Church-Knowsley-Lodges-Bentley Hall Lane- Barrack Fold
Nuthatch x 2 Buzzard, 3 Skylark, Meadow Pipits, 20 Redwing, 2 Jay, Goosander Male, 2 Mediterranean Gulls, Curlew, several Lapwing, House Sparrows and several Greenfinches
Here are the best shots I could get of the ringed one..doesn't seem to have any writing on it. See if anyone can source any info on it? Right leg above the knee.
-- Edited by Martin Loftus on Friday 16th of March 2018 05:51:58 PM
2 summer plumaged adult Mediterranean Gulls viewable from the track just south-east of Meadowcroft Farm at 5:15pm in the big field between the farm and the middle reservoir, also 3 Great Crested Grebe and 3 Goosanders on the reservoirs
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Green Sandpiper was on the top res near to the outlet, later flew back onto the middle res.
A very distinctive (minus a few flight feathers) Raven was flying around the middle res being very vocal and tussling with a few black-headed gulls before flying off North.
-- Edited by Martin Loftus on Friday 9th of March 2018 06:08:47 PM
Black Tern still present from 9-45am feeding and showing well, resting on the red overflow tower and the "tern raft"...
At 12.25pm it gained a bit of height, flew down to the dam end and seemingly departed. Susan and myself could not re-locate the bird in the following 15 mins search of the top 2 reservoirs.
Other birds were 2 Tufted duck, 2 G C Grebe, several Linnets, 20+ B H Gulls etc and a 100+ flock of Starlings inc 3/4's being newly fledged young birds.
Black Tern still on the Upper Res this morning , later joined by a Common Tern .. excellent close views of them in flight and resting on the in situ Tern Raft... Craig Bell managed some excellent photos ....
Top lodge in front of the substation there were X4 Golden Plover, I think they were just making a pit stop as they seemed to just be resting before flying off North towards Winter Hill after about 30mins.
Also X3 Meadow pipit, 2 of them I only spotted by the alarming noise they were making as they were being pursued by a male kestrel.
-- Edited by Martin Loftus on Monday 20th of March 2017 10:35:17 PM
X2 Mediterranean Gulls (only spotted one at first foraging on Meadowcroft farm with the black headded, then the second one came in to roost on the middle res when it started raining)
X30+ fieldfare came down to the trees on the middle res briefly to shelter from the wind, then took off high in the direction of Winter hill
X11 redwing on Bentley hall farm fields
X1 male Kestrel
-- Edited by Martin Loftus on Thursday 16th of March 2017 06:18:13 PM
They were there about 9,30am and spent most of the day foraging in the farmers fields towards Walshaw, yet I went back to the reservoirs at 4pm to see if they had come to roost, yet couldn't find them.
-- Edited by Martin Loftus on Thursday 2nd of March 2017 08:14:25 PM