Wood Warbler still present and singing/calling away between 13:50 and 15:45.

Rick.

Looks like I'm the only one who has missed the Wood Warbler.

I went tonight at dusk (8-9) and there was no sign of it.

Although, it was worth going for the Woodpeckers which were frantically trying to out-drum and out-"kleck" each other.

I'll try again this weekend at a more sensible time.

SS

Wood warbler still present & singing at 10:30 am. It's a bold little bird - I'd expected to spend a fair amount of time looking up waiting to get a good view but it flew from the canopy to the lower branches to investigate me & spent most of the time singing in full view. Worth the drive over from Saddleworth!

Thanks for the guiding services Sid.

And what a great little bird that is. Lets hope he finds a mate.

Since John B had not seen the Wood Warbler we called in at Carr Wood after our trip to the Lune Estuary/Leighton Moss. The little chap was still singing his head off. He seems to be singing at all times; morning, afternoon and evening and given this is his eighth day in the wood he's done probably better than a 100 hours of singing and shaking

Thanks to my Manx friend for guiding us into the site from an unfamiliar direction. John and I suffered no interuptions whilst we were there, very peaceful

Photo of said bird now here.
Also photos and HD video of a bird we are not to talk of anymore ?

cheers
jason

Wood Warbler still present at 10:15 when I left. Guards its territory very aggressively - chasing away all the birds which enter its patch.
Kingfisher flew up the 'stream' at 10:10.
Also Blackcap, Willow Warbler and Nuthatch.

Rick.

Monday 2nd May 8.00-8.45am

Wood Warbler still present and very active in it's usual spot up to 8.45 when I left.
3 Blackcaps singing and chasing each other.
1 Kingfisher
Lots of the usual birds all in fine voice this morning.

Cheers Joe,

A new location to explore. We will be up early and hopefully get the WW. Cannot remember if we have ever seen one before. We did hear one several years ago walking along by Derwent resevoir.

Regards John

Ta Rick,

got the PM. ta for info.

Regards John

Hi John, the woods are nearest to bramhall. The way I got there originally was to take the A34 south from the M60 until you reach the A555. This should be signposted bramhall. Go to the end of the road, and take the A5149 north towards bramhall. When you get to bramhall centre, the road forks. Take the right hand one. Follow this road past bramhall train station and the then carr wood road is on your left. when at carr wood road, there are two paths. take the southern one (left hand side) on foot until you reach a stream, and the bird is around there by a fallen dead tree. Alternatively, get the train to bramhall station and walk from there to the woods. Hope this helps,
Joe

Hi John,

I've sent you a pm.

Rick.

Hi all,

Please help with directions if you can.

Janice and I really fancy checking out this location in the morning, but we are not sure where it is? Is the location south of Stockport/Cheadle on the A5102.

Looking for a good birding location for tomoz

Regards John.

Had the pleasure of a couple of hours with the WW late afternoon - not a soul about. Most pleasant.

Hi Scott, yes the bird did perk up after a while and got some great views. Thanks for showing me the film of the Kingfisher - really fantastic to see one so close up

Also met Messrs Tromans, Troupe and Oddy

Rick.

Singing away as per usual between 10:30 - 11:30, although he did become slightly more reserved towards the end before I left.

It's the 5th time I've been down there filming this lovely little bird and also had the added bonus today of a male kingfisher perching about 5m away from me on a low branch over the stream, allowing me to get 30 seconds of great up close footage!!

Also Nice to meet Rick Donkin and put another face to a name! I hope the bird perked up for you after I left!

Got it this morning at 09.00, a lovely confiding bird singing noisily.

Was along the brook as described earlier, just before a fallen tree crosses the path.

Sun May 1st. 07.00 - 07.45 hrs

Wood Warbler still singing and displaying..... hope he gets a mate after all this effort.

Roger.

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here between 3.30-5.00pm. WOOD WARBLER still showing off and doing some chasing. seeing off a robin,a chaffinch and another bird which i did not get a proper look at. just like john i too got some ok shots and a 2 min video off it preening and calling. other birds off note..
blackcaps,blackbirds,robins,chaffinch,wood pigeons,blue tit,great tit,long tailed tit,and goldcrest, also heard tawny owl and great spotted woodpecker.

Wood warbler still giving some 'wellie' at 10.30 and giving great views so I have some ok shots and passable video. Great to here both its songs especially the flutty peeu peeu peeu. (This is what birding is all about!)

06.55 - 07.45 - Wood Warbler singing his head off this morning giving really close up views - nothing shy about this little chap

It was quite fascinating to see the amount of effort the Wood Warbler puts into it's song. It's whole body was vibrating, and it was singing a lot this morning. Must get pretty tired by the end of the day.
I too saw a Kingfisher on my way to the car. A Blackcap too up in the canopy.
A lovely spot.

-- Edited by Adam Jones on Friday 29th of April 2011 06:25:23 PM

Also in Carr Wood this morning

Kingfisher
Nuthatch
Treecreeper

Cheers, John

Wood Warbler still showing off at 15.20

Bird a lot more showy this morning until 11:30 when I left, a cracking little bird nice to see Adam again and nice to meet John and Peter, hope you got some good shots! What a way to spend a bank holiday!

-- Edited by Joe Wynn on Friday 29th of April 2011 02:55:37 PM

Nice to meeet you too adam! Hope you get some shots of it, it really is a stunner! Also seen/ heard:
1 GSW
2 Blackcap
and loads of other common woodland birds (robin blackbird, wren, etc.)

Chris also said he may have heard a green woodpecker

Still around at 7.50 pm this evening. Quite high in the canpopy for most of the time, but still came down to give me some good views. I will pop back tomorrow to try and get some better photos.

Nice to meet Chris Chandler and Joe (apologies, can't remember your surname). Hope your pictures came out well.
Thanks to Rick Donkin for the spot on directions.

Still around for another 50 mins after Tim left but was a bit more elusive at times. Must have wanted a rest after putting on the show for Tim
Rick.

Singing with gusto and showing very well 2.30pm just above log that juts out over the stream and crosses the path.

Any of you photographers out there you won't get a better opportunity than this!

-- Edited by Tim Wilcox on Thursday 28th of April 2011 02:37:54 PM

-- Edited by Tim Wilcox on Thursday 28th of April 2011 02:45:32 PM

Wood Warbler still present about 10:30 this morning , showing very well ,sometimes no more than 8 foot away,but never venturing far from his chosen territory . Singing constantly , and vigorously defending his chosen spot ,watched him have a prolonged ,acrobatic spat with an unfortunate great tit !!! Nice to bump into Scott Reid , and local birder Tony ...

Cheers Chris

Wood Warbler still around this morning up to 09:40 when I left. Feeeding higher up in the canopy, but still very vocal and visible.

Rick.

Quick visit this evening and had cracking views of the Wood Warbler in it's favoured spot. A really showy bird this one!!

Nice to bump into Scott Reid who kindly borrowed me his bins as I had come straight from work just down the road from there.

The bird was still singing away at 6.45pm when we left.

Wood Warbler still present at 13:30 showing extremely well near fallen tree. Very vocal between feeding with both call and song. Met Liverpool birder John Tubb who had come by train to see the Wood Warbler.

Rick.

-- Edited by Rick Donkin on Wednesday 27th of April 2011 04:53:31 PM

Wood Warbler still present upto midday but singing slightly less often by then. What an excellent little thing. Thanks to John for getting the news out and to Geoff for the find. Also present along the valley between Pownall Green and Bramhall Hall were:

1 Grey Heron
1 Moorhen
c25 Canada Geese
2 Feral Geese
c40 Mallards
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Lesser Spotted Woodpecker - heard only
4 Great Spotted Woodpeckers
2 Mistle Thrushes
2 Nuthatches
2 Treecreepers
3 Goldcrests
5 Blackcaps
1 Chiffchaff
3 Coal Tits
2 Jays

Between 06:20 and 07:20

Wood Warbler showing very well - seen first thing with Richard Norris and latterly with Iain Johnson. Nice to have met you both.

After crossing the footbridge follow the path to the right and you will come across a fallen tree over the path - just beyond this the Wood Warbler was feeding and singing away quite low down giving fantastic views. Flew around in a circle but stayed in the same vicinity for the hour I was there.

Also GSW drumming in distance and Willow Warbler singing.

Rick.

-- Edited by Rick Donkin on Wednesday 27th of April 2011 07:41:05 AM

Great to see the Wood Warbler this morning, basically flying right round us and at times no more than ten feet away, and at eye level! Good also to meet Rick Donkin there.

Wood Warbler still present singing this morning and showing incredibly well.

Info thanks to Iain Johnson