Common Sandpiper at the Ship Canal (from the end of the railway path at Wellacre CP) Snipe 2 landed on Dutton's Pond island briefly Pink-footed Goose 70 > NW at 10.59 Tufted duck 1 ship canal Water Rail 1 Jack Lane
Goosander 1 Great Crested Grebe 2 Water Rail 1 Great Black-backed Gull 2 Peregrine 2 (pair) Cetti's Warbler 1 Fieldfare 10
Pete Hines said
Mon Nov 20 1:42 PM, 2023
Wellacre CP / Jack Lane / MSC
Pink-footed Goose 247. 142 > W 2 08.57, 75 > W @ 08.53, 57 > NW @ 09.02 over Green Hill Water Rail 3 heard at Jack Lane Great Black-backed Gull 1 MSC / Irlam lock Kingfisher 1 Jack Lane Chiffchaff 1 singing at Jack Lane Cetti's Warbler 1 seen and heard singing at Jack Lane Treecreeper 1 Redwing 22 Fieldfare 9 Meadow Pipit 11 Redpoll 4 Siskin 3
Steven Heywood said
Sun Nov 5 10:22 AM, 2023
A damp Saturday stroll round Wellacre Country Park 1:55 - 3:25. Highlights: dozens of redwings and blackbirds in the hedgerows; pairs of willow tit, goldcrest and treecreeper in a mixed tit flock at Jack Lane, also a couple of sparring water rails and a cameo by the Cetti's warbler; and 300+ starlings on the electricity pylons by the water treatment works.
Martin Whittam said
Sat Oct 14 8:51 AM, 2023
Good close up view of Cetti's Warbler from the path in the centre of Jack Lane NR. 8 am
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Thu Oct 12 6:09 PM, 2023
Wellacre CP, North side only.
Jack Lane:
Cetti's Warbler 1 singing. Lesser Redpoll 1 Water Rail 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Moorhen 1 Redwings Mallard 2
Wellacre College Field:
Herring Gull 2 BH Gull 20+ Rook 8 RN Parakeet 1
General Sightings:
PinkFooted Geese 25+ over west at 1110. Chiffchaff 1 Bullfinch 5+ Goldcrest 3
My garden:
Nuthatch 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
etc.etc.etc.
Steven Heywood said
Mon Oct 9 8:59 PM, 2023
Wander round Wellacre Country Park 1:40 - 3:50, highlights: 30+ blackbirds and at least a dozen song thrushes in Wellacre Wood; water rail at Jack Lane, I missed the crowds of redwings but there were still a few with the blackbirds in the hawthorns, a mistle thrush was my first at this site; 32 redwings over Green Hill and half a dozen jays in the oak saplings up top.
Martin Whittam said
Mon Oct 9 11:18 AM, 2023
Approx 200 Redwing at Jack Lane NR 11am Water rail heard, Buzzard & Sparrow Hawk over Goldcrests mixed in with long Tailed Tits Little Grebe and Kingfisher below on Canal below locks
Cetti's Warbler singing in the reedbeds at Jack Lane NR. 11am
Pete Hines said
Wed Oct 4 11:09 AM, 2023
Wellacre Country Park - Green Hill & Dutton's Pond
Pink-footed Goose 276, 36 > E @ 08.08, 63 > E @ 08.31, 169 > E @ 08.54, 8 > W @ 09.22 Lapwing 1 Willow Tit 1 Green Hill 53.441646, -2.395201 Skylark 1 > S Swallow 2 House Martin 1 Chiffchaff 2 Cetti's Warbler 1 singing from the lagoons Goldcrest 3 Meadow Pipit 49 > S Linnet 2 > S Redpoll 6 > S Siskin 14 > S
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Thu Sep 14 9:25 PM, 2023
Amongst the usual was a Peregrine flying over Irlam locks heading south.
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Wed Aug 30 7:06 PM, 2023
Some highlights.
Kingfisher 2 downstream, Flixton bank, perched on metal structures. Grey Wagtail 4 Pied Wagtail 10+ Sparrowhawk 1 male upsetting the Swallows. Swallow 15+ Grey Heron 1 Cormorant 6 BH Gull 80+ LBB Gull 5 GBB Gull 1 Mallard 20+ Mute Swan 4 adults. Jay 1 Chiffchaff 2 etc.
Steven Nelson said
Wed Aug 23 10:25 PM, 2023
1 Kingfisher this afternoon upstream of the locks flying around and repeatedly shallow dipping into the water. Most likely picking insects from the surface.
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Wed Aug 23 8:55 PM, 2023
Sorry, that should be 4 Grey Wagtails and also a very good 70+ House Sparrows.
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Wed Aug 23 8:34 PM, 2023
A few from the Ship Canal/Flixton ETW.
Swallow 15+ Mallard 35+ Coot 1 Gadwall 1 Cormorant 7 Grey Heron 3 Pied Wagtail 15+ Grey Wagtail 2 Mute Swan 2 Common Sandpiper 1...on Irlam bank at the old ferry crossing. BH Gull 50+ LBB Gull 2 adults, 1 juvenile. etc.
23 species.
Martin Whittam said
Sun Aug 20 8:12 AM, 2023
Hobby at the locks, at 07:50 today
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Wed Aug 16 8:01 PM, 2023
Wellacre CP.
Nuthatch 2 Willow Tit 1...heard in trees looking west from Green Hill. Chiffchaff 1 singing plus 7. Crow 9 Buzzard 1 Goldcrest 1 Ring-necked Parakeet 1 Jay 2 Swallow 4 Gadwall 2...from Green Hill. Black-headed Gull 16 etc.etc.etc.
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Sun Aug 13 5:30 PM, 2023
Morning walk to Ship Canal.
Goosander 1 female...same place as last Thursday. Perhaps on a lonely moult. Kingfisher 2...Just further along on Flixton bank. Mallard 20+ Mute Swan 2 adults. Coot 1 Cormorant 6 Canada Geese 4 BH Gull 80+...no juveniles. LBB Gull 4adults, 3 juveniles. GBB Gull 1 5th CY..some brown in wings. Herring Gull 1 adult. Swallow 20+ etc.
Drizzle curtailed walk to Wellacre CP.
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Fri Aug 11 3:54 PM, 2023
Late report for Thursday, 10th August late afternoon.
Goosander 1 female. Kingfisher 1
Both on the Flixton bank, downstream of turbine building/locks.
Swallow 20+ over the stables.
Earlier at Woodsend Park:
Rook 30+ Jackdaw 20+
Martin Whittam said
Fri Aug 4 8:33 AM, 2023
A female Goosander was the only bird on the canal below the locks this morning, a Common Sandpiper was present on the Irlam side
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Thu Aug 3 6:49 PM, 2023
Afternoon Wellacre Country Park.
Willow Tit 2 Treecreeper 1 Coal Tit 2 Chaffinch 1 Chiffchaff 8 Blackcap 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 Sand Martin 5+ Swallow 12+ Gadwall 6...from Green Hill. Moorhen 2 adults, 1 juvenile...Dutton's Pond. Herring Gull 4 LBB Gull 3 etc.
Just 27 species.
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Fri Jul 21 5:35 PM, 2023
Morning visit to ETW and Ship Canal/Irlam Locks:
Common Tern 3 BH Gull 60+ LBB Gull 2 Cormorant 3 Grey Heron 3 Mute Swan 2 adults. Mallard 10+ Great Crested Grebe 1 adult. Pied Wagtail 5+ including juveniles. Grey Wagtail 5+ including 3 juveniles. Swift 1 House Martin 4 Sand Martin 15+ Swallow 10+ including juveniles. House Sparrow 80+ etc.
Steven Heywood said
Wed Jul 19 6:51 PM, 2023
A *very* quiet afternoon's wander round Wellacre Country Park. Even the magpies were few and far between. Two reed warblers singing on Jack's Lane. Also there: a soaring sparrowhawk and a song thrush feasting on a newt.
I walked down the railway path to the canal this morning.Lots of birds but I was sad to see and smell hundreds and hundreds of dead fish along the canal bank. This is obviously going to have a knock on effect on the birds - there were no cormorants
I recall the same thing happening there a few years ago. At the time I spoke to the DoE or UU (or similar - can't recall,) who said it was due to lack of oxygen, rather than poison or agricultural/industrial run off.
When I saw it there were at least 20 cormorants on the woodwork on the Eccles side of the locks and a lot of herons too. Presumably whilst the dead fish were still palatable enough.
Martin Whittam said
Sat Jun 17 9:30 AM, 2023
I walked down the railway path to the canal this morning.Lots of birds but I was sad to see and smell hundreds and hundreds of dead fish along the canal bank. This is obviously going to have a knock on effect on the birds - there were no cormorants
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Fri Jun 16 7:10 PM, 2023
Wellacre Country Park.
Chiffchaff 12 singing. Blackcap 11 singing. Whitethroat 3 singing. Willow Warbler 1 singing from Green Hill. Reed Warbler 4 singing Jack Lane. Reed Bunting 1 singing Jack Lane. Goldcrest 2 singing. Water Rail 1 heard Jack Lane. Sparrowhawk 1 female Green Hill. Buzzard 1 Swallow 2 Sand Martin 5+ ETW. Swift 10+ Nuthatch 1 Herring Gull 1 adult. LBB Gull 1 adult.
The Cetti's warblers tend to favour the railway side of the reserve. I'll bump into the singing male perhaps every third visit, most times he's singing from the drain between the reeds and the path alongside the embankment.
Martin Whittam said
Mon Jun 5 12:42 PM, 2023
Ive spent several hours in the reserve trying to find the Cetti's Warblers & also used Merlin sound ID without success, I did find two Garden Warblers though.
Steven Heywood said
Thu Jun 1 8:57 PM, 2023
50+ swifts over the waterworks by Irlam Locks 3:30pm, just handfuls of swallows and sand martins. Two singing reed warblers and a pair of Cetti's Warblers on Jack Lane LNR, which I was dismayed to notice wasn't spared the power strimmer in No Mow May. Great tit broods in Wellacre Wood, Dutton's Pond and by the houses at Green Hill.
Pete Hines said
Sat May 27 12:23 PM, 2023
Mediterranean Gull adult at the ETW before flying overhead and south over the railway 10.12 Willow Tit 1 singing from the railway embankment by Jack Lane Farm 53.440521, -2.404796 Reed Warbler 5, 1 singing from the lagoons, the rest at Jack Lane NR
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Thu May 25 8:02 PM, 2023
Flixton ETW/Ship Canal.
Common Tern 5 ( 3 flew upstream and 2 stayed around ). Grey Heron 2 Cormorant 5 Starling 150+ Herring Gull 1 adult. BH Gull 20+ LBB Gull 1 Mallard 10+ Swallow 5+ Sand Martin 5+ Swift 1 etc.
Plus: House Martin 3 at Woodsend Circle. Hobby 1 high over Flixton.
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Thu May 4 8:06 PM, 2023
Wellacre Country Park highlights:
Chiffchaff 12 singing. Whitethroat 8 singing. Willow Warbler 3 singing. Blackcap 12 singing plus 2 females. Mistle Thrush 2 Swift 4 Song Thrush 2 singing. Swallows Sand Martins Reed Warbler 5 singing Jack Lane NR. Herring Gull 1 adult ETW.
Dave Steel said
Thu May 4 11:38 AM, 2023
Brief am Visit to the Locks area
2 Blackcap in song
2 Chiffchaff in song
5 Cormorant
4 Mute Swan
10 Swift
60 Sand Martin.
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Mon Apr 24 4:58 PM, 2023
Morning walk from Stott Drive to Jack Lane, the Ship Canal and return.
Jack Lane NR:
Hobby- 1 flew around then over the railway line. Water Rail- 1 calling. Reed Warbler- 2 singing. Chiffchaff- 4 singing.
Ship Canal/ETW:
Common Sandpiper- 2 flew low along Trafford bank of canal towards the Locks. Sand Martin- 40+ Swallow- 10+ GBB Gull- 1 adult, 1 2nd CY. Grey Heron- 1 Cormorant- 10+ BH Gull- 20+
Red Kite 1 slowly flying over the Ship Canal, heading upstream @ c 1420. Common Sandpiper 1 on rocks just behind the new turbine building. Grey Wagtail 1 female, as above. Cormorant 10+ Buzzard 2 over the ETW. Grey Heron 1 Swallow 4 Sand Martin 20+ Mute Swan 5 GBB Gull 1 immature. Oystercatcher 2 BH Gull 10+ LBB Gull 3 Mallard 10+ Moorhen 1 Pied Wagtail 2 etc.
Martin Whittam said
Tue Apr 18 11:39 AM, 2023
Reed Warbler in Jack Lane NR & Willow Warbler at the farm
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Thu Apr 13 7:46 PM, 2023
I've read my paper, so time for an afternoon walk.
Willow Tit_ 1 singing, along the steep path. Chiffchaff_ 5 singing plus 2 seen. Chaffinch_ 1 male. Cormorant_ 1 over.
General Sightings:
Willow Tit_ 1 singing plus 1 seen. Both along track from Jack Lane to Canal. Treecreeper_ 1 singing plus 1 seen. Just south of Wellacre College artificial pitch. Sand Martin_ 50+ at ETW. Swallow_ 10+ at ETW. Oystercatcher_ 2 at Irlam Locks. Cormorant_ 4 at Irlam Locks. Jay_ 1 Greenfinch_ 1 Nuthatch_ 1 in garden. Great Spotted Woodpecker_ 1 in garden. Ring-necked Parakeets. etc.etc.etc. 40 species.
Jack Lane NR:
Water Rail 2 heard.
Wellacre College Field:
Common Gull 6
Herring Gull 2 adults, 1 immature.
Black-headed Gull 30+
Rook 18
Jackdaw 19
Dutton's Pond:
Moorhen 6
Mallard 2
General Sightings:
Chiffchaff 4
Song Thrush 4 singing.
Goldcrest 2
Mistle Thrush 1
Magpie 60+
etc.etc.etc.
Oystercatcher on the locks
2 great black-backed gulls
1 great crested grebe
5 gadwall
1 meadow pipit over
1 goldcrest
2 stock doves
Plus usuals.
Jack Lane NR
1 chiffchaff
3 goldcrest
5 chaffinch
4 lapwings over
Water rails & cettis warbler heard only
25+ redwings
2 mistle thrush
Oystercatcher 1 has arrived back from it's beach holiday.
Chiffchaff 1
Pied Wagtail 50+ in fields alongside canal.
Reed Bunting 3 males with the Pied Wags.
Grey Wagtail 3
House Sparrow 50+
Starling 10+
Coot 2
Moorhen 5
Mallard 15+
Mute Swan 2 adults.
Gadwall 12
Teal 1
Cormorant 6
BH Gull 250+
GBB Gull 3
Herring Gull 3
Common Gull 1
LBB Gull 1
etc...34 species in total.
Black-headed Gull 220+
LBB gull 2
Herring Gull 2 at the ETW.
Common Gull 4 overhead.
Cormorant 4
Mute Swan 4
Gadwall 1 male, 1 female.
Tufted Duck 3
Coot 3
Moorhen 3
Grey Wagtail 1
Pied Wagtail 10+
Jackdaw 24 overhead.
Chaffinch 2
Goldcrest 1
etc.etc.etc...29 species.
Jack Lane NR:
Chiffchaff 1
Water Rail 1 heard.
Cetti's Warbler 1 heard.
Dutton's Pond:
Moorhen 8
Mallard 6
General sightings:
Meadow Pipits 20+
Pied Wagtail 80+
RN Parakeet 2
etc.etc.etc.
40 species.
Flixton Park...regular 150+ Black-headed Gulls.
Looking west off Mile Road...70+ Lapwings, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls with a few Black-headed Gulls.
Wellacre College...regular Herring Gull adult pair.
Irlam to Barton Locks 171223
68 Mallard
75 Gadwall
23 Tufted Duck
11 Goldeneye
3 Stock Dove
2 Grey Wagtail
11 Mute Swan
1 Kingfisher
4 Little Grebe...numbers down quite a lot compared to previous years in my experience
2 Siskin
1 Goldcrest
31 Cormorant
8 Common Gull
184 Teal.
Snipe 2 landed on Dutton's Pond island briefly
Pink-footed Goose 70 > NW at 10.59
Tufted duck 1 ship canal
Water Rail 1 Jack Lane
Irlam to Barton Locks 261123
8 Goldeneye
13 Mute Swan
24 Cormorant
44 Mallard
7 Little Grebe
1 Green Sandpiper
2 Goldcrest
5 Redwing
52 Gadwall
17 Teal
2 Buzzard
1 Kingfisher
2 Kestrel---1 with Prey
Cetti's Warbler 1 singing at western end.
Lesser Redpoll 1 over.
Goldcrest 3
Jay 1
Sparrowhawk 1 male.
Wellacre School field:
Common Gull 2 adults.
Flixton ETW/Canal:
Grey Wagtail 1
Grey Heron 2
GBB Gull 4adults, 1 juv.
BH Gull 180+
Cormorant 4
House Sparrow 40+
etc.etc.etc.
Great Crested Grebe 2
Water Rail 1
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Peregrine 2 (pair)
Cetti's Warbler 1
Fieldfare 10
Pink-footed Goose 247. 142 > W 2 08.57, 75 > W @ 08.53, 57 > NW @ 09.02 over Green Hill
Water Rail 3 heard at Jack Lane
Great Black-backed Gull 1 MSC / Irlam lock
Kingfisher 1 Jack Lane
Chiffchaff 1 singing at Jack Lane
Cetti's Warbler 1 seen and heard singing at Jack Lane
Treecreeper 1
Redwing 22
Fieldfare 9
Meadow Pipit 11
Redpoll 4
Siskin 3
Wellacre CP, North side only.
Jack Lane:
Cetti's Warbler 1 singing.
Lesser Redpoll 1
Water Rail 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Moorhen 1
Redwings
Mallard 2
Wellacre College Field:
Herring Gull 2
BH Gull 20+
Rook 8
RN Parakeet 1
General Sightings:
PinkFooted Geese 25+ over west at 1110.
Chiffchaff 1
Bullfinch 5+
Goldcrest 3
My garden:
Nuthatch 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
etc.etc.etc.
Water rail heard, Buzzard & Sparrow Hawk over
Goldcrests mixed in with long Tailed Tits
Little Grebe and Kingfisher below on Canal below locks
Swallow 3
Meadow Pipit 1
Grey Wagtail 1
Pied Wagtail 1
LBB Gull 2
Moorhen 2
Grey Heron 2
Mute Swan 12
Cormorant 6
BH Gull 40+
Mallard 30+
Starling 50+
Pink-footed Goose 276, 36 > E @ 08.08, 63 > E @ 08.31, 169 > E @ 08.54, 8 > W @ 09.22
Lapwing 1
Willow Tit 1 Green Hill 53.441646, -2.395201
Skylark 1 > S
Swallow 2
House Martin 1
Chiffchaff 2
Cetti's Warbler 1 singing from the lagoons
Goldcrest 3
Meadow Pipit 49 > S
Linnet 2 > S
Redpoll 6 > S
Siskin 14 > S
Kingfisher 2 downstream, Flixton bank, perched on metal structures.
Grey Wagtail 4
Pied Wagtail 10+
Sparrowhawk 1 male upsetting the Swallows.
Swallow 15+
Grey Heron 1
Cormorant 6
BH Gull 80+
LBB Gull 5
GBB Gull 1
Mallard 20+
Mute Swan 4 adults.
Jay 1
Chiffchaff 2
etc.
Swallow 15+
Mallard 35+
Coot 1
Gadwall 1
Cormorant 7
Grey Heron 3
Pied Wagtail 15+
Grey Wagtail 2
Mute Swan 2
Common Sandpiper 1...on Irlam bank at the old ferry crossing.
BH Gull 50+
LBB Gull 2 adults, 1 juvenile.
etc.
23 species.
Nuthatch 2
Willow Tit 1...heard in trees looking west from Green Hill.
Chiffchaff 1 singing plus 7.
Crow 9
Buzzard 1
Goldcrest 1
Ring-necked Parakeet 1
Jay 2
Swallow 4
Gadwall 2...from Green Hill.
Black-headed Gull 16
etc.etc.etc.
Goosander 1 female...same place as last Thursday. Perhaps on a lonely moult.
Kingfisher 2...Just further along on Flixton bank.
Mallard 20+
Mute Swan 2 adults.
Coot 1
Cormorant 6
Canada Geese 4
BH Gull 80+...no juveniles.
LBB Gull 4adults, 3 juveniles.
GBB Gull 1 5th CY..some brown in wings.
Herring Gull 1 adult.
Swallow 20+
etc.
Drizzle curtailed walk to Wellacre CP.
Goosander 1 female.
Kingfisher 1
Both on the Flixton bank, downstream of turbine building/locks.
Swallow 20+ over the stables.
Earlier at Woodsend Park:
Rook 30+
Jackdaw 20+
Willow Tit 2
Treecreeper 1
Coal Tit 2
Chaffinch 1
Chiffchaff 8
Blackcap 3
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Sand Martin 5+
Swallow 12+
Gadwall 6...from Green Hill.
Moorhen 2 adults, 1 juvenile...Dutton's Pond.
Herring Gull 4
LBB Gull 3
etc.
Just 27 species.
Common Tern 3
BH Gull 60+
LBB Gull 2
Cormorant 3
Grey Heron 3
Mute Swan 2 adults.
Mallard 10+
Great Crested Grebe 1 adult.
Pied Wagtail 5+ including juveniles.
Grey Wagtail 5+ including 3 juveniles.
Swift 1
House Martin 4
Sand Martin 15+
Swallow 10+ including juveniles.
House Sparrow 80+
etc.
Common Tern 2
Grey Wagtail 1 male, 1 female.
Mute Swan 2 adults, 1 juv.
Sand Martin 10+
Swallow 6
Oystercatcher 1
Cormorant 1
Pied Wagtail 1
Mallard 5
BH Gull 7 adults.
LBB Gull 2 adults.
Herring Gull 1
etc.
I recall the same thing happening there a few years ago. At the time I spoke to the DoE or UU (or similar - can't recall,) who said it was due to lack of oxygen, rather than poison or agricultural/industrial run off.
When I saw it there were at least 20 cormorants on the woodwork on the Eccles side of the locks and a lot of herons too. Presumably whilst the dead fish were still palatable enough.
Chiffchaff 12 singing.
Blackcap 11 singing.
Whitethroat 3 singing.
Willow Warbler 1 singing from Green Hill.
Reed Warbler 4 singing Jack Lane.
Reed Bunting 1 singing Jack Lane.
Goldcrest 2 singing.
Water Rail 1 heard Jack Lane.
Sparrowhawk 1 female Green Hill.
Buzzard 1
Swallow 2
Sand Martin 5+ ETW.
Swift 10+
Nuthatch 1
Herring Gull 1 adult.
LBB Gull 1 adult.
39 species.
Reed Warbler 4 singing plus 1.
Reed Bunting 3 singing.
Chiffchaff 2 singing.
Song Thrush 1 singing.
Blackcap 2 singing.
Moorhen 1
Flixton ETW:
Swift 20+
Sand Martin 20+
Swallow 10+
Magpie 30+
Starling 100+
BH Gull 2
General Sightings:
Willow Warbler 1
Whitethroat 1 singing.
Chiffchaff 4 singing.
Bullfinch 1 male, 1 female.
Blackcap 2 singing.
Song Thrush 1 singing.
Goldcrest 1 singing.
The Cetti's warblers tend to favour the railway side of the reserve. I'll bump into the singing male perhaps every third visit, most times he's singing from the drain between the reeds and the path alongside the embankment.
50+ swifts over the waterworks by Irlam Locks 3:30pm, just handfuls of swallows and sand martins. Two singing reed warblers and a pair of Cetti's Warblers on Jack Lane LNR, which I was dismayed to notice wasn't spared the power strimmer in No Mow May. Great tit broods in Wellacre Wood, Dutton's Pond and by the houses at Green Hill.
Willow Tit 1 singing from the railway embankment by Jack Lane Farm 53.440521, -2.404796
Reed Warbler 5, 1 singing from the lagoons, the rest at Jack Lane NR
Common Tern 5 ( 3 flew upstream and 2 stayed around ).
Grey Heron 2
Cormorant 5
Starling 150+
Herring Gull 1 adult.
BH Gull 20+
LBB Gull 1
Mallard 10+
Swallow 5+
Sand Martin 5+
Swift 1
etc.
Plus:
House Martin 3 at Woodsend Circle.
Hobby 1 high over Flixton.
Chiffchaff 12 singing.
Whitethroat 8 singing.
Willow Warbler 3 singing.
Blackcap 12 singing plus 2 females.
Mistle Thrush 2
Swift 4
Song Thrush 2 singing.
Swallows
Sand Martins
Reed Warbler 5 singing Jack Lane NR.
Herring Gull 1 adult ETW.
Brief am Visit to the Locks area
2 Blackcap in song
2 Chiffchaff in song
5 Cormorant
4 Mute Swan
10 Swift
60 Sand Martin.
Jack Lane NR:
Hobby- 1 flew around then over the railway line.
Water Rail- 1 calling.
Reed Warbler- 2 singing.
Chiffchaff- 4 singing.
Ship Canal/ETW:
Common Sandpiper- 2 flew low along Trafford bank of canal towards the Locks.
Sand Martin- 40+
Swallow- 10+
GBB Gull- 1 adult, 1 2nd CY.
Grey Heron- 1
Cormorant- 10+
BH Gull- 20+
General:
Willow Warblers- 6 singing.
Blackcap- 3 singing plus 1 calling.
Chiffchaff- 4 singing.
Buzzard- 1
Mistle Thrush- 1
Song Thrush- 1 singing.
RN Parakeet- 2
etc.etc.etc.
Red Kite 1 slowly flying over the Ship Canal, heading upstream @ c 1420.
Common Sandpiper 1 on rocks just behind the new turbine building.
Grey Wagtail 1 female, as above.
Cormorant 10+
Buzzard 2 over the ETW.
Grey Heron 1
Swallow 4
Sand Martin 20+
Mute Swan 5
GBB Gull 1 immature.
Oystercatcher 2
BH Gull 10+
LBB Gull 3
Mallard 10+
Moorhen 1
Pied Wagtail 2
etc.
Dutton's Pond:
Grey Heron_ 2
Willow Warbler_ 1 singing.
Blackcap_ 1 singing.
Moorhen_ 4
Green Hill:
Willow Tit_ 1 singing, along the steep path.
Chiffchaff_ 5 singing plus 2 seen.
Chaffinch_ 1 male.
Cormorant_ 1 over.
General Sightings:
Willow Tit_ 1 singing plus 1 seen. Both along track from Jack Lane to Canal.
Treecreeper_ 1 singing plus 1 seen. Just south of Wellacre College artificial pitch.
Sand Martin_ 50+ at ETW.
Swallow_ 10+ at ETW.
Oystercatcher_ 2 at Irlam Locks.
Cormorant_ 4 at Irlam Locks.
Jay_ 1
Greenfinch_ 1
Nuthatch_ 1 in garden.
Great Spotted Woodpecker_ 1 in garden.
Ring-necked Parakeets.
etc.etc.etc.
40 species.