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We ask that you refrain from posting exact breeding locations of any species which may be considered scarce or vulnerable, and in particular schedule 1 species. In the context of St Helens, schedule 1 species usually means kingfisher and little ringed plover. Little ringed plover should not be reported at all on this blog between 1st May and 1st August.

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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Newton Lake

Goosander 2 f, Shelduck one, Teal 3 (one m, 2 f), Gadwall 3 or more pairs.

Derek Evans
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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
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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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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
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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
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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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Haydock Park

Yellow Wagtail pair; Lapwing brood of 4 chicks; Oystercatcher pair; Meadow Pipit 30 flock. Also: 2 Roe Deer.

Derek Evans
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Haydock Park

Oystercatcher pair; Fieldfare 12; Blackcap 2 in song.

Derek Evans
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Haydock Park

Single singing Willow Warbler and Blackcap, 4 or more Chiffchaff and a fly-over Fieldfare.

Derek Evans
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Newton Lake

Green Sandpiper one; Goosander 10 (9f, one m); Shelduck 3; Blackcap one in song; Kingfisher one.

Derek Evans
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Dairy Farm Road

The Curlew flock reported 2nd April still present and now numbering 81. Also: 4 (2 pairs) Shelduck.

Derek Evans
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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
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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
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