8 Redwing and 5 Mistle thrush on football pitches this morning.

6 Mistle thrush this morning on the football pitches, a couple were even perched on the goal posts giving good views.
47 Starling were also feeding on the pitches as were 18 Black headed gulls and 7 Redwing.
2 Coot right in the corner were it floods.

11 Redwing on football pitches with 3 Mistle thrush this morning.

Kingfisher active this morning flying under railway bridge and up near Pataks.

32 Redwing in corner of Marsh playing fields with many more in trees this morning.

-- Edited by Scott robinson on Wednesday 28th of January 2015 12:30:19 PM

24 Redwing this morning mainly in the far corner which floods.
6 Mistle thrush some perched on football posts.
23 Goldfinch all around trees
45 Starling
On the old colliery site usual small birds including 4 Meadow pipit which were flushed
Lots of blackbirds and House sparrows in brambles along Westleigh brook
Nothing interesting on the Brook itself though.
2 Pied wagtail and a Song thrush in the Horses paddocks

-- Edited by Scott robinson on Tuesday 27th of January 2015 01:51:38 PM

16 Redwing
8 Mistle Thrush
feeding on the football pitches together with Goldfinch late afternoon

6 Redwing
3 mistle thrush
30 starling

All feeding on the football pitches.

12 mistle thrush feeding on the middle football pitch.

15 mistle thrush on marsh playing fields this afternoon including youngsters, a few house martin also fly catching

House martin and swallow both feeding on marsh playing fields.
3 mistle thrush also feeding i know there's a couple of nest's so probably feeding young.
Swift high above the old colliery
2 common whitethroat
1 blackcap
Blue tit with youngster's
2 jackdaw
1 carrion crow
4 long tailed tits
2 pied wagtail
3 meadow pipits
Robin and blackbird in good numbers

Bullfinch chicks still in nest and looking healthy, 1 singing lesser whitethroat in the brambles down the side of pataks.
20+ swift
2 pied wagtail
2 blackcap
3 willow warbler
2 chiffchaff
4 long tailed tits
2 meadow pipit
4 mistle thrush on marsh playing feilds
2 house martin feeding low on the playings feilds
1 kestrel

A pair of bullfinches this morning while i was out running, both were going to enter a nest site until they clocked me both birds flew off. I had a quick look around to see if i could find a nest and found one with 2 healthy looking chicks in. Also 8 swift this morning as well.

-- Edited by Scott robinson on Wednesday 14th of May 2014 07:30:34 PM

20 plus swift this morning, high over the old colliery.
5 swallow
2 song thrush in the horses paddocks
1 pied wagtail also in the paddock
2 whitethroat singing from the brambles
1 blackcap
Robin, blackbird,blue tit and great tit
3 meadow pipit
kestrel hunting for food
20 starling on the playing feilds
3 mistle thrush
6 goldfinch

Mistle thrush going back and forth to its nest on marsh playing fields, looks like its feeding young.
2 pied wagtail on the playing fields as well today.
Also on the old colliery site there was,

6 meadow pipit
2 robin
3 blackbird
25 starling
blue and great tits
1 kestrel hovering
2 carrion crow
1 singing whitethroat
1 song thrush
3 wren
6 house sparrow
5 goldfinch
2 chaffinch

Quick hour, marsh playing feilds then over to where parsonage colliery used to be, and a quick mooch down westleigh brook to westleigh park.

First swift of the year for me high over the old parsonage colliery site.
3 whitethroat
2 robin
3 chaffinch
1 blackcap
2 meadow pipit
2 swallow
1 kestrel
30 plus starling
5 blackbird
At least 3 mistle thrush nests along the trees at the far end of the playing feilds.

No house martin at all this year, uaually fly catching on the playing feilds.
And normally they nest and breed under eaves on wigan road, not seen one single bird this year.

Marsh playing field only. 1 lesser blacked back gull, numerous numbers of black headed gull, 3 common gull, 17 redwing with mistle thrush and starling, 3 carrion crow, blackbird,

Mistle thrush, redwing, starling, common gull, black headed gull, goldfinch, robin, blackbird, wren, house sparrow, meadow pipit, Blue tit, great tit, carrion crow, wood pigeon, magpie, long tailed tit, kestrel, collared dove, dunnock.

Redwing,song and mistle thrush, blue and great tits,robin,blackbird,wren,chaffinch,goldfinch,greenfinch,starling,meadow pipit,moorhen, grey wagtail on westleigh brook,carrion crow, black headed gull, common gull

2 meadow pipit, tree sparrow, 2 mistle thrush, 20 redwing, 50+ starling,1 lesser black backed gull, common gull, robin, blackbird, great and blue tits, goldfinch, coot, moorhen, mallard.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 4th of February 2014 11:32:48 AM