Nevison's flash (Part of Bickershaw Country Park) - 4th May 2026/2hrs

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.

Weather was warm and cloudy 5-6C

Birds Heard:
Cettis Warbler

Common Reed Warbler

Reed Bunting

Cuckoo

Birds Seen:

Mute Swan x2
Moorhen

Blackheaded Gull

Sedge Warbler

Great Tit
Blue Tit

Mute Swan

Sedge Warbler - Distinct pale supercillium.

Garden Bird List (Jan 2025 to Dec 2026)

Start Date             = 1st January 2025

Updated Date       = 25th Feb 2026

End Date              = 31st Dec 2026

Grand Total = 24

• 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

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

Pennington Wharf Memorial to the Miners of Bickershaw Colliery

 

RSPB Big Garden Birdwatch 26th Jan 2026 (Weekend)

Great Spotted Woodpecker x3 M/F/J

Blue Tits x7

Great Tits x8

Long Tailed Tits x17

Nut Hatch x2

Dunnock x1

Blackbird x3 M/F/J

Collard Dove x2

Robin x2

Starling x5

Wood Pigeon x1

Magpie x3

Venus and Jupiter (Accidental Viewing)

 

Pennington Flash Country Park - Bird Sightings (19th July 2025)

Start Date             =1st July 2025

Updated Date       = 19th July 2025

End Date              = 31st Dec 2025

GRAND TOTAL = 12

• Mute Swan
• Little Egret
• Grey Heron
• Mallard
• Canada Goose
• Moorhen
• Coot
• Kingfisher
• Greylag Goose
• Black Headed Gull
• Cormorant
• Mandarin Duck M

Recording Area

Images and Videos

The Herds - Pennington Flash

 What is "The Herds"?

A groundbreaking public art and climate initiative designed to inspire action and renew our bond with the natural world. From April to August 2025, life-size puppet animals will sweep through city centers on a 20,000km journey from the Congo Basin to the Arctic Circle, fleeing climate disaster.

Events and performances by world-class artists will respond as the herds move, bringing together the worlds of arts and science in an urgent call for climate action.

Pennington Flash

Zebra

Zebra Running

Zebra

Stag

Gorilla

Gorilla Running Towards Us

Close Up Gorilla

Giraffe

Antelope

Zebra

Tiger