Sun 22nd a.m
Cuckoo - treetops in Rindle Wood
Buzzard - perched in a small tree off Rindle Rd. just before Nook Ln.
Sparrowhawk over Astley Moss SSSI
2 Whitethroat near LOS feeding station
small numbers of Yellowhammer & Tree Sparrow
Dave Thacker said
Thu Apr 19 6:14 PM, 2007
It was a little quiet on the bird front at the pools this afternoon due to the peatworkers machinery making a racket. Only found 3 LR Plovers 2 Snipe 1 Curlew 4 Redshank 2 Mallard Also a pair of Shellducks were preening beside the far pool. 2 Willow warblers singing 5 Swallows over.
Woodpecker heard drumming near Moss bank farm on Rindle road. 4 Grey Partridge and 6 Pheasant in f67.
Cuckoo heard at distance while near Birch Farm. Buzzard being chased by a crow over f59 2 pair of Wheatears in f52 A pair of Buzzards perched on fence posts in f12
Plenty of M pipits and Yellowhammers all over the moss and the numbers of Swallows are beginning to rise.
It was a little quiet on the bird front at the pools this afternoon due to the peatworkers machinery making a racket.
Only found 3 LR Plovers
2 Snipe
1 Curlew
4 Redshank
2 Mallard
Also a pair of Shellducks were preening beside the far pool.
2 Willow warblers singing
5 Swallows over.
Woodpecker heard drumming near Moss bank farm on Rindle road.
4 Grey Partridge and 6 Pheasant in f67.
Cuckoo heard at distance while near Birch Farm.
Buzzard being chased by a crow over f59
2 pair of Wheatears in f52
A pair of Buzzards perched on fence posts in f12
Plenty of M pipits and Yellowhammers all over the moss and the numbers of Swallows are beginning to rise.