Late post for Saturday, 45 species, of note: Greenfinch x 1 (first for a while), Grey Wagtail x 7, Reed Bunting x 3, Pied Wagtail x 141, Meadow Pipit x 18, Cettis Warbler x 3, Oystercatcher x 2, Gadwall x 16, Tufted Duck x 27, Teal x 13, Goosander x 3 Shoveler x 12 and Siskin x 12. Tree Sparrows seem to have vanished and no sight nor sound of Willow Tit.
Keith Williams said
Sat Feb 25 1:51 PM, 2023
Early morning walk, 41 species, of note: Green Sandpiper x 1, Redwing x 2, Pied Wagtail x 135, Grey Wagtail x 4, Meadow Pipit x 34, Cettis Warbler x 2, Kestrel x 2, Song Thrush x 2, Reed Bunting x 2, Little Grebe x 4, Teal x 6, Goosander x 3, Shoveler x 11, Tufted Duck x 18, Gadwall x 38, Bullfinch x 2 and Willow Tit x 1.
Keith Williams said
Wed Feb 15 11:16 AM, 2023
Early morning walk, 45 species, of note: Green Sandpiper x 1, Lesser Redpoll x 1, Redwing x 1, Willow Tit x 1, Pied Wagtail x 142, Grey Wagtail x 3, Cettis Warbler x 1, Goosander x 2, Gadwall x 25, Tufted Duck x 15, Shoveler x 1, Teal x 6, Goldcrest x 2 and Meadow Pipit x 13
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Feb 14 9:52 PM, 2023
One possibly two Little Egrets around the Pennington Brook just east of Hope Carr late afternoon today, one of which was sat in a bare tree for a while!
Keith Williams said
Sat Feb 11 2:28 PM, 2023
Early morning walk, 44 species, of note: Teal x 18, Shoveler x 11, Gadwall x 15, Goosander x 3, Tufted Duck x 16, Pied Wagtail x 125, Meadow Pipit x 5, Siskin x 2, Little Grebe x 4, Bullfinch x 4, Goldcrest x 2 with singles of Grey Wagtail, Willow Tit, Kingfisher, Redwing and Sparrowhawk
Keith Williams said
Mon Feb 6 8:26 PM, 2023
Sunday am walk, 43 species. Highlights Tree Sparrow x 3, Bullfinch x 2, Goldcrest x 2, Kingfisher x 1, Song Thrush x 8, Cettis Warbler x 1, Pied Wagtail x 181, Grey Wagtail x 3, Meadow Pipit x 8, Goosander x 3, Shoveler x 7, Teal x 13, Gadwall x 13, Tufted Duck x 29, Little Grebe x 3, Siskin x 1 and Willow Tit x 1.
Keith Williams said
Sun Jan 29 11:55 AM, 2023
Morning walk, 45 species:
Green Sandpiper x 1, Tree Sparrow x 7, Willow Tit x 1, Pied Wagtail x 132, Grey Wagtail x 3, Meadow Pipit x 8, Goosander x 7, Tufted Duck x 24, Gadwall x 10, Teal x 16, Redwing x 44, Fieldfare x 1 and Siskin x 7.
Keith Williams said
Sat Jan 21 12:37 PM, 2023
Early morning walk, 41 species.
Goosander x 6, Teal x 74, Shoveler x 8, Gadwall x 8, Pied Wagtail x 193, Grey Wagtail x 4, Meadow Pipit x 14, Tree Sparrow x 7 plus singles of Kingfisher, Little Grebe, Fieldfare, Redwing, Mistle Thrush, Song Thrush, Reed Bunting & Bullfinch.
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jan 15 5:30 PM, 2023
Two Little Egrets still in the grass field (horse paddocks?) off the East Lancs Road (A580) just to the south of Hope Carr and west of the Greyhound roundabout mid-afternoon today.
Andy Isherwood said
Sun Jan 15 11:56 AM, 2023
Stil at least 2 Little egrets present in the grass fields between the A580 and the reserve at c 11.15 as we drove past this morning.
Pete Hines said
Sun Jan 15 10:55 AM, 2023
Yesterday 14th
Shoveler 12 Gadwall 7 Teal 11 Goosander 6 Little Grebe 1 Little Egret 1 flew south Willow Tit 3 One at 53.483450, -2.508049 and two at 53.484623, -2.516814 Chiffchaff 1 heard calling frequently Tree Sparrow 9+ Pennington Brook Siskin 21 UU car park
dave broome said
Sat Jan 14 9:01 PM, 2023
Just south of the reserve, around midday today, 3 Little Egret were feeding in a field between Hope Carr and the A580 East Lancashire Road, just west of the Greyhound Roundabout nr the small garden centre
Keith Williams said
Sat Jan 7 4:44 PM, 2023
Late afternoon walk to dusk, wasnt expecting much, 36 species, highlights:- 2 x Mistle Thrush, 2 x Bullfinch, 4 x Grey Wagtail, 125 x Pied Wagtail, 25 x Linnet, 1 x Cettis Warbler, 9 x Shoveler, 6 x Teal, 5 x Goosander, 6 x Gadwall and 1 x Willow Tit.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Jan 5 5:47 PM, 2023
Steve Christmas wrote:
Little Egret in the field between Hope Carr and the E Lancs Road at 2.40pm today.
I passed around the same time and saw it too Steve!
Steve Christmas said
Thu Jan 5 3:13 PM, 2023
Little Egret in the field between Hope Carr and the E Lancs Road at 2.40pm today.
Keith Williams said
Sat Dec 24 11:22 AM, 2022
Morning walk 44 species from first light. Highlights Bullfinch x 6, Willow Tit, Kingfisher, Pied Wagtail x 142, Meadow Pipit x 13, Shoveler x 15, Teal x 74, Goosander x 2, Gadwall x 6, Tree Sparrow x 2, Siskin x 7 and Raven over.
Keith Williams said
Sat Dec 17 2:34 PM, 2022
Morning walk produced 50 species, highlights 1 x Woodcock, 2 x Green Sandpiper, 7 x Fieldfare, 9 x Redwing, 2 x Lapwing, 72 x Teal, 6 x Gadwall, 4 x Goosander, 5 x Shoveler, 75 x Meadow Pipit, 195 x Pied Wagtail, 1 x Snipe, 1 x Siskin, 1 x Kingfisher.
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Dec 13 7:37 PM, 2022
Early afternoon today on the sewage works filter beds:
2 Green Sandpipers, eventually flew off south together
The usual good numbers of Pied Wagtail and Meadow Pipit, the latter into the high 60’s again.
Keith Williams said
Sat Dec 10 2:47 PM, 2022
Quiet morning only 36 species. Male Goosander, 16 x Shoveler, 21 x Teal, 2 x Gadwall, 2 x Goldcrest, 1 x Bullfinch, 167 x Pied Wagtail, 81 x Meadow Pipit, 3 x Grey Wagtail, 1 x Mistle Thrush, 1 x Song Thrush, 1 x Sparrowhawk and 1 x Buzzard.
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Dec 5 2:27 PM, 2022
A good look over the filter beds in the sewage works today found:
7 Grey Wagtail
130+ Pied Wagtail
68 Meadow Pipit (including a flock of 46 initially mooching around the grassy settling beds by the perimeter fence).
Also nearby, two Little Egrets on the Pennington Brook where Warrington Road crosses it.
Keith Williams said
Sun Dec 4 3:59 PM, 2022
Late post from yesterdays morning walk - 1 x Goosander, 45 x Meadow Pipit, 16 x Bullfinch, 4 x Shoveler, 4 x Little Grebe, 4 x Grey Wagtail, 65 x Pied Wagtail, 2 x Sparrowhawk, 5 x Tufted Duck, 22 x Teal, 10 x Gadwall, 1 x Willow Tit, 1 x Reed Bunting, 1 x Cettis Warbler and 2 x Tree Sparrow
Keith Williams said
Sat Nov 26 12:51 PM, 2022
Early morning walk 49 species - 2 x Green Sandpiper, 3 x Tree Sparrow, 3 x Goldcrest, 28 x Long-tailed Tit, 5 x Goosander (4f, 1m), 2 x Willow Tit, 40 x Meadow Pipit, 11 x Bullfinch, 64 x Teal, 4 x Shoveler, 20 x Tufted Duck and 2, I presume blokes with shotguns shooting on the river at the back of the Main Lake.
Lez Fairclough said
Sat Nov 19 2:00 PM, 2022
Dave Cropper wrote:
Hi Lez
Just wondered on what basis you identified this bird as Willow Warbler (vocals etc) as it looks like a Chiffchaff to me. My thoughts on plumage would be indistinct supercilium, what appears to be short primary projection although not easy to see and clearly very dark legs.
Thanks
Dave
Hi Dave, it was the single call that led me to believe it was a Willow Warbler & I didn't really pay too much attention to plumage, however it does appear to be a Chiffchaff & its single call is very similar. Thanks for the correction Lez.
Keith Williams said
Sat Nov 19 10:36 AM, 2022
Early morning walk, of note: Green Sandpiper x1, Meadow Pipit x 2, Chiffchaff x 2, Blackcap (f) x 1, Bullfinch x 9, Goosander (f) x 1, Tufted Duck x 20, Gadwall x 12, Teal x 8, Shoveler x 10, Little Grebe x 5, Cettis Warbler x 2, Fieldfare x 4, Willow Tit x 2
Dave Cropper said
Sat Nov 19 8:03 AM, 2022
Hi Lez
Just wondered on what basis you identified this bird as Willow Warbler (vocals etc) as it looks like a Chiffchaff to me. My thoughts on plumage would be indistinct supercilium, what appears to be short primary projection although not easy to see and clearly very dark legs.
Thanks
Dave
Lez Fairclough said
Fri Nov 18 7:05 PM, 2022
Mid afternoon visit curtailed by the rain, so only managed just over an hour.
Of note :- Tree Sparrow, Goldcrest, Long-Tailed Tits, Goldfinch, M Pheasant, F Bullfinch, Jackdaws & small flock of mainly juvenile Linnet.
& on the main lake - 2 Grey Heron, singles of Cormorant, F Goosander, Little Grebe & good numbers of Gadwall & Tufted Duck with 2 male Shoveler having a right to-do in front of a female.
The rain wasn't surprising but seeing a Willow Warbler at this time of year definitely was - in trees near to the main lake - overwintering individual maybe?
Little Egret at 09:20 this morning, also Chiffchaff, Willow Tit, 8 Tree Sparrow, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 50 Redwing and 42 Fieldfare south.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Nov 3 4:35 PM, 2022
This afternoon, at least 11 Tree Sparrows along the Pennington Brook though probably more as most were deep within thick vegetation, 16 Little Grebe on the Main Lake and a single singing Cetti's Warbler.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Oct 27 3:40 PM, 2022
This afternoon's highlights included, singing Cetti's Warbler, 16 Goldcrests, 4 Treecreeper, 37 Long-tailed Tits (in four flocks), 3 Tree Sparrows, 10 Bullfinch, 9 Shoveler.
Keith Williams said
Sun Oct 23 9:00 AM, 2022
Late post for Saturday am, 48 species inc. 1x Green Sandpiper, 11 x Bullfinch, 2 x Cettis Warblers, 1 x Kingfisher, 18 x Gadwall, 13 x Teal, 4 x Shoveler
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 23rd of October 2022 07:26:49 PM
Keith Williams said
Sat Oct 15 12:32 PM, 2022
Morning walk, of note, 2 x Green Sandpiper, 3 x Tree Sparrow, 1 x Willow Tit, 4 x Bullfinch, 5 x Meadow Pipit, 2 x Cettis Warbler, 24 x Gadwall and 100+ Teal
Lez Fairclough said
Mon Oct 3 9:43 PM, 2022
Mid afternoon visit.
Main lake :- 2 Juvenile Little Grebe, Cormorant, Teal, Gadwall, Shoveler.
Pennington Brook :- Grey Wagtail & single Teal.
United Utilities filter beds :- Mostly Magpies & Jackdaw with just 2 Pied Wagtail.
Elsewhere 2 Cetti's Warbler heard, 2 Jay, Buzzard, Long-Tailed Tits & still a few Willow Warbler around the reserve.
Of note :- 2 Cetti's Warbler 1 seen 1 heard, Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 12 Long - Tailed Tit, 3 Mute Swan one of which was on Pennington Brook alongside 12 Mallard, 3 Jay, 75 Starling's over filtration beds, 25 Jackdaw over, 2 Linnet & a Greenfinch over, 4 Little Grebe & still very good numbers of Willow Warbler all around the reserve.
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Sep 7 5:22 PM, 2022
Highlights from this late afternoon:
7 Snipe
1 female/immature Redstart (found by Phil Rhodes)
14 Chiffchaff
3+ Reed Warbler
4 Bullfinch
Keith Williams said
Sun Sep 4 1:44 PM, 2022
Late morning walk, Snipe x 4, Teal x 21, Gadwall x 32, Shoveler x 1, Tufted Duck x 9, Little Grebe x 9
Keith Williams said
Sun Aug 28 11:52 AM, 2022
A.m. 43 species Shoveler x 2 Teal x 7 Tufted Duck x 3 Gadwall x 1 Little Egret x 1 Little Grebe x 9 (3 different beds - 4 juv) Bullfinch x 5 (4 juv) Willow Tit x 2 Cettis Warbler x 1 calling Swallow x 1 House Martin x 1
Andy Isherwood said
Mon Aug 22 2:29 PM, 2022
Brief look around the beds this morning produced 2 Snipe, 8 Shoveler, 18 Teal, 1 brood of 4 quite old Tufted duck with female and a juv Water rail.
Keith Williams said
Sat Aug 20 11:31 AM, 2022
2 x Snipe, 2 x Kingfisher, 1 x Teal and 2 x Shoveler plus several Sand Martins feeding this am.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Aug 18 10:28 PM, 2022
Green Sandpiper present this evening
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Aug 6 10:57 PM, 2022
Single Green Sandpiper and Little Egret this early afternoon.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jul 31 12:01 PM, 2022
Single Green Sandpiper late morning today.
Keith Williams said
Wed Jul 27 4:26 PM, 2022
Morning walk, of note -
2 x Little Egret
1 x Green Sandpiper
5 x Tree Sparrow juveniles, 1 adult
6 x Grey Wagtails inc. juveniles
2 x Oystercatcher
1 x Lapwing
1 x Teal
1 x Kingfisher
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jul 27 7:56 AM, 2022
Green Sandpiper present yesterday evening.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Jul 26 2:57 PM, 2022
A family party of Cetti's Warblers was this early afternoon's highlight,
Keith Williams said
Sat Jul 9 9:50 AM, 2022
3 Mediterranean Gulls feeding on filter bed behind number 3 circle in the sewage works
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 9th of July 2022 09:59:30 AM
Lez Fairclough said
Fri Jun 10 9:40 PM, 2022
3pm to 5.15pm with the gusty winds playing havoc with the hay fever.
Main lake - 3 different family parties of 10, 6 & 5 young Mallards with a Coot & 3 young all in the same area.
Took a while but eventually saw 2 x Reed Warblers, 1 x Sedge Warbler and 2 x Little Grebes feeding their 3 very little chicks.
Ian Howarth said
Sat May 7 3:28 PM, 2022
Several great views of Sedge Warbler, Whitethroat, Cetti's Warbler and Blackcap. Heard lots of Reed Warblers but didn't see one.
Keith Williams said
Sun Apr 3 10:53 AM, 2022
6 x Mediterranean Gulls 10.53am
First Blackcap of the year
5 singing Cettis Warblers
42 Gadwall
3 Brambling
8 Tree Sparrow
11 singing Chiffchaff
-- Edited by Keith Williams on Sunday 3rd of April 2022 04:17:37 PM
Keith Williams said
Sat Mar 26 11:00 AM, 2022
42 species morning walk 12 singing Chiffchaff, 5 x Brambling, 5 x Tree Sparrow, 1 x Kingfisher, 5 singing Cettis Warbler, 4 x Little Grebe, 32 x Gadwall, 30 x Tufted Duck, 2 x Shoveler.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 26th of March 2022 11:53:25 AM
One possibly two Little Egrets around the Pennington Brook just east of Hope Carr late afternoon today, one of which was sat in a bare tree for a while!
Two Little Egrets still in the grass field (horse paddocks?) off the East Lancs Road (A580) just to the south of Hope Carr and west of the Greyhound roundabout mid-afternoon today.
Shoveler 12
Gadwall 7
Teal 11
Goosander 6
Little Grebe 1
Little Egret 1 flew south
Willow Tit 3 One at 53.483450, -2.508049 and two at 53.484623, -2.516814
Chiffchaff 1 heard calling frequently
Tree Sparrow 9+ Pennington Brook
Siskin 21 UU car park
I passed around the same time and saw it too Steve!
Little Egret in the field between Hope Carr and the E Lancs Road at 2.40pm today.
Early afternoon today on the sewage works filter beds:
2 Green Sandpipers, eventually flew off south together
The usual good numbers of Pied Wagtail and Meadow Pipit, the latter into the high 60’s again.
A good look over the filter beds in the sewage works today found:
7 Grey Wagtail
130+ Pied Wagtail
68 Meadow Pipit (including a flock of 46 initially mooching around the grassy settling beds by the perimeter fence).
Also nearby, two Little Egrets on the Pennington Brook where Warrington Road crosses it.
Hi Lez
Just wondered on what basis you identified this bird as Willow Warbler (vocals etc) as it looks like a Chiffchaff to me. My thoughts on plumage would be indistinct supercilium, what appears to be short primary projection although not easy to see and clearly very dark legs.
Thanks
Dave
Mid afternoon visit curtailed by the rain, so only managed just over an hour.
Of note :- Tree Sparrow, Goldcrest, Long-Tailed Tits, Goldfinch, M Pheasant, F Bullfinch, Jackdaws & small flock of mainly juvenile Linnet.
& on the main lake - 2 Grey Heron, singles of Cormorant, F Goosander, Little Grebe & good numbers of Gadwall & Tufted Duck with 2 male Shoveler having a right to-do in front of a female.
The rain wasn't surprising but seeing a Willow Warbler at this time of year definitely was - in trees near to the main lake - overwintering individual maybe?
Little Egret at 09:20 this morning, also Chiffchaff, Willow Tit, 8 Tree Sparrow, 2 Cetti's Warblers, 50 Redwing and 42 Fieldfare south.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
This afternoon, at least 11 Tree Sparrows along the Pennington Brook though probably more as most were deep within thick vegetation, 16 Little Grebe on the Main Lake and a single singing Cetti's Warbler.
This afternoon's highlights included, singing Cetti's Warbler, 16 Goldcrests, 4 Treecreeper, 37 Long-tailed Tits (in four flocks), 3 Tree Sparrows, 10 Bullfinch, 9 Shoveler.
Late post for Saturday am, 48 species inc. 1x Green Sandpiper, 11 x Bullfinch, 2 x Cettis Warblers, 1 x Kingfisher, 18 x Gadwall, 13 x Teal, 4 x Shoveler
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 23rd of October 2022 07:26:49 PM
Mid afternoon visit.
Main lake :- 2 Juvenile Little Grebe, Cormorant, Teal, Gadwall, Shoveler.
Pennington Brook :- Grey Wagtail & single Teal.
United Utilities filter beds :- Mostly Magpies & Jackdaw with just 2 Pied Wagtail.
Elsewhere 2 Cetti's Warbler heard, 2 Jay, Buzzard, Long-Tailed Tits & still a few Willow Warbler around the reserve.
Couple of hours mid afternoon
Of note :- 2 Cetti's Warbler 1 seen 1 heard, Chiffchaff, 2 Goldcrest, 12 Long - Tailed Tit, 3 Mute Swan one of which was on Pennington Brook alongside 12 Mallard, 3 Jay, 75 Starling's over filtration beds, 25 Jackdaw over, 2 Linnet & a Greenfinch over, 4 Little Grebe & still very good numbers of Willow Warbler all around the reserve.
Highlights from this late afternoon:
7 Snipe
1 female/immature Redstart (found by Phil Rhodes)
14 Chiffchaff
3+ Reed Warbler
4 Bullfinch
A.m. 43 species Shoveler x 2 Teal x 7 Tufted Duck x 3 Gadwall x 1 Little Egret x 1 Little Grebe x 9 (3 different beds - 4 juv) Bullfinch x 5 (4 juv) Willow Tit x 2 Cettis Warbler x 1 calling Swallow x 1 House Martin x 1
Green Sandpiper present this evening
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Single Green Sandpiper and Little Egret this early afternoon.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Single Green Sandpiper late morning today.
Green Sandpiper present yesterday evening.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
A family party of Cetti's Warblers was this early afternoon's highlight,
3 Mediterranean Gulls feeding on filter bed behind number 3 circle in the sewage works
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 9th of July 2022 09:59:30 AM
3pm to 5.15pm with the gusty winds playing havoc with the hay fever.
Main lake - 3 different family parties of 10, 6 & 5 young Mallards with a Coot & 3 young all in the same area.
2 Mute Swans, 2 Oystercatchers, 2 Shoveler & a Grey Heron over.
Elsewhere - Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Reed Bunting, Jay, Jackdaw, Buzzard, Swift.
Plus a Sedge Warbler, 2 Cetti's Warblers & a few Reed Warblers heard only.
-- Edited by Keith Williams on Sunday 3rd of April 2022 04:17:37 PM
42 species morning walk 12 singing Chiffchaff, 5 x Brambling, 5 x Tree Sparrow, 1 x Kingfisher, 5 singing Cettis Warbler, 4 x Little Grebe, 32 x Gadwall, 30 x Tufted Duck, 2 x Shoveler.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 26th of March 2022 11:53:25 AM