ASTLEY, CHAT, LITTLE WOOLDEN AND ASSOCIATED MOSSES
Steven Nelson said
Fri Oct 27 1:47 PM, 2023
This morning:
Little Woolden Moss NR - foggy first thing: 1 Whimbrel heard but not seen due to fog 2 flocks of Pink-footed Geese heard but not seen 1 Marsh Harrier - female 26 Lapwing 6 Bullfinch over in a flock 45+ Redwing 8 Lesser Redpoll over 9 Siskin over in a flock
Chat & Irlam Mosses: 2 Little Egret 3 Water Rail calling to each other 1 Brambling 4 Yellowhammer 2 Bullfinch 16 Lesser Redpoll 7 Goldcrest 11 Snipe 150+ Fieldfare 30+ Redwing 100+ Stock Dove 3 Kestrel 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
...and a prime example of how 'green waste' is not that green...with several fields despoiled with plastic after 'saving the plane 'green waste' (hollow laughs now permitted) has been spread over them during the past few years
3 Little Egret 1 Tree Sparrow - my first on this part of the mosses for a long time 1 Willow Tit 2 Chiffchaff in mixed tit flock 2 Stonechat 160+ Fieldfare 40+ Redwing 28 Lesser Redpoll 1 Yellowhammer 40+ Reed Bunting 26 Linnet 400+ Woodpigeon 12 Snipe 1 Water Rail heard 22 Goldcrest 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 Kestrel
Dave Steel said
Wed Oct 25 11:03 PM, 2023
221023 am
Irlam Moss
70 Fieldfare
13 Blackbird
1 Buzzard
36 Lesser Black-Backed Gull
2 Great Black-Backed Gull
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
17 Skylark
1 Raven
1 Chiffchaff
Little Woolden Moss
240 Skylark
3 Lesser Redpoll
5 Stonechat
1 Merlin...Male in pursuit of Skylark...
75 Fieldfare
17 Meadow Pipit
150 Starling
2 Brambling...flying south @ 1155
6 Grey Partridge
1 Raven
2 Pheasant...male having a Mexican Standoff 'fight'
Late post for yesterday early evening: Yellow-browed Warbler calling and seen fleetingly a couple of times at eastern entrance with Goldcrests and tit flock.
This morning: Unfortunately no further sign of the Yellow-browed Warbler this morning
Also: 1 Black Grouse - male - showed well on one of the bund walls for over 30 mins before flying off. 1 Marsh Harrier - fem/imm 1 Peregrine in a noisy skirmish with a Kestrel 1 Sparrowhawk - female 2 Kestrel 1 Buzzard 1 Stonechat - male 60+ Fieldfare 24 Redwing 300+ Woodpigeon over south 4 Snipe 60+ Skylark 5 Goldcrest including a male displaying to a female 8 Lesser Redpoll 6 Herring Gull over east 10 Great Black-backed Gull over east
-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Monday 23rd of October 2023 01:42:47 PM
4 Chiffchaff - including 2 giving bursts of song 3 Little Egret 1 Little Grebe 1 Raven 11 Snipe 8 Lesser Redpoll 1 Siskin 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Bullfinch 5 Goldcrest 3 Song Thrush 9 Skylark
Steven Nelson said
Sat Oct 21 8:29 PM, 2023
Little Woolden Moss NR - late afternoon
2 Marsh Harrier - fem/juv 1 Sparrowhawk - female 42 Pink-footed Geese flew in to roost 1 Stonechat 32 Great Black-backed Gull over west in numerous small groups 18 Snipe 75+ Fieldfare 1 Siskin 14 Reed Bunting 1 Grey Heron
Irlam & Chat Moss and Little Woolden Moss NR - morning
Highlights:
54+ Lesser Redpoll - a notable movement mostly passing over W-E including flocks of 18, 14 & 9 but some feeding in trees. More were heard but not seen. 2 Raven over west 2 Little Egret 2 Stonechat - pair 10 Snipe over 2 Bullfinch 1 Water Rail heard 3 Buzzard 4 Kestrel 12 Goldcrest 18 Fieldfare 1 Redwing 5 Song Thrush - probably migrants 1 Mistle Thrush 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 14 Skylark - some in song flight 1 Cormorant over fishery
Dave Steel said
Fri Oct 20 12:01 AM, 2023
171023 am
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
52 Skylark...moving South
21 Chaffinch
26 Meadow Pipit
1 Golden Plover Flying South @ 0920
2 Dunlin Flying South @ 0936
22 Lesser Redpoll
4 Great Black-Backed Gull heading North
2 Goldcrest
155 Fieldfare...in several flocks
1 Peregrine Male with Fieldfare on its mind
1 Marsh Harrier @ 1043
7 Teal
2 Green Sandpiper
1 Black Grouse...rocketing out of view...still not gained an image of this bird save for a silhouette...
Late afternoon wander round Chat Moss and Irlam Moss. Highlights: 3 buzzards on Irlam Moss; 30+ stock doves on Twelve Yards Road; 2 little egrets and 12 snipe on the pool to the North of Twelve Yards Road. (Also bumped into a chap who was looking for his goshawk which had done a runner from Rixton, a juvenile female with a tail bell.)
1 Little Egret over west 1 Willow Tit heard 1 Chiffchaff 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 Kestrel
Little Woolden Moss NR - late afternoon/early evening:
3 Merlin - 1 smart male sat in a tree, then 2 females which arrived together from the west, with one bird swooping quite low over my head! Both females began putting on a great show hunting over the reserve. The highest single count of Merlin for me on the mosses or indeed anywhere!
Also: 2 Marsh Harrier together - female/imm 1 Green Sandpiper 20+ Snipe flew in 3 Lapwing 80+ Meadow Pipit including a flock of 60+ that flew in and then flushed by the Merlins. 24 Fieldfare 21 Pink-footed Geese over east 2 Greylag Geese over west 12 Canada Geese 2 Goldcrest 4 Lesser Redpoll 1 Great Black-backed Gull over west 3 Grey Partridge calling ..And 1 ex-Goldfinch - large clump of feathers found
Possible Ring Ouzel amongst a small group of Blackbirds that flushed from a hawthorn bush as I walked past. But it was a very fleeting glimpse and all the birds quickly disappeared into dense vegetation and couldnt be relocated. A pale patch underneath was noticeable as it flew. The Blackbirds were most probably migrants. It will have go down as one that got away.
Also: 3 Snipe 1 Siskin 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Buzzard 60+ Stock Dove 3 Skylark 12 Greenfinch 4 Chaffinch 4 Great Black-backed Gulls over 40+ Linnet Grey Partridge heard
Otherwise very quiet
Dave Steel said
Fri Oct 13 8:34 PM, 2023
101023 am
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR...with Ian Jenkinson (such sharp eyed observations...good job my hearing is still on form...no rock concerts when young I guess!) for the most part of this wander
115 Meadow Pipit
12 Reed Bunting
22 Skylark
14 Snipe
30 Teal
250 Redwing following the glaze and heading south @ 1117
2 Golden Plover (thanks ears) 1 flying south @ 1120 and 1 @ 1135
5 Lapwing
5 Swallow @ 1142 (ta Ian)
1 Black Grouse (male)...to Ian's delight...as for me where has this bird 1 come from...and 2 where has it been of late since I first noted it on April 24th
Little Woolden Moss
2 Kestrel
200 Skylark
Dave Steel said
Wed Oct 11 11:11 PM, 2023
091023 am
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
15 Snipe
8 Reed Bunting
12 Dunlin
2 Golden Plover...1 @ 1157 and 1 @ 1204...both flying south
1 Redshank @ 1222
and a nice meet up with Alan Moss long time no see Alan
Little Woolden Moss NR: 1 Tawny Owl - landed on the path 10 metres in front of me for a few seconds. Presumably it had caught something. 7 Snipe flew in 5 Great Black-backed Gull over west 11 Skylark over
4 Golden Plover....to think @ this time of the year over in Worsley along the Bridgewater Canal I used to see 400 plus of these birds in the early sixties...now I rejoice at seeing just 1% of that number...what on earth have we done to our wildlife in only one lifetime....
Little Woolden Moss NR - Late post for yesterday evening. Brief visit.
1 Marsh Harrier - fem/juv 6 Snipe flew in 1 Lesser Redpoll 20+ Meadow Pipit over in one flock
Dave Steel said
Tue Oct 3 8:06 PM, 2023
290923 am
Barton Moss
27 Stock Dove
6 Siskin
7 Linnet
2 Goldcrest
43 Linnet
1 Sparrowhawk...male
7 Meadow Pipit
5 Swallow
1 Snipe.
Dave Steel said
Tue Oct 3 8:03 PM, 2023
280923 am
Irlam Moss
22 Skylark
26 Meadow Pipit
11 Linnet
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
14 Chiffchaff
22 Skylark
3 Swallow
15 Reed Bunting
68 Teal
9 House Martin
8 Snipe
75 Lesser Redpoll
6 Grey Partridge
Little Woolden Moss
80 Skylark
5 Reed Bunting
25 Lapwing
2 Grey Partridge
Chat Moss
5 Grey Partridge
11 Skylark
18 Jackdaw
10 House Martin
5 Swallow
Pete Hines said
Tue Oct 3 6:56 AM, 2023
A ringtail Hen Harrier was identified by Barry Reed on 1st October at Little Woolden Moss (no sign yesterday morning) as well as 3 Marsh Harrier in the air together.
Steven Nelson said
Sun Oct 1 1:27 PM, 2023
Chat and Irlam Mosses - late am - early pm
2 Golden Plover over west - singles 3 Little Egret 1 Marsh Harrier - fem/juv 26 Snipe - flocks of 10+9+4+3 over west 3 Lapwing 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Buzzard 2 Kestrel 1 Sparrowhawk - female 6 Lesser Redpoll 6 Chiffchaff - one singing 4 Swallow south 3 Yellowhammer 60+ Linnet 1 Skylark - in song flight 50+ Meadow Pipit 4 Reed Bunting 6 Shoveler 90+ Mallard 3 Teal
Steven Nelson said
Sat Sep 30 2:27 PM, 2023
Little Woolden Moss - late am-early pm
1 Marsh Harrier - juvenile 1 Stonechat - male 4 Pink-footed Geese over east. Later found feeding in f52 on Chat Moss 8 Snipe flew in 20+ Swallow 50+ Meadow Pipit 12 Skylark 2 Kestrel 3 Lesser Redpoll
-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Saturday 30th of September 2023 03:48:17 PM
1 Little Grebe 3 Pink-footed Geese dropped in for 5 mins. They arrived from the east, landed on one of the pools on Croxden, then headed off west. 6 Grey Partridge - including a calling male 2 Teal
1 Golden Plover - heard as it flew over unseen 2 Green Sandpiper 17 Snipe - flocks of 10 + 7 flying in 6 Shoveler flew over 55 Teal 3 Stonechat - together - looked like a family group of m,f and juv 2 Cormorant - including one bird on the pools which was a first for me here. 1 Little Egret flew over distantly to the north 4 Grey Heron 60+ Swallow - many heading south 40+ House Martin - many heading south (all hirundines carefully checked!) 1 Sparrowhawk 2 Buzzard 2 Kestrel 6 Chiffchaff - including one giving some quite prolonged song 40+ Meadow Pipit 5 Lesser Redpoll 6 Skylark
Irlam Moss 1 Nuthatch
-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Saturday 23rd of September 2023 02:08:18 PM
Little Woolden Moss NR - foggy first thing:
1 Whimbrel heard but not seen due to fog
2 flocks of Pink-footed Geese heard but not seen
1 Marsh Harrier - female
26 Lapwing
6 Bullfinch over in a flock
45+ Redwing
8 Lesser Redpoll over
9 Siskin over in a flock
Chat & Irlam Mosses:
2 Little Egret
3 Water Rail calling to each other
1 Brambling
4 Yellowhammer
2 Bullfinch
16 Lesser Redpoll
7 Goldcrest
11 Snipe
150+ Fieldfare
30+ Redwing
100+ Stock Dove
3 Kestrel
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
231023 am
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
6 Reed Bunting
7 Lesser Redpoll
8 Skylark
3 Yellowhammer
1 Brambling
Cadishead Moss
2 Great Black-Backed Gull
38 Black-Headed Gull
6 Grey Partridge
4 Stonechat...2 Pair
160 Starling
23 Goldfinch
1 Grey Wagtail
...and a prime example of how 'green waste' is not that green...with several fields despoiled with plastic after 'saving the plane 'green waste' (hollow laughs now permitted) has been spread over them during the past few years
Irlam Moss
190 Starling
68 Meadow Pipit
7 Snipe
8 Skylark
2 Yellowhammer
8 Grey Partridge
4 Fieldfare
4 Goldcrest
2 Nuthatch
Chat Moss
2 Stonechat...Pair
2 Lesser Redpoll
11 Meadow Pipit
1 Marsh Harrier
Merlin 1 male
Marsh Harrier 1 female
Little Egret 2
Fieldfare 164
Linnet 44
Redpoll 25
Yellowhammer 3
Reed Bunting 4
3 Little Egret
1 Tree Sparrow - my first on this part of the mosses for a long time
1 Willow Tit
2 Chiffchaff in mixed tit flock
2 Stonechat
160+ Fieldfare
40+ Redwing
28 Lesser Redpoll
1 Yellowhammer
40+ Reed Bunting
26 Linnet
400+ Woodpigeon
12 Snipe
1 Water Rail heard
22 Goldcrest
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
3 Kestrel
221023 am
Irlam Moss
70 Fieldfare
13 Blackbird
1 Buzzard
36 Lesser Black-Backed Gull
2 Great Black-Backed Gull
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
17 Skylark
1 Raven
1 Chiffchaff
Little Woolden Moss
240 Skylark
3 Lesser Redpoll
5 Stonechat
1 Merlin...Male in pursuit of Skylark...
75 Fieldfare
17 Meadow Pipit
150 Starling
2 Brambling...flying south @ 1155
6 Grey Partridge
1 Raven
2 Pheasant...male having a Mexican Standoff 'fight'
Chat Moss
4 Buzzard
1 Marsh Harrier...with attendant Carrion Crows
40 Skylark
5 Brambling
8 Tree Sparrow
10 Greenfinch
c.240 Pink-footed Geese over west. 3 skeins - c100+c80+c60
2 Raven
3 Stonechat
26 Fieldfare
1 Buzzard
10 Goldcrest
1 Siskin
211023 am
Barton Moss
2 Grey Partridge
2 Raven
24 Redwing
360 Fieldfare
25 Chaffinch
11 Skylark
16 Lesser Redpoll
16 Blackbird
Chat Moss
7 Snipe
3 Stonechat
42 Fieldfare
5 Great Black-Backed Gull
201023 am
Chat Moss in the Pouring Rain
1 Little Egret
75 Mallard
4 Goldcrest
3 Bullfinch
5 Snipe
6 Lesser Redpoll
9 Skylark
Irlam Moss
230 Lapwing
600 Starling
65 Black-Headed Gull
Late post for yesterday early evening:
Yellow-browed Warbler calling and seen fleetingly a couple of times at eastern entrance with Goldcrests and tit flock.
This morning:
Unfortunately no further sign of the Yellow-browed Warbler this morning
Also:
1 Black Grouse - male - showed well on one of the bund walls for over 30 mins before flying off.
1 Marsh Harrier - fem/imm
1 Peregrine in a noisy skirmish with a Kestrel
1 Sparrowhawk - female
2 Kestrel
1 Buzzard
1 Stonechat - male
60+ Fieldfare
24 Redwing
300+ Woodpigeon over south
4 Snipe
60+ Skylark
5 Goldcrest including a male displaying to a female
8 Lesser Redpoll
6 Herring Gull over east
10 Great Black-backed Gull over east
-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Monday 23rd of October 2023 01:42:47 PM
191023 am
Little Woolden Moss
160 Meadow Pipit
12 Teal
34 Mallard
74 Lapwing
280 Fieldfare
500 Starling
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
28 Skylark
1 Redshank
4 Great Black-Backed Gull
46 Meadow Pipit
7 Snipe
19 Reed Bunting
27 Wren
135 Fieldfare
5 Redwing
21 Starling
2 Dunlin...flying south @ 1044
2 Dunlin...Flying South @ 1115
12 Lesser Redpoll
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Yellowhammer
4 Grey Heron
2 Marsh Harrier...
2 Bullfinch
4 Chiffchaff - including 2 giving bursts of song
3 Little Egret
1 Little Grebe
1 Raven
11 Snipe
8 Lesser Redpoll
1 Siskin
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 Bullfinch
5 Goldcrest
3 Song Thrush
9 Skylark
2 Marsh Harrier - fem/juv
1 Sparrowhawk - female
42 Pink-footed Geese flew in to roost
1 Stonechat
32 Great Black-backed Gull over west in numerous small groups
18 Snipe
75+ Fieldfare
1 Siskin
14 Reed Bunting
1 Grey Heron
181023 am
Irlam Moss
7 Grey Partridge
Chat Moss
9 Lesser Redpoll
2 Stonechat---Pair
26 Skylark...5 in song
11 Reed Bunting
4 Great Black-Backed Gull...flying North
1 Sparrowhawk...female
1 Siskin
15 Linnet
16 Stock Dove
3 Yellowhammer
18 House Sparrow
2 Tree Sparrow
38 Meadow Pipit
32 Mallard
2 Goldcrest
46 Fieldfare
7 Snipe
2 Raven @ 0952
Highlights:
54+ Lesser Redpoll - a notable movement mostly passing over W-E including flocks of 18, 14 & 9 but some feeding in trees. More were heard but not seen.
2 Raven over west
2 Little Egret
2 Stonechat - pair
10 Snipe over
2 Bullfinch
1 Water Rail heard
3 Buzzard
4 Kestrel
12 Goldcrest
18 Fieldfare
1 Redwing
5 Song Thrush - probably migrants
1 Mistle Thrush
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
14 Skylark - some in song flight
1 Cormorant over fishery
171023 am
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
52 Skylark...moving South
21 Chaffinch
26 Meadow Pipit
1 Golden Plover Flying South @ 0920
2 Dunlin Flying South @ 0936
22 Lesser Redpoll
4 Great Black-Backed Gull heading North
2 Goldcrest
155 Fieldfare...in several flocks
1 Peregrine Male with Fieldfare on its mind
1 Marsh Harrier @ 1043
7 Teal
2 Green Sandpiper
1 Black Grouse...rocketing out of view...still not gained an image of this bird save for a silhouette...
3 Siskin
3 Yellowhammer
6 Grey Partridge
Red Kite (1) at 11:35 hrs flying from West to East pestered by Carrion Crows
Also seen:
Marsh Harrier (2) both Female
Kestrel (2)
Lapwing (4) Nice to chat with Ian Jenkinson
-- Edited by Steve Judge on Thursday 19th of October 2023 02:04:45 PM
161023 am
Irlam Moss
6 Grey Partridge
13 Blackbird
1 Redwing
75 Meadow Pipit
Cadishead Moss
1 Stonechat...Female
3 Song Thrush
4 Grey Partridge
2 Siskin
90 Linnet
40 Starling
9 Pied Wagtail
1 Chiffchaff
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
6 Snipe
1 Chiffchaff
1 Peregrine...Male
11 Skylark
2 Great Black-Backed Gull
Little Woolden Moss
48 Fieldfare
130 Skylark
2 Stonechat...Pair
80 Jackdaw
151023 am
Little Woolden Moss
6 Stonechat...3 Pair
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Marsh Harrier attacked by Carrion Crows
140 Skylark
6 Grey Partridge
65 Linnet
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
13 Lapwing
2 Lesser Redpoll
1 Snipe
12 Skylark
8 Linnet
141023 am
Chat Moss
5 Siskin
6 Bullfinch
4 Snipe
1 Little Egret
1 Marsh Harrier @ 1020
1 Buzzard attacked by Carrion Crows
17 Skylark
24 Lesser Redpoll
2 Whooper Swan...flying North @ 1056
1 Kingfisher
5 Teal
1 Raven @ 1212
1 Fieldfare
1 Sparrowhawk
Irlam Moss
50 Lapwing
131023 am
Irlam Moss
250 Lapwing
330 Starling
1 Grey wagtail
5 Great Black-Backed Gull
370 Black-Headed Gull
1 Little Egret
15 Whooper Swan Flying North @ 1330
Chat Moss
53 Skylark
14 Whooper Swan---Flying North @ 1053
2 Chiffchaff
1 Sparrowhawk...Female
6 Snipe
22 Fieldfare
52 Mallard
2 Lesser Redpoll
1 Raven
4 Grey Partridge
121023 am
Little Woolden Moss
165 Skylark
7 Grey Partridge
2 Yellowhammer
19 Linnet
2 Stonechat....Pair
48 Meadow Pipit
2 Buzzard
9 House Sparrow
Irlam Moss
1 Little Egret
1 Little Egret over west
1 Willow Tit heard
1 Chiffchaff
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
2 Kestrel
Little Woolden Moss NR - late afternoon/early evening:
3 Merlin - 1 smart male sat in a tree, then 2 females which arrived together from the west, with one bird swooping quite low over my head! Both females began putting on a great show hunting over the reserve. The highest single count of Merlin for me on the mosses or indeed anywhere!
Also:
2 Marsh Harrier together - female/imm
1 Green Sandpiper
20+ Snipe flew in
3 Lapwing
80+ Meadow Pipit including a flock of 60+ that flew in and then flushed by the Merlins.
24 Fieldfare
21 Pink-footed Geese over east
2 Greylag Geese over west
12 Canada Geese
2 Goldcrest
4 Lesser Redpoll
1 Great Black-backed Gull over west
3 Grey Partridge calling
..And 1 ex-Goldfinch - large clump of feathers found
111023 am
Irlam Moss
40 Starling
8 Pheasant
150 Lapwing
220 Black-Headed Gull
34 Lesser Black-Backed Gull
2 Great Black-Backed Gull
1 Stonechat
15 Mistle Thrush
1 Golden Plover flying South @ 1057
3 Yellowhammer
Chat Moss
1500 Woodpigeon
4 Skylark
11 Yellowhammer
21 Reed Bunting
1 Golden Plover Flying South @ 1122
25 Golden Plover Flying high and south @ 1158...thank goodness they called otherwise they would have sped by un-noticed!
1 Raven
22 House Sparrow
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR east
7 Snipe
2 Great Black-Backed Gull
Possible Ring Ouzel amongst a small group of Blackbirds that flushed from a hawthorn bush as I walked past. But it was a very fleeting glimpse and all the birds quickly disappeared into dense vegetation and couldnt be relocated. A pale patch underneath was noticeable as it flew. The Blackbirds were most probably migrants. It will have go down as one that got away.
Also:
3 Snipe
1 Siskin
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Buzzard
60+ Stock Dove
3 Skylark
12 Greenfinch
4 Chaffinch
4 Great Black-backed Gulls over
40+ Linnet
Grey Partridge heard
Otherwise very quiet
101023 am
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR...with Ian Jenkinson (such sharp eyed observations...good job my hearing is still on form...no rock concerts when young I guess!) for the most part of this wander
115 Meadow Pipit
12 Reed Bunting
22 Skylark
14 Snipe
30 Teal
250 Redwing following the glaze and heading south @ 1117
2 Golden Plover (thanks ears) 1 flying south @ 1120 and 1 @ 1135
5 Lapwing
5 Swallow @ 1142 (ta Ian)
1 Black Grouse (male)...to Ian's delight...as for me where has this bird 1 come from...and 2 where has it been of late since I first noted it on April 24th
Little Woolden Moss
2 Kestrel
200 Skylark
091023 am
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
15 Snipe
8 Reed Bunting
12 Dunlin
2 Golden Plover...1 @ 1157 and 1 @ 1204...both flying south
1 Redshank @ 1222
and a nice meet up with Alan Moss long time no see Alan
Chat Moss:
42 Pink-footed Geese feeding in f52
Little Woolden Moss NR:
1 Tawny Owl - landed on the path 10 metres in front of me for a few seconds. Presumably it had caught something.
7 Snipe flew in
5 Great Black-backed Gull over west
11 Skylark over
081023 am
Little Woolden Moss
230 Skylark
42 Linnet
2 Stonechat...Pair
140 Jackdaw
2 Lesser Redpoll
1 Sparrowhawk...Female
3 Yellowhammer
14 House Sparrow.
071023 am
Irlam Moss
2 Yellowhammer
2 Grey Partridge
340 Starling
1 Raven flying South @ 1055
16 Meadow Pipit
5 Snipe
1 Little Egret...flying South @ 1146
220 Lapwing
3 Great Black-Backed Gull
1 Golden Plover Flying over @ 1210
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
170 Lapwing
2 Siskin
1 Hobby...immature @ 1340
061023 am
Irlam Moss
10 Chiffchaff...one in song
6 Stock Dove
350 Starling
200 Lapwing
Chat Moss
9 Skylark
6 Linnet
5 Snipe
1 Little Egret
7 Chiffchaff...one in song
5 Bullfinch
2 Siskin
30 Lesser Redpoll flew rapidly North South @ head height @ 1205
051023 am
Irlam Moss
400 Black-Headed Gull
4 Great Black-Backed Gull
360 Lapwing
380 Starling
4 Golden Plover....to think @ this time of the year over in Worsley along the Bridgewater Canal I used to see 400 plus of these birds in the early sixties...now I rejoice at seeing just 1% of that number...what on earth have we done to our wildlife in only one lifetime....
5 Mistle Thrush
1 Grey Wagtail
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
7 Snipe
13 Skylark
8 Linnet
1 Marsh Harrier - juv
70+ Skylark feeding in fields just north of reserve
150+ Lapwing over
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR West
1 Juvenile Marsh Harrier
1 Peregrine mobbing The Harrier
1 Merlin over west
1 Kestrel
3 Snipe
12 Linnet
18 Meadow Pipit
1 Stonechat male
140 Starling
2 Swallow
2 Reed Bunting
2 Chiffchaff
150 Woodpigeon
1 Little Grebe R. Glaze
2 Mute Swan pair R. Glaze
041023 am
Irlam Moss
85 Pied Wagtail
125 Meadow Pipit
90 Lapwing
150 Starling
320 Black-Headed Gull
15 Lesser Black-Backed Gull
1 Kestrel--with prey
Chat Moss
1 Marsh Harrier
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
45 Skylark
2 Lesser Redpoll
16 Meadow Pipit
7 Snipe
36 Lapwing
1 Marsh Harrier @ 1140 hunting over western section of reserve
21 Starling
3 Marsh Harrier @ 1253...all three hunting east west along north bank of the reserve
Little Woolden Moss
52 Skylark
22 Linnet
6 Grey Partridge
2 Stonechat...pair
1 Marsh Harrier - fem/juv
6 Snipe flew in
1 Lesser Redpoll
20+ Meadow Pipit over in one flock
290923 am
Barton Moss
27 Stock Dove
6 Siskin
7 Linnet
2 Goldcrest
43 Linnet
1 Sparrowhawk...male
7 Meadow Pipit
5 Swallow
1 Snipe.
280923 am
Irlam Moss
22 Skylark
26 Meadow Pipit
11 Linnet
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
14 Chiffchaff
22 Skylark
3 Swallow
15 Reed Bunting
68 Teal
9 House Martin
8 Snipe
75 Lesser Redpoll
6 Grey Partridge
Little Woolden Moss
80 Skylark
5 Reed Bunting
25 Lapwing
2 Grey Partridge
Chat Moss
5 Grey Partridge
11 Skylark
18 Jackdaw
10 House Martin
5 Swallow
2 Golden Plover over west - singles
3 Little Egret
1 Marsh Harrier - fem/juv
26 Snipe - flocks of 10+9+4+3 over west
3 Lapwing
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Buzzard
2 Kestrel
1 Sparrowhawk - female
6 Lesser Redpoll
6 Chiffchaff - one singing
4 Swallow south
3 Yellowhammer
60+ Linnet
1 Skylark - in song flight
50+ Meadow Pipit
4 Reed Bunting
6 Shoveler
90+ Mallard
3 Teal
1 Marsh Harrier - juvenile
1 Stonechat - male
4 Pink-footed Geese over east. Later found feeding in f52 on Chat Moss
8 Snipe flew in
20+ Swallow
50+ Meadow Pipit
12 Skylark
2 Kestrel
3 Lesser Redpoll
-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Saturday 30th of September 2023 03:48:17 PM
Pink-footed Goose 42
Teal 19
Snipe 11
Marsh Harrier 1 female
Skylark 69
Sand Martin 8
Swallow 22
House Martin 3
Chiffchaff 6
Goldcrest 1
Meadow Pipit 106
Linnet 61
Redpoll 15
Reed Bunting 10
Moss Farm Fisheries
18 Mallard
Coot pair & 2 juveniles
2 Grey Heron
2 Cormorant
1 Kestrel
Chat Moss West Pools
1 Little Egret
1 Little Grebe
1 Chiffchaff
10 Stock Dove Field 52
270923 am
Irlam Moss
300 Starling
160 Black-Headed Gull
75 Swallow
28 Lesser Black-Backed Gull
3 Great Black-Backed Gull
4 Herring Gull
75 Lapwing
Chat Moss
1 Grey Partridge
9 Stock Dove
3 Little Egret
150 House Martin
18 Teal
2 Chiffchaff
190923 Brief am Visit
Irlam Moss
360 Black-headed Gull
13 Lesser Black Backed Gull
1 Great Black-Backed Gull
260 Starling
70 Lapwing
16 Swallow
17 Pied Wagtail
2 Goldcrest
1 Chiffchaff
Chat Moss
34 Mallard
13 Stock Dove
1 Little Grebe
3 Pink-footed Geese dropped in for 5 mins. They arrived from the east, landed on one of the pools on Croxden, then headed off west.
6 Grey Partridge - including a calling male
2 Teal
No summer migrants seen or heard
12 Pink-footed Geese milling around. Seemed to be looking for somewhere to land.
1 Little Egret
11 Pink-footed Geese over W
7 Chiffchaff - 2 singing
1 Sand Martin
40+ House Martin
40+ Swallow
2 Kestrel
2 Buzzard
3 Goldcrest
2 Bullfinch
2 Teal
3 Lesser Redpoll
1 Golden Plover - heard as it flew over unseen
2 Green Sandpiper
17 Snipe - flocks of 10 + 7 flying in
6 Shoveler flew over
55 Teal
3 Stonechat - together - looked like a family group of m,f and juv
2 Cormorant - including one bird on the pools which was a first for me here.
1 Little Egret flew over distantly to the north
4 Grey Heron
60+ Swallow - many heading south
40+ House Martin - many heading south (all hirundines carefully checked!)
1 Sparrowhawk
2 Buzzard
2 Kestrel
6 Chiffchaff - including one giving some quite prolonged song
40+ Meadow Pipit
5 Lesser Redpoll
6 Skylark
Irlam Moss
1 Nuthatch
-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Saturday 23rd of September 2023 02:08:18 PM
180923 am
Irlam Moss
6 Grey Partridge
70 Lapwing
6 Swallow
1 Yellow Wagtail
48 Pied Wagtail
300 Black-Headed Gull
25 Lesser Black-Backed Gull
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
34 Teal
29 Reed Bunting
38 Meadow Pipit
5 Snipe
2 Green Sandpiper
10 Chiffchaff
6 Skylark
...and a great deal of rain!