The gulls were much reduced in numbers, the lapwings had all followed the spreader onto the next field ( Imm South of scotland lane, up Birtle hill ). The starlings remained but the fieldfares had increased ten fold to approx 150.
pm walk. Muck spreading in progress across the fields, the first done was the field at the Scotland lane end of the moss, at the top off castlehill rd. In this field were:- c 300 x black headed gulls
c 20x common gulls
c 200 lapwings
C100 x starlings
14 x fieldfares
the fieldfares moved to the larches at the top of walmersley golf course and were joined as I left by 4x bramblings.
This morning , quiet, only 2x lapwing pairs, 2x moorhen pairs, 1x Canada goose pair. Singles of meadow pipit, skylark & wren. Dotted around the area were wood pigeon and carrion crow and a flock of approx 50 starlings flew in,circled and dropped suddenly,flying north (towards Ramsbottom) was a peregrine falcon which circled back over the moss then carried on north.
Past Cobbus nab in the fields above Cob house farm was a solitary pair of curlew.
from the bridle path between castle hill rd & croston close rd . 2x singing skylarks with 3x others flying around, approx 200x starlings, a pair of greylag geese, 4x pairs of lapwings, 3x curlew. Kestrel,2x Raven & plenty of rooks over.
from deeply vale side. 20x lapwing displaying with 10x spread around the moss.(the 4pairs mentioned above can't be seen from here), 2x curlew by the pond with 4x snipe, more snipe potted across the moss. 2x pheasant, 2x pairs of stonechat, 4x singing reed bunting, 3x meadow pipit & 3x greenfinch over. A green woodpecker was heard from the opposite side of Deeply vale.
-- Edited by Peter Whitehead on Sunday 14th of March 2021 12:33:58 PM
