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Copper lane

Copper lane Haydock.
Fieldfare 1.
15 Teal on Sankey brook.
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Havannah flash

Carrion crows.
Jackdaws.
Long tailed tit 20.
Nuthatch 1.
Redwings 30.
Cormorant 2.
Great spotted woodpecker 1.
Jay.
Teal 15.on Sankey brook.
SB.
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Sankey Valley from Carr Mill Dam to the Visitor Centre (Blackbrook)

Pink-footed Goose 290 over; Redwing 50 west between 0835 and 0925; Fieldfare 80 west between 0820 and 0845; Willow Tit one heard.

Derek Evans
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Havannah flash

Three large skeins of Pinks over Havannah this morning, plus lots of Redwings along Hawthorns. 
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Sankey Valley from Carr Mill Dam to the Visitor Centre (Blackbrook)

Pink-footed Goose 190 over; Buzzard; Kingfisher 2; Redwing 5; Blackbirds feeding on haws and perhaps migrating south; Willow Tit one heard only; Treecreeper 4; Bullfinch.

Derek Evans
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Grange farm

Grange farm Haydock.
Raven 1 over.
Buzzard 2.
Large amount of Carrion crows and Jackdaws.
SB.
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Grange valley

Large flocks of Wood pigeons over this morning, along with the usual Crows and Jackdaws feeding in the fields.
Also one Redwing .
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Carr Mill Dam

Common Tern one (at 0930) - a late date.

Derek Evans
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Deer

A wild deer crossing Islands Brow from North to South Burgeys at 7.15am

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Carr mill dam

Great crested grebe 20 plus.
Buzzard 3.
Grey heron 4.
Jay.
Canada goose.
Mute Swan.
Blue tit.
Magpie.
SB.
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Havannah flash

Several hundred Pinks over, heading towards Liverpool first light.
Otherwise just the usual on the flash.
SB.
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Sankey Valley from Carr Mill Dam to the Visitor Centre (Blackbrook)

Mute Swan 9 (3 adults, 6 juveniles); Pink-footed Goose 420 flew high to east; Great Crested Grebe 2 juvenile on brook beside Visitor Centre; Sparrowhawk; Kingfisher 2; Grey Wagtail 4; Nuthatch 5.

Derek Evans
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Laffak Pond, Chain Lane

Kingfisher; Great Spotted Woodpecker; Skylark 2 over (rare migrant here); Redwing 3 (feeding on haws with possible migrant Blackbird and Song Thrush); Mistle Thrush (rare here); Reed Bunting 2 (rather scarce nowadays).

Derek Evans
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Laffak Pond, Chain Lane

Redwing: a total of 119 flew east/south-east into a light easterly breeze in small groups between 0730 and 0835.

Derek Evans
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Havannah flash

Kestrel 1.
Buzzard 1.
Large amount of Jackdaws and Carrion crows, feeding on stubble fields.
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