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Birdwatching in St Helens Bird Sightings for August 2008 Local news for local birders |
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August 2008
Sun 31st August -- Carr Mill Dam -- 40+ Pink-footed Geese over, Common Buzzard, 100 Canada Geese, 150+ Swallow,
'' '' '' 20+ House Martin, Kingfisher, Yellowhammer, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap.
Sat 30th August -- Eccleston Mere -- 50+ House Martin, quite a few Swallows and possibly couple of Sand Martins present.
Wed 27th August -- Carr Mill Dam -- 2 Kingfisher, Common Buzzard, 20 House Martin, 200 Swallow, 60 Canada Geese,
'' '' '' -- Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Willow Tit, Yellowhammer, Jay.
Mon 25th August --Old Coach Road -- female Wheatear, 62 Curlew in field, adult Brent Goose - suspect feral or escapee,
Dairy Farm Road -- 4 Snipe.
Coach Road - East Lancs -- Little Owl.
Sankey Valley- Parr to 9 Arches, NLW -- Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, Grey Heron,
'' '' '' '' '' '' 6 Swallow, 40+ House Martin passing thru.
Sun 24th August -- Carr Mill Dam -- 3 Sand Martin, 4 House Martin, 200 Swallow, 60 Canada Geese, Cormorant,
'' '' '' 2 Kingfisher, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler.
Fri 22nd August -- Old Coach Road -- Curlew, 3 Wheatear.
Coach Road -- 4 Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 20 Pied Wagtail.
Thurs 21st August -- St Helens town centre -- Peregrine.
Tues 19th August -- Sankey Valley, NLW -- 2 Raven, Common Buzzard.
Vista Road, Haydock -- Kestrel.
Mon 18th August -- Sankey Valley, NLW -- Kestrel, 2 Raven.
St Helens town centre -- Peregrine.
Vista Road, Haydock -- Jay.
Fri 15th August -- Penkford Flash, Sankey Valley, NLW -- 2 Green Sandpiper, viewable from Penkford bridge.
Berrington's Lane -- 8 Grey Partridge, 2 Raven.
Old Coach Road -- 82 Curlew.
Green Lane on Catchdale Moss -- 5 Grey Partridge, 5 Tree Sparrow.
Dairy Farm Rd -- 120 Goldfinch.
Wed 13th August -- Carr Mill Dam -- Hobby attacking mixed flock Swallow / House Martin, Nuthatch, Willow Tit, 20+ Swifts.
Old Coach Road -- 149 Curlew.
Tues 12th August -- Penkford Flash, Sankey Valley, NLW -- 2 Green Sandpiper, viewable from Penkford bridge.
Mon 11th August -- Penkford Flash, Sankey Valley, NLW -- 3 Green Sandpiper, viewable from Penkford bridge.
St Helens town centre -- 2 Peregrine.
Sun 10th August -- Carr Mill Dam -- Kingfisher, Yellowhammer, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Blackcap,
'' '' '' 20 Canada Geese, 4 Greylag geese, Tufted Duck, 3 House Martin, 3 Swift.
Dairy Farm Road area -- female Wheatear, Curlew, 100 Goldfinches, family Common Whitethroat.
Reeds Moss -- 100+ Swift.
Mossborough Hall -- 100 House Martin.
Old Coach Road -- 200 Swallow.
Fri 8th August -- Nine Arches, Sankey Valley, NLW -- Common Buzzard, Raven, Sparrowhawk, 3 Common Gull.
Wed 6th August -- Carr Mill Dam -- 2 Raven, 2 Common Tern, Kingfisher, Treecreeper, Willow Tit, Coal Tit, Jay,
'' '' '' Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat.
Old Coach Road -- 52 Curlew, Common Gulls, Lapwings.
Dairy Farm Road -- Snipe.
St Helens town centre -- Peregrine.
Tues 5th August -- Pennington Lane, Sankey Valley towards NLW -- Marsh Harrier seen 3.35pm seen first being harassed by a
'' '' Grey Heron, then drifted over the fields towards Broad Lane - Burtonwood Brewery area, loosing
'' '' sight in the distant misty drizzle over that way, also seen Kestrel, Yellowhammer.
Mon 4th August -- Nine Arches, Sankey Valley, NLW -- Common Buzzard, Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff.
Sun 3rd August -- Carr Mill Dam -- 2 Kingfisher, 2 Common Tern, 70+ Canada Geese, Kestrel, Swallows, Swifts, House Martin,
'' '' '' Great Spotted Woodpecker, Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Treecreeper, Mistle Thrush,
'' '' '' Grey Wagtail, Yellowhammer, Linnet, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler.
Fri 1st August -- Prescot Reservoirs -- Black-necked Grebe - note access is by permit only.