62 Lapwing....possibly last vestiges of hope for these birds in the breeding season on Chat Moss South of the Manchester Liverpool Railway Line now that most of the Farming Activities have ceased/virtually ceased on much of a Farmed Landscape (to the east of this Farmland) that in only recent times could 'boast' of hosting a good population of these birds in the breeding season especially when it had more wildlife friendly Spring Sowing (might have offered less money making yields---BUT was MORE THAN compensated for in its wildlife 'value' (sadly only monetary value is the order of the day on farmland these days)...Admittedly Farmers aren't Charities but surely if LWM can do it....????
35 Linnet
1 Curlew in Display
1 Stock Dove Nest
6 House Sparrow...extremely worrying decline in the space of a few months as this Farmstead usually had a large population of these birds...Habitat/Owners Feeders as full as ever...????????
20 Lapwings, a singing Skylark and two Grey Partridges off Moss Lane.
Around Astley Moss itself, Marsh Harrier, single Grey Partridge, singing Willow Tit, two Siskin, a flock of 50+ Chaffinches, one Curlew, 12 Stock Doves (one flock), two singing Skylarks.
2 White Wagtails with 3 Pied Wagtails 1 Wigeon - male 2 Tufted Duck - pair 1 Marsh Harrier - female trying to catch a Mallard but gave up. 1 Sparrowhawk
5 x Buzzard, 2 x Rook, at least 8 x singing Chiffchaff, 2 x Curlew, 2 x large flocks of Linnet with c350 birds 2 x Marsh Harrier, 26 x Lesser Redpoll, 1 x Little Grebe (heard), 2 x Grey Partridge, 1 x Stonechat
300 Redwing...most in song an absolute joy sharing this moment that was surely their celebratory/courage building cusp of returning to their distant Scandinavian forest homes...
90 Chaffinch....were these too Scandinavian birds ready to return home?
1 Chiffchaff...in song
1 Willow Tit...in song
3 Song Thrush...2 in song
17 Robin in song
11 Wren in song
5 Reed Bunting in song
28 Teal
1 Yellowhammer in song
8 Meadow Pipit...5 in display flight
4 Stock Dove
1 Buzzard
1 Woodcock...the only Woodcock Nest I ever found was in this area back in the eighties sadly these birds no longer breed here ...thus I strongly suspect this bird is too a Scandinavian visitor soon to return home
6 Lapwing....5 in display
-- Edited by Dave Steel on Monday 18th of March 2024 08:16:11 PM