2 wheatear on ploughed fields junction of jolly tar lane and copull hall lane another singing blackcap this one on ellerbeck 5 swallows over aggy res

AT last summer migrants are moving through 5 further sand martin and single house martin low over the lake early am. at least 4 chiffchaff singing male blackcap in song near ice house wood. and as I type this both brambling 3 [2m 1f] and single chiffchaff in garden.

Single sand martin over lake in cuerden 07:30 this morning 3 pair of heron on island 3m 4f goosander

Glad to see the goshawk is still in the aggy/Coppull area first seen 5th nov chasing woodies over fields past private pond on sandy lane aggy my old stomping grounds as a kid good to go back regularly.

On return from Ulverston this evening over on to our smallholding to feed the sheep and sort out the chucks and ducks etc. The buddleia on the veg plot was full of butterfly's 6 painted ladys 4 red admiral 3 small torts and 2 peacocks all feeding away cracking sight.

Cracking day in the grounds of the temple through the woodland and on the beach. Grounds up to fifteen different painted lady butterflies seen on lavender plants and buddleia bushes in the garden. Chiffchaff willow warbler blackcap and whitethroat feeding in bushes and on brambles on woodland edge n...

Single male pied flycather seen yesterday near upper roddlesworth res . Return visit this morning with camera but no sign of the bird in the wood on the right of the top res before the bridge over the stream

A wander about on lower burgh meadow this morning 05.30 to 0700 produced 2 singing male sedge warblers. 2 reeling groppers one of which was wearing a ring. 4 singing willow warblers 2 singing blackcap . 1 singing whitetroat . And numerous reedbuntings of which 3 nests with eggs were found. Allso res...

My 2ic and me had a evening wander along side moss field nr and the industrial estate birds seen and heard skylarks singing x2 reed bunting singing x4 lapwing displaying x3 numerous corvids crows and jackdaws good numbers of sheppies allso buzzard heard single redshank seen moorhen mallard coot and ...

Early morning ringing session at one of the nature reserve in cuerden valley park rather slow going at first light all though birds we're passing overhead with 3 redpoll seen and heard over site nw three groups of siskins north 3 5 then 2 but star bird over site was a single tree pipit initially hea...

8 pair of canadas on nests along the route. Dipper carrying food on river yarrow under winstanley ridding bridge.male greenfinch near hoggs lane. Garden warbler singing near aqueduct at crosse hall lane. Whitethroat singing and grasshopper warbler reeling in rough field at the bottom of bagganley la...

Early morning ringing session on hic bibi this morning produced blue tit 2 great tit 1 blackbird 2 robin 2 dunnock 1 bullfinch 2 blackcap 1 jay 1 willow warbler 4 and 3 chiffchaff one of which had a reasonably large pollen horn on the bridge of the nostrils on the upper bill showing this bird to be ...

Small fall of warblers in cvp this morning with 9 different male blackcaps seen and heard between sheephill and the wooden bridge allso single singing garden warbler near last years breeding site only three singing male blackcap present in same area 11hrs later

Cvp lake 10 .30 hrs this morning whilst on a walk in cuerden valley with one of our service users from work sat at side of the lake for a short break. 5sand martins 3 swallows and single house martin all skimming over lake 4 buzzards over head 4 different singing male blackcap and at least 4 differe...

This evening on cuerden hall flash 1pr teal 3 curlew and single Little ringed plover