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  1. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    13/7/12 Champion moor Got up at 5am to go and look for the reported male Montagu's harrier. Arrived on site at 6 but the harrier didn't show until 7.45. I had very breif views before I had to leave for work. I also caught up with the family of little owls on the same moor and saw another hobby...
  2. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    10/7/12 at home I'd been waiting for any decent weather to get the chance to clean, dry and waterproof our tent. I managed to do so on Tuesday. Whilst I was doing so, a Hobby flew over. I got good views as the noisy, mobbing swallows attracted my attention. My pair of spotted flycatchers...
  3. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    24-25/6/12 Robin hood's bay & Bempton cliffs I don't get to the seaside often......... 143. Fulmar 144. Kittiwake 145. Razorbill 146. Rock dove (you'll notice that I don't count feral pigeon) 147. Gannet 148. Puffin 149. Corn bunting 150. Peregrine (6 months without a peregrine! shocking eh?)
  4. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    8/6/12 Donington racetrack Certainly didn't expect to be seeing any birds at "Download" heavy rock festival....... but I did. Singing in the only tree on the vast campsite. 140. Yellowhammer 18/6/12 @ work, Clitheroe A first for the garden (for at least the 8 years I've been watching) and...
  5. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    1/6/12 Brockholes nature reserve Stop in briefly on my Friday delivery route. Immediately found the reported drake Garganey, then spotted and digiscoped my first reed warbler of the year. Then came a bonus in the shape of a drake scaup. Also saw a beautiful cinnabar moth. 137. Garganey 138...
  6. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    26/5/12 Barley, Lancashire Got up really early to go and look for the reported Wood warbler on the other side of Pendle hill. Didn't take long to find as it was singing loudly. I nearly managed a photo but it was very mobile. 136. Wood warbler
  7. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    11/5/12 Brockholes 135. Common Scoter
  8. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    Forgot to add this on Friday 4/5/12 Preston docks 128. Common tern Approx 6 pairs on the floating docks.
  9. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    7/5/12 Sensitive location - withheld 133. Ring ouzel 134. Red grouse Quite a few singing males surrounding me. Spotted one even before seeing my first red grouse of the year! No moorland raptors seen today. 1 reeling grasshopper warbler.
  10. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    6/5/12 Brockholes 131. Whitethroat 132. Whimbrel Pair of whitethroat displaying to each other while I waited for the whimbrel roost to fly in. Only 3 whimbrel by 8pm (when I left) I believe the numbers are much higher by sundown.
  11. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    5/5/12 Moor piece 129. Pied flycatcher 130. Redstart Only 1 male pied fly found, too mobile for a digiscoped pic. Also, cuckoo heard but quite distant.
  12. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    Catch-up I've been distracted by work etc recently and now see that I havent updated my list since March! Ok heres a quick round-up (still in order seen) 108. Little ringed plover 1st of the spring migrants @ Brockholes 109. Skylark Heard earlier in year many times, but took a while to see...
  13. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    16/3/12 Harbour lane, Preston I stopped of on my delivery route today to look for yellowhammer (sadly an absent species from my area of East lancs) in this usually reliable spot. Found a pair of partridges instead. 107. Red legged partridge
  14. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    10/3/12 Whalley, Lancashire Walking down to the village, I looked over the bridge and saw that the grey wagtails have returned to their territory on the river Calder. 106. Grey wagtail
  15. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    9/3/12 Marton mere, Blackpool When I saw that my delivery route included Blackpool, I planned a visit to Marton mere. Bittern, siskin and a reported female brambling were the targets. I had to wait about 15 mins at the feeding station hide until a siskin visited. I heard, then saw another...
  16. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    6/3/12 Brockholes NR LWT Targets today were tree sparrow, kingfisher, grey wagtail, med gull and skylark. I heard skylark singing overhead today but couldnt see any of them. Found a single tree sparrow singing (as best as a tree sparrow can sing) and a beautiful kingfisher on the River Ribble...
  17. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    24/2/12 Knott end on sea, Lancashire After finishing my Friday delivery run, I continued on to Knott-end-on-sea for some fish and chips. The best chippy in the Fylde for me. I arrived at high tide and immediately spotted a knot. Numerous dog-walkers here disturb the birds so I got a couple of...
  18. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    19/2/12 Dean Clough reservoir A lovely morning so I decided to go and see the reported redhead smew only 2 miles from home. I've already ticked smew a few weeks ago but its always a nice bird to see. Found a pair of stonechat as I approached the res. and heard a skylark in song but couldnt see...
  19. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    10/02/12 Conder green/Glasson 93. Little grebe 94. Black tailed godwit 95. Spotted redshank 96. Meadow pipit 97. Grey plover
  20. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    7/2/12 Leighton moss 50 minute journey from home had me re-ticking last years Glossy ibis again, the visitor centre feeders ticked-off nuthatch (4), marsh tit (1) and bullfinch (many) but the salt marsh was also frozen, so no greenshank, spotshank or blackwits. Lillians hide gave good views of...
  21. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    3/2/12 Newton marsh pool Short visit to Newton marsh yielded 21 shelduck with the numerous wigeon, teal and mallard crowding the small unfrozen part of the pond. Expected BlackTailed Godwit and merlin too but not luck. 86. Shelduck
  22. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    30/1/12 Dunsop Bridge Only a single redwing today amongst numerous fieldfare. 1 treecreeper found by call and then another 2 with a mixed tit flock. 1 dipper in full song and at least another pair further down river Dunsop. 2 raven over. Dipped on nuthatch, siskin and grey wagtail. All expected...
  23. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    24/1/12 St Marys lighthouse island, Whitley bay 70. Pied wagtail 71. Curlew 72. Turnstone 73. Ringed plover 74. Golden plover 75. Eider 76. Guillemot 77. Red throated diver 78. Purple sandpiper 79. Dunlin 80. Rock pipit 81. Sanderling
  24. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    21/1/12 nr Spring wood, Whalley Nearly killed a female sprawk as she swooped low right over the bonnet of our car. Good views though! 69. Sparrowhawk
  25. purpleturtle

    Neils UK list. based in Lancashire

    17/1/12 Stocks reservoir I returned for another crack at the GGS. 1.5 hours of searching only added greylag to my yearlist. At the last minute when I was walking back to the car, there it was high atop a tree near the car park. I set up the tripod for a record shot.....and off it flew. Across...
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