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My Field Notes: Birding, Birdsong, Bats and Wellbeing from around my local patch which includes Leigh & Wigan Flashes, Bickershaw Country Park, Byrom Woods and Lightshaw Meadows.

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#My200BirdYear Challenge 2026 (51/200)
Garden Bird List 2023, 2025, 2026
RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch Results

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Leeds-Liverpool Canal Walk: Exploring New Footpaths Near Leigh

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Making our Garden fit for Birds

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Egyptian Geese Sightings: Unusual Visitors to Our Local Patch

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Bird Therapy & 10-Bird Challenge

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Fir Tree Flash: A Warm Afternoon at Bickershaw Country Park

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Pennington Flash Birding: Spotting Mandarin Ducks & Hunting for Ospreys

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© 2026 Steve — Birding my local patch, one bird at a time

My Birding Field Notes: Leigh, Lancs, United Kingdom; My Field Notes: Birding, Birdsong, Bats and Wellbeing from around my local patch which includes Leigh & Wigan Flashes, Bickershaw Country Park, Byrom Woods and Lightshaw Meadows.

Welcome

Hi, I’m Steve. I live near the Leeds–Liverpool Canal and spend a lot of my free time birding around Wigan, Leigh, and the surrounding flashes and wetlands. I’m not chasing big lists — just enjoying my local patch, taking photos, and getting outside for my wellbeing. I write this blog to keep track of my sightings, share the places I love, and document the small moments that make birding such a calming part of my life. Sometimes I’m out with my wife Jackie, sometimes with my grandkids, and sometimes just me and the birds. If you enjoy slow, local birding and the simple pleasure of being outdoors, you’re in the right place.

What this Blog is About

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Wellbeing Reads and Resources

The Mindful Birding Network
Art of Mindful Birdwatching
Mindful Thoughts for Birdwatchers
Mindfulness in Bird Watching

Weather Forecast

Local Bird Sightings (Mcr Birding Forum)

Bickershaw Country Park
Fir Tree Flash (BCP)
Leigh Town Centre
Lowton and Golborne
Pennington Flash
Wigan Flashes
All other recent sightings around MCR
Bird Identifier (Birdspot)

Local Facebook Groups

Billinge Bat Rescue
Byrom Hall Wood
Leigh Ornithological Society
Leigh Wildlife and Nature
North Lancashire Bat Group
Pennington Flash Nature Reserve Photography
Pennington Flash Volunteer Group part of Leigh O S
Pennington Flash Wildlife & Landscape Photographers
South Lancashire Bat Group

Archive

2026 16

2025 3
- August 1
- July 2
2024 9
- August 8
- June 1
2023 10
- September 2
- June 1
- May 1
- April 1
- March 5
2022 3
- July 1
- May 1
- January 1
2021 11
- August 2
- July 4
- June 1
- May 2
- April 2
2020 4
- September 1
- May 3
2018 41
- October 20
- August 1
- July 2
- June 9
- May 7
- April 1
- March 1
2017 22
- August 1
- July 6
- June 3
- May 5
- April 1
- March 2
- February 1
- January 3
2016 18
2015 11
- November 7
- October 4
2014 71
- June 12
- May 28
- April 26
- March 5
2013 59
- December 2
- November 5
- September 6
- August 39
- April 4
- March 1
- February 2
2012 10

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Labels

Abram Nature Reserve1
Bats2
Bickershaw Country Park3
Bird Identification11
Bird Lists1
Birds of Paradise8
Bridgewater Canal2
Broad Ees Dole7
Brockholes2
BTO Bird Survey1

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