Fiddle in bag, which is now basically two puddles, still giving the odd decent stuff.
3 Snipe
1 Common Sandpiper
Female Sparrowhawk
Cheers
Howard Arends
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Bird I saw today
Hi.
I saw this bird today over the Dream. I thought it was huge.
Sorry the picture is not the best, but wld love to know what type it is.
Thanks Jo
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull, Taylor Park
Juvenile Mediterranean gull currently on Taylor Park lake and showing very well. Found by Chris Derri.
Wheatear st.helens town centre outskirts
Female Wheatear at the rear of Enterprise car hire off Liverpool Road 8:30am Sat 15.5.21.
Paul Houghton
Ferny Knoll Road
Wheatear 4 female. Also: Shelduck 3, Oystercatcher 3, Grey Partridge 2 pairs, Raven one, Corn Bunting 2 in song and a pair of Grey Wagtail in a farmyard.
Derek Evans
Winwick Fields/Fiddle pool
8:30am -12:30pm
Pool opposite Fiddle
Redshank
Little stint not 100% but very likely
Little Grebe
Shoveller x 2 males only. Presume females are possibly sitting.
Yellow/grey and pied wagtail on at different times.
Grey heron
Gadwall 2 male
Swift's over(at least 6)and swallows feeding low over the water.
Paddocks,fields trees and hedgerows (Old Alder Lane)
10+ Yellow Wags
2 female northern wheatear
3 Yellow Hammers
Sedge Warbler
Grasshopper warbler ( heard reeling but not seen)
10 Linnet
3 buzzard
2 Oystercatchers
Skylarks about also tree sparrow, chaffinch, greenfinch, goldfinch.
Fir trees opposite pool plenty of goldcrests.
Howard Arends
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Pool opposite Fiddle
Redshank
Little stint not 100% but very likely
Little Grebe
Shoveller x 2 males only. Presume females are possibly sitting.
Yellow/grey and pied wagtail on at different times.
Grey heron
Gadwall 2 male
Swift's over(at least 6)and swallows feeding low over the water.
Paddocks,fields trees and hedgerows (Old Alder Lane)
10+ Yellow Wags
2 female northern wheatear
3 Yellow Hammers
Sedge Warbler
Grasshopper warbler ( heard reeling but not seen)
10 Linnet
3 buzzard
2 Oystercatchers
Skylarks about also tree sparrow, chaffinch, greenfinch, goldfinch.
Fir trees opposite pool plenty of goldcrests.
Howard Arends
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Haydock Park
Blue-headed Wagtail flava male. One showing the characters of this 'species' today 0555-0620+ was also present on 5th April at 0750. There is a possibility that it's an inter-grade with Yellow flavissima a pair of which were also present today. Walk east along the Lodge Lane Pumping Station overflow track to the central 'crossroads'. The bird has been around the soil/waste heaps here and along the track northwards.
Derek Evans
Haydock Park
Redpoll 5 flew west at 0600; Wheatear pair; Yellow Wagtail 2 or 3.
Also: Meadow Pipit 2, Oystercatcher 3, Grey Partridge pair and an impressive 9 to 13 pairs of Stock Dove.
Derek Evans
20.00-20.30 Quick half an hour's observation on my way home from work at the fiddle proved to be a great idea.
20 Bar tailed godwits very actively feeding on the far side of the wetland.
2 Redshank
4 Yellow Wagtail/pied wagtail
4 Shovelers 2m/2fem
2 Dabchicks
I Male Wheatear
I possible male Whinchat , couldn't get a 100% positive ID, it was very flighty and the rain had started sheeting down. Lapwings and Swallows -good numbers and a buzzard going down for lapwing chicks..... unsuccessfully. This gem of a place just keeps getting better.
Howard Arends
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20 Bar tailed godwits very actively feeding on the far side of the wetland.
2 Redshank
4 Yellow Wagtail/pied wagtail
4 Shovelers 2m/2fem
2 Dabchicks
I Male Wheatear
I possible male Whinchat , couldn't get a 100% positive ID, it was very flighty and the rain had started sheeting down. Lapwings and Swallows -good numbers and a buzzard going down for lapwing chicks..... unsuccessfully. This gem of a place just keeps getting better.
Howard Arends
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Winnwick farmland
Couple of hours around the water opposite the fiddle and surrounding fields produced some great birds today.
10+ Yellow Wagtails
20+ Yellow Hammers
Redshank x 1
6 Buzzards high on the thermals
1 male Kes
Couple of Reed bunting
Plenty of Linnets
2 female Wheatear (In usual paddocks)
Few tree sparrow and the usual more common stuff.
Report off Matt Bannon a great guy I met for a chat also seen a Stone chat and yesterday a common sandpiper on the water opposite the fiddle.
Cheers
Howard Arends
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10+ Yellow Wagtails
20+ Yellow Hammers
Redshank x 1
6 Buzzards high on the thermals
1 male Kes
Couple of Reed bunting
Plenty of Linnets
2 female Wheatear (In usual paddocks)
Few tree sparrow and the usual more common stuff.
Report off Matt Bannon a great guy I met for a chat also seen a Stone chat and yesterday a common sandpiper on the water opposite the fiddle.
Cheers
Howard Arends
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Ferny Knoll Road
Snipe 2; Oystercatcher 3 (pair plus one); Grey Partridge one; House Martin one or 2; Corn Bunting one in song.
{House Martin at Grasmere Avenue nest sites since 30th April}.
Derek Evans
Eccleston mere
In the adjoining fields
Whinchat (male)
Whitethroats
Sedge warbler
Reed bunting
Grasshopper warbler
Grey heron
Kestrel
4 Buzzards
Swifts/Swallows/House and Sand marrtins
Winnwick
Paddocks on Alder Lane and the water opposite the Fiddle pub.
3 Redshank
1 Oystercatcher
2 Shoveller
Lapwings with a brood of six
8 Yellow wagtail
I Wheatear
2 Grey Partridge flushed
Blackcaps/ ChiffChaff/Willow warbler plenty of. A few Linnets and Chaffinch to note. A Canada on the nest on the bank of the canal and two mistle thrush going hell for leather with each other.
3 Buzzards on the thermals.
Great couple of hours.
Howard Arends
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3 Redshank
1 Oystercatcher
2 Shoveller
Lapwings with a brood of six
8 Yellow wagtail
I Wheatear
2 Grey Partridge flushed
Blackcaps/ ChiffChaff/Willow warbler plenty of. A few Linnets and Chaffinch to note. A Canada on the nest on the bank of the canal and two mistle thrush going hell for leather with each other.
3 Buzzards on the thermals.
Great couple of hours.
Howard Arends
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Ferny Knoll Road
Yellow Wagtail pair, Wheatear one, Swallow 2 or 3, Willow Warbler 3, Whitethroat 6.
Also: Grey Partridge 2 pairs, Corn Bunting in song, a pair of Tree Sparrow and a single Oystercatcher.
Derek Evans
Dairy Farm Road
Whitethroat one in song and seen at 0640; Wheatear one male at 0615. Also: Raven one, Sparrowhawk one in display, Shelduck pair, Oystercatcher 3, Grey Partridge 2 pairs and Willow Warbler 3 in song.
Derek Evans
21/04/21
Out and about for an hour yesterday around Winnwick.
Male and female Wheatear
Single Yellow Wagtail, (male)
Plenty of Yellowhammers, Linnets. Lapwings and Oystercatchers at the side of the water opposite fiddle with swallows hawking low over the pool. Shovelers x2 and mallards with a good brood of chicks.
Also a couple of buzzards and a kestrel over. Handful of singing Blackcaps and Chiff Chaff noted. Great farmland birding.
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Male and female Wheatear
Single Yellow Wagtail, (male)
Plenty of Yellowhammers, Linnets. Lapwings and Oystercatchers at the side of the water opposite fiddle with swallows hawking low over the pool. Shovelers x2 and mallards with a good brood of chicks.
Also a couple of buzzards and a kestrel over. Handful of singing Blackcaps and Chiff Chaff noted. Great farmland birding.
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Haydock Park
Yellow Wagtail pair; Lapwing brood of 4 chicks; Oystercatcher pair; Meadow Pipit 30 flock. Also: 2 Roe Deer.
Derek Evans
Ferny Knoll Road
Yellow Wagtail one and Common Gull 130 mixed age flock on plough. Also: Curlew (heard only), Swallow 2, Oystercatcher one over, Grey Partridge 2 pairs, Corn Bunting 3 in song.
Derek Evans
Hoopoe
Sighted a hoopoe flying low over my garden today 10 30 this morning 16th April ,
Stunning looking bird only ever seen one before in Canary Islands
Broadoak Rd area
Eddie Heaton
Newton Lake
American Mink on the bank at 0825 mobbed from the safety of the water by 65 Mallard, 5 Canada Geese, 2 Tufted Duck, 6 Gadwall and a female Goosander.
Derek Evans
Dairy Farm Road and area
13th and 14th April
Oystercatcher pair; Snipe one flushed from a ditch; Curlew one or 2 over to north-east; Shelduck pair; Grey Partridge 2 pairs; Linnet flock of 12 and pair carrying nest material (but not common); Corn Bunting 2 in song.
Derek Evans
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First of the year
2 Swallow flew west/north-west over Grasmere Avenue at 1940 on 9th April.
Derek Evans
Haydock Park
Single singing Willow Warbler and Blackcap, 4 or more Chiffchaff and a fly-over Fieldfare.
Derek Evans
Newton Lake
Green Sandpiper one; Goosander 10 (9f, one m); Shelduck 3; Blackcap one in song; Kingfisher one.
Derek Evans
Dairy Farm Road
The Curlew flock reported 2nd April still present and now numbering 81. Also: 4 (2 pairs) Shelduck.
Derek Evans
Rainford By-Pass: Pasture Lane to Parson's Brow
Nearly all the hoped for farmland birds though in very small numbers: Rook, Linnet, Yellowhammer, Lapwing, Oystercatcher (pair), Corn Bunting (3 birds), Skylark, Reed Bunting, Grey Partridge (pair) and a Kingfisher along Rainford Brook.
Derek Evans
Dairy Farm Road to Siding Lane
Dairy Farm Road
Curlew 60 feeding fields north of the road 0710-0835+ though distant and increasingly disturbed by farm work - an astonishingly large migratory flock for St Helens! Also: Barn Owl 0735; Pink-footed Goose 20.
Siding Lane
Willow Warbler 2 in song; Shelduck pair.
Derek Evans
Dairy Farm Road to Inglenook Farm via Moss Nook Lane
Wheatear male. Also: Pink-footed Goose 5, Oystercatcher pair, Grey Partridge c2 pairs, Corn Bunting c4 pairs, Fieldfare 8 high to the north-east.
Derek Evans
Newton Lake
Goosander 3 (one m, 2 f), Teal 8, Gadwall 5, Tufted Duck pair, Little Grebe pair, Grey Wagtail pair, Tree Sparrow one.
Derek Evans
Mute Swan
Adult female Mute Swan ringed 6th March 2017 at Spike Island, Widnes was at Newton Lake on 27th February 2021 - white characters - CJV5 - on green ring.
Information from David Cookson, Cheshire Swan Study Group.
Derek Evans
Dairy Farm Road and Old Coach Road
Dairy Farm Road
Shelduck 3, Pink-footed Goose 80, Swan Goose (Anser cygnoides) one escaped bird with Canada Goose in fields north of the road, Oystercatcher pair, Snipe one, Grey Partridge pair, Corn Bunting 2 in song.
Old Coach Road
Little Owl pair at Coach Road Farm, Chiffchaff 3 in song.
Derek Evans
Mossborough Road area
Shelduck 3. Also: Pink-footed Goose 14, Oystercatcher pair, Raven 3 interacting, Tree Sparrow 3, Corn Bunting one in song at Reed's Farm
Derek Evans
Blindfoot Road area
Curlew one flew west at 0715. Also: Oystercatcher pair, Pink-footed Goose 60 flew north, Tree Sparrow 2, Chiffchaff one and a rookery of about 6 nests.
Derek Evans
Newton Lake
Green Sandpiper 0850-0910+. Also: Gadwall 11, Tufted Duck 2, Teal 20, Goosander one female, Little Grebe pair, Willow Tit one, Chiffchaff 2 in song.
Derek Evans
Haydock Park
Roe Deer pair. Also 40 Fieldfare, 6 Snipe flushed by a Buzzard and up to 20 nests at the rookery.
Derek Evans
Haydock Park
Chiffchaff one in song Lady Hill Plantation. Also: Oystercatcher heard only, Lapwing 8, Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 drumming, Fieldfare one, Meadow Pipit 22.
Derek Evans
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Eccleston area
Little Egret 2 observed 0915-0945 opposite Moss Lane Rugby Club, south of the East Lancs Road, east of Watery Lane, along Windle Brook and in ploughed/worked fields.
Also: Chiffchaff one calling and seen (though not singing) along Howard's Lane; Oystercatcher 2 over Houghton's Lane; Tree Sparrow 4 (2 pairs) Houghton's Lane.
Derek Evans
Recently
5th March: Taylor Park Lake
Muscovy Duck 3, Great Crested Grebe 2, Mute Swan pair nest building, Tufted Duck 15.
6th March: Gillar's Green to Catchdale Moss area
Lapwing 3 pairs, single Snipe and Red-legged Partridge, Yellowhammer 2 in song. Skylark 3 territories, Fieldfare 6. Also 2 Hare and one Stoat.
Derek Evans
Newton Lake
Shelduck pair; Gadwall 8; Teal 14; Tufted Duck 2 drake; Goosander 2 drake; single Little Grebe; Blackbird nest building; single Willow Tit.
Derek Evans
Haydock Park
Grey Partridge 3 (pair plus one); Lapwing pair in display; Woodpigeon flock 200+; Meadow Pipit 8; Fieldfare 32; Rook 20 around Holiday Inn nest site; Tree Sparrow 8 at Haydock Park Farm; a Yellowhammer in song.
Derek Evans
Haydock Park
Goosander 4 drakes on White Door Dam; also in the area displaying Stock Dove, drumming Great Spotted Woodpecker and singing Skylark - plus 6 Redwing and 20 Fieldfare.
Derek Evans
This week
1st February: one Raven perched atop Century House in St Helens town centre.
3rd February: Haydock Park
5 Goosander on White Door Dam. Also 10 Cormorant in flight, 17 Redwing, 2 Coal Tit, one Treecreeper and 15 Magpie at flooded fields.
Derek Evans
Haydock Park
Goosander 4 (one male, 3 female) flew east. Also: single Buzzard and Grey Wagtail, 3 Rook, 3 pairs of Stock Dove and 38 Fieldfare.
Derek Evans
Haydock Park
Jack Snipe one flushed twice from an area of wet, tussocky grass. Also: 6 Meadow Pipit, 24 Fieldfare and a flock of 140 Linnet.
Derek Evans
Haydock Park
Golden Plover one; Snipe 2; also 3 Meadow Pipit, 3 Redwing and 13 Fieldfare on fallen apples.
Derek Evans
Haydock Park
27 species this morning including Stock Dove (3), Fieldfare (3), Nuthatch (2), Chaffinch (flock of 55) and a Reed Bunting.
Derek Evans
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