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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
October / November 2009
Fri 6th Nov -- St Helens town centre -- 2 Peregrine.
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 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.
Sat 31st Oct -- Haydock -- 20+ Redwings over.
Prescot Reservoir (permit only) -- 77 Barnacle Geese, 1 Red-breasted Goose, 1 Med Gull, 1 Yellow-legged Gull,
'' '' '' '' -- 1 Ringed-billed Gull, 110 Fieldfare.
Fri 30th Oct -- Penkford Flash, NLW -- 6 Grey Herons.
Thurs 29th Oct - No further news of the probable Glossy Ibis reported flying north over the A580 on Birdguides today.
Haydock -- 90 Pink-footed Geese over 2.30pm going east.
Wed 28th Oct -- Prescot Reservoir (permit only) -- 2 Peregrine, 370 Fieldfare, 82 Redwing.
Carr Mill Dam -- 300+ Canada Geese, 13 Tufted Duck, 1 Teal, 1 Cormorant, 28 Fieldfare, 4 Siskin, 4 Tree Sparrow.
Tues 27th Oct - Prescot Reservoir (permit only) -- 1 female Merlin.
St Helens town centre -- 1 Peregrine.
Mon 26th Oct - Nine Arches, Sankey Valley, NLW -- 1 Grey Heron, 2 Buzzard, 2 Kestrel, 2 Jays, 15 Pied Wagtail, 2 Grey Wagtail.
Penkford Bridge, NLW -- 1 Grey Wagtail.
My Garden, off Wagon Lane Haydock -- 25 Redwings over.
Prescot Reservoir (permit only) -- 9 Ruff, flying south.
Gillar's Green -- 4 Raven, flying north.
Sun 25th Oct -- Carr Mill Dam -- 1000+ Pink-footed Geese over, 200+ Canada Geese, 1 Barnacle Goose, 8 Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant,
'' '' '' -- 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Lapwing, 2 Siskin, 4 Tree Sparrows.
Old Coach Road, Rainford -- Total of around 5000 Pink-footed Geese in to roost in the distant fields.
Haydock -- 3 skeins of Pink-footed Geese over - 100 early am, then 150 later in the morning, followed by 55 more after dinner.
