A little quieter today in the warm sunshine, apart from a mass of Willow Warblers! Also Chiffchaff, Chaffinch, Blue and Great Tits, Redpoll, Crow, Magpie, 2 Jays, 1 Buzzard, Pheasant, Skylark and a calling Curlew. Also 6 Peacock, 13 Tortoise Shell and 2 Large White butterflies (and loads of bees). O...

Thanks Bryan. Hopefully more to follow, time and weather permitting!

Top lodge at Lower Healey m&f Tufted Duck, 3 Mallard, Great and Blue Tits, Chiffchaff. Healey Nab - More Chiffchaff, Robin, Nuthatch, Tree Creepers, Skylark, Crow, Curlew, Chaffinch, Blue and Great Tits, Willow Warblers, Pheasant, Meadow Pipit, Blackbird, Song Thrush. A couple of pics of the Tre...

Excellent day on the Nab for birds today. Usual Blue, Great, Long Tail and Coal Tits, 2 Magpies, several Crows, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, 2 Buzzards, 1 Raven, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Swallow (am) then 3 more at 13:00, 3 Siskin, Pheasant, Curlew and a brilliant Green Woodpecker (spotted several times through the...

Thanks, Bryan.

Now ammended to http://countryside-pics.blogspot.com

Just had 10 minutes gazing through my home office window towards Healey Nab. Buzzard hunting on the western slopes, 30+ crows at Lower Healey, 2 Crows taking nesting material to a nearby tree, Magpie, a couple of Woodpigeons, and a multitude of Goldfinches. Popped down to the waste re-cycling centre...

Firstly at Heapy Embankment, Anglezarke Res, pr GC Grebe, 3 Mallard, GS Woodpeckers drumming. Onto Healey Nab - Curlew, Song Thrush, several Magpies and Crows, LT Tit, Blue and Great Tit, Red Poll, Siskin, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Green Woodpecker (yaffling), GS Woodpecker, Sky Lark, Meadow Pipet, 3 Bu...

And also 1 Kingfisher, 3 Buzzards and 2 Reed Buntings at 14:30.

Lower Healey at 16:30 Mallard, Blue and Great Tits, Chiffchaff, pr Swans, Dunnock, Wren and Robin. Also noted lots of Magpies in both locations.

Doing some repair work this morning. Recorded GS Woodpecker (drumming and calling), Green Woodpecker, Chaffinch, Dunnock, Robin, Great and Blue Tits. There was also a raptor calling, but I couldn't positively ID it.

Sorry for late post. Much improved activity up on the Nab on Sunday, perhaps spring is springing! 30+ mixed tits plus a group of 20 goldfinches and 9 greenfinches. Several chaffinches and LT tits in various parts of the woodland. A group of 30+ siskins feeding on pine cones, and 3 linnets showing we...

Up on the wet and windy moor this morning, I was treated to a brief display by 2 skylarks in full voice. Also a dunnock being very vocal in a nearby farmyard.

23 Waxwings looking wet and miserable at McDonald's at 11:00 this morning (Neil, looks like they re-grouped). Equally as wet and miserable on the Nab, but managed to record 26 Crows, 2 Jays, multiple numbers of Blue and Great tits, small flock of LTT tits, 2 Bull Finches, 2 Blackbirds, and a few mix...

Another quiet day on the Nab. Nothing of any great interest but we recorded: Robin, Chaffinch, Blackbird, Nuthatch, GS Woodpecker, lots of Jays, 1 Magpie, several Crows, Blue and Great Tits and LT Tits.

Chris,

It's only a small site on the edge of a former farmstead off Bispham Road. Blackpool BC have boosted the tree numbers by planting new local orchard species, and it is equally for the benefit of the residents as well as wildlife. Hope it lasts!

Andy

Been working in Blackpool this morning at a reclaimed ancient orchard site. Lots of Goldfinches, Dunnock, Blackbirds, GS woodpecker, Greenfinches and Tree Sparrows. It was also very refreshing to see an impressive mass of snowdrops in full bloom.