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by Mike Graham
Wed Mar 27, 2024 2:53 pm
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Hoghton, Chapel Lane area
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Views: 89

Hoghton, Chapel Lane area

Pair of Ravens above my house just now, they are from Hoghton Tower.

2 x Treecreeper on an Oak Tree down Long Barn Brow.

Barn Owl flew alongside my car for 400 meters last night.

Tree Sparrows at property on Viaduct Rd.
by Mike Graham
Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:09 am
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Hoghton Dippers
Replies: 0
Views: 138

Hoghton Dippers

Pair of Dippers by the Hoghton Bottoms weir on the River Darwen this morning.
by Mike Graham
Fri Mar 08, 2024 10:23 am
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Hoghton Bottoms
Replies: 0
Views: 224

Hoghton Bottoms

Yesterday: Pair of Peregrines in the usual place; 1 x Kestrel; 3 x Buzzard; Weasel; Mistle Thrush; Song Thrush; 18 x Lapwing; pair Goosanders; numerous Nutchatch; 2 x Canada Geese; 2 x Tufted Duck.
by Mike Graham
Fri Mar 01, 2024 10:31 am
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Hoghton Otters
Replies: 0
Views: 99

Hoghton Otters

2 otters spotted yesterday morning. I have shared the location with Neil Southworth.
by Mike Graham
Tue Feb 27, 2024 12:34 pm
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Hoghton
Replies: 0
Views: 93

Hoghton

10 Canada Geese at Hoghton Bottoms this morning and plenty of frog spawn. 1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Little Egret, pair Goosanders. My next door neighbour on Long Barn Row has 3 Smooth Newts in his new pond that he constructed last year. Hoghton Parish Council have secured a grant form Lancs County County f...
by Mike Graham
Thu Feb 15, 2024 12:38 pm
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Hoghton: Chapel Lane Area
Replies: 0
Views: 251

Hoghton: Chapel Lane Area

14th Feb: 9 Lapwing; 2 Buzzard; 1 Sparrowhawk; 1 Kestrel; numerous Bullfinch; Barn Owl on a daily basis if not raining.

A weasel on Weasel Lane!!

In my garden: 3 Greenfinch, GSW, family of Long Tail Tits and a Tawny Owl.
by Mike Graham
Sat Jun 03, 2023 9:54 am
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Hoghton
Replies: 1
Views: 359

Hoghton

3 Curlew by Highfields Farm this morning. 4 Lapwing also close by. Sadly the modern farming techniques of early grass cutting has destroyed 1 Curlew nest and 12 Lapwing nests. 6 Goldcrest at the junction of Viaduct Rd and Valley Rd. 2 Pochard at their usual spot on a pond on private land near to Bol...
by Mike Graham
Sat Mar 04, 2023 11:00 am
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Barn Owl, Hoghton
Replies: 0
Views: 155

Barn Owl, Hoghton

A new Barn Owl site in a barn in Hoghton.

Details have been passed to Neil Southworth. The site is not obvious as no public footpath runs close.
by Mike Graham
Sat Feb 25, 2023 8:38 pm
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Hoghton
Replies: 0
Views: 161

Hoghton

Two Barn Owls early this evening a mile apart. One is a regular visitor to the field opposite my property about 5 pm.

Hare seen in a new Hoghton location this morning.
by Mike Graham
Mon Feb 13, 2023 5:51 pm
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Riley Green Stoat
Replies: 0
Views: 194

Riley Green Stoat

Ermine Stoat crossed the road in front of me on Riley Green Switch Rd (Hoghton) this morning.
by Mike Graham
Fri Jan 06, 2023 8:18 am
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Barn Owl, Hoghton
Replies: 0
Views: 158

Barn Owl, Hoghton

Barn Owl quartering in field by my garden at 07:30 this morning.
by Mike Graham
Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:14 am
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Hoghton Bottoms
Replies: 0
Views: 208

Hoghton Bottoms

8 Roe Deer this morning (3, 3 and a group of 2) plus a loud barking buck albeit I could not see it. 1 Dipper. 5 Buzzard over my house just now and the Peregrine was calling from its usual spot. 2 Jack Snipe; one on fields off Chapel Lane and one close to the usual Sand Martin colony area in Hoghton ...
by Mike Graham
Sat Nov 26, 2022 6:51 pm
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Hoghton
Replies: 0
Views: 159

Hoghton

6 Buzzards over my garden at 08:15 this morning.

The resident Little Egret on the River Darwen as usual.
by Mike Graham
Fri Sep 16, 2022 9:11 am
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Hoghton
Replies: 0
Views: 163

Hoghton

Hedgehog in my neighbours garden next to mine last night at PR5 0SA.

Tawny Owl on my garage roof at 06:30 this morning.
by Mike Graham
Wed Aug 31, 2022 12:05 pm
Forum: Recent Sightings
Topic: Hoghton Peregrines
Replies: 0
Views: 164

Hoghton Peregrines

4 Peregrines over my house about 5:30pm yesterday (they tend to feed over fields towards Hoghton Bottoms twice a day).

This suggests the pair who nest in the usual spot on Tower property had two young.

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