after Orrell water park i spent half an hour walking around the ploughed field between park road and chair wood Lapwing 7 Oystercatcher 2 Black headed gull 200+ Common gull at least 5 Pied Wagtail 6 Mistle Thrush 3 Yellowhammer 5(3m 2f) Common Buzzard 1 over moss wood disappointed to not see any Skylarks but will try again soon
-- Edited by paul burke on Monday 26th of March 2012 11:01:54 PM
Crossbill late morning in flight on west side of Chair Wood, in direction of Billinge Hill/Billinge Plants (also a small flock of possible Crossbill over a copse just west of Chair Wood near farmsteads)
several Siskin heard overhead in the woodland: 6 Goldcrest, 7 Coal Tit, 2 Treecreeper 2 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk 14 Skylark and 3 Yellowhammer on stubble at Park Road
male Stonechat on field boundary between north end of Chair Wood and Island Dam, flycatching from Hawthorn
50+ Swallows feeding low over Barley fields at Park Road this evening, the majority juveniles - a cracking sight in the evening sun Chair Wood: family party of Jay, fledged Chiffchaff, singing Goldcrest
Island Dam Pr G C Grebe looks to be second nest failure this year according to anglers i spoke to Pr Coot with young 8 Mallard 1 Reed Warbler singing 3 Chiffchaff pr of Wrens with young Owl box not being used 1 Buzzard over Chair Wood
1 Stonechat (m) on wires near Island Dam 1 Buzzard over Chair Wood 1 Snipe over 1 Kestrel 8 Yellowhammer 5 Coal Tit flock of c110 Chaffinch feeding in stubble field flock of c40 Skylark off Park Road.
Chair Wood this a.m. - 4 Siskin in flight over wood, 7 Bullfinch (flock of adults with fledged juvs), 5 Goldcrest, 9 Linnet in adjacent field, 3 Grey Wagtails flying towards Island Dam, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 1st of November 2009 03:25:12 PM
