Went in hope of a short eared owl but managed 2 hunting barn owls instead also seen on the mawdesley side a single curlew, along the river douglas there was plenty of teal , several goosander , moorhens , shelduck , 1 heron , and several snipe, on the rufford side there was around 20 snipe , similar numbers of lapwing , heard more curlew , there is still plenty of rough areas for owls but mainly on the rufford side .
Curlew brings my chorley list up to 91 species .
Mawdesley / rufford boundry at dusk .
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Re: Mawdesley / rufford boundry at dusk .
Winter Hill is a good bet for a SEO Gary, there was one up near to Two Lads last Sat according to the Manc forum. I was up there, but missed it of course.
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Re: Mawdesley / rufford boundry at dusk .
Late evening visit , mallard , teal, shelduck ,2 oystercatcher, moorhen along the river , large bird with pale wings was probably a buzzard seen in the fading light , on the rufford side were the flooded field is there was 1 mute swan several mallard and a gadwall also heard a snipe .
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Re: Mawdesley / rufford boundry at dusk .
2 barn owl hunting the area tonight .