eccleston and buckshaw

[gary lilley]

tincklers lane fields , meadow pipits 10+ , teal 1, partridge 2 (not sure what species ) snipe 5 jack snipe 2 on the same pond, 1 buzzard , 1 kestrel, 3 bullfinch all males 1 hare.
buckshaw, had a look on the waste ground near the railway line , snipe were in double figures poss 1 jack snipe, meadow pipit, reed bunting and skylark were present in small numbers 1 wren and surprisingly flushed a rabbit in the boggy ground, also had a look on the waste ground across the road were there was similar amount of snipe and a definite jack snipe also reed bunting meadow pipit and skylark again in small numbers and 6 mallard in the deeper water and nearly forgot there was a kestrel hunting over the boggy ground all within a hundred yards of a working building site.