Yes it was showing very well near the Lowry and Pier Eight restaurant area at around 1.20-2pm. Was a pleasure to meet James Walsh too.
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sun Dec 13 3:10 PM, 2015
Great northern diver showing well when I was there this late morning / early afternoon. Thanks to James Walsh for putting me onto the bird, and nice to meet and chat with Zoe, too. :)
A few herring gull amongst the black-headed, common and lesser black-backed gulls around here, too, and also a couple of grey heron.
Sightings from Pomona:
1 goldcrest 3 meadow pipit 2 pied wagtail 1 grey wagtail 2 song thrush (one singing) Goldfinch, greenfinch, blue tit, long-tailed tit, great tit, dunnock, wren, robin, blackbird and house sparrow (heard only). 6+ goosander (more between here and where the diver was seen) 4 mute swan 5 cormorant 60+ black-headed gull 10+ common gull 2 snipe 1 grey heron 1 kestrel
-- Edited by Shannon Llewellyn on Sunday 13th of December 2015 03:11:25 PM
Zoe Barrett said
Sun Dec 13 2:57 PM, 2015
Was still around this afternoon in between Sam Platts and the Lowry outlet
Eugene Dillon-Hooper said
Sun Dec 13 12:30 PM, 2015
Any signs of still being around or sticking around for a while? I will eb there in half an hour or so to try and see it.
Zoe Barrett said
Sun Dec 13 12:03 PM, 2015
Great Northern Diver moved up towards Lowry outlet on middle of ship canal
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Dec 13 11:06 AM, 2015
Great Northern Diver 100 metres from the Sam Platts pub at 11am.
Info thanks to Nick Hilton
James Walsh said
Thu Dec 3 1:38 PM, 2015
Wednesday 2nd December
4 Goosanders on MSC @Pomona
Drake Goldeneye on Trafford Wharf
James Walsh said
Thu Dec 3 1:36 PM, 2015
Wednesday 2nd December
Jack Snipe on Pomona South Marsh
info thanks to Tony O Mahony
steven burke said
Tue Dec 1 2:58 PM, 2015
a quick pass after work this afternoon...
3 pochard on Trafford wharf, 1 male, 2 female. greylag goose in with the Canada geese at clippers drake goldeneye 4 grey heron 4 pied wagtails 3 coot 2 moorhen
steven burke said
Fri Nov 27 8:22 PM, 2015
yesterday evening a quick pass after work at 10.10pm, 1 great crested grebe on Trafford wharf.
Zoe Barrett said
Wed Nov 25 10:21 AM, 2015
Sat 21st Nov:
Weaste area:
14 Tufted ducks 200 Pied Wagtails 1 Kestrel
Pomona:
1 Goosander 12 Fieldfares
James Walsh said
Sun Nov 22 2:33 PM, 2015
Saturday 21st November
5 Goosanders (1 drake) on the Manchester Ship Canal at Pomona Docks
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Nov 20 1:51 PM, 2015
Immature Arctic Skua settled briefly on Pomona at 12 noon today but was harassed by gulls , Crows and a Peregrine before drifting off east.
Info thanks to Tony O'Mahony
James Walsh said
Thu Nov 19 9:00 PM, 2015
Wednesday 18th November
Pomona
1 Little Grebe
2 Goosander
Trafford Wharf
1 Great Crested Grebe
1 Goosander
steven burke said
Wed Nov 18 2:29 PM, 2015
1 greylag goose with the Canada geese on clippers.
Best bird by far was a drake shoveler in the dock on the msc next to the locks. It flew up soon as it seen me & circled around a couple of times before flying off east.
1 common snipe
1 kingfisher
5 goosander
3 kestrel
1 grey heron
7 meadow pipit
12 fieldfare
3 song thrush
Shannon Llewellyn said
Mon Nov 2 10:08 AM, 2015
Pomona, yesterday, roughly 9.35am - 12pm:
6 goldfinch 4 greenfinch 13 meadow pipit 1 grey wagtail 3 song thrush Wren, robin, dunncok, blackbird, house sparrow 2 kingfisher 1 goosander 6 mute swan (one with a green ring, COY6) 1 grey heron (on a warehouse roof opposite, with large numbers of black-headed gull) 1 common gull 1 kestrel
James Walsh said
Sat Oct 31 12:56 PM, 2015
Drake Goldeneye on Trafford Wharf
James Walsh said
Sat Oct 31 12:54 PM, 2015
Pomona
1 Jack Snipe
1 Woodcock
1 Common Snipe
30 Fieldfare
2 Redwing
2 Goldcrest
c70 Long-tailed Tit
c50 Meadow Pipit
1 Reed Bunting
1 Skylark
1 Kingfisher
3 Goosander
-- Edited by James Walsh on Saturday 31st of October 2015 04:42:57 PM
James Walsh said
Mon Oct 26 12:38 PM, 2015
Pomona
1 Reed Bunting
1 Goldcrest
c30 Meadow Pipit
1 Kingfisher
1 Goosander
c20 Long-tailed Tit
Drake Goldeneye on Clippers Quay
steven burke said
Sat Oct 24 7:00 PM, 2015
4.30-5.30pm pomona
4 fieldfare 3 mistle thrush 2 redwing 2 goosander flying towards city centre 1 kestrel 1 grey heron 1 grey wagtail 1 skylark 1 meadow pipit, over several pied wagtails over heading towards the city centre.
Currently a female wheatear on Trafford wharf on Samuel platt side.
James Walsh said
Fri Sep 18 1:25 PM, 2015
Tuesday 15th September
Greylag Goose on the Manchester Ship Canal west of Mode Wheel Locks viewable from Kestrel Court, present until 6:10pm when flew west with Canada Goose flock
Also sightings of Kingfisher and 2 Great Crested Grebe
James Walsh said
Mon Sep 14 3:50 PM, 2015
Sunday 13th September
4 Chiffchaffs on Clippers Quay including at least one singing
James Walsh said
Mon Sep 14 3:35 PM, 2015
Sunday 13th September
1 Kingfisher 2 Great Crested Grebe 1 Goldeneye
phillipskelly said
Sun Sep 13 7:25 PM, 2015
At the Quays from 11am - 2pm . . . . .. . . . .
Similar sightings to Nick Hilton's plus a little group of house sparrow adjacent to Sam Platt's pub .
Also lots of people out rowing .. .
At the wood adj. the road bridge- Chiffchaff x 1 . .
Long-tail tit x 10. Pomona . . . . . . .
Cormorant x 2 .
Kestrel x 1 f .
Across the Msc. on a roof were - Black headed gull x 116 and Common gull x2. At the usual House sparrow colony there was 8 juveniles fly- catching from a dead shrub 2 adults joined in each catching a ladybird.
Also in attendance (at the shrub) was a juvenile Starling and 4 Goldfinch feeding on Ragwort seeds with 14 Goldfinch flying over. . . With nowt else about I spent most of my time watching the flycatching sparrows . . . .
32 Lapwings on Manchester Ship Canal viewable from Kestrel Court
steven burke said
Sat Aug 29 10:45 PM, 2015
spent the evening on Trafford wharf watching the gulls, majority of the gulls came in from the east & all but 1 black headed gull ( I presume an injured bird) had departed & headed west towards Trafford park to roost by 8.55pm. majority of the gulls were black headed gulls with lots of lesser black backed gulls, 54 of the lesser black backed gulls went straight through west at one point without having a dip like lots of the other gulls did, other gulls of note...3 herring gulls, 5 common gulls. other birds of note...
2 swallow 6 house martin 3 swift straight through east 1 peregrine falcon sat on one of the appartments 1 drake goldeneye, moulting 1 grey heron 10 cormorant 21 mute swan
James Walsh said
Thu Aug 20 10:46 PM, 2015
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Clippers Quay at 5:30pm viewable from Trafford Wharf
James Walsh said
Mon Aug 17 12:27 AM, 2015
Manchester Ship Canal at Weaste
1 Great Crested Grebe 2 Oystercatcher 10 Lapwing
James Walsh said
Sun Aug 16 7:23 AM, 2015
Saturday 15th August
Manchester Ship Canal at Weaste
3 Great Crested Grebe 35 Lapwing
James Walsh said
Sun Aug 16 7:21 AM, 2015
Saturday 15th August
Pomona Festival Day
Highlight was a Spotted Flycatcher, a Tony O'Mahoney sighting along Pomona Strand
Visual highlight Swifts drinking water from the Manchester Ship Canal
5 Swift, 2 Swallow and still good numbers of Sand Martin
Another great event here with about 20 people enjoying the flora and fauna, including a landscape artist
steven burke said
Thu Aug 13 9:06 PM, 2015
I could not get to todays wildlife recording event as I did not finish work until 2pm, I did pass on my way home from work only to get distracted by a bird flycatching in the wood next to Trafford road bridge, I only managed a couple of glimpses so can not be certain on the exact species, from the jizz I would have a guess at maybe a spotted flycatcher it did have pale underparts. despite hanging around for at least half an hour, no other signs. I did return without my bike around 5pm & had a good mooch around, no other signs but did manage to find a GARDEN WARBLER around 6.45pm it was feeding low in the shrubs but found difficult to get a pic due to all the twigs, leaves & branches, it then just went out of view. also around was a flock of at least 14 long tailed tits with 1 willow warbler, also around was 1 blackcap, 1 chiffchaff.
-- Edited by Shannon Llewellyn on Sunday 26th of July 2015 04:59:51 PM
steven burke said
Sat Jul 25 10:19 PM, 2015
6-8.30pm Pomona.
1 adult Mediterranean gull, had a few small white blobs on its forehead, it was amongst the 200+ black headed gulls on one of the unit roofs. 1 common gull 1 herring gull 2 kestrel 1 whitethroat 1 chiffchaff 5 mute swan 3 grey wagtail 40+ sand martin 2 swallow 5 house martin 25+ swift
3 peregrine falcons over the bbc at 1.15pm, one of them a juvenile making lots of noise & a female, quickly lost sight of the juvenile & the 3rd peregrine it may of been another juvenile. also drake goldeneye & 3 swallow.
A few herring gull amongst the black-headed, common and lesser black-backed gulls around here, too, and also a couple of grey heron.
Sightings from Pomona:
1 goldcrest
3 meadow pipit
2 pied wagtail
1 grey wagtail
2 song thrush (one singing)
Goldfinch, greenfinch, blue tit, long-tailed tit, great tit, dunnock, wren, robin, blackbird and house sparrow (heard only).
6+ goosander (more between here and where the diver was seen)
4 mute swan
5 cormorant
60+ black-headed gull
10+ common gull
2 snipe
1 grey heron
1 kestrel
-- Edited by Shannon Llewellyn on Sunday 13th of December 2015 03:11:25 PM
Great Northern Diver 100 metres from the Sam Platts pub at 11am.
Info thanks to Nick Hilton
Wednesday 2nd December
4 Goosanders on MSC @Pomona
Drake Goldeneye on Trafford Wharf
Wednesday 2nd December
Jack Snipe on Pomona South Marsh
info thanks to Tony O Mahony
3 pochard on Trafford wharf, 1 male, 2 female.
greylag goose in with the Canada geese at clippers
drake goldeneye
4 grey heron
4 pied wagtails
3 coot
2 moorhen
Weaste area:
14 Tufted ducks
200 Pied Wagtails
1 Kestrel
Pomona:
1 Goosander
12 Fieldfares
Immature Arctic Skua settled briefly on Pomona at 12 noon today but was harassed by gulls , Crows and a Peregrine before drifting off east.
Info thanks to Tony O'Mahony
Wednesday 18th November
Pomona
1 Little Grebe
2 Goosander
Trafford Wharf
1 Great Crested Grebe
1 Goosander
1 greylag goose with the Canada geese on clippers.
1 goosander, 1 drake goldeneye, 1 grey heron, 1 coot, 2 moorhen, trafford wharf.
Pomona 8.45-9.45 am
Best bird by far was a drake shoveler in the dock on the msc next to the locks. It flew up soon as it seen me & circled around a couple of times before flying off east.
1 common snipe
1 kingfisher
5 goosander
3 kestrel
1 grey heron
7 meadow pipit
12 fieldfare
3 song thrush
6 goldfinch
4 greenfinch
13 meadow pipit
1 grey wagtail
3 song thrush
Wren, robin, dunncok, blackbird, house sparrow
2 kingfisher
1 goosander
6 mute swan (one with a green ring, COY6)
1 grey heron (on a warehouse roof opposite, with large numbers of black-headed gull)
1 common gull
1 kestrel
Drake Goldeneye on Trafford Wharf
Pomona
1 Jack Snipe
1 Woodcock
1 Common Snipe
30 Fieldfare
2 Redwing
2 Goldcrest
c70 Long-tailed Tit
c50 Meadow Pipit
1 Reed Bunting
1 Skylark
1 Kingfisher
3 Goosander
-- Edited by James Walsh on Saturday 31st of October 2015 04:42:57 PM
Pomona
1 Reed Bunting
1 Goldcrest
c30 Meadow Pipit
1 Kingfisher
1 Goosander
c20 Long-tailed Tit
Drake Goldeneye on Clippers Quay
4 fieldfare
3 mistle thrush
2 redwing
2 goosander flying towards city centre
1 kestrel
1 grey heron
1 grey wagtail
1 skylark
1 meadow pipit, over
several pied wagtails over heading towards the city centre.
Mute Swan = 14
Mallard = 12
Coot = 16
Canada Goose = 56
Cormorant = 6
Black Headed Gull = 237
Lesser Black Backed Gull = 48
Herring Gull = 8
Common Gull = 3
Grey Wagtail = 2
Pomona
Male Stonechat on Guinness Point
10 Meadow Pipit
4 Mistle Thrush
Pomona:
Sparrowhawk
17 Mistle thrushes
20 Starlings
Meadow pipits over
Kingfisher seen flying into Clippers Quay
Pomona
1 Whinchat
1 Wheatear
1 Sand Martin
1 Sparrowhawk
2 Meadow Pipit
1 Lapwing
5 Willow Warbler/Chiffchaff
Goldeneye on Trafford Wharf
Greylag Goose on the Manchester Ship Canal west of Mode Wheel Locks viewable from Kestrel Court, present until 6:10pm when flew west with Canada Goose flock
Also sightings of Kingfisher and 2 Great Crested Grebe
4 Chiffchaffs on Clippers Quay including at least one singing
1 Kingfisher
2 Great Crested Grebe
1 Goldeneye
Mute Swan = 18
Mallard = 27
Coot = 13
Canada Goose = 52
Cormorant = 12
Black Headed Gull = 262
Lesser Black Backed Gull = 43
Herring Gull = 4
Common Gull = 1
Eclipse drake Goldeneye on Trafford Wharf
32 Lapwings on Manchester Ship Canal viewable from Kestrel Court
majority of the gulls were black headed gulls with lots of lesser black backed gulls, 54 of the lesser black backed gulls went straight through west at one point without having a dip like lots of the other gulls did, other gulls of note...3 herring gulls, 5 common gulls.
other birds of note...
2 swallow
6 house martin
3 swift straight through east
1 peregrine falcon sat on one of the appartments
1 drake goldeneye, moulting
1 grey heron
10 cormorant
21 mute swan
1 Great Crested Grebe
2 Oystercatcher
10 Lapwing
Manchester Ship Canal at Weaste
3 Great Crested Grebe
35 Lapwing
Pomona Festival Day
Highlight was a Spotted Flycatcher, a Tony O'Mahoney sighting along Pomona Strand
Visual highlight Swifts drinking water from the Manchester Ship Canal
Still plenty Sand Martins and some House Martins
c20 Mute Swans, Cormorants, Canada Geese, Mallards
Big numbers of House Sparrow, Goldfinch and Starling
Good to see more new people enjoying the site and its' wildlife
Wildlife Recording Event
Big numbers of House Sparrow (c350), Goldfinch (c50) and Starling (c200)
decent warbler action 8 Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warblers
5 Swift, 2 Swallow and still good numbers of Sand Martin
Another great event here with about 20 people enjoying the flora and fauna, including a landscape artist
I did return without my bike around 5pm & had a good mooch around, no other signs but did manage to find a GARDEN WARBLER
2 Oystercatcher
1 Stock Dove
1 Kestrel
1 Willow Warbler
5 Swift
100 Lesser Black-backed Gull (site record)
2 Herring Gull
30 Mute Swan
c100 Swifts on Weaste ETW
1 Great Crested Grebe
37 Lapwing
Sunday 2nd August
Pomona
2 Peregrine
2 Willow Warbler
1 Whitethroat
c300 House Sparrow
10 Swift
Saturday 1st August
Manchester Ship Canal
1 Great Crested Grebe
20 Lapwing
Pomona
c50 Sand Martin
Juvenile Song Thrush
70 people at the Save Pomona Gathering
2 Oystercatcher
20 Lapwing
3 willow warbler
1 chiffchaff
1 blackcap
11 whitethroat
40+ sand martin
1 grey wagtail
c10 goldfinch
2 greenfinch
1 song thrush
1 lapwing
1 grey heron
100+ black-headed gull (mostly roosting on warehouse roof opposite)
3 lesser black-backed gull (more over)
1 common gull
3 cormorant
1 mallard
8 mute swan
2 kestrel
Blackbird, wren, great tit, magpie, woodpigeon
-- Edited by Shannon Llewellyn on Sunday 26th of July 2015 04:59:51 PM
1 adult Mediterranean gull, had a few small white blobs on its forehead, it was amongst the 200+ black headed gulls on one of the unit roofs.
1 common gull
1 herring gull
2 kestrel
1 whitethroat
1 chiffchaff
5 mute swan
3 grey wagtail
40+ sand martin
2 swallow
5 house martin
25+ swift
Trafford wharf
44 mute swan
2 herring gull
3 pied wagtail
1 grey wagtail
30 Lapwing
1 Oystercatcher
3 peregrine falcons over the bbc at 1.15pm, one of them a juvenile making lots of noise & a female, quickly lost sight of the juvenile & the 3rd peregrine it may of been another juvenile.
also drake goldeneye & 3 swallow.
1 Kingfisher
30 Lapwing
40 Lapwing present on 7th July