7 Whooper Swan east 800 Pink-footed Geese east and 115 west 6 Goosander 46 Teal 150 Tufted Duck 8 Goldeneye 4 Little Egret 2240 Fieldfare SW 161 Redwings SW 2780 Woodpigeon SW 1 Brambling SW 12 Siskin SW 2 Rook
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Nov 4 7:27 PM, 2023
Derek Polley wrote:
I am on the "Bury folk keep it green" site and there is a report on there that the current owners of Withins reservoir plan to to drain it and fill it in as they cannot afford to keep it as a reservoir. I am sure this will be of concern to local birders who would like to maintain it as it is. It is possible you all know about this, but I will post a link in case you want to investigate the situation and hopefully try and prevent this.
On current understanding this (mis) information is not the case and is nothing more than a social media kneejerk (over) reaction. We are told the reservoir has been drained slightly to permit essential dam maintenance.
Simon Johnson said
Thu Nov 2 10:11 PM, 2023
Sightings from this morning with Paul
Hawfinch flew over withins calling. Originally heading north but then changed to west 2 Goldeneye 8 little egret 500 Redwing NE 10 redpoll withins 6 skylark east
Simon Johnson said
Wed Nov 1 8:26 PM, 2023
Sightings from this morning
166 Tufted Duck 4 Goldeneye Dunlin flying around withins Kingfisher 415 Pink-footed Geese se 249 starling west 127 Redwing 258 Fieldfare south Treecreeper 8 Siskin south 5 skylark south
Simon Johnson said
Mon Oct 30 2:23 PM, 2023
Elton this morning in the heavy showers! 9 Whooper swan SE, 16 Brambling, 25 linnet 1800 Fieldfare 10 snipe 1052 redwing Stock dove 254 Woodpigeon all south. 3 little egret withins 5 goldeneye on res
Simon Johnson said
Sun Oct 29 9:48 PM, 2023
Sightings from this morning
Female Red-breasted Merganser east with 2 Goosander 4 Goldeneye Pochard 60 Lapwing, 7 Siskin 400+ Fieldfare south 2 little egret
Yesterday morning Woodcock flew over the canal at dawn
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Oct 27 7:10 AM, 2023
Any further posts relating to this Withins issue please post on the discussion forum not least so they are more easily accessible and remain together for reference.
Derek Polley said
Thu Oct 26 11:30 PM, 2023
Couldn't copy the link but this is what it says:
Tragic Day. The waterwell company that bought Withins Reservoir and spent thousands last year on meeting the requirements of the Reservoir Inspectors report have "decided to drain Withins Reservoir". The birders have spoken with the Environment Agency who had been notified and had yesterday had on site presence and they are looking at environmental impacts to the water environment. We don't have any further details don't know if this is a full drain or a limited one. Surely the amount of water coming into the brook this year is a liability concern. Constant juvenile vandalism took it's toll. The owners told us 2021 they wanted an angling business to take it on but no one offered anything that would generate an income. Ourselves and Radcliffe Litterpickers have held multiple tasks to clean the water area and surrounds so it was being well looked after (we mooted a south bank post summer litterpick only yesterday).
The reservoir is in the retained Greenbelt in any event so will "never" be available for building whilst it remains so. But landfill is allowed in Greenbelt if access can be arranged for lorries and planning permission granted. EA have a policy of objecting to the culverting of streams and Places for Everyone and existing council policies would prevent any landfill anyway. So landfill will "never" be allowed as it would revert to a natural wildlife rich valley, a wildlife corridor, crossed by a Roman Road.
Derek Polley said
Thu Oct 26 11:23 PM, 2023
I am on the "Bury folk keep it green" site and there is a report on there that the current owners of Withins reservoir plan to to drain it and fill it in as they cannot afford to keep it as a reservoir. I am sure this will be of concern to local birders who would like to maintain it as it is. It is possible you all know about this, but I will post a link in case you want to investigate the situation and hopefully try and prevent this.
Keith Rowland said
Wed Oct 25 4:56 PM, 2023
Elton Reservoir South end and Withins reservoir lunchtime today.
Merlin (f) flushed from fence post at Withins Car park/lane which flew off at speed low West.
Withins Reservoir low water level attracted - 87 Tufted, 5 Goldeneye, 8 Teal, 1 Pochard, 2 Little Egret, 37 Lapwing plus numbers of Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, Black Headed Gull and Heron.
Paul Wilson said
Wed Oct 25 10:19 AM, 2023
Vis mig stand-in for SW/SJ (poor substitute) - missed a lot, but here's what I managed from 7:50 to 8:40 (when it suddenly seemed to slow down massively):
3 Little Egrets (dropped in behind the creek) 2190 Woodpigeon south 118 Redwing SW (also 30+ hanging around the trees) 183 Fieldfare SW (195 unidentified thrushes) SW 11 Pied Wagtail north 6 Linnet north 3 Siskin NE 4 Skylark SE 143 Starling south Plenty of other finches which I could identify
-- Edited by Paul Wilson on Wednesday 25th of October 2023 10:20:48 AM
Simon Johnson said
Mon Oct 23 9:00 PM, 2023
Sightings from Elton reservoir this morning with Paul
Great White Egret circled withins and was looking to land but continued south 12600 Woodpigeon south. Very intense first half hour with some impressive flocks Swallow south 600+ Redwing SW 500+ Fieldfare SW 40 Siskin west 80 Chaffinch NW 708 Pink-footed Geese W/NW in 5 Skeins Little egret Pochard Chiffchaff
Derek Richardson said
Sun Oct 22 7:30 PM, 2023
09.00am - 12.15pm. Light showers, then clear.07c-09c.
Another great morning of migration watching from withins res with Simon & Paul
6500+ Woodpigeon south 4 Stock dove south 3290 Fieldfare sw 900+ Redwing sw 700+ Starling west in small groups 31 Siskin north 4 redpoll west 245 Chaffinch w/sw 11 linnet south 940 Pink-footed Geese SE
On the res Goldeneye Pochard 120 Tufted duck 5 shoveler
Simon Johnson said
Thu Oct 19 9:22 PM, 2023
Highlights from a vis mig watch with Paul & Simon this morning
8 Great Egrets E/NE came right over us at Withins Merlin south 3 Brambling south in a flock of redwing 900 Redwing SE 1100 Fieldfare SE 16 Siskin NE 1000 Starling west
Paul Wilson said
Thu Oct 19 8:16 PM, 2023
Highlight this morning (with Simon W and Simon W) was a fly over by no less than EIGHT Great Egrets. Managed a few record shots (one showing three of the birds, one showing five of them and one showing all eight, at distance as they headed off ENE). Also GC Grebe with a pike!
Red Kite 13:11, initial South over sailing club, mobbed by Carrion Crow then headed East, last seen in the distance past Pilsworth tip still heading east.
Keith Rowland said
Tue Oct 17 2:29 PM, 2023
Lunchtime walk from Sailing club Car Park to Withins and back
Highlights -
7 Wigeon
9 Swallow (6 and then 3) South over Withins
4 Sanderling low over res then NE
3 Common Gull
10 Teal
2 Shoveler
-- Edited by Keith Rowland on Tuesday 17th of October 2023 02:30:19 PM
Simon Johnson said
Sat Oct 14 6:07 PM, 2023
A vis mig watch from withins with Simon & Paul was rather productive
Hen Harrier - ad female flew right over us south Merlin - female SW 7 Whooper Swan SE 200+ Pink-footed Geese SE 2500 Woodpigeon south 4 Stock dove in with woodpigeons south 238 Redwing SW Fieldfare SW 14 Siskin south + 2 NE 15 Linnet south 4 Redpoll south 8 Rook SW 3 Little Egret west
Derek Richardson said
Sat Oct 14 4:55 PM, 2023
08.30am-12.15pm. Clear, then mixed cloud, still. 08c-11c.
9 Whooper Swan on the res Shoveler 20+ Teal 4 snipe Swallow Treecreeper
Simon Johnson said
Thu Oct 12 11:04 PM, 2023
Sightings from this morning
7 Whooper Swan dropped in at 7:23 to join 6 on the res. These departed south a further 55 flew SE at 8:55 Golden plover west 1100 Woodpigeon south 3 Wigeon on withins 2 skylark 5 swallow 200+ redwing Fieldfare
Simon Johnson said
Mon Oct 9 7:47 PM, 2023
500+ Redwing west this evening between 5 and 6pm
Keith Rowland said
Mon Oct 9 3:08 PM, 2023
Rock Pipit on the pumphouse wall just before 1pm along with 15 Meadow pipits on the fence/ground, no sign of them on the return walk, also 25 Redwing and 9 Wigeon.
Steven Higginbottom said
Mon Oct 9 12:02 PM, 2023
Highlights from this morning 7am till 9am. 1 Goldeneye. 11 Wigeon. 7 Gadwall. 18 Teal. 6 Goosander. 1 Pink footed goose with Canada geese. 2 Little Grebe. 2 Kingfisher. 7 Meadow pipit. 56 Redwing.
Cheers Steven.
Simon Warford said
Sun Oct 8 9:12 PM, 2023
This mornings vis mig watch between 7am and 12pm produced the following -
2 Goosander SW 4 Snipe 4 Swallow 26 Redwing 34 Pied Wagtails 413 Meadow Pipits, most after 10am 27 Linnet with also 3 in the field by Doffer Farm 2 Redpoll 3 Siskin 30 duck sp. over very high but not in Elton airspace.
On the res, 130 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret. 3 Raven also lingering about.
Ian Campbell said
Sat Oct 7 2:59 PM, 2023
Highlights from this morning, 3 Rock Pipits over the pumphouse within 30 mins with a probable 4th. Also 2 Little Egret. Cheers Ian
Simon Warford said
Wed Oct 4 10:23 PM, 2023
This mornings vis mig watch between 7am and 9am produced the following -
15 Golden Plover heading south west (13 at 8.20am and 2 at 8.25am). c2340 Pink-footed Geese heading east in about 16 or so skeins, most at height and motoring 7 Little Egrets flew high north then veered west 6 Swallow south 271 Meadow Pipit south 1 Siskin south 1 Lesser Redpoll south 2 Skylark
Simon Johnson said
Mon Oct 2 7:46 PM, 2023
Migration watch with Paul Wilson this morning.
Really good morning of birds heading south
Female type Merlin flew south over crow tree farm following meadow pipits 1304 Meadow pipit 12 Redpoll 19 mistle thrush 5 song thrush 28 pied wagtail 4 skylark 30 linnet 182 Swallow 3 stock dove 17 long tailed tit 1395 Pinkfooted Geese SE in 7 skeins
Simon Johnson said
Mon Oct 2 7:39 PM, 2023
Belated news for yesterday 1/10
Black-necked Grebe 4 Common Scoter 14 Gadwall Rock pipit flew over the pumphouse calling
Simon Johnson said
Sun Oct 1 12:00 PM, 2023
Belated news from yesterday
Vis mig watch with Simon Warford at withins
Birds heading south
Hawfinch 1700+ meadow pipit 300+ swallow 32 Siskin 64 linnet 2 redpoll 58 pied wagtails 11 shoveler 440 Pinkfooted Geese SE and 44 west
Simon Johnson said
Fri Sep 29 8:23 PM, 2023
Vis mig watch from withins this morning
All birds heading south
1522 Meadow pipit 45 swallow 6 House Martin 38 pied wagtail 18 Chaffinch 16 Siskin 82 goldfinch 3 coal tit 611 Pink-footed Geese SE in 10 skeins 2 Wigeon dropped in Kingfisher
Grey Phalarope still present until dusk 464 Black-Headed Gull roosting 1 Kingfisher 1 Goosander
Stephen Fuentes said
Fri Sep 22 4:00 PM, 2023
Grey Phalarope still present today at 2pm, and still getting a tough time from the gulls.
Cheers,
Steve.
Simon Johnson said
Fri Sep 22 12:31 PM, 2023
Sightings from this morning
Grey Phalarope still present 2 Common Sandpiper 15+ snipe 200 Swallow 50 house Martin 2 sand Martin 1000+ meadow pipit south 18 Siskin 8 Pinkfooted geese west
Steven Nelson said
Thu Sep 21 10:51 PM, 2023
In addition to the Grey Phalarope at 7.00pm I also had a Common Sandpiper at the boat club.
Simon Johnson said
Thu Sep 21 9:57 PM, 2023
Other sightings from Elton today mainly from a vis mig watch
2100+ Meadow pipit south Wheatear Juvenile Arctic Tern Yellow wagtail south 90 House Martin which included a pure white bird 500+ swallow 3 Sand Martin 50+ Siskin south 3 Skylark 12 Common buzzard Dunlin west 80 Lapwing
Dennis atherton said
Thu Sep 21 8:12 PM, 2023
Grey Phalarope still there 7.30 tonight . It did get a tough time from the Black Headed gulls though
19 Common Scoter on res (6 male & 13 female) Pintail male flew west with Wigeon 13 Wigeon (4 west, 6 east and 3 in) 3 Gadwall 30+ Teal 20 snipe west 36 Pinkfooted geese se Hobby NE Tree pipit over calling 340 meadow pipit south 360 swallow south 13 Siskin south Little grebe 3 common buzzard 9 grey Wagtail Willow warbler Willow tit 13 Rook south 2 little Egret
-- Edited by Simon Johnson on Friday 15th of September 2023 04:30:30 PM
408 Pink-footed geese SE in 14 Skeins 2 Greylag geese SE 305 Meadow pipit south 110 Swallow 580 House Martin 3 Sand Martin
On the res 2 Little Grebe Gadwall 15 Teal
Ian Campbell said
Mon Sep 11 2:05 PM, 2023
Highlights this morning, 24 Little Egrets flew over, also 37 Goosander, also 2 Little Grebe on res. Keith Rowland had a Great Egret chased off by a Heron. Whilst trying to refine this a probable Red- necked Grebe was also found, seen very briefly as it was continually diving and then disappeared completely!
Derek Richardson said
Sat Sep 2 4:34 PM, 2023
09.00am - 13.00pm. Clear, then light cloud, still. 13c-20c.
Good to see up to 4 metres of sand banking on far side of reservoir.
41 species including:
2 Kingfisher. 2 Black necked grebe. 1 Little egret. 47 Swallow. 1 Bullfinch. (1M). 9 Long tailed tit. 27 Goldfinch. 3 Chiffchaff. 2 Willow Warbler. 11 Lapwing. (W). 51 Starling. (on one telephone wire). 3 Jay. 67 Herring gull. 33 Lesser black backed gull. 90+ Black headed gull. 25 Cormorant. 48 Tufted duck. 116 coot. 11 Great crested grebe. 1 Grey heron.
Thanks Derek.
Richard Thew said
Fri Sep 1 4:04 PM, 2023
Been little change over the last couple of days with the following highlights:
Black necked grebe x2 (max I've seen despite the report by bird guides of 7) Pheasant Pochard x2+ Pheasant Water rail Grey wagtail
Ta!
Trust me to forget to post that a Common gull was found today too.
-- Edited by Richard Thew on Friday 1st of September 2023 04:17:45 PM
With Mike
44 species including:
3 Ring necked parakeet.
1 Sparrowhawk.
2 Little Egret.
1 Kingfisher.
6 Redwing.
15 Fieldfare.
1 Common gull.
1 Reed Bunting.
2 Bullfinch.
5 Meadow pipit.
2 Long tailed tit.
1 Jay.
60+ Starling (one flock).
5 Pied wagtail.
2 Pheasant.
11 Teal.
33 Tufted duck.
60+ Canada goose.
28 Cormorant.
11 Great crested grebe.
1 Goldeneye.
2 Goosander.
4 Grey heron.
6 Mute swan.
Thanks Derek.
Highlights from a late morning visit:
2 Goosander, 9 Goldeneye.
1 Little Egret.
1 Little Grebe.
3 Great Black-backed and 2 Common Gull.
1 Willow Tit.
7 Whooper Swan east
800 Pink-footed Geese east and 115 west
6 Goosander
46 Teal
150 Tufted Duck
8 Goldeneye
4 Little Egret
2240 Fieldfare SW
161 Redwings SW
2780 Woodpigeon SW
1 Brambling SW
12 Siskin SW
2 Rook
On current understanding this (mis) information is not the case and is nothing more than a social media kneejerk (over) reaction. We are told the reservoir has been drained slightly to permit essential dam maintenance.
Hawfinch flew over withins calling. Originally heading north but then changed to west
2 Goldeneye
8 little egret
500 Redwing NE
10 redpoll withins
6 skylark east
166 Tufted Duck
4 Goldeneye
Dunlin flying around withins
Kingfisher
415 Pink-footed Geese se
249 starling west
127 Redwing
258 Fieldfare south
Treecreeper
8 Siskin south
5 skylark south
9 Whooper swan SE,
16 Brambling,
25 linnet
1800 Fieldfare
10 snipe
1052 redwing
Stock dove
254 Woodpigeon all south.
3 little egret withins
5 goldeneye on res
Female Red-breasted Merganser east with 2 Goosander
4 Goldeneye
Pochard
60 Lapwing,
7 Siskin
400+ Fieldfare south
2 little egret
Yesterday morning
Woodcock flew over the canal at dawn
Any further posts relating to this Withins issue please post on the discussion forum not least so they are more easily accessible and remain together for reference.
I am on the "Bury folk keep it green" site and there is a report on there that the current owners of Withins reservoir plan to to drain it and fill it in as they cannot afford to keep it as a reservoir. I am sure this will be of concern to local birders who would like to maintain it as it is. It is possible you all know about this, but I will post a link in case you want to investigate the situation and hopefully try and prevent this.
Elton Reservoir South end and Withins reservoir lunchtime today.
Merlin (f) flushed from fence post at Withins Car park/lane which flew off at speed low West.
Withins Reservoir low water level attracted - 87 Tufted, 5 Goldeneye, 8 Teal, 1 Pochard, 2 Little Egret, 37 Lapwing plus numbers of Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, Black Headed Gull and Heron.
Vis mig stand-in for SW/SJ (poor substitute) - missed a lot, but here's what I managed from 7:50 to 8:40 (when it suddenly seemed to slow down massively):
3 Little Egrets (dropped in behind the creek)
2190 Woodpigeon south
118 Redwing SW (also 30+ hanging around the trees)
183 Fieldfare SW
(195 unidentified thrushes) SW
11 Pied Wagtail north
6 Linnet north
3 Siskin NE
4 Skylark SE
143 Starling south
Plenty of other finches which I could identify
On the res:
500+ BH Gull
5 Shoveler
4 Wigeon
3 Goldeneye
1 Little Egret
3 Snipe
-- Edited by Paul Wilson on Wednesday 25th of October 2023 10:20:48 AM
Great White Egret circled withins and was looking to land but continued south
12600 Woodpigeon south. Very intense first half hour with some impressive flocks
Swallow south
600+ Redwing SW
500+ Fieldfare SW
40 Siskin west
80 Chaffinch NW
708 Pink-footed Geese W/NW in 5 Skeins
Little egret
Pochard
Chiffchaff
Mainly with Steven.
49 species including:
1 Kestrel.
1 Sparrowhawk.
1 Kingfisher.
2 Skylark.
1 Goldeneye.
3 Little egret.
5 Lesser black backed gull.
2 Common gull.
13 Cormorant.
3 Shoveler.
1 Pochard.
9 Teal.
6 Gadwall.
13 Great crested grebe.
5 Goosander.
2 Grey heron.
4 Grey wagtail.
11 Mute swan.
4 Pheasant.
5 Meadow pipit.
3 Reed bunting.
2 Goldfinch.
2 Collared Dove.
3 Jay.
Thanks Derek.
6500+ Woodpigeon south
4 Stock dove south
3290 Fieldfare sw
900+ Redwing sw
700+ Starling west in small groups
31 Siskin north
4 redpoll west
245 Chaffinch w/sw
11 linnet south
940 Pink-footed Geese SE
On the res
Goldeneye
Pochard
120 Tufted duck
5 shoveler
8 Great Egrets E/NE came right over us at Withins
Merlin south
3 Brambling south in a flock of redwing
900 Redwing SE
1100 Fieldfare SE
16 Siskin NE
1000 Starling west
Highlight this morning (with Simon W and Simon W) was a fly over by no less than EIGHT Great Egrets. Managed a few record shots (one showing three of the birds, one showing five of them and one showing all eight, at distance as they headed off ENE). Also GC Grebe with a pike!
Red Kite 13:11, initial South over sailing club, mobbed by Carrion Crow then headed East, last seen in the distance past Pilsworth tip still heading east.
Lunchtime walk from Sailing club Car Park to Withins and back
Highlights -
7 Wigeon
9 Swallow (6 and then 3) South over Withins
4 Sanderling low over res then NE
3 Common Gull
10 Teal
2 Shoveler
-- Edited by Keith Rowland on Tuesday 17th of October 2023 02:30:19 PM
Hen Harrier - ad female flew right over us south
Merlin - female SW
7 Whooper Swan SE
200+ Pink-footed Geese SE
2500 Woodpigeon south
4 Stock dove in with woodpigeons south
238 Redwing SW
Fieldfare SW
14 Siskin south + 2 NE
15 Linnet south
4 Redpoll south
8 Rook SW
3 Little Egret west
32 Species included:
5 Whooper swan.
2 Little egret.
1 Kingfisher.
1 Shelduck.
1 Raven.
8 Jay.
1 Pheasant. (F).
1 Bullfinch.(M).
53 Tufted duck.
44 Cormorant.
1 Grey wagtail.
11 Lesser black backed gull.
110+ Herring gull.
100+ Black headed gull.
3 Goosander.
120+ Coot.
9 Great crested grebe.
4 Grey heron.
9 Mute swan.
Thanks Derek.
Sightings from this morning
9 Whooper Swan on the res
Shoveler
20+ Teal
4 snipe
Swallow
Treecreeper
7 Whooper Swan dropped in at 7:23 to join 6 on the res. These departed south a further 55 flew SE at 8:55
Golden plover west
1100 Woodpigeon south
3 Wigeon on withins
2 skylark
5 swallow
200+ redwing
Fieldfare
Rock Pipit on the pumphouse wall just before 1pm along with 15 Meadow pipits on the fence/ground, no sign of them on the return walk, also 25 Redwing and 9 Wigeon.
1 Goldeneye.
11 Wigeon.
7 Gadwall.
18 Teal.
6 Goosander.
1 Pink footed goose with Canada geese.
2 Little Grebe.
2 Kingfisher.
7 Meadow pipit.
56 Redwing.
Cheers Steven.
This mornings vis mig watch between 7am and 12pm produced the following -
2 Goosander SW
4 Snipe
4 Swallow
26 Redwing
34 Pied Wagtails
413 Meadow Pipits, most after 10am
27 Linnet with also 3 in the field by Doffer Farm
2 Redpoll
3 Siskin
30 duck sp. over very high but not in Elton airspace.
On the res, 130 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Little Egret. 3 Raven also lingering about.
Cheers Ian
15 Golden Plover heading south west (13 at 8.20am and 2 at 8.25am).
c2340 Pink-footed Geese heading east in about 16 or so skeins, most at height and motoring
7 Little Egrets flew high north then veered west
6 Swallow south
271 Meadow Pipit south
1 Siskin south
1 Lesser Redpoll south
2 Skylark
Really good morning of birds heading south
Female type Merlin flew south over crow tree farm following meadow pipits
1304 Meadow pipit
12 Redpoll
19 mistle thrush
5 song thrush
28 pied wagtail
4 skylark
30 linnet
182 Swallow
3 stock dove
17 long tailed tit
1395 Pinkfooted Geese SE in 7 skeins
Black-necked Grebe
4 Common Scoter
14 Gadwall
Rock pipit flew over the pumphouse calling
Vis mig watch with Simon Warford at withins
Birds heading south
Hawfinch
1700+ meadow pipit
300+ swallow
32 Siskin
64 linnet
2 redpoll
58 pied wagtails
11 shoveler
440 Pinkfooted Geese SE and 44 west
All birds heading south
1522 Meadow pipit
45 swallow
6 House Martin
38 pied wagtail
18 Chaffinch
16 Siskin
82 goldfinch
3 coal tit
611 Pink-footed Geese SE in 10 skeins
2 Wigeon dropped in
Kingfisher
A nice birthday morning stroll.
40 species including.
1 Little egret.
1 Yellow wagtail.
2 Kingfisher.
2 Kestrel.
2 Little grebe.
3 Willow warbler.
23 Swallow.
1 Bullfinch.
18 Goldfinch.
1 Jay.
4 Grey wagtail.
80+ Starling.
1 Lesser black backed gull.
14 Herring gull.
43 Tufted duck.
16 Great crested grebe.
1 Gadwall.
2 Goosander.
17 Cormorant.
70+ Canada goose.
1 Grey heron.
5 Mute swan.
Thanks Derek.
464 Black-Headed Gull roosting
1 Kingfisher
1 Goosander
Grey Phalarope still present today at 2pm, and still getting a tough time from the gulls.
Cheers,
Steve.
Grey Phalarope still present
2 Common Sandpiper
15+ snipe
200 Swallow
50 house Martin
2 sand Martin
1000+ meadow pipit south
18 Siskin
8 Pinkfooted geese west
2100+ Meadow pipit south
Wheatear
Juvenile Arctic Tern
Yellow wagtail south
90 House Martin which included a pure white bird
500+ swallow
3 Sand Martin
50+ Siskin south
3 Skylark
12 Common buzzard
Dunlin west
80 Lapwing
Grey Phalarope still there 7.30 tonight . It did get a tough time from the Black Headed gulls though
Grey Phalarope still present 9am, at the entrance to the creek
Grey Phalarope still present at 7.30pm.
Moving around the res
Grey Phalarope present at the sailing club end of the reservoir at 6:30pm
Info thanks to Keith Rowland
41 Species including.
1 Little egret.
2 Kestrel.
2 Kingfisher. (1 Irwell, 1 reservoir).
2 Buzzard.
1 Coal tit.
1 Willow tit.
80+ Swallow. (60+ SW, 20+ feeding over marsh).
1 Common sandpiper.
3 Long tailed tit.
6 Chaffinch.
1 Bullfinch.
2 Jay.
9 Blackbird.
60+ Jackdaw.
120+ Wood pigeon.
19 Goldfinch.
21 Cormorant.
2 Grey wagtail.
50+ Black headed gull.
100+ Canada goose.
130+ Coot.
3 Great crested grebe.
9 Tufted duck.
60+ Mallard.
1 Goosander.
3 Grey heron.
11 Mute swan.
Thanks Derek.
19 Common Scoter on res (6 male & 13 female)
Pintail male flew west with Wigeon
13 Wigeon (4 west, 6 east and 3 in)
3 Gadwall
30+ Teal
20 snipe west
36 Pinkfooted geese se
Hobby NE
Tree pipit over calling
340 meadow pipit south
360 swallow south
13 Siskin south
Little grebe
3 common buzzard
9 grey Wagtail
Willow warbler
Willow tit
13 Rook south
2 little Egret
-- Edited by Simon Johnson on Friday 15th of September 2023 04:30:30 PM
408 Pink-footed geese SE in 14 Skeins
2 Greylag geese SE
305 Meadow pipit south
110 Swallow
580 House Martin
3 Sand Martin
On the res
2 Little Grebe
Gadwall
15 Teal
Good to see up to 4 metres of sand banking on far side of reservoir.
41 species including:
2 Kingfisher.
2 Black necked grebe.
1 Little egret.
47 Swallow.
1 Bullfinch. (1M).
9 Long tailed tit.
27 Goldfinch.
3 Chiffchaff.
2 Willow Warbler.
11 Lapwing. (W).
51 Starling. (on one telephone wire).
3 Jay.
67 Herring gull.
33 Lesser black backed gull.
90+ Black headed gull.
25 Cormorant.
48 Tufted duck.
116 coot.
11 Great crested grebe.
1 Grey heron.
Thanks Derek.
Black necked grebe x2 (max I've seen despite the report by bird guides of 7)
Pheasant
Pochard x2+
Pheasant
Water rail
Grey wagtail
Ta!
Trust me to forget to post that a Common gull was found today too.
-- Edited by Richard Thew on Friday 1st of September 2023 04:17:45 PM