....... That's what I didn't see! Yet another sighting of the elusive Lesser-spot yesterday, so I made an early morning effort on the woodland edge of Brockholes this morning. Started a bit too early actually as Tawny Owl was calling. A Cuckoo singing strongly just off-site is a good quarry record (only my second ever here) while I was scanning the ploughed fields in the hope of Ring Ouzels (no luck).
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The shingle area bordering No 1 Pit (top pic with M6 in background) still holds 3 White Wag's and a couple of Wheatears but the coastal Lancs Redstart arrival didn't appear to penetrate inland - not a far as Brockholes anyway. Still only 20 Whimbrel in the roost this evening.
The reports of staggering numbers of migrant Ring Ouzels on the higher areas in Lancs is just getting too tempting, provoking some "off-patch" birding.
....... That's what I didn't see! Yet another sighting of the elusive Lesser-spot yesterday, so I made an early morning effort on the woodland edge of Brockholes this morning. Started a bit too early actually as Tawny Owl was calling. A Cuckoo singing strongly just off-site is a good quarry record (only my second ever here) while I was scanning the ploughed fields in the hope of Ring Ouzels (no luck).19-04-07.jpg)
The shingle area bordering No 1 Pit (top pic with M6 in background) still holds 3 White Wag's and a couple of Wheatears but the coastal Lancs Redstart arrival didn't appear to penetrate inland - not a far as Brockholes anyway. Still only 20 Whimbrel in the roost this evening.
The reports of staggering numbers of migrant Ring Ouzels on the higher areas in Lancs is just getting too tempting, provoking some "off-patch" birding.
