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RE: Standish Hall Farm


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Pair Yellowhammers

20 plus lapwing

Up to 5 Buzzards

 

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This AM
1 Stunning Redstart (M) only 2nd one ive seen in this area,
4 Wheatear
6 Buzzards
6 singing Whitethroats
House Sparrow collecting food
2 Goldcrests
3 pr Lapwings
Grey Partridge calling
Mistle Thrush collecting food.

Jimmy


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Standish Hall area tonight
1 possibly 2 Buzzards
3 pr Lapwing
1 Grey Partridge
Red Legged Partridge calling
2 Linnets
4 Meadow Pipits
Sand Martins over calling

Jimmy



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Tonight birds of note
1 Buzzard
2 Kestrels

and a raving lunatic in a land rover on Beech Walk

Jimmy

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a flock of approx 130 House Sparrows 19th July near to the Hermitage in a hedge and feeding in Barley

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Pair of Grey Partridge yesterday near Standish Hall Fm
2 singing Skylark


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At John Pit today: 6 Lesser Redpoll, Kestrel, 2 Buzzard and a Curlew flying SE

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17/11/11

A covey of 13 Grey Partridges and 5 Buzzards this morning around Standish Hall Farm. 2 Nuthatches and a Great Spotted Woodpecker at Strickland House, and a couple of Kestrels hunting near Roundhouse Farm. Half a dozen each of Skylark and Meadow Pipit over..



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This Afternoon
20+ Lapwings nr ring of trees

Cheers Jimmy

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Standish Hall Farm
4 Lapwings displaying

John Pit
1 Green Woodpeckersmile.gif

Jimmy




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1 Buzzard
1 Sparrowhawk

Note UK Coal as put this area up for sale

Jimmy

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Standish Hall Farm Area

Owl Mooching
Good night to look for owls
Pr Tawnys calling from Birley Wood
Male Tawny Calling from Frodsham Wood
Pr Tawnys Calling from wood adj Christopher Park
Male Tawny from wood whats adj Z Bends
Then the rain set in and they all shut up and we got soaked


Cracking Night Though

Cheers Jimmy






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This morn
Very quiet
2 Singing Yellowhammers
1 Little Owl

Cheers Jimmy

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John Pit
Lots of trees been cut down here rumoured it for Open Casting but as yet only rumours
2 Coot
2 Moorhen
2 Chiffchaffs

Jimmy



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Gidlow Cem

3 Chiffchaffs
pr Tawny Owls

Jimmy

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20/3/10 (pm)

Sightings with Mr Meadows:

{Edit} - 1 Wheatear in field off Pig Lane (found by Mr Thorpe)

1 Jack Snipe (Rucks)
2 Tawny Owl
6 Mandarin {5 drk} (Cemetery pond)
3 Common Snipe (Brockhurst Farm)
1 Yellowhammer
c35 Meadow Pipit (Upper Wood Farm)
2 Reed Bunting
19 Fieldfare
14 Redwing
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker




-- Edited by Ian Woosey on Saturday 20th of March 2010 04:34:51 PM

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A stroll round Gidlow today with Allan Rimmer
Gidlow Cemetary
8 Jays
1 Buzzard Calling
1 Green Woodpeckerbiggrin.gif
11 Mandarins 8m,3f on a little pond in the cemetarybiggrin.gif
3 Mistle Thrush
2 Goldcrests first sighting for 2mth biggrin.gifbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif

Ont Rucks
3 Singing Reed Buntings
1 Common Snipe
1 Jack Snipebiggrin.gif
1 Gr Sp Woodpecker
1 Green Woodpecker which could have been the one from the cemetary
3 Jays

Wakefields
1 Buzzard
1 Lapwing
Cheers Jimmy

-- Edited by Jimmy Meadows on Wednesday 17th of March 2010 07:41:27 PM

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Hi Ian
The Carrion Crow you mentioned as been around for about 10yr normally doesnt move to far from Wakefields Farm and surrounding fields

The Linnets are back early usually about 25th of March when they put in an appearance

Beltin

Jimmy

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9/3/10 (pm)

Sightings of note included:

1 Buzzard
12+ Linnet off Standish Wood Lane
9 Stock Dove
1 Kestrel
3 Lapwing
1 Fieldfare
3 Mistle Thrush
1 Mallard over Gidlow Cemetery
1 "chocolate" Carrion Crow near the stables at Strickland House (not dissimilar to the one recently photographed in Blackrod).

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12/2/10 (pm)

2 Ravens in the field next to Roundmoor Farm-house. One kept dancing and prancing about while the other watched from a tree. Amusing to watch, and gave great close-up views.

1 Buzzard
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Kestrel
6 Common Gull
1 Nuthatch near Strickland House Farm

7 Stock Doves, 13 Lapwing, 23 Magpies, 19 Fieldfare, and 2 Mistle Thrushes near Standish Hall Farm.

c80 Pink-footed Geese over NW @ 12:45

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29/1/10 am

2 Buzzards and a Sparrowhawk soaring over Gidlow Rucks.
Sizeable finch flock near Roundmoor Farm with c40 Chaffinch, 2 Bullfinch,
3 Greenfinch & 6 Goldfinch.
Large thrush gathering near Standish Hall Farm with 40+ Fieldfare, 30+ Redwing, 10+ Mistle Thrush & 20+ Starling.
2 Skylark
2 Stock Dove
12 Common Gull
3 Kestrel
2 Mute Swans over
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

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5/12/09 am

Circular walk from the entrance of Gidlow Cemetery at Boars Head, taking in Roundmoor Farm, Standish Wood Lane, Standish Hall Farm, Upperwood Farm and Brockhurst Farm:

1 Buzzard
6 Yellowhammer
1 Kestrel
6 Skylark
2 Meadow Pipit
7 Fieldfare
10 Song Thrush
Pair of Shoveler & 9 Common Gulls @ Standish Hall Farm pool
1 Treecreeper
1 Goldcrest
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
120+ Wood Pigeon

35 species seen in total.

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Henry, this surprise revelation might entitle you to twitching rights in our Royal Borough...............but we`ll have to take a vote on it at the next WB200 Club meeting. wink.gif

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Nice to read the sightings from this site as many moons ago my Great Uncle used to run the farm there. I must go back one day.
Keep it up chaps. Henry.

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21/11/09 Early morning

1 Jack Snipe near Brockhurst Farm
1 Raven over Roundmoor Farm, heading NE
14 Fieldfare
19 Collared Doves on wires at Upper Wood Farm
3 Coal Tit
5 Pheasant

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2 Kestrels 1 being mobbed by a magpie
1 Mistle Thrush guarding a Berry Bush
2 Goldfinch picking seed heads

Cheers Jimmy


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25/9/09 Late Morning

1 Tawny Owl roosting (exact location witheld) being pestered by 8+ Blackbirds, Chaffinches, Great Tits, Blue Tits, Robins, and Long-tailed Tits (!) rage.gif

8 Skylark
12+ Meadow Pipit
6 Pied Wagtail
1 Kestrel
1 Reed Bunting
2 Mistle Thrush
4 Moorhen

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In the mist this morning
1 Lone Grey Plover over east calling and close to giving decent views coming out of the mist biggrin.gifbiggrin.gif 1st for me in the borough
1 Green Woodpecker
2 Chiffchaff
35 Canada Geese
2 Mistle Thrush
1 Roe Deer


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