Wood Sandpiper still showing from Horrocks Hide at 1pm.

Also 3 Green Sandpipers on Teal Scrape.

Info thanks to John Rayner

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 9th of August 2010 01:48:45 PM

Wood Sandpiper still showing very well indeed from Horrocks Hide at 12:30.

Info thanks to Pete (Haydock birder)

Wood Sandpiper still present this morning from Horrocks Hide.

Also present:

Juvenile Black-necked Grebe
5 Green Sandpipers

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

Still present at 9pm.

Wood sandpiper still present at six fifteen near the mini spit to the right of the main spit from horrocks, Gm first for me, cheers Jt for letting me know

nice to get a manchester birder tick too, Nice to meet you today Tim, might see you at the next twitch

Great veiws of the wood sandpiper all afternoon from 13:40!! My first of the year I look forward to seeing some of the photos taken! Also had the wheatear and good views of the black-neck grebe early in the day! Plus plenty of juv. Blackcaps in the bushes by the hide! Great day all round at Horrock's hide!!

We also managed to sign up a few new RSPB members aswell today which was encouraging! Good to see more and more people showing an interest in the wildlife!

Scott

wood sand still present-front of horrocks hide-17.00 when i left

Wood Sandpiper right in front of Horrocks - stunning views

Juv BN Grebe just off spit

5 Green Sandpiper Teal Hide
1 Common Tern

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 8th of August 2010 04:21:32 PM

Wood Sandpiper still present from Horrocks Hide currently.

Info thanks to Jon Taverner

Wood Sandpiper reported this afternoon.

Info thanks to Birdnet Information, no observer details as yet.

Single Wheatear on the spit too this morning.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

Juvenile Black-necked Grebe still present this am.

Also Greenshank and 6 Green Sandpipers on Teal Scrape.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

am 9-12.15
greenshank-heard twice but not seen
green sandpiper-3
common sandpiper-1
common tern-2
great crested grebe-60 including at least 4 pairs with young
plenty tufted
teal
shoveler
wigeon-1m
lots of young whitethroat,blackcap,willow warblers

This morning:

Juvenile Black-necked Grebe
Greenshank

Info thanks to Bill Harrison

late pm
juv black necked grebe-1
green sandpiper-3
common tern-3
cormorant -8
wigeon -1m
plus all the usual stuff

Horrocks 9.30am
Juv BN Grebe (thanks to Barry for pointing it out)

Teal Hide
Green Sandpiper
Kingfisher
Grey Wagtail

1.30 - 3.30pm
Rather quiet overall. Most noteworthy sighting being:

Horrocks:
1 juv BN Grebe
1 Redshank
1 Common Tern

Teal hide:
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Common Sandpiper

Ramsdale hide:
family party of 2 adult & 2 young Blackcap
family of 3 Willow Warbler

also:
1 Wigeon
1 Jay

nice to meet Judith Smith

This morning:

2 Ruff on Teal Scrape with singles of Green and Common Sandpiper.
Single juvenile Black-necked Grebe
Whimbrel on the spit flew off SW at 6:05am

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

The most interesting birds I saw this afternoon:


Stock Doves at the feeding station.
Two green sandpipers.
Common Tern.

Single juvenile Black-necked Grebe still present this morning.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

Mike Baron wrote:

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JOHN TYMON wrote:

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12-3pm
black necked grebe-2 juv(1 by point,1 in rammies with tufted)
green sandpiper-2
common tern-6
rest much as yesterday

seemed to be very little adverse affect of the iron man swim earlier in the morning,the wildlife at penny has over the years adapted to disturbance,and I perposefully left my visit until after the race,just to see if it had affected anything,but apart from the mute swans being spread a bit more around the flash,everything seemed back to normal,and the organisation seemed to be very good,with all the extra stuff that had been strung across the flash to guide the swimmers,big yellow infalatable bouys,etc had all been removed and packed away by 12 when i arrived.
Maybe im just getting old,and a bit more mellow,but these sort of things don't bother me as much as they did in the past,
maybe its like Spok said in star trek,
The needs of the many(the general public)
far outweigh the needs of the few(birders on penny and at the moment and believe me there a very few birders at penny at the moment,in fact ive been in empty hides all weekend)
or the one -(Me)

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Live long and prosper!

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KAPLA

JOHN TYMON wrote:

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12-3pm
black necked grebe-2 juv(1 by point,1 in rammies with tufted)
green sandpiper-2
common tern-6
rest much as yesterday

seemed to be very little adverse affect of the iron man swim earlier in the morning,the wildlife at penny has over the years adapted to disturbance,and I perposefully left my visit until after the race,just to see if it had affected anything,but apart from the mute swans being spread a bit more around the flash,everything seemed back to normal,and the organisation seemed to be very good,with all the extra stuff that had been strung across the flash to guide the swimmers,big yellow infalatable bouys,etc had all been removed and packed away by 12 when i arrived.
Maybe im just getting old,and a bit more mellow,but these sort of things don't bother me as much as they did in the past,
maybe its like Spok said in star trek,
The needs of the many(the general public)
far outweigh the needs of the few(birders on penny and at the moment and believe me there a very few birders at penny at the moment,in fact ive been in empty hides all weekend)
or the one -(Me)

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Live long and prosper!

12-3pm
black necked grebe-2 juv(1 by point,1 in rammies with tufted)
green sandpiper-2
common tern-6
rest much as yesterday

seemed to be very little adverse affect of the iron man swim earlier in the morning,the wildlife at penny has over the years adapted to disturbance,and I perposefully left my visit until after the race,just to see if it had affected anything,but apart from the mute swans being spread a bit more around the flash,everything seemed back to normal,and the organisation seemed to be very good,with all the extra stuff that had been strung across the flash to guide the swimmers,big yellow infalatable bouys,etc had all been removed and packed away by 12 when i arrived.
Maybe im just getting old,and a bit more mellow,but these sort of things don't bother me as much as they did in the past,
maybe its like Spok said in star trek,
The needs of the many(the general public)
far outweigh the needs of the few(birders on penny and at the moment and believe me there a very few birders at penny at the moment,in fact ive been in empty hides all weekend)
or the one -(Me)

Three Little Egrets circled the flash at 6:15am this morning, then flew off possibly in a northerly direction.

2 juvenile Black-necked Grebes still present and 3 Green Sandpipers.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

JOHN TYMON wrote:

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sat-31st
mooch wi clegg,foggy went AWOL.
11am-2.30pm
green sandpiper-2
common sandpiper-1
dunlin-1
kingfisher-2
wigeon-3m
lots of young long tailed tits,willow warblers,blackcaps,chiff chaff etc
black necked grebe-2 juv still by point when i left
lapwing-c200
cormorant-8
great crested grebe-52
Teal-15
shoveler
mute swan-68

and lots of activity with hundreds of people bringing thier cycles ready for the iron man event tomorrow-never mind iron men,ive never seen as many sparrows legs in my life ,they all looked short of a few steak puddingsstill they were enjoying themselves and were not disturbing anything today as they were all around the car park area,and me and charlie had the hides to ourselves,so it was a pleasant few hours

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don't forget anyone wanting to go on the flash tomorrow-the carpark is closed until 9.30 for the iron man event

Both Black-necked Grebes still present off the spit late afternoon.

Info thanks to Dave Ousey

sat-31st
mooch wi clegg,foggy went AWOL.
11am-2.30pm
green sandpiper-2
common sandpiper-1
dunlin-1
kingfisher-2
wigeon-3m
lots of young long tailed tits,willow warblers,blackcaps,chiff chaff etc
black necked grebe-2 juv still by point when i left
lapwing-c200
cormorant-8
great crested grebe-52
Teal-15
shoveler
mute swan-68

and lots of activity with hundreds of people bringing thier cycles ready for the iron man event tomorrow-never mind iron men,ive never seen as many sparrows legs in my life ,they all looked short of a few steak puddingsstill they were enjoying themselves and were not disturbing anything today as they were all around the car park area,and me and charlie had the hides to ourselves,so it was a pleasant few hours

A single Little Egret possibly came off the edge of Ramsdales Ruck at 5:50am this morning and flew west (there could have been two as viewing was very obstructed but only one was seen). There was no subsequent sign of this bird though.

Also present:

2 juvenile Black-necked Grebe
2 Green Sandpiper
2 Common Sandpiper
Single Dunlin

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

friday 30th
1.30-4pm-wet
black necked grebe-2
dunlin-1
common sandpiper-1
green sandpiper-2
lapwing-150
stacks of hurrundines
4 common tern
wigeon-3 male

flash very busy around the car park in preparation for the ironman event sunday-see thread in general for details.

Still 2 juvenile Black-necked Grebes pesent this morning and 5 Green Sandpipers on Teal Scrape.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

Rob Thorpe wrote:

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I think it's a but more than sod's law John. Only 2 days out of every 7 are weekend days John, meaning if something turns up at Pennington, there's a 71% chance it'll be on a weekday...

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I Think you will find about 90% decent birds turn up int wik-I should know,as ive found nowt at weekends-then again im not on at 7am most times anyway-too knackered to get out at that time after a week ont weldersso I probably miss all the good birds at weekend as well,and just mop up after the others these days
I will have to rely ont premium bonds coming up if i want to find mi own birds,and become a man of leasure-beltin

I think it's a but more than sod's law John. Only 2 days out of every 7 are weekend days John, meaning if something turns up at Pennington, there's a 71% chance it'll be on a weekday...

Ian McKerchar wrote:

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2 Little Egrets flew into Horrocks Scrape at 7am this morning. They quickly relocated to Teal Scrape before eventually heading off north-west at 7:35.

All info thanks to Barry Hulme

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why does this never happen at weekendssods law

2 Little Egrets flew into Horrocks Scrape at 7am this morning. They quickly relocated to Teal Scrape before eventually heading off north-west at 7:35.

Also present this morning:

2 juvenile Black-necked Grebe
3 Dunlin
2 Green Sandpiper
1 Common Sandpiper

All info thanks to Barry Hulme

Ian McKerchar wrote:

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Two juvenile Black-necked Grebes reported this morning (via Arthur Doyle).

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

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most likely the second bird is the one that has just left houghton green pool,which was present monday,but gone yesterday. The one in the galleries on here ,in the out of counties,that i photographed on sunday.

-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 28th of July 2010 10:03:25 AM

Two juvenile Black-necked Grebes reported this morning (via Arthur Doyle).

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

This early am:

Juvenile Black-necked Grebe
2 Green Sandpiper
4 Black-tailed Godwit (out of sight at the top of the spit)
14 Common Tern flew through

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

quick mooch
12-1.15pm
3 green sandpipers
1 common sandpiper
1 juv black necked grebe
240 tufted
53 great crested grebe
2 little grebe
4 common tern
plus the normal stuff

Ian McKerchar wrote:

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If you have a modern smart phone (mobile) hold that thought for my imminent review of their new Twitter service. Pagers are dead, long live the new king

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Will do!!

I use the internet service straight to my mobile at the moment, so will wait until all is revealed.

Cheers



-- Edited by Phil Owen on Sunday 25th of July 2010 01:04:45 PM

If you have a modern smart phone (mobile) hold that thought for my imminent review of their new Twitter service. Pagers are dead, long live the new king

Ian McKerchar wrote:

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Phil Owen wrote:

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Precisely the reason why I subscribe to RBA

Correct on there!!!

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Who, unlike this forum's sponsor Birdnet, don't assist with this forum nor get county bird news (atleast) first

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Now how did I know you were going to mention that Ian??

I will look at my options and consider transfering to Birdnet when my RBA subscription is due up.

Phil Owen wrote:

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Precisely the reason why I subscribe to RBA

Correct on there!!!

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Who, unlike this forum's sponsor Birdnet, don't assist with this forum nor get county bird news (atleast) first

Precisely the reason why I subscribe to RBA

Correct on there!!!

Birdguides strikes again! Their reported juvenile Black Redstart at Pennington this morning (I wish) is in fact the juvenile Black-necked Grebe . Just incase anyone was wondering.

Juvenile Black-necked Grebe still present this morning. Also 3 Green Sandpipers, 2 Redshank and a single Common Sandpiper.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

2 adult Common Gull this evening

JOHN TYMON wrote:

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Tawny Owl- 1 flying along west side of pengys-12.30pmpossibly a young bird.

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A very unusal sighting for the particular location indeed? Juveniles are extremely difficult to seperate from adults though.

JOHN TYMON wrote:

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JOHN TYMON wrote:

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another late morning stroll,with Clegg and Foggy
3 Green sandpiper
1 common sandpiper
1 Juv Black necked grebe
40+great crested grebe
200+tufted duck
pochard
teal-9
wigeon-2m
common tern-6+
cormorant-12
Tawny Owl- 1 flying along west side of pengys-12.30pmpossibly a young bird.

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By the way according to clegg(charlie owen)we can forget ever getting breeding long eared owls,if the Tawnys have started breeding,as tawnys hate long eared owls and chase them off thier terratories-try getting that from birdforum,or collins bird guide-charlie owen-top birder,top bloke,crap driver!!ive been in his old reliant robin when he fell asleep driving over thelwall viaduct and almost hit the barrier at the highest point

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lol, that does sound like a scene from last of the summer wine

JOHN TYMON wrote:

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another late morning stroll,with Clegg and Foggy
3 Green sandpiper
1 common sandpiper
1 Juv Black necked grebe
40+great crested grebe
200+tufted duck
pochard
teal-9
wigeon-2m
common tern-6+
cormorant-12
Tawny Owl- 1 flying along west side of pengys-12.30pmpossibly a young bird.

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By the way according to clegg(charlie owen)we can forget ever getting breeding long eared owls,if the Tawnys have started breeding,as tawnys hate long eared owls and chase them off thier terratories-try getting that from birdforum,or collins bird guide-charlie owen-top birder,top bloke,crap driver!!ive been in his old reliant robin when he fell asleep driving over thelwall viaduct and almost hit the barrier at the highest point

another late morning stroll,with Clegg and Foggy
3 Green sandpiper
1 common sandpiper
1 Juv Black necked grebe
40+great crested grebe
200+tufted duck
pochard
teal-9
wigeon-2m
common tern-6+
cormorant-12
Tawny Owl- 1 flying along west side of pengys-12.30pmpossibly a young bird.