20 sand martin , 6 swallow , 3 pied wagtail , 1 grey wagtail , 2 linnet , 2 house martin along syd brook lane .

Cheers Len and well done to everyone who has got their century,s up .

Highlight was finding a dunlin first found near to alma wood then which i assume was the same bird on the compound flood , also 2 redshank on the compound flood with a few mallard and lapwing ,pair of greylag and canada geese , white and pied wagtail , 3 wheatear , 1 curlew , corn bunting in song , ...

Highlight was spotting at least 4 house martins feeding near the tracks away from the lodges also 2 sand martin feeding over the upper lodge , several each of chiffchaff and blackcap , no sign of last years cettis warbler , mute swan coot and moorhen on the upper lodge . House martin brings my list ...

Blackcap , willow warbler and chiffchaff in song , 1 male wheatear , several each of skylark , reed bunting , yellowhammer and meadow pipit, redshank heard , 5 oystercatcher , lapwings , 1 little egret , buzzard , kestrel , raven , 2 skeins of pinkfoot ( 70+ ) , mallards , moorhen , canada geese , g...

3 seen at the same site today .

Sightings over the last few days of mainly Eccleston ,female backbird collecting nest material , male blackbird collecting worms and a green caterpillar , starlings collecting nest material , great tit collecting nest material , reports of a little owl seen on a fence post between parr lane and the ...

Single swallow seen at Charnock this morning ,

Just heard wigeon over my house and a canada goose .

Evening visit , 8 oystercatcher , several mallard , imm mute swan , pair of mandarin , golden plover flock on the great close field , linnet flock on same field , 3 chiffchaff , 2 snipe , 1 buzzard . Little egret along black moor road ( mawdesley). 2 coot on a flooded field along bluestone lane ( ma...

4 siskin have been in my garden today .

Finally found some hirundines :D a single sand martin and 2 swallows were feeding around the trees next to the cafe ( easily overlooked) chiffchaff singing , 2 gc grebes ,1 grey wagtail , several pied wagtail , 1 shelduck with a small flock of bh gulls . Sand martin and swallow brings my list up to ...

A possible white wagtail on the compound flood , 3 pied wagtail on nearby muck heaps , 5 tree sparrow , 5 singing chiffchaff , 2 pair of grey partridge , several singing skylark , 2 redshank had found the alma wood flooded fields , lapwing at several sites .

A good selection of birds the highlight being a flyover male crossbill :D picked up by its call high up heading north , others birds 7/8 singing chiffchaff , blue , great , coal and lt tits , 2 treecreeper , 1 male gc pecker ( one heard drumming ) 2 nuthatch , goldfinch , chaffinch , female reed bun...

1 kestrel hunting along tinklers lane , 3 buzzard along syd brook lane , 1 pied wagtail and a cock pheasant on the muck heaps , rooks nesting on town rd and westhead rd , at the sewage works and twin lakes were 7 pied wagtail , male sparrowhawk hunting again , 4 gc grebes , 1 cormorant , highlight w...