NEW IN/ MOVEMENT - First bird of the day was a Barn Owl at 7.45am on Rosa Lane which flew over the fields towards Cavendish Mill, movement over the morning was good, 2 Golden Plover dropped in at 8.30 and at 10.45 there was a large influx of gulls consisting of 392 Lesser B B Gull, 1 Black Headed Gull, 2 Common Gull and 3 Yellow legged Gull, 15 Lapwing were on the lagoon on arrival. At 11.20 43 Pink footed Geese went over. Counts of other species over, during the duration, consisted of the following: 612 Woodpigeon, 2 Cormorant, 26 Skylark, 9 Song Thrush, 62 Redwing, 11 Meadow Pipit, 52 Chaffinch, 3 Redpoll, 7 Siskin, 9 Reed Bunting, 2 Linnet, 4-8 Jay (max).
Ducks remained constant with 2 Pintail, 3 Wigeon and Gadwall, Tufted Duck, Shoveler, Teal, the usual 8 Goosander on arrival. Full counts on the eBIRD lists below:
eBird Checklist - 16 Oct 2026 - Middleton Moor - 56 species
eBird Checklist - 16 Oct 2026 - Middleton Moor - 54 species
Jay - Ray Scally
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