Horrocks Hide Large flock of Lapwing Single Shellduck Few Teal Comerants Pair of Goosander Several Golden Eye Heron Next Hide Clockwise walking around 2 Snipe stood on Ice Few Shoveller Four Goosander Heron New Hide Widgeon several Shoveller Goldeneye Male Plenty of Teal 40+ Goosander three Next Hide More Teal and Goosander 2 Gadwall More Shoveller Bunting Hide Female Teal 8 Bullfinch 4 LT Tits 4 Reed Bunting 2 Fightng Moorhen usual Rat and large spaniel. Car park 2 goldeneye on lake Very glum looking Mute Swan that ate all my bread.
Joey Eccles said
Sat Jan 23 6:36 PM, 2010
10.30 - 12.00
thick mist only cleared at 11.45
around hides:
plenty lapwing lots of teal tufted duck pochard goldeneye 3 grey heron 1 kingfisher on brook by golf course (the one actually within pennington flash) c.10 shoveler 1 sparrowhawk (male) diving after a blackbird flock of 8 lt tits 3 bullfinch comorant redwing plenty mute swan, canadas, mallard
Feeding station:
lots of: reed bunting greenfinch chaffinch robin also present: 15 bullfinch 2 willow tit 1 female gsw moorhen female teal dunnock 1 stock dove commoner tits
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Jan 23 8:36 AM, 2010
john lyons wrote:
john lyons said
Fri Jan 22 9:15 PM, 2010
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jan 22 7:55 PM, 2010
Today, up to 10:50 until the thick mist came down:
38 Goosander 17 Goldeneye 200 Lapwing 60 Jackdaw
Info thanks to John Lyon
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jan 20 3:37 PM, 2010
Today, 20th January
61 Robin 41 Bullfinch 1 Goldcrest 6 Willow Tit 64 Long-tailed Tit 11 Stock Dove 4 Wigeon 37 Goosander (count thanks to John Lyon) 18 Goldeneye (count thanks to John Lyon) 14 Reed Bunting (count thanks to John Lyon) 3 Buzzard (count thanks to John Lyon)
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Jan 18 1:21 PM, 2010
Yesterday, mid-pm:
Single Dunlin on the spit. 57 Pink-footed Geese headed north at 3:26
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Jan 18 11:30 AM, 2010
41 Goosander in the open water off the spit this morning at just after 8am.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Jan 17 4:49 PM, 2010
A BIT MORE ABOUT THIS AFT GOOSANDER-11 TEAL-150 SHOVELER GADWALL-4 GOLDEN EYE-1 PAIR TUFTED DUCK-20 G.S.WOODPECKER-1 COMMON SNIPE-2 CORMORANT-4 A BIT MORE OPEN THAN YESTERDAY,AOUT 100 METERS BY POINT NOW AND WELL DONE THE RANGER AT PENNY FEEDING THE COOTS,AND WILDFOWL WHEN I ARRIVED WITH SEED-NICE ONE
Anthony Dixon said
Sun Jan 17 1:04 PM, 2010
9-12 Still bad underfoot!
Sparrow Hawk made 2 apperances at the Bunting Hide Kingfisher Shoveler
Not a great deal else.
Happy days for the wildfowl because it seemed like everybody had brought loafs!
Anthony
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Jan 16 3:27 PM, 2010
12-3pm goosander-4(1 pair mating) teal-268 on ice by point gadwall-4 golden eye-2f water rail-3 buzzard -1 tried to catch a teal plus all the usual stuff at bunting hide lapwing-18-nice to see stuff coming back cormorant-3 redpoll-6 flying over song thrush-1 about 50 meters of water free by point,and the edges now breaking up. anyone goes to penny please take a couple of loafs of value bread,costs less than 50p from any shop,as the ducks,coots etc by the car park are really suffering as no one seems to be feeding them,they demolished 2 loafs,in about a min,and then followed me as they wanted more,and you never know there may be a smew in the free water there
pete berry said
Sat Jan 16 12:53 PM, 2010
Interestingly,I found a ringed Common Gull at Loch Ryan,Dumfries and Galloway last year,that was ringed at the same place by the same guy.
Steve Christmas said
Sat Jan 16 7:40 AM, 2010
Thank you for posting this, Ian. Could you let the BTO know as well, please. Thanks, Steve
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jan 15 10:06 PM, 2010
Ian McKerchar wrote:
3 Arctic Terns currently present on the main water. A superb adult and 2 juv/1st winters.
Also an adult Common Gull sat on a bouy close inshore with metal BTO ring which I've just about read through 60x on the scope as the bouy slowly turned in the water. So we'll see what comes of that!
Had a very pleasant reply today from Doris Peuckert in Germany with regards the above sighting of a ringed Common Gull at Pennington on the 7th October 2009. Details below.
Ring Number Helgoland ...5308754 Species Common Gull (Larus canus) Sex unknown [0] Age after 3rd year [8] Ringing Date 03.07.2005 accurate to the day [0] Ringing Place Amrum/Norddorf Strand (TK 1315 DEQN) Nordfriesische Inseln / Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland Ringer Dr. med Sönke Martens *, Itzehoe Co-ordinates Lat.: 54,68600 (+54°41'09,6'') Long.: 8,31700 (+08°19'01,2'') Accuracy 0.001° [0] Lat.: positive values = N, negative values = S; Long.: positive values = E, negative values = W Status nesting or breeding [N]; Remarks Landschulheim;
Ring No. Reported Helgoland ...5308754 Recovery Date 07.10.2009 accurate to the day [0] Bird reported as Common Gull (Larus canus) Finding Place Pennington Flash (GBMA) Manchester (Greater), Großbritannien Finder Ian McKerchar, ian@mckerchar1.freeserve.co.uk Co-ordinates Lat.: 53,48333 (+53°29'00,0'') Long.: -2,55000 (-02°33'00,0'') Accuracy 0.01° [1] Lat.: positive values = N, negative values = S; Long.: positive values = E, negative values = W Sex unknown [0] Age after 3rd year [8] Condition alive and probably healthy - certainly released [7] Circumstances ring number read without the bird being caught [28] Ring changed into
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 15th of January 2010 10:06:52 PM
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Jan 15 7:31 PM, 2010
Dennis atherton wrote:
Damn it, i was hoping the rain would melt some of the ice and snow
ya never know wit flash,it can go from fully frozen to fully open in a day if the wind starts breaking the ice
Dennis atherton said
Fri Jan 15 6:16 PM, 2010
Damn it, i was hoping the rain would melt some of the ice and snow
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Jan 15 4:08 PM, 2010
pm 9 goosander-don't know how 26 squeezed into 10 feet of water this morning 160 teal usual at the bunting hide anyone going to penny tomorrow,be wary the paths are the worst ive ever seen,water on top glass below.if you think it was bad the other week,go now and try to walk round a few greater black backed about 50 herring gull and plenty mallard only one small patch near point,and a patch near car park open
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jan 15 1:47 PM, 2010
today up to 10:50am
26 Goosander 22 Bullfinch 4 Willow Tit 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 6 Stock Dove
Info thanks to John Lyon
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Jan 14 9:35 PM, 2010
Sightings for yesterday, 13th Jan (thanks to Barry Hulme):
Atleast 50 Pochard flew south am
Sightings for today, 14th Jan (thanks to Barry Hulme):
24 Goosander 1 Buzzard 20 Bullfinch (feeding station) 3 Willow Tit (feeding station) Up to 5 Stock Dove (feeding station)
Sightings for today, 14th Jan up to dusk this evening (info thanks to Phil Rhodes):
15 Great Black-backed Gull 26 Herring Gull 12 Lesser Black-backed Gull 30 Black-headed Gull 8 Common Gull (all gulls had left by 4:20pm!) 192 Teal
Dennis atherton said
Tue Jan 12 6:35 PM, 2010
Many thanks Ian and John, i will have a good look round those areas next time around
JOHN TYMON said
Tue Jan 12 4:33 PM, 2010
Dennis atherton wrote:
Ah good site from Phil, can you please give me an idea where to look for the lesser redpolls or where they were last time, Thank you
the recent sigtings on the reserve section were by the the corner along from bunting towards teal,but by the old track strieght left from buting and as you turn the corner right where you can see teal in the distance ,a group of alders there had em last week.Also along from rammies hide left when you come out of the trees,where you can see common lane bridge on the canal,a few alders there had em 2 weeks ago.
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Tuesday 12th of January 2010 04:34:22 PM
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Jan 12 3:14 PM, 2010
Sorry Dennis, I don't have the actual specific site for the Phil's Redpoll sighting but they were likely to be flyovers along Green Lane. There are no real 'nailed on' sites for Redpolls at the Flash but the very western end by the car park has traditionally been their most likely spot out of them all.
Today from the feeding station only early afternoon (there was little of anything else elsewhere):
Another very cold icy Sunday in penny, after reading Ian's yearly review "the calm after the storm?" i felt compelled to make sure i had a good old fashioned mooch all round and not just sit in horrocks hide waiting for something to pass through, Kingfisher is feeding at one of the not many places left with none frozen water, a ditch round the back end, not really much of note today, lots more feed out at the feeding station as mentioned and quite busy in there, long taileds, great spotted woodpecker,reed bunting and bullfinches a plenty, willow tit, and the usual, best sight of the day was Brambling passing through the feeding station in the morning a few times, not sure about later on, missed the photos unfortunately, in and out to quick
Getting a bit worried about the birds now, not much water or food out there, a large white half eaten carcass on the spit from horrocks and also a single Canada goose with a broken almost totally missing left wing, it looks like she was attacked? not sure if anyone know anything about this poor bird? very sad and bleak views to see,
-- Edited by Dennis atherton on Sunday 10th of January 2010 04:47:14 PM
-- Edited by Dennis atherton on Sunday 10th of January 2010 09:26:54 PM
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Jan 9 2:48 PM, 2010
very pleasant mooch 9-2 no other birders onand very few dogwalkers kingfisher-2 teal-154 on ice near point common snipe-6 water rail-1 little grebe-1 g.s woodpecker-1 bullfinch -c20 reed bunting-8 blackbird-20+ lapwing-100 cormorant-3 grey heron -4 very little not frozen,small area by car park and same top of spit.
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jan 8 11:43 AM, 2010
Prior to 10:30 today:
100 Pink-feet over (3rd hand report, no specific time or direction) Curlew through south
info thanks to Barry Hulme
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Jan 8 6:54 AM, 2010
Ian McKerchar wrote:
The Great White Egret seen today was found in fact found by Dave Wilson and was undoubtably that species. Marvellous
knew he still had it in himseen the pinyed pic and blown it up,it defo was a great white so check the local brooks,ditches and rivers.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Jan 7 10:47 PM, 2010
The quantity of feed at the feeding station from Bunting Hide has been increased in recent days to ensure it doesn't run out in daylight hours and the mix of the feed has been improved so the spectacle there may very well become even better than it usually is in the cold spell infront of us. Please post your sightings from here onto this thread should you visit as counts from there are particularly important
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Jan 7 10:06 PM, 2010
The Great White Egret seen today was found in fact found by Dave Wilson and was undoubtably that species. Marvellous
Pete Kinsella said
Thu Jan 7 8:42 PM, 2010
Hi, the pics of the " Iceland Gull" are really interesting.A pale iris is just visible and this combined with the bill pattern(although some juv/1st winters have bills like this) and the wear/moult on the coverts would point to a 2nd winter bird.I can`t quite see if there are any grey feathers on the mantle though. It definitely falls within the range for Kumlien`s Gull.The primaries, particularly on pic#2 show a darkish wash with a paler fringe and tip. Glaucoides often shows a thin subterminal wavy band or small dark vermiculations but not a wash.Hopefully it will show again (at Moore would be great!!) and more photos can be taken.
cheers,Pete
Dennis atherton said
Thu Jan 7 5:18 PM, 2010
A full day today at penny, feet are still cold, no sign of iceland gull all day, not much water left now apart from the ditches near golf course, and the stream is still flowing,
mainly at horrocks hide, a couple of snipe of the spit, four gooseanders, a single redshank popped in and out, fox came in for about five mins having a look around, kestrel came in fast but got nothing, the wrens were in the hide with me having a look for dead flys, got myself tangled in my own cables and charlie saved me from a good fall, Thanks Charlie,
Great views of a water rail in the ditch along from between ramsdales and the teal hide,
high lights today were the fox and water rail
Also two guys came in chatting with me and charlie who also saw a possible great white and got a photo, a nice yellow bill on the bird and long bent neck in flight, looked like a great white to me
-- Edited by Dennis atherton on Thursday 7th of January 2010 05:21:47 PM
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Jan 7 5:03 PM, 2010
A probable Great White Egret flew over the golf course at Pennington Flash today at approx. 2:15pm heading north-west (ish)
Info thanks to Dave Wilson (who did not see the bird himself).
Also present upto 4:14pm
No gull roost (not surprising really!) 282 Lapwing Redshank through
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
JOHN TYMON said
Thu Jan 7 12:59 PM, 2010
Jonathan Platt wrote:
I've put four pretty awful pics of the gull up here for anyone interested:
Shockingly today the moorhen today was not after flies or maggots, that was what was so shocking, i managed to get some good pictures, the moorhen actually was pulling out the intestines and eating them, very graphic and shocking photos, i have never seen anything like it, if you are interested send me your email via private messgage and i will send them to you if you like
best wishes John
-- Edited by Dennis atherton on Wednesday 6th of January 2010 10:58:55 PM
-- Edited by Dennis atherton on Wednesday 6th of January 2010 10:59:37 PM
yeah that would be good, it is very hard to find food when it is like this, it was sad to see the kingfisher yesterday in one small ditch pool trying to find some fish, hopefully he got some though, best wishes john no its awreet dennis,i see enough nightmares at work don't need any more If i was starving id eat a black headed gull miself,so can't blame the moorhen,its a shame in this weather the wildfowl trust don't distribute some of that grain from martin mere to some other areas,like the rspb do for tree sparrows etc.At penny at one time we used to feed seed to the ducks!i know as i used to go across a plank by horrocks and carry the seed to the end of the point,ive had smew at my feet in this weather 25 years ago,when i was putting the seed down,i think it used to be donated by a local farmer at that time,who doas not now grow crops.
JOHN TYMON said
Thu Jan 7 7:01 AM, 2010
Dennis atherton wrote:
Hello John Tymon,
Shockingly today the moorhen today was not after flies or maggots, that was what was so shocking, i managed to get some good pictures, the moorhen actually was pulling out the intestines and eating them, very graphic and shocking photos, i have never seen anything like it, if you are interested send me your email via private messgage and i will send them to you if you like
best wishes John
-- Edited by Dennis atherton on Wednesday 6th of January 2010 10:58:55 PM
-- Edited by Dennis atherton on Wednesday 6th of January 2010 10:59:37 PM
no its awreet dennis,i see enough nightmares at work don't need any more If i was starving id eat a black headed gull miself,so can't blame the moorhen,its a shame in this weather the wildfowl trust don't distribute some of that grain from martin mere to some other areas,like the rspb do for tree sparrows etc.At penny at one time we used to feed seed to the ducks!i know as i used to go across a plank by horrocks and carry the seed to the end of the point,ive had smew at my feet in this weather 25 years ago,when i was putting the seed down,i think it used to be donated by a local farmer at that time,who doas not now grow crops.
Dennis atherton said
Wed Jan 6 10:58 PM, 2010
Hello John Tymon,
Shockingly today the moorhen today was not after flies or maggots, that was what was so shocking, i managed to get some good pictures, the moorhen actually was pulling out the intestines and eating them, very graphic and shocking photos, i have never seen anything like it, if you are interested send me your email via private messgage and i will send them to you if you like
best wishes John
-- Edited by Dennis atherton on Wednesday 6th of January 2010 10:58:55 PM
-- Edited by Dennis atherton on Wednesday 6th of January 2010 10:59:37 PM
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jan 6 10:10 PM, 2010
Having received photos of the Iceland Gull at Pennington today (thanks again Dennis) the bird appears to potentially show some characteristics of Kumlien's Gull. Unfortunately the photos are currently inconclusive either way and the bird may well simply be a very coarsely marked Iceland (glaucoides) but it is intruiging and I would appreciate comments in private (please via email or telephone preferably) from anyone who has or does in the future, catch up with it. Unfortunately I'm working again tomorrow and will be unable to get down for a look myself just incase it turns up again.
It's age too appears inconclusive from the images as it may well be a 2nd winter bird yet!
I'll be putting the images on the website tomorrow evening
JOHN TYMON said
Wed Jan 6 9:35 PM, 2010
Jonathan Platt wrote:
Nice to meet you too Dennis. The moorhen was interesting - I've seen them eating bird's eggs on a few occasions but never carrion, although I'm sure it's been recorded before.
I've seen moorhens eating dead mallards in the past at penny,or pecking at em,could have been more for the flies ,i suppose or maggots.but weather like this anything can happen
Jonathan Platt said
Wed Jan 6 9:28 PM, 2010
Nice to meet you too Dennis. The moorhen was interesting - I've seen them eating bird's eggs on a few occasions but never carrion, although I'm sure it's been recorded before.
Dennis atherton said
Wed Jan 6 7:11 PM, 2010
Almost totally frozen today, just a small pool near the main spit and one near the car park, good views of a juv iceland gull on show till about threeish from horrocks, picked out by John, Nice to meet you today John, mixed in with all the usual gulls, got photos of iceland gull, will send to Ian if no one else got any, also a few gooseanders, a couple of little grebe, vicious moorhen picking away at a gulls dead intestines near spit, kingfisher still alive thankfull despite there being no no water, was showing in the long ditch type pools around the back side of penny near the golf course, a few buzzards knocking around and a sparrowhawk over the boathouse
usuals at feeding station, willow tit, long tailed, reed buntings, wren, bulfinches, dunnocks, no bramlbling or siskins
-- Edited by Dennis atherton on Wednesday 6th of January 2010 07:13:08 PM
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jan 6 2:29 PM, 2010
Juvenile Iceland Gull present again on the ice just off the spit at 2:25pm
info thanks to Peter Alker
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jan 6 9:43 AM, 2010
Juvenile Iceland Gull on the small area off the spit at 09:40 this morning.
Also, a pair of Pintail early am atleast, 29 Goosander and Peregrine feeding on an unfortunate Lapwing on the spit.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
Jonathan Platt said
Tue Jan 5 2:03 PM, 2010
Four whoopers out in the middle of the frozen Flash around 11.00am this morning. Very little open water around - a patch off the car park, the mouth of Glaze Brook and a tiny patch off the end of The Spit. The later held 7 goldeneye and a little grebe today, surrounding it or by The Spit were 18 snipe, 100 lapwing, 80 teal, 30 mallard, 1 shovellor, 3 herons, 10 cormorants and the usual gulls, including several great black-backs. For a couple of seconds a disorientated fieldfare landed on the ice amongst the teal! A sparrowhawk flew down The Spit and disappeared towards Rammy's, and a largish flock of 30 or so skylarks flew over.
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Jan 3 5:55 PM, 2010
JOHN TYMON wrote:
pm very little free water,just a 100 m patch near point golden eye-16 shoveler-12 teal-100 cormorant-20 pintail-3f+1m>w few redpolls reported nut i couldn't find any lots of gulls on ice.
plus 2 kingfishers,which i forgot eirlier.
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Jan 3 4:02 PM, 2010
pm very little free water,just a 100 m patch near point golden eye-16 shoveler-12 teal-100 cormorant-20 pintail-3f+1m>w few redpolls reported nut i couldn't find any lots of gulls on ice.
Simon Warford said
Fri Jan 1 8:19 PM, 2010
Missed the Bittern by half an hour, would have been a good one for NYD, 8 Snipe on the spit, 4 Wigeon, Willow Tit Bunting Hide with a Water Rail (presume these are so common they are not worthy of being mentioned), Chiffchaff was seen by someone else near the Bunting Hide, might have been Peter Alker.
Ian Woosey said
Fri Jan 1 5:54 PM, 2010
1/1/10 Late pm
Sightings from round the sailing club/Mossley Hall/Plank Lane area with Mr Thorpe:
Large flock of Lapwing
Single Shellduck
Few Teal
Comerants
Pair of Goosander
Several Golden Eye Heron
Next Hide Clockwise walking around
2 Snipe stood on Ice
Few Shoveller Four Goosander Heron
New Hide
Widgeon
several Shoveller
Goldeneye Male
Plenty of Teal 40+
Goosander three
Next Hide
More Teal and Goosander
2 Gadwall More Shoveller
Bunting Hide
Female Teal
8 Bullfinch
4 LT Tits
4 Reed Bunting
2 Fightng Moorhen
usual
Rat
and large spaniel.
Car park 2 goldeneye on lake
Very glum looking Mute Swan that ate all my bread.
thick mist only cleared at 11.45
around hides:
plenty lapwing
lots of teal
tufted duck
pochard
goldeneye
3 grey heron
1 kingfisher on brook by golf course (the one actually within pennington flash)
c.10 shoveler
1 sparrowhawk (male) diving after a blackbird
flock of 8 lt tits
3 bullfinch
comorant
redwing
plenty mute swan, canadas, mallard
Feeding station:
lots of:
reed bunting
greenfinch
chaffinch
robin
also present:
15 bullfinch
2 willow tit
1 female gsw
moorhen
female teal
dunnock
1 stock dove
commoner tits
38 Goosander
17 Goldeneye
200 Lapwing
60 Jackdaw
Info thanks to John Lyon
61 Robin
41 Bullfinch
1 Goldcrest
6 Willow Tit
64 Long-tailed Tit
11 Stock Dove
4 Wigeon
37 Goosander (count thanks to John Lyon)
18 Goldeneye (count thanks to John Lyon)
14 Reed Bunting (count thanks to John Lyon)
3 Buzzard (count thanks to John Lyon)
Single Dunlin on the spit.
57 Pink-footed Geese headed north at 3:26
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
GOOSANDER-11
TEAL-150
SHOVELER
GADWALL-4
GOLDEN EYE-1 PAIR
TUFTED DUCK-20
G.S.WOODPECKER-1
COMMON SNIPE-2
CORMORANT-4
A BIT MORE OPEN THAN YESTERDAY,AOUT 100 METERS BY POINT NOW
AND WELL DONE THE RANGER AT PENNY FEEDING THE COOTS,AND WILDFOWL WHEN I ARRIVED WITH SEED-NICE ONE
Sparrow Hawk made 2 apperances at the Bunting Hide
Kingfisher
Shoveler
Not a great deal else.
Happy days for the wildfowl because it seemed like everybody had brought loafs!
Anthony
goosander-4(1 pair mating
teal-268 on ice by point
gadwall-4
golden eye-2f
water rail-3
buzzard -1 tried to catch a teal
plus all the usual stuff at bunting hide
lapwing-18-nice to see stuff coming back
cormorant-3
redpoll-6 flying over
song thrush-1
about 50 meters of water free by point,and the edges now breaking up.
anyone goes to penny please take a couple of loafs of value bread,costs less than 50p from any shop,as the ducks,coots etc by the car park are really suffering as no one seems to be feeding them,they demolished 2 loafs,in about a min,and then followed me as they wanted more,and you never know there may be a smew in the free water there
Thanks,
Steve
Had a very pleasant reply today from Doris Peuckert in Germany with regards the above sighting of a ringed Common Gull at Pennington on the 7th October 2009. Details below.
Ring Number Helgoland ...5308754
Species Common Gull (Larus canus)
Sex unknown [0]
Age after 3rd year [8]
Ringing Date 03.07.2005 accurate to the day [0]
Ringing Place Amrum/Norddorf Strand (TK 1315 DEQN)
Nordfriesische Inseln / Schleswig-Holstein, Deutschland
Ringer Dr. med Sönke Martens *, Itzehoe
Co-ordinates Lat.: 54,68600 (+54°41'09,6'') Long.: 8,31700 (+08°19'01,2'') Accuracy 0.001° [0]
Lat.: positive values = N, negative values = S; Long.: positive values = E, negative values = W
Status nesting or breeding [N]; Remarks Landschulheim;
Ring No. Reported Helgoland ...5308754
Recovery Date 07.10.2009 accurate to the day [0]
Bird reported as Common Gull (Larus canus)
Finding Place Pennington Flash (GBMA)
Manchester (Greater), Großbritannien
Finder Ian McKerchar, ian@mckerchar1.freeserve.co.uk
Co-ordinates Lat.: 53,48333 (+53°29'00,0'') Long.: -2,55000 (-02°33'00,0'') Accuracy 0.01° [1]
Lat.: positive values = N, negative values = S; Long.: positive values = E, negative values = W
Sex unknown [0]
Age after 3rd year [8]
Condition alive and probably healthy - certainly released [7]
Circumstances ring number read without the bird being caught [28]
Ring changed into
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 15th of January 2010 10:06:52 PM
ya never know wit flash,it can go from fully frozen to fully open in a day if the wind starts breaking the ice
9 goosander-don't know how 26 squeezed into 10 feet of water this morning
160 teal
usual at the bunting hide
anyone going to penny tomorrow,be wary the paths are the worst ive ever seen,water on top glass below.if you think it was bad the other week,go now and try to walk round
a few greater black backed
about 50 herring gull
and plenty mallard
only one small patch near point,and a patch near car park open
26 Goosander
22 Bullfinch
4 Willow Tit
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
6 Stock Dove
Info thanks to John Lyon
Atleast 50 Pochard flew south am
Sightings for today, 14th Jan (thanks to Barry Hulme):
24 Goosander
1 Buzzard
20 Bullfinch (feeding station)
3 Willow Tit (feeding station)
Up to 5 Stock Dove (feeding station)
Sightings for today, 14th Jan up to dusk this evening (info thanks to Phil Rhodes):
15 Great Black-backed Gull
26 Herring Gull
12 Lesser Black-backed Gull
30 Black-headed Gull
8 Common Gull
(all gulls had left by 4:20pm!)
192 Teal
the recent sigtings on the reserve section were by the the corner along from bunting towards teal,but by the old track strieght left from buting and as you turn the corner right where you can see teal in the distance ,a group of alders there had em last week.Also along from rammies hide left when you come out of the trees,where you can see common lane bridge on the canal,a few alders there had em 2 weeks ago.
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Tuesday 12th of January 2010 04:34:22 PM
Today from the feeding station only early afternoon (there was little of anything else elsewhere):
Greenfinch- 24
Stock Dove- 3
Bullfinch- 18
Moorhen- 27
Willow Tit- 1
Long-tailed Tit- 18
Reed Bunting- 11
Chaffinch- 26
Blackbird- 19
Robin- 13
Out of all of the above only 3 Blackbirds bore rings. Usually a good proportion of birds here have been ringed
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 12th of January 2010 03:14:39 PM
I have never seen a more bird-free zone in my life !
A walk from the Plank Lane car-park to the Bunting Hide and back produced:
5 Stock Dove
1 Goosander (drk) on the Westleigh Brook
c15 Goldfinch
Usual suspects at the feeders, including 2 Willow Tits & 5 Reed Buntings.
2000 Black-headed Gull
200 Common Gull
25 GBbGull
15 LBbGull
50 Herring Gull
58 Teal
6 Goosander
Water Rail
6 Lesser Redpoll
info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Getting a bit worried about the birds now, not much water or food out there, a large white half eaten carcass on the spit from horrocks and also a single Canada goose with a broken almost totally missing left wing, it looks like she was attacked? not sure if anyone know anything about this poor bird? very sad and bleak views to see,
-- Edited by Dennis atherton on Sunday 10th of January 2010 04:47:14 PM
-- Edited by Dennis atherton on Sunday 10th of January 2010 09:26:54 PM
no other birders on
kingfisher-2
teal-154 on ice near point
common snipe-6
water rail-1
little grebe-1
g.s woodpecker-1
bullfinch -c20
reed bunting-8
blackbird-20+
lapwing-100
cormorant-3
grey heron -4
very little not frozen,small area by car park and same top of spit.
100 Pink-feet over (3rd hand report, no specific time or direction)
Curlew through south
info thanks to Barry Hulme
knew he still had it in him
It definitely falls within the range for Kumlien`s Gull.The primaries, particularly on pic#2 show a darkish wash with a paler fringe and tip. Glaucoides often shows a thin subterminal wavy band or small dark vermiculations but not a wash.Hopefully it will show again (at Moore would be great!!) and more photos can be taken.
cheers,Pete
mainly at horrocks hide, a couple of snipe of the spit, four gooseanders, a single redshank popped in and out, fox came in for about five mins having a look around, kestrel came in fast but got nothing, the wrens were in the hide with me having a look for dead flys, got myself tangled in my own cables and charlie saved me from a good fall, Thanks Charlie,
Great views of a water rail in the ditch along from between ramsdales and the teal hide,
high lights today were the fox and water rail
Also two guys came in chatting with me and charlie who also saw a possible great white and got a photo, a nice yellow bill on the bird and long bent neck in flight, looked like a great white to me
-- Edited by Dennis atherton on Thursday 7th of January 2010 05:21:47 PM
Info thanks to Dave Wilson (who did not see the bird himself).
Also present upto 4:14pm
No gull roost (not surprising really!)
282 Lapwing
Redshank through
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
thanks Jonathan
have a blip at them when i get home,work have blocked photobucket for some reason,probably to stop me spending my day ont Tinternet
http://s707.photobucket.com/home/jonathan_platt/index
no its awreet dennis,i see enough nightmares at work don't need any more
If i was starving id eat a black headed gull miself,so can't blame the moorhen,its a shame in this weather the wildfowl trust don't distribute some of that grain from martin mere to some other areas,like the rspb do for tree sparrows etc.At penny at one time we used to feed seed to the ducks!i know as i used to go across a plank by horrocks and carry the seed to the end of the point,ive had smew at my feet in this weather 25 years ago,when i was putting the seed down,i think it used to be donated by a local farmer at that time,who doas not now grow crops.
Shockingly today the moorhen today was not after flies or maggots, that was what was so shocking, i managed to get some good pictures, the moorhen actually was pulling out the intestines and eating them, very graphic and shocking photos, i have never seen anything like it, if you are interested send me your email via private messgage and i will send them to you if you like
best wishes John
-- Edited by Dennis atherton on Wednesday 6th of January 2010 10:58:55 PM
-- Edited by Dennis atherton on Wednesday 6th of January 2010 10:59:37 PM
It's age too appears inconclusive from the images as it may well be a 2nd winter bird yet!
I'll be putting the images on the website tomorrow evening
I've seen moorhens eating dead mallards in the past at penny,or pecking at em,could have been more for the flies ,i suppose or maggots.but weather like this anything can happen
usuals at feeding station, willow tit, long tailed, reed buntings, wren, bulfinches, dunnocks, no bramlbling or siskins
-- Edited by Dennis atherton on Wednesday 6th of January 2010 07:13:08 PM
info thanks to Peter Alker
Also, a pair of Pintail early am atleast, 29 Goosander and Peregrine feeding on an unfortunate Lapwing on the spit.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
plus 2 kingfishers,which i forgot eirlier.
very little free water,just a 100 m patch near point
golden eye-16
shoveler-12
teal-100
cormorant-20
pintail-3f+1m>w
few redpolls reported nut i couldn't find any
lots of gulls on ice.
Sightings from round the sailing club/Mossley Hall/Plank Lane area with Mr Thorpe:
4 Wigeon
7 Goosander
5 Goldeneye
12 Little Grebe
3 Gadwall
c40 Redwing
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Willow Tit
38 Collared Dove
4 Bullfinch
All gulls present and correct in the (late forming) roost...