2026 Bird List (May)

START: 1st Jan 2026

UPDATED: 10th May 2026

RUNNING TOTAL: 032

May Observations

Cettis Warbler

Reed Warbler

Reed Bunting

Moorhen

Collard Dove

Sedge Warbler

Cuckoo (Heard)

Longtailed Tit

Coal Tit

Swift

Coot

Linnet

Carrion Crow

Wren

Willow Warbler

Song Thrush

Blackcap

April Observations

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dunnock

Goldfinch

Starling

March Observations

Graylag Goose

Wood Pigeon

February Observations

Mute Swan

Mallard

Canada Geese

January Observations

Robin

Blackbird

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Magpie

Blackheaded Gull

Garden Bird List (Jan 2025 to Present)

Start Date             = 1st January 2025

Updated Date       = 8th May 2026

Grand Total = 25

• Carrion Crow
• Sparrowhawk (Female) 25/2/26
• Chaffinch (Male) past 3 days 24/2/26
• Nutharch x2
• Goldfinch
• Song Thrush
• Blackcap (heard)
• Swift (14th May) Overhead
• Buzzard Overhead
• House Sparrow (female)
• Pied Wagtail
• Wren
• Grey Wagtail
• Coal Tit
• Blue Tit x7
• Great Tit x8
• Long Tailed Tit x17
• Starlings x5
• Dunnock
• Robin x2
• Magpie x5
• Wood Pigeon
• Collard Dove x2
• Blackbird M/F/J
• Great Spotted Woodpecker x3 M/F/J

Pictures & Videos

Carrion Crow piching the fat balls

Sparrowhawk (Female, males have grey heads)

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Male)

Baby Blackbird fledged May 2025

Goldfinch

Starling

Long Tailed Tit

Long Tailed Tits

Coal Tit

Robin

Nevison's flash (Part of Bickershaw Country Park) - Monday 4th May 2026

DATE: Monday 4th May 2026

TIME: 11:30 - 13:30hrs

WEATHER CONDITIONS: 5-6C cloudy

OBSERVATIONS:

A short walk from home around Nevison's Flash which is part of the Bickershaw Country Park, an area being reclaimed by nature now that its former life as a colliery has finished.

 

There was a lot of bird chatter so you had to keep your ears open to distinguish the bird calls and identify them, the Merlin Bird App also helps.

Birds Heard:
Cettis Warbler*

Common Reed Warbler

Reed Bunting

Cuckoo*

Birds Seen:

Mute Swan x2
Moorhen

Blackheaded Gull

Sedge Warbler*

Great Tit
Blue Tit

* New birds heard or sighted.

Mute Swan

Sedge Warbler - Distinct pale supercillium.

2026 Bird List (April)

START: 1st Jan 2026

RUNNING TOTAL: 015

April Observations

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Dunnock

Goldfinch

Starling

March Observations

Graylag Goose

Wood Pigeon

February Observations

Mute Swan

Mallard

Canada Geese

January Observations

Robin

Blackbird

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Magpie

Blackheaded Gull

2026 Bird List (March)

 START: 1st Jan 2026

RUNNING TOTAL: 011

March Observations

Graylag Goose

Wood Pigeon

February Observations

Mute Swan

Mallard

Canada Geese

January Observations

Robin

Blackbird

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Magpie

Blackheaded Gull

2026 Bird List (Feb)

 START: 1st Jan 2026

RUNNING TOTAL: 009

February Observations

Mute Swan

Mallard

Canada Geese

January Observations

Robin

Blackbird

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Magpie

Blackheaded Gull

Pennington Wharf Memorial to the Miners of Bickershaw Colliery