MEGA BIRD NEWS:2nd May 2026-Lesser Kestrel-Cornwall-Croft Pascoe Pool-Adult male still showing well in roadside bush at 50.0280, -5.1723; very limited parking, park considerately in layby (TR12 6SN) and walk through woods to end of plantation to view-Zitting Cisticola-Suffolk-Walberswick NNR-Displaying male again over saltmarsh between beach and Dunwich River; use Cliff Field car park (IP18 6TX; card/app payment only) and walk south-west along beach for c 1km to view from 52.3063, 1.6560. View only from the seawall, do not walk out on the raised bank-Stejneger's Scoter-Fife-East Wemyss-2nd-summer drake still on sea; use Weavers Court car park (KY1 4RT) and view from Wemyss Caves
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17.1.17

LONG TAILED DUCK-ASTBURY MERE COUNTRY PARK-17TH JAN 2017

I was passing Congleton this morning, so I called in to Astbury to try and see the female Long-Tailed Duck, which has been present since last Wednesday. I parked the car and soon found the bird.




Long-tailed duck

The last record of a Long-tailed duck at this site was twenty-one years ago.
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