattle alarm call reminiscent of an old wooden football rattle by an upset Mistle Thrush caught my attention. Maybe he/she was getting ready for the weekend matches. #UKBirding

Saturday pm @ #PFBirding mainly from Horrocks Hide hoping for something different to drop in during the monsoon conditions but to no avail. 3 Black Tern, Juv Ruff & Hobby remain in place & a Kestrel offered good views hunting over the spit. #UKBirding

Slow motion video of 1 of 2 Juvenile Black Tern @ Pennington Flash this afternoon. #PFBirding

Not too much to shout about the last few days @ #BCPBirding a Hobby the past two days, 1 Blackcap & fewer numbers of Chiffchaff some singing. GSW young & Cetti's very vocal. A few Siskin & G Wag moving, Pinkies on their way! #UKBirding #Dragonflies still hanging on Migrant Hawker y'day

As my photos were not up to Colin's standard of the Black Tern @ Pennington Flash today I thought I'd post a short video instead 😊 #PFBirding

Y'day a.m @ #BCPBirding highlights, 35+Chiffchaff some singing, 3 Willow 2 singing, 4 Reed, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 2 W'throat, 1 Siskin, 1 W Tit, 1 G. Wag S, 1 Raven, 1 GWE ringed in Somerset. #UKBirding #Patchbirding

Late post for 2nd Sept @ #PFBirding a Spot Redshank heard calling by P.R & myself before we picked it up fly onto spit at 17:46pm then flew towards west end at 5:50pm still calling. 19 Swift & hundreds of mixed Hirundines mainly Swallow feeding over flash. Ruff & Green Sand still present.

I accidentally flushed a BITTERN that flew out of the reeds 10ft away from me caught pme off guard with camera switched off August 31st saw the month out. 2nd Sept 1 Tree Pipit S & 1st 2 G Wag SW passed over. Little & GWE W'throat , Blackcap & 4+ Reed Warbler. Kes pic chance @ #BCPBirding #UKBirding

Fri pm @ #PFBirding possible Cackling Goose(Branta minima) middle of flash alone, size of Lbb Gull, shorter bodied & necked,steep forehead than Canada. V poor photos attached! Also Juv Ruff & 2 Juv G Wag on spit, 2 G Sand in Ramsdales & hundreds of mixed Hirundines & 18+ Swift. 1 Sprawk & 2 Buzz

Past couple early a.m small passage of common migrants mainly Chiffchaff, C.Whitethroat, Blackcap,Swallow & 1 G.Wag. 3 family parties of Reed Warbler in place. Juvenile Buzzard posing today @ #BCPBirding then later low over my garden with ad being as vocal as ever. #UKBirding 2 Stag R Deer & F rut!

Tues-Sat highlights No photos just a short vid G. Sand @ Pennington Flash. A Curlew flew over BCP & P.Flash SW. GWE @ BCP, 10 Reed Warbler on Nevison's Flash, BCP still. W'thr't & 2 Blackcap still. Over my house that is half way between P.F & BCP and AD &Juv Hobby flew SSE together Sat pm #UKBirding

Y'day early morning felt a bit Autumnal! @ #BCPBirding Grey, cooler & breezy. Warblers were down in numbers. A Hobby recorded mostly late Aug/Sept sent a group of gol'ch scattering, 3 Raven flew SE together calling, quickly returning back. Mid a.m a Vixen sat on the path on my way home. #UKBirding

Early morning today @ #BCPBirding 1 Gr'shk, 2 GWE, 6 L.Egret, 1 C Tern, 1 Garden Warbler,4 C.W'throat, 3 Blackcap, large number of roving G'crest. #Patchbirding also #odanata 1 Migrant Hawker if ID is correct, photo heavy crop resulting poor image

Y'day morning #Patchbirding @BCPBirding the reeds & bushes held a very noticeable increase in Reed Warblers , migrants joining the resident nesting birds.

Late post for y'day 12th from 05.35, 300+ Starling left roost @05.50, 3 possibly 4 Great White Egret including the bird with Red Ring, 7 probably more Little Egret, 15+ Grey Heron, 3 Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap, 4 Reed Warbler parties, 7 Swallow South,1 Kingfisher, 1 Willow Tit, 1 Nuthatch #Patchbirding

After 5 days in Scotland back to #Patchbirding @ #BCPBirding with Reed,Sedge,C. Wh't, Bl'p still in place. Juv Buzzards very vocal on the wing. Res't Swift have left with 1 group of 23 migrating over S this a.m. 4 Gbb Gull flew N Y'day, Lbb Gull passage increases, 1 Siskin N this a.m. #UKBirding