Birding Sites
The area has the following sites that are good for birding. Each link leads to a description of the site, includes a map of the locality, species you might find at each site and other information.
Pennington Flash Country
Park (click)
On the map provided the entrance to the park is circled in red, with the park
and flash to the north. This site is easily accessible, lying just minutes from
the A580.
Wigan Flashes (click)
A large area of ex-industrial land covering 260 hectares and containing several
water bodies...
Astley Moss (click)
The area south of the
Hope Carr Nature Reserve
(click)
Initially an excellent project which seems to have now been put on the back
burner! A site for ducks, waders, grebes, warblers etc, but sadly the lack of
habitat maintenance on site is now seriously affecting the variety of species
it once attracted. "Still worth a visit though."
Maps provided by multimap.com.
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Nightjar One time breeding bird on the moss-land habitat within our recording area, sadly now due to peat extraction the bird is rarely seen. |
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