Five Stock Doves present this evening, plus a very probable 22 more in with distant Wood Pigeons, but just on the edge of my bin range. Lapwing 4 in display flight. Swallows 6 Song Thrush singing.
Keith Mills said
Tue Jun 16 2:33 PM, 2015
Early afternoon: A Buzzard, low over the fields, and then across me ..heading towards Cutacre.( As I drove up the M61)
Keith Mills said
Sun Jan 12 12:48 PM, 2014
A flock of c80 Skylarks moved over the Cattery track, circled for a while. and then went down into green shoots. Virtually impossible to see when feeding but they did regular fly abouts, usually low in one direction and then reversing sharply. Great to watch them Thanks for your sighting Bill! Also there 100+ Jackdaws& Carrion Crow flock and c90 Feral Pigeon flock.
Bill Myerscough said
Sat Jan 11 12:58 PM, 2014
The really thrilling spectacle this morning (11/1) of a flighty flock of c200 Skylark on stubble fields here. I was only able to guesstimate numbers courtesy of the presence of a female Sparrowhawk, who put all the birds up in the air. She had her work cut out here getting any lunch though, given the large size of the stubble fields and the open aspect of the location and the fact that there were many pairs of eyes watching out. She departed empty handed.
Cheers,
Bill.
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Dec 4 6:48 AM, 2012
News for yesterday at Plodder Lane stubble fields:
80 Skylark at 2:45pm
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Bill Myerscough said
Mon Sep 24 1:25 AM, 2012
23rd September.
This morning - Rooks had increased to c60. Also 120+ Woodpigeon, a single flock of c30 Linnet and additionally c45 Skylark in the stubble fields. The true numbers of the latter only became apparent when farm vehicles entered the field I was watching to collect the round wheat bales, putting all the larks up in the air. Plus c25 House Sparrow.
Cheers,
Bill.
Bill Myerscough said
Sun Sep 16 4:52 PM, 2012
16th September.
Stopped off this morning to have a look over the grain fields here, some of which have been recently harvested. Plenty of spilt grain, so possibly looking good for some large flocks of birds to polish off the left-overs?
30+ Rook. Not being a local I tried to look up where the nearest substantial rookery was and came up with Tyldesley. Possibly birds from there? Other corvids on the ground amongst the stubble - c15 Carrion Crow, c15 Magpie and c10 Jackdaw. Also 70+ Woodpigeon and 2 Skylark (probably more). Nb - I had some good sized flocks of Skylark here earlier in the year - c150 on 15/1 and c50 on 12/2.
Also seen - 1 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 1 Mistle Thrush, c10 Swallow and 2 Pied Wagtail. Heard but not seen - Linnet, Reed Bunting and Goldcrest.
Cheers,
Bill.
-- Edited by Bill Myerscough on Sunday 16th of September 2012 04:56:57 PM
Dennis atherton said
Wed Apr 4 2:05 AM, 2012
24 Golden Plovers in the centre of the field tonight at 5.30, the field that joints watergate lane to plodder lane, easy viewed from plodder lane looking down towards the motorway, seemed all settled for the night, some looking superb coming into breeding plumage
Keith Mills said
Thu Mar 29 4:54 PM, 2012
Golden Plover....23 ...at 4.30 this pm Plover were settled down on the bare soil. Best viewed from 50 yards down Watergate Lane
As posted, and with thanks to Pat Griffin, under Bits and Bobs, this morning.
Worth a header these fields . Last year it was reported under Cutacre , which it is not!
-- Edited by keith mills on Thursday 29th of March 2012 04:57:42 PM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 29th of March 2012 05:36:40 PM
just on the edge of my bin range.
Lapwing 4 in display flight.
Swallows 6
Song Thrush singing.
..heading towards Cutacre.( As I drove up the M61)
Virtually impossible to see when feeding but they did regular fly abouts, usually low in one direction
and then reversing sharply. Great to watch them
Also there 100+ Jackdaws& Carrion Crow flock and c90 Feral Pigeon flock.
Cheers,
Bill.
80 Skylark at 2:45pm
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
This morning - Rooks had increased to c60. Also 120+ Woodpigeon, a single flock of c30 Linnet and additionally c45 Skylark in the stubble fields. The true numbers of the latter only became apparent when farm vehicles entered the field I was watching to collect the round wheat bales, putting all the larks up in the air.
Cheers,
Bill.
Stopped off this morning to have a look over the grain fields here, some of which have been recently harvested. Plenty of spilt grain, so possibly looking good for some large flocks of birds to polish off the left-overs?
30+ Rook. Not being a local I tried to look up where the nearest substantial rookery was and came up with Tyldesley. Possibly birds from there?
Also seen - 1 Buzzard, 3 Kestrel, 1 Mistle Thrush, c10 Swallow and 2 Pied Wagtail. Heard but not seen - Linnet, Reed Bunting and Goldcrest.
Cheers,
Bill.
-- Edited by Bill Myerscough on Sunday 16th of September 2012 04:56:57 PM
Plover were settled down on the bare soil.
Best viewed from 50 yards down Watergate Lane
As posted, and with thanks to Pat Griffin, under Bits and Bobs, this morning.
Worth a header these fields .
Last year it was reported under Cutacre , which it is not!
-- Edited by keith mills on Thursday 29th of March 2012 04:57:42 PM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 29th of March 2012 05:36:40 PM