10 am today: A Black-tailed Godwit with single Redshank feeding in Lock Lane pool.
Steve Almond said
Wed Mar 23 1:43 PM, 2016
This morning:
Pink-footed Goose 2 feeding in field, then on the water Tufted duck 13 Teal 10 Gadwall 8 Oystercatcher 8 Lapwing 50 Snipe 4 Redshank 1 - Lock Lane pool Song thrush 1 Willow tit 2
Pink-footed Goose 2 - On island, then feeding in field with Canadas.
Keith Mills said
Fri Mar 18 3:30 PM, 2016
am/pm up to 3.10, last hour with Phil Rhodes. Weather dull but dry.
Grebes down in numbers and almost no ducks on arrival.
Willow Tit....2 Greenfinch...2 Pied Wagtail....4 Goldfinch...6 Fieldfare....15 Linnet...14 Reed Bunting...1m Skylark...1 giving good views (only my second sighting here.) Stock Dove...26... in 2 groups Grey Partridge...2 Common Snipe...2 Common Gull....6 Lapwing...25 flock + others in fields. Grey Heron...1 Teal...4 Tufted Duck...3 Gadwall....7 Ducks at last!.... flight in onto open water. Oystercatcher...5 on Lock Lane pool plus 3 on island
Great Crested Grebe...7
-- Edited by keith mills on Friday 18th of March 2016 03:37:05 PM
Buzzard....1 over Lodge Cormorant...16 Great Crested Grebe....13 Lapwing...50 flock Jackdaw...80+ flock Pied Wagtail...3 Meadow Pipit...7 Wren...1 Willow Tit...1 Collared Dove...1 Oystercatcher....c10 Redshank....1 north island Common Snipe....3 Gadwall...4 Tufted Duck... a pair Linnet...c25 in proximity to a large (200) flock of Starlings, feeding in stubble in southern fields.
-- Edited by keith mills on Wednesday 16th of March 2016 04:10:27 PM
Steve Almond said
Tue Mar 15 12:15 PM, 2016
A nice traipse round this morning:
Gadwall 6 Teal 8 Oystercatcher 11 Snipe 2 Curlew 1 Kestrel 1 Fieldfare 30 Linnet 35 Grey partridge 2 Coal tit 1 Grey wagtail - a pair at the overflow Stonechat 1 female - same location Skylark 3 Lapwing 70 - many on territory
Steve Almond said
Mon Mar 14 12:40 PM, 2016
This morning 10 till 12.30:
Gadwall 5 Lapwing 70 Linnet 50+ Sparrowhawk 1 Buzzard 1 Oystercatcher 10 Stonechat 1 female on fence near large reedbed
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Mar 13 2:20 PM, 2016
2 Curlew SE at 10:50 this morning.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Keith Mills said
Sat Mar 12 4:35 PM, 2016
This afternoon. Murky light with fine rain at times. Main lodge only and very quiet.
Mute Swan....1 a juvenile Grey Heron...1 Tufted Duck...5 (3 drakes) Gadwall....6 Oystercatcher....7 Teal....6 Stock Dove...9 Reed Bunting...1 Lapwings on territory.
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Mar 11 2:09 PM, 2016
This morning:
76 Linnet 90 Fieldfare 6 Gadwall Single female Goosander
Keith Mills said
Thu Mar 10 1:24 PM, 2016
This morning up to 12.50. Weather fine with little or no breeze.
Great Crested Grebe ...10 ( with 5 in the dam channel, where a pair were displaying) Cormorant........15 Mistle Thrush....2 one singing Song Thrush....1 Willow Tit....1 Linnet....1 Pied Wagtail...1 Reed Bunting...1 male Stock Dove ...c25 Oystercatcher...8 Common Snipe....10 Gadwall...6 Goosander.... A pair Teal....11+ Tufted Duck...1 Drake Lesser Black-backed Gull ....3 The lady who feeds the birds in the wood saw 2 Swans ( presumed Mute) in the channel yesterday noon.
-- Edited by keith mills on Thursday 10th of March 2016 01:30:37 PM
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Mar 4 10:20 PM, 2016
Today up to 5:30pm
30+ Skylark feeding in stubble by the east side muck heap. 10 Golden Plover north at 4:30pm 3 Shelduck Pair of Wigeon Adult Whooper Swan still present 8 Snipe 7 Oystercatcher Raven 200 Lapwing 20 Linnet 22 Fieldfare
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Keith Mills said
Wed Mar 2 3:03 PM, 2016
2.50 this pm: Whooper Swan still feeding. Now back in eastern fields very close to the small reed bed near ''Fisherman's point''
Ian Chisnall said
Mon Feb 29 4:45 PM, 2016
I think it is nice to see a kestrel doing this
Keith Mills said
Mon Feb 29 2:04 PM, 2016
This morning up to 1.15. With David Aldred. Weather fine.
Buzzard...1 Willow Tit....2 Song thrush...3 one singing Mistle Thrush....2 both singing Pied Wagtail...1 Grey Wagtail...3 including one at the farm. Meadow Pipits....5 Wren....1 Wood Pigeon...40 in a flock Stock Doves...10 Collared Dove...2 Lapwing...c100 peak figure. Cormorant...8 including 1 juvenile, and 2 in breeding plumage. Great Crested Grebe...12 two pairs ready to display Common Snipe...4 Common Gull 4 at least. Tufted Duck...2 drakes Oystercatcher....11 Gadwall...6 Teal...c10 Little Grebe...1 Whooper Swan....1 in sheep fields A Kestrel was seen 3 times yesterday while dog walking near the wood
-- Edited by keith mills on Monday 29th of February 2016 02:09:42 PM
Keith Mills said
Sat Feb 27 4:27 PM, 2016
This pm up to 3.50. Weather fine.
Whooper Swan...1 feeding in sheep field next to Lock Lane horse field. At 3.30 it flew onto the Lodge near the Islands. Mute Swan...2 located in small channel behind the reed bed and at the back of Teal bay. Later both on Lodge and one Mute Swan sleeping on island. Redwing....80 with a smaller number of Starlings on sheep field. Great Crested Grebe...c12 (7 in dam channel) Grey Heron..2 Pied Wagtail...1 Reed bunting...2 Linnet...5 Stock Doves....7 Lapwing... c200 ( a peak figure) Gadwall...6 Teal (c20) and Oystercatchers (3 or 6) not showing well.
Cormorant.... 5
-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 27th of February 2016 04:30:22 PM
Keith Mills said
Fri Feb 26 3:20 PM, 2016
This afternoon 1.50 to 2.40. With Phil Rhodes for most of this time. Weather Fine.
Buzzard...1 Whooper Swan....1 always feeding, in fields with sheep, west of the lodge. Curlews...9 still present when I left. In fields between Beaumont Road and the Lodge, The Curlews did several fly arounds. Linnet....c35 Lapwing....c170 Common Snipe...5 Gadwall...5 Phil had the 2 Mute Swans, which had gone up the channel before I arrived.
Steve Almond said
Fri Feb 26 11:33 AM, 2016
This morning 9.10 till 11.15:
Curlew 9 feeding in field Beaumont Rd side, still there 11.15 Oystercatcher 9 Lapwing 100+ Whooper swan 1 Mute swan 2 Teal 30 Gadwall 7 Tufted duck 10 Great crested grebe 13 Buzzard 1 Linnet 5 Song thrush 1 Willow tit 2
Whooper swan continuing its "Fields of Rumworth" tour now NE of Lodge Teal 18 Gadwall 4 Oystercatcher 8 Lapwing 70 Fieldfare 40 Linnet 16 Meadow pipit 7 Buzzard 1 Song thrush 1 Willow tit 1 Dipper and Grey wagtail together at overflow
Also, local resident reports a Barn Owl 6.30 am today
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Feb 21 10:56 AM, 2016
Adult Whooper Swan still south of lodge fields and an adult Mediterranean Gull also present at 10:10am.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Keith Mills said
Sat Feb 20 3:32 PM, 2016
Whooper Swan still present at 3.15 today; feeding in southern field just up the hill from the garden centre. ( same place as seen last Sunday)
At the Dam: Dipper in outflow and at least 7 Great Crested Grebe in channel
Steve Almond said
Fri Feb 19 3:58 PM, 2016
This aft 14.30 to 15.30:
Whooper swan in field on Lock Lane side Teal 32 Oystercatcher 8 Lapwing 150 Buzzard 1
Keith Mills said
Fri Feb 19 12:12 PM, 2016
This morning up to 11.45. Weather dry but cold.
Willow Tit...2 Song Thrush...1 Fieldfare....45+ In the same field as my Feb 6 post; together with Starlings...60 and Mistle Thrush...1 Cormorant....13 Great Crested Grebe...4 at least Lapwing...c70 Tufted Duck...1 drake Gadwall...6 Goosander...1 red head. Common Snipe...1 Teal....3 Oystercatcher....4
3.40pm: Whooper Swan now feeding in the middle of southern field, not too far from the garden centre. (Thanks for text Steve)
Steve Almond said
Sun Feb 14 1:03 PM, 2016
Up to 12.30:
Whooper swan 1 feeding in field near Lock Lane pool Grey partridge 2 Goldcrest 1 Goosander pair on lodge Lapwing 200+ Oystercatcher 5
Steve Almond said
Sat Feb 13 2:34 PM, 2016
Walked round this morning via Lock Lane:
Oystercatcher 6 Lapwing 320 Bullfinch 1 male Willow tit 2 Coal tit 1 Treecreeper 1 Grey wagtail 1 Fieldfare 22 Starling 150 Buzzard 1 Sparrowhawk took a pigeon in flight,then despatched it on the ground
Keith Mills said
Thu Feb 11 2:31 PM, 2016
Quite a sociable full morning's birding with David Aldred. Good weather and bumped into Mary, who daily
tops up the feeder, in the wood ( My Aldi food going down well there), Stan the farmer ( Little Owl seen at first light) and Steve Almond In between all the chatting we got some birding done:
Lapwings...200+( Steve had a count of 277 earlier) Constantly criss-crossing over the Lodge. Willow Tit... 1 probably 2, superb nearly constant viewing down to 5 yards. Mistle Thrush...1 Song thrush....1 Pied Wagtail....3 Meadow Pipits....25 Linnet...17 Oystercatcher...6... including one at Lock Lane Common Snipe...2 Teal...20+ Gadwall...4 Tufted Duck ...pair,
Cormorant...8 Great crested Grebe...5 Plenty Gulls; Adult Mediterranean Gull 1 ( just a fraction short on the hood) 1rst cal. year Mediterranean Gull...1 Common Gull 5+ Lesser Black-backed Gull....3
-- Edited by keith mills on Thursday 11th of February 2016 04:31:45 PM
Steve Almond said
Thu Feb 11 12:25 PM, 2016
This morning:
Gadwall 4 Teal 24 Tufted duck 3 Linnet 12 Oystercatcher 6 Lapwing 277 (156 on North island, 88 South island, 33 in field) Reed bunting 2
Keith Mills said
Wed Feb 10 11:09 AM, 2016
This morning. Sunny.
Lapwing....c180 regularly active with well over 100 on the islands. Oystercatcher....6 Gadwall......6 Tufted Duck.... 1 drake Teal...25+ Long-tailed Tit...2
Late news for yesterday when 6 Oystercatchers and an adult Mediterranean Gull were present.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Keith Mills said
Sat Feb 6 10:48 AM, 2016
Today around 10 am: At least 60 Fieldfare on the field by the wood and then over the channel to the pony field. Single singing Mistle Thrush by the dam.
Dipper...1 taking refuge from the torrents Willow Tit ..1 Coal Tit...2 Goldcrest....1 Goldfinch...4 Starlings... c300 at one moment the murmuration flew straight at me at eye level before banking away at 25 yards. Wow! At the Lodge no Gulls and very few ducks on open water, scoping difficult. Oystercatcher...2 Gadwall....6 Teal...7 Pochard...1 Tufted Duck....1 Lapwing...5 Grey Heron....1 Cormorant....14 Great Crested Grebe...6 Canada Goose...c50 Jackdaw...c150
-- Edited by keith mills on Wednesday 27th of January 2016 02:39:09 PM
Adult Mediterranean Gull and two Oystercatchers present at 2pm today.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Steve Almond said
Thu Jan 21 2:22 PM, 2016
This morning:
Goosander - a pair Teal 15 Gadwall 4 Tufted duck 6 Buzzard 1 Goldfinch - flock of around 50 Lapwing 200+ Snipe 2 Oystercatcher 1 Linnet 25 Redwing 16 Bullfinch - a pair Goldcrest 1 Starling c250
Keith Mills said
Wed Jan 20 3:26 PM, 2016
This afternoon up to 3pm. Hazy sunshine.
Willow Tit....1 Reed Bunting....2 Rook....1 Fieldfare...1 Lapwing..c250 circled the lodge in 3 close mobile flocks. Flying off towards Over Hulton as usual. Oystercatcher...2 Common Snipe....8 Gadwall....3 Tufted Duck....6 Teal...18 Cormorant....5 Grey Heron...1 Common Gull...12+ Part of a 250-300 Gull flock on the water. Good views of a bird in flower meadow hedge not ID. Will try to get photo.
Linnet...20 Very close views from behind a wall. Lapwing....c120 Starling....c 150 feeding and swirling up together with the Lapwing. House Sparrow...9 Cormorant...1 Great Crested Grebe...2 Grey Heron...2 One perched up on the Dam gantry. Moorhen....5 Jackdaw...100+ Distant view of Phil at the Lodge.
A Black-tailed Godwit with single Redshank feeding in Lock Lane pool.
Pink-footed Goose 2 feeding in field, then on the water
Tufted duck 13
Teal 10
Gadwall 8
Oystercatcher 8
Lapwing 50
Snipe 4
Redshank 1 - Lock Lane pool
Song thrush 1
Willow tit 2
Teal 11
Gadwall 7
Lapwing 60
Oystercatcher 12
Snipe 7
Redshank 2
Curlew 1
Kestrel 1
Buzzard 1
Song thrush 1
Willow tit 1
Great spotted woodpecker 1
Pink-footed Goose 2 - On island, then feeding in field with Canadas.
Grebes down in numbers and almost no ducks on arrival.
Willow Tit....2
Greenfinch...2
Pied Wagtail....4
Goldfinch...6
Fieldfare....15
Linnet...14
Reed Bunting...1m
Skylark...1 giving good views (only my second sighting here.)
Stock Dove...26... in 2 groups
Grey Partridge...2
Common Snipe...2
Common Gull....6
Lapwing...25 flock + others in fields.
Grey Heron...1
Teal...4
Tufted Duck...3
Gadwall....7 Ducks at last!.... flight in onto open water.
Oystercatcher...5 on Lock Lane pool plus 3 on island
Great Crested Grebe...7
-- Edited by keith mills on Friday 18th of March 2016 03:37:05 PM
Gadwall 6
Lapwing 60
Oystercatcher 11
Snipe 1
Buzzard 1
Linnet 40+
Skylark 1
Buzzard....1 over Lodge
Cormorant...16
Great Crested Grebe....13
Lapwing...50 flock
Jackdaw...80+ flock
Pied Wagtail...3
Meadow Pipit...7
Wren...1
Willow Tit...1
Collared Dove...1
Oystercatcher....c10
Redshank....1 north island
Common Snipe....3
Gadwall...4
Tufted Duck... a pair
Linnet...c25 in proximity to a large (200) flock of Starlings, feeding in stubble in southern fields.
-- Edited by keith mills on Wednesday 16th of March 2016 04:10:27 PM
Gadwall 6
Teal 8
Oystercatcher 11
Snipe 2
Curlew 1
Kestrel 1
Fieldfare 30
Linnet 35
Grey partridge 2
Coal tit 1
Grey wagtail - a pair at the overflow
Stonechat 1 female - same location
Skylark 3
Lapwing 70 - many on territory
Gadwall 5
Lapwing 70
Linnet 50+
Sparrowhawk 1
Buzzard 1
Oystercatcher 10
Stonechat 1 female on fence near large reedbed
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Main lodge only and very quiet.
Mute Swan....1 a juvenile
Grey Heron...1
Tufted Duck...5 (3 drakes)
Gadwall....6
Oystercatcher....7
Teal....6
Stock Dove...9
Reed Bunting...1
Lapwings on territory.
76 Linnet
90 Fieldfare
6 Gadwall
Single female Goosander
Great Crested Grebe ...10 ( with 5 in the dam channel, where a pair were displaying)
Cormorant........15
Mistle Thrush....2 one singing
Song Thrush....1
Willow Tit....1
Linnet....1
Pied Wagtail...1
Reed Bunting...1 male
Stock Dove ...c25
Oystercatcher...8
Common Snipe....10
Gadwall...6
Goosander.... A pair
Teal....11+
Tufted Duck...1 Drake
Lesser Black-backed Gull ....3
The lady who feeds the birds in the wood saw 2 Swans ( presumed Mute) in the channel yesterday noon.
-- Edited by keith mills on Thursday 10th of March 2016 01:30:37 PM
30+ Skylark feeding in stubble by the east side muck heap.
10 Golden Plover north at 4:30pm
3 Shelduck
Pair of Wigeon
Adult Whooper Swan still present
8 Snipe
7 Oystercatcher
Raven
200 Lapwing
20 Linnet
22 Fieldfare
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Whooper Swan still feeding. Now back in eastern fields very close to the small reed bed near ''Fisherman's point''
I think it is nice to see a kestrel doing this
Buzzard...1
Willow Tit....2
Song thrush...3 one singing
Mistle Thrush....2 both singing
Pied Wagtail...1
Grey Wagtail...3 including one at the farm.
Meadow Pipits....5
Wren....1
Wood Pigeon...40 in a flock
Stock Doves...10
Collared Dove...2
Lapwing...c100 peak figure.
Cormorant...8 including 1 juvenile, and 2 in breeding plumage.
Great Crested Grebe...12 two pairs ready to display
Common Snipe...4
Common Gull 4 at least.
Tufted Duck...2 drakes
Oystercatcher....11
Gadwall...6
Teal...c10
Little Grebe...1
Whooper Swan....1 in sheep fields
A Kestrel was seen 3 times yesterday while dog walking near the wood
-- Edited by keith mills on Monday 29th of February 2016 02:09:42 PM
Whooper Swan...1 feeding in sheep field next to Lock Lane horse field. At 3.30 it flew onto the Lodge
near the Islands.
Mute Swan...2 located in small channel behind the reed bed and at the back of
Teal bay. Later both on Lodge and one Mute Swan sleeping on island.
Redwing....80 with a smaller number of Starlings on sheep field.
Great Crested Grebe...c12 (7 in dam channel)
Grey Heron..2
Pied Wagtail...1
Reed bunting...2
Linnet...5
Stock Doves....7
Lapwing... c200 ( a peak figure)
Gadwall...6
Teal (c20) and Oystercatchers (3 or 6) not showing well. Cormorant.... 5
-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 27th of February 2016 04:30:22 PM
Buzzard...1
Whooper Swan....1 always feeding, in fields with sheep, west of the lodge.
Curlews...9 still present when I left. In fields between Beaumont Road and the Lodge,
The Curlews did several fly arounds.
Linnet....c35
Lapwing....c170
Common Snipe...5
Gadwall...5
Phil had the 2 Mute Swans, which had gone up the channel before I arrived.
Curlew 9 feeding in field Beaumont Rd side, still there 11.15
Oystercatcher 9
Lapwing 100+
Whooper swan 1
Mute swan 2
Teal 30
Gadwall 7
Tufted duck 10
Great crested grebe 13
Buzzard 1
Linnet 5
Song thrush 1
Willow tit 2
Whooper swan 1
Teal 30
Tufted duck 8
Gadwall 4
Great crested grebe 12
Lapwing 60
Sparrowhawk 1
Kestrel 1
Reed bunting 5
Song thrush 1
Willow tit 2
Whooper swan continuing its "Fields of Rumworth" tour now NE of Lodge
Teal 18
Gadwall 4
Oystercatcher 8
Lapwing 70
Fieldfare 40
Linnet 16
Meadow pipit 7
Buzzard 1
Song thrush 1
Willow tit 1
Dipper and Grey wagtail together at overflow
Also, local resident reports a Barn Owl 6.30 am today
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
( same place as seen last Sunday)
At the Dam: Dipper in outflow and at least 7 Great Crested Grebe in channel
Whooper swan in field on Lock Lane side
Teal 32
Oystercatcher 8
Lapwing 150
Buzzard 1
Willow Tit...2
Song Thrush...1
Fieldfare....45+ In the same field as my Feb 6 post; together with
Starlings...60 and
Mistle Thrush...1
Cormorant....13
Great Crested Grebe...4 at least
Lapwing...c70
Tufted Duck...1 drake
Gadwall...6
Goosander...1 red head.
Common Snipe...1
Teal....3
Oystercatcher....4
Whooper swan on main lodge
Goosander pair
Teal 17
Oystercatcher 7
Lapwing 200+
Linnet 6
Kestrel 1
Grey partridge 2
Willow tit 1
Grey wagtail 1
(Thanks for text Steve)
Whooper swan 1 feeding in field near Lock Lane pool
Grey partridge 2
Goldcrest 1
Goosander pair on lodge
Lapwing 200+
Oystercatcher 5
Oystercatcher 6
Lapwing 320
Bullfinch 1 male
Willow tit 2
Coal tit 1
Treecreeper 1
Grey wagtail 1
Fieldfare 22
Starling 150
Buzzard 1
Sparrowhawk took a pigeon in flight,then despatched it on the ground
In between all the chatting we got some birding done:
Lapwings...200+( Steve had a count of 277 earlier) Constantly criss-crossing over the Lodge.
Willow Tit... 1 probably 2, superb nearly constant viewing down to 5 yards.
Mistle Thrush...1
Song thrush....1
Pied Wagtail....3
Meadow Pipits....25
Linnet...17
Oystercatcher...6... including one at Lock Lane
Common Snipe...2
Teal...20+
Gadwall...4
Tufted Duck ...pair, Cormorant...8
Great crested Grebe...5
Plenty Gulls; Adult Mediterranean Gull 1 ( just a fraction short on the hood)
1rst cal. year Mediterranean Gull...1
Common Gull 5+
Lesser Black-backed Gull....3
-- Edited by keith mills on Thursday 11th of February 2016 04:31:45 PM
Gadwall 4
Teal 24
Tufted duck 3
Linnet 12
Oystercatcher 6
Lapwing 277 (156 on North island, 88 South island, 33 in field)
Reed bunting 2
Lapwing....c180 regularly active with well over 100 on the islands.
Oystercatcher....6
Gadwall......6
Tufted Duck.... 1 drake
Teal...25+
Long-tailed Tit...2
Greylag goose 2
Teal 30
Gadwall 4
Pochard 1
Redwing 40
Mistle thrush 6 feeding together
Dipper 1
Oystercatcher 6
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
At least 60 Fieldfare on the field by the wood and then over the channel to the pony field.
Single singing Mistle Thrush by the dam.
Adult Mediterranean Gull
2 Shelduck
4 Oystercatcher
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Grey Wagtail...1
Goldcrest...1
Willow Tit....1 or 2
Coal Tit...2
Mistle Thrush...1
Kestrel....1
Fieldfare...15
Meadow Pipits...15
Cormorants...16
Lapwing...60
Oystercatcher...3
Goosander...1 Red Head
Gadwall....4
Teal...11
adult non-breeding plumaged Mediterranean Gull
4 Oystercatcher
2 Pochard
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Also, a pair of Goosander, Raven feeding, 2 Oystercatcher, 25 Stock Dove, 3 Bullfinch, 4 Fieldfare.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Teal 40+
Snipe 3
Oystercatcher 2
Lapwing 70
Buzzard 1
Linnet 10
Meadow pipit 11
Dipper...1 taking refuge from the torrents
Willow Tit ..1
Coal Tit...2
Goldcrest....1
Goldfinch...4
Starlings... c300 at one moment the murmuration flew straight at me at eye level before banking away at 25 yards. Wow!
At the Lodge no Gulls and very few ducks on open water, scoping difficult.
Oystercatcher...2
Gadwall....6
Teal...7
Pochard...1
Tufted Duck....1
Lapwing...5
Grey Heron....1
Cormorant....14
Great Crested Grebe...6
Canada Goose...c50
Jackdaw...c150
-- Edited by keith mills on Wednesday 27th of January 2016 02:39:09 PM
Goldeneye 1 male in channel
Shoveler 3
Teal 38
Pochard 2
Gadwall 4
Linnet 12
Kestrel 1
Grey wagtail 1
Redwing 40+
Fieldfare 2
Goldcrest 1
Willow tit 1
Coal tit 1
Starling 250
Oystercatcher 2
Adult Mediterranean Gull and two Oystercatchers present at 2pm today.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Goosander - a pair
Teal 15
Gadwall 4
Tufted duck 6
Buzzard 1
Goldfinch - flock of around 50
Lapwing 200+
Snipe 2
Oystercatcher 1
Linnet 25
Redwing 16
Bullfinch - a pair
Goldcrest 1
Starling c250
Willow Tit....1
Reed Bunting....2
Rook....1
Fieldfare...1
Lapwing..c250 circled the lodge in 3 close mobile flocks. Flying off towards Over Hulton as usual.
Oystercatcher...2
Common Snipe....8
Gadwall....3
Tufted Duck....6
Teal...18
Cormorant....5
Grey Heron...1
Common Gull...12+ Part of a 250-300 Gull flock on the water.
Good views of a bird in flower meadow hedge not ID. Will try to get photo.
Teal 15
Tufted duck 6
Goosander 1 male
Oystercatcher 2
Snipe 8
Linnet 9
Lapwing 90
Bullfinch 1 male
Sparrowhawk 1
plus an inanimate object that looked like a Barn Owl, but wasn't
Teal 18
Lapwing 240
Snipe 5
Oystercatcher 2
Dipper 1
Raven 2
Buzzard 1
Linnet 12
Redwing 2
Willow tit 1
Long-tailed tit 20
2 Oystrcatcher
120 Lapwing
2 Greylag Goose
2 Pochard
4 Gadwall
24 Teal
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Dam to Seddon Fold Farm only.
Linnet...20 Very close views from behind a wall.
Lapwing....c120
Starling....c 150 feeding and swirling up together with the Lapwing.
House Sparrow...9
Cormorant...1
Great Crested Grebe...2
Grey Heron...2 One perched up on the Dam gantry.
Moorhen....5
Jackdaw...100+
Distant view of Phil at the Lodge.