Eyes Lane - Bretherton

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Neville Root
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Eyes Lane - Bretherton

Post by Neville Root »

12.30-1.30pm - 200+ teal on the flood this lunchtime, similar numbers of lapwing and BH gull. Also LBB(3) and single herring gull, shelduck, 6 pintail (4m+2f), corvids (incl rook), oystercatcher(2), buzzard(2), jay, small starling flock, pied wag, skylark in full song, m pipit, reed bunting.

Mammal: fox skulking in reeds behind flood
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Re: Eyes Lane - Bretherton

Post by Neil Southworth »

Sightings today very similar to Neville's yesterday including a dozen Shelduck, 200 Teal, 4 pairs of Pintail, Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 275 Lapwing, 2 Redshank, Grey Heron, 2 Mediterranean Gull, 80 BH Gull, 3 LBB Gull, Herring Gull, Common Gull, 1000+ Woodpigeon, singing Skylark, Meadow pipit 2, Pied Wagtail 3, small flock Starling, corvids including Rook, singing Chaffinch, Reed Bunting
Butterfly:- Peacock
Pintail, Redshank and Med Gull take me to 85.
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