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Birdwatching in St Helens Bird Sightings for March 2008 Local news for local birders |
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March 2008
Mon 31st Mar -- Haydock Island M6 -- Common Buzzard over.
Sankey Valley, NLW -- Jay.
Penkford Flash -- 19 Teal.
Sun 30th Mar -- Mossborough Hall area -- 2 Common Buzzards distant, 5 male Tree Sparrows, a total 11 Red-legged Partridges.
Sat 29th Mar -- Eccleston Mere -- Drake Common Scoter still being reported.
Fri 28th Mar -- Sankey Valley, NLW -- Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Wed 26th Mar -- Eccleston Mere -- Drake Common Scoter, 2 Little Gulls, 2 Grey Wagtail.
Carr Mill Dam -- 3 Sand Martin.
Tues 25th Mar -- Eccleston Mere -- Drake Common Scoter also 2 adult winter Little Gulls.
Newton Lake -- 2 Gadwall, 23 Tufted Duck, 24 Teal, 2 Canada Geese, 3 Mute Swans.
Penkford Bridge - 1 Mute Swan on canal , 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Penkford Flash -- 14 Teal.
Mon 24th Mar -- Eccleston Mere -- Drake Common Scoter.
Sun 23rd Mar -- Eccleston Mere -- Drake Common Scoter.
Tue 18th Mar -- Wagon Lane, Sankey Valley -- female Bullfinch, Common Buzzard, Yellowhammer, 2 Jays.
Sun 16th Mar -- Wagon Lane, Sankey Valley -- Yellowhammer, 3 Jays, female Bullfinch.
Fri 14th Mar -- St Helens Town Centre -- Peregrine.
Sankey Valley, NLW -- Grey Wagtail, Kestrel.
Thu 13th Mar -- Newton Road, Parr -- Common Buzzard, (as you look over towards the tip).
Tue 11th Mar -- Sankey Valley, NLW -- 2 Stock Dove.
Sat 8th Mar -- Newton le Willows -- 2 Common Buzzard's overhead.
Wagon Lane, Sankey Valley -- Bullfinch, 2 Coal Tit.
Thu 6th Mar -- Sankey Valley, NLW -- 9 Pied Wagtails in horse field together, could possibly have been more.
Penkford Flash -- 21 Teal.
Sun 2nd Mar -- Mossborough Hall area -- 40+ Fieldfare, 40+ Redwing, Red-legged Partridge, Grey Partridge, Tree Sparrow.
Sat 1st Mar -- Coopers Lane, Sankey Valley -- Goldcrest.