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Bird Sightings for January 2008

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    January 2008

 

Thu 31st Jan  -- Vista Road, Haydock -- 103 Lapwing in field.

 

Tue 29th Jan  -- Wagon Lane, Sankey Valley -- Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, 2 Yellowhammer, 12 Reed Buntings.

 

Mon 28th Jan -- Sankey Valley, NLW -- Raven thru.

 

Sun 27th Jan  -- Wagon Lane, Sankey Valley -- Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, 4 Lesser Redpolls.

 

Fri 26th Jan  --  Wagon Lane, Sankey Valley -- 7 Lesser Redpolls.

 

Thurs 24th Jan -- Newton Lake, NLW --  1 male Pochard.

 

Wed 23rd Jan -- Wagon Lane, Sankey Valley -- Coal Tit, Jay, 4 Stock dove in field, 11 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Snipe flushed.

 

Sat 19th Jan  --  Wagon Lane, Sankey Valley -- Goldcrest, 3 Bullfinch, 12 Reed Buntings.

 

Fri 18th Jan  --   Penkford Flash, Sankey Valley -- 120 Teal.

                           Newton Road, St Helens -- 800+ Black-headed gulls, 7 Lapwings in field.

 

Thu 17th Jan  --  St Helens town centre -- Peregrine.

 

Wed 16th Jan --  Havana Flash, Sankey Valley -- 25+ Siskin in alders.

 

Mon 14th Jan  -- Newton Lake, NLW --  1 male Pochard.

                             9 Arches area, NLW -- 6 Mistle Thrush.

                             Burton Wood Brewery area -- Common Buzzard.

 

Sun 13th Jan  --  Sankey Valley visitor Centre -- Mandarin duck, Great Spotted Woodpecker,  Nuthatch, Willow Tit, Coal Tit, 

                                                                                Treecreeper,  Siskin, 2 Tree Sparrow, Common Buzzard over.

                           Carr Mill Dam -- Kingfisher, Great Spotted, Siskin Woodpecker, 2 Grey Wagtails, Jay, 50+ Fieldfare.

                           Haydock -- Sparrowhawk in garden.

 

Sat 12th Jan  -- Wagon Lane, Sankey Valley -- Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Jay's, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Siskin, 1 Yellowhammer.

 

Fri 11th Jan  --  Sankey Valley, NLW -- Common Buzzard over.

 

Wed 9th Jan  -- Wagon Lane, Sankey Valley -- Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Bullfinch.

 

Tue 8th Jan  --  Sankey Valley visitor Centre -- Coal Tit.

                          Haydock -- Sparrowhawk in garden.

                          St Helens town centre -- Peregrine.

                          9 Arches NLW -- 2 Stock Dove.

 

Mon 7th Jan  -- Newton Lake, NLW -- Nuthatch, 164 Teal.

 

Sun 6th Jan  -- Wagon Lane, Sankey Valley -- Coal Tit, Jay, 3 Lesser Redpoll, 9 Siskin, 3 Bullfinch.

 

Fri 4th Jan   --  Sankey Valley visitor Centre -- Mandarin duck.

 

 

 

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