Morning stroll from warden centre to Crime Lake & return. 20 Mallard, 17 male / 3 female 3 Hybrid Mallard 60+ Canada Geese. 2 Mute Swans 11+ Coot. 7 Moorhen 1 Willow Warbler. 3 Chiffchaff seen + at least 5 more calling 4 Long Tailed Tits 1 Greenfinch 1 Coal Tit 1 Dunnock 2 Wrens, several more heard. At least 3 Nuthatches heard, not seen. Not counted - Magpies, Crows, Blue Tits, Great Tits, House Sparrows. Robins
Mike Chorley said
Tue Jan 30 5:02 PM, 2024
Daisy Nook 11.30-14.00
Goosander 1 M Crime Lake Goldcrest 1 Grey Heron 1 Crime Lake, round the corner at the top end. Tufted Duck 2 - pair on Sammy's Basin. Treecreeper 1 Ring-necked Parakeet 2 minimum, in the usual area, possibly more over the other side of the valley later Pied Wagtail 1 on feeder tray at Visitor Centre Common Buzzard 1 over Visitor Centre mobbed by Carrion Crows. It or another seen circling over Bardsley later before it headed back towards Crime Lake Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 calling and drumming.
Also Canada Goose Mute Swan Coot Moorhen Mallard Long-Tailed Tit Coal Tit Great Tit Blue Tit Robin Dunnock Goldfinch House Sparrow
John Taylor said
Sun Jan 21 4:45 PM, 2024
Not sure if this is the right thread but 2 goosander (1m, 1f) on the river through Brookdale golf course at 0800 this morning.
James Walsh said
Tue May 10 5:14 PM, 2022
2 Swifts c10 Swallows c10 House Martins 2 Great Crested Grebe 3 Tufted Duck (2 drakes)
James Walsh said
Sun May 8 8:55 AM, 2022
Saturday 7th May 2022
2 Great Crested Grebes
James Walsh said
Fri Apr 29 10:11 AM, 2022
Drake North American Wood Duck Daisy Nook Country Park
Information thanks to Colin Hajdukiewicz
James Walsh said
Mon Apr 25 5:20 PM, 2022
Little Egret Daisy Nook Country Park
Information thanks to Lynn Chadderton
James Walsh said
Thu Apr 21 9:18 AM, 2022
Wednesday 20th April 2022
Drake Mandarin, Daisy Nook Country Park
Information thanks to Jonathan Hardwick
James Walsh said
Thu Mar 31 9:21 PM, 2022
Osprey in flight at Daisy Nook Country Park at 10:30am
Walking around Daisy Nook this morning at approximately 09.15 am with the dogs. Heard the familiar sound of honking very high up and a way off. Thought I would see a skein of wild geese when I eventually caught sight of them. The sound was not as high pitched as Pink Footed Geese which was strange, through binoculars saw that the birds were all white, long white necks, I'm sure they were Whooper Swans. There were 37 altogether in a fairly tight skein with one out at the front. They were flying roughly East or North East. Did anyone else see them flying over Greater Manchester?
(This evening I was lucky enough to see a Curlew flying over and calling, heading for Stalybridge/Glossop.)
James Walsh said
Sat Feb 26 4:25 PM, 2022
2 Great Crested Grebe 2 Mute Swan 6 Tufted Ducks
David Bramhall said
Mon Jan 3 10:15 PM, 2022
VERY MILD DULL AND MAINLY OVERCAST 12:15 -15:00
CANALSIDE FEEDING POINT NEAR RIVERSVALE.
Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Dunnock, Robin also 4x Ring-necked Parakeets in trees opposite.
CANALSIDE FEEDING POINT TOWARDS CRIME LAKE.
Long-tailed Tits, Great Tit, Reed Bunting (Male). Chaffinch, Robin. Also noted bathing below the wall Wren, 4 x Bullfinch (three male & a female ) .
CRIME LAKE.
Kingfisher, Coot, Moorhen, Mallard, Tufted Duck (two male), Canada Geese, Cormorant ( flew over), Mute Swan (pair on the canal).
2 Teal - roosting in the tributary channel 1 Tufted Duck - Crime Lake (seems to have an injured left wing)
James Walsh said
Thu May 6 7:37 PM, 2021
50 Swallows 10 Sand Martins 1 male Reed Bunting 2 singing Blackcap 1 male Whitethroat
John Taylor said
Fri Mar 26 4:05 PM, 2021
Dipper on river adjacent to Medlock Vale fishing lake this afternoon.
John Taylor said
Thu Mar 25 4:08 PM, 2021
M + F goosander about on river near Medlock Vale fishing lake.
Andrea Wilson said
Fri Feb 12 11:30 PM, 2021
Thank you for the confirmation, glad I got something right
Andrea
Rob Creek said
Fri Feb 12 8:59 PM, 2021
Definitely a Lesser Black-backed Gull Andrea, the mantle is way too dark for a Yellow-legged Gull.
Andrea Wilson said
Fri Feb 12 8:10 PM, 2021
Please can someone confirm that this is a lesser black backed gull. I really am useless with gulls and wouldn't know a yellow legged gull if it fell on my head, I always go for the obvious first.
8.15am to 9am Crime lake area.
Blackbird
Mallard
Mute swan
Moorhen
Coot
Canada goose
Shoveler
Grey heron
Dunnock
Red wing
Robin
Blue tit
Great tit
Magpie
Woodpigoen
Carrion crow
Chaffinch
Black headed gull
Gary Crowder said
Mon Jan 4 10:44 AM, 2021
4 (3 drake) Shoveler, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe and a Kingfisher this morning
Mark Rigby said
Sat Jan 2 8:59 PM, 2021
1/1/21
First visit here for a long time.
2 drake Shoveler at 1115hrs but no sign today.
Andrea Wilson said
Mon Sep 28 8:11 AM, 2020
Report of a Great White Egret briefly appearing at Crime Lake yesterday morning. Photo by Malcolm Doyle, with permission.
-- Edited by Andrea Wilson on Monday 28th of September 2020 08:14:48 AM
2 Kingfisher flew along River Medlock not too far from the fishery.
8 Collared Dove at Daisy Nook Visitor Centre.
3 Great Crested Grebe (2 juve)
7 Mute Swan (5 juve)
-- Edited by Kev Jin on Sunday 13th of September 2020 12:26:52 AM
Sean Molloy said
Mon Aug 3 10:19 PM, 2020
12.30 - 16.00 3/7/20 Overcast initially sunny later in the afternoon
Great-Crested Grebe - Both adults and 4 young all doing well
Mute Swan - Both adults and 5 young now beginning to moult and turn white
1 Nuthatch on feeder by cafe
1 Treecreeper - about 5 feet from path giving cracking views
1 Willow Warbler
Plus all the usual residents
Sean Molloy said
Wed Jul 29 4:28 PM, 2020
14.00 Today - walk from cafe to crime lake and back
All the usual Coots, Moorhens and Mallards. One female mallard on the first pond after the visitor centre with some very recent ducklings
Both adult Mute swans with 5 juvs - getting big now! All on the boardwalk around Sammys basin having a group preening session
Just the 1 adult Great crested Grebe on crime lake with 3 young - 4th may have been with adult elsewhere
Hirundine and swift numbers noticeably less. A single Swift over crime lake, 3 Swallows and 2 house martin
Bridge over crime lane where food has been left out was really productive - 2 nuthatches, a great tit, 4 robins and a coal tit all feeding right on the wall by the path giving really close up views 20 Canada geese and domestic Chinese goose
What looked like Mallard/Call duck hybrid on canal
X2 Grey herons
-- Edited by Sean Molloy on Wednesday 29th of July 2020 04:30:20 PM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 29th of July 2020 04:49:58 PM
Sean Molloy said
Wed Jul 15 7:14 PM, 2020
15.00 - 17.15 Intermittent drizzle & overcast
Highlights:
Fantastic views of Kingfisher on NW end of crime lake fishing from low branches and fishing platforms
Grey Wagtail on river medlock viewed from bridge on main path
Swifts 10 + flying low over bridge several came very close
Great Crested Grebe 2 with 4 chicks - enjoying watching these guys grow, still have their striped heads and are currently practicing their diving skills. They were quite close and you could see them underwater like black and white torpedos!
2 Mute swans with their 5 cygnets
2 House Martin
Flock of c10 Long-tailed tit
Goldfinch
Song Thrush
Swallows
All the usuals Mallards, Coots, Canada Geese, Moorhens all out in force
Collared Dove
Small flocks of Great Tits around the canal path
-- Edited by Sean Molloy on Wednesday 15th of July 2020 08:43:48 PM
Sean Molloy said
Thu Jul 9 9:05 PM, 2020
18.30 - 20.00 Overcast occasional light drizzle
Moorhens and Coots still doing well with many still building nests and plenty of young chicks about
8 Swallows and 3 Swift over Sammy's basin
Coots with young having repeated standoffs with brown rat at the basin - rat wanted to get to some bird food that had been put around their but the coots were having none of it!
Chiffchaff heard several times
2 Adult Mute Swans and 5 cygnets! The 5th one must have been hiding very well last time but I was chuffed to see it'd rematerialised
1 of the adult swans spent a good ten minutes pursuing a female mallard with chicks, repeatedly trying to peck the female. Eventually the mallard chicks went and hid under the overhanging trees on the edge of the canal and the female mallard led the swan down to crime lake before flying off back in the direction off it's chicks.
25 Canada Geese with a domestic Chinese goose amongst them
2 Adult Great crested grebe with 4 chicks - all doing well and growing up quickly
Song Thrush
Dunnock
River Medlock near stannybrook road:
1 Grey Heron
1 Grey Wagtail
30 Swallows
8 Swift
Dipper very briefly seen
4 Robin
3 Blackbird
Sean Molloy said
Sat Jul 4 6:26 PM, 2020
Walk from visitor centre and back this PM. 1430 - 1645 drizzling rain
Lots of Moorhen and Coots in every available bit of water either with chicks or nest building - seem to be doing really well this year
Bridge over medlock very productive:
2 Grey Wagtails (M + F) feeding in river viewed from bridge
9 Swifts diving over really close
Flock of 5 Long-tailed tits
Sammy's basin to crime lake:
Fledgling robin very close to the path waiting for parents to return
The 2 Mute Swans were on Sammy basin with 4 cygnets - 1 must have died as I stuck with them a while and there was definitely no sign of a 5th. One adult (silver ring left leg) later passed by with the 4 cygnets on the canal going toward crime lake
Brief fly-by from Kingfisher flying away from Crime lake over crime farm close to canal. Flew over trees and down presumably toward the river
2 Black-headed Gull - one over sammy basin and another at crime lake
2 adult Great crested grebe with 4 chicks on crime lake reasonably close to the path which gave fantastic views of the chicks and the parents fishing for them
5 goldfinch in trees around crime lake
Dunnock
Chiffchaffs heard several times
Attached a few mobile phone pictures of the cygnets and adult when they passed on the canal - other adult remained at Sammy's basin
Singing Lesser Whitethroat Kingfisher Pair of Great Crested Grebes with two chicks Pair of Mute Swans with five cygnets
Sean Molloy said
Mon Jun 22 10:35 PM, 2020
Quick walk around 17.00 - 18.00. 6 Swallows over car park
Great close up views of a Nuthatch near the little squirrel table
20+ Swifts engaging in some serious aerial acrobatics seen from the bridge over the river
2 Great crested grebe on crime lake
Plenty of mallards and coots with chicks in tow
Heard a few Chiffchaffs calling
Kestrel hunting over crime farm
Zero sign of the Mute swans and their chicks which was a little worrying - hope theyre all okay!
Didn't stay long as it was pretty busy but hope to pop by early one morning soon when its quieter
Cheers
-- Edited by Sean Molloy on Monday 22nd of June 2020 10:37:21 PM
-- Edited by Sean Molloy on Monday 22nd of June 2020 10:38:48 PM
nigel charlesworth said
Mon Jun 22 7:13 PM, 2020
Two buzzards above The Garden centre on telegraph poles viewed from M60
This is good news after the happenings of late they where als over my failsworth garden on Sunday
nigel charlesworth said
Mon Jun 15 11:12 AM, 2020
Bit of good news after the goings on in the nook lately one of the buzzards is back on territory at the side of M60 above the garden centre
Mike Chorley said
Tue Jun 2 10:16 PM, 2020
Followed the Bardsley Canal from Ashton Road to Crime Lake. Quite busy but fairly easy to avoid most people apart from the odd speeding cyclist!
Willow Warbler fly-catching over the water Great Tit Blue Tit Linnet 2 over Chaffinch 1 singing House Sparrow Blackcap several singing Long-tailed Tits Robins inc several juveniles Swallow 1 over the farm just to the north, and a pair around Crime Lake Coot 12 at least 3 birds on nests, including one on the lily pond, one pair apparently with a first brood of 3 quite large chicks. Another pair with 5 younger chicks just on the water and a third with a slightly older chick, just 'post-punk' Mute Swan pair with 5 cygnets Canada Goose 37 - 1 nesting pair Mallard 5 Great Crested Grebe 2 Grey Heron 1 Moorhen 4 Swift initially 2 over Crime Lake, joined by a 3rd
While I was watching the Swifts I spotted a Common Buzzard hunting an area to the north of the lake, hovering several times before dropping from view.
Also along the canal Woody Nightshade Yellow Flag Red Campion Yellow Waterlily
8 male and 1 female Broad-bodied Chasers (the female possibly newly emerged as she was so bright) 6 in tandem pairs of Common Blue Damselfly 1 Red Admiral
James Walsh said
Mon Mar 23 6:59 PM, 2020
2 Great Crested Grebe 4 Mute Swan 2 Tufted Duck
Andrea Wilson said
Wed Feb 5 10:34 PM, 2020
Late post from Sunday morning:
Kingfisher still showing well at Crime Lake, along with 8-10 Goosander (apparently paired up) and a single male Wigeon
Dave Steel said
Thu Dec 5 4:13 PM, 2019
A wander along the Daisy Nook Trail with a friend who is a member of the Hollinwood Canal Society .some highlights
Pair of Wigeon still on Crime Lake along will Call duck and what I thought was a female teal a few weeks ago turns out to be a juvenile male who's looking quite smart now.
Andrea
Andrea Wilson said
Sat Aug 4 10:58 AM, 2018
Thanks Mark. It looks like it's made itself at home with the mallrds on the lake for now.
Andrea
Mark Gibbons said
Sat Aug 4 8:37 AM, 2018
Looks like a domestic call duck
Steve Suttill said
Thu Aug 2 9:49 AM, 2018
Definitely half Mallard - but don't what the other half might be
Andrea Wilson said
Wed Aug 1 10:01 PM, 2018
Can anyone id this duck that has been on Crime Lake at Daisy Nook for a few weeks. It has a short beak and is much smaller than a mallard, more teal sized.
Quiet morning today with a few exceptions, pair of blackcaps, my first Whitethroat at Daisy Nook and my first ever Redstart, otherwise just the usual suspects.
Apologies for the lack of detail yesterday - the Redstart was a male seen hopping around in an open field (I assumed feeding) and occasionally perching on small mounds of grass.
-- Edited by Andrea Wilson on Monday 30th of April 2018 07:32:29 PM
I'll let everyone know. The nest building has stopped for now. Their first efforts were not in a very suitable place to be honest. Any more developments I'll let you know.
Steve Christmas said
Sun Apr 8 9:40 AM, 2018
Hi Paul,
4API was ringed as a cygnet on 13/11/2010 at Rhodes Lodges, Middleton
It was then sighted a couple of times at Boggart Hole Clough in 2012 and 2013
20 Mallard, 17 male / 3 female
3 Hybrid Mallard
60+ Canada Geese.
2 Mute Swans
11+ Coot.
7 Moorhen
1 Willow Warbler.
3 Chiffchaff seen + at least 5 more calling
4 Long Tailed Tits
1 Greenfinch
1 Coal Tit
1 Dunnock
2 Wrens, several more heard.
At least 3 Nuthatches heard, not seen.
Not counted - Magpies, Crows, Blue Tits, Great Tits, House Sparrows. Robins
Goosander 1 M Crime Lake
Goldcrest 1
Grey Heron 1 Crime Lake, round the corner at the top end.
Tufted Duck 2 - pair on Sammy's Basin.
Treecreeper 1
Ring-necked Parakeet 2 minimum, in the usual area, possibly more over the other side of the valley later
Pied Wagtail 1 on feeder tray at Visitor Centre
Common Buzzard 1 over Visitor Centre mobbed by Carrion Crows. It or another seen circling over Bardsley later before it headed back towards Crime Lake
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 calling and drumming.
Also
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Coot
Moorhen
Mallard
Long-Tailed Tit
Coal Tit
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Robin
Dunnock
Goldfinch
House Sparrow
c10 Swallows
c10 House Martins
2 Great Crested Grebe
3 Tufted Duck (2 drakes)
2 Great Crested Grebes
Information thanks to Colin Hajdukiewicz
Information thanks to Lynn Chadderton
Drake Mandarin, Daisy Nook Country Park
Information thanks to Jonathan Hardwick
Information thanks to Malc Potts
2 Tufted Ducks
2 Mute Swans
Walking around Daisy Nook this morning at approximately 09.15 am with the dogs. Heard the familiar sound of honking very high up and a way off. Thought I would see a skein of wild geese when I eventually caught sight of them. The sound was not as high pitched as Pink Footed Geese which was strange, through binoculars saw that the birds were all white, long white necks, I'm sure they were Whooper Swans. There were 37 altogether in a fairly tight skein with one out at the front. They were flying roughly East or North East. Did anyone else see them flying over Greater Manchester?
(This evening I was lucky enough to see a Curlew flying over and calling, heading for Stalybridge/Glossop.)
2 Mute Swan
6 Tufted Ducks
VERY MILD DULL AND MAINLY OVERCAST 12:15 -15:00
CANALSIDE FEEDING POINT NEAR RIVERSVALE.
Blue Tit, Long-tailed Tit, Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Dunnock, Robin also 4x Ring-necked Parakeets in trees opposite.
CANALSIDE FEEDING POINT TOWARDS CRIME LAKE.
Long-tailed Tits, Great Tit, Reed Bunting (Male). Chaffinch, Robin. Also noted bathing below the wall Wren, 4 x Bullfinch (three male & a female ) .
CRIME LAKE.
Kingfisher, Coot, Moorhen, Mallard, Tufted Duck (two male), Canada Geese, Cormorant ( flew over), Mute Swan (pair on the canal).
Also noted. Blackbird, Black-headed Gull, Goldfinch, Carron Crow, Magpie, Wood Pigeon, Heron.
1 Tufted Duck - Crime Lake (seems to have an injured left wing)
10 Sand Martins
1 male Reed Bunting
2 singing Blackcap
1 male Whitethroat
Thank you for the confirmation, glad I got something right
Andrea
Please can someone confirm that this is a lesser black backed gull. I really am useless with gulls and wouldn't know a yellow legged gull if it fell on my head, I always go for the obvious first.
Report of a Great White Egret briefly appearing at Crime Lake yesterday morning. Photo by Malcolm Doyle, with permission.
-- Edited by Andrea Wilson on Monday 28th of September 2020 08:14:48 AM
11.9.20
15.30-16.30
2 Kingfisher flew along River Medlock not too far from the fishery.
8 Collared Dove at Daisy Nook Visitor Centre.
3 Great Crested Grebe (2 juve)
7 Mute Swan (5 juve)
-- Edited by Kev Jin on Sunday 13th of September 2020 12:26:52 AM
12.30 - 16.00 3/7/20 Overcast initially sunny later in the afternoon
Great-Crested Grebe - Both adults and 4 young all doing well
Mute Swan - Both adults and 5 young now beginning to moult and turn white
1 Nuthatch on feeder by cafe
1 Treecreeper - about 5 feet from path giving cracking views
1 Willow Warbler
Plus all the usual residents
14.00 Today - walk from cafe to crime lake and back
All the usual Coots, Moorhens and Mallards. One female mallard on the first pond after the visitor centre with some very recent ducklings
Both adult Mute swans with 5 juvs - getting big now! All on the boardwalk around Sammys basin having a group preening session
Just the 1 adult Great crested Grebe on crime lake with 3 young - 4th may have been with adult elsewhere
Hirundine and swift numbers noticeably less. A single Swift over crime lake, 3 Swallows and 2 house martin
Bridge over crime lane where food has been left out was really productive - 2 nuthatches, a great tit, 4 robins and a coal tit all feeding right on the wall by the path giving really close up views 20 Canada geese and domestic Chinese goose
What looked like Mallard/Call duck hybrid on canal
X2 Grey herons
-- Edited by Sean Molloy on Wednesday 29th of July 2020 04:30:20 PM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 29th of July 2020 04:49:58 PM
15.00 - 17.15 Intermittent drizzle & overcast
Highlights:
Fantastic views of Kingfisher on NW end of crime lake fishing from low branches and fishing platforms
Grey Wagtail on river medlock viewed from bridge on main path
Swifts 10 + flying low over bridge several came very close
Great Crested Grebe 2 with 4 chicks - enjoying watching these guys grow, still have their striped heads and are currently practicing their diving skills. They were quite close and you could see them underwater like black and white torpedos!
2 Mute swans with their 5 cygnets
2 House Martin
Flock of c10 Long-tailed tit
Goldfinch
Song Thrush
Swallows
All the usuals Mallards, Coots, Canada Geese, Moorhens all out in force
Collared Dove
Small flocks of Great Tits around the canal path
-- Edited by Sean Molloy on Wednesday 15th of July 2020 08:43:48 PM
18.30 - 20.00 Overcast occasional light drizzle
Moorhens and Coots still doing well with many still building nests and plenty of young chicks about
8 Swallows and 3 Swift over Sammy's basin
Coots with young having repeated standoffs with brown rat at the basin - rat wanted to get to some bird food that had been put around their but the coots were having none of it!
Chiffchaff heard several times
2 Adult Mute Swans and 5 cygnets! The 5th one must have been hiding very well last time but I was chuffed to see it'd rematerialised
1 of the adult swans spent a good ten minutes pursuing a female mallard with chicks, repeatedly trying to peck the female. Eventually the mallard chicks went and hid under the overhanging trees on the edge of the canal and the female mallard led the swan down to crime lake before flying off back in the direction off it's chicks.
25 Canada Geese with a domestic Chinese goose amongst them
2 Adult Great crested grebe with 4 chicks - all doing well and growing up quickly
Song Thrush
Dunnock
River Medlock near stannybrook road:
1 Grey Heron
1 Grey Wagtail
30 Swallows
8 Swift
Dipper very briefly seen
4 Robin
3 Blackbird
Walk from visitor centre and back this PM. 1430 - 1645 drizzling rain
Lots of Moorhen and Coots in every available bit of water either with chicks or nest building - seem to be doing really well this year
Bridge over medlock very productive:
2 Grey Wagtails (M + F) feeding in river viewed from bridge
9 Swifts diving over really close
Flock of 5 Long-tailed tits
Sammy's basin to crime lake:
Fledgling robin very close to the path waiting for parents to return
The 2 Mute Swans were on Sammy basin with 4 cygnets - 1 must have died as I stuck with them a while and there was definitely no sign of a 5th. One adult (silver ring left leg) later passed by with the 4 cygnets on the canal going toward crime lake
Brief fly-by from Kingfisher flying away from Crime lake over crime farm close to canal. Flew over trees and down presumably toward the river
2 Black-headed Gull - one over sammy basin and another at crime lake
2 adult Great crested grebe with 4 chicks on crime lake reasonably close to the path which gave fantastic views of the chicks and the parents fishing for them
5 goldfinch in trees around crime lake
Dunnock
Chiffchaffs heard several times
Attached a few mobile phone pictures of the cygnets and adult when they passed on the canal - other adult remained at Sammy's basin
Singing Lesser Whitethroat
Kingfisher
Pair of Great Crested Grebes with two chicks
Pair of Mute Swans with five cygnets
Quick walk around 17.00 - 18.00. 6 Swallows over car park
Great close up views of a Nuthatch near the little squirrel table
20+ Swifts engaging in some serious aerial acrobatics seen from the bridge over the river
2 Great crested grebe on crime lake
Plenty of mallards and coots with chicks in tow
Heard a few Chiffchaffs calling
Kestrel hunting over crime farm
Zero sign of the Mute swans and their chicks which was a little worrying - hope theyre all okay!
Didn't stay long as it was pretty busy but hope to pop by early one morning soon when its quieter
Cheers
-- Edited by Sean Molloy on Monday 22nd of June 2020 10:37:21 PM
-- Edited by Sean Molloy on Monday 22nd of June 2020 10:38:48 PM
Two buzzards above The Garden centre on telegraph poles viewed from M60
This is good news after the happenings of late they where als over my failsworth garden on Sunday
Bit of good news after the goings on in the nook lately one of the buzzards is back on territory at the side of M60 above the garden centre
Willow Warbler fly-catching over the water
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Linnet 2 over
Chaffinch 1 singing
House Sparrow
Blackcap several singing
Long-tailed Tits
Robins inc several juveniles
Swallow 1 over the farm just to the north, and a pair around Crime Lake
Coot 12 at least 3 birds on nests, including one on the lily pond, one pair apparently with a first brood of 3 quite large chicks. Another pair with 5 younger chicks just on the water and a third with a slightly older chick, just 'post-punk'
Mute Swan pair with 5 cygnets
Canada Goose 37 - 1 nesting pair
Mallard 5
Great Crested Grebe 2
Grey Heron 1
Moorhen 4
Swift initially 2 over Crime Lake, joined by a 3rd
While I was watching the Swifts I spotted a Common Buzzard hunting an area to the north of the lake, hovering several times before dropping from view.
Also along the canal
Woody Nightshade
Yellow Flag
Red Campion
Yellow Waterlily
8 male and 1 female Broad-bodied Chasers (the female possibly newly emerged as she was so bright)
6 in tandem pairs of Common Blue Damselfly
1 Red Admiral
4 Mute Swan
2 Tufted Duck
Late post from Sunday morning:
Kingfisher still showing well at Crime Lake, along with 8-10 Goosander (apparently paired up) and a single male Wigeon
A wander along the Daisy Nook Trail with a friend who is a member of the Hollinwood Canal Society .some highlights
43 Redwing
2 Nuthatch
1 Treecreeper
98 Mallard
13 Chaffinch
1 Buzzard
5 Siskin
26 Blackbird
18 Coot
16 Moorhen.
Nice to see some variety still on Crime Lake today.
Pair of Gadwall
Shoveler
3 teal (2m, 1F)
1 goosander (flyover)
Even managed to get a fleeting glimpse of a male sparrowhawk in the woods
Pair of Wigeon still on Crime Lake along will Call duck and what I thought was a female teal a few weeks ago turns out to be a juvenile male who's looking quite smart now.
Andrea
Thanks Mark. It looks like it's made itself at home with the mallrds on the lake for now.
Andrea
Looks like a domestic call duck
Can anyone id this duck that has been on Crime Lake at Daisy Nook for a few weeks. It has a short beak and is much smaller than a mallard, more teal sized.
5 Swift
20 Swallow
1 Chiffchaff
1 Whitethroat
5 Willow Warbler
2 Mute Swan
Also 3 Swan Geese (1 of the domestic/white type)
Quiet morning today with a few exceptions, pair of blackcaps, my first Whitethroat at Daisy Nook and my first ever Redstart, otherwise just the usual suspects.
Apologies for the lack of detail yesterday - the Redstart was a male seen hopping around in an open field (I assumed feeding) and occasionally perching on small mounds of grass.
-- Edited by Andrea Wilson on Monday 30th of April 2018 07:32:29 PM
Thanks Steve,
I'll let everyone know. The nest building has stopped for now. Their first efforts were not in a very suitable place to be honest. Any more developments I'll let you know.
Hi Paul,
4API was ringed as a cygnet on 13/11/2010 at Rhodes Lodges, Middleton
It was then sighted a couple of times at Boggart Hole Clough in 2012 and 2013
In 2014 and 2015 it nested at Reddish Vale.
Interesting that it has now moved breeding site.
Many thanks,
Steve