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Larophile wanted

I've drove by Lyme & Wood Pits Country Park a few times and wondered if the working tip was a) viewable and b) attracting scarce gulls.

Well I got one answer ... There are easily viewable large numbers of gulls probably in excess of several hundred.

The disappointing thing though is that these gulls seemed easily spooked something I had not anticipated as gulls are normally approachable.

This meant that I could only view from afar and I am a birder who doesn't own a scope. Well that my excuses out of the way for not finding a 2cy caspian gull!

I will be back .......

Elsewhere there seemed a nice mix of habitats so here are some other sightings:

Kestrel
Buzzard
Sparrowhawk
9 lesser redpoll
21 yellowhammer
Willow tit
Great spotted woodpecker

Paul B

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2 comments :

  1. Colin1 January 2014 at 15:59

    Sounds a good place, I've never been. I'll try to get there in the next week or two. It would be typical if having missed both Iceland and Glaucous Gull in 2013 I saw both in St Helens in January!

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  2. Anonymous2 January 2014 at 12:55

    Well worth a look Colin - good luck at let me know 1st!

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