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  1. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    A few years ago someone claimed several Little Grebes on several dates off Starr Gate that were published in the local bird reports. I have watched the area regularly for nearly 15 years and never seen one.
  2. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Agreed.
  3. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Perhaps you could get them to try tape luring Gannets on Hilbre - if they caught one of those you would be able to ID it from your place. ;)
  4. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Jane, Please be good enough to stand still whilst I am catching up! Stephen.
  5. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Wasn't very spring like here, hence the addition to the year list today was a seabird.
  6. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Yes, many thanks again for the hospitality Jane. It was good to see sites I have heard about so much (and slightly frustrating to drive past several others). Hope to get out to Hilbre one of these days. Stephen.
  7. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    As your best birds are succumbing can you save me something for tomorrow! Stephen.
  8. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Anecdotally a Wilson's off St Ives was reported feeding on Manxie corpses, suggesting some mortality in the recent winds. A couple of years ago Kitts were wrecked all along the Blackpool coast but nobody elsewhere in Lancs recorded the same thing.
  9. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    They are exhausted perhaps? I have been unable to seawatch these last three days due to work commitments and tides, which has been frustrating. Did get a nice Lancs bird on Sunday (Black Guillemot) which helped a bit. Stephen.
  10. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Have you had Spot Fly? Must be a good bet if not. On the numbers front we broke the Fylde Bird Club area day list record on Thursday, but there are teams out over the weekend so we might not hold it very long! Stephen.
  11. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Throw it on the year list as a superspecies!
  12. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Jane, No Osprey on this bit of coast but 3 Shovelers over the sea, which I couldn't see on your year list on a quick scan. They actually pitched down before they got to South Pier to the north. Stephen.
  13. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Balearic Shearwater. I never win sweeps, other than Grand National office sweeps where I live a charmed life (two firsts and a third from three entered). Stephen.
  14. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Jane, A couple of hours off here produced a few (c40) Gannet, 4 Fulmar, and one passge flock of c20 Kitts. The only divers looked like passage birds - eight together north at 'height'. Stephen.
  15. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Aren't Icelandic Redwings large and dark, or am I thinking of something else? Stephen.
  16. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Jane, Try looking a bit higher up! ;) Stephen.
  17. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Jane, I'm not sure what is unusual about this - do you mean it is a relatively big prey species? Stephen.
  18. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Denis, They can apparently be seen on the ledges at St Bees, Cumbria in December (per Cumbria Atlas) so it doesn't seem to be an east coast thing. Needs to be seen in context - numbers passing Lancashire seawatch sites have been dropping like a stone in recent years. This has happened with...
  19. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Jane, A notable date but they occur off Lancs / Walney most years in Jan. Stephen.
  20. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Jane, Well as such it was quiet up here, but a blue Fulmar will be the second for Lancs so I could do with more quiet days like this one!!! Boy was I pleased - persistence has its own rewards. :frog: Stephen.
  21. Stephen Dunstan

    Hoylake Bird Observatory

    Jane, Scaup and LT Duck are conspicuous up here at the minute - any in your neck of the woods? Stephen.
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