Recent Sightings at St Annes Beach
5th May 2024
Pink-footed Goose, 450, (David Nuttall)
high, north, in a single skein
Oystercatcher, 16
south
Whimbrel, 1
north
Knot, 90
Sanderling, 160
feeding on tide line
Sandwich Tern, 2
north
Gannet, 1
feeding off shore heading north
Kestrel, 1
hovering over dunes
2nd May 2024
Pink-footed Goose, 220
Flying north
Oystercatcher, 60
roosting on beach
Knot, 350
Flying north
Sandwich Tern, 2
feeding just offshore
5th April 2024
Wheatear, 1, Male, (SueM)
Flying low across reedbed - white rump evident
Meadow Pipit, 6
Flitting about on foreshore/reedbed
Rock Pipit, 1
? Not 100% sure - but darker legs and rufous head than meadow pipit
Linnet, 8
On foreshore/reedbed
Reed Bunting, 4, Male
Perching/calling in reed bed
31st March 2024
Swallow, 2
20 mins apart flying low across beach towards saltmarsh
28th March 2024
Sanderling, 500, (Steven Swift)
26th March 2024
Oystercatcher, 4, (David Nuttall)
Flying south
Ringed Plover, 8
On the beach
Sanderling, 180
On the tide line
Dunlin, 4
on the tide line
Cormorant, 5
Flying north
Kestrel, 1
Hunting over the dunes
Meadow Pipit, 2
Over north calling
Linnet, 4
In the dunes