This early aftenoon:

5 Wigeon
Female/immature Pintail still at the western end
Male Stonechat along the northern shoreline by Ramsdales Ruck

forgot to mention on tues had 5 swallows going south, not sure if this is a very late date or not but just in case.

Today up to 2pm

Wigeon- 26
Pintail- 1 female/imm with Wigeon
kingfisher- 4
Ruff- 1 (per John Lyon)
Peregrine-1 (per John Lyon)
Dunlin (per John Lyon)
2 Black-tailed Godwit (per John Lyon)
154 Shoveler (per John Lyon)

10am till 330pm, good numbers of pinkies over, aprox 500 , john lyon had about 350 and we had about 150 going east, also goosander, wigeon, buzzard and kingfisher from horrocks, willow and coal tits at bunting hide.

this aft
pintail-1
wigeon-4
tufted duck-c450
pochard-25
grey wagtail-1
great crested grebe-86
little grebe-11
cormorant-24
plus all the usual stuff

In addition early AM in the mist
12 teal
4 gadwall
New hide
6 Gadwall
Kingfisher
Bunting Hide
8 Bullfinch
2 coal tit

Dave Thacker wrote:

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6 Willow tits at the Bunting hide this afternoon,

Also it was nice to meet up with John Tymon

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same here dave-nice to meet the moss mon,and you also met the penny flash legend charlie owen,who was the one you was talking to about astley moss

-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Saturday 10th of October 2009 07:55:05 PM

6 Willow tits at the Bunting hide this afternoon,

Also it was nice to meet up with John Tymon

today
5 goosander
46 cormorant
12 common snipe
7 grey heron
150+ shoveler
c400 tufted
22 pochard
3 wigeon
7 little grebe
c80 great crested grebe-72 in rammies when the boats came out to play
grey wagtail-1
kingfisher-2
plus the normal stuff

9/10/09 Morning

3 Buzzards over Mossley Hall
6 Snipe
1 Wigeon on Rammy`s scrapes
1 Sparrowhawk perched on the spit.

I actually managed to drag Mr Lyon (kicking and screaming) out from his den to take a look on the ruck - wonders never cease...........

This am I had a juv Arctic Tern from the S side. It was getting a lot of stick from BH Gulls, though.

pm
green sandpiper-1
pintail-3 front of rammies hide on island
wigeon-6
goosander-2
sparrowhawk-1
kingfisher-3
plus all the normal stuff

Sorry Dave, I went around the western and southern sides but not around the hides! They're usually best seen from Horrocks Hide but the water level looked fairly high though I'd expect them to be still visible from there. So try Horrocks Hide and failing that Tom Edmondson hide occasionally has one or two.

Hi Ian - are the Snipe still present? From which hide?
Cheers

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!

Present 10:45 this morning:

4 juv Common Tern
42 Snipe
165 Shoveler
34 Gadwall
2 Kingfisher
4 Chiffchaff
7 Willow Tit
2 Green Sandpiper
2 Coal Tit

Info thanks to John Lyon

same as john plus golden plover and pinkies over, coal and willow tits in bunting hide, 10 seperate sightings of kingfisher.

pm
stonechat-1f near canal
great crested grebe-78
cormorant -26
tufted-350+
shoveler-120+
pochard-46
wigeon-3
kingfisher-3
common snipe -20+
green sand-3
little grebe-7
goldfinch-20
plus all the usual stuff

Cormrant
Kingfisher 1 spit at one point attacked by lapwing
Plenty of snipe at spit n other hides
Shoveler plenty
Teal few
Gadwall several
Female goosanders 4
Tufted Duck
Willow Tit bushes near spit n bunting hide
Bullfinch
lapwing loads
little grebe
Great Crested Grebe Juveniles
green sand


-- Edited by Ian Boote on Sunday 4th of October 2009 01:51:34 PM

stroll round wi dave wilson and john lyons this morning
cormorant-26
pochard-60
shoveler-150+
common snipe-12
wigeon-5
grey heron -7
plus all the usual stuff

Todays sighings, upto 10:15 am atleast:

2 Green Sandpiper
14 Snipe
3 Kingfisher
142 Shoveler
46 Gadwall
3 Chiffchaff

All info thanks to John Lyon

this morning
common snipe 25
oystercatcher-1
wigeon-2
cormorant-42
rest same as yesterday-except no pintail-yesterdays poor pics show it was a poss eclipse male

-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Sunday 27th of September 2009 08:09:27 AM

this aft
pintail-1 juv/fem
common snipe-18
pochard-42
green sandpiper-1
tufted-320
cormorant-26
redwing 1>se
chiff chaff-2
and lots of common stuff

600 Lapwings present today, plus a colour ringed (back with yellow letters) adult Lesser Black-backed Gull which although too far away to read (and was also partially hidden by water) had come from David Sowter's Lancashire Ribble ringing project.

0715 till 12noon, dunlin, green sand, snipe, peregrine, buzzard, sparrowhawk, willow tit, wigeon, pochard, white and grey wagtails.

0745 till 3pm, 1 dunlin, 1 green sandpiper, 2 white wagtails, 3 wigeon, 12 pochard, 4 female goosanders, 4 stock doves, snipe, buzzard and sparrowhawk

0730 till 1pm from horrocks hide, juv peregrine, golden plover, wigeon, snipe and kingfisher. still 1 green sand from teal hide.

1030 till 4pm, redshank, water rail showing well on and off in front of horrocks, 5 species of raptor today, john lyon had a female marsh harrier at about 1010 and also a peregrine before i got there.

Present this late am:

Single Golden Plover
2 Green Sandpiper
Single female Goosander
10 Wigeon
97 Shoveler
48 Gadwall

Info thanks to John Lyon

Nothing more of note than what John saw the same day but just one more thing to add, later on around five thirty when the snipe all formed together feeding there was 13 of them all veiwing from horrocks hide.........

JOHN TYMON wrote:

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morning-early aft
shoveler-65+
kingfisher-2
buzzard-1
cormorant -26
tufted 310+
grey wagtail-1f
green sandpiper-2
L.T.tit-20+
chiff chaff-2
grey heron-9
common snipe-6
lapwing-c300
L.b.B.gull-30
herring gull-4
pochard-17

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Yesterday from Horrocks Hide, all the usual stuff plus a single golden plover (winter plumage) and snipe.

Thanks to the kind gentleman who let my young daughter look through his scope at these birds, she was very excited as these were new ticks for her.

todays best
2 dunlin
300+ lapwing
2 green sandpiper
albino black headed gull(keep an eye out for this in gull roosts)
26 cormorant
and all the usual stuff

Nothing too unusual there Nigel. There are many Tufties on the flash with similar markings and the White blaze around the bill can be both considerable and striking.

Currently at the Lapwing hide and there appears to be a Tufty, but with a White base to the bill and a White under tail. If anyone else has seen this and identify please do!

2 Little Ringed Plovers present today

Info thanks to John Lyon

morning-early aft
shoveler-65+
kingfisher-2
buzzard-1
cormorant -26
tufted 310+
grey wagtail-1f
green sandpiper-2
L.T.tit-20+
chiff chaff-2
grey heron-9
common snipe-6
lapwing-c300
L.b.B.gull-30
herring gull-4
pochard-17

Morning of the 12th:

Female Garganey from Ramsdales Hide
Single Golden Plover
3 Green Sandpiper

Info thanks to John Lyon

Add 2 Chiffys to that at Sorrowcow, John and 203 Tufties on the open water.

this morning
redwing-6+ first of autumn
song thrush-35+(must be migrants with the redwing)
blackbird-25+
goldfinch-60
siskin-3(another sign of autumn)
kingfisher-3+
chiff chaff-8
willow warbler-1
goldcrest-1
G.s woodpecker-1
green sandpiper-2
long tailed tits,30+
coal tit-2
wigeon-1m
swallow-1
common snipe-2
grey heron-2
teal-60+
shoveler-40+
grey wagtail-1f
cormorant-22

plus all the other normal stuff

brian fielding wrote:

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1030 till 4pm, not much, 3 green sands on teal hide, close views of kingfisher from horrocks and ramsdales.

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plus 2 sparrowhawk
2 wigeon
a few swallows,sand martins,chiff chaff

1030 till 4pm, not much, 3 green sands on teal hide, close views of kingfisher from horrocks and ramsdales.

TEMPORARY CLOSURE OF BUNTING HIDE

Due to essential pest control work, Bunting Hide is likely to be shut temporarily for atleast 5 days from next Monday the 14th September, although this may possibly be extended to up to 2 weeks if necessary.

Temporary feeding stations will be set up elsewhere near Horrocks and Ramsdale Hides.

Info thanks to Peter Alker.

not a lot today due to the much needed strimming being done on the point,and on the scrapes at the front of ramsdales hide,but this should make veiwing much eisier in the next few weeks

There were a couple of pochard out on the main flash near to sailing club and I saw a group of 8 mistle thrushes over there too - does this make it any less quiet?!?

extremely quiet,again
GOLDEN PLOVER-1
COMMON TERN-3
WIGEON-1M
LOADS OF LAPPYS
NOT A LOT ELSE OF NOTE

pretty quiet today
common tern 2 ad/2juv
wigeon-1f/1m
lapwing-plenty
large tit flocks
golfinch-20
cormorant-14
and a good chat with my old mucker,mr mckercher himself,where we put the world to rights

hi dennis,recodnise the sparrowhawk-keep posting ya sightings

hello everyone, my first post, nice to meet you all,

i met the two johns on sunday in horrocks hide, hello there,
Saw the tern later around fiveish but to far away to recognise which one it was, nothing else to add to the list apart from a few shoveler and gadwalls and a large flock of long tailed tits along the bushes near the teal hide, i was there all day and also did not see the black tern again,

A Turtle Dove was reported close to Ramsdales Hide today, by a group from Mansfield RSPB.

Info thanks to Charlie Owen

Geoff Hargreaves wrote:

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Bit reclusive,but did the morning at the west end of the flash int bushes and was rewarded with some cracking tern views

1 common tern with a ring on it,s right leg
5 shelduck over
1 chiffchaff in with a large flock of tits
lots of other,s
1 ARTIC TERN ,which i,ve been looking for a while now,lifer/gm tick just a bit chuffed

cheers geoff

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glad you got the arctic geoff
also today
reed warbler-1
willow warbler
goldcrest
loads of sand martin
white wagtail
grey wagtail
tufted duck-300+
pochard
loads of lapwing