A S Ball wrote:

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The pintail has been in Burrs CP for 2 weeks .

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Some Mallard genes mixed in there?

Photo taken on Walmersley side of the railway where the brook comes into the river. The pintail has been in Burrs CP for 2 weeks .

This morning 09:15- 1030. 

     Pintail male, initially by railway bridge over the Irwell just south of burrs halt. Then relocated to stretch of canal by the duck/ fishing pond, happily being fed alongside a host of mallard.

walmersley side of the railway line.

 Bullfinch and greenfinch numbers good and very active.

tit flock ( blue, long tailed, great & coal ) also very active.

kestrel not active at all ,not even when the train passed.

20 x fieldfares over & 6x cormorants in formation.

highlight! A jack snipe on the footpath by the railway. It let 2x spaniels right past it before darting out next to my foot.

Family groups of blackcap, magpie, carrion crow & mallard. Willow warblers, long tailed tits & wren all active and calling.

onthe river, a family group of grey wagtails & dippers together (by accident probably). There was also a young dipper on its own, flipping stones over in the shallows by the railway bridge. 

By the weir were two young herons , and by spring side farm a young buzzard calling from the trees.

Two broods of mallard on the river above the weir 6 & 5 ducklings resp.

2x dipper feeding fledglings

1 x goosander flew up the river

3x grey wagtails

East side of the railway line (not strictly the park but more burrs than Walmersley )

By the side of the railway, near the cutting (waiting to watch the train). 2x whitethroat across the tracks near the caravans, a lesser whitethroat singing(and rasping) from inside the cutting. And a wood warbler flew into the bush next to me , 20 secs and flew off into the cutting. Couldn't follow it , £1000 fine to much even for a wood warbler and 80097 + seven coaches was a major deterrent!

4th Jan 1145-1215hrs

25 Species

Swan X 1

Mallard X 82

Goosander X 1 (female)

Woodpigeon X 21

Moorhen X 1

Black-Headed Gull X 38

Cormorant X 1 (flying over)

Grey Heron X 1

 Sparrowhawk X 1

Kingfisher X 1

Magpie x 11

Jackdaw X 4

Carrion Crow x 10

Dunnock X 1

Coal Tit X 3

Blue Tit X 14

 Great Tit X 7

Long-tailed Tit X 9

Nuthatch X 2

Wren X 1

Dipper X 2

Blackbird X 7

Robin X 6

Grey Wagtail X 1 

And the usual uncountable amount of Feral Pigeon

Thanks

Bryan

-- Edited by Bryan Deighton on Monday 4th of January 2021 04:53:40 PM

Sunday 26th June

1 x blackbird

1 x Buzzard

14 x Carrion crow (10 in flock flying over, 4 on farmers field near Wire)

1 x Cetti's warbler

1 x Coot

16 x Goldfich (most of which were around the camp site)

2 x Great tit

2 x Kingfisher

5 x Long-tailed tit

4 x Magpie

43 x Mallard

1 x Mistle thrush

3 x Moorhen (1 adult 2 juveniles)

3 x Robin

1 x Song thrush

6 x Swift

Plus loads of wood and feral pigeons

Friday 24th June

4 x blackbird

1 x Canada goose

4 x Carrion crow

3 x Cetti's warbler

1 x Coot

2 x Goldfich

2 x Great tit

1 x Grey heron

1 x Grey wagtail

3 x Kingfisher

4 x Long-tailed tit

12 x Mallard

2 x Moorhen

2 x Robin

1 x Song thrush

2 x Swift

Large amounts of Wood pigeons, feral pigeons and Magpies.

Monday

Rose-ringed parakeet in the trees near the water wheel sculpture

Dipper on the river near railway bridge

Friday

Chiffchaff heard and seen on path from Brandlesholme Road to Burrs CP

Goosander pair (M&F)  in breeding plumage seen most days

Thursday 

Oystercatchers, teal, herons seen on large puddle on the farmers field across the river at the top of steps near the weir

c6 or 7 Brambling feeding in the muddy field by The Garsdale this morning .

Plenty of Kingfisher activity this afternoon, with at least 2 birds present. 1 Dipper on the river and 1 Chiffchaff.

Goosander still has all 11 ducklings, photo upstream of the weir early this morning.

Also near the weir

Kingfisher

Grey wagtail nesting

Dipper nesting

Upstream of the weir

Goosander and 11ducklings, 1on her back and 10 in her slipstream

On Bury Grounds

Lesser whitethroat seen and heard

On the path to Brandlesholme Road

Chiffchaff seen and heard

20 House martins over Derby farm field and a Lonely swallow on the wire

Dipper on the river flashing its white eyelids

5 nest rookery fully occupied

Monday evening sun

On the river

3 dippers, 2 adults and a fledgling being fed, near the railway bridge

Another dipper near the weir (different male on overnight watch)

2 grey wagtails near waterfall off farmers field

Kingfisher near railway bridge

Not on river.... but for the first time in Burrs CP

2 rooks being vocal next to 5 nests ( does this make a rookery?)

In garden

Redpoll in my garden on my apple blossom tree overlooking Burrs CP(photo)

Is it a lesser or Mealy?

Yesterday on chimney

Cormorant(photo)

On river

2 goosanders m&f

2 grey wagtail

2 dippers collecting moss

In trees above shale cliff

Jay

On chimney

Cormorant

On the river

Good Friday

2 dippers visiting nest site frequently (occasionally with faecal sac removal)

Saturday

Grey wagtail

Goosander

-- Edited by A S Ball on Saturday 31st of March 2018 09:13:36 PM

Yesterday at dusk

1 Kingfisher(at last) flew upstream and landed on the tree which is in the river just above the weir.

It stayed perched long enough for me to id as a male.(black lower mandible) But sadly no camera.

2 goosander(m & f) upstream of weir.

1 dipper near railway bridge.

150+ jackdaw flying noisily south.

On the Irwell

4 pairs of Dippers at different spots

3 goosanders - adult pair upstream of the weir, single juvenile (or female)

On the flooded field on the other bank from the weir best viewed from the top of the steps on the path going upstream of the weir

12 teal

2 oystercatchers

16 lapwing

Herons catching frogs

On Derby farm field

2 mistle thrush ( no winter thrushes)

5 meadow pipit

4 pied wagtail

2 lapwing (one on the ground, the other bombing interested magpies )

Various locations river bank, trees near pub, canal aqueduct,  & garden collecting moss 

goldcrest (picture will not load?)

On the farmers field on the opposite side of the weir

2 oystercatchers

20 lapwings

3 unidentified waders(too far away) and 6 small ducks(probably teal) in the flooded fields

several sheep

10 Herons hiding from the snow in the trees below the heronry

On the canal feeder

1 heron waiting to catch frogs distracted by spawning 

On the river,

2pairs of dippers, 1pair near the railway bridge, the other pair near the weir.

2 wrens with nesting material on canal feeder.

On Derby farm field,

15 redwing

3 pied Wagtail

5 lapwings

On heronry

12 herons nesting and bringing in nesting twigs/ short branches

On Clarence Park lido Bury amongst many black headed gulls, coots and mallards

Little Grebe 1

Lesser black backed gull 2

Today 11/3.

Derby Farm field, 8 lapwing.

Flying over river, little egret(not previously seen by me around Burrs).

Circling overhead,1 Buzzard.

Garden highlight, goldcrest.

Other sign of spring, frogs started spawning yesterday, 4 days later than last year delayed by the beast.

Derby farm field next to the Garsdale. 

3 lapwing this morning, one was flying around, calling(peewit), and fighting off 2 jackdaw in flight.

5 pied wagtails.

No winter thrushes at all.

3 mistle thrush.

On river Saturday 24/2.

Glimpse of a kingfisher north of the weir (spotted last 2 days). 

Dipper in the rapids near railway bridge(spotted most days)

Heronry at dusk, 12 herons seemed to be sat on nests, with other herons perched around.

Notable on garden feeders next to Burrs.

2 Nuthatch.

Goldcrest.

Originally posted today by Alan Ball:

12 herons nesting near Burrs Country Park. Best viewing is from the small hill behind the caravan park, then look towards a pylon on the west side of the river.