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RE: Haigh Country Park


22/6/09 Evening stroll

Raven over Sennicar Lane,
2 Buzzards over Golf Course,
Common Tern along canal,
Yellowhammer near Shedfield Bridge.

Great Spotted Woodpecker,
Skylark,
Kestrel,
Sparrowhawk.

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Plantations
Sparrowhawk has young, droppings appearing on branches and below nest, female with food nearby, smile.gif

River Douglas near 64 steps
pair of Dippers with 3 very noisy young biggrin.gif

Sennicar Lane
3 Buzzards
2 Curlew
Skylark singing smile.gif first I've seen for a while
Male Kestrel
Green Woodpecker heard

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Water treatment ponds

pair of Coots with 1 youngster 2nd pool
Reed Warbler and Reed Bunting both singing in 1st wetland area
pair of Reed Buntings carrying food in 2nd wetland area
Green Woodpecker heard

Canal nr Dairy pit

4 young Swallows
Yellowhammer singing
Kestrel over



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douglas valley near thornhill viaduct.

Female Manderin with 5 young now, managed to get a photo of them near viaduct, after searching all up and down the valley for them evileye.gif

female Mallard with 5 young
2 Willow tits (watched for a while, no sign of any young or breeding activity)
Dipper attacked by a Moorhen when it went under water then Moorhen tried to stalk it again, dipper seemed to have an injured foot confuse.gif
Buzzard over
Kingfisher
Blackcap
Willow Warbler / Chiffchaff looking like its anting itself, never seen them doing this before, got a few pics will try to upload one
plenty long tailed tits and blue tits, young Robins, Blackbirds and Magpies in area

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Sadly found the remains of one of the young Green Woodpeckers underneath the nesthole tonight, not sure what was resonsible for taking it. no sign of other young but didnt look for to long. one of adults seen nearby
other sightings, Tawny Owl being mobbed by blackbirds.
Female Sparrowhawk in nest area chasing Jay, no droppings under nest yet but big increase in prey remains on plucking posts.
Bullfinch

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good walk around the country park today in poor conditions. Got drenched but well worth it

1 Reed Warbler and 2 Reed buntings singing at water treatment ponds
male Bullfinch also there as well as a few willow warblers

lady mabels, heard a solitary cuckoo call, couldnt locate it and didnt hear it again, discounting it for time being as jays around here are brilliant mimics an have done me before mimicing buzzards and Tawny Owls no.gif
2 singing Reed Buntings
2 singing Whitethroats

canal
2 Mute Swans with 6 cygnets, "were did these come from" confuse.gif
family party of wrens
family party G.S. Woodpeckers
Kestrel over golf coarse

Plantations
moorhen on nest
Sparrowhawk tail visible on nest
best of all 2 young Green Woodpeckers being fed in nest and another one already fledged, got a couple of good photo's biggrin.gif
couple of fox cubs smile.gif


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Late post for yesterday, 4/6/09

Garden Warbler along the canal near Basin Quay,
3 Buzzards - Lady Mabels/Thorn Hill area,
2 Sand Martins over Sennicar Lane,
Common Tern flying along the canal.

Fledged youngsters of the following seen from various areas ;

Nuthatch,
Whitethroat,
Pied Wagtail,
Blue Tit,
Jackdaw,
Magpie.

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Well done Paul, finding those Mandarin chicks.

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Douglas Valley near thornhill viaduct

female Manderin with 8 small young on river douglas biggrin.gif
Coal tit and Great tits feeding fledged young smile.gif
Treecreeper
Nuthatch
Blackcap
G S Woodpecker

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Aspull sough water treatment ponds,
3 Reed Warblers, 1 singing on each of the reedbeds.
2 pairs of reed buntings on 2 different reedbeds
young moorhen on 1st treatment pond
Also while walking around 1st treatment pond, near main gates came across what looks like a Sparrowhawk kill against the fence, found some small gold/orange breast feathers and was initally thinking possibly Goldfinch, then spotted some azure blue wing and back feathers and realised it was kingfisher disbelief.gif
Whitethroat,
good numbers willow warblers
good numbers of butterfly's

canal bridge,
4 Willow tits flew over canal, more about
pair of Yellowhammers flew over
Greenfinch heard singing
family party of Goldfinch over

Almost forgot 12 young mallard on canal doing well biggrin.gif

-- Edited by Paul Risley on Saturday 30th of May 2009 04:12:25 PM

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This Morning
2 Garden Warblers nr Basin
Along the Canal
Willow Tit Feeding Young
Chiffchaff Feeding Young
Goldfinch Feeding Young
Mallard with 11 Ducklings

Cheers Jimmy

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slow, short walk through this afternoon revealed
Tree Creeper feeding fledged young, impossible to count how many as they were all in tree tops and kept moving confuse.gif
2 different G.S. Woodpecker nests with young, always easy to locate because of the noise they make.
Great tit and blue tits both feeding young in nests smile.gif
green woodpecker reported

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a Lesser Whitethroat singing along Riley Lane today. Info thanks to Terry Thorpe.

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male Sparrowhawk carrying small prey item and calling in nest area
Buzzard on ground, middle of field
male Manderin on canal with Mallards
single Mute Swan
young Long Tailed Tits ready for leaving well camoflaged and difficult to see nest shocked.gifbiggrin.gif
pr of Goldfinches
good numbers of usuall stuff


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A pair of whimbrel flying over meadow pit lane near little scotland 8am.

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Saturday 02 May 2009

2 Wheatear and a Curlew off Pendlebury Lane.

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9am - 12
fem Sparrowhawk leaving remains of juv Blackbird
Buzzard, longest angled stoop I have seen from over canal bridge (one on main path through haigh hall) to behind the rugby union club were I lost sight of it smile.gif
pair of manderin, courtship display on pond just over canal bridge

lady mabels woods and fields to senniar lane,

3 pheasants calling
male Kestrel
4 Goldfinches
pair whitethroats
good numbers of willow warblers
3 poss 4 male reed buntings singing
bullfinch
sadly no skylarks heard here in what was once a hotbed for them and same on local patch, fields near lower house farm cry.gif


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Lower House Farm
mid afternoon
great view of a fox coming across field towards me, got to about 15 metres as I hid behind fence
no slgn of Lapwings that were there the other night, possibly due to above sighting but fields also attract good numbers of corvids.

Canal nr Basin pond
1 male Manderin
3 singing willow warblers
2 Canada Geese

Lady mabels wood
2 singing Reed Buntings
pair of Whitethroats
pheasant

-- Edited by Paul Risley on Tuesday 28th of April 2009 07:40:12 PM

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Lapwing displaying over fields, lower house farm, last year they appeared here about same time after nest failed in fields around senicar lane,
Green woodpecker again heard but not located


-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 30th of April 2009 05:17:35 PM

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1 to 4pm
lower and upper plantations

checked last years sparrowhawk territory, new nest being built in area and a plucking post located, prey items include blue and great tit, sparrow, male blackbird and wood pigeon.
moorhen on nest in pond near hall lane
pair of jackdaws inspecting nest hole and male taking food and feeding female after in nearby tree.
good numbers of usuall stuff

pendlebury lane
3 Blackcaps, 2m 1f. males both singing and fighting
Bullfinch
Greenwoodpecker very vocal
f Sparrowhawk

-- Edited by Paul Risley on Saturday 18th of April 2009 05:34:27 PM

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18/4/09 am

Little change from yesterday evening, unsurprisingly, though the Wheatear must have moved on and the Curlew wasn`t evident.

The drake Mandarin was perched high up in a tree along the canal, and the 2 Buzzards were roaming wide all morning. These birds must soar all over Wigan, as I watched them drift over Whitley, Boars Head, Whelley and New Springs. They were last seen displaying over Thorn Hill, at which point they were intercepted by a Sparrowhawk and seperated.....

Whitethroat,
2 House Martins,
f Blackcap,
Treecreeper,
Stock Doves,
6+ Swallows,
Willow Warblers & Chiffchaffs aplenty.

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17/4/09 Evening

2 Mandarin (pr) on canal between Hall Lane Bridge & Sennicar Lane Bridge,

2 Buzzard, one being mobbed over Golf Course and the other over WRUFC Club House,

Rothwell Farm/Sennicar Lane :

f Wheatear,
Curlew,
2 Snipe,
Skylark,
Pied Wagtail.

8 Lesser Redpoll in Lady Mabel Wood,

Kestrel
Great Spotted Woodpecker,
Coal Tit,
handfulls of Chiffchaff & Willow Warbler,
Reed Bunting.

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Buzzard doing territorial display flight interupted by mobbing Kestrel smile.gif
Sparrowhawk soaring up
Green Woodpecker heard
G.S. Woodpecker excavating nest hole
8 Jackdaws
male manderin sat in tree on Hall lane, no sign of female or tree hole confuse.gif

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Thanks guys for the info wink.gif Knowing a local birds history always adds a bit of interest...........

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Hi Ian,

This was ringed as an adult male in Sept 2005 at Healey Nab, near Chorley.

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Mute Swan (SLI). As this was sat on the canal bank I could read its metal ring as well as its darvic - W19690...........does anyone know whether this is a BTO ring or a British Museum one (which I`m sure I`ve read about somewhere) ?






The metal ring will be BTO. You can report sightings of BTO rings via the website www.bto.org. The darvic will be NW Swan Study - if it was blue with white letters. Steve Christmas will be able to tell you its origins. Send him a private message if he doesn't read this post.

Cheers, Steve

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9/4/09 Early am

2 Mandarin (pr) on canal @ Shedfield Bridge,

Oystercatcher over, heading SE (to the Flashes no doubt),

2 Curlews still present in fields between Sennicar Ln & Pendlebury Ln.

3 Willow Warblers (my first imslow.gif )
3 Swallows,
many Chiffchaffs bored.gif
4 Stock Doves,
Kestrel,
Sparrowhawk,
3 Nuthatch,
Bullfinch,
3 Reed Bunting.

Mute Swan (SLI). As this was sat on the canal bank I could read its metal ring as well as its darvic - W19690...........does anyone know whether this is a BTO ring or a British Museum one (which I`m sure I`ve read about somewhere) ?

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Lower Plantations, mid afternoon:
2 Sparrowhawks, 1 male 1 female in different locations
single Pairs of Coal Tits, Goldcrests, Tree Creepers and L.T. Tits
Tawney Owl heard nearby but not located confuse.gif
good numbers of Chiffchaff, Nuthatches and Blue and Great Tits
Heron over water treatment ponds
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4/4/09 Late afternoon

Not much to report, but it keeps me occupied..............yawn.gif

Whelley Loop Line & Dairy Pit :

2 Buzzards (one over Aspull Sough and the other over Higher Lane).

Willow Tit,
3 Chiffchaff,
Kestrel,
4 Coal Tit,
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker,
2 Stock Dove.

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1/4/09 Late afternoon

2 Curlews displaying at Rothwells Farm, Sennicar Lane,

2 Mandarin (pr) over Lady Mabel`s, heading towards the canal,

2 Buzzards soaring over the Lower Plantations,

2 Swallows over Aspull Sough,

Kestrel,
2 Stock Dove,
Skylark,
Coal Tit,
Mute Swan (SLI).

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Evening Shift,

Whelley loop line,
Greenfinch
Song Thrush

Water treatment ponds to shedfield bridge
Willow tit (1st for a while for me)
Raven over fields
walked round fields listening for Partridge calling but no luck worry.gif

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29/3/09 am

Met up with Jimmy Meadows for a morning mooch, hoping for a fly-over Osprey please.gif ...............it didn`t happen, but at least we had some raptors to keep us interested -

3 displaying Buzzards and 3 displaying Kestrels in the air together over Shedfield Bridge,
2 displaying Sparrowhawks and another Buzzard over Thorn Hill.

2 Mandarins (pr) flew over the canal near Hall Lane.

Small numbers of Chiffchaff and the usual woodland stuff.........


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20/3/09 am

2 Mandarin (pr) over River Douglas @ Thorn Hill,

2 Buzzards & 2 Sparrowhawks over Thorn Hill. Another Buzzard (or one of same two ?) later on over Upper Plantations.

Single Tree Sparrow along Pendlebury Lane.

2 Grey Wagtail,
Skylark,
4 Meadow Pipit,
2 Redwing,
4 Bullfinch,
Goldcrest.

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whelley loop line
long tailed tits
pair of bullfinch
song thrush, (regularly see up to 5 individuals singing on stretch from
behind canon sharples school to ashbourne avenue exit)

water treatment ponds
5 moorhens
sparrowhawk over and kestrel over fields

lower plantations
2 coal tits
2 goldcreasts
good numbers blue and great tits
and plenty nuthatches calling

leeds liverpool canal
pair mute swans
large male mink, sat on other side sunning itself as bold as brass, first time
in ages I didnt have my camara with me disbelief.gif


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Aye pal, that would be about reet. They were circling, calling, and generally mooching about (maybe even displaying ?) all the time I was out....

My mother has seen two of them over her house in Whelley this afternoon...........Beltin` smile.gif

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16/3/09 pm

3 Buzzards circling over Aspull Sough






Out of curiosity Ian, I could see 3 Buzzards roughly in that area, looking from Wigan town centre at about 1:45pm yesterday, was that when you had them?



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16/3/09 pm

Pair of Mandarin on the Basin,

3 Buzzards circling over Aspull Sough & 2 Sparrowhawks displaying.
2 Siskin on Whelley Loop.

Grey Wagtail,
Treecreeper,
Skylark,
Stock Dove,
Kestrel.

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Sorry for the delay in posting this but yesterday, the 12th, Jean and I had a pair of peregrines, one (the female?) significantly larger than the other, drifting west across the fields below the canal near Sennicar Lane. Didn't appear to be hunting, probably just moving through.

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13/3/09 am

3 Curlew, 20 Common Gulls, 4 Skylark, and 6 Lapwings in fields off Sennicar Lane.

Willow Tit near Shedfield Bridge, 2 Treecreepers & 2 Stock Doves near Hall Lane Bridge, and 2 Mute Swans on the Basin (one of them wearing blue Darvic SLI).

2 Kestrels and a handful of singing Reed Buntings in Lady Mabel`s Wood.

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This Morning
Pr Mandarins off one of the little pools
Pr Mute Swans in the Basin
1 Buzzard

Cheers Jimmy

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walk round the area this morning
2 Grey Heron off a little pool in the woods
Pr Mute Swan on the Basin one had Blue Darvic Ring SLI
Lady Mabels Wood
1 Meally Redpoll with 7 Lesser Redpolls
3 Singing Reed Buntings also 1 singing at the Golf Course side
8 Lapwings in fields farther up from the wood and singing Skylark
Curlew over calling
Green Woodpecker calling from the old railway line
Pendlebury Lane
1 Tree Sparrow in the bushes nr the houses then flew towards Samuel Folds Cottage
Dipper on the Douglas bottom of 64 Steps
Wingates Lane
Pr Mandarin on Douglas opp WRU Club Entrance

Hall Lane Feeding station
4 Reed Bunting

Also lots of Nuthatch in the Plantations calling and 2 GS Woodpeckers

plus all usual suspects

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42 Magpies flying into roost, woodland just north of whelley loop line, another pair roosting together behind canon sharples school. Buzzard over as well

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Evening walk from whelley loop line to canal produced,
Buzzard,
Kestrel,
20+ Magpies,
8 Mallards,
4 Moorhens
and highlight for me was 1 possibly 2 Grey Partridge calling, amazing how these birds cling on here. smile.gif

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lots of birds at hall lane feeding station today.magpies,jays,blackbirds,1 great spot,1 nuthatch,1 reed bunting,greenfiches,chaffinches,great,blue and coal tits,robins,dunnocks and 2 grey squirrels.

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Hall Lane feeding station.
Good numbers of Chaffinch, Gt and Blue tits, 2 coal tits, Goldcreast.

sennicar lane, grey wagtail, fieldfare

basin qauy, 3 manderin, 20+ Mallard,

canal, 11 canada geese, kingfisher

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2 woodcock over lower house farm this evening
plus 20 redwings over
fox mouching in field got to within 30 feet before it saw me and back tracked

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22/10/08 p.m.

60 Pink-footed Geese over NW @ 14:45

drk Mandarin on the Basin Quay,
Willow Tit nr. Shedfield Bridge,
Kingfisher along canal,
2 Sparowhawks, Kestrel, 2 Goldcrests, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Bullfinch, Small numbers of Mistle Thrushes and Redwings.

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whelley loop line/ water treatment ponds
kestrel
3 bullfinches
Goldfinches
large flock of tits
20+ magpies
good numbers of jays
Albino squirrel reported

senicar lane
family groups of goldfinches + L T Tits
pair of Bullfinches
pair greenfinches

pendlebury lane
quick look for tree sparrows but none seen


basin qauy
male manderin
16 mallard



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11/9/08 Late afternoon

2 Buzzards over Whelley Loop Line,
f. Mandarin at Basin Quay,
Kingfisher along canal near Hall Lane bridge.

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30/6/08 Evening

Lady Mabels Wood & Sennicar Lane :

2 Grasshopper Warblers,
3 f Mandarin Ducks & Common Tern along canal,
f Kestrel,
family parties of Whitethroats, Reed Buntings, Long-tailed Tits, Mistle Thrushes, Swallows, and Magpies.

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