Red-breasted Goose, Eccleston

[Neil Southworth]

Birdguides is reporting a Red-breasted Goose at Eccleston. Gary, John do you know anything about it? Presumably it's the escaped bird which associates with feral Barnacles at Martin Mere.

[Ian Woosey]

RBA is reporting this bird (the "wild" 1st W) as being NW of St Helens (and therefore not the Chorley Eccleston) in a field off the East Lancs Rd at Windle Farm SJ 486 969. Also, it is with Pink-feet, and not the Knowsley Barnacle flock...

[Neil Southworth]

Thanks Ian.

I sort of suspected that the St Helens Eccleston would be more likely.

[John Edwards]

When i saw this report on Birdguides last night I did wonder if it was correct or not as I was walking the Eccleston area at the time it was supposed to have been sighted, then I remembered the St. Helens Eccleston! Incidentally I have see both the RBGeese the old one with the Barnacles and the first year bird with Pinkfeet at Martin Mere over the last couple of weeks.
I went to see the Iceland Gull and the Waxies in Preston this morning