Female Pied Flycatcher for its second day at Festival Gardens, great local find by @wordsanddeeds.bsky.social
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Ten black-necked grebes on Pennington Flash this morning #PFBirding #LancsBirding

Whimbrel: River Wyre, Lancs. 9th Apr 2026.

One of two female Common Scoter: Brockholes LWT, Lancs. 9th Apr 2026.

Wheatear: River Wyre, Lancs. 9th Apr 2026.

Black-headed Gull blue K741: Brockholes LWT, Lancs. 4th Apr 2026. Ringed as chick in Minsk, Belarus on 4/6/25. Resighted at Nosterfield, North Yorkshire on 27/7/25… next resighting Brockholes 4/4/26. The first sighting of any ringed bird in Lancs from Belarus… though there is an old record of a Water Rail ringed at Heysham NR, Lancs and killed by a Cat in Minsk, Belarus!

My first Whimbrel of the spring on the River Wyre today. Also, 2 fem Common Scoter new-in at Brockholes and a recent colour ringed Black-headed Gull from Belarus, see ALT for further detail. #LancsBirding

Adult Arctic Skua silhouetted against the evening sun and a sparkling Irish Sea

There's not much better than skuas, and spring adults are a rare treat. A couple of Arctics cutting some shapes as they raced north along the Blackpool/Fleetwood coast this evening were just fantastic 😍 #lancsbirding #ukbirding

Popped down to Wymott fishing ponds this afternoon to check for warblers and found a female Common Scoter instead! Video taken by Pete Scholes #lancsbirding

Wheatear on a wall

13 Wheatears along the Fylde coast at Rossall this morning +White Wag and a few Redpolls north. Little Tern and a dozen Sandwich offshore #lancsbirding

A good morning birding at Marshside. Female Scaup, good views of Water Pipit, Spoonbill plus Pink Feet, Avocets and summer plumage Goldies - always lovely. My first Wheatear this year too. No sign of the GW Teal tho and I left before the Little Gulls arrived! #lancsbirding

Osprey flying NW 15:33, Brockholes, Lancs. 3rd Apr 2026.

The 2026 breeding wader season at Brockholes is looking very positive currently following encouraging work by the conservation team over the winter months with 12 sitting Lapwing, 14 LRP, 6 Redshank and 4 Oystercatcher onsite today. My second Osprey of the spring flew NW at 15:33. #LancsBirding

1st winter Bonaparte's Gull at Myerscough Quarry last night, only the 2nd or 3rd Fylde record after the last in 2008 #LancsBirding

2 female Common Scoter: No1 Pit, Brockholes, Lancs. 30th March 2026.

Another fresh overnight deposit of grounded Common Scoter at Brockholes with a female on Lower Brockholes and 2 females on No1 Pit. Other noteworthy migrants today: My first Osprey of the year, 4 Swallow & 4 Blackcap. #LancsBirding

Was becoming concerned I wouldn’t see a Swallow in March, so one at Brockholes this morning was a relief and a stark contrast in first date from last years earliest ever, 10th March. Fem Common Scoter still on Ribble. Largest Sand Martin count thus far y/day with 140+, c100 today. #LancsBirding

Always get anxious every spring to see my first Wheatear of the year. So nice to see four birds few hundred metres from the house at Preesall inc this cracking male. #LancsBirding

Grounded Common Scoter at Brockholes, Lancs morning of 28th March 2026. Female on Ribble, drake Meadow Lake, pair No1 Pit.

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Following a decent early evening movement of Common Scoter east over the house in Feniscowles, Blackburn last night, a fresh smattering of grounded Scoter at Brockholes this morning: Female on Ribble, drake Meadow Lake and a pair on No1 Pit. #LancsBirding

Now 3 female Common Scoter on the Ribble at Brockholes, 14:27. #LancsBirding

2 female Common Scoter on River Ribble at Brockholes, c100m upstream of M6 jcn31, 12:00. #LancsBirding

A female Common Scoter on Rishton Reservoir late morning. #LancsBirding

Todd's Canada Goose in flight with Pink-footed Geese

Tundra Bean Goose with Pink-footed Geese

2cy Pale-bellied Brent Goose with Pink-footed Geese

Barnacle and Pink-footed Geese

Still 1 Todd's Canada Goose (larger of @stuartsbirding.bsky.social weekend birds) on Crossens Outer Marsh this morning with 16,000+ Pinks +Tundra Bean, 2cy PBBrent, 24+ Russian Whitefronts, 130+ Barnacles #lancsbirding #goosefest

Ring Ouzel at Little Poulton today, nice local find by Barry Dyson #LancsBirding

Rarely get chance to see local Raven's close up so this one was nice, getting harassed by the angry Magpie, Blackpool last weekend #LancsBirding

Linnet at Rossal Point, Fleetwood this morning #LancsBirding

Singing Firecrest at Kirkham, Lancs this a m. On a Goldcrest territory, from which it was summarily booted 😄 #Lancsbirding

128+ Russian Wf at Banks this a.m., with a notable concentration at the N end (plus 30 at Crossens Outer). Couldn't find the Greenlands 😔, but several unasdignable white-f heads seen very distantly in the Pinks - the bulk of the geese were way out of range @stuartsbirding.bsky.social #Lancsbirding

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Winter-plumaged dowitcher sp. at Banks Marsh briefly, flew and landed somewhere near the pin, but I can't find the bloody thing and have to leave 😢 😫.

Had a good walk around Oglet today; hoping for my 1st wheatear of year; no joy. 2 Whimbrell, 40 Curlew, 3 Cettis, SE Owl, 2 Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Chiffchaffs & Common Lizard were nice to see.
Cilla is fast becoming ever present on my birding jaunts! #LancsBirding #UKBIRDING @mbblerc.bsky.social

The Great-tailed Grackle showing well this evening at Speke Hall NT...belting out its oddball song! #LancsBirding #UKBirding #NationalTrust #SpekeHall #Grackle

Some of 100-150 Curlew on wet grassland the last 2 weeks. Already Curlew singing higher up in the #YorkshireDales, but these lingering.

I love that people walking along the canal stop to tell me how good it is to have the Curlew back.
Barnoldswick, Leeds-Liverpool canal.
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A great day at Marshside, Southport yesterday, 3 spoonbills over Sandgrounders hide, 1st win drake smew on saltmarsh, water pipit plus lots of geese inc. 15+ Russian white-fronts, 2 Greenland white-fronts, 55+ barnacles & 2 sand martins, ringtail hen harrier & the usuals #LancsBirding #UKBirding

Drake Common Scoter at Fishmoor Res, Blackburn late afternoon. Settled on a total of 32 Sand Martin at Brockholes earlier, an unprecedented number for 6th March. Only one other double figure count before second half of month 1998-2026 and that was as recent as last year, 17 on 10/3/25. #LancsBirding