Lovely New Year’s Day walk along the Ribble at Hurst Green, but who on on thought covering a riverside public footpath with astroturf was a good idea🙄 @shitlawns.bsky.social

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Saw 30 or so Fieldfares fly through the garden just before sunset and land in some willows about 100m away. Thinking they might be looking for a roost I got the thermal out watched them gradually move into the adjacent conifers where they settled down around 15 mins after sunset. #thermalbirding

Wingbeats and calls from a Common Scoter passing low overhead in the early hours Oct 16 2025, Mellor, east Lancs. #nocmig, #eloc

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Nice Dunlin call over the the house last night, Mellor, east Lancs. #nocmig, #eloc

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Whooper Swan over the house this morning, so low you can hear its wing beats before it calls. #nocmig #LancsBirds

Common Scoter movement ticked up a notch last night over east Lancs with four periods of calls recorded between 20:40 and 22:20. Prior to last night this years records are, single sequences of calls on 25/2, 1/3, 5/3 & 8/3. Wigeon, Teal, Moorhen and Redwing also. #nocmig

I braved the hordes of dogs and their owners for high-tide at Rossall Point, Lancashire hoping for a few year-ticks - Purple Sandpiper in particular. Despite the relentless disturbance the birds didn't disappoint.
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An early kick-off in the football left enough daylight to nip over to Clowbridge Reservoir, for the Red-necked Grebe, which showed beautifully. #eloc, #,eastlancsbirding #ukbirding, #birds

First proper #nocmig session of the spring off to a good start, with Wigeon, Teal, Coot, Golden Plover, Curlew and the local Barn Owl all featuring. East Lancashire, UK.
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I was delighted to see this Whimbrel in La Gomera yesterday. I wonder what its story is? Has it wintered here or is it working its way back north from the African coast further south? I'll be looking forward to seeing them in late April on my patch back home on their way to breed in Iceland. #birds

The evocative sound of Whooper Swans passing overhead yesterday evening @ 20:16, Mellor, east Lancashire. #eloc, #nocmig, #LancashireBirds

Epic Woodpigeon #vismig

A decent hour of local #vismig this morning with 450+ Pink-footed Geese east, 447 Woodpigeon south, and a mixed bag of finches and thrushes including 1 Brambling, 1 Redpoll, 2 Bullfinch, 13 Goldfinch, 7 Chaffinch and 12 Redwing. Mellor, east Lancs

First ever #nocmig Whooper Swan over the garden at 06:06 this morning 😁

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First Redwing of the season this morning with calls recorded at 05:40, 05:44 and 06:22, Mellor, east Lancs #nocmig #eloc

Probably the best day on the local patch this year. Wryneck, Arctic Tern, Hobby, Whinchats, Redstart, 5 Little Egrets, Ringed Plovers, Dunlin. Is this really east Lancs? #eloc

Excellent nocturnal movement of Pink-Footed Geese over Mellor, Lancs with skeins recorded at 23:20, 23:33, 00:39, 00:47, 01:11, 02:19, 02:43, 03:00 and 05:13. #nocmig, #NFCs, #ELOC
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Wryneck at Rishton Reservoir, east Lancs, 11 Sep 24. Found by John Metcalf, poorly phonescoped by me!