Recent Sightings at St Annes Beach
17th November 2024
Wigeon, 17, (Joe Makepeace)
WeBS Count - Rising / High Tide
Pintail, 7
Feral Pigeon, 45
Oystercatcher, 37
Grey Plover, 12
Ringed Plover, 29
Turnstone, 82
On sea wall roost at Starr Gate / Tram Terminus
Knot, 28
Sanderling, 538, Due to close observation - able to identify 37 juveniles.
Counted as a single group at SD307304 to prevent double counting.
Dunlin, 9
Redshank, 5
Black-headed Gull, 3
Herring Gull, 4
Cormorant, 7
Little Egret, 1
Jackdaw, 4
Carrion Crow, 7
Three birds associating with each all had noticeably brown wings with some leucism when flying.
Starling, 17
House Sparrow, 8
Pied Wagtail, 2, 1 Juvenile
Linnet, 14
15th November 2024
Wigeon, 13, (David Nuttall)
flew south
Ringed Plover, 1
roosting on beach
Sanderling, 356
feeding on shore
Dunlin, 2
with Sanderling
Red-throated Diver, 1
flew north
Gannet, 1
Cormorant, 71
20 N, 51 S
Linnet, 13
feeding in high tide debris
7th November 2024
Pintail, 1, male
flew south
Common Scoter, 60
2 distant flocks south
Oystercatcher, 30
Grey Plover, 20
feeding on beach
Bar-tailed Godwit, 1
Turnstone, 4
feeding on shore
Sanderling, 80
feeding on tide line
Dunlin, 20
Common Gull, 4
on the beach
Great Black-backed Gull, 3
Cormorant, 11
1N, 10S
Stonechat, 2, m&f
in the dunes
Linnet, 25
feeding in dunes
3rd November 2024
Pintail, 315, (LGB, DN, SC, CH, TP, SS, JM)
Wader Conservation World Watch 2024 - St Annes Pier to Denford Aveune
Oystercatcher, 2250
Grey Plover, 130
Curlew, 150
Turnstone, 10
Knot, 4000
Sanderling, 76
Dunlin, 4300
Redshank, 245
Stonechat, 3, 2M
Wader Conservation World Watch 2024
31st October 2024
Common Scoter, 27, (AA)
on sea
Kestrel, 1
Stonechat, 3, 2 m 1f
Wheatear, 1
White Wagtail, 2
Meadow Pipit, 5
Linnet, 30
Reed Bunting, 1, m
26th October 2024
Ringed Plover, 35
Sanderling, 180
Dunlin, 3
Wheatear, 1, f
Meadow Pipit, 7
Linnet, 22
25th October 2024
Pink-footed Goose, 3, (David Nuttall)
south down the coast
Merlin, 1, female
chasing a starling over the dunes
Skylark, 4
heading south down the coast
Starling, 80
Stonechat, 1, female
in the dunes
Pied Wagtail, 5
feeding on the beach
Meadow Pipit, 4
in the dunes
Linnet, 35
12th October 2024
Great White Egret, 1, (Bob Stinger)
Flying South not far out , seen from air 09:45
5th October 2024
Stonechat, 1, (Steven Swift)
Around bushes on the sand dunes
30th September 2024
Common Scoter, 40, (David Nuttall)
offshore
Oystercatcher, 15
feeding on beach
Grey Plover, 4
Bar-tailed Godwit, 2, feeding on beach
Sanderling, 35
feeding on beach
Redshank, 3
Great Black-backed Gull, 2
Herring Gull, 8
Red-throated Diver, 1
flew north offshore
Cormorant, 2
Wheatear, 1, female
edge of dunes
27th September 2024
Common Scoter, 60
small flocks offshore
Oystercatcher, 48
Bar-tailed Godwit, 1, male
male in summer plumage feeding on the beach
Knot, 2
Sanderling, 240
Redshank, 2
Great Black-backed Gull, 3
Herring Gull, 23
Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1
Cormorant, 8
Meadow Pipit, 2
over south