A real highlight from RSPB Leighton Moss on 31st March, an incredibly acrobatic 1st winter Little Gull twisting and turning over the reserve.

Light as a feather and full of energy, giving brilliant views as it fed on the wing. A proper spring treat! 🐦✨

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Larus michahellis michahellis

Larus michahellis michahellis

Larus michahellis michahellis

A Saturday trip to Queen's Park, Blackburn to see the long staying 1cy Yellow-Legged Gull with @unsociable-lapwing.bsky.social.

Thanks to @billaspin.bsky.social for the info!

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September 2019 - The Fluke Hall Wheatear, Lancashire

Initially identified as Eastern Black-eared... put perhaps a Pied.

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Juvenile Long-eared Owl last night after a delivery from mum. Those eyes!
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Juvenile Dipper on my local patch in Burnley #birds #birding #lancsbirding #lancashirebirding #wildlife

An unsuccessful Otter watch in Southport this evening, although stumbling upon some Goldilocks Buttercups (1 of only 2 Merseyside sites) certainly helped ease the pain! Also bumped into a Cattle Egret and Spoonbill along the coast just before sunset #UKBirding #LancashireBirding

A white throat bird in the scrub singing.

White Throat in the scrub on one of our early morning walks. Best things in life are free 🫶

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The simple beauty of a female Reed Bunting in the right light at #wwtmartinmere #wwt #Lancashirebirding #lancs #rspb #wildlifephotography #photography

Ring-reading kept me occupied in Dec. Over 140 Shelducks read (4 from Lower Derwent), Whoopers (one 21 years old), several Wigeon (one from Lower Derwent), Coots, Greylags, Pink-feet, , Black-tailed Godwits, BH Gulls (1 Latvian), a Lapwing from Kent, a Med Gull from Poland, #lancashirebirding

Cattle Egrets. Bored of them yet? Relatively easy to see nowadays in South Lancs. #MartinMere, Burscough & Scarisbrick being favoured wintering haunts. I found the first ever in Lancs & counted the Lancs record of 39 in the autumn #Lancashirebirding

The annually occurring wintering Twite flock in Southport are fairly easy to find at the moment. Usually near the Marine Lake outflow on a rising tide #Lancashirebirding

Enjoyed finding & watching this family of Russian White-fronted Geese at #MartinMere earlier in the winter #Lancashirebirding cracking birds

Anser albifrons flavirostris

Anser albifrons flavirostris “X6Y”

Anser albifrons flavirostris

The 10 Greenland White-Fronted Goose near Manchester.

Incredibly to see such a rare goose flock not far from home.

Satellite collared adult female “X6Y” ringed in Iceland as an adult on 25/9/2016

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Clangula hyemalis

Anas acuta

Mareca penelope

Didn’t expect to collect headshots of 3 fantastic ducks at the weekend!

The Long-Tailed Duck showed unbelievably at RSPB Marshside.

A Pintail and Wigeon were the surprise finds at Redcar Tarn.

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