18th July:- Conder
Green, Barrie Cooper; On 16/7 there were
two adult avocets but no sign of any young. The
behaviour of the adults gave me the impression there weren't any
young around. This
afternoon, 18/7 there was no sign of any avocets on the rising
tide. 18th July, Morning; I searched the River Conder thoroughly
but could not find any Avocets or young I also viewed the mouth
of The Conder from Glasson Dock (behind the Toilet block). Unless
I hear otherwise I must assume the Chicks have been Predated. I
will wait for a few days to see if there are any reports of Chicks
but I think this is unlikely!
15th July:- Conder
Green, Estuary; Two
Avocets and Two
Chicks. It looks like one of The Chicks has been Predated
or is stuck in The Fence/Hedge? If The Chicks were any bigger
they would not have got through The
Fence!
11th July:- Conder
Pool; Two Avocets and Three
Chicks Seen, they are getting more
adventurous now coming close to the Viewpoint then swimming back
(Both Adults are very protective and don't let any other Bird
get near to The Chicks)!
8th July:- Conder
Pool; still Two Avocets and Three
Chicks on The Pool! However at 9.15am
Two Travellers with a Pony and Gig came onto the Sitkse. Both
Adult birds and all three
Chicks took to the water. After the intruders left the Site they
all swam ashore and seemed no worse for the upset!
6th July:- Conder
Pool; Two Avocets on The Pool and Three
Chicks!
4th July:- No
Avocets on The Pools! The Four Chicks that
have been regularly seen on The EM Pool were
all capable of Flying so I will assume
they have survived, I will not report from The EM Complex again
this year (however Conder Pool is unfinished
Business)!
1st July:- No
Avocets on The Flood but Four Avocets and Two
Chicks on The EM
Pool. It seems the near Adults I saw on
the 27th were Birds of Passage (Five Avocets were seen on The
Causeway
Pool on the same
day).
30th June:- Conder
Pool; Two Avocets on The Pool (I
actually saw a changeover at the Nest today).
28th June:- Conder
Pool; The water level was Noticably lower than
the last visit! Two
Avocets on The Pool and One Nest.
If the info I got on The 7th June was correct there would be
Chicks by now, however I am hoping there will be
live Fledged Chicks this year!
27th June:- Three
Avocets on The Flood plus Eight
Young Birds. Eight
Avocets on The EM Pool plus FourYoung
Birds.
The
Young Birds on The Flood look like they are last years birds
from another Site!
25th June:- Two
Avocets on The Flood plus Twelve
Avocets on
The EM Pool, Ten Chicks seen on
The EM Pool.
24th June:- Conder
Pool; Two Avocets and One
Nest! There should be Chicks within the
next Week
23rd June:- Eleven
Avocets on The EM Pool, Six of which
were non Breeding Birds! Eight Chicks seen
on The EM Pool. There have been reports of large numbers of Adult
Avocets (most
of these will be non Breeding Birds or failed Breeders)!
21st June:- No
Avocets on The Flood, Fifteen Avocets on
The EM Pool (Twelve
of which were non Breeding Birds). Eight
Chicks seen (However there
may be more behind the Islands on the EM Pool)!
19th June:- No
Avocets on The Flood. Twelve Avocets on
The EM Pool and Ten
Chicks. Again The Chicks were mostly Sleeping, in the
last few minutes of an hour long watch Two more appeared from
behind
one of The Islands!
18th June:- No
Avocets on The Flood, however Eight Avocets on
The EM Pool and at least Seven Chicks. Seven
Avocets on
The Allen Pool (they looked like birds of passage)! Very strong
winds so the Chicks
were sheltering on The Islands
much of the time (I am not sure I saw them all)!
17th June:- A
day away with Morecambe HF Ramblers, however Conder
Pool; Avocet 2 Chasing Black heads, from Fylde Bird Club Site!
16th June:- The
Flood not counted; Eight Avocets on
The EM Pool, none on The Allen Pool. Still
Ten Chicks on The EM
Pool. John Wilson; Avocets
Found 13 well grown young.
15th June:- The
Pools now have plenty of Water! Two
Avocets on The Flood
plus Eight Avocets on The EM Pool
plus Three
Avocets on The Allen
Pool. Ten Chicks on
The EM Pool, (The
only Chicks I could find). I can only assume that the Seven
Chicks on The Flood seen on the 12th have perished!
14th June:- The
Forecast Rain overnight was much exaggerated! Cars were still
dry underneath! A 9.9metre tide is forecast at 1.10am on the
15th hopefully
this will put some water in The Pools?
13th June:- The
Flood not counted; Eight Avocets on
The EM Pool plus Eleven
Chicks. Two Avocets on The Allen Pool. The Birds are concentrated
in the few remaining pools!
12th June:- Five
Avocets on The Flood plus Six Avocets on
The EM Pool plus One
Avocet on The Allen Pool. Seven
Chicks on The Flood
(could be more, too close to the Rail Line to see), Thirteen
Chicks on The EM Pool, None
seen on the Allen Pool.
The Pools are now nearly Dry (Hopefully a 9.90 metre tide and
forecast rain over the Weekend may help). The last Two remaining
Nests Have
Failed!
10th June:- Fourteen
Avocets on The Flood plus Eight
Avocets on
The EM Pool plus Four
Avocets on The Allen Pool. Ten Chicks
on The Flood (Two
of which are nearly full grown), Six Chicks
on The EM Pool and Four Chicks on
The Allen Pool. Only Two Nests now One
has been Robbed since my last visit!
9th June:- Sixteen
Avocets on The Flood plus Twelve
Avocets on
The EM Pool plus Four
Avocets on The Allen Pool. A total of Sixteen
Chicks and Three Nests.
7th
June:- Conder Pool; Two Avocets and One
Nest, I was told that the Nest has probably
been established for Five Days. If
this is so there may be Chicks in about Sixteen days!
6th June:- A
Repeat of yesterdays results, (still Sixteen
Chicks)!
5th June:- Thirteen
Avocets on The Flood plus Ten Avocets on
The EM Pool plus Five
Avocets on The Allen Pool.Three
Nests found, two of which were new sightings! Sixteen
Chicks found (Two of which were on The Flood).
2nd
June:- Four Avocets on The Flood
plus Four
Avocets on The EM
Pool plus Four Avocets on The
Allen Pool. Only Two Nests found!
One Nest has been Abandoned/Robbed since last visit! A
Total of Eight Chicks Found.
31st
May:- Conder Pool; No Avocets seen today but there were Two
Avocets seen Yesterday. However they were in a place
that is very dificult to see! At least Two Little Ring Plovers
and Four Common Terns were present.
30th
May:- Two Avocets on The Flood
plus Nine
Avocets on The EM Pool
plus Twelve Avocets on The Allen
Pool. Only Seven Nests found! Nine
Chicks on The EM Pool plus Five
Chicks on
The Allen Pool. There has been a large decrease in the number
of adult birds!
29th
May:- John Wilson: Avocet at least
16 young and 10 nests still. carrion Crow reported as taking
1 small young.
27th
May:- Nine Avocets on The Flood
plus Eight
Avocets on The EM
Pool plus Fifteen Avocets on The
Allen Pool. Eight Chicks on The
Allen Pool plus Twelve
Chicks on The EM Pool. Seven
Nests Found! The
Allen Pool is drying up and The Adult Birds are gradually moving
the Chicks towards The Flood!
26th
May:- Eighteen Avocets on The
EM Pool plus Twenty
One Avocets on The Allen Pool. Eight
Chicks on The EM Pool plus Eight
Chicks on The Allen Pool. Only Seven Nests found, One
Nest Abandoned on The EM Pool.
25th
May:- John Wilson; Avocet Difficult to
keep track of broods but 8 seen today with a total of 17 young
including a 3 on the flood
right next to the GBB Gull nest! and 2X 2 on the Eric Morecambe
pool.
23rd
May:- Nineteen Chicks seen (included
two on The EM Pool). Fifteen Nests still
intact. Thirty Seven
Adults seen on The EM and Allen Pools. No Avocets on The Flood!
21st
May:- Seventeen Avocet Nests on The Allen Pool plus One on
The EM Pool. Eight Chicks seen,
Two Threes and Two ones! This is the first time I have
seen Chicks this year! However John Wilson:
Avocet 14 young 2x3 3X2 2X1! Well they must have hatched after
I left the site!!
19th
May:- John Wilson; Avocet 2 pairs each
with a single chick one on the gull island the other at the
back near the bank The important
thing is the number of Surviving Chicks (I cannot be
certain how may Chicks have hatched).
18th
May:- The Flood not Counted: Thirty Three
Avocets on The Allen and EM Pools. Twenty
One Nests Found. Three Nests have been Abandoned/
Robbed and One new nest found on The
EM Pool. No Chicks seen,
so I must assume there are no live Chicks!
12th
May:- Thirty Five Avocets on The
Allen Pool. None of the Chicks seen on the last Two Days have
survived. I was told today that there
are another Four Nests on The Allen Pool that are not visible
from
A Hide!
11th
May:- Two Visits one at 9am, another
at 2pm. The same number
of Nests as Yesterday! No Chicks
seen but
plenty of Eggs seen when Birds changed over brooding duties!!! John
Wilson;
Only 1 young seen today on a afternoon visit. It came out on
a changeover went down to the mud pecked around but
was either blown over or was weak. it got up and returned to
the nest to be brooded.
10th
May:- 10am: Six Avocets on The
EM Pool plus Thirty
Six Avocets on The Allen Pool. Still Twenty Two
Nests! The Flood not counted!
However:-
John Wilson: First
young Avocets from two nests one with 4 young the other with
1 young 3 eggs but both still brooding! Adults
carrying off shells. This obviously happened after I left
the site!
9th
May:- Three Avocets on The Flood
plus Twelve
Avocets on The EM
Pool plus Thirty Four Avocets on
the Allen Pool. No change in the number of Nesting Pairs but
two of the Sitters looked like they probably had Chicks under
them!
8th
May:- Nine Avocets on The EM Pool
plus Thirty
Six Avocets on
The Allen Pool, The Flood not counted! There are still Twenty
Two Nesting Pairs! There should be Chicks shortly!
5th
May:- Three Avocets on The Flood
plus Two Avocets on The EM Pool
plus Thirty Four Avocets on The
Allen Pool. Two more Nesting Pairs Found, Twenty
Two Nesting Pairs seen today!
5th
May:- P Crooks; An afternoon walk produced 2 Avocet, 1 Whimbrel
and 2 Pink-footed Geese at the mouth of Conder Creek.
4th May:- Four
Avocets on The Flood plus Four Avocets on
The EM Pool plus Thirty
Avocets on The Allen Pool. Another new Nest Found but
two more abandoned nests also found!
2nd May:- Fourteen
Avocets on The Flood plus Two Avocets on
The EM Pool plus Thirty Two Avocets on
The Allen Pool. A total of Twenty Nests
found,
unfortunately another Nest was missing!
1st May:- Allen
Pool only; Two new Nests (One on
another Island), only Twenty Three Avocets in Total (The missing
Birds
must be feeding elsewhere)??? Another new nest possible on Island
to right of Allen Hide but only viewable from Saltmarsh, I'm
not going there!
30th
April:- Conder Pool, Two visits Morning and Tea Time. No
Avocets seen.
There have been occasional sightings of Avocets. Somebody
has put a Common Tern Nesting Box on the Avocets Favourite Nesting Site!
I was told that One Common Tern was seen
Yesterday!
29th April:- Six
Avocets on The
Flood plus Forty
Avocets on The Allen Pool. Another Nest has failed but
Two new Nests Found!
28th April:- Six
Avocets on
The Flood plus Thirty
six Avocets on The Allen Pool. Two more Nests Found
but another has been Abandoned/Robbed! Fifteen
intact Nests Seen!
26th April:- Seven
Avocets on
The Flood plus One
Avocet on The EM Pool plus Forty
Five Avocets on
The Allen Pool. One Nest has been Robbed
but another Nest was found! Near Gale
Force Winds so most birds were looking for Shelter!
25th April:- Five
Avocets on
The Flood plus Thirty
Five Avocets on The Allen
Pool! There are two more Nesting Pairs!
An Egg has rolled down into the water (The Parent Bird is still
sitting). Any Eggs outside the Nest are ignored by the Sitting
Birds [it is as though they don't exist]!
24th April:-
Allen Pool. Richard Du Feu; 1 Avocet
nest failed with 2 eggs remaining in the nest and two rolled
towards the water. Richard Du Feu;
The Flood 1 Fox walking around the edge of the flood! I
will check on this report if it ever stops Raining! Maybe
The Fox had been to The Allen Pool???
23rd April:- Thirty
Five Avocets on
The Allen Pool, Twelve
Nesting Pairs found!
Only The Allen Pool Viewed!
22nd April:-
Ian Hartley; Avocet 3 Conder Pool!
21st April:- Nine
Avocets on
The Flood plus Ten
Avocets on The EM Pool plus Thirty
Four Avocets on
The Allen Pool. Eleven
Nesting Pairs found!
20th April:- John
Wilson;
Avocet 48
19th April:-
9.50am to 12 30pm, No Avocets seen however I did see Six Common
Tern Decoys and the Tern Nesting Boxes have been rearranged! Infrequent
reports have been noted since the 28th March but none of the
Avocets seem to have settled!
18th April:-
Mariochin; 2 Avocet on the Conder Pool!
I will investigate on The 19th April!
18th April:-
7.30 to 8.30am: Twenty Eight Avocets on
The Flood plus Four
Avocets on the EM Pool plus Fourteen
Avocets on The Allen Pool. The Nests
seen on the Fifteenth have survived plus Three more on another
Island!
The Flood Birds were mostly sheltering from the wind close to
the Rail Track! John Wilson saw a
Total of Forty Eight Avocets on an Evening Visit!
17th April:- Rain.
Rain. Rain. Rain, Plus the usual Twitching Hordes!
16th April:-
An invasion of even more Twitchers!
15th April:- Six
Avocets on The Flood plus Four
Avocets on
The EM Pool, Plus Twenty Eight Avocets
on The Allen Pool. There are now Three
Nesting Pairs on
The Allen Pool! Plus an invasion of Twitchers!
14th April:- Six
Avocets on The Flood plus Two
Avocets on
The EM Pool plus Twenty
Avocets on The Allen Pool. There
is a Nesting Pair on the Island in front of the Allen Hide!
13th April:- John
Wilson;
EM Complex Avocet 32
13th April:-
Conder Pool 9.30am; Two Avocets (a pair) at
the Conder Pool. Not
Present at 3pm!
12th April:- Three
Avocets on
The Flood plus Fifteen Avocets on
The EM Pool plus Ten Avocets on
The Allen Pool. The same total as Yesterday!
11th April:- Three
Avocets on
The Flood plus Eleven
Avocets on The EM Pool
plus Sixteen Avocets on The Allen
Pool, Two
Pair on The Allen Pool are prospecting for a Nest Site! John
Wilson:- Avocet 36 Most activity
on Eric Morecambe
10th April:- John
Wilson;
EM Complex, Avocet 36.
9th April- Two
Avocets on The Flood plus Six Avocets on
The EM Pool plus Nineteen
Avocets on The Allen Pool. There is possible Nest on The
Allen Pool, this needs to be confirmed! However John
Wilson saw Avocet
36 on the EM Complex.
7th April:- Eight
Avocets on The Flood plus Seven
Avocets on The EM Pool plus Nine
Avocets on The Allen Pool.
6th April:- P
Crooks; Conder Pool - 2 Avocet.
6th April:- Five
Avocets on The Flood plus Two Avocets on
The EM Pool plus Twenty
Eight Avocets on The Allen Pool!
6th April:- P
Crooks: 2 Avocet (at mouth of Conder Creek)
5thApril:- John
Wilson, Avocet 30 at Eric Morecambe Complex!
5th April:- Conder
Pool: 8.30am, Two Avocets at Conder
Pool! I could not find them at 4pm. Barrie
Cooper, Conder Pool:
Four Avocets!
4th April:- P
Crooks; 1 Avocet (at mouth of Conder Creek).
3rd April:- Four
Avocets on The Allen Pool plus Nineteen
Avocets on The EM
Pool, The Flood not counted! John
Wilson; Avocet 34 on Flood, 4 on Allen, As
I suspected The Majority were on The Flood!
2nd April:- Rain.
Rain. Rain. Rain. However John
Wilson: Eric Morecambe Avocet 35.
1st April:- Eight
Avocets on The Flood plus Fourteen
Avocets on The EM Pool plus Fifteen
Avocets on
The Allen Pool.
31st March:- John
Wilson; Avocet
35 on Eric Morecambe, Allen 6 including
colour ringed bird from Seal Sands ringed as a chick in 2016.
30th March:- Four
Avocets on
The Flood plus Seventeen
Avocets on The EM Pool
plus Ten Avocets on The Allen Pool.
This seems to be the stable Avocet number at the moment, however
with 70 Avocets reported at Martin Mere things could change!
28th March:- Jean
Roberts;
Avocet seen by Andrew Cornall today!
28th March:- Four
Avocets on
The Flood plus Five
Avocets on The EM Pool plus Twenty
Seven Avocets
on The Allen Pool. Obviously an influx of newcomers!
26th March:- Four
Avocets on
The Flood plus Nine
Avocets on The EM Pool plus Eleven
Avocets on The Allen Pool. I cannot see Thirty Avocets???
25th March:- P
Crooks:
30 Avocet on the EM Pools! I was at Thirlspot with Morecambe HF!
24th March:-
9.30am: Four Avocets on The Flood
plus Four
Avocets on The EM Pool
plus Nine Avocets on The Allen pool!
22nd March:-
10.30am: Ten Avocets on The EM Pool
plus Two Avocets on The Allen
Pool, The Allen Pool Birds were Mating! Where have all the Avocets
Gone short time passing! John Wilson saw: Avocet
22, must have
been later in the day! The Wanderers have
returned!
21st March:-
10-am; Six Avocets on The Flood
plus Fifteen
Avocets on The EM
Pool plus Two Avocets on The Allen
Pool. There doesn't seem to have been any new birds from down
south!
19th March:-
9.30am: Twenty Three Avocets on
The EM Pool.
17th March:-
Twenty Four Avocets on The EM Pool. The Electric Fence
has been erected around the Allen Pool and the Avocets have not
as yet returned to The Allen Pool
16th March:- Martin
Mere At least 125 Avocets.
15th March:-
RSPB Staff on Allen Pool, probably erecting an Electric Fence? Thirteen
Avocets on
The EM Pool.
14th March:-
Elaine; Twenty One Avocets on The EM Complex.
13th March:-
2.30pm: Thirteen Avocets on The
Allen Pool. However Martin Mere had Fifty
Seven Avocets on the 12th Hopefully
some of these bird will fly North!
11th March:- Five
Avocets on
The Flood plus Two
Avocets on The EM Pool plus Six
Avocets on
The Allen Pool!
10th March:-
11am; Four Avocets on The Allen Pool,
at 12.15pm they flew to the EM Pool. They fly off at the sightest
disturbance!
8th March:- 11am; Five
Avocets on The EM Pool,
they flew to the Allen Pool later. There have been a few reports
re The EM Complex since my last posting
but no mention of Avocets being present!
25th February:- John
Wilson; Avocet
1, so the single
Avocet is still there (hope it doesn't freeze to death
in the next seven days)!
24th February:- One
Avocet on The EM Pool.
All of the Eric Morecambe Complex Pools are partly frozen, most
of the
Avocets seen yesterday have left the site!
23rd February:- Kevin
Kelly; Eric Morecambe Complex, 13
Avocet,
No mention of which Pool they were on?
22nd February:-11
20am; Ten Avocets on The Flood,
viewed from the Crag Road Viewpoint! My first sighting of Avocets
this year! They looked like they had just arrived (all in a tight
group and not yet feeding)! Richard du Feu saw Eleven
Avocets!
20th February:-
No local reports of Avocets, however Twenty
Four Avocets at Martin Mere! I will try to find Avocets
at Silverdale tomorrow! However; Twenty
Four Avocets at Martin Mere!
19th February:-
No Avocets visible from The Viewpoint today! The Avocets seen
yesterday were probably birds of passage!
18th February:- P
Crooks; An
influx of 16 Avocets on the Eric Morecambe Pools this morning.
Initially the flock were asleep, but
were later disturbed and flew to the Flood end of the pools. I
was at Greater Langdale!
17th February:- J
Carter: First bird
back on the Eric Morecambe Pools today. (I could
not find any Avocets when I was there, about 12pm)! Martin
Mere:- More
Avocet arrived today with 7 birds present!
14th February:- An
influx of 16 Avocets on the Eric Morecambe Pools this morning.
Martin Mere Yesterday’s
newly arrived Avocet were joined by another bird. Now
Four Avocets!
13th February:- Martin
Mere,
The first of the returning Avocet were on Vinson’s
Marsh this morning, just 3 birds.
In the coming weeks this number will
increase considerably. Log-1214
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