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Billinge Hill to Mountain's Farm

I walked around Billinge on Sunday evening but didn't get around to posting. I was looking for ring ouzel or wheatear but didn't see either. By bizarre chance I saw a male ring ouzel on Saturday at Warbreck Garden Centre near Ormskirk which landed briefly in a tree and then flew off!

There were lots of linnet and meadow pipit near the summit which kept being disturbed by a hunting kestrel. The two oystercatcher were near to Mountain's farm and the chiffchaff was heard near to Pimbo Bushes.


Meadow pipit 20
Linnet 15
Pied Wagtail 7
Oystercatcher 2
Chiffchaff 1 heard
Kestrel 1
Buzzard 1

Damian P


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