St Marys Rd Penketh
40 plus House Martins over trees round cemetery and adjacent school playing fields. Feeding . Vocal.
Migrants passing through brought down by rain showers I assume.
First ones all year for me.
St Marys Rd
20 or so House Martins, adults and juvs, feeding round treetops in cemetery . Vocal.
First sightings of these birds here all year
Migrants on their way out, undoubtedly. A year and a day since similar migrant martins seen here.
Bit of a surprise this morning, walking along 'Bunny Hollow'/Whittle Brook and we accidentally flushed a Little Egret from the bushes alongside the brook
St Marys Rd Penketh
AM
Single Nuthatch seen and heard calling from tall dead trees alongside playing fields.
A (seen from) garden tick , not had one before in over 25 years .
ST Marys Rd
Nice flock of mixed thrushes in school playing fields that run along cemetery this morning.
60 plus Redwing very active spread across whole field. Also single figure numbers of Mistle Thrush and Fieldfare.
10-12 Blackbirds and 20+ Starlings also present as were a few Goldfinch.
St Marys Rd Grt Sankey
Tawny Owl calling from over playing fields tonight
Bold Heath
Grassy verge near HireCo has, unfortunately, been heavily mown this year. Usual display of wild orchids much reduced. Marsh Orchids still present in decent nos but stunted growth. Only 2 Bee Orchids, one in a small strip of grass left uncut.
Forty Fieldfare with a few Redwing plus two Mistle Thrushes were feeding on the berries along the lane leading to Fiddler's Ferry Yacht Haven this afternoon.