Snow Bunting: One of my favourite birds (I may say that about a lot of birds) but snow bunts are great little things, pretty to look at and typically confiding.
There have been two birds that have been feeding in the area south of Blackpool Transport Tram Depot in the dunes off Clifton Drive.
Thanks to Neil G for the info on the directions.
Snow buntings are arctic breeders with a circumpolar distribution that winter in the northern United States, northern Europe, and central Asia.
Snow buntings typically begin arriving in Britain around mid-October and early November.
Interestingly I've read that they migrate at night. Experiments have shown they navigate by using the earth’s magnetic field in addition to the stars.
These two birds spent most of their either within the dunes foraging amongst the vegetation and on the highest tide line feeding in the debris before getting spooked by dogs and their owners.
Smart little birds.
