Friday 29th May

Pair of Gadwall, Firs Park Lake

3 Goosander on the pond this morning.

Hour with three year old sister this morning,

2 Nuthatch
1 Treecreeper
7 MistleThrush
1 Chiffchaff
1 Goldcrest
7 Long Tailed Tits

Plenty common species about

Moorhen and Swan with Cygnet the only thing of note on the pond.

Some sunny spells but mainly damp:

1 great spotted woodpecker
5 goldfinch
2 chaffinch
4 greenfinch
12 redwing over
1 chiffchaff

Mute swan, mallard, coot, moorhen and Canada goose all on main pond

Spent a couple of hours with my 8 year old nephew this afternoon,

Goosander has gone from last month, there was nothing else of note on the pond.
The trees around the park were very busy with birds,

9 Mistle Thrush
2 Redwing
3 Goldcrest
1 Willow tit
2 Treecreeper
1 Reed Bunting
1 Jay
Good numbers of Blue tit, Great tit, Blackbird, Robin and Chaffinch.
Small numbers of Wren and Greenfinch
Huge numbers of Goldfinch, Easily 100+ around the park

Single Red headed Goosander on Firs park pond.

2 Willow tits around Firs park this morning.

Quick half hour around Firs park this afternoon,

The lake full of the usual Mallards,Coots and a few Canada geese, there was a couple of Moorhen also
1 Redwing
1 Treecreeper
3 Greenfinch
2 Coal tit
2 Mistle thrush
There was plenty Robin,Blackbird and Goldfinch
Single birds of Wren and Dunnock

mid afternoon
65 Pink-footed Geese over NNW
1 Redwing
1 Common Gull
30 Black- headed Gull
1 Willow Tit
1 Grey Heron
Blue,Great @ Long-tailed Tit, 3 Mute Swan, Goldfinch,Robin, Mallard, Canada Goose, Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Coot

2 goosander present this morning along with the usaul mallards, coots and canada geese.
1 willow warbler
3 chiffchaff
blue, great and long tailed tits
1 treecreeper
2 goldcrest
wren
robin
blackbird
2 reed bunting
1 willow tit

I watched the treecreeper for a good 10 minutes collecting nesting material.

Canada geese, mallards, coot, moorhen, great, blue and long tailed tits, wren, robin, blackbird, coal tit, goldcrest, chaffinch, goldfinch. 4 swans 2 adults, 2 juveniles. Reed bunting. Very much the same as yesterday bar the treecreeper.

Numerous mallards, Canada geese and common gull. Coot, moorhen, robin, blackbird, chaffinch, great and blue tits, wren, pied wagtail, goldcrest, treecreeper, willow tit, coal tit, goldfinch, reed bunting

-- Edited by Scott robinson on Monday 3rd of February 2014 11:14:11 AM

Goosander have gone now although tufted duck still present, very good numbers of mallards, coot, Canada geese, 1 swan with juvenile. Trees around the park very busy with birds also very vocal this morning mainly tits, robin, blackbird, wren, 1 pied wagtail feeding near the children's park. Underrated site this especially in spring and summer

Originally posted by Scott Robinson today:

3 goosander 2 female 1 male 2 tufted duck both female. Thought I'd put this on here as I've never see any other birds on here other then mallards, coots and Canada geese.

9 Shoveler yesterday

10 Goosander this afternoon.

Brilliant Martin!

I hope someone's informed the coroner

Sun 7th Nov - early afternoon

Firs Park
Shoveler (pair on the lake)
4 Redwing
male Sparrowhawk
70 Canada Geese

Fir tree Flash
Flash itself very quiet - only a few mallard, coot, moorhen, BH Gull and a pair of Mute Swans.
However small corpse between flash and Ena Road full of birds
Reed Buntings - 25
LT Tits 20
Blue Tits 25
plus Chaffinch, Robin, Wren, Great Tit, Blackbird, House Sparrows and a Kestrel

Pete Astles wrote:

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Jon Taverner wrote:

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Pete - If you are coming from the East Lancs Road, take the Leigh bypass Road. Carry along this past the Fire Station and the turn for Pennington Flash at the traffic lights - don't turn there. Keep on going and after a mini-roundabout, you will soon come to a very large roundabout. Turn first left and carry along this road. After some traffic lights by the abandoned Sportsman Pub, carry on for about 500 yards. On your right, just before St Peters Infant School, is an entrance to the park. Hope this makes sense!!

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Thanks John

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as with most parks in built up areas these days be carefull you don't have too much expensive equipment on show,I always found it better to visit firs park early morning as thats when you are most likely to find goosander or shoveler.

Jon Taverner wrote:

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Pete - If you are coming from the East Lancs Road, take the Leigh bypass Road. Carry along this past the Fire Station and the turn for Pennington Flash at the traffic lights - don't turn there. Keep on going and after a mini-roundabout, you will soon come to a very large roundabout. Turn first left and carry along this road. After some traffic lights by the abandoned Sportsman Pub, carry on for about 500 yards. On your right, just before St Peters Infant School, is an entrance to the park. Hope this makes sense!!

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Thanks John

Just today received details from the BTO of a Canada Goose this autumn at Orrell Water Park - ringed at Firs Park in 2007

the cutting edge of bird migration

Pete - If you are coming from the East Lancs Road, take the Leigh bypass Road. Carry along this past the Fire Station and the turn for Pennington Flash at the traffic lights - don't turn there. Keep on going and after a mini-roundabout, you will soon come to a very large roundabout. Turn first left and carry along this road. After some traffic lights by the abandoned Sportsman Pub, carry on for about 500 yards. On your right, just before St Peters Infant School, is an entrance to the park. Hope this makes sense!!

Where is Firs Park ?

keep counts of the goosander at firs park,they have only just started visiting there,and shoveler as well, are not as common there as in the past.its a place thats underwatched now,but always worth a visit expecially if places locally are frozen.They seem to be the goosanders that are roosting at penny teal hide area in the afternoons

-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Thursday 17th of December 2009 01:03:20 PM

On fishing lake this morning were: 5 x Goosander 12 x Shoveler amongst usual canada geese and mallards