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The bird has been colour-ringed and dyed, part of a study that proved that birds breeding in the huge colony at Walney commuted daily to feed on landfill sites around Liverpool and Manchester.
©Mike Pennington
©S Parish
Dist:0.3km<br/>
©Ian Greig
Dist:0.3km<br/>The footpath at the end of Heath Lane, rinning behind Bracken Road.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.4km<br/>The western end of Heath Lane.
©David Dixon
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©David Long
Dist:0.5km<br/>The union-flag-bedecked car still seems a little incongruous when seen on the forecourt of a Japanese-owned car firm
©David Long
Dist:0.6km<br/>This pub looks as if it predates all the surrounding buildings. As seen in previous shots, much of what came later, which was associated with the colliery, has gone, but it has survived.
©David Long
Dist:0.7km<br/>Waste heaps lie beyond
©David Long
Dist:0.7km<br/>Public house at the corner of Leigh Street and Firs Lane.
©David Dixon
Dist:0.8km<br/>The church is Leigh St. Peter's Church of England
©Ian Greig
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©Raymond Knapman
Dist:0.8km<br/>The old map of the area shows numerous buildings in this area, most associated with Bickershaw Colliery, which lay to the right. All, including the three pubs (Packet, Grey Horse, Britannia), have gone.
©David Long
Dist:0.9km<br/>The two green-painted cages contain, I assume, pipework associated with the colliery shafts which once stood proudly here. There is a proposal to build a marina here, leading off the canal which runs between the site and the distant trees.
©David Long
Dist:0.9km<br/>Fir Tree Flash. Westleigh
©Dave Green

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