Recent Sightings at Preston Dock
6th May 2024
Moorhen, 1, (Paul Ellis)
Coot, 1
Great Crested Grebe, 4
including pair with nest
Common Sandpiper, 1
on wave breakers
Black-headed Gull, 15
Common Gull, 1, 1st summer
Great Black-backed Gull, 1, first summer
Herring Gull, 35
Lesser Black-backed Gull, 5
Common Tern, 41
all on east wave breakers
Cormorant, 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1
calling east end
3rd May 2024
Common Tern, 10, (S.Conroy,S.Oddie.)
Goosander, 2, M/F, (DS)
On river near railway depot.
Cetti's Warbler, 1
Singing from scrub near railway depot .
Bullfinch, 2, M/F
Near railway depot.
26th April 2024
Common Tern, 2, (Ashley Baines)
27th March 2024
Great Crested Grebe, 11, (Joe Makepeace)
0900 - at least 2 pairs displaying