Must have been a good breeding year for the Parakeets around the Lower Burgh Meadows area, I've recently seen flock of at least 13 birds together.
Lee
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- Sat Sep 29, 2018 7:45 am
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Good Year for Parakeets
- Replies: 0
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- Sat Jun 23, 2018 12:12 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: White Coppice Red Kite
- Replies: 1
- Views: 844
White Coppice Red Kite
Just had Red Kite over the crag at White Coppice at 12 O'clock and it seems to be hanging around for now.
Lee
Lee
- Wed Apr 25, 2018 9:34 am
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Lower Burge Meadow
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Lower Burge Meadow
Great to hear at least 2 (1 seen)Grasshopper Warblers reeling away for the last 2 morning while out jogging, 2 whitethroats also this morning and a Sedge warbler, plus loads of Chiffchaff, Willow Warblers and Blackcaps, Other recent sighting include upto 4 Roe deer seen together and the local Ringne...
- Mon Jul 24, 2017 3:12 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Fallow Deer?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1992
Fallow Deer?
I've just pulled up in bretherton to have my dinner on a side road between Cocker Bar Rd and Ridley ln. Looking east towards Whymott Brook (I think this land eventually leads upto the Garth prison and the old landfill site) I saw 4 female Fallow Deer with at least two young bouncing around in the lo...
- Fri Jun 16, 2017 10:22 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Hobby...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 895
Hobby...
Saw a very unexpected Hobby while parked up at Chorley Tesco today, a first for the year for me 👍, heading from the the fields adjacent to Euxton cricket club and the river yarrow very quickly in the direction of Astley park, I didn't see it come back around but it could have gone anywhere. Worth ke...
- Mon May 22, 2017 6:00 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Mandarin With Young
- Replies: 0
- Views: 855
Mandarin With Young
Very nice to see a female Mandarin with 11(think I) young this morning while out running. On the river between Birk. and Duxbury wood.
Never seen them with ducklings before.... A very nice start to the day
Lee
Never seen them with ducklings before.... A very nice start to the day
Lee
- Tue Apr 04, 2017 1:50 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Chorley Waxwings
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1594
Re: Chorley Waxwings
Same flock now around woodlands Meadow/ fir tree close feeding in corner houseback garden as you enter road.
- Tue Apr 04, 2017 9:40 am
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Chorley Waxwings
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1594
Chorley Waxwings
Appox. 30 waxwing on The Cedars PR73RH just now 9:40.
Lee H.
Lee H.
- Sun Jan 01, 2017 6:45 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Ring-necked Parakeet
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1184
Re: Ring-necked Parakeet
I had 5 over the oaks/cedars week before last, great to see then sticking around, also had a single bird while running past the sea view, whittle-le-woods earlier in the year.
- Sun Jan 01, 2017 6:40 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Waxwings
- Replies: 0
- Views: 762
Waxwings
Approx 40 Waxwing on the corner of Letchworth drive and Collingwood Road at 15:30 this afternoon, sorry for the late post but didn't see them myself, was watching football Ummmmmm... 40 waxwing would have been a better result.... A regular spot for them to be seen so hopefully they will still be the...
- Mon Dec 21, 2015 8:53 am
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Birkacre, 20/12/2015
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- Views: 862
Birkacre, 20/12/2015
Nice to see up to 10 Goosander and 1 female Goldeneye on the Big lodge yesterday, usual Tufties knocking around, kingfisher zipping up the river (although he didn't have a chance of catching in those high levels) lots of redwing moving through above the weir with a few fieldfare, approx. 20 Siskin m...
- Mon Nov 16, 2015 8:34 am
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Ring-necked Parakeet
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3326
Re: Ring-necked Parakeet
I assume these are the same birds from the Burge Lane area, I haven't seen or heard them in recent weeks.
- Mon Oct 05, 2015 12:28 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Sighting...
- Replies: 0
- Views: 894
Sighting...
Had a couple of hours around White Coppice on Saturday afternoon, plenty of mixed flocks moving down the Goit, lots of Goldcrest moving through with the usual suspects also a good number of Redpoll mixed in and a few Siskin, I though I heard up a Firecrest calling in the larger of the two flocks tha...
- Mon Sep 21, 2015 8:28 am
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Great Egret
- Replies: 20
- Views: 6886
Re: Great Egret
Sorry for the late post but yesterday while walking around the Anglezarke reservoir the GWE flew from the Lower anglezarke area to the top near Watermans cottage end at approx. 2:45pm and flew back off in the same direction at 3:30pm great close views in flight, and a Chorley Tick
Lee
Lee
- Wed Jul 15, 2015 9:13 am
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Hummingbird Hawk Moth
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1433
Re: Hummingbird Hawk Moth
Had a text message off my Mum yesterday, saying that she had one in her garden, off Collingwood Road.