Belmont Reservoir & Lead Mine Clough

[Leonard Poxon]

Belmont Reservoir

In Brinscall on the way, flocks of 200, 70 & 30 Redwing over heading south.

Birds seen/heard: Pheasant, Magpie, Carrion Crow, 200 Lapwing, 20 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Goose, 1 Barnacle Goose, Mallard, Teal, 2 Cormorant, 5 Goldfinch, 4 Linnet, Blue Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Robin, Dunnock, Wren, 1 Great Crested Grebe.

Lead Mine Clough

Birds seen/heard: Flock of 200 to 300 Fieldfare over heading south, Bullfinch heard, 2 Crossbill (in singles), Blue Tit, Wren, Goldcrest, Chaffinch, 2 Brambling (heard calling, one in the valley and one in the dead pines), Magpie, Jay, Carrion Crow, Jackdaw, Mallard & Pheasant.

Fungi: Fly Agaric, Yellow Stainer, Oyster Mushroom and some as yet unidentified.

Mammals: 2 Roe Deer (f)


Brambling takes my Chorley Nats total to 134.

[Chris Rae]

134

[Neville Root]

Took a walk up the Clough to try and find a brambling for the first time this year after Leonard's spot earlier. No joy there, but there were plenty of goldcrests, bullfinch, jay, crow, robin, chaffinch, blue tit, treecreeper and a half a dozen reed buntings and a possible flushed snipe on the far side of the dead pine plantation.