Dave Craven: Hale & Pickerings Pasture Year List 2021 BOU, All records Record(s) 1 to 172 of 172 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Brent Goose Branta bernicla 15/04/2021 Hale Marsh Single DBB on 15/04. 2 Canada Goose Branta canadensis 01/01/2021 Carr Lane Pools 3 Barnacle Goose Branta leucopsis 05/01/2021 Hale Lighthouse 5 on Frodsham Score on 05/01. 4 Greylag Goose Anser anser 01/01/2021 Carr Lane Pools 5 Pink-footed Goose Anser brachyrhynchus 01/01/2021 Carr Lane 6 Mute Swan Cygnus olor 03/01/2021 Hale Lighthouse 3 on Ince Marshes (03/01) 7 Whooper Swan Cygnus cygnus 02/01/2021 Hale Shore 8 Egyptian Goose Alopochen aegyptiaca 30/05/2021 Hale Shore 2 on the Mersey off Weaver Sluice 30/05. 9 Shelduck Tadorna tadorna 01/01/2021 Hale Marsh 10 Mandarin Duck Aix galericulata 08/08/2021 Hale Lighthouse 11 Garganey Spatula querquedula 10/04/2021 Carr Lane 12 Shoveler Spatula clypeata 01/01/2021 Town Lane 13 Gadwall Mareca strepera 01/01/2021 Pickerings Pasture 14 Wigeon Mareca penelope 02/01/2021 Hale Shore 15 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos 01/01/2021 Pickerings Pasture 16 Pintail Anas acuta 02/01/2021 Hale Shore 17 Teal Anas crecca 01/01/2021 Carr Lane Pools 18 Pochard Aythya ferina 31/03/2021 Within Way 19 Tufted Duck Aythya fuligula 02/01/2021 Hale Shore 20 Common Scoter Melanitta nigra 04/05/2021 Hale Lighthouse 2 fem/1y W of Lighthouse 04/05. 21 Goldeneye Bucephala clangula 02/01/2021 Hale Shore 22 Goosander Mergus merganser 31/03/2021 Within Way 23 Grey Partridge Perdix perdix 01/01/2021 Carr Lane 24 Pheasant Phasianus colchicus 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 25 Red-legged Partridge Alectoris rufa 01/01/2021 Carr Lane 26 Swift Apus apus 27/04/2021 Pickerings Pasture 27 Cuckoo Cuculus canorus 20/04/2021 Carr Lane 28 Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) Columba livia 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 29 Stock Dove Columba oenas 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 30 Woodpigeon Columba palumbus 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 31 Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 32 Water Rail Rallus aquaticus 01/01/2021 Carr Lane 33 Moorhen Gallinula chloropus 01/01/2021 Carr Lane Pools 34 Coot Fulica atra 02/01/2021 Halebank Park 35 Little Grebe Tachybaptus ruficollis 05/01/2021 36 Great Crested Grebe Podiceps cristatus 02/01/2021 Hale Lighthouse 37 Oystercatcher Haematopus ostralegus 01/01/2021 Pickerings Pasture 38 Avocet Recurvirostra avosetta 31/03/2021 Within Way 39 Grey Plover Pluvialis squatarola 02/01/2021 Hale Lighthouse 40 Golden Plover Pluvialis apricaria 02/01/2021 Hale Lighthouse 41 Ringed Plover Charadrius hiaticula 02/01/2021 Hale Lighthouse 42 Little Ringed Plover Charadrius dubius 27/03/2021 Town Lane 43 Lapwing Vanellus vanellus 01/01/2021 Carr Lane Pools 44 Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 10/04/2021 Hale Shore 45 Curlew Numenius arquata 01/01/2021 Pickerings Pasture 46 Bar-tailed Godwit Limosa lapponica 05/01/2021 47 Black-tailed Godwit Limosa limosa 06/01/2021 Hale Lighthouse 48 Jack Snipe Lymnocryptes minimus 02/01/2021 Halebank Park 49 Woodcock Scolopax rusticola 01/01/2021 Carr Lane 50 Snipe Gallinago gallinago 01/01/2021 Carr Lane Pools 51 Common Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos 01/01/2021 Pickerings Pasture 52 Green Sandpiper Tringa ochropus 16/04/2021 Town Lane 53 Wood Sandpiper Tringa glareola 15/05/2021 Town Lane Single on Town Lane (15/5) 54 Redshank Tringa totanus 01/01/2021 Carr Lane Pools 55 Spotted Redshank Tringa erythropus 01/05/2021 Carr Lane Pools 56 Greenshank Tringa nebularia 03/04/2021 Pickerings Pasture 57 Turnstone Arenaria interpres 02/01/2021 Within Way 58 Knot Calidris canutus 02/01/2021 Hale Lighthouse 59 Ruff Calidris pugnax 27/03/2021 Hale Marsh 60 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea 02/05/2021 Hale Shore Partial brpl E of Lighthouse on 02/05 61 Sanderling Calidris alba 27/04/2021 Hale Shore 62 Dunlin Calidris alpina 02/01/2021 Within Way 63 Little Stint Calidris minuta 30/03/2021 Pickerings Pasture 64 Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea 15/05/2021 Hale Lighthouse 7x E past Hale Lighthouse (15/5) 65 Common Tern Sterna hirundo 23/05/2021 Hale Shore 3 sat on shore E of Lighthouse briefly 23/05. 66 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 27/04/2021 Hale Shore 3 feeding off Oglet/Airport 27/4. 67 Little Gull Hydrocoloeus minutus 27/04/2021 Hale Shore 5 (4ad, 1imm) flew W over Frodsham 68 Kittiwake Rissa tridactyla 29/09/2021 Hale Lighthouse Juv feeding W of Lighthouse 29/09. 69 Black-headed Gull Chroicocephalus ridibundus 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 70 Mediterranean Gull Ichthyaetus melanocephalus 01/01/2021 Pickerings Pasture 71 Common Gull Larus canus 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 72 Caspian Gull Larus cachinnans 11/07/2021 Pickerings Pasture 1s pre-high tide on gull roost by old Runcorn Bridge 11/07. 73 Herring Gull Larus argentatus 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 74 Yellow-legged Gull Larus michahellis 01/01/2021 Pickerings Pasture 75 Great Black-backed Gull Larus marinus 01/01/2021 Pickerings Pasture 76 Lesser Black-backed Gull Larus fuscus 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 77 Common Guillemot Uria aalge 21/10/2021 Hale Lighthouse 78 Leach's Petrel Hydrobates leucorhous 05/10/2021 Hale Lighthouse 2 seen moving west past Hale Lighthouse during strong NW’lies 05/10. 79 Gannet Morus bassanus 05/10/2021 Church Lane Juv flew E over Church Lane at rooftop height! On 05/10. 80 Cormorant Phalacrocorax carbo 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 81 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 06/06/2021 Hale Village Single flying SE over Cocklade Lane, Hale 06/06. 82 Spoonbill Platalea leucorodia 01/05/2021 Carr Lane Pools 83 Bittern Botaurus stellaris 12/12/2021 Halebank Park/Alstom 84 Little Egret Egretta garzetta 01/01/2021 Carr Lane Pools 85 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 23/04/2021 Hale Decoy 2 left the decoy roost 23/4. 86 Great White Egret Ardea alba 01/01/2021 Pickerings Pasture 87 Grey Heron Ardea cinerea 01/01/2021 Carr Lane Pools 88 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 30/03/2021 Carr Lane 89 Sparrowhawk Accipiter nisus 01/01/2021 Carr Lane 90 Marsh Harrier Circus aeruginosus 02/01/2021 Hale Lighthouse 91 Hen Harrier Circus cyaneus 28/03/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 92 Red Kite Milvus milvus 27/03/2021 Carr Lane 93 Buzzard Buteo buteo 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 94 Barn Owl Tyto alba 02/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 95 Little Owl Athene noctua 02/01/2021 Within Way 96 Long-eared Owl Asio otus 03/01/2021 Carr Lane 97 Short-eared Owl Asio flammeus 02/01/2021 Hale Shore 98 Tawny Owl Strix aluco 02/01/2021 Carr Lane 99 Kingfisher Alcedo atthis 01/01/2021 Pickerings Pasture 100 Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major 01/01/2021 Carr Lane 101 Green Woodpecker Picus viridis 02/04/2021 Hale Shore Heard calling from Old Pits before moving to Willow Bed 02/04. Patch Lifer!! 102 Kestrel Falco tinnunculus 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 103 Merlin Falco columbarius 01/01/2021 Carr Lane 104 Hobby Falco subbuteo 12/04/2021 Town Lane Exceptionally early 12/04 (by 10 days, and 2 weeks ahead of average arrival)! 105 Peregrine Falco peregrinus 02/01/2021 Within Way 106 Ring-necked Parakeet Psittacula krameri 05/01/2021 Hale Village 107 Jay Garrulus glandarius 02/01/2021 Within Way 108 Magpie Pica pica 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 109 Jackdaw Coloeus monedula 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 110 Rook Corvus frugilegus 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 111 Carrion Crow Corvus corone 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 112 Raven Corvus corax 02/01/2021 Within Way 113 Coal Tit Periparus ater 01/01/2021 Pickerings Pasture 114 Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 115 Great Tit Parus major 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 116 Skylark Alauda arvensis 02/01/2021 Hale Shore 117 Sand Martin Riparia riparia 28/03/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 118 Swallow Hirundo rustica 27/03/2021 Carr Lane 119 House Martin Delichon urbicum 29/03/2021 Carr Lane Pools 120 Cetti's Warbler Cettia cetti 01/01/2021 Carr Lane 121 Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus 01/01/2021 Carr Lane 122 Willow Warbler Phylloscopus trochilus 31/03/2021 Carr Lane 123 Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita 02/01/2021 Pickerings Pasture 124 Sedge Warbler Acrocephalus schoenobaenus 18/04/2021 Carr Lane 125 Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus 19/04/2021 Carr Lane 126 Grasshopper Warbler Locustella naevia 17/04/2021 Carr Lane 127 Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla 02/01/2021 Within Way 128 Garden Warbler Sylvia borin 27/04/2021 Pickerings Pasture 129 Lesser Whitethroat Curruca curruca 25/04/2021 Pickerings Pasture 130 Whitethroat Curruca communis 14/04/2021 Within Way 131 Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla 02/01/2021 Hale Park 132 Goldcrest Regulus regulus 02/01/2021 Hale Park 133 Wren Troglodytes troglodytes 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 134 Nuthatch Sitta europaea 02/01/2021 Hale Park 135 Treecreeper Certhia familiaris 02/01/2021 Hale Park 136 Starling Sturnus vulgaris 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 137 Song Thrush Turdus philomelos 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 138 Mistle Thrush Turdus viscivorus 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 139 Redwing Turdus iliacus 01/01/2021 Carr Lane 140 Blackbird Turdus merula 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 141 Fieldfare Turdus pilaris 01/01/2021 Carr Lane 142 Ring Ouzel Turdus torquatus 02/04/2021 Hale Shore Single flew E over Hale Shore 02/04. 143 Spotted Flycatcher Muscicapa striata 09/05/2021 Hale Church 144 Robin Erithacus rubecula 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 145 Pied Flycatcher Ficedula hypoleuca 28/08/2021 Pickerings Pasture Single fem/1y in control meadows 28/08. 146 Redstart Phoenicurus phoenicurus 14/04/2021 Carr Lane 147 Whinchat Saxicola rubetra 24/04/2021 Burnt Mill Farm Singles at BMF and Hale Marsh 24/4 148 Stonechat Saxicola rubicola 01/01/2021 149 Wheatear Oenanthe oenanthe 30/03/2021 Carr Lane 150 Tree Sparrow Passer montanus 10/10/2021 Church Lane 17 moving SE during vismig on 10/10. 151 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 152 Dunnock Prunella modularis 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 153 Yellow Wagtail Motacilla flava 07/04/2021 Town Lane First Channel Wagtail also 08/04 Town Lane. 154 Grey Wagtail Motacilla cinerea 02/01/2021 Pickerings Pasture 155 Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 156 Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis 01/01/2021 Carr Lane 157 Tree Pipit Anthus trivialis 15/04/2021 Burnt Mill Farm Single W over BMF 15/04 158 Water Pipit Anthus spinoletta 01/01/2021 Carr Lane 159 Rock Pipit Anthus petrosus 02/01/2021 Within Way 160 Chaffinch Fringilla coelebs 01/01/2021 Carr Lane 161 Brambling Fringilla montifringilla 02/01/2021 United Utilites 162 Hawfinch Coccothraustes coccothraustes 30/10/2021 Church Lane, Hale Single flew S with Redwings on 30/10. 163 Bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula 01/01/2021 Pickerings Pasture 164 Greenfinch Chloris chloris 02/01/2021 Within Way 165 Linnet Linaria cannabina 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 166 Lesser Redpoll Acanthis cabaret 06/01/2021 Church Wood, Within Way 167 Common Crossbill Loxia curvirostra 06/06/2021 Hale Shore 4 flying N over Hale Shore 06/06. 168 Goldfinch Carduelis carduelis 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 169 Siskin Spinus spinus 02/01/2021 170 Corn Bunting Emberiza calandra 03/04/2021 Burnt Mill Farm 171 Yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella 01/01/2021 Carr Lane 172 Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus 01/01/2021 Burnt Mill Farm