Heavy rain throughout the
morning did little to encourage birders to venture out. However a
couple of determined souls pushed through and completed a
couple of early morning circuits of the Lighthouse paddocks. Up to 6 Wheatear, 12
Chiffchaff and a Blackcap had arrived over night. The rain stopped
about mid day, the sun forced through and so the quality of birding
picked up. A splendid male Ring Ouzel was located by a visiting Bird
Group from Liverpool around mid day. A typical arrival date for this
species at the Lighthouse, this handsome male strutted his stuff in
one of the eastern paddocks for around an hour before being spooked
and flying off high. This will no doubt be the Ring Ouzel of the
spring, we expect a good number during the course of the spring.
At 2pm one lucky observer
saw our first Osprey of the year flying over the coastal paddocks and
continuing North over the sea towards the Lancashire coast.
Other migrants today
included, 250 Meadow Pipit, 1 Siskin, 20 Goldfinch, 6 Pied Wagtail, 4
Stonechat and a further 8 Wheatear. 98 Curlew were recorded roosting
in the flooded inland fields where 4 Teal were also present.
A fantastic early spring
day with lots of migration. With a high pressure system positioning
itself over the near continent next week we are hopeful of further
days of exciting migration.
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| Ring Ouzel (Allan Conlin) |
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| Ring Ouzel (Allan Conlin) |
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| Wheatear, (Tim Kinch) |
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