1. Wildlife at Hale Duck Decoy ~ Winter 2011 -12
(Decoy/Wildlife)

...ifty six mallards but they had been joined by five tufted ducks. The coots and a little grebe remained too. A buzzard was display flighting over the old nest site. A juvenile cormorant arrived on the ...

2. Wildlife at Pickerings Pasture ~ Winter 2011 -12
(Pickerings/Wildlife Record)

...e time before flying over his head, into the feeding area and catching a male blackbird. Afterwards it took its victim into the waterworks area to eat it. Approximately fifteen thousand starlings were...

3. February - Things to look out for.
(Pickerings/Wildlife Record)

...d, established grassland. It is low-growing and has a rosette of bright green leaves, which are finely toothed at the edges. The leaves are soft to the touch. The flower stems are between 20 and 40 ce...

4. The seal is seen again
(Pickerings/Wildlife Record)

Neil Sunter, a regular visitor to Pickerings and a keen photographer, took several pictures of what we thought to be a grey seal, but now believe to have been a common seal, on the

5. Wildlife at Hale Duck Decoy ~ Autumn 2011
(Decoy/Wildlife)

...er The high tides came right over the marsh up to the main road and filled the moat. Two buzzards took advantage of the small mammals being flushed out by the tide and at least two voles were cau...

6. Wildlife at Pickerings Pasture ~ Autumn 2011
(Pickerings/Wildlife Record)

...piper saw it coming and literally dropped over the edge. The peregrine’s speed was such that it stood no chance of stopping in time. A few dunlins roosting nearby were also disturbed by the falc...

7. Hedgehogs found dead at Pickerings Pasture
(Pickerings/Wildlife Record)

...den, found a very small hedgehog wandering about in the approach road before the entrance gate. It was too small to be out on its own naturally so we presume it was the young of one of the two dead ad...

8. Rare bird passes over Pickerings Pasture.
(Pickerings/Wildlife Record)

...ey have slowly spread around suitable areas in Scotland and they are now breeding in the Lake District too. As part of a reintroduction scheme young birds were also released near Rutland Water,...

9. Wildlife at Pickerings Pasture ~ Summer 2011
(Pickerings/Wildlife Record)

... having a poor year in many parts of the country so twenty nine flying over the meadows was noteworthy too. The Canada geese, which nested on the island in front of the hide, hatched their youn...

10. Wildlife at Hale Duck Decoy- Spring 2011
(Decoy/Wildlife)

...casionally on the field pools; a pair each of gadwalls and shovelers was seen on quite a few occasions too. The decoy still held up to twenty five teals by early April. The tufted ducks on the decoy i...

11. Wildlife at Pickerings Pasture ~ Spring 2011
(Pickerings/Wildlife Record)

...was seen on several occasions, feeding on the ground below the feeders. Linnets were seen occasionally too. In March, two pairs of Canada geese were fighting for territory on the scrape pool, o...

12. Wildlife at Pickerings Pasture ~ Winter 2010 - 2011
(Pickerings/Wildlife Record)

...t thirty finches were present, including five bramblings. The usual great-spotted woodpecker was about too. On the pool a grey wagtail attempted to find food from the icy ground.  Seven membe...

13. Wildlife at Hale Duck Decoy- Winter 2010 / 2011
(Decoy/Wildlife)

...d calling and a couple of grey herons were back near to their old nests. A fascinating incident took place, when two peregrines were seen together on the marsh. One was an adult male and the ot...

14. Helping our wild birds survive the arctic conditions
(News and Views/News and views...)

...      Don't forget to make an extra effort to feed your garden birds too.      ...

15. Wildlife at Hale Duck Decoy ~ Autumn 2010
(Decoy/Wildlife)

...e, with fifteen grey herons, all sheltering from the wind. They tolerated much of the noise but it got too much for them, when we started work on the pond hide. Around mid-month, at least four ...

16. Sightings of Kingfishers and a Ruddy Shelduck
(News and Views/Latest)

...y Shelduck, that they had observed, from the hide, on the marsh, on the 9th October. Gary and I took food to the bird feeders, in the hide area, and spotted the Ruddy Shelduck ourselves, feedin...

17. WORK ON THE DECOY
(News and Views/Latest)

...s in October and an other two days in November. Members of the FoPP will carry out tasks on those days too.   There is always lots of work to do on the Decoy, to stop it becoming comple...

18. Wildlife at Pickerings Pasture ~ Summer 2010
(Pickerings/Wildlife Record)

...n the hide area, preparing bird-feeders etc. for the winter months. You will be made very welcome. All tools and materials are supplied.         &nb...

19. FoPP Project Day at Hale Duck Decoy July 7th
(News and Views/Latest)

... we found that the bench seating was all most hidden by the growth of grasses, nettles and bramble. It took a few hours of strimming, cutting, pulling and removing to reclaim the area. Next time...

20. A visit to Hale Duck Decoy 14.11 09
(Decoy/Guided Walks)

... John Lennon airport, engine noise became intermingled with the flapping of herons' wings, as they took to the air, from the safety of the central pool. As we strove to count the herons, teal circ...

21. Croda 1% club join FoPP Project Day
(News and Views/Latest)

...nbsp; The area in front of the hide needs cutting back every year. The FoPP provide a lot of the tools but the HBC ranger also brings along additional tools and gloves. Volunteers need to wear a...

22. Wildlife at Hale Duck Decoy ~ Summer 09
(Decoy/Wildlife)

...od: although the weather often let us down this year, several interesting moths were caught. Dog's Tooth is very common here, with 14 caught one night, whereas most people only catch single specim...

23. Bird Feeding February 09
(Pickerings/Visits)

...ees and pushing bird seed into it has been particularly successful for us and the wild bird population too. In the past we have had a lot of shop bought feeders stolen and, at the moment, we are havin...

24. Autumn Record 08
(Wildlife Record/Wildlife at Pickerings)

...ying, especially in the sheltered areas by the bird hide. They were seen egg-laying in the scrape pool too: which is surprising as it is brackish or even salty after the high tides. Migrant&nbs...

25. Autumn Record 08
(Wildlife Record/Wildlife at The Decoy)

...x chiffchaffs present. A grey wagtail was around on the 3rd October and watched on several other dates too. A kingfisher was in attendance on several days during late September and October and was see...

26. Migration Watch September 2008
(Wildlife Record/Wildlife in Hale)

...owhawk. A Peregrine which attacked the wood pigeons gave all of us a wonderful view as it went into a stoop from high up Soon after 8am, the sun started to push through and things looked up - b...

27. SUMMER 08 RECORD
(Wildlife Record/Wildlife at Pickerings)

...ylight, seemingly without a care in the world. The shelduck pair and a couple of redshank did not seem too worried by its presence. The female peregrine, which attacked a feral pigeon right in front o...

28. Wildlife at Pickerings Pasture - Summer 08
(Pickerings/Wildlife Record)

...ylight, seemingly without a care in the world. The shelduck pair and a couple of redshank did not seem too worried by its presence. The female peregrine, which attacked a feral pigeon right in front o...

29. The Hale Duck Decoy Webcam
(News and Views/Latest)

...ng to watch the drama unfold, day by day. There was a lot going on in nest boxes on other sites too. The Halton feathered baby boom is more or less over now but do take a look at the webcams. Y...

30. Chair Persons Report 08
(Friends/Meet a Friend)

.... FoPP members painted the new HDD hide on a project day in November. . A HDD Celebration Event took place. FoPP provided buffet etc. . The FoPP funds the bird food for the winter feedin...