Ribble snippets.

Little Egrets, Hesketh Out Marsh RSPB 26 July 2012.

 Still pretty quiet on the Ribble Estuary at the moment. It's good to see the continued build up of Little Egrets on the estuary - there were six together yesterday afternoon at Hesketh Out Marsh, just across the Ribble from Freckleton Naze Point where a late summer roost can be observed.
Still a dozen Greenshanks on the pools but just five Dunlin now. Yellow Wagtail still hanging around in the fields.

Under total control?

A quick look at Banks Marsh on the Ribble National Nature Reserve this morning showed promise of things to come this autumn (hopefully). 

A nice feeding flock of 175+ Dunlin on the splashes will surely drag something interesting in over the next few weeks?
Two Greenshanks were roosting with several Redshanks and a single summer plumage Black-tailed Godwit fed alone. Plenty of geese on the marsh - mostly Greylags with a lone Pink-footed Goose and a few Canadas. Yellow Wagtail calling close to the seawall and Common Sand' in the channel.