Lunt Meadows & Marshside, Southport

[Leonard Poxon]

Lunt Meadows:- Heavy frost with most lakes frozen or part frozen. Birds seen included Mallard, Teal, Shelduck, Tufted Duck, Coot, Moorhen, Canada Geese, Little Egret, Black Headed Gull, Peregrine Falcon, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Meadow Pipit, Robin, Wren, Dunnock, Blackbird, Mistle Thrush, Goldfinch, Reed Bunting, Meadow Pipit, Yellowhammer, Magpie, Carrion Crow and a Chiffchaff.
Mammals:- 1 Brown Hare.

Marshside:- Birds seen included Mallard, Teal, Wigeon, Shoveller, Canada Goose, Pink Footed Goose, Mute Swan, Coot, Moorhen, Little Grebe, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Black-Tailed Godwit, Snipe, Robin, Linnet, Reed Bunting, Skylark, Black Headed Gull and a Great Black Backed Gull eating a Flounder.