- Georgia Chapman
- William Hickson
- Emma Chapman
- Darren Woodward
Bird | No. | Description | Name | Date | Age | Behaviour | Where | School |
Magpie | 3 | Flaky wing pattern | William Hickson | 26/01/13 | 8 | Flying into a lamppost | On my street | Leigh St Thomas |
Mute Swan | 6 | Emma Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Waiting for food | Side of the car park - feeding area | Leigh St Thomas | |
Canada Goose | 11 | Emma Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Swimming about | Car park edge/flash | Leigh St Thomas | |
Cormorant | 25 | Emma Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Out of the water sitting in a group 50m away | Horrock's Hide at Pennington Flash | Leigh St Thomas | |
Teal | 4 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Swimming about | Horrock's Hide at Pennington Flash | Leigh St Thomas | |
Snipe | 2 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | feeding at water's edge 25m away | Horrock's Hide at Pennington Flash | Leigh St Thomas | |
Great Crested Grebe | 4 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Swimming 100m away | Horrock's Hide at Pennington Flash | Leigh St Thomas | |
Goldeneye | 2 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Swimming 50m away | Horrock's Hide at Pennington Flash | Leigh St Thomas | |
Goosander | 2 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Swimming 50m away | Horrock's Hide at Pennington Flash | Leigh St Thomas | |
Lesser Black- backed Gull | 10 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Flying in a flock | Horrock's Hide at Pennington Flash | Leigh St Thomas | |
Common Gull | 20 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Flying in a flock | over the flash 20m from car park edge | Leigh St Thomas | |
Black-headed Gull | 6 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | standing at water's edge 25 m away | Horrock's Hide at Pennington Flash | Leigh St Thomas | |
Tufted Duck | 2 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | swimming 50m away | Horrock's Hide at Pennington Flash | Leigh St Thomas | |
Redshank | 4 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | wading 25m away | Horrock's Hide at Pennington Flash | Leigh St Thomas | |
Shelduck | 2 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Swimming on the Flash 50m away | Horrock's Hide at Pennington Flash | Leigh St Thomas | |
Blue Tit | 3 | Blue Tits are easy to recognise, with a blue cap and a yellow belly.In spring and summer, watch out for young blue tits which have yellow instead of white cheeks. It is robin- sized or smaller. The beak is black and small. Also the feather colours are black, white, blue, grey, green and yellow. | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | It hops on the ground and eats fruit | I saw the Blue Tit at Pennington Flash in the bird hut with my Grandad. | Leigh St Thomas |
Chaffinch | 4 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Feeding at bird table | Bunting Hide | Leigh St Thomas | |
Bullfinch | 3 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Feeding at bird table | Bunting Hide | Leigh St Thomas | |
Reed Bunting | 1 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Feeding at bird table | From Bunting Hide | Leigh St Thomas | |
Willow Tit | 1 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Feeding at bird table | From Bunting Hide | Leigh St Thomas | |
Long-tailed Tit | 1 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | From Bunting Hide | Leigh St Thomas | ||
Coal Tit | 3 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | From Bunting Hide | Leigh St Thomas | ||
Magpie | 1 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Feeding on the ground under a bird table | From Bunting Hide | Leigh St Thomas | |
Robin | 1 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | In a tree waiting to feed | From Bunting Hide | Leigh St Thomas | |
Dunnock | 1 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Feeding at bird table | From Bunting Hide | Leigh St Thomas | |
Blackbird | 1 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Feeding on the ground under bird table | From Bunting Hide | Leigh St Thomas | |
Woodpigeon | 1 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Perched in a tall tree | In a tree between Horrocks and Bunting Hides at Pennington Flash | Leigh St Thomas | |
Moorhen | 1 | Georgia Chapman | 31/03/13 | 8 | Feeding on the ground under the bird tables | From Bunting Hide at Pennington Flash | Leigh St Thomas | |
Oystercatcher | 1 | Black and white, orange red bill, red legs | Georgia Chapman | 07/04/13 | 8 | Standing on a rock and preening | Horrocks Hide at Pennington Flash | Leigh St Thomas |
Wren | 1 | Small with white breast that has white stripes. Black "strap" around eye with a brown head. Rest of the body is brown with black stripes. Small black beak with longer black legs. Wings and tail longer than body. | Darren Woodward | 05/06/13 | 9 | Flying in a straight line very fast, probably flying away from a threat, also looks like it's trying to fly back to it's family. | Flying above my garden, then flew off to a woodland near Pennington Flash. | Leigh St Thomas |
Black-headed Gull | 1 | White head with black eyes. Body size approximately 30cm. Area of wingspan approximately 12m. Black stripe on either side of wing, with a black dot at the tip of each wing either side. The rest of body is white. No tail except for a black tuft that goes outwards at the end of the body. | Darren Woodward | 05/06/13 | 9 | Flying slowly avoiding large trees in it's way. | Flying over Pennington Flash | Leigh St Thomas |
Willow Warbler | 8 | Brown 3 inches tall | William Hickson | 05/06/13 | 9 | Mating in the trees | In Lilford Woods | Leigh St Thomas |
Robin | 1 | Approximately 15cm in height. Has a big red breast with a brown cap on top of it's head. Patches of blue between the red and the brown | Darren Woodward | 08/06/2013 | 9 | Calm but desperate to fly away from me | On top of the TO LET sign in my street. | Leigh St Thomas |
Firecrest | 2 | Fire coloured head. | William Hickson | 25/05/13 | 9 | Caught in a net | From Horrock's Hide at Pennington Flash | Leigh St Thomas |
Magpie | 3 | White striped wings, eyes glimmering, turning and looking around. | William Hickson | 25/05/13 | 9 | Eyes glimmering, turning and looking around | In my street flying overhead | Leigh St Thomas |
Canada Goose | 6 | William Hickson | 25/05/13 | 9 | Scuttering along the ground | Along the river Pike. | Leigh St Thomas | |
Cormorant | 100 | Grey at the tip of the wingspan | William Hickson | 25/05/13 | 9 | Aggresively fighting | Pennington flash | Leigh St Thomas |
At the bottom of this page is a form for young birders in our area to add their own sightings.
Please create a new record for each type of bird and if you have any photographs, please e-mail them to leighos.webmaster@gmail.com