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Tuesday, 25 June 2024

Bat Detecting Equipment

  • Inline Sound Recorder
  • Headtorch
  • Batteries
  • Frequency Chart
  • Bat Detector
  • Bat Book

Magenta 5 Bat Detector

Bats of Britain and Europe

Local Bat Groups

Merseyside & West Lancashire Bat Group
North Lancashire Bat Group - North West England - Bat Conservation Trust (bats.org.uk)
South Lancashire Bat Group | Registered Charity 1109519 (slbg.org.uk)

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Leigh, Lancs, United Kingdom
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What is the blog about?

A Birding Blog is my personal record of birding in my local patch — a place to gather field notes, photographs, and video clips of the small moments that make time outdoors so rewarding. After moving home, my patch has changed dramatically: from a simple suburban garden to the open countryside and wetlands of Bickershaw Country Park, Pennington Flash, Byrom Woods, and the wider Wigan Flashes. These landscapes — slowly reclaimed by nature after their industrial past — are now where I spend most of my time. I wander with a camera, watch the seasons shift, and note the birds that pass through or call this place home. This blog is my way of capturing those sightings and documenting my birding trips, something I can look back on in years to come, especially when life eventually keeps me indoors more than I’d like.

Grey Heron - Pennington Flash

Grey Heron - Pennington Flash

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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)

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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

Birding Links

  • Bardsey Bird and Field Observatory
  • BOU
  • Brockholes
  • BTO Site
  • Butterfly Conservation
  • Conservation Jobs
  • Cuckoo Tracking Project
  • Dee Estuary Birding
  • Fleetwood Bird Observatory
  • Fylde Bird Club
  • Heysham Bird Observatory
  • Hilbre Island Observatory
  • Knutsford Ornithology Society
  • Lancashire Wildlife Trust
  • Leigh Ornithological Society
  • Manchester Birding
  • RSPB
  • Rutland Water Nature Reserve
  • Spurn Bird Observatory
  • Wader Study Group
  • Walney Bird Observatory
  • We Bird North Wales
  • Wirral Birders
  • Zoological Society Native Bird Conservation Projects

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