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Bird news from around St Helens |
You can contact the Sankey Valley Rangers on 01744 677 772 to report anything unusual,
or email with any bird news of interest to me Peter at - birdwatchinginsthelens@blueyonder.co.uk
Please also forward all your bird sightings to Colin Davies at the St Helens Wildlife Recording Group email -- col2.davies@blueyonder.co.uk
who will co-ordinate and summerise all the bird records from St Helens and then forward them on to the local county recorder.
Click here for archives of previous months bird sightings
November 2009
Thurs 26th Nov- Newton Lake, NLW -- 2 Mute Swans, 8 Tufted Duck, 44 Teal, 2 Jay, escaped Harris Hawk still present.
Nine Arches, Sankey Valley, NLW -- 1 Common buzzard.
St Helens town centre -- 1 Peregrine.
Mon 23rd Nov - Newton Lake, NLW -- 2 Mute Swans, 2 Canada Geese, 6 Tufted Duck, 12 Teal, escaped Harris Hawk still present.
Penkford Flash, NLW -- 4 Grey Herons, 10 Teal.
My Garden, off Wagon Lane Haydock -- 250+ Pink-footed Geese over 10.10am going south, 1 Sparrowhawk.
St Helens town centre -- 2 Peregrine.
Sun22nd Nov -- Carr Mill Dam -- 1 Little Grebe, 2000+ Pink-footed Geese over, massive skein at first light, followed by several smaller ones,
'' '' '' -- 200+ Canada Geese, 7 Tufted duck, 1000+ Wood Pigeon.
Thurs 19th Nov- Penkford Flash, NLW -- 8 Teal.
Wed 18th Nov - St Helens town centre -- 1 Peregrine.
Mon 16th Nov - Newton Lake, NLW - 2 Mute Swans, 2 Canada Geese, 2 Pochard, 6 Tufted Duck, 44 Teal, escaped Harris Hawk still present.
Penkford Flash, NLW -- 5 Grey Herons, 12 Teal.
St Helens A570 Linkway Retail Park Ponds -- 2 ad+5 juv Mute Swans, 230 Canada Geese.
St Helens town centre -- 1 Peregrine.
Sun 15th Nov -- Prescot Reservoir (permit only) -- 1 ad/w Ringed-billed Gull, 2 ad/w Yellow-legged Gull, 800 Herring Gulls.
Carr Mill Dam -- 1 Little Grebe, 250+ Canada Geese, 14 Common Redpoll.
Sat 14th Nov -- Newton Lake, NLW -- 2 Mute Swans, 2 Canada Geese, 9 Tufted Duck, 85 Teal, 1 Common Buzzard.
Fri 13th Nov -- Wagon Lane Haydock, Sankey Valley -- 3 Snipe, flushed by a dog in field, flew off towards Coopers Lane.
Penkford Flash, NLW -- 5 Grey Heron, 8 Teal.
Nine Arches, Sankey Valley, NLW -- 1 Willow Tit, 1 Jay, 17 Pied Wagtails, in horses field.
Thurs 12th Nov- Newton Lake, NLW -- 2 Mute Swans, 2 Canada Geese, 1 Grey Heron, 33 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Harris Hawk still present.
Vista Road, Haydock -- 1 Sparrowhawk flew across the road by the tip entrance.
St Helens town centre -- 1 Peregrine.
Wed 11th Nov - My Garden, off Wagon Lane Haydock -- 1 Coal Tit.
Tues 10th Nov - Penkford Flash, NLW -- 1 Grey Heron, 1 male Teal -- plenty of water around after all the rain, but no ducks.
Mon 9th Nov -- St Helens A570 Linkway Retail Park Ponds -- 2 ad+5 juv Mute Swans, 1 Grey Heron, 108 Canada Geese.
Sun 8th Nov -- Carr Mill Dam -- 2 Little Grebe, 800+ Pink-footed Geese, 80 Canada Geese, 1 Barnacle Goose, 5 Tufted Duck, 3 Shoveler,
'' '' '' -- 4 Cormorant, 1 Kingfisher, 35 Fieldfare, 6 Redwing, 2 Treecreeper, 2 Goldcrest, 4 Siskin.
Sat 7th Nov -- Eccleston Mere -- 20 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Pochard, 1 Goldeneye, 2 Teal, 2 Kingfisher.
Prescot Reservoir (permit only) -- 2 Med Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull.
Fri 6th Nov -- Penkford Flash, NLW --
Wed 4th Nov -- Carr Mill Dam -- 100+ Pink footed Geese, 150+ Canada Geese, 11 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant, 1 Kingfisher.
Newton Lake, NLW -- 11 Teal, 9 Tufted Duck, 1 Pochard, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 escaped Harris Hawk.
Tues 3rd Nov -- Penkford Flash, NLW -- 1 Little Grebe, 1 Grey Heron, 13 Teal, 2 Green Sandpiper.
Nine Arches, Sankey Valley, NLW -- 1 Grey Wagtail.
Mon 2nd Nov -- Newton Lake, NLW -- 2 Mute Swans, 78 Teal, 6 Tufted Duck.
Willow Park, NLW -- 2 Goldcrest.
Penkford Flash, NLW -- 6 Teal.
St Helens town centre -- 1 Peregrine.
My Garden, off Wagon Lane Haydock -- 1 Sparrowhawk.
