Hen Harrier, Eccleston, Tinklers Lane fields.
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2011 11:34 am
An adult male Hen Harrier this morning at 9-50, this is only my second sighting of a hen harrier in Eccleston the first 11 years ago also an adult male.
I first saw the bird on the large field with the Lily pond, it flew over the hedge towards the river out of sight, I went to a gap in the hedge and looked through but couldn't see it anywhere. I went through into the next field heading towards Syd Brook Lane and spotted it again quartering the field near the river, I lost it from sight behind some trees and didn't relocate it again, either it carried on towards the North or flew along the river.
I first saw the bird on the large field with the Lily pond, it flew over the hedge towards the river out of sight, I went to a gap in the hedge and looked through but couldn't see it anywhere. I went through into the next field heading towards Syd Brook Lane and spotted it again quartering the field near the river, I lost it from sight behind some trees and didn't relocate it again, either it carried on towards the North or flew along the river.