We started the day with a bit of Vis Miging from the motorway bridge to the north of Peel Hall, then spent the morning removing scrub from and strimming and raking the John Parr flower meadow. After that, it was a chilled lunch hour at Houghton Green Pool before a quick pint at the Plough. Birding highlights were Redwings moving over at c.400 per hour for the first couple of hours, slowing to a trickle by late morning. Other notable sightings around Peel Hall were a male Peregrine, 6 Grey Partridges, 9 Buzzards, 8 Stock Doves, 1 Coal Tit, 2 Sparrowhawks, 3 Kestrels, 61 Rooks, 60 Linnets, 30 Goldfinches, 1 Bullfinch and 130 Jackdaws. At the Pool, 6 Wigeon, 1 Little Grebe, 10 Lapwings, 7 Jays, 3 Kestrels, 40 Linnets, 3 Mistle Thrushes and 50 Black-headed Gulls were notable. Cheers David (with David Spencer, Al Warford, Ste Dodd, Helen Allan, Diana Shepherd and George Dunbar) __________________
Posted on: Sun, 19 Oct 2014 12:15:56 +0000
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