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- Thu Apr 13, 2023 11:15 am
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Tincklers Fields, Eccleston.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 296
Re: Tincklers Fields, Eccleston.
An impressive, if unpleasant, shot you got there John
- Sat Apr 08, 2023 1:23 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Green Woodpecker
- Replies: 5
- Views: 370
Re: Green Woodpecker
Spot on, I thought I heard a Green Woodpecker near the old caravan in the horse paddock along the Goit path yesterday, and it was indeed a Song Thrush, it was mimicking a part the Pecker's yaffle call.
- Fri Apr 07, 2023 11:12 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: White Coppice
- Replies: 1
- Views: 169
Re: White Coppice
Drew a blank on a Ring Ouzel on the Brinscall moors earlier, but this male was showing well at White Coppice at 8.45am
- Sat Apr 01, 2023 1:25 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Chorley East and West
- Replies: 1
- Views: 143
Chorley East and West
31/03/2023 - Anglezarke: Osprey headed north over Healey Nab (12.30pm), being mobbed by a Crow. 01/04/2023 - Brinscall moor (7.30am): Curlew (2); Cormorant; Stonechat (pair); Wheatear (fem) near to Solomon's Temple; Skylark; Meadow Pipit. 01/04/2023 - Ridley Lane/Wymott (9.30am): Green Sandpiper - d...
- Sun Mar 19, 2023 9:43 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Field Trip to Knott End, Sunday 19th March
- Replies: 1
- Views: 123
Re: Field Trip to Knott End, Sunday 19th March
Yellow-legged Gull (bird on the left, with a slightly darker mantled LBB Gull) in a flooded field just inland from the sea wall at Fluke Hall. It's relatively small-size indicates its probably a female.
- Wed Mar 15, 2023 7:50 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Iceland Gull - Lower Rivington Reservoir
- Replies: 2
- Views: 185
Iceland Gull - Lower Rivington Reservoir
Juvenile Iceland Gull roosted at the reservoir for the second evening - just a couple of days later than the 2nd year Iceland Gull that appeared last year. This March has proven quite a fruitful month for rarer gulls on the site - Glaucous, Caspian and Iceland gulls have been sighted so far this mon...
- Sun Mar 12, 2023 4:03 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Anglezarke Moors
- Replies: 0
- Views: 108
Anglezarke Moors
8.15-12.15 am: White Coppice-Stronstrey-Pikestones-Standing Stones Hill-Redmond's Edge - very quiet on the moors as is often the case in fine, clear weather (although it was breezy). Cormorant, Curlew (2), Lapwing, Buzzard (3), Kestrel, Stock Dove (2), Mistle Thrush, Meadow Pipit, Skylark. Stonechat...
- Sat Mar 04, 2023 12:33 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Anglezarke Moors & Lower Rivington Res
- Replies: 1
- Views: 138
Re: Anglezarke Moors & Lower Rivington Res
correction: my yearly total should be 98
- Sat Mar 04, 2023 12:24 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Anglezarke Moors & Lower Rivington Res
- Replies: 1
- Views: 138
Anglezarke Moors & Lower Rivington Res
7.00-11.00 am: White Coppice-Great Hill-Round Loaf-LMC-Pikestones-Anglezarke Res - circular walk across the moors, wildlife thin on the ground (as is often the case on calm, windless days). 4 Raven; 5 Red Grouse (3 seen, 2 heard) - all around Round Loaf; Curlew heard; Stonechat pair (Gr Hill Fm); Me...
- Fri Mar 03, 2023 12:31 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Wing ID
- Replies: 2
- Views: 148
Re: Wing ID
I would agree John, where had the Peregrine got it from, Astley Park?
- Sun Feb 19, 2023 7:07 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Webs count .
- Replies: 7
- Views: 455
Re: Webs count .
4.00-5.30 pm: 4,000-5,000 gulls in the roost this evening. At one point the entire roost took to the air for 10 minutes - for no immediately apparent reason - but an impressive sight nevertheless. Highest number I've had yet of Mediterranean Gulls, probably 30 to 40 present (including the 4 together...
- Fri Feb 17, 2023 11:46 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Lower Rivington Reservoir
- Replies: 3
- Views: 296
Re: Lower Rivington Reservoir
Shots of 2 Med Gulls (one in partial and one in full summer head plumage) and 2 very contrasting sub-species of Herring Gull, one an argenteus (the more friendly-faced one on the left) and the other an argentatus (the snouty, more aggressive-looking on the right) on the roost this evening.
- Sat Feb 11, 2023 10:28 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Lower Rivington Reservoir
- Replies: 2
- Views: 204
Re: Lower Rivington Reservoir
one of the regular adult Yellow-legged Gulls this evening......
- Thu Feb 09, 2023 9:27 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Eagle Owl
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1150
Re: Eagle Owl
The legs couldn't be seen when it was at roost, but it did fly and I am pretty sure no jess could be seen (although it was dusk by that point)
- Thu Feb 09, 2023 1:59 pm
- Forum: Recent Sightings
- Topic: Eagle Owl
- Replies: 16
- Views: 1150
Re: Eagle Owl
The status of Eagle Owls in the UK is open to debate Phil. There are thought to be up to 40 in the UK. These birds are thought to either have escaped from captivity or deliberately released from private collections. The Eccleston bird does seem very tame (perhaps too tame for its own good).