There's been afew records at Pennington now, although most are very brief I did manage to twitch a couple of birds afew years back I had expected records in the county to increase in line with the frankly amazing numbers now encountered in the north west but it hasn't happened yet- shame!
Yeh listened to this. Great prog. Can you believe that Collared Doves were once twitched?
Dean
hi dean-it is amazing,but so much else has changed in the 1970s it was normal to see turtle doves and nightjars on chat moss,but i daupt you would see one now,i started birdwatching with pioneer birder Frank horrocks who told me he found the first reed warblers in lancashire in i think it was 1954.yet now any phragmites reedbed seem to have em.yellow wagtails used to breed in good numbers at pennington.i remember finding 7 nests in one morning,they seem to have gone now.but if you saw a bullfinch at penny once in a year you were lucky and buzzards almost unknown until the 1990,the only place you found jays and green woodpecker was rivington area.now ive seen jays in my garden.things change so much,and not always for the worst.look at the warblers at penny.the habitats so good now,blackcaps everywere,lesser whitethroats,grasshopper warblers.all great birds in the 1970s
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON at 07:20, 2007-05-11
Hi John Another good example (out of county) is Avocet. Been to Martin Mere and Marshide today, never seen so many and with lots of young. What do you think the possibility of them breeding at Penny one day? Have they ever been seen there?
Yeh listened to this. Great prog. Can you believe that Collared Doves were once twitched?
Dean
hi dean-it is amazing,but so much else has changed in the 1970s it was normal to see turtle doves and nightjars on chat moss,but i daupt you would see one now,i started birdwatching with pioneer birder Frank horrocks who told me he found the first reed warblers in lancashire in i think it was 1954.yet now any phragmites reedbed seem to have em.yellow wagtails used to breed in good numbers at pennington.i remember finding 7 nests in one morning,they seem to have gone now.but if you saw a bullfinch at penny once in a year you were lucky and buzzards almost unknown until the 1990,the only place you found jays and green woodpecker was rivington area.now ive seen jays in my garden.things change so much,and not always for the worst.look at the warblers at penny.the habitats so good now,blackcaps everywere,lesser whitethroats,grasshopper warblers.all great birds in the 1970s
Visit BBC radio 4 web page and listen to the nature programe about the history of British Birds magazine very good. You will need real player but you can download it from the BBC wed page.
I had expected records in the county to increase in line with the frankly amazing numbers now encountered in the north west but it hasn't happened yet- shame!
