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I went on a bit of a local twitch to Pennington Flash and struck lucky then had a stroll through Byrom Hall Wood.

Buzzard, Byrom Hall Wood I really wasn't in the mood for doing anything at all today, it was even an effort to make a pot of tea. I saw the ...

A wander round Pennington Flash. And a reminder that little ringed plovers would be beggars to spot if they kept still for any length of time.

Canada goose and little ringed plover It was a greyer sort of a day than it has been lately but still not unpleasant. I dawdled about all mo...

A few hours at Pennington Flash.

Mallard duckling I tossed a coin for today and had a wander round Pennington Flash. Yesterday, by some miracle, I missed all the rain and ha...

Pennington Flash in the rain.

Courting mute swans The blackbird started singing at twenty to six. I wondered what we were both doing being awake at that time and had anot...

A seagull stood on a rock and its reflection at Pennington Flash, leigh, Greater Manchester.

A murmuration of peewits, aka lapwings, over Pennington Flash, Leigh, Greater Manchester.

The back of the head of a wooden sculpture of a figure by one of the bird hides at Pennington Flash, Leigh, Greater Manchester.

The "pages" of a book sculpture next to the Bridgewater Canal near Pennington Flash, Leigh, Greater Manchester

A potter about Pennington Flash on a gloomy afternoon.

Mallards and goosanders It was a mild, grey, wet and windy day so I opted for a wander round Pennington Flash on the basis it's easy to esc...

An afternoon at Pennington Flash.

Black-headed gull The morning's errands done I decided to take advantage of a ridiculously mild and sunny day for a visit to Pennington Flas...