I heard a possible Iberian Chiffchaff singing constantly at lunch time between St Gobain Isover UK Whitehouse industrial estate Preston Brook WA73DP and the DHL building at the back of St Gobain Car park -unfortunately its in an area with no access whatsoever 8 feet electric fence around that area so no chance of seeing it .and was moving in a easterly direction at the back of DHL along a row of tall trees when last heard at 13.30.It was in full song for most of my Lunch Half hour.
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Tuesday 23rd of May 2017 03:49:59 PM
My usual lunchtime mooch round our factory perimeter in Preston Brook gave me a nice Male White Wagtail,2 Chiffchaff in song , an Oystercatcher calling over distant fields,2 Raven on the roof of the factory being harrassed by 4 Jackdaws and 2 Magpies. Also a pair of Bullfinch and a pair of Mallard around our car park and finished off with 5 Goldfinch landing in the trees at the entrance. Yesterday also had a pair of Long Tailed Tits collecting Nest Material in the hedge between our Factory and the next one . Just goes to show you can birdwatch any patch of land, even on the biggest industrial estate in Runcorn,and all I have to go at is a few perimeter trees and a concrete factory surround.
A good lunch half hour behind the factory 2 Hobby heading south - 1 Adult,1 Juv over in the direction of focalpoint + 2 Raven firstly on top of the Factory then both headed of SW towards Frodsham again 1 Adult /1 Juv These new Glasses are paying for themselves in birds im finding :) I was on the East side of our factory at WA7 3GA .
An Osprey went North high over our Factory at the Whitehouse Industrial Estate when I was doing my usual walk round the outside during my lunch half hour break about 13.15 possibly the same bird seen at Pennington Flash two hours or so later? :)
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 30th of March 2016 07:46:36 PM
A Raven went South over our Factory at the Whitehouse Industrial Estate when I was doing my usual walk round the outside during my lunch half hour break about 13.15 :)
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Monday 14th of March 2016 06:00:58 PM
Another walk around the Preston Brook area, starting and finishing at the Tunnel Top pub (great food and beer!), we saw 10+ Skylark (moving south), 1 Grey Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtails, 1 Wheatear and 3 Chiffchaffs.
A walk around the Preston Brook area today, we found two flocks of Fieldfares, one contained 180 birds along with 40 Redwings while the second had 30 birds, a further 2 Redwings were found along the remainder of the walk and we counted 7 Chiffchaffs.
