Eccleston Mere

Wigeon 1 female

Mute swan 5 (ad male & 2 cygnets + 2 adults)

Coot 158

Tufted duck 25

Buzzard 1

Sparrowhawk 1

Meadow pipit 15

Skylark 20 over heading SW.

Chiffchaff 2

Appleton Reservoir, Warrington

Gadwall 87

Wigeon 2

Shoveler 6

Tufted duck 10

Mute swan 2 adults

Chiffchaff 1

Bullfinch 2

The gadwall gathering at the reservoir keeps increasing and has now reached quite impressive numbers for a lake which is half the size of Eccleston mere.

Appleton Reservoir, Warrington

Shoveler 9

Gadwall 20

Tufted duck 10

Chiffchaff 2

Hilbre Island

Little egret 5
Pale-bellied brent goose 5
Goldcrest 1
Turnstone 20
Oystercatcher 500

Eccleston Mere

Little grebe 1
Kingfisher 1
Grey wagtail 1
Coot 150
Tufted duck 15

Grey Phalarope Morfa Madryn, Llanfairfechan

Grey phalarope 1 1st winter
Little egret 10
Wigeon 200
Goosander 4
Redshank 40
Curlew 5
Teal 20

Year: 276 (Grey phalarope). This time last year I as on 236.

This is not me by the way!

Appleton Reservoir, Warrington

Gadwall 55

Wigeon 5

Shoveler 4

Grey wagtail 2

Houghton Green Flash, Winwick

Wigeon 4
Teal 3
Lapwing 30
Little grebe 1 juv.

Eccleston Mere

Coot 146
Tufted duck 15
Grey heron 3

It can be a real struggle at the mere at this time of year. I still visit the place three or four times a week, but there are only so many times you can report on 140+ coots. Still, it's the quiet times which make you appreciate the good days!

Eccleston Mere

Kingfisher 2
Tufted duck 17
Coot 140

Appleton Reservoir, Warrington

Gadwall 66
Wigeon 4
Shoveler 3
Tufted duck 15

Dragonflies: Migrant hawker 10, brown hawker 1, common darter 5