This afternoon up to 5.10. Warm and sunny. Generally quiet.

Willow Warbler...1
Sedge Warbler...3
Grey Partridge...1 f
Pied Wagtail...3
Reed bunting...1 m
Lapwing chicks.. 2 large
Swallow fledgling..2
Canada Goose goslings...2
Gadwall...pair
Tufted Duck...8
Grey Heron...1
Swifts...10+

This afternoon up to 4.10...hot and sunny

Buzzard....1 being mobbed by a lapwing
Swift.... 5 at least
Gadwall....1m
Tufted Duck..4
Common Tern...2
Common Sandpiper...1
Pied Wagtail...3
Sedge Warbler....3
Whitethroat...1
Reed Bunting....1
Greenfinch...1

This morning:

Little Egret 2
Peregrine 1
Common Tern 2
Dunlin 1
Common Sandpiper 1
Sedge Warbler 5
Whitethroat 1

plus usual

This morning:

Pink-footed Goose 1
Common tern 2
Sedge warbler 2
Whitethroat 2
Common Sandpiper 1

plus usual

Also yesterday:
Redshank 1

Later this evening;

Grey Partridge....2 (a pair)
Swift...2
Lapwing chicks...2

Up to 6:20pm this evening:

Arctic Tern
3 Common Tern
2 Common Sandpiper
Pink-footed Goose

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

90 minutes up to 4.15pm. Bins only. Raining.

Common Tern...2
Common Sandpiper...1
Tufted Duck...5 ..(3 drakes)
House Martins.... c35
Swallows...c45
Reed Bunting...1m
Pied Wagtail...3

-- Edited by keith mills on Tuesday 10th of May 2016 04:44:58 PM

A Whimbrel flew in at 7:30pm but departed shortly after.

Also, Common Sandpiper, Pink-footed Goose and 2 Common Tern.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

Early afternoon up to 2.40 Hot and suuny

Whimbrel...1 great views as it flew onto north island spit.
Pink-footed Goose...1
Grey Partridge....4
Common Tern...2
Tufted Duck...c8
Teal...1
Grey Heron...1
Kestrel...1
House Martin...2... Lock lane
Reed Bunting...1
Pied Wagtail...2
Mistle Thrush...2

Today's sightings:

Single Whimbrel and Dunlin
2 Common Tern
2 Pink-footed Geese

Info and image thanks to Phil Rhodes

This morning:

Pink-footed Goose 1
Common Tern 2
Sedge Warbler 1
Shelduck- a pair flew in at 11 am


plus usual

This morning:

Common Tern 2
Common Sandpiper 1

plus usual

Late afternoon up to 5.30. 14 c and sunny.

Grey Partridge... 5 some squabbling going on at times between 4 of them.( Nearly a mile away from the pair observed last Friday)
Pied Wagtail...2
Dunlin...5
Common Sandpiper....6
Ringed Plover...1
Wheatear...2 on south island
Tufted Duck...1 drake
Thanks for the heads up Steve.

This morning's highlights:

Pink-footed Goose 1
Common Sandpiper 5
Dunlin 5
Ringed Plover 1
Oystercatcher 8
Wheatear 2
House Martin 15
Blackcap singing
Reed Warblers singing
Willow Warbler 2

Last night, 8.30pm, at least 200 Sand Martin feeding over the water, pre-roost.

Two hours this morning, wearing full Winter walking gear:

Pink-footed Goose 1 (This bird has an injured foot, but seems to be able to fly ok)
Oystercatcher 7
Common Sandpiper 3
Swallow 150
House Martin 25
Sand Martin 10

This evening. Dam and Lock Lane only.
Dam
Grey Wagtail...1
Common Sandpiper...1 shoreline.
Great Crested Grebe ...2 summer plumage
Coot...1
Mallard...1
Swallow...7
Lock Lane
Little Ringed Plover....1
Grey Partridge...2
Oystercatcher...2
Lapwing ...6 pairs +4 very new chicks
Pied Wagtail...2
Mistle Thrush...2

Yesterday morning with Pete Lane:

Pink-footed Goose 1
Little Ringed Plover 2
Common Sandpiper 3
Willow tit 2
Coal tit 1
Bullfinch 1
Willow Warbler 4

This morning :

Pink-footed Goose 1 still remaining. This appears to be the bird with an injured foot.
Swift 2
Swallow 30
Oystercatcher 10
Little Ringed Plover 2
Common Sandpiper 6+

This morning in the rain:

Pink-footed Goose 1
Common Sandpiper 2
Little Ringed Plover 4
Oystercatcher 10
Swallow 200
House Martin 15
Sand Martin 10

This morning:

Swift 1
Blackcap 3 (2 male, 1 female) in Lostock copse
Little Ringed Plover 2
Snipe 1
Reed Warblers - several singing

plus usual

This evening around 6.30:
Two Little Ringed Plover and one Common Sandpiper. Close together on East Bay shore.

This morning:

Pink-footed Goose 2
Mediterranean Gull 2
Common Sandpiper 1
Little Ringed Plover 1

plus usual

This morning:

Pink-footed Goose 2
Common Sandpiper 2
Gadwall 9

plus usual

This evening, a short visit to main Lodge as water levels have been dropped to much better levels for waders.

Common Sandpiper...1 East bay shore.
Pied Wagtail...2 ditto
Hirundines... c55 nearly all Swallows with a small number of Sand Martins and 2 House Martins.

-- Edited by keith mills on Monday 18th of April 2016 06:36:10 PM

Dam to Lock Lane only.
This morning:
Little Ringed Plover....2 by flood
Song Thrush...1
Willow Tit...1
Mistle Thrush....2
Wren heard

Late Post for Saturday 16/4 c10.30am.
Hirundines over far end of channel...c.40... only Swallows picked out, (quite distant)
Jay...1
Song Thrush...1
Oystercatcher...2 by flood
Wren...3 seen

Dam footpath closed for several weeks, due to ongoing maintenance of Dam.
By the way, I have no scope for probably 2 months due to necessary repairs.

2 adult Mediterranean Gulls and 2 Pink-footed Geese (still!) around midday today.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

This morning:

Pink-footed Goose 2
Wheatear 1 female
Willow tit 2

plus usual

Chiffchaff present 11th April.

This morning in the rain:

Pink-footed Goose 2
Gadwall 3
Teal 2
Lapwing 40
Linnet 6
Swallow 50
Sand Martin 30
House Martin 5
Curlew 1

Two hours this afternoon up to 5.15. weather dull but dry.

Pink-footed Geese...2
Oystercatcher.....11 or 12
Tufted Duck.... a pair.
Sand Martins....c70
Swallow...4
Common Snipe...1
Stock Doves...5
Greenfinch...5 together
Great Tit...3 ditto
Linnet..27
Meadow Pipits...4
Reed Bunting...1

Lots of workmen at the Dam so I gave it a miss.

Sandwich Tern 10:16 to 10:38 only.

Other birds present today included:

Adult Mediterranean Gull
House Martin
Little Ringed Plover
Willow Warbler

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

Sandwich Tern in with a gull flock on the west shore fields at 10:16 this morning.

6 Wigeon also present.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

Adult Mediterranean Gull flew off SW at 3pm.

Also present were the two Pink-footed Geese and a single Greylag Goose.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

2 adult Mediterranean Gulls at 6:30pm today, along with the 2 Pink-footed Geese still present, 5 Swallow and 8 Sand Martin.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

Up to 3:30 today:

Adult Mediterranean Gull
2 Pink-footed Geese
2 Little Ringed Plover

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

This morning 9.40 till 12.25:

Gadwall 6
Shoveler 2
Teal 7
Sand Martin 100+
Swallow 2
Oystercatcher 11
Snipe 2
Lapwing 70
Linnet 23
Skylark 1 singing
Buzzard 1
Reed bunting 6
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Willow tit 2
Song Thrush 3
Tufted duck 7

Early afternoon today:

2 Goosander
2 Shoveler
8 Snipe
8 Oystercatcher, one of which is colour ringed on the tarsus, orange over large (looks like) green ring with alphanumeric code but bottom half of the ring looked white and was possibly just excessive wear on the ring; metal ring is on the tarsus. May be a Scottish ringed bird but if anyone manages a good look and clinches the code (it was wandering around the fields around the northern part of the reservoir and despite me stalking it I never got a really good look at the larger bottom ring) could they let me know please.

Sightings around 6pm today:

Male Wheatear in the eastern ploughed field
2 Pink-footed Geese
3 Sand Martin
12 Fieldfare
Raven

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

Full morning around Rumworth with David Aldred including 40 minutes with Steve.
Sunny with showers.

Willow Tit...2
Song Thrush...1
Mistle Thrush...2
Wren ....1 singing
Greenfinch...1
Reed Bunting ...1m
Pied Wagtail...4
Meadow Pipits...7
Sand Martins...c10
Pink-footed Goose...2 resting in southern fields
Common Snipe...2
Teal...4
Shoveler...2 (a pair)
Tufted Duck..1 drake
Stock Doves...3
Sparrowhawk...1
Oystercatcher...9

This morning 10am till 11.50:

Swallow 1
Sand Martin 30
Pink-footed Goose 2
Shoveler 1 male
Teal 9
Oystercatcher 7
Lapwing 60
Buzzard 1
Sparrowhawk 1

This morning 3 hour mooch:

Pink-footed Goose 2
Teal 8
Oystercatcher 10
Fieldfare c80
Redwing c30
Meadow pipit 8
Nuthatch 1
Willow tit 1
Little ringed plover - 2 flew in during downpour at 12 noon

This afternoon up to 4.40. Heavy Showers with a hailstorm & thunder

Much the same as Steve's post;
Goldeneye...3 all males but only 1 in full summer plumage.
Pink-footed Goose...2 ..with 50 Canada Geese on western field.
Tufted Duck...6
Sand Martin...2
Mistle Thrush...1
Pied Wagtail...8
Common Snipe...1
Great Crested grebe...13 at least
Gadwall...6
Oystercatchers and Cormorants in usual numbers. A few more Teal than of late.



-- Edited by keith mills on Sunday 27th of March 2016 05:24:57 PM

This morning:

Pink-footed Goose 2
Teal 12
Goldeneye 3
Tufted Duck 8
Oystercatcher 10
Sand Martin 4 during rain

Up to 12:20 today:

Adult Mediterranean Gull
2 Pink-footed Geese still
7 Sand Martin
Redshank

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

This morning up to 12.15. The main Lodge and Lock Lane only. Sunny.
With Steve and Phil at the Lodge.

Lock Lane was quiet until 3 Buzzards drifted over soaring together.
Pintail ...4( 2 pairs)
Pink-footed Geese...2 ( one had a distinct limp)
Common Snipe...11
Gadwall...6 or 7
Tufted Duck...a pair
Teal... 6
Oystercatcher...10
Grey Heron...1
Linnet...4
Towards the end of the watch the 3 Buzzards appeared again for all to see.




-- Edited by keith mills on Friday 25th of March 2016 01:15:51 PM

Up to 10:30 today:

2 pairs of Pintail
2 Pink-footed Geese still
Raven
2 Sand Martin

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

Went back to Lock Lane, with my camera, at 10.43. The Back-tailed Godwit still present, plus 2 Oystercatchers and
a Pied Wagtail.





-- Edited by keith mills on Thursday 24th of March 2016 04:28:34 PM

Missed the Black-tailed Godwit, but saw the following this morning:

Sand Martin 8
Snipe 7
Redshank 1
Pink-footed Goose 2 , feeding in same field as previously
Cock Pheasant 1