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.