Croston/mawdesley moss greenshank / cuckoo !

[gary lilley]

2 greenshank still present this morning along with 2 green sandpipers on the alma wood pool ( greenshank flew off high westward ) , also plenty of pied wagtail and moorhen with chicks on the pool , more rain forcast this week so hopefully more waders will be turning up , john,s juv cuckoo was still present along sumners lane feeding in a stubble field and showing very well , after watching the cuckoo im pretty sure my close encounter with a sparrowhawk along the same lane last friday was probably this juv cuckoo, great looking bird ! , also 2 sparrowhaw seen , 2 buzzard , several whitethroat , large flock of starlings , distant flock of lapwing .

[John Frankland]

Glad that you got the Cuckoo and good to see you this morning for the mini waderfest !

Additional birds for me included c75 Lapwing, 1 Teal and 1 female Wheatear.

Greenshank takes me to 134 species for the year.

[Neil Southworth]

Always good to get a record of juvenile Cuckoo, they tend to be few and far between.

[Leonard Poxon]

2 Greenshank present this evening in the flooded field on Great Close, also 3 Common Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 1 Common Whitethroat, 2 Swift, around 15-20 hirundines, 3 Wheatear, a probable Merlin attacking a flock of Starling and a possible Cetti's Warbler along a ditch on Great Close. I saw it twice from behind, it had a distinct rounded tail and dark rufous back (no song though). Also seen were 20-30 Painted Lady Butterflies, 2 male and 1 female Common Darter, 1 Emperor, 1 Brown Hawker, 1 male Black-tailed Skimmer and a probable Common Hawker.

Sadly no sign of the juvenile Cuckoo.

Greenshank takes my species total to 129.

[Leonard Poxon]

Some photos of the Greenshank:

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