WIGAN FLASHES SITE LISTS

 

The Wigan Flashes consists of Scotsman, Pearson's, Horrock's, Turner's, Westwood and Ochre Flashes, Bryn Marsh and the Ince Landfill area.

Horrock's Flash (Photo by Judith Smith)

 

SPECIES TOTAL NAME FURTHER DETAILS
183 Dave Broome Undoubtedly this site's 'list champ' and perhaps unlikely to be beaten (pull your fingers out Woosey and Hargreaves!) his mighty list includes many terrific county birds (see his garden list for the exact details) but one of his favourites doesn't feature in his total, as the Chilean Flamingo on Pearson's Flash in 1993 has wandered from Haigh Zoo.
146 Rob Thorpe Having visited the site since an early age Rob has only seriously started covering it since 2007 or so and his best birds thus far are Cattle Egret (self-found), Green-winged Teal, Osprey, Smew and Iceland Gull.
120 Craig Higson Craig has unfortunately recorded no major blocker on the flashes infact he admits to have many more omissions than he really ought to!
116 Geoff Hargreaves Flashes 'ever present', Geoff still requires some more easily obtainable site ticks although the Avocets he missed don't fall into that category (and the memory of missing them still haunts him!) but his best birds include Smew and Grey Plover (both self found), Cattle Egret and Glaucous Gull.