Alans end......!
Posted 19-01-10 at 04:44 PM by bassist
The name is mine for a place where i first met alan and half killed him !!!!!!! through dehydration,heatstroke and general exhaustion heehehehehe.Its on the ribble near preston docks and borders a canal,fields,a tip,a small marsh and small patches of woodland a great variety of habitats.Its a place i often go to for solitude and just to reflect and of course watch birds ...here is a list of what i saw today buzzard,kestrel,carrion crow,snipe,shelduck,mallard.great,blue, coal and long tailed tits,dunnock,wigeon,teal,cormorant,blackbird,robin ,wren,muteswan,coot,moorhen,black headed,herring,great black back and common gulls,chaffinch,white geese,fieldfare,goosander,canada geese ,curlew and redshank........and the star of the show a lifer for me a woodcock.............Peace from alans end......!
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I wondered where this was going when I saw the title - ''Peace from Alan's end'' has been a long held wish from many I know
I remember the day very well, I still have flash backs now. It was the 1st of July and scorching hot and I ended up foaming at the mouth, literally, and my head got a tan and then peeled all in the same day. I was a shivering, quivering wreck by nightfall.
You forgot to mention the blood running down my arms from the overgrown brambles and the many, many bites from Horseflies - although you came off worse there.
Still, amongst all the birds we saw that day, I had Sand Martin, Linnet and Skylark which were all lifers for me, and lets not forget the nesting Common Terns on the docks.
I've never had a place named after me before - have you put up a blue plaque?
Perhaps it should be twinned with Longton Marsh - the second place you tried to kill me, and I thought this was the friendly forum
Sounds like you had a good day out, congrats on the Woodcock.Posted 19-01-10 at 05:14 PM by alanjns
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Great post Bassist,sounds like you just arrived in time to save Alan from severe heatstroke!
Well done on seeing a Woodcock......I've never seen one but am ever hopeful!
Posted 20-01-10 at 09:14 AM by Twitcheruth
