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Mountains Farm

3 yellow wagtail
2 oystercatcher
Also yellowhammer, tree sparrow, skylark, common whitethroat, and 2 brown hares.

All the yellow wagtails were juveniles today and were pretty inactive, mainly sunbathing and then occasionally snacking on the flies and chasing off the pied.

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4 comments :

  1. Colin9 July 2013 at 11:49

    Hard to believe we've got a "Mountains Farm" in St Helens! Sounds a good place though....

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  2. Unknown9 July 2013 at 11:55

    Here's the exact location if anyone wants a look...

    http://binged.it/12AtDGV

    Don't forget your crampons!

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  3. Andrew11 July 2013 at 09:36

    I found them here this time last year on a manure tip.

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  4. Unknown11 July 2013 at 10:23

    Hi Andrew, it was your sighting of them that made me go there last year. They came back to exactly the same place this year, lets hope the farmer keeps dumping his manure there!

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