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Friday, February 19, 2016

NESTON SEWAGE WORKS AND LEASOWE LIGHTHOUSE

I spent the late morning looking around for the Water pipit at Neston, as it had been reported showing well in the fields next to the sewage works. I trudged through the wet fields, but there was no sign of it. I carried on walking down to Neston reed bed and saw plenty of different species of birds.






 Redwings were in good numbers in the surrounding fields


 Neston reed bed

 Song Thrush








 Little Egret





 Pink-footed geese were flying around on the marsh







 A good number of Goldfinches were seen





 Four Grey Wagtails were feeding in the fields

Anyway, there was no sign of the Pipit, so I moved on to Leasowe to see if anything had dropped in late afternoon.

Leasowe Lighthouse


 Footpath off Lingham Lane, which leads to the horse paddocks

I started off walking down Lingham Lane and saw good numbers of Blackbirds and Goldfinches in the surrounding fields. A Goldcrest was flitting around the brambles near the bridge.

Goldcrest
The horse paddocks at Leasowe

The horse paddocks held good numbers of Curlew and Oystercatcher, and at least 40 Goldfinch were feeding in the area.

Oystercatcher

Moving onto the seafront, the tide was out, but a Little egret was feeding on the shoreline.


Little Egret