WOOD SANDPIPER back on Capsticks 12pm showing well, please approach with caution birds are very easily disturbed as the marsh is right next to the path.
Info from Simon Johnson
Simon Warford said
Sun Sep 13 11:25 AM, 2009
WOOD SANDPIPER 11am Capsticks Marsh, then flew low possibly towards the huge expanse of mud known as the Reservoir. Currently being looked for.
Info thanks to Peter Baron.
-- Edited by Simon Warford on Sunday 13th of September 2009 08:36:18 PM
brian fielding said
Thu Sep 10 5:29 PM, 2009
hi simon, got the lesser whitethroat in capsticks aprox 30mins after we saw you, also garden warbler nr the creek but no sign of spot fly.
Simon Warford said
Thu Sep 10 10:00 AM, 2009
10/9/09 7am-9am with Paul,
Abit quiet really,
A new Spotted Flycatcher in the hedge between wader point and Capsticks giving Paul some good photo opportunities Garden Warbler still in hedge by Capsticks favouring elderberries Lesser Whitethroat, below Withins with tit flock then moved towards Capsticks, not sure if connected Brian? Many Blackcaps this morning plus 1 Whitethroat and smaller numbers of Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs.
No sign of any Ringed plovers they seemed to have moved on, only 1 Common Sand only wader. Little Grebe on whats left of the water but flushed off by the boats and nets who are catching the fish.
Sparrowhawk chasing Pied Wags, not alot else!
Simon Warford said
Wed Sep 9 8:07 PM, 2009
3 Black Tailed Godwits present this afternoon (Info from Dennis Colbert) however no sign of them 5-6pm but 15 Ringed Plover, single Dunlin still, plus Lesser Whitethroat and Garden Warbler still around Capsticks stocking up on elderberries.
Ian Campbell said
Mon Sep 7 4:07 PM, 2009
Also seen this a.m. was 1 Garden Warbler, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcaps and 1 Common Sandpiper. Last weekday visit for a while from me as it's back to teaching Farnworth finest from tomorrow. Cheers Ian
Mark Rigby said
Mon Sep 7 8:03 AM, 2009
No sign af Curlew Sand this morning but Dunlin and c10 Ringed Plover still.
Info thanks to Warfy (jnr)
Rob Thorpe said
Sun Sep 6 9:31 PM, 2009
Ian McKerchar wrote: Ooh, 'tis a dangerous game to play with the top of the county's premier league.
Did somebody mention the Wigan Flashes? Or did you mean Castleshaw?
-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Sunday 6th of September 2009 10:01:23 PM
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Sep 6 9:17 PM, 2009
Simon Warford wrote:
Ian McKerchar wrote: Ooh, 'tis a dangerous game to play with the top of the county's premier league. Especially as it looks like it's just recorded the first Turtle Dove for years
I must admit you are pushing us all the way
Sorry im a giddy mood tonite, just cracked open another Boddingtons
and flyover photographed curlew sands count as 2 so that makes 4
Simon Warford said
Sun Sep 6 8:39 PM, 2009
Ian McKerchar wrote: Ooh, 'tis a dangerous game to play with the top of the county's premier league. Especially as it looks like it's just recorded the first Turtle Dove for years
I must admit you are pushing us all the way
Sorry im a giddy mood tonite, just cracked open another Boddingtons
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Sep 6 8:05 PM, 2009
Simon Warford wrote:
Thats 3-2 to Elton so far this year and ours actually landed
-- Edited by Simon Warford on Sunday 6th of September 2009 07:44:36 PM
Ooh, 'tis a dangerous game to play with the top of the county's premier league. Especially as it looks like it's just recorded the first Turtle Dove for years
Simon Warford said
Sun Sep 6 7:35 PM, 2009
Wow Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper showing really well by the sailing club 7pm at least, sometimes as close as 30 feet, its not feeding on the waters edge but favouring the wet areas near the orange fence. Its with 16 Ringed Plover, Dunlin and 1 Common Sand. Makes up for missing the two adults in June, and a juvenile is much better looking with its subtle tones and buffish sides, get in
Thats 3-2 to Elton so far this year and ours actually landed
-- Edited by Simon Warford on Sunday 6th of September 2009 07:44:36 PM
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Sep 6 4:25 PM, 2009
Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper present from 4:15 atleast this afternoon. Favouring the southern end currently (found by Peter Johnson).
Peregrine on the pylon Spotted Flycatcher in the Dip. Garden Warbler & Lesser Whitethroat Capsticks eating elderberries. Whitethroat 3 Chiffchaff 6 Common Sand Dunlin 2 Ringed Plover 13 Snipe 3 Cormorant 13+ picking of whats left of the fish. Jay 7 Bullfinch 4 Kingfisher Swallow 75 south Mipits 37 south
Simon Johnson said
Sat Sep 5 7:53 PM, 2009
Visit 16.30-18.30 With Warfy
Buzzard and 2 Raven seen by Warfy before i got there. 13 Ringed Plover and a Common Sand only waders, juv Shelduck landed on the pond in the dip and flew off south couple of Chiffchaff about.
totals for this morning 143 Meadow Pipit, 229 Swallow, 5 Grey Wag, 15 House Martin, 2 Sand martin and 40 Goldfinch all in a south direction
Simon Johnson said
Sat Sep 5 12:54 PM, 2009
very ealy am left as Jill and Ian C arrived as had to go to work and missed the Whinchat even though had a quick look for them.
Not much more to add other than there was a decent movement of Meadow Pipits and Swallows first thing in with them the odd sand martin and grey wag and siskin flew west
Juv Arctic Tern (ring on right leg) still present 2pm (presumably the same bird reported on the bird info services as a juv Black Tern at 11am). Also juv Shelduck and many ringed plovers.
Info per Peter Baron/Alan Warford.
Simon Warford said
Fri Sep 4 10:08 AM, 2009
4/9/09 (too) early am and still wet..
Juv Arctic Tern on the mud and flying round Dunlin 5 Ringed Plover 16 Common sand Teal 5 Cormorant 13 on mud G C Grebe 5
workmen, boats and large nets still about
Paul Wilson said
Thu Sep 3 8:07 AM, 2009
20 minute visit early this morning revealed nothing of note bird wise. Water level up about a foot with water gushing in near the boathouse and in the creek - the stream cannot be crossed! Also, there is a small boat tied up below the pump house which appears to have a large fishing net in it - so fish removal would seem imminent.
Judith Smith said
Tue Sep 1 8:03 PM, 2009
Peregrine flew S along the reservoir about 1pm.
Simon Johnson said
Tue Sep 1 7:39 PM, 2009
Evening visit
Birds pretty much same as this morning
2 Dunlin, 4 redshank, 40 Lapwing, 2 Common Sand, Juv LRP, only 11 Ringed Plover but hard to spot sleeping amongst the rubble so could have been more.
On res 2 Teal, 7 Goosander and 5 GCG.
Spahawk, 50+ Swallow, 30+ House Martin and lots of Pied wags
Paul Wilson said
Tue Sep 1 5:48 PM, 2009
Rob Thorpe wrote:
This place gets more coverage than Cley! It's a shame you don't get the same quality of birds
Yeah - we have to work hard for our rewards - what few we get.
Rob Thorpe said
Tue Sep 1 1:33 PM, 2009
This place gets more coverage than Cley! It's a shame you don't get the same quality of birds
Simon Warford said
Tue Sep 1 12:30 PM, 2009
2 Garden Warblers and a single Lesser Whitethroat in the Dip with tit flock before you two were out bed couldnt find the Spot fly though, however i did only manage 17 Ringed Plovers.
Paul Wilson said
Tue Sep 1 11:20 AM, 2009
Ian Campbell wrote:
Early a.m. with Paul W. On the res. 23 Ringed Plover, 4 Redshank, 2 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Shelduck, 2 Teal. In surrounding hedgerows good numbers of Whitethroat, Blackcap and 2 Lesser Whitethroat, below Withins we had excellent views of a Grasshopper Warbler. Also 5 House Martin and 2 Little Owls. Cheers Ian
After leaving Ian I went in the dip. Nothing much in there apart from a Sparrowhawk being chased around by BH Gulls and 7 Jays.
Ian Campbell said
Tue Sep 1 10:46 AM, 2009
Early a.m. with Paul W. On the res. 23 Ringed Plover, 4 Redshank, 2 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Shelduck, 2 Teal. In surrounding hedgerows good numbers of Whitethroat, Blackcap and 2 Lesser Whitethroat, below Withins we had excellent views of a Grasshopper Warbler. Also 5 House Martin and 2 Little Owls. Cheers Ian
30/8/09 3.5 hour sweep with the boys, not quite the red letter day as last year but not without incident,
Highlight was a Spotted Flycatcher in the Dip, first one at Elton this year for what seems like a poor year for this species. Me and Paul also had a Garden Warbler in the same tree and up to 6 Blackcap in the Dip.
Also-
A singing Grasshopper Warbler below Withins, seems abit late to be singing! Ringed Plover 17 Dunlin 2 LRP 1 Juv Common Sand Tufted 7 Teal 2 Snipe 4 Lesser Whitethroat 2 Whitethroat 3+ Goosander Cormorant Pied Wags 35+
Also below withins in the dreaded "overflow" where 2 Mute Swans obviously trapped with no way out, they had been stuck there for over 24 hours. So operation Mute Swan was put into action, Peter Johnson was the hero grabbing both swans and passing them to me and Ian, after a little bit of a struggle we managed to get them out and hold them down while Peter climbed up and then managed to get them onto Withins in one piece. Hope the mud comes out of your jumper peter, well done
Paul Heaton said
Sat Aug 29 6:29 PM, 2009
Simon Warford wrote:
29/8/09 early am quick visit with Mr Heaton
Arctic Tern resting on the mud with the BHG's was abit unexpected.
Paul Wilson was also there, abit jealous that he could not rest on the mud like the tern.
However he had tales to tell of car park terrors again.
Nice to see the mud pans of Elton, it has to be the place for the big one soon.
keep birding
Simon Warford said
Sat Aug 29 5:20 PM, 2009
29/8/09 early am quick visit with Mr Heaton
Arctic Tern resting on the mud with the BHG's was abit unexpected. Ringed Plover 16 LRP 1 Juv Dunlin still on
See what tomorrow brings, exactly 12 months on from probably the best ever day at Elton! Oh if only it could be repeated...
Simon Warford said
Fri Aug 28 9:58 AM, 2009
28/8/09 heavy rain on the Elton saltpans
Whimbrel on the mud at 6.45 but unfortunately I spooked the gulls and it decided to fly off south. Dunlin 1 Ringed Plover 12 LRP 1 juv Snipe 2 Teal 4 Little Owl Sparrowhawk
Simon Warford said
Wed Aug 26 9:51 PM, 2009
Late afternoon, not a single wader on all that mud, until at the last minute I found 3 Ringed Plover very little else on the pond just 5 Teal. The Creek was alot better with one hell of a tit flock, never seen so many birds in one flock here before, huge numbers of Blue and Great tits, even had 3 coal tits which are not that common at Elton, the flock also consisted of at least 30 Long Tailed tits, 6+ Chiffchaff, 5(2 male) Blackcap feeding on the elderberries along with 2 Lesser Whitethroat. That Barred Warblers gotta be in there somewhere, anyone got a mist net..
Ian Campbell said
Tue Aug 25 2:18 PM, 2009
Early a.m. 9 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper 36 Lapwing and over 40 Pied Wagtails at the res. In surrounding hedgerows lots of mixed finch flocks with 60+ Greenfinch near Withins and 50+ Goldfinch near canal. At Crowtrees over 200 Sandmartin flying around and 7 Swift high above. 2 Little Owl on trailer with 1 in hedgerow on other side of farm, also 1 in tree at Old Hall Farm. Cheers Ian
-- Edited by Ian Campbell on Tuesday 25th of August 2009 02:21:51 PM
Peter Johnson said
Mon Aug 24 8:09 PM, 2009
17:00 - 18:00
12 Ringed Plover 2 Common Sandpiper Kingfisher 4 Little Owl
Quite a lot more mud now due to this afternoons rain. I expect them to be moving the fish imminently due to the fact they aren't letting any more water out and it's very low.
Ian Campbell said
Mon Aug 24 12:56 PM, 2009
Early a.m. in the drizzle, thinking "why did I bother", 2 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 5 Snipe, 1 Kingfisher and 7 Teal which stayed 5 mins before seeing sense and flying off. Water level very low but none is leaving at the moment. Cheers Ian
Simon Warford said
Sun Aug 23 8:28 PM, 2009
Peter Johnson wrote:
Buzzard circling around Old Hall Farm fields late afternoon.
Also Willow Tit in the Dip late afternoon (heard only). 3 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sand, Teal, Snipe and 36+ Pied Wagtails.
Peter Johnson said
Sun Aug 23 8:04 PM, 2009
Buzzard circling around Old Hall Farm fields late afternoon.
Ian Campbell said
Sat Aug 22 12:44 PM, 2009
Also this a.m. with Peter J and Wader Wilson Also no sign of yesterdays Redstart but we had a total of 5 Little Owls in 3 different locations; 1 on usual trailer, 3 in a hedgerow on the opposite side of Crowtrees and 1 at Old Hall Farm. Paul (I love mud)Wilson and I looked for the Willow Tit but failed unfortunately as it would have been a site tick for us also. Cheers Ian
Simon Johnson said
Sat Aug 22 10:37 AM, 2009
22/8 early morning 6am-10am
Cold and misty first thing starting to feel the autumn setting in!
Willow Tit - Dip was star bird - site tick for me also in the Dip 4 Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Great spot, Jay, Kingfisher and 2 Little Grebe
the res RUDDY SHELDUCK flew thru North West at 7.10am 2 Teal, Tufted Duck, GCG, the Barnacle Goose still present, 6 Goosander, 3 Ringed Plover, Common Sand, 3 Swift, 20 Sand Martin and 15 House Martin
Capsticks 30 Greenfinch, 20+ Chaffinch and 20+ Pied Wagtail
Withins Kingfisher, 30 Goldfinch, 10+ Willow Warbler No sign of the Redstart few hirundines movinf south also with 36 House martin, 35 Sand Martin and 38 Swallow
Mark Rigby said
Fri Aug 21 11:59 AM, 2009
Same old story-Photographers trying to get too close
Hope the mud isn't the same stuff that I got on my legs when looking for the Jack Snipe below Elton.
It was brown and took ages to get off-better than the sun tan products you can but in the shops.Allegedly
Ian Campbell said
Fri Aug 21 10:32 AM, 2009
Female Redstart 8.45 a.m. using metal gate as perch to catch insects near trailer at Crowtrees which has 1 Little Owl on. Also this a.m. 1 Raven, 2 Kestrel and 2 Sparrowhawk. Hope it stays around for you Paul, you should be OK as there is no MUD near Crowtrees. Cheers Ian
Simon Johnson said
Fri Aug 21 9:58 AM, 2009
Did you not see the signs saying danger DEEP mud Paul? LOL glad you managed to get out ok!
Paul Wilson said
Fri Aug 21 9:28 AM, 2009
Simon Warford wrote:
I was too busy pulling Paul out of the mud to see it.
Cheers Simon. Thanks for the help and thanks for letting everyone else know! I'll stay away from shortcuts in future and I'll stop laughing at idiots who keep getting stuck in the mud.
Simon Warford said
Fri Aug 21 9:00 AM, 2009
21/8/09 Early am
Ringed Plover 6 Common Sand 2 Teal 3 Tufted 2 Lesser Whitethroat 2 Whitethroat 5 Grey Wag 7 Barnacle Goose, no mr heaton its not wild!
Somebody had a Redstart at Withins, more info to follow from observer no doubt! I was too busy pulling Paul out of the mud to see it.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Aug 20 3:54 PM, 2009
Warfy's complete total and year listing write up is available for all to view at their leisure on the Manchester Birding website on the articles/county birding articles pages. No Barnacle Goose though, unless he intends to submit late evidence for the authentification of the validity of one seen during the year
Dave Lowe said
Thu Aug 20 11:38 AM, 2009
Paul,
110? what are you missing that could stil turn up on the pond?
Was Barnacle goose or Muscovy Duck on Simons total
D
dave broome said
Thu Aug 20 11:31 AM, 2009
Paul Wilson wrote:
What's a Shovellor?
about £5 a brace on Bury Market
Simon Warford said
Thu Aug 20 11:00 AM, 2009
Another early morning of suffering for me and Paul, the mud isnt the only thing drying up, its been desperately poor last couple of weeks. This morning just the 6 Ringed Plover(also present yesterday morning) and 2 Common Sand. 1 Teal and 1 Tufted on the receeding bit of water. A fox and 3 Little Grebe in the Dip otherwise very very poor and depressing
Ian Campbell said
Tue Aug 18 1:04 PM, 2009
a.m. with Paul W. Lots of mud, so where are the birds, Just 6 Ringed Plover and 2 Oystercatcher on the res(pond). Also 1 Peregrine on pylon, 2 Kingfisher at Withins outflow and 200+ Swallow on wires and fields below the res. Cheers Ian
Info from Simon Johnson
Info thanks to Peter Baron.
-- Edited by Simon Warford on Sunday 13th of September 2009 08:36:18 PM
Abit quiet really,
A new Spotted Flycatcher in the hedge between wader point and Capsticks giving Paul some good photo opportunities
Garden Warbler still in hedge by Capsticks favouring elderberries
Lesser Whitethroat, below Withins with tit flock then moved towards Capsticks, not sure if connected Brian?
Many Blackcaps this morning plus 1 Whitethroat and smaller numbers of Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs.
No sign of any Ringed plovers they seemed to have moved on, only 1 Common Sand only wader. Little Grebe on whats left of the water but flushed off by the boats and nets who are catching the fish.
Sparrowhawk chasing Pied Wags, not alot else!
Cheers Ian
Info thanks to Warfy (jnr)
Did somebody mention the Wigan Flashes?
-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Sunday 6th of September 2009 10:01:23 PM
and flyover photographed curlew sands count as 2 so that makes 4
I must admit you are pushing us all the way
Sorry im a giddy mood tonite, just cracked open another Boddingtons
Ooh, 'tis a dangerous game to play with the top of the county's premier league. Especially as it looks like it's just recorded the first Turtle Dove for years
Thats 3-2 to Elton so far this year and ours actually landed
-- Edited by Simon Warford on Sunday 6th of September 2009 07:44:36 PM
Info thanks to Paul Wilson
A pleasant stroll, in calm conditions for once..
Peregrine on the pylon
Spotted Flycatcher in the Dip.
Garden Warbler & Lesser Whitethroat Capsticks eating elderberries.
Whitethroat 3 Chiffchaff 6
Common Sand
Dunlin 2
Ringed Plover 13
Snipe 3
Cormorant 13+ picking of whats left of the fish.
Jay 7
Bullfinch 4
Kingfisher
Swallow 75 south
Mipits 37 south
Buzzard and 2 Raven seen by Warfy before i got there. 13 Ringed Plover and a Common Sand only waders, juv Shelduck landed on the pond in the dip and flew off south couple of Chiffchaff about.
totals for this morning
143 Meadow Pipit, 229 Swallow, 5 Grey Wag, 15 House Martin, 2 Sand martin and 40 Goldfinch all in a south direction
Not much more to add other than there was a decent movement of Meadow Pipits and Swallows first thing in with them the odd sand martin and grey wag and siskin flew west
2 Oystercatcher
12+Ringed Plover
2 Dunlin
1 Whinchat (near Bennies)
30+ Meadow Pipits
Info per Peter Baron/Alan Warford.
Juv Arctic Tern on the mud and flying round
Dunlin 5
Ringed Plover 16
Common sand
Teal 5
Cormorant 13 on mud
G C Grebe 5
workmen, boats and large nets still about
Birds pretty much same as this morning
2 Dunlin, 4 redshank, 40 Lapwing, 2 Common Sand, Juv LRP, only 11 Ringed Plover but hard to spot sleeping amongst the rubble so could have been more.
On res 2 Teal, 7 Goosander and 5 GCG.
Spahawk, 50+ Swallow, 30+ House Martin and lots of Pied wags
Yeah - we have to work hard for our rewards - what few we get.
After leaving Ian I went in the dip. Nothing much in there apart from a Sparrowhawk being chased around by BH Gulls and 7 Jays.
On the res. 23 Ringed Plover, 4 Redshank, 2 Dunlin, 1 Common Sandpiper, 3 Shelduck, 2 Teal. In surrounding hedgerows good numbers of Whitethroat, Blackcap and 2 Lesser Whitethroat, below Withins we had excellent views of a Grasshopper Warbler. Also 5 House Martin and 2 Little Owls.
Cheers Ian
20 Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover
2 Dunlin
2 Teal
Sparrowhawk
Highlight was a Spotted Flycatcher in the Dip, first one at Elton this year for what seems like a poor year for this species. Me and Paul also had a Garden Warbler in the same tree and up to 6 Blackcap in the Dip.
Also-
A singing Grasshopper Warbler below Withins, seems abit late to be singing!
Ringed Plover 17
Dunlin 2
LRP 1 Juv
Common Sand
Tufted 7
Teal 2
Snipe 4
Lesser Whitethroat 2
Whitethroat 3+
Goosander
Cormorant
Pied Wags 35+
Also below withins in the dreaded "overflow" where 2 Mute Swans obviously trapped with no way out, they had been stuck there for over 24 hours. So operation Mute Swan was put into action, Peter Johnson was the hero grabbing both swans and passing them to me and Ian, after a little bit of a struggle we managed to get them out and hold them down while Peter climbed up and then managed to get them onto Withins in one piece. Hope the mud comes out of your jumper peter, well done
Arctic Tern resting on the mud with the BHG's was abit unexpected.
Ringed Plover 16
LRP 1 Juv
Dunlin still on
See what tomorrow brings, exactly 12 months on from probably the best ever day at Elton! Oh if only it could be repeated...
Whimbrel on the mud at 6.45 but unfortunately I spooked the gulls and it decided to fly off south.
Dunlin 1
Ringed Plover 12
LRP 1 juv
Snipe 2
Teal 4
Little Owl
Sparrowhawk
9 Ringed Plover, 1 Common Sandpiper 36 Lapwing and over 40 Pied Wagtails at the res. In surrounding hedgerows lots of mixed finch flocks with 60+ Greenfinch near Withins and 50+ Goldfinch near canal. At Crowtrees over 200 Sandmartin flying around and 7 Swift high above. 2 Little Owl on trailer with 1 in hedgerow on other side of farm, also 1 in tree at Old Hall Farm.
Cheers Ian
-- Edited by Ian Campbell on Tuesday 25th of August 2009 02:21:51 PM
12 Ringed Plover
2 Common Sandpiper
Kingfisher
4 Little Owl
Quite a lot more mud now due to this afternoons rain. I expect them to be moving the fish imminently due to the fact they aren't letting any more water out and it's very low.
Cheers Ian
Also Willow Tit in the Dip late afternoon (heard only).
3 Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sand, Teal, Snipe and 36+ Pied Wagtails.
Also no sign of yesterdays Redstart but we had a total of 5 Little Owls in 3 different locations; 1 on usual trailer, 3 in a hedgerow on the opposite side of Crowtrees and 1 at Old Hall Farm. Paul (I love mud)
Cheers Ian
Cold and misty first thing starting to feel the autumn setting in!
Willow Tit - Dip was star bird - site tick for me also in the Dip 4 Whitethroat, 5 Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, Great spot, Jay, Kingfisher and 2 Little Grebe
the res
RUDDY SHELDUCK flew thru North West at 7.10am
2 Teal, Tufted Duck, GCG, the Barnacle Goose still present, 6 Goosander, 3 Ringed Plover, Common Sand, 3 Swift, 20 Sand Martin and 15 House Martin
Capsticks
30 Greenfinch, 20+ Chaffinch and 20+ Pied Wagtail
Withins
Kingfisher, 30 Goldfinch, 10+ Willow Warbler No sign of the Redstart few hirundines movinf south also with 36 House martin, 35 Sand Martin and 38 Swallow
Hope the mud isn't the same stuff that I got on my legs when looking for the Jack Snipe below Elton.
It was brown and took ages to get off-better than the sun tan products you can but in the shops.
Cheers Ian
Cheers Simon. Thanks for the help and thanks for letting everyone else know! I'll stay away from shortcuts in future and I'll stop laughing at idiots who keep getting stuck in the mud.
Ringed Plover 6
Common Sand 2
Teal 3
Tufted 2
Lesser Whitethroat 2
Whitethroat 5
Grey Wag 7
Barnacle Goose, no mr heaton its not wild!
Somebody had a Redstart at Withins, more info to follow from observer no doubt! I was too busy pulling Paul out of the mud to see it.
110? what are you missing that could stil turn up on the pond?
Was Barnacle goose or Muscovy Duck on Simons total
D
about £5 a brace on Bury Market
Lots of mud, so where are the birds
Cheers Ian