High Bullough Reservoir Late afternoon visit and the pairs of Goosander and *Goldeneye both showing well around 1555. Withnell Fold NR Multiple sightings of *Woodcock included one which I heard take off from within 20m near the reeds at 1646, one at 1650 and two together at 1652. A *Tawny Owl hooted...

GBB Gull 2/1 Anglezarke.

Relatively small roost with c1500-2000 gulls which started near the castle and then drifted north joining a second smaller roost towards the north end. The light and conditions were good for viewing. Highlights were adults of *Yellow Legged Gull (bit of a beast of a gull) and *Mediterranean. Small n...

Eyes Lane Pair of *Wigeon. 1m Gadwall. c50 Teal. 7 Shelduck c100 Canada Geese. 1 Little Egret (no sign of Pintail or Green Sandpiper). Think I saw Len’s mystery duck on the river but looked very Mallard like. Back Lane 1*Dunnock. Highlight was a pair of *Shoveler :D feeding on the flood opposite the...

Happy New Year ! Adlington *Cormorant 4 over Travel *Woodpigeon, *Jackdaw, *C Crow, *Magpie, *House Sparrow Anglezarke Reservoir & High Bullogh *Buzzard 1, *Kestrel 1 *Pheasant 1 *Common Gull 3, *GBB Gull 1, *BH Gull 100 *Mandarin 3. *Goosander pair, *Mallard 10. Cormorant 1 *Wren 1. *Robin 1. *...

Waxwing still there 420pm when I left. Male Pochard this morning at Heapey No 3. Well done to Gary and Steve respectively for helping my year list to 143 species for the year ! OOA - 1 Barnacle and an orange footed Pink Foot amongst c5000 Pink Feet on Green Lane Sollom. c75 Whoopers and c50 Greylag ...

A *Merlin dashed low towards the maize cutting (& finches) earlier in morning. Couple of Meadow Pipit and a few Snipe too. Eyes Lane 5 Ruff and a Dunlin with the Lapwing and Gulls. 14 Red Legged Patridge towards the back of the rough fields. 2 Snipe. 3 Skylark. Golden Plover heard over but not s...

Lunchtime visit from the Rufford end to get the light for the geese on Great Close. I reckon there must have been c5000 Pink Footed Geese although ran out of time and didn’t pick out the weekend’s Barnacle or anything else unusual. Still, it was quite a spectacle. Loch Meadow area had 4 Skylark, c20...

Eyes Lane (part 1) 815-830 Ruff 3. Whooper Swan 2. Lapwing c100. Gulls. Fieldfare 10 Croston Finney (mainly Great Close Field) 835-1230 A single *Barnacle amongst c2500 Pink Feet. Snipe c15. Tree Sparrow 8. Skylark 10-15. Fieldfare c100. Redwing smaller numbers. Cormorant 4. Buzzard 2. Field on Ruff...

Little Egret at YVCP this morning per Andrew Lancaster photos on Facebook.

*Ruff at 830 too.

Common Sandpiper still on floods opposite E shaped Ponds with c100 Canada Geese.

*1 more takes me to 137 species for the year.

Flag Lane/Back Lane, Croston Wigeon 1m 830 only), c50 Mallard, c20 Canada Goose Common Sandpiper 1 flew from near the road to back of flood (830 and same again around 1230) Common Gull 2 amongst c200 mainly BH Gull with a couple of Herring Gull Croston Moss Lapwing 15-20 north of Alma Wood, 8-10 Loc...

Tried the roost this evening but much lower numbers than Neville last week with less than 500 to just before 7pm

c200 LBB. 30-40 Herring. c200 BH Gull.
1 GBB and 1 Common.

Otherwise, 3 Pied Wagtail, 3 Canada Goose, c15 Mallard, 1 GC Grebe and 2 Grey Heron.

Quick lunchtime tour to check the status of floods out west. Meadow Lane Only a Wheatear, no other birds Croston Finney compound field Crops too tall. 2 Tree Sparrow and 3 Swallows Eyes Lane SW side of bridge - shallow flood but no birds SE side of bridge towards pylons - c300 mixed gulls on shallow...

Bit of an experiment on the size of the gull roost this evening with Neville but the conclusion was that too early as yet. Small numbers of gulls regularly coming in, bathing and disappearing mainly SW. None left at sunset. c40-50 LBB Gull. c10 Herring Gull. 9 BH Gull. 5 Common Sandpiper included wh...