A male Wheatear briefly stopping off in Arnside & Silverdale National Landscape this afternoon. I also espied an early Garden Warbler and a Yellow Wagtail flying over.

A tasty mix of visible migration from a vigil in Morecambe this morning- including Arctic Terns, divers, martins, finches and our area's first Spoonbill of the year. Click and read on: lancasterbirdwatching.org.uk/forums/topic/s…

#volunteering #waders #bowland #lancashire #conservation #rspb Forest of Bowland National Landscape Fylde Bird Club ELOC Lancaster & District Birdwatching

A quick check of the Lune near Salt Ayre was worthwhile this morning with my first Common Scoter in the area, although it soon flew downriver Lancaster & District Birdwatching

Raptorama at Foulshaw today. 3 Ospreys, many Buzzards and Kestrels, Merlin, Marsh Harrier & Red Kite. Also heard Grasshopper Warbler and enjoyed some firsts for the year: Swallow, Tree Pipit and Willow Warblers galore. Plus a great visit from Lancaster & District Birdwatching

The North West Gull group has colour ringed ~4000 juv herring and LBB #gulls in the last 6 years in Cumbria + Lancs. They should be returning to breed now & we want to know where they are! Pls look out for them & report sightings at
nwgulls.org.uk/report-a-sight…. Lancaster & District Birdwatching BTO

Having spotted both Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff in our garden yesterday and noticing that #Willowwarbler is trending for some reason here is an article about the 2 species and how to tell them apart
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Plenty of Common Scoter flying over last night from about 2130 onwards. This recording was made with my dish. The rapid noise on the recording is the sound made by the birds' wings as they fly over. Lancaster & District Birdwatching

Superb! Are you able to send a grid ref, for annals?!

The Spotted Redshank at Conder Green showed very well on the incoming tide yesterday, just starting to show a few feathers moulting to summer plumage. Photo by Paul Slade

Our winter Twite flock seems to have done the usual spring move away from Knott End slipway to the fields around Fluke Hall and along Fluke Hall Lane, this one superbly photographed last week by Paul Ellis showing off the distinctive pink rump

Super day RSPB Leighton Moss today, there's been plenty about including:
Skydancing marsh harriers
Flocks of sand martins
Booming bitterns
The elusive green winged teal
Otters have been seen on the shore and from Grisedale hide
Plus plenty more. We're open as usual this weekend.

Highlights from just over 850 ducks RSPB Leighton Moss today included the female Ring-necked Duck, 2 Red-breasted Mergansers and 5 Pochard Lancaster & District Birdwatching

Our next two events are an indoor meeting at Hornby featuring a talk on Bird Flight by Professor Ian Nieduszynski (this Monday) and a club Hawfinch walk / survey on Saturday March 2nd. Both are free to members. Join today: lancasterbirdwatching.org.uk/sightings/

Roughly 4,500 Black-tailed Godwit on the Lune estuary this evening. Lancaster & District Birdwatching

Videoed from 975m away so excuse the quality. There are a handful of summer plumaged birds but they don't show up too well.

Waders showing well at Potts Corner yesterday and today, and today I took my sound recorder to get some of the chatter of Knots, Bar-tailed Godwits and Grey Plovers down Lancaster & District Birdwatching

Tonight's LDBWS members meeting featuring a great talk 'Birds and the Bronte Sisters' by the marvellous Alasdair McKee (AKA Foulshaw Ospreys). Next indoor meeting (including an illustrated talk on the science of bird flight) is in Hornby, Monday Feb 26th. lancasterbirdwatching.org.uk

Marsh Harrier at RSPB Leighton Moss.RSPB Leighton Moss Lancaster & District Birdwatching

2N32 from Windermere was still hanging about along the Lancaster Canal in Lancaster this morning, a regular wintering haunt for it since 2018

Lancaster & District Birdwatching Barn Owl at Cockerham 15/1/2024