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Other Local Clubs

Blackburn Bird Club

Bradford Ornithological Group

Calderdale Birds

Chorley and District Natural History Society

Fylde Bird Club

Lancaster & District Bird Watching Club

Manchester Birding

Preston Bird Watching & Natural History Society

Rossendale Ornithologists’ Club – Bird Sightings

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Lancashire and Cheshire Fauna Society

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Fat Birder


Todays Sightings

Alston Reservoirs
  • Turnstone, 1
Fishmoor Reservoir
  • Red-throated Diver, 1
Forest Becks
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1
  • Blackbird, 1
Foulridge Reservoir Lower (Burwains)
  • Shelduck, 1
  • Black Tern, 1
  • Cormorant, 3
  • Sand Martin, 10
  • Swallow, 80
Gawthorpe Hall (incl. river)
  • Little Egret, 1
  • Chiffchaff, 1
  • Bullfinch, 4
Grimsargh Wetland
  • Little Egret, 1
Ightenhill Bridge and pool
  • Lapwing, 1
  • Lapwing, 8
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1
Parsonage Reservoir
  • Grey Phalarope, 1
  • Grey Phalarope, 1
Rishton Reservoir
  • Canada Goose, 8
  • Shoveler, 7
  • Mallard, 13
  • Teal, 6
  • Great Crested Grebe, 1
  • Ringed Plover, 1
  • Dunlin, 1
  • Common Sandpiper, 2
  • Black-headed Gull, 170
  • Herring Gull, 3
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull, 4
  • Cormorant, 4
  • Grey Heron, 2
  • Little Egret, 1
  • Sparrowhawk, 1
  • Chiffchaff, 1
  • Pied Wagtail (yarrellii), 10
  • Meadow Pipit, 3
Wood End Sewage Works
  • Shoveler, 1
  • Mallard, 50
  • Teal, 5
  • Little Grebe, 1

Upcoming meetings and trips

  • 19:30 – 21:30, 7 October 2025 – The Breeding Waders of Bowland
  • 08:00, 25 October 2025 – Hartlepool Headland
  • 19:30 – 20:30, 4 November 2025 – South African Birds


Recent Posts

  • September Indoor Meeting and 2024 Bird Report
  • 2024 Bird Report – now available to order
  • 2024 Bird Report
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