I didnt record the date sorry Judith. I will do in future. Im struggling to even remember the month. Id hazard a guess at June. my bird list is just a big list of birds with no other info.
On strike from work today so I thought i'd have a walk and see how many species I could find. I walked from the Three Sisters, along Landgate Lane, past Park House Farm and then all round the Flashes... No real rarities, but a "patch tick" with 2 RAVENS at the Three Sisters and a total of 60 species seen (not great, but it was very windy!). In case anyone is bored and has nothing better to do (because I dont!) here they all are in order of appearance:
01 Mallard 02 Tufted Duck 03 Pochard 04 Goosander (4 (3m & 1f) on 3Sisters Lake) 05 Moorhen 06 Coot 07 Mute Swan 08 Black-headed Gull 09 Siskin (Quite a few flocks, the biggest being about 20 @ 3Sisters) 10 Long-tailed Tit 11 Goldfinch (Largest flock approx.40 @ 3Sisters) 12 Meadow Pipit 13 Magpie 14 Lapwing (At least 200 over South Lancs Industrial Estate) 15 Chaffinch 16 Goldcrest 17 Great Tit 18 Blackbird 19 Starling 20 Redwing 21 Carrion Crow 22 Grey Heron 23 Fieldfare 24 Kestrel 25 Lesser Black-backed Gull 26 Wood Pigeon 27 Jay 28 Coal Tit 29 Robin 30 Dunnock 31 Bullfinch 32 Greenfinch 33 Blue Tit 34 Willow Tit 35 Jackdaw 36 Wren 37 RAVEN (2 heading N, low over fields between Bryn Hall and new Police Station) 38 Skylark 39 Herring Gull 40 Lesser Redpoll (Mixed flock of Redpoll, Siskin and Goldfinch @ Bryn Marsh) 41 Buzzard (Seen from Bittern screen @ Bryn Marsh) 42 Cormorant 43 Grey Wagtail 44 Great Spotted Woodpecker 45 Sparrowhawk 46 Collared Dove 47 House Sparrow 48 Common Gull 49 Reed Bunting 50 Song Thrush 51 Gadwall 52 Goldeneye 53 R**** Duck 54 Great Crested Grebe 55 Shoveler 56 Little Grebe 57 Canada Goose 58 Teal 59 Pheasant 60 Great Black-backed Gull (In fields near Park House Farm)
Unfortunately no sign of the Firecrests or the Cetti's Warbler. And didn't see the Wigan Bittern (again!) despite sitting on the bench at Bryn Marsh for a whole 2 minutes!
