Common Tern 1 adult
Willow Tit 1 heard
Nuthatch 2 (adult and juvenile)
Bullfinch 2 (male and juvenile)
Buzzard 1
Kingfisher 1
Mute Swan 2 adults
Friday, 5 July 2013
Thursday, 4 July 2013
More bat analysis from Eccleston Mere
On Wednesday evening I visited the mere with Anthony Nickson from Merseyside Bat Group. As usual there was a lot of bat activity, but it was subtly different to previous nights, with many more Noctules than usual, and a lot less Daubenton's. We had three different types of bat detector with us, a heterodyne, an EM3 and an Anabat.
Using the results from a GPS attached to the Anabat, Anthony was able to create a Google Earth KML file which maps the positions of the bats we recorded around the mere. Because there were so many bats, there is a lot of overlapping and therefore not every record appears on the map at this resolution. We did pick up 6 calls from bats which Kaleidoscope identified as Serotine, and two of these are marked on the maps as "Big bat". However due to the large numbers of bats in a relatively confined area, it seems most likely that these calls were actually Noctules in a clustered environment.
Pipistrelle records. P55 = Soprano Pipistrelle, P45 = Common Pipistrelle
Noctule and "Big bat" records.
Duabentons's and myotis sp records.
Using the results from a GPS attached to the Anabat, Anthony was able to create a Google Earth KML file which maps the positions of the bats we recorded around the mere. Because there were so many bats, there is a lot of overlapping and therefore not every record appears on the map at this resolution. We did pick up 6 calls from bats which Kaleidoscope identified as Serotine, and two of these are marked on the maps as "Big bat". However due to the large numbers of bats in a relatively confined area, it seems most likely that these calls were actually Noctules in a clustered environment.
Pipistrelle records. P55 = Soprano Pipistrelle, P45 = Common Pipistrelle
Noctule and "Big bat" records.
Duabentons's and myotis sp records.
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
Eccleston Mere
Common Tern 1
Gadwall 1 female
Mute Swan 2 adults
Swift 200
Kingfisher 1
Chiffchaff 1 family party
Gadwall 1 female
Mute Swan 2 adults
Swift 200
Kingfisher 1
Chiffchaff 1 family party
Tuesday, 2 July 2013
Eccleston Mere
Common Tern 1 adult
Mute Swan 2 adults
Grey Wagtail 1
Swift 200
House Martin 50
Swallow 30
Coot 44 + at least 4 chicks
No sign of last nights Hobby, but it's probably still in the area.
Mute Swan 2 adults
Grey Wagtail 1
Swift 200
House Martin 50
Swallow 30
Coot 44 + at least 4 chicks
No sign of last nights Hobby, but it's probably still in the area.
Monday, 1 July 2013
Eccleston Mere
Hobby 1
Gadwall 1 male
Mute Swan 2 adults
Tufted Duck 4 males
Swift 200
House Martin 50
The Hobby flew into the southern (flooded) woods just as I was walking past, landed on top of a dead tree and turned to look at me. It sat there for about 30 seconds, giving me my best ever view of a perched Hobby. A really stunning sight.
Eccleston Mere (2013) 101
Bee Orchid
Gadwall 1 male
Mute Swan 2 adults
Tufted Duck 4 males
Swift 200
House Martin 50
The Hobby flew into the southern (flooded) woods just as I was walking past, landed on top of a dead tree and turned to look at me. It sat there for about 30 seconds, giving me my best ever view of a perched Hobby. A really stunning sight.
Eccleston Mere (2013) 101
Bee Orchid
Paddock Dam
I took these photos of a Great crested Grebe with a chick on its back at Paddock Dam this evening. A pity the light wasn't a bit better.
Lancashire moors
Two species of Cottongrass (which is actually a sedge), Common Cottongrass and Hares tail Cottongrass. Both are common in moorland areas. Notice that Hares tail terminates in a single piece of cotton, whereas Common terminates in more than one.
I found this Drinker moth caterpillar on the moors.
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