Croston - Mawdesley Moss

[Neville Root]

9.00-12.30 - huge numbers of pink foots (estimated 8000+) on flooded fields, periodically moving en masse. Small number of whoopers over and a mute with the pink foots. Also big flocks of starling, woodpigeon and lapwing, with smaller numbers of fieldfare and redwing. Counted 48 ruff with the lapwings. Buzzard, kestrel, sparrowhawk and a peregrine trying to take out a starling. Smaller birds incl c snipe, yellowhammer, reed bunting, linnet, goldfinch, chaffinch, skylark, stonechat (f), tree sparrow, pied wagtail.

[gary lilley]

Had a visit this afternoon , i also counted around 50 ruff ( 20, 30 on seperate fields ) , thousands of geese , hundreds of lapwing and starlings , 100+ woodpigeon , 100+ fieldfares , pair of stonechat , peregrine hunting woodpigeons , 3 buzzard , 2 kestrel , 1 sparrowhawk ,.

[Neil Southworth]

No geese at all on Croston Finney this morning and nothing else either apart from a few Skylark and Meadow Pipit.