Recent Sightings at Ribchester
4th May 2024
Common Sandpiper, 2, (Phil Larkin)
Ribble, opposite allotments
Little Egret, 1
Dipper, 1
Duddel Brook as it enters the Ribble. Rarely recorded here.
21st April 2024
Lapwing, 6, 2 recently hatched young, (On traditional breeding field.)
19th April 2024
Oystercatcher, 14, (Phil Larkin)
On shingle bank Ribble at Hothersall
Common Sandpiper, 1
On shingle island in the Ribble.
Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4
Attracted by slurry spreading.
17th April 2024
Lapwing, 6
Little Ringed Plover, 2
On shingle bank.
Grey Wagtail, 2, Pair
On shingle bank
Meadow Pipit, 4
Linnet, 30
Feeding on maize stubble.
10th April 2024
Raven, 1
Mobbed by Carrion Crows
Chiffchaff, 1
Singing in garden
8th April 2024
Goosander, 6, f
Oystercatcher, 2
Pair on the Ribble.
Herring Gull, 2
Lesser Black-backed Gull, 1
Buzzard, 1
7th April 2024
Little Ringed Plover, 4
Talbots Farm maize field.
5th April 2024
Redshank, 1
Single on the Ribble shingle bank
30th March 2024
Little Ringed Plover, 1
Shingle bank on Ribble opposite allotments
Sparrowhawk, 1
Buzzard, 2
Grey Wagtail, 1
Riverbank
28th March 2024
Common Scoter, 1, f.
Still present at 16:30
Goosander, 2, f.
21st March 2024
Lapwing, 6
Talbots Farm
17th March 2024
Goosander, 3, f
Tree Sparrow, 2
Meadow Pipit, 2
Reed Bunting, 3
Sand Martin, 7, (Lee Parnell)
Moving through between 10 and 10.30
15th March 2024
Goosander, 3, f, (Phil Larkin)
On the Ribble
Lapwing, 8
Talbots Farm
Curlew, 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull, 8
Starling, 250
Grey Wagtail, 1
Meadow Pipit, 5