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  1. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    18/12/11 Leighton moss A fantastic day at Leighton moss in clear crisp sunshine. Found the Glossy ibis immediately. I havent seen one since Marshside 2 years ago. At the main feeding station it was nice to see a pair of bullfinches gorging themselves along with a nuthatch and some marsh tits...
  2. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    2/12/11 Rishton res. 156. (Greenland) White-fronted goose 2 birds fully IDed by others. Easily digiscoped (albeit over the full width of the reservoir, in the rain, at dusk) on the way to the supermarket. Least exciting local twitch ever!
  3. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    13/11/11 Cant clough reservoir, nr Burnley 155. Twite Flock of about 20 birds at the feeding station, including an unringed leucistic bird. Also today, watched a stoat chase a rabbit in the open. It seemed half-hearted and the rabbit got away. A dog-walker had just passed me by 10 meters when...
  4. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    Oops forgot this post 5/10/11 Fairhaven lake, Lytham 153. Slavonian grebe
  5. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    6/11/11 Longridge fell 154. Common crossbill A flock of approx 50 birds, unfortunately the bright sun was behind the birds while I was in the shaded forest track. Digiscoping near impossible :(
  6. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    2/10/11 Carr bank and Leighton moss 150. Little stint 151. Curlew sandpiper 152. Green sandpiper Little stint was found at Carr bank whilst looking for the Buff breasted sandpiper. Never did find "buffy-the-sandpiper-strayer", moved on to Glasson/Conder for the reported lesser yellowlegs. The...
  7. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    15/9/11 Fairhaven lake and Knott end-on-sea 149. Grey phalarope (imm)
  8. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    11/9/11 Fleetwood and Knott-end Targets were little stint and curlew sandpiper. Previous day red throated diver and sabine's gull were reported too. No diver on the marine lake but a boatfull of turnstone and a single wheatear flitting around. Plenty more turnstone on the high tide line with...
  9. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    2/9/11 Grannies bay, Lytham I only had a short delivery run to Preston today. I checked the tide tables and saw that high water was at 1.40pm, so I nipped out to Lytham hoping for passage waders and/or any of the obvious seabirds missing from my list. Nice views of little egret and a single...
  10. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    26/8/11 Leighton moss My delivery route took me to Lancaster on Friday so a visit to Leighton moss was in order. Saw Marsh tit on the feeders on arrival and sustained views of female marsh harrier from lillians hide. Nice to see kingfisher and greenshank so close from the Eric Morcambe hide. I...
  11. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    3/8/11 Barrow, Clitheroe. (old home patch) I was looking for ladybirds to put in my greenhouse to counter my aphid problem. I had already checked all the usual owl roosting trees and started to concentrate on bug searching. One of the tawny owls (there are usually 2 here) flushed from just a...
  12. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    30-31/7/11 Crofton nr wakefield We were visiting friends at the weekend. We went for a walk at wintersett reservoir and to the anglers rest pub. Common terns with young and reed warbler feeding young were highlights. A family of wrens was good to see, as wren numbers are down after the last 2...
  13. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    27/7/11 Preston city centre Wow! List is def. slowing down now. Still some nice birding going on though. The house sparrow gang in my garden didnt use the "triple nestbox" that I made for them, great tits moved in instead. The sparrows bred under the eaves of my neighbours bad roofing. With a...
  14. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    13/7/11 Bashall eaves I was out with the East Lancs CAMRA group last night. As we arrived at one of the pubs, one of the other members said "oh look theres an owl!". A barn owl was hunting along a roadside hedgerow. 137. Barn owl
  15. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    16/6/11 A few more non-list photos taken in the last 2 weeks (when my computer was down.) An escaped Common myna in my in-laws garden! Looked like it my have survived a sprawk attack. One of the many juv GS woodpeckers in the area flew into my in-laws kitchen window pane, killing it |:(|
  16. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    26/6/11 Alston wetland A female sparrowhawk was eating one of the newly fledged housesparrows in my garden this morning, she flew off before I could get any photos. A wood sandpiper was reported on my local birding website, ELOC, so I drove the 7 miles to go and see it. Spotted the wood sand...
  17. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    10-11/6/11 Brockholes quarry I was delivering some chainsaw parts to the reserve on Friday. As I drove through the reserve entrance a raptor shot in front of my van. I pulled up and scanned the roadside trees (always have binoculars to hand whilst driving!) I spotted the 2nd CY hobby that I had...
  18. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    I've been computerless for a couple of weeks so now I'm back-dating my sightings. 8/6/11 Cant clough res and Shedden clough wood Got throughly soaked on this walk near Burnley. Targets were grasshopper warbler, lesser redpoll, wood warbler and spotted flycatcher. Eventually ticked-off a single...
  19. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    3/6/11 Salwick, Preston On my usual Friday delivery route, I took a detour down a different road (Harbour lane) A flash of yellow from the hedgerow had me stopping, jumping out and listening. Sure enough, I heard the call I expected and then located a male yellowhammer. This bird is absent from...
  20. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    21/5/11 Brockholes LWT I dropped in on the new nature reserve again in the hope of picking up Hobby and Grasshopper warbler. The spotted sandpiper was gone, just a 1 day visit. On a circular walk around the reserve, I heard no groppers. It would be very difficult to find this species if it...
  21. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    30/5/11 Brockholes nature reserve (LWT) Early start hoping for grasshopper warbler and hobby. Heard and then saw reed warbler from "motorway" hide but then got a message from Bill Aspin that there was a SPOTTED SANDPIPER 200 metres away! It was quite flighty for a while with ringed plovers and...
  22. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    No new birds but my weekly stop at Newton marsh pool today afforded me some better digiscopes of the drake Garganey. It has been here a week but is very shy.
  23. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    22/5/11 Brockholes nature reserve An early morning visit (6am til 7am before the reserve opens). Hoping for wood sandpiper but dipped. Plenty of singing sedge warblers but no reed warblers heard or seen yet. Then I realised that I hadnt seen a barnacle goose this year! 124. Sedge warbler 125...
  24. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    20/5/11 Canalside nr Myerscough quarry 123. Common Whitethroat
  25. purpleturtle

    Neil 2011 UK list (NW England)

    12/5/11 Whalley village 122. House martin First new UK bird for 2011, since returning from my holiday in Tenerife. Nesting under the eaves of a house where they always breed. Don't know why they always choose this house over many other identical houses in that street.
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