Birds 6 March 2025 Jack Lane and Locks
Walked by the embankment and the reed beds.
Stonechat
Crows
Blackbirds
Blue tit
Great tits
Chaffinch
Magpies
Pigeons
Wood pigeons
Goldfinches
Flock of kittiwakes at the Locks
Grey wagtail wagging
Robins
Wrens,,,many
Song thrush
Long tailed tits
Water rail
Wheatear
Swans
Great White Egret 2 together, picked out over the locks flying up the canal before turning west. Photographed between 07.09 and 07.10. Poor record shots attached. Peregrine 1 flew across the canal then chased Pigeons over the Flixton estate c06.50 Gadwall 1 Little Grebe 1 Kingfisher 3-4 Raven 3 Swallow 1 Chiffchaff 2
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Thursday 19th of September 2024 11:16:11 AM
Late morning/ midday visit to Irlam locks just incase the juvenile shag had turned up here, but no signs. 2 great black-backed gulls 12 cormorants 1 grey heron 1 willow warbler singing 4 chiffchaffs, 1 singing 1 kingfisher 1 great spotted woodpecker 4 swallows 2 house martins 2 great crested grebes 1 little grebe 12 pied wagtails 1 sparrowhawk 1 stock dove 1 collared dove