Meet at the cricket field car park at 9.00 am. Beware of the potholes on the access road. Grade 2 walk.
Perhaps we'll find the first cuckoo of the year, although the ones being tracked by the BTO are still in Africa, bar one which has made it to Portugal.

April's indoor meeting is entitled 'A Year of Mothing' given by Dave Bickerton, who is Secretary of Lancashire and Cheshire Fauna Society. I'm sure it will be a fascinating talk, so please come along and support the group.
The meeting starts at 7.30 pm in St Mary's parish centre as usual.

Little Ringed Plover, Whimbrel, Dunlin, Reed Warbler and Yellow Wagtail take us to 137 for the year

Full sightings:- Pheasant, Canada Goose, Lapwing, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeon, BH Gull, LBB Gull, Buzzard, GS Woodpecker, Jackdaw, Crow, Swallow, Blue, Great, Coal and LT Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Mistle Thrush, Robin, Wren, Starling, Dunnock, House Sparrow...

Full sightings:- Canada Goose, Mute Swan, Mallard, Moorhen, Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Curlew, Buzzard, Stock Dove, Collared Dove, Woodpigeon, BH Gull, LBB Gull, Magpie, Jackdaw, Rook, Crow, GS Woodpecker, Skylark, Swallow, Blue, Great, Coal and LT Tit, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Blackb...

House Martin takes us to 132 for the year.

Whitethroat and Redstart (10th) take us to 131 for the year.

Pheasant, Pair Mandarin Duck, Mallard, pair Great Crested Grebe, Common Sandpiper, Grey Heron 2, Cormorant, BH Gull, Buzzard min 2, Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff 2, Willow Warbler, Nuthatch 2, Treecreeper, Pied Wagtail

Pied Flycatcher and Grasshopper Warbler take us to 129 for the year.

St Paul's Adlington 16 St Joseph's Anderton 15 Botany 5 Red Cat 4 St Chad's, South Hill 9 The Howard 19 Lower Wheelton 9 Whins Lane, Wheelton 96 Brindle Village 5 Town House, Brindle 28 Private Road, Hoghton 84 and from Pete Scholes:- North Road, Bretherton 25 Carr House Lane, Bretherton 14 Littlewo...

Sandwich Tern takes us to 127 for the year.

It's a bit of a surprise, but it does appear to be a first for the area. I suppose they are mainly coastal, and if they do come inland (I've seen them at Pennington Flash), they do just pass straight through, so it needs somebody like yourself, John, to get lucky, for us to get the record!

No Wheatear around the muck heaps late morning. Sightings included Shelduck 4, Lapwing 6, Buzzard, Skylark min 4 singing, Chiffchaff 2, Corn Bunting 2, Yellowhammer 3, Reed Bunting 5

Just 4 drake Mallard on the river. Otherwise, Buzzard 2, Woodpigeon, Moorhen, BH Gull, Magpie 3, Jackdaw 6, Crow, Blue, Great and Coal Tit, Chiffchaff 7, Goldcrest 2, Nuthatch 4, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Robin, Wren, Dunnock, Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch In flower:- Bluebell, Lesser Celandine, Wo...

Osprey and Ring Ouzel (26/3) take us to 126 for the year.