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- Fri Nov 02, 2018 5:21 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Tawny Owl
- Replies: 0
- Views: 553
Tawny Owl
Disco started in Astley park and flushed a tawny owl over Millfield rd at 5-15pm 2nd of November.
- Mon Oct 22, 2018 7:37 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: slav grebe
- Replies: 3
- Views: 963
slav grebe
Possible slavonian grebe 95%sure, at Rivington res just after the Millstone, seen from the bus, too big to be a lilittle grebe, very white on the breast, very uupright stance.
- Mon Oct 08, 2018 1:33 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Astley park a murder of crows
- Replies: 0
- Views: 497
Astley park a murder of crows
9-30 am 30 plus crows over Dog Trap wood, very Hitchcockian.
- Fri May 25, 2018 3:24 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Astley Park
- Replies: 1
- Views: 671
Re: Astley Park
4 eggs left in the swan's nest. A mallard nested in a garden on Astley rd.the owner and a neighbour
shepherded the female and 8 ducklings into Astley park making sure they avoided the traffic, ( good for them ).
shepherded the female and 8 ducklings into Astley park making sure they avoided the traffic, ( good for them ).
- Tue May 15, 2018 1:20 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Astley park
- Replies: 0
- Views: 409
Astley park
4 swifts over Park Road, the swans in Astley park have 6 eggs at the moment. 15th of May.
- Mon Mar 26, 2018 2:21 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Astley park
- Replies: 0
- Views: 407
Astley park
Short walk through Astley park at 11am, 6Jays flying around calling, 4 Buzzards circling then heading off north, male and female GSWs,plus all the usual suspects.
- Mon Dec 18, 2017 12:31 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Tawny Owl
- Replies: 0
- Views: 582
Tawny Owl
Tawny Owl heard on Millfield Rd at approx 2am Monday, woke me up.
- Sat Sep 02, 2017 12:01 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Astley park
- Replies: 0
- Views: 789
Astley park
A short walk in the morning revealed a heron fishing on the lake, then a walk through the woods gave a sighting of a kingfisher flying along the Chor. Other birds seen, lots of various tits, half a dozen jays, and numerous nuthatches.
- Tue Aug 22, 2017 3:44 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Walk from Withnell Fold to Chorley
- Replies: 0
- Views: 762
Walk from Withnell Fold to Chorley
11 Buzzards in 3 groups between Withnell and Botany,12 to 1pm.
- Mon Jun 19, 2017 7:25 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Osprey
- Replies: 0
- Views: 816
Osprey
Seen briefly flying north over the Park Road area a possible Osprey being mobbed by gulls ???
Did anyone else see it, I would love to confirm the sighting.
Did anyone else see it, I would love to confirm the sighting.
- Mon Jan 02, 2017 7:05 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Waxwings
- Replies: 0
- Views: 636
Waxwings
At least 12 waxwings flying between the back of the council offices to Hollinshead st. at 12-30 today 2nd of January.
- Tue Oct 11, 2016 5:34 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Croston area
- Replies: 0
- Views: 523
Croston area
A walk around Croston on Tuesday produced flocks of goldfinch, GSWoodpecker, a flight of 1000+ geese mainly pinkies, several skylarks, a white partridge and a white pheasant plus all the usual suspects, no raptors unfortunately.
- Thu Sep 01, 2016 4:46 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: House martins
- Replies: 0
- Views: 458
House martins
30+house martins over Astley park 9.30am today.
- Thu Jul 28, 2016 7:41 am
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: ring-neck paraqueet
- Replies: 0
- Views: 564
ring-neck paraqueet
Pair of pparaqueets in Dog Trap wood 7am 28th. My first sighting after hearing them for weeks.
- Tue Jun 21, 2016 4:35 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Heapey lodges
- Replies: 0
- Views: 461
Heapey lodges
2 Painted Ladies near Heapey No2 lodge 12.00 Tuesday.