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If you have an article on birds and/or birding in East Lancs that you think would be of interest to birders in the area, then please email Bill Aspin. All articles submitted will be considered for publication on the website - thank you.

East Lancs Gull Pages

Glossy Ibis at Brockholes Quarry, 1st-2nd October 2006 - by Bill Berry. - added: 04/10/06.

Stonechats - a continuing success - by Pete Woodruff

Water Rails in East Lancashire (ELOC recording area) 1992-1995 - by Tony Cooper.

Yellow Browed Warbler at New Laithe Farm, Newton, 7th-12th Oct 2005 - by Mark Breaks.  

Pectoral Sandpiper at Brockholes Quarry, 13th August 2005 - by Bill Aspin.

The Grey Phalarope at New Laithe Farm, Newton, Lancs, 27th-30th Aug 2005 - by Margaret Breaks.

Missing? - A personal view on three summer migrant species - by Pete Woodruff.

1stw Caspian Gull at Fishmoor Res, Blackburn, 26th-27th Feb 2005 - the first fully documented county record - by John Wright.  

Images of a Hawfinch at Witton Country Park, Blackburn, Jan 2005 - by Bill Aspin. 

Two Richards Pipits, Shedden Clough, 2nd-19th Dec 2004 - by Allen Holmes.  

Ferruginous Duck at Brockholes Quarry, 12th-17th Sept 2004 - by Bill Aspin.

The Semipalmated Sandpiper at Brockholes Quarry, 25th July 2004 - a 'warts-n-all' account - by Tony Disley and Bill Aspin.

Manx Shearwater, Brockholes Quarry, 17th July 2004 - by John Wright.

Pectoral Sandpiper at Brockholes Quarry - 9th July 2004 - the second site record - by Tony Disley.

Dartford Warbler on Darwen Moor, 3rd-17th May 2003 - The first Lancashire Record - by S.J. Martin.

The Withnell Moor Stone Curlew, 29-30th June 2004 - by Ian Cameron.  

Honey Buzzard at Brockholes Quarry, 5th October 2003 - by John Wright.

Juv Pectoral Sandpiper at Brockholes Quarry, 09-10.09.03 - by Bill Aspin.

The Richards Pipit at Parsonage Reservoir, Oct 14-16th 2003 - by Bill Aspin.

The influx of wildfowl to Stocks Reservoir, Dec 6th-7th 2003, put into site context  -  by Tony Cooper.

Images of the 1stw Eurasian Spoonbill at Brockholes Quarry, 29th Nov-4th Dec 2003, inc. details of past local records - by Bill Aspin.

Two juvenile Pectoral Sandpipers at Stocks Reservoir - 8th Sept 2003 - by Glenn Hodkinson.

Stonechats at Langden Brook, October 2003 - by Pete Woodruff.

An escaped Little Egret at Brockholes Quarry on 09.06.03. - by Bill Aspin.

Manx Shearwater at Stocks Reservoir on 18.06.03. (inc, all known previously documented records within the ELOC recording area) - by Bill Aspin and John Metcalfe. 

The Golden Oriole at Stocks Reservoir on 14.06.03. - by Tim Melling.

1st summer Ring-billed Gull at Brockholes Quarry on 01.06.03. - by Colin Bushell.

Images and comment on the Cant Clough Reservoir Water Pipit.

Images of 'White-winged' Gulls during winter 2002/2003 - by Bill Aspin.  

The 2cy White-tailed Eagle at Stocks Reservoir on 12.03.03. - by Pete Wilson.

The Bittern at Belmont Reservoir - January 2003 - Bill Aspin.

The Ribchester Black-crowned Night Heron - December 2002 - by Bill Aspin.

The Great-Grey Shrikes in Bowland during winter 2002/2003 by Bill Aspin -  (including a history of past G.G. Shrike occurrences in the region, by A. A. Cooper).

The Green-winged Teal at Stocks Reservoir, 17-21/10/02 - The first East Lancashire record - by Bill Aspin.

Jack Snipe at Brockholes Quarry, October 2002 - A rare opportunity - by Bill Aspin.

A Snow Bunting on Longridge Fell - October 2002 - By Bill Aspin.

A 2nd calendar year Yellow-legged Gull at Fishmoor Reservoir, Blackburn in mid-September 2002 - by Bill Aspin.  

Common Crossbills at Beacon Fell Country Park during Autumn 2002 - by Bill Aspin.

Red-necked Phalarope at Burnley WWTW - 27.05.02 - by Bill Aspin.

Arctic Skua at Stocks Reservoir - 13th May 2002 - by Tony Disley.  

The Spoonbill at Stocks Reservoir on 13.05.02 by Bill Aspin.

Temmincks Stint and Little Egret at Brockholes Quarry - 09-11.05.02 - by Bill Aspin.

The annual Spring Whimbrel spectacle at Brockholes quarry, Lancashire by Bill Aspin.

Common Crane, Hyles Moor, Bolton-by-Bowland, March 2002. The first East Lancashire record - by Keith Mudd.

Fulmar at Stocks Reservoir, February 2nd 2002, by Margaret Breaks.

Ring-billed Gulls at Fishmoor Reservoir, in 1994 and 2002 - by John Wright.

French-ringed Yellow-Legged Gull in East Lancashire during Aug-Sept 2001, by Tony Disley.

Bonapartes Gull at Rowley Lake, Burnley, October 25th 2001, by Bob Ashworth.

Islandica Black-tailed Godwits at Brockholes Quarry in late April 2001 - A remarkable passage - by Bill Aspin.  

Black-throated Diver, Stocks Reservoir, October 10th 2000, by Bill Aspin.

Honey Buzzards, Brockholes Quarry, Sept 22nd 2000, by Bill Aspin.

Pectoral Sandpiper, Champion Moor flood, 17-22nd Sept  2000, by Bill Aspin.

Pectoral Sandpiper, Stocks Reservoir, 1st-11th July 2000, by Bill Aspin.

Pectoral Sandpiper, Champion Moor Flood, 6-8th May 2000, by Bill  Aspin.

The juv Pomerine Skua at Lower Foulridge Reservoir, 28-29.11.99, by Peter Hornby.

Common Rosefinch at Jackhouse Reservoir, Oswaldtwistle, 18-21.06.1999, by John Metcalfe.

A Lancashire Bird Race - 8th May 1999 - by James Walsh.

Laughing Gull at Brockholes Quarry, May 2nd 1999, by John Wright.

Juvenile American Golden Plover at Fishmoor Reservoir, 28th Oct - 11th Nov 1995 - by Bill Aspin.

Wryneck at Dean Clough Reservoir - Sept 1994 - by Tony Disley.

Eurasian Bittern on the River Ribble in July 1984 by Tony Disley.