A wet start this morning but the weather forecast was favourable so we set off, hopefully, to Leighton Moss. The plan was for Heather to walk to Jenny Brown Point while I spent an hour or so at the Eric Morecambe and Tim Allen pools. So, after a quick lunch we both set off to our separate destinations. Although the light wasn't wonderful I was dry in the hide while unfortunately Heather walked through driving heavy drizzle. The weather did clear, though and she had a dry walk back with the sun out by the time we joined forces once more. The weather continued to improve and we had a fantastic late afternoon and evening. The highlight of the time spent at the pools was the leucistic greenshank that flew in and joined the lapwings and other greenshank. Sadly too far away for photography. Once Heather returned we moved venues to the visitor centre for a cup of tea and then we went to Lillian's pool hoping for black tailed godwit. Sadly they had returned to Morecambe Bay when the tide went out so I dipped out on these. I was pleased, though, to see a couple of great white egrets, although distant for photography.
- Redshank
- Greenshank, including 1 leucistic bird
- Lapwing
- Crow
- Little Egret
- Swallow
- Wigeon
- Teal
- Curlew - calling over the marsh
- Pied Wagtail
- Snipe
- Mallard
- Heron
- Great BB Gull
- Ruff
- Moorhen
- Coot
- Gadwall
- Shoveler
- Great White Egret
- Little Grebe
- Chaffinch
- Blue tit
- Great Tit
- Coal Tit
- Nuthatch
From Leighton Moss we drove around to Arnside which is always a pleasure. Here we had a short walk along the front and then an excellent pint on the terrace of the Albion looking out over the estuary in the early evening sun. Magical.
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