VisMig (S/SW): 1 Cormorant (probably not a migrant to be honest) 14 Lapwing 3 Swallow 2 Alba Wagtail 2 Grey Wagtail 1 Tree Pipit (heard twice as it flew overhead, but I failed to see it) 6 Meadow Pipit 4 Linnet
Also in the area: 2 Snipe 16 Grey Partridge 6 Skylark singing Chiffchaff
Jimmy Meadows said
Mon Aug 30 5:33 PM, 2010
Early Morning
1 Whinchat 1 Wheatear 3 Snipe 3 Lapwing 20+Linnets 2 Sparrowhawks 1 Kestrel 10 Carrion Crows 22 Jackdaws 15 Meadow Pipits 1 Pied Wagtail And 1 Hare put up by a dog walker
Cheers Jimmy
Rob Thorpe said
Sun Aug 29 4:53 PM, 2010
Sunday 29 August 2010 afternoon
1 Spotted Flycatcher in the sunken wood, north of Leyland Green Road. Also here were 10+ Chiffchaff and a couple of Willow Warbler.
Rob Thorpe said
Sun Aug 29 11:48 AM, 2010
Saturday 28 August 2010 morning
Whilst doing VisMig watch with Thorpe senior: 1 Redshank flock of 19 Snipe over 1 Swift 1 Whinchat 1 Chiffchaff flock of 68 Linnet
I'll put the actual VisMig results on the Trektellen website asap.
dave broome said
Mon Aug 9 6:03 PM, 2010
A Merlin, probably a juvenile, was present this morning on a fence post, mobbed by a couple of Swallows before flying over Winstanley Road. 12 Meadow Pipits were around a slurry pile on the adjacent Gladden Hey Farm
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Jul 25 3:17 PM, 2010
This Morming 15 Linnets 13 Skylarks 1 Greenfinch 2 Goldfinch 5 Meadow Pipits 1 Kestrel 1 Unicyclist on the path
Adj Farm 50 + House Martins 12 Swallows 10 Swift
opp Sandyforth 3 Yellowhammers
Windy Arbour Farm 20+ Swallows 6 Greenfinch 10 House Sparrows
Cheers Jimmy
Rob Thorpe said
Sun Jul 19 5:28 PM, 2009
2 Buzzards and at least 200 Lapwing this afternoon. Also, there was about 100 Lesser Black-backed Gulls in a field across the M6.
Rob Thorpe said
Mon May 18 5:31 PM, 2009
Monday 18 May 2009
a Wheatear near Ryecroft Farm. Also loads of Yellowhammer about, a couple of Linnets, 2 Mistle Thrush and, in the "sunken wood", a Reed Warbler was singing.
Rob Thorpe said
Mon Apr 14 7:15 PM, 2008
13 April 2008
14:00-17:30
3 Buzzard 2 Kestrel 2 Sparrowhawk 2 Swallow hanging about 2 Sand Martin over N 1 Curlew over E 6 Lapwing 2 Rook over 1 Chiffchaff 10 Mallard over flock of 50+ Woodpigeon and the never-ending stream of LBB Gulls with the odd H Gull thrown in, all heading NE
plus the usuals
Rob Thorpe said
Sun Apr 6 6:16 PM, 2008
06 April 2008 13:00 - 16:00
OSPREY - flying North, high over Wigan at 14:30
over stuff from the "watchpoint":
Buzzard 3 Kestrel 2 LBB Gull - hundreds streaming North (from the Mersey?) Cormorant 3 Jay 2 C.Crow 4 Stock Dove 1 Linnet 3 Pied Wagtail Song Thrush 2 Starling 2 Mallard 3
stuff hanging about:
Little Grebe 1 on the largest pool Coot 2 Moorhen 2 Mallard 1f Lapwing 1 displaying Woodpigeon 7 Magpie 2 Robin 5 Blackbird 3 Mistle Thrush 1 Dunnock 2 Mipit 14 in a tree together Skylark 2 Chaffinch 3 House Sparrow c10 L-t Tit 2
Very very cold!
Rob Thorpe said
Sun Mar 30 11:28 AM, 2008
Looks really good for watching migration from up on top of the slag-heaps... You can see pretty much the whole of the county (well the western half anyway). I had the scope up there and you can see pennington flash, manchester, three sisters, horrocks flash, pearsons flash, scotmans flash, haigh hall, horwich moors etc etc etc... plus you can also see over to the mersey and the runcorn bridge. seems a good spot to watch for ospreys, marsh harriers etc moving north.
Judith Smith said
Sat Mar 29 3:39 PM, 2008
That's in the process of being reclaimed for agriculture - lots of JCBs around. We had a look at the site a few years ago in the breeding season but nothing remarkable. The Buzzards are from a site nearby.
Rob Thorpe said
Sat Mar 29 12:34 PM, 2008
07:30 - 10:00
at least 6 Buzzard (although 2 of them were in Merseyside) 4 Kestrel 3 Sparrowhawk hundreds of LBB Gulls heading SW (towards R.Mersey?) Common Gull Herring Gull BH Gull Cormorant G.Heron Coot Mallard W.Pigeon C.Dove Lapwing (displaying) C.Crow Jackdaw Skylark Mipit Pied Wagtail Mistle Thrush Willow Tit LT Tit 10 Linnets (2 + 8) (about time i got them on my yearlist!) Goldfinch Greenfinch Chaffinch Yellowhammer Reed Bunting
06:45 - 09:15
VisMig (S/SW):
1 Cormorant (probably not a migrant to be honest)
14 Lapwing
3 Swallow
2 Alba Wagtail
2 Grey Wagtail
1 Tree Pipit (heard twice as it flew overhead, but I failed to see it)
6 Meadow Pipit
4 Linnet
Also in the area:
2 Snipe
16 Grey Partridge
6 Skylark
singing Chiffchaff
1 Whinchat
1 Wheatear
3 Snipe
3 Lapwing
20+Linnets
2 Sparrowhawks
1 Kestrel
10 Carrion Crows
22 Jackdaws
15 Meadow Pipits
1 Pied Wagtail
And 1 Hare put up by a dog walker
Cheers Jimmy
afternoon
1 Spotted Flycatcher in the sunken wood, north of Leyland Green Road.
Also here were 10+ Chiffchaff and a couple of Willow Warbler.
morning
Whilst doing VisMig watch with Thorpe senior:
1 Redshank
flock of 19 Snipe over
1 Swift
1 Whinchat
1 Chiffchaff
flock of 68 Linnet
I'll put the actual VisMig results on the Trektellen website asap.
12 Meadow Pipits were around a slurry pile on the adjacent Gladden Hey Farm
15 Linnets
13 Skylarks
1 Greenfinch
2 Goldfinch
5 Meadow Pipits
1 Kestrel
1 Unicyclist on the path
Adj Farm
50 + House Martins
12 Swallows
10 Swift
opp Sandyforth
3 Yellowhammers
Windy Arbour Farm
20+ Swallows
6 Greenfinch
10 House Sparrows
Cheers Jimmy
a Wheatear near Ryecroft Farm. Also loads of Yellowhammer about, a couple of Linnets, 2 Mistle Thrush and, in the "sunken wood", a Reed Warbler was singing.
14:00-17:30
3 Buzzard
2 Kestrel
2 Sparrowhawk
2 Swallow hanging about
2 Sand Martin over N
1 Curlew over E
6 Lapwing
2 Rook over
1 Chiffchaff
10 Mallard over
flock of 50+ Woodpigeon
and the never-ending stream of LBB Gulls with the odd H Gull thrown in, all heading NE
plus the usuals
OSPREY - flying North, high over Wigan at 14:30
over stuff from the "watchpoint":
Buzzard 3
Kestrel 2
LBB Gull - hundreds streaming North (from the Mersey?)
Cormorant 3
Jay 2
C.Crow 4
Stock Dove 1
Linnet 3
Pied Wagtail
Song Thrush 2
Starling 2
Mallard 3
stuff hanging about:
Little Grebe 1 on the largest pool
Coot 2
Moorhen 2
Mallard 1f
Lapwing 1 displaying
Woodpigeon 7
Magpie 2
Robin 5
Blackbird 3
Mistle Thrush 1
Dunnock 2
Mipit 14 in a tree together
Skylark 2
Chaffinch 3
House Sparrow c10
L-t Tit 2
Very very cold!
at least 6 Buzzard (although 2 of them were in Merseyside)
4 Kestrel
3 Sparrowhawk
hundreds of LBB Gulls heading SW (towards R.Mersey?)
Common Gull
Herring Gull
BH Gull
Cormorant
G.Heron
Coot
Mallard
W.Pigeon
C.Dove
Lapwing (displaying)
C.Crow
Jackdaw
Skylark
Mipit
Pied Wagtail
Mistle Thrush
Willow Tit
LT Tit
10 Linnets (2 + 8) (about time i got them on my yearlist!)
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
Chaffinch
Yellowhammer
Reed Bunting
-- Edited by Rob Thorpe at 13:35, 2008-03-29