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Billinge Hill

Myself and Paul Brady went on a long walk around Billinge this morning. We started at the hill and then walked across Crank Road then down the public footpath that runs along Promised Land Farm. We then walked through the woods at Fir Tree Farm and back across Crank Road to Red Barn Road and then back up to Billinge Hill again. The highlights were the spotted flycatcher which was feeding from the wires near to the summit of Billinge Hill, the yellow wagtail which was behind one of the houses on Red Barn Road, and the wheatear which was in the horse paddocks south of Billinge Hill. The majority of the warblers were either near to the summit of Billinge hill or near to the disused building on Red Barn Road. There was lots of bird activity at the hill this morning.

Spotted Flycatcher 1
Yellow Wagtail 1 (juv)
Wheatear 1
Willow tit 3
Tree sparrow 25 (a single flock along Red Barn Road)
Blackcap 4
Willow Warbler 5
Chiffchaff 5 (2 singing)
Whitethroat 6
Coal tit 2
Goldcrest 2
Grey Partridge 2
Meadow pipit 1
Grey wagtail 1
Yellowhammer many
Linnet 2
Kestrel 1
Buzzard 1
Sparrowhawk 1
Lots of swallows and 1 house martin



Damian P


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  1. Colin27 August 2013 at 23:27

    Sound like a great morning. I only saw my first Spotted Flycatcher of the year today, and had to go all the way to the New Forest to see it. Tree Pipits should be going over now, so worth learning the call if you don't already know it.

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