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This morning,

5 Jay
1 Kestrel
2 Siskin
1 Chiffchaff
1 Reed Bunting

Fields around Hadbutt Lane Farm quite productive this morning with, Mistle and Song Thrush, Redwing, Skylark, Meadow Pipit and Chaffinch all feeding.

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08:00 till 10:30

Colliers Wood and Gin Pit.

15 Blue tit
12 Great tit
1 Coal tit
9 Long Tailed tit
1 Willow tit, Gin Pit
12 Robin
7 Blackbird
5 Wren
4 Dunnock
5 Jay
4 Mistle Thrush
2 Song Thrush
6 Chaffinch
6 Siskin
3 Greenfinch
34 Goldfinch
2 Skylark
8 Meadow Pipit
2 Kestrel
1 Reed Bunting
2 Goldcrest
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker (Pair)
14 Fieldfare, Over North west
2 Oystercatcher, Over North


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Running this afternoon,

Only thing of note was a Drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker and a singing Skylark.

-- Edited by Scott robinson on Wednesday 16th of March 2016 02:31:51 PM

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06:30 till 09:00 Nice morning.

Colliers Wood and Gin Pit.

1 Male Stonechat, Colliers Wood
3 Song Thrush
6 Mistle Thrush
4 Redwing
2 Reed Bunting
10 Great tit
6 Blue tit
1 Coal tit
3 Wren
9 Blackbird
7 Robin
3 Goldcrest
4 Chaffinch
1 Greenfinch
19 Goldfinch
5 Skylark
4 Meadow Pipit
1 Jay
1 Kestrel
9 Linnet

24 Lapwing flew over, About 08:30 flying in Astley direction.



-- Edited by Scott robinson on Sunday 13th of March 2016 09:49:03 AM

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7:00 till 10:00

Colliers Wood and around Gin Pit

11 Skylark, With some singing
7 Meadow Pipit
5 Jay
2 Willow tit, Both Gin Pit
9 Long Tailed tit
2 Goldcrest
3 Song Thrush, Including 1 I could hear cracking something, Probably a snail.
5 Mistle Thrush
3 Linnet
1 Treecreeper
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 Kestrel
1 Buzzard

Plus all usuals





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45 minutes running,

Almost a spring morning very warm and loads of birds singing.

7 Skylark, most singing and probably more could hear more singing in the distance.
3 Reed Bunting, with 2 singing males.
Flock of Long Tailed Tits, managed count 5, probably more
3 Meadow Pipit
1 Goldcrest
1 Buzzard, Extremely high up.

Loads of the usuals singing,

Blue tit,Great tit,Robin,Blackbird,Wren,Dunnock,Chaffinch.
Grey Partridge heard only
4 Linnet, Flew over towards Astley.

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Hour this dinnertime,

1 Kingfisher, 3rd time I've seen this bird all roughly same area.
3 Skylark
17 Meadow Pipit, including flock of 11
2 Reed Bunting
2 Jay
4 Siskin
1 Raven
1 Coal tit

Plus all usuals.

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Couple of hours this morning,

14 Blue tit
7 Great tit
5 Robin
4 Blackbird
2 Wren
1 Dunnock
2 Greenfinch
6 Chaffinch
30+ Goldfinch
1 Kestrel
5 Skylark
12 Meadow Pipit
1 Jay
1 Reed Bunting
2 Mistle Thrush
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 Male Yellowhammer

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Couple of hours this afternoon,

15 meadow Pipit
3 Skylark
2 Reed Bunting, Both Males, 1 Singing
3 Mistle Thrush
1 Song Thrush
4 Siskin
1 Male Sparrowhawk
1 Kestrel

Plus all usuals. Forgot to mention Forestry commission planting Birch and Hazel trees today.

-- Edited by Scott robinson on Friday 4th of March 2016 06:05:56 PM

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Running this afternoon,

Pair of Great Spotted Woodpecker heard then both seen in flight.
Kingfisher again seen in foot drain not far from Morrisons depot, Hadbutt Lane.
1 Meadow Pipit.
Skylark heard only.
Siskin heard only.


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Running this afternoon, Wish I hadn't bothered weather was atrocious and the only bird seen was a single Jay!

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Running this morning,

1 Skylark, Singing
1 Reed Bunting, Singing
3 Mistle Thrush, 2 Singing
2 Jay, Seems a decent number of Jays on this site seen quite a few last couple of weeks.
4 Redwing
4 Meadow Pipit

Plenty of the usuals about.

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Glorious morning,

A good hour running,

2 Skylark, Both singing
Both Mistle and Song thrush heard singing
Flock of 14 Meadow Pipit
3 Jay, 2 were in a dispute
1 Kestrel

Plus plenty of the usuals about

Nice to see the forestry Commision out planting trees this morning looks like they have planted in two areas on site.

-- Edited by Scott robinson on Wednesday 24th of February 2016 12:16:26 PM

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Another run after work this afternoon. Nothing to add to yesterday's sightings other then 2 Skylark and a Hunting Kestrel.

-- Edited by Scott robinson on Monday 22nd of February 2016 04:17:18 PM

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A 45 minute run this morning,

Very mild,

3 Meadow Pipit, More heard
2 Skylark
2 Mistle Thrush, Both singing
1 Buzzard, Heard only
1 Song Thrush, Singing
1 Jay
Plenty of the usuals about and singing, Robin,Blackbird Great tit, Blue tit and chaffinch.
Loads of Magpies about aswell.

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Cheers Dave, I'll take a look now. Much appreciated.

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Hello Scott, there's some info and a map on www.visitwoods.org.uk though I think it's basically just an aerial photo of the site from Bing Maps



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I've just moved from Westleigh to Higher Fold so I'll try and keep this thread updated as much as possible.

Couple of hours after work,

1 Willow tit
1 Kingfisher
2 Jay
1 Buzzard
2 Skylark
7 Meadow Pipit

Plus all usuals.

I have to say I'm really looking forward to mooching around this area, especially in spring and summer.
I know Colliers Wood is owned by the forestry commission, is there any available maps for the area??

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Colliers Wood, Higher Fold

Hour this morning in between jobs,

2 Jay
3 Blue tit
1 Coal tit
2 Great tit
5 Blackbird
3 Robin
1 Wren
3 Bullfinch
2 Chaffinch
1 Skylark, Singing
Song and Mistle Thrush both heard singing.

Its the first time I have been around here, looks like it could be decent especially in spring and summer.



-- Edited by Scott robinson on Friday 12th of February 2016 10:44:38 AM

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Song Thrush heard singing at Colliers wood, off Green Lane, Higher Fold this morning.

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Small numbers (c.10) each of fieldfare and Redwing zipping about over the football pitches this am. 



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3 Great Spotted Woodpecker in woods round the Football pitches at Gin pit yesterday evening as well as lots of Jay activity. Also c.30 House Martin attracted 2 Sparrowhawks to perform several fly through's.


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5 Redpoll over football pitches yesterday morning also at least 4 chiffchaff (2 singing) in area and mixed tit flock numbering c.50 birds (but unfortunately no Yellow Browed warblers!)

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single Lesser Whitethroat in bushes around the football pitches at Gin Pit yesterday evening, also juvenile Sparrowhawk hunting over the fields and several Chiffchaff

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2 juv Yellow Wagtail on cricket pitch at Gin Pit around lunchtime today in with small flock of Pied Wagtail, also 2 Buzzard over area and several Jay very vocal in woods.

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Early this morning:

3 Jay
1 Common Buzzard
2 Common Whitethroat
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Chiffchaff
1 Reedbunting
2 Sedge Warbler
3 Songthrush : singing
1 Grasshopper Warbler : reeling
2 Swallow
1 Willow Warbler

Several Blue & Great Tit
Plenty Wrens Singing
Several Magpie


Motorbikes been active again - ruining a nice bit of fields & woodland


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5am this morning freezing cold wind & hailstone:

2 Grasshopper warbler :reeling
2 Willow Warbler
1 Blackcap : singing
2 Chiffchaff
Several Blackbirds
3 Songthrush
3 Skylarks
1 Reed Bunting
1 Sedge Warbler

Plenty Wrens, Robins & Tit family


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Morning dog walk:

3 Grasshopper Warblers (heard)
1 Jay
Several Chaffinch
2 Great Tit
4 Blue Tit
3 Skylark
1 Song thrush
Several Blackbird
2 Chiffchaff



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Colliers wood very early this morning :
3 Grasshopper Warbler : reeling
1 Sedge warbler
6 Skylark
plenty wren
1 common Buzzard
Several Song Thrush heard
Several Blackbirds heard
Tit family in numbers
Several Robins
4 Goldfinch
2 Willow Warbler


note: the place is now being disturbed by off road motorbikes.


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Evening walk

7 long tailed tits
1 kestrel
1 jay
2 greenfinch


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This Morning:
8 Skylark
Mixed Tit flock
3 Bullfinch
2 Mistle thrush
Umpteen Jackdaw over
Several Wrens heard
2 Jay

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Dog walk this morning:

2 Skylarks
Several Meadow Pipit
Mixed flock of Tits
1 Jay
6 Redwings
2 Skiens of Pink footed Geese over ( 40 & 20)

3 Robins
Several Wrens heard


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walking the dog 7-8

9+ willow warbler
20 goldfinch
1 grasshopper warbler (heard)
very quite otherwise

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Originally posted by Scott Worrall:

Hi

I am new to birding but I thought that I would join this site and get involved.

Basically, I saw a Lesser-Spotted Woodpecker in the woods at Gin-Pit village in Astley, Tyldesley. I was told by a local resident that there are two of these birds in the area but I only saw the one.

I wanted to take a picture as it flew overhead and landed about 20 feet away in a bare tree, but I could'nt get my cameraphone out quick enough.




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Recent sightings in the past few weeks in this area have included Grasshopper Warblers in three locations (including a reeling bird next to Tyldesley RUFC yesterday) and Reed Warbler in the smallest stand of reeds (in a pretty dry field!) imaginable.

On the 12th July, Andy Isherwood had a family party of Willow Tits which included 3 juveniles by Gin Pit village.

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Lesser Whitethroat this afternoon plus several Willow Warblers in a brief walk of the area.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 14th of July 2011 09:35:48 AM

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