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Scarce or vulnerable species include but are not restricted to any species of wader, ducks other than mallard, all owls, any birds of prey, grey or yellow wagtails, grey heron, all grebes, Cetti’s warbler, water rail, willow tit, corn bunting etc. If in doubt, please ask.

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Carr Mill Dam

1 Green Sandpiper (as on Monday) also fed in flooded field north of Dig Pits at 0805-0830; 1 Peregrine on Feral Pigeon kill in stubble near Otter's Swift at 0840.
Derek Evans

Hedgehog video, my garden

I set up a wildlife camera in my garden to try and catch the hedgehog that has been visiting the garden recently. I've got an upturned plastic storage box with a cd sized hole cut in the side of it to prevent cats getting at the food. I tried cat food for the first few night, but there was no interest in that so I switched to sunflower hearts and immediately got a result on the very first night...



Hopefully this one will be fat enough to get through the winter!

Damian P

Carr Milll Dam

1 Green Sandpiper watched feeding on mud at Nineteen Arches from 0755-0825 before it was flushed by dog walkers and flew high to the south.
Derek Evans

Hedgehog in our garden

Hedgehog eating a pear in our garden. Considerably more healthy than the ones ive seen run over in Crank Rd these last couple of weeks!


Havannah flash

Three Buzzards and twenty Swallows seen at 7-30am,farmers fields around Havannah flash.
SteB.

St Helens town centre

This morning at 0845 a Peregrine perched atop brick industrial chimney south of World of Glass (and viewed from there). This is the same location as on 6th May.

Derek Evans



Burgy Banks South

1 Willow Tit. I've never seen this species here before.
Derek Evans

Lapwings

4 pm Thursday Sept. 8th.

65 lapwings on recently ploughed land alongside Penny Lane, Collins Green near Burtonwood. Haven't seen a flock of lapwings on this field (only isolated individuals) or in the immediate neighbourhood for many years.

Graham Mercer