Jimmy Meadows wrote:

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Raven bringing in food today not sure how many young yet just hope they will be ok with the bad weather this weehend

Jimmy

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If they can get through today they should be OK.

Raven bringing in food today not sure how many young yet just hope they will be ok with the bad weather this weehend

Jimmy

Male Peregrine Falcon over Wallgate again this morning, have checked around Trencherfield and Eckersley Mills for signs its been around longer but without any luck, was going to check the church opposite Go Outdoors this lunch time when I spotted a Female Sparrowhawk with a Feral Pigeon on the car park, she quickly got it into the hedges surrounding the car park and dispatched it and was completely oblivious to the people and traffic going by, thanks to David Wilson who quickly turned up with mine and his cameras

A kingfisher flew over the main road at higher Ince, following the leeds to Liverpool Canal towards the town centre

Two Siskin low over Library St-King St early afternoon

2 0ystercatchers on the football pitches by the dw gym.been there everyday this week.

Raven incubating today, tail visible over side of nest

Single raven perched above the nest site at 2.15pm today

Mike

2 Ravens aeriel displaying over wigan north western, heading towards the range 1130 today.

Raven on guard duty this morning surveying all that was going on and then attacked a magpie which was in a tree nr the John Bull the magpie soon departed to a safer place

Jimmy

Jimmy Meadows wrote:

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Raven on guard duty this morning surveying all that was going on and then attacked a magpie which was in a tree nr the John Bull the magpie soon departed to a safer place

Jimmy

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I saw it this morning Jimmy, noisily chasing 4 Jackdaw off past the Scholes tower blocks (maybe the same four seen by Paul yesterday?). Must have been an impressive sight for any residents of the flats.

-- Edited by dave broome on Thursday 7th of February 2013 09:24:32 PM

Ravens were adding nest lining material at diner time, one glided past the parish church and was quickly accompanied by 4 jackdaws, 2 each side of it, resembled a bomber with fighter escort

Today
Raven on telephone mast today calling loudly.

Powell St jtn Riverway
10 Siskin feeding in Alders

Library St
Grey Wagtail adj Museum Of Life

Jimmy

Ravens nest brought down by the snow over the weekend, they are now building on same side as last year, male Peregrine Falcon over Trencherfield mill

Stretching the "environs" a bit here, but I saw a Barn Owl flying over the main road near the Charnley Arms in Standish this morning at 6am...

Ravens nest building, usual place, opp side from last year, almost same day as last year.

2 ravens displaying over dw stadium then flew off at high speed towards town

pr Raven over The Wiend this morning

Jimmy

2 Ravens on old town hall this morning

Jimmy

Peregrine early afternoon today, over the Sovereign Rd area, chasing Feral Pigeons and having a brief skirmish with a Sparrowhawk

Raven back on territory calling loudly for about an hour i think it was the male but no sign of its mate yet.
I've yet to see any display flights yet of any of the birds in the years of them being in the town centre.


Jimmy

1 Raven over Wigan Parish Church 08:30
also small flock of House sparrows roosting in ivy covered wall at the Anvil pub Hallgate.

Jimmy

Well over 200 Pied Wagtails in a roost at Robin Retail Park. The majority - over 150 birds - in one tree outside Birthdays card shop

Waxwing at Robin Park this morning on a rowan at front of JD Sports

3 Goldcrest today in conifers at the junction of Scholes-Warrington Lane

Wallgate railway bridge area 1.15pm short scrap between male Peregrine and a Raven. Raven ended up in trees on banking shouting abuse while Peregrine circled over before heading off towards town centre and out of sight. cracking stuff

40 Greenfinches going to roost in the trees behind the recycling area at Tesco Wigan tonight.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/paulrisley/

Goldcrest on Harrogate Street today

Peregrine over saddle junction 12:15

Pr of Ravens over Library Street 11:00

Jimmy

Dipper on the River Douglas by the courts today

Raven over Scholes today battering the Jackdaws that was moidering it.(Must have had a bad day)

Jimmy

Raven over Scholes flats this afternoon

Raven on parish church tonight

Jimmy

Raven on old dairy roof ,Gt.George st. at lunch time. Did some kronking before heading towards Robin park. Also flock of approx 200 Lapwing over same area,split into 2 ,one flock headed over railway,the other back towards Wigan pier.

1 vocal Raven sat on Wigan Parish Church this afternoon

Dragged kicking and screaming into Wigan on a saturday It was made bearable by watching 2 very vocal Ravens fussing around the nest site area

cheers geoff

Tonight
Raven over King Street 20:15 seen from North West station

Jimmy

approx 200 Black-Headed Gulls and 2 Carrion Crow feeding on flying ants over Miry Lane/Wallgate mid-afternoon today; approx 400 B-H Gulls doing the same over Marus Bridge approx 17:30hrs

After a couple of days house sitting in Gidlow Lane I,m left reflecting on how lucky I am living in the Hey Brook corridor

17 Swifts sreaming around every night 21.00 22.00 and maybe going to nests somewhere in the terraces
gulls over,very little else.

cheers geoff

approx 1000 Black-Headed Gulls were feeding on an emergence of flying ants over the south side of the town centre at mid-day Tues 24th, drifting towards Scholes/Ince

Jay around the River Douglas nr the derelict police station today, flew off in to Scholes

5 Ravens huddling up underneath one of the ledges on the chimney this evening at 7pm

Raven over Riverway-Library Street this afternoon

5 Ravens on the tall chimney soaking up the early evening sun. Also 4-5 Jackdaws in the vicinity

5 Ravens over Wallgate this morning

Raven on Wigan Parish Church this morning

Jimmy

2 wheatears on the visitors carpark by the dw gym.flew off over the river onto the coal spoil area between the river and canal where i have seen them in previous springtimes

Chiffchaff singing in Wigan Rectory Grounds New Market St

Jimmy

-- Edited by Jimmy Meadows on Wednesday 2nd of May 2012 08:50:42 PM

singing Goldcrest near Rose Bridge High School today