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.
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Newton Lake
Green Sandpiper one; Goosander 10 (9f, one m); Shelduck 3; Blackcap one in song; Kingfisher one.
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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
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.
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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.
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Newton Lake
Goosander 3 (one m, 2 f), Teal 8, Gadwall 5, Tufted Duck pair, Little Grebe pair, Grey Wagtail pair, Tree Sparrow one.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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