Yellow legged gull with other gulls at the top of Gidlow Lane near Galloways at around 4.30 yesterday.

This Morning
02:40 2 Tawny Owls calling from Willow Rd possibly this young ones from Giants Hall.

Jimmy

Lots of house sparrows having a chirpfest in the hawthorne hedge at brimelows farm.must be 100 plus with this years fledglings. Also on the farm pond 4 newly hatched moorhens.2 following parent bird but the 2 others following seperate juveniles who are feeding them.i dont know if this is normal but i have seen it before on this pond.

This AM
4 Buzzards
2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers
1 Kestrel
2 Mistle Thrush
Raven over could be one of the town centre birds as it was heading that way ?
4 Bulfinch
6 Greenfinch

Sad to say no sight or sound of Willow Tits again which is worrying;
On black hills another site that used to be good for Snipe and Jack Snipe looks to be another place that that as bit the dust due to off roading vehicles ?.

Jimmy

This AM
Gidlow Cemetary
Flock of Redwings presume to be roosting at Wigan Rd end approx 60 some singing which at first I didn't recognise as I have only heard once before.
2 Mistle Thrush
2 Song Thrush
2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers
6 Bullfinch
7 Goldcrest

Jimmy

This AM
6 Bullfinch
3 Goldcrests
5 Mistle Thrush
Nuthatch calling
1 Kestrel
Brimlows Farm
30+ House Sparrows
9 Moorhens
20 Rooks in sheep field (Bit of a rarity here)
Cormorant over.

Jimmy

Large flock of house sparrows in hawthorne hedge at brimelows farm
12 greenfinch in gidlow cemetry
1 nuthatch heard
2 treecreepers having a set to.never seen that before
1 jay
65 pink-footed geese over
2 bullfinch 1m1f

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 22nd of January 2015 04:29:47 PM

Sparrowhawk(f) over Spencer Rd bridge Jimmy

Raven over Acacia Cres today at 4:00 possibly going to roost site ?

This PM
2 Sparrowhawks circling over Gidlow Lane.

2 Grey Wagtail in next doors garden.

Jimmy

1 Grey Wagtail
2 Nuthatches
1 Willow Tit calling

Jimmy

This AM
3 Ravens over N/W.

Jimmy

Tawny Owl calling 03:15 on estate

Walk round Gidlow Cemetery 8:30:10:00
Spotted Flycatcher nr pond,
2 Buzzards
Nuihatch
Great Spotted Woodpecker
4 Bullfinch
40+House Martins over Barrett Estate
Chiffchaff singing
Lots of birds heard but due to dodgy eyesight couldn't see SIGH.

Jimmy


-- Edited by Jimmy Meadows on Sunday 7th of September 2014 12:08:59 PM

Beech Hill today

1 Buzzard
1 Sparrowhawk
Goldcrest singing in next doors fir tree
2 Goldfinch in garden

Jimmy

Beech Hill Wigan Early AM

The Starlings broods around here have all near enough fledged on the same morning as the parents were still feeding them in there nests yesterday which is amazing as they seem to be everywhere.

Jimmy

Early Evening
3 Blackcaps
3 Chiffchaff
2 Willow Warblers
Swallows back at Brockhurst Farm and Brimlows Farm
Moorhens 1st brood at Brimlows Farm

Jimmy

This morning 6:45
3 Buzzards flying from Gidlow to Giants Hall looked and sounded to be 2 adults and 1 juvenile.


Jimmy

This morning
3 Whimbrel over Beech Hill calling at 07:15 then turned and headed south possibly brought low due to low cloud conditions

This morning 04:10
Tawny Owl calling on Beech Hill makes a change from police helicopter

Jimmy

Raven over at 17:00 heading s/w

Jimmy

Moorhens 1st brood of the year (4)
4 Blackcap
3 Willow Warbler
1 Reed Bunting

Jimmy

Cold and Foggy
1 Mistle Thrush
4 Greenfinch
6 Great Tit

Gidlow Cemetary
17 Long Tailed tits
4 Blackbirds
5 Robins
2 Dunnocks
2 Chaffinch
all at Litter Bin Feeding Station.

Must Be Bonkers

Jimmy

Gidlow Rucks
100+Swallows going south

Gidlow Cemetary
juv Buzzards calling
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
6 Chiffchaff
2 Whitethroat
4 Blackbirds
8 Robins
2 Song Thrush.
3 Siskins over

Cheers Jimmy

This morning

3 Ravens flew up off Clampetts sheep field at 06:15

Cheers Jimmy

Swifts feeding young in nest just up from Pagefield Pub

Sparrowhawk being mobbed by House Martins tonight

Cheers Jimmy

News for yesterday

House Martins back at Gidlow

Cheers Jimmy

Pig Lane
1 Buzzard

Gidlow Cemetary
4 Mandarins 3m 1f

3 House Martins over Gidlow Lane/Beech Hill Avenue this morning

Gidlow Cemetary
1 Buzzard being mobbed by Carrion Crow
1 Chiffchaff in song

Jimmy

Gidlow Cemetary
1 Goldcrest
10 Redwing
12 Blackbird

Jimmy

Gidlow Cemetary
First Light
25 Magpies must have just come from a roost
20 Blackbirds
2 GSW

Jimmy

Brimlows Farm
pr Mute Swans
20+ House Sparrows
4 Mistle Thrush
1 Great Sp Woodpecker
1 Contented Magpie hitching a ride on the back of a Sheep

Gidlow Cemetary
3 Coal Tits
20+ Redwing

Jimmy

60+ Jackdaws west 08:00 this morning

Cheers Jimmy

Brimlows Farm

Pr Mute Swan
2 Goldcrests
18 House Sparrows


Jimmy

Sparrowhawks nest raided in the past week at least 3 young taken by the local young scroats

Jimmy

Gidlow early a m

2 Ravens
6 Snipe
10 Pied Wagtails
1 Grey Wagtail
20 + L T Tits in two flocks
10 + Bullfinch
22 Blackbirds
6 Song thrush
40 + Redwing
10 Magpies
4 Goldcrest

2 Roe Deer
could have done with a canoe in some places that much water about

pr lapwings have now got 4 young they desrve a medal
moidered by bikers,horse riders,dog walkers,raven,crows and jackdaws
and still hatched 4 eggs

today
green woodpecker
3 reed buntings
1 meadow pipit
5 pied wagtails
pr lapwings
and not much else

this morning
15 magpies
2 bullfinch
4 meadow pipits
1 snipe

3 snipe but no jack snipe yet
43 common gulls
32 bh gulls
2 l b b gulls
2 meadow pipits
this morning

5 snipe and nothing else

tues 6 nov gidlow coal rucks
2 snipe
16 meadow pipits
giants hall
6 goldfinch
16 blackbirds
seems to be a lot of blackbirds about this autumn
dont know whether they are migrants or just had a good breeding season
jimmy

tues 30 gidlow
1 raven on coal rucks first for me here
1 buzzard
f sparrowhawk
f green woodpecker
5 siskins
giants hall
5 bullfinch
1 kestrel

today 29 oct
1 buzzard being mobbed by a crow
1 snipe
37 jackdaws over
5 blackbirds
1 song thrush
36 fieldfare

30+ pied wagtails on sheep pasture
1 m bullfinch few siskins over and what i think was a calling
juv green woodpecker jimmy

dont know if theybreed round there i know they used to breed
in taylor pit wood only went to see if the snipe where back
when lo and behold the bird flew out of the reeds also might have found a
better place for wintering jack snipe