morning dog walk- pretty quiet birdwise
2 greenfinch,2 chaffinch,4 goldfinch, small numbers blue and great tit, 2 wrens singing, 2 mistle thrush singing, blackbird,robin,dunnock,magpie,carrion crow,wood pigeon, 2 skylark, 3 reed bunting,
diggle flash- 8 tufted duck, 9 coot, 4 black headed gull, 2 mallard, 2 moorhen, 2 mute swan, 2 little grebe, 1 great crested grebe,

morning dog walk
1f stonechat, pair grey partridge, pair pheasant, 8 meadow pipit, 3 reed bunting, 6 skylark, 3 buzzard, 1 long tailed tit, great tit,blue tit, blackbird,robin,dunnock, magpie,carrion crow,wood pigeon,
diggle flash- 16 black headed gull, 13 coot, 9 tufted duck, 7 mallard, 2 moorhen, 2 mute swan, 1 little grebe, 1 great crested grebe,

09.15 - 10.45
Fairly quiet
C3
1 Chiffchaff
3 Buzzard
3 Redwing
C6
1 Chiffchaff
Lesser Redpoll heard only

morning dog walk- cold and windy with some drizzle
area nr haulage yard quite busy with 2 siskin, 1 chaffinch, 4 house sparrow ( a further flock of c20 just off site) robin,dunnock,wren, blue tit, great tit and blackbird all seen in this area, 2 skylark, 4 reed bunting, 1 cock pheasant, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon, 1 goldfinch,
diggle flash-2 canada geese over, 2 mute swan, 9 black headed gull, 1 moorhen,1 little grebe seen 2 more heard, 3 great crested grebe, 4 mallard, 15 coot, 8 tufted duck, a dead budgie ( yellow and green ) on old road above diggle flash.

-- Edited by Bernard McGurrin on Saturday 26th of March 2016 12:23:31 PM

morning dog walk
at least 8 skylark, 12 reed bunting, 2 meadow pipit, 1 cock pheasant, great tit,blue tit,blackbird,wren,robin, dunnock, wood pigeon, magpie, carrion crow, 1m bullfinch,
diggle flash, 9 coot, 17 tufted duck, 12 black headed gull, 1 little grebe, 1 great crested grebe, 2 moorhen, 2 mute swan, 2 mallard,

morning dog walk in light but constant rain
2 skylark, 1 pheasant, 4 reed bunting, robin,wren,dunnock, blackbird, 1 long tailed tit, great tit,blue tit,magpie,carrion crow,wood pigeon,
diggle flash- c20 black headed gull, 1 lesser black backed gull, 14 coot, c20 tufted duck, 2 mallard, 2 mute swan, 3 great crested grebe, 1 little grebe seen 2 more heard, 2 moorhen,

10.00 - 12.15
circular walk of Fir Tree Flash form C3
C3
13 Redwing
FTF & C6
1 Kingfisher
2 Great crested Grebe - female sat on nest
1 Little Grebe showed briefly. how do they hide in such little vegetation?
2 Gadwall
1 Willow Tit
1 Great spotted Woodpecker - male
1 Greenfinch

morning dog walk
7 skylark, 5 reed bunting, 5 meadow pipit, 1 pheasant, blue tit,great tit, blackbird,robin,dunnock,wren, magpie,wood pigeon, carrion crow,
diggle flash- tufted duck, black headed gull, coot, 2 mute swan, 1 great crested grebe, 1 little grebe, 3 moorhen, 4 mallard,1 grey heron,

morning dog walk
1f stonechat, 2 grey partridge, 1 jay, 8 skylark, 5 reed bunting, 4 meadow pipit, 2 long tailed tit, 2 goldfinch, blackbird,dunnock,great tit,wren,robin,blue tit, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon, 2 lesser black backed gull and c30 black headed gull over,
diggle flash- 2 mute swan, 1 great crested grebe, 1 little grebe, 4 moorhen, 2 mallard, 9 black headed gull, 14 coot, 26 tufted duck, 1 grey heron,

morning dog walk
1 siskin, 1m bullfinch, 3 goldfinch, 3 long tailed tit, great tit,blue tit,blackbird,dunnock, wren, mistle thrush, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon, pair collared doves getting frisky, 3 skylark,3 meadow pipit, 4 reed bunting, 2 canada geese over, grey heron over, cormorant over,
diggle flash- 21 black headed gull, 1 common gull, 1 lesser black backed gull, 1 f goldeneye, 4 mallard, 3 moorhen, 2 great crested grebe, 1 little grebe, 2 mute swan, 16 tufted duck, 9 coot,

morning dog walk
mistle thrush, blackbird,robin,wren, dunnock,great tit,skylark, blue tit all in song this morning, magpie,carrion crow,wood pigeon, pheasant, reed bunting,goldfinch, meadow pipit,
diggle flash- 20+ black headed gull, 17 tufted duck, 11 coot, 4 mallard, 3 great crested grebe,2 little grebe, 3 moorhen,2 mute swan,

morning dog walk pretty quiet birdwise

several singing robins, small numbers great and blue tit, 1 goldfinch, blackbird,wren,dunnock, 2 skylark, 6 reed bunting, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- 23 black headed gulls, 21 tufted duck, 12 coot, 8 mallard, 3 great crested grebe, 1 little grebe, 2 Canada geese, 2 mute swan, 1 moorhen,

12 - 2
C3 only fairly quiet
1 Goldcrest - busy singing in between feeding
2 Willow Tit
1 Stock Dove
5 Redwing
1 Kestrel

morning dog walk
pair bullfinch, 2 jay, decent numbers blue and great tit, 5 long tailed tit, 2 skylark, 7 reed bunting, blackbird,wren,robin, dunnock, 1 mistle thrush,1 collared dove, 1 house sparrow, magpie, wood pigeon, carrion crow,
diggle flash- 2 canada geese, 2 mute swan, 2 moorhen, 2 mallard, 3 great crested grebe, 1 little grebe, 1 lesser black backed gull, 31 black headed gull, 21 tufted duck, 18 coot,

09.00 - 11.45
Circular walk of Fir Tree Flash via C5 & C3

C3
2 Herring Gull, 1 Common Gull, 2 Lesser black backed Gull, 20 Black headed Gull on football field
3 Lesser Redpoll, 1 female Siskin
1 Willow Tit singing while going up and down the trunk of an Alder like a Treeceeper
1 Stock Dove in pony enclosure

C5
3 Jay
plenty of Skylark and Reed Bunting singing

C6/Fir Tree Flash
male & female Siskin with male singing his head off which was nice instead of the usual single note call
Water Rail calling on edge of reedy area where drain flows into the flash
2 Little Grebe, 2 Great crested Grebe
1 Buzzard

Robin singing everywhere lost count in the end

Lancashire Wildlife Trust carrying out work to the ditch in C7 didn't stop to speak as they were busy

That time of year again, firebugs back, small areas of C5 & C7 burnt out , they must get bored for the rest of the year

morning dog walk
pair stonechat, 14 reed bunting, 1 meadow pipit, 3 skylark,2 buzzard, great tit, blue tit, 3 long tailed tit,wren,robin,dunnock,blackbird,magpie,carrion crow,wood pigeon,
diggle flash- 94 black headed gulls, 1 common gull, 3 lesser black backed gull, 17 tufted duck, 15 coot, 2 little grebe, 3 great crested grebe, 2 moorhen,2 mute swan, 2 mallard,

11.15 - 12.15
C3 only
2 Siskin
3 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
1 Redwing

morning dog walk
5 skylark,5 meadow pipit, 7 reed bunting, wren,blackbird,dunnock,robin,great tit, blue tit,magpie,carrion crow,wood pigeon
diggle flash- 54 black headed gulls,1 common gull,1 lesser black backed gull,18 tufted duck,11 coot, 2 moorhen, 2 mute swan, 11 mallard. 1 cormorant,

morning dog walk
pair stonechat first sighting for about 3 weeks i thought they'd moved on, 7 reed bunting, 3 skylark, 3 meadow pipit, blackbird,dunnock,robin,great tit,blue tit, wren, 4 long tailed tit, magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon,
Diggle flash- 43 black headed gulls, 2 common gull, 2 lesser black backed gulls, 13 tufted duck, 9 coot, 2 moorhen,2 mute swan, 6 mallard, 1 little grebe, 1 great crested grebe,

morning dog walk
2 long tailed tit, 2 chaffinch, 4 dunnock, blackbird,robin,wren,blue tit,great tit, 5 skylark, 6 reed bunting,magpie,carrion crow,wood pigeon,
diggle flash- 31 black headed gull, 1 common gull, 18 tufted duck, 9 coot, 2 mallard, 2 mute swan, 1 great crested grebe,1 little grebe, 1 moorhen,1 cormorant,

late afternoon/early evening dog walk
blue and great tits feeding in alders, 4 blackbird, 3 robin, 5 dunnock, 1 mistle thrush, 5 skylark, 2 meadow pipit, 7 reed bunting, wood pigeon, magpie, carrion crow including one building/repairing nest kept adding a few twigs then sitting in the nest as though to check for comfort,
diggle flash- 15 black headed gull, 14 tufted duck, 11 coot, 6 mallard, 5 little grebe 4 seen 1 other heard only, 4 moorhen, 3 great crested grebe, 2 mute swan, 1 lesser black backed gull, 1 very aggresive common gull,

morning dog walk
1 siskin with 3 long tailed tit, 3 chaffinch and 2 goldfinch feeding in aldaers, at least 7 dunnock i actually counted 11 but may have got some twice did see 7 at same time, robin, blackbird, wren, 1 redwing heading NW, 1 song thrush feeding on ground, 2 mistle thrush singing, 9 reed bunting, 5 skylark, 4 meadow pipit, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon,blue tit,great tit,,
diggle flash- 2 willow tit chasing each other around willows around current anglers car park, 2 mute swan stayed in middle of water so couldn't see darvic rings but hopefully they are the resident mute swans returning, 10 mallard 4 on flash 2 in overflow ditch and 4 in adjoining field, 26 black headed gulls, 14 tufted duck, 11 coot, 4 moorhen one being viciously attacked by a coot before escaping, 2 little grebe,

Probably the same Blackcap you saw the other week Bernard in a different area. 30 mins this morning before work, 1 Common Gull , Song & Mistle Thrush singing, 1 male Great spotted Woodpecker, plenty Reed Bunting singing but the 30+ Redwing that were around for quite a while and in sub song quite often, have moved on.

morning dog walk
1 m blackcap in trees nr old anglers car park, 1chaffinch with 4 goldfinch, 3 wrens one attacking a dunnock 5 dunnock pretty close together but the wren kept going for the same bird,blackbird,robin, great tit, blue tit, 2 long tailed tit, 8 skylark, 6 reed bunting, 5 meadow pipit, 1 cock pheasant, magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- 1 drake goldeneye, 3 mallard, 1 little grebe, 1 moorhen, 12 coot, 27 black headed gull, 21 tufted duck,

morning dog walk
1 grey partridge, 7 skylark 2 singing the rest chasing each other around, 5 meadow pipit, 2 reed bunting,great tit, blue tit, dunnock, blackbird, robin,wren, 1 mistle thrush, magpie,carrion crow,wood pigeon,
diggle flash- 27 black headed gulls, 26 tufted duck, 12 coot, 5 mallard, 4 moorhen, 1 canada goose, 1 little grebe, 2 gadwall,

morning dog walk in constant rain very quiet birdwise
great tit and magpie were the only birds i saw more than 10 except for water birds everything else was 6 or less, 2 goldfinch, 2 long tailed tit, 6 blue tit, 3 blackbird,2 robin, 2 dunnock, 1 wren, 2 skylark, 3 reed bunting, 3 meadow pipit, 4 carrion crow, 6wood pigeon,

diggle flash, tufted duck, coot, 3 mallard, 1 m gadwall, pair goldeneye, c20 black headed gull, 1 lesser black backed gull, 3 moorhen, 1 little grebe seen 2 more heard,

Thanks Gordon, i've not been over that side for a while, due for a good walk all round the site maybe on my next day off, good to know there are still kestrel on the site, hopefully the numbers will pick up again.

1 Kestrel hunting C5 yesterday Bernard but like you say I hadn't seen one for quite awhile

morning dog walk
3 goldfinch, 2 chaffinch, 2 long tailed tit, small numbers blue and great tit, blackbird, robin,dunnock, 1 linnet, 5 skylark, 6 reed bunting, 2 meadow pipit, carrion crow, magpie, wood pigeon, 1f sparrowhawk in trees, not seen any kestrel over here for weeks, you can generally be guaranteed to see at least one at almost any time of the day,
diggle flash- 1f goldeneye, 1 cormorant, 2 little grebe, 5 moorhen, 11 mallard, 4 gadwall, c30 tufted duck, c20 coot, c20 black headed gull about half in full breeding plumage,, 2 lesser black backed gull

morning dog walk- bright and sunny but cold with a touch of frost
3 siskin, 1 greenfinch, 1 long tailed tit, 3 chaffinch with usual goldfinch, blue and great tits on alders, dunnock, wren,robin and blackbird all foraging in fallen leaves and undergrowth, 4 meadow pipit, 3 reed bunting, 4 skylark, 1 hen pheasant, magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- 10 mallard, 2 gadwall, 1 m goldeneye, 1 cormorant, 1 little grebe, 1 great crested grebe, 2 moorhen, 32 tufted duck, 27 black headed gull, 18 coot,

12.45 - 14.00 , C3 only. Not too much to mention other than, 10 Fieldfare, 1 Common Gull, 2 Water Rail,

09.00 - 11.00
3 Buzzard
single male Pochard - FTF
2 Little Grebe heard 1 FTF & 1 C10 floodwater
3 Greylag Geese - grazing on football field, first time I have sen them on field.
2 Common Gull - football field
usual 30+ Redwing - C3
Skylark singing in good numbers in all areas, more Reed Bunting than of late, sign of spring just round the corner

morning dog walk- dry and sunny but cold
4 chaffinch feeding on ground with dunnocks, robin, blackbird and goldfinches, 3 mistle thrush singing, 4 skylark 2 singing, 7 meadow pipit, 6 reed bunting, 2 long tailed tit, magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon, blue tit,great tit,
diggle flash- 28 tufted duck, 16 coot, 19 black headed gull, 2 lesser black backed gull, 1 common gull, 4 moorhen, 2 gadwall, 5 mallard, 1 cormorant, 1 little grebe seen 1 more heard.

morning dog walk in the snow pretty quiet birdwise
4 long tailed tit, 2 goldfinch , 4 blue tit and 7 great tit in the alders, blackbird, dunnock,robin, 2 meadow pipit, 3 skylark, magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- pair goldeneye, pair shoveller,4 gadwall, 3 mallard, 2 moorhen, 1 cormorant, 1 little grebe seen 1 more heard, c20 coot, 30+ tufted duck, c25 black headed gull, 2 lesser black backed gull,

morning dog walk
pair bullfinch, 5 chaffinch, 5 long tailed tit and 8 goldfinch with blue and great tits in alders, 4 mistle thrush, blackbird,robin, wren, 6 skylark 4 singing 3 up high 1 from the favoured small hawthorn, 11 meadow pipit, 7 reed bunting, 3 willow tit chasing each other around nr bottom of new road, several dunnock also chasing each other around one seemed to be gathering nesting material, 10 lesser black backed gulls over, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon, water rail heard from choked pond,
diggle flash- pair goldeneye, 1m pochard, pair gadwall, 7 mallard, 4 moorhen, 1 little grebe seen 2 more heard, 1 cormorant, 12 black headed gulls, 24 coot, 32 tufted duck,

15.00 -16.45
C3 across to Fir Tree Flash and back mostly in heavy rain
1 Greenfinch - C3 3 Siskin - C3
3 Common Gull on football field
FTF
7 Pochard 5 M & 2 F
2 Little Grebe - both at either end of flash to each other
1 Great crested Grebe



-- Edited by Gordon Newman on Wednesday 2nd of March 2016 05:47:04 PM

morning dog walk-wind, hail,rain, sleet and snow typically now i'm home showered dry and fed the sun has come out,
mistle thrush heard but not seen, blackbird, robin,great tit, blue tit, wren, dunnock, meadow pipit, reed bunting,magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon, 2 canada geese over,
diggle flash-tufted duck, coot,moorhen, pair shoveler, 1 f goldeneye, 3 gadwall, 3 mallard,2 cormorant, black headed gulls, 2 lesser black backed gulls, 3 common gulls one of which had me quite excited for a bit i thought it was a ring-billed gull but after a good study it was a common,

Morning dog walk in rain
Small numbers great and blue tit, 1 chaffinch with 4 gildfinch, blackbird, robin, wren, dunnock, 3 meadow pipit, 4 reed bunting, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon,
Diggle flash - 1 grey heron, 1 f GoldenEye, 3 mallard, 1 gadwall, 1 little grebe, 3 black headed gulls, 2 moorhen, 24 tufted duck, 19 coot,

morning dog walk
2 long tailed tit seemed to be gathering nesting material, small numbers blue and great tit, 6 goldfinch, 1 skylark, 1 reed bunting, 8 meadow pipit, 4 blackbird, 3 robin, 1 wren, magpies including 1 nest building, wood pigeon, 1 collared dove, carrion crows including 4 dining on a dead rat,
diggle flash, 28 tufted duck, 26 black headed gulls, 16 coot, 4 moorhen,4 gadwall, 2 little grebe seen 2 more heard, 3 mallard, 1 grey heron, 1 great crested grebe, 1f wigeon, 3 lesser black backed gulls over,

morning dog walk- nice morning but quiet birdwise most of the usuals just in very small numbers
3 goldfinch and 2 blue tit on alders, small numbers great tit, 1 long tailed tit, blackbird,robin,dunnock, magpie, carrion crow,wood pigeon, 3 skylark 1 singing, 4 meadow pipit, 1 reed bunting, 2 lesser black backed gull over, 1 cormorant over,
diggle flash- 33 tufted duck, 15 coot, 12 black headed gull, 6 mallard, 5 gadwall, 1 great crested grebe,

morning dog walk
goldfinch, long tailed, great and blue tit feeding in alders, mistle thrush singing,wren, blackbird, robin and dunnock foraging in undergrowth, 3 skylark all singing 2 up high 1 from a small hawthorn, 7 meadow pipit, 2 reed bunting, 3 mute swan over, 4 jackdaw over, magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- 29 tufted duck, 22 black headed gulls, 16 coot, 7 gadwall, 3 little grebe, 1 great crested grebe, 1 moorhen, 3 mallard,

morning dog walk
1 mistle thrush,3 long tailed tit, 6 dunnock, 5 goldfinch, robin,blackbird,wren, pair stonechat nr top of new road, 4 skylark,4 meadow pipit, 4 reed bunting, 1 cock pheasant,plenty of great tit and blue tit,magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- 2 grey heron, 26 tufted duck, 7 gadwall, 2 mallard, 14 coot, 1 great crested grebe, 12 black headed gull, 2 moorhen,

morning dog walk
pair stonechat first seen nr top of new road and later on nr bottom i think the same pair as they were moving down when i first saw them, 1 siskin and 2 redpoll with goldfinch in alders, 3 mistle thrush 1 with 4 redwing, 4 skylark, 3 meadow pipit, 4 reed bunting, decent numbers great tit 30+ and blue tit 20+, 11 long tailed tit, 5 lesser black backed gull over, at least 12 robins, 7 dunnock,3 wren, 5 blackbird,magpie, wood pigeon, carrion crow, great spotted woodpecker heard but not seen,
diggle flash- 1 cormorant, 4 mallard and 7 gadwall on stock pond, 23 tufted duck, 14 coot, 19 black headed gull, 2 grey heron,3 moorhen, 2 little grebe, 1 great crested grebe, brief glimpse of a female wigeon disappearing into the reed bed,

Late post for yesterday 22/02/16 , 15.00 - 16.00. C3 only 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Sparrowhawk, 30+ Redwing, 1 Greenfinch, both Siskin and Lesser Redpoll heard but not seen.

morning dog walk
1m stonechat nr top of new road, 2 grey partridge,1 cock pheasant, 30+ meadow pipit flocks of 17,6 + 5 with a few 2s + 3s, 6 skylark 4 up singing while seemed to be being attacked by 2 meadow pipit, 9 reed bunting, 3 mistle thrush 2 singing, small numbers goldfinch, long tailed,blue and great tit in the alders, 1 jay, wood pigeon, carrion crow, magpie, 1 collared dove on old car park don't get many collared dove on site whilst the housing estate only a few hundred yards away is solid with them,
Diggle Flash- 1 little grebe, 1 cormorant, 2 moorhen, 2 mallard and 8 gadwall all on stock pond, 26 tufted duck, 14 coot, 19 black headed gulls, 1 great crested grebe, 1 grey heron over,

afternoon stroll very little to add to morning sightings only 1 willow tit,1 collared dove and 8 chaffinch.

morning dog walk
male stonechat nr yop of new road, 3 skylark,3 meadow pipit, 2 reed bunting, 2 canada geese over, 8 dunnock, 5 long tailed tit and 5 goldfinch feeding with blue and great tits in alders, blackbird,robin,wren, 2 mistle thrush, magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon.
Diggle flash- 1 grey heron in drainage/overflow ditch, 1m pochard, pair goldeneye, 5 gadwall, 4 mallard, 1 little grebe,2 moorhen, 2 lesser black backed gulls, 37 black headed gulls, 41 tufted duck, 15 coot,

morning dog walk- dry but windy
4 skylark 2 up singing, pair stonechat again coming onto new road picking at mud left behind by 4x4s, 7 meadow pipit, 1 hen pheasant, 1 mistle thrush,blackbird,dunnock, wren,robin, great tit, blue tit, goldfinch, magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon,
diggle flash- 26 black headed gulls, 2 lesser black backed gulls, 23 tufted duck, 14 coot, 2 gadwall, 1 little grebe, 1 moorhen,

morning dog walk- cold and windy, with some rain
5 goldfinch,2 chaffinch, small numbers blue and great tit, blackbird,robin,dunnock,wren, 3 mistle thrush, 3 lesser black backed gulls over, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon, 8 jackdaw over,2 meadow pipit, 1 cock pheasant,
diggle flash, pair goldeneye, 1m pochard, 3 gadwall on stock pond, 4 little grebe 1 on stock pond 3 on main flash, 12 tufted duck, 9 coot, 1 grey heron,1 cormorant, c20 black headed gulls,

morning dog walk- cold and frosty but dry
4 chaffinch, 5 goldfinch, 4 blue tit and c20 great tit feeding in alders, 3 skylark 1 up high in full song the other 2 along with a pair of stonechat kept landing on the tarmac surface of the new road either ingesting grit or had found a food source in the frozen mud left behind by 4x4s, 3 reed bunting, 3 meadow pipit, 1 hen pheasant, magpie, carrion crow, wood pigeon, 2 mistle thrush, blackbird.robin,wren,dunnock,9 very noisy lesser black backed gull over,
diggle flash- pair shoveler, 6 gadwall, 11 mallard, 2 moorhen,3 little grebe, 39 tufted duck, 16 coot, 23 black headed gull, 1 herring gull again on post over frozen stock pond,

morning dog walk- foggy and cold with frost
2 chaffinch and 4 goldfinch feeding with great and blue tits on alders, 4 dunnock, 2 robin and 3 blackbird foraging amongst fallen leaves and undergrowth, 8 reed bunting, 2 skylark, 5 meadow pipit, pair stonechat, 2 Canada geese over, mixed tit flock with 1 willow tit, 10 long tailed tit, 4 great tit and 3 blue tit, magpie,carrion crow, wood pigeon,
Diggle Flash- couldn't see much due to fog birds seen tufted duck,coot,mallard, moorhen with little grebe heard only, 1 herring gull perched on post over frozen stock pond.