17 Gadwall, 20 Teal on river, 2 Common Buzzard, + Green Woodpecker at Giant seat woods, over the river.
Kate Rice said
Sat Mar 6 7:13 PM, 2010
on the lake 20 gadwall 20 tufted duck 2 pochard 5 great crested grebe. the resident mute swans are still tolerating the visiting pair as long as they stay down the end beyond the island, not for much longer I expect.
usual things at the bird tables, nuthatch, chaffinch, dunnock, stock doves. long tailed tits on the feeders
Tony Hill said
Wed Mar 3 5:34 PM, 2010
20 Gadwall, 40 Tufted Duck.
Tony Hill said
Wed Feb 10 1:19 PM, 2010
14 Gadwall, 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Kingfisher.
steve ashworth said
Mon Jan 11 8:39 AM, 2010
i noticed yesterday on the ice wot i think is an indian runner duck i know these have been domesticated but whats it doing in clifton. Could anyone comfirm
Simon Warford said
Sat Jan 9 4:32 PM, 2010
Marina frozen solid other than 20 sq feet full of coot & Mallards. Gave them a good feed
1 possibly 2 Green Sandpipers on the river behind the marina showing well. 2 Dippers, 40+ Teal, 16 Goosander, 1 Goldeneye. 1 Raven. River even partly frozen here.
Simon Warford said
Fri Jan 1 8:06 PM, 2010
46 Species at Clifton 8am-9.30am including my first Raven at the site, 2 Dippers on the river 1 of which was in full song, Goldcrest, Siskin, Stock Dove, Nuthatch, Little Grebe, Goldeneye, several Goosander and our only Gadwalls of the day.
-- Edited by Simon Warford on Friday 1st of January 2010 08:06:32 PM
275 Fieldfare, 70 Redwing, 300 Woodpigeons and 30 Redpoll all west over Clifton in 45 mins this morning, best i could manage before work. Also 8 Gadwall on the water.
Tony Hill said
Fri Oct 23 2:36 PM, 2009
36 Teal on river, + 3 Kingfishers.
Simon Warford said
Thu Oct 22 1:45 PM, 2009
22/10/09 late am
No Wigeon, No Gadwall no pochard Tufted 33 Teal 10+ Dipper on River Blackcap male Redpoll 5 Redwings 10+ Treecreeper Nuthatch
Simon Warford said
Thu Oct 15 11:15 PM, 2009
Clifton gave me a slight boost this afternoon after waterless & birdless Elton,
Wigeon 19 Teal 3 Tufted 37 Pochard 3 male Gadwall 16 Green Sandpiper on river Dipper, Kingfisher & 2 Grey Wags also on river. Treecreeper Nuthatch Goldcrest 3 Siskin 12 Bullfinch 6
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Jun 30 4:36 PM, 2009
Steve Suttill wrote:
as you say - keep atlassing!
I believe Bill says keep atlasing...
On a more serious note, a lot of our Common Terns have metal BTO rings on them. A few years ago many of these were proven to originate from birds ringed at Seaforth NR. If Bill struggled to make out any lettering etc on it, it may well be an older bird where the ring is now rather worn having made so many journeys to Africa and back!
Steve Suttill said
Tue Jun 30 4:30 PM, 2009
Bill Myerscough wrote:
30th June 2009.
A single Common Tern fishing over the lake early this morning. I was fortunate enough that it came and perched on a waterside sign and I was able to see that it had, what looked like a silvery coloured, tight-fitting ring on its right leg. In fact, it looked more like a band than a ring and I could see no lettering on it, even though I was very close to the bird and had excellent views through binoculars.
Hi Bill
have a look at John Tymon's cracking shots of Common Terns at Doffcocker Lodge on the photo pages of the website. The first one clearly shows a bird with a BTO metal ring as you describe.
as you say - keep atlassing!
Steve
Bill Myerscough said
Tue Jun 30 2:57 PM, 2009
30th June 2009.
7.30 - 11.30 am.
A single Common Tern fishing over the lake early this morning. I was fortunate enough that it came and perched on a waterside sign and I was able to see that it had, what looked like a silvery coloured, tight-fitting ring on its right leg. In fact, it looked more like a band than a ring and I could see no lettering on it, even though I was very close to the bird and had excellent views through binoculars.
Also when I first arrrived a Stock Dove was sat on the roof of the visitors centre - looking like it was contemplating joining the young Chaffinches on the bird table!! A pair of Mute Swans with 6 approx. two-thirds grown cygnets. 2 fledged Coal Tits and a pair of Goldcrest in suitable habitat. 4 recently fledged Swallows near the Visitors Centre - presumably having been raised on the nearby farm? A female Blackcap carrying food. 2 separate proven breeding records for Chiffchaff. A bird seen three times taking food into a low level nest site, whilst the male sang from the top of a nearby tree and about a quarter of a mile further away an adult with three recently fledged, yellow-gaped juveniles. On the R Irwell - a female Goosander with 11 well-grown, if not fully grown juveniles. Judith Smith had a female with 15 ducklings several miles upstream on May 24th - the same (slightly reduced) brood or possibly even a different brood?
Proven breeding for commoner species included:- Robin, Magpie, Coot, Wren, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird and Mallard.
41 species recorded in total.
The only disappointing aspect of the morning? - a Mink seen very clearly below the metal footbridge crossing the Irwell at the north-western end of the country park. Magpies and Black-headed gulls made feeble, half-hearted attempts to chase it back into the waterside vegetation but they made sure they never got to close!
Keep atlasing!
Cheers,
Bill.
-- Edited by Bill Myerscough on Tuesday 30th of June 2009 03:06:11 PM
Joey Eccles said
Tue Mar 31 5:30 PM, 2009
(from saturday)
Lots of bh gulls in breeding plumage on river along with 2 pied wagtails and one stonking grey wag.
On lake were 20+ tufted ducks, 30+ canada geese, 1 female goosander and the rest of the bh gulls. single swallow over lake.
In woods were lt, gr, bl and coal tits, song thrush, wrens, robins, blackbirds also present in large numbers
Tony Hill said
Tue Mar 31 12:30 PM, 2009
Peregrine Falcon on pylon, Blackcap singing.
Alan Warford said
Sun Mar 15 4:03 PM, 2009
Marina
25 Tufted Duck 1m Goldeneye
River
Kingfisher Grey Wagtail 3 Teal
Tony Hill said
Tue Mar 10 4:02 PM, 2009
Curlew over east, + Sparrowhawk and Kestrel.
Tony Hill said
Fri Feb 27 11:24 AM, 2009
7 Mute Swan, 3 Teal, 3 Goosander, Common Buzzard, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, also heard a Green Woodpecker calling from Giant Seat at Ringley + Nuthatch heard in woods.
Simon Warford said
Sat Feb 7 3:15 PM, 2009
7/2/09. mostly frozen
Still 2 Green Sandpipers on river, 1 behind marina and 1 by motorway bridge. Goosander 3 Goldeneye 3 Little Grebe 4 Gadwall 15 Teal 25 Pochard 2 (was 15 last week) Nuthatch and G S Woodpecker.
8 Mute Swan, 25 Canada Geese, 4 Gadwall, 4 Teal, 22 Tufted Duck, 3 Little Grebe, 2 Common Buzzard over Ringley, 28 Moorhen on Irwell, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 7 Jay, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 4 Bullfinch.
Pete Lane said
Sat Jan 10 6:00 PM, 2009
1.30-3.30pm Lake 100% frozen, river as low as I have ever seen it.
2 buzzard 2 tree creeper several flocks of long tailed tits goldcrest 3 jay plenty moorhen and mallard on the river plus 5 teal lots of magpies
Simon Warford said
Sun Jan 4 4:34 PM, 2009
Melanie wont have it that this Man Flu is the worst kind of flu, so on her instructions I went to Clifton for an hour. Marina almost completely frozen so walked up and down the river.
3pm - 2 Green Sandpipers easy enough to see on very low river levels, plus Dipper, 11 Little Grebes, 6 Goosanders, 12 Goldeneye and 60+ Teal.
Alan Warford said
Tue Dec 9 5:13 PM, 2008
Gadwall 30 Tufted Duck 25 Mute Swan 10 (4 Adult 6 juvs) G C Grebe 4 Little Grebe 1
Simon Warford said
Fri Dec 5 5:31 PM, 2008
5/12/08 mid am
Gadwall 40 Tufted 49 pochard 5 Goosander 3 Little grebe 3 Nuthatch on feeder at vis centre.
Tony Hill said
Tue Nov 18 11:38 AM, 2008
8 Mute Swan, 1 Wigeon, 38 Gadwall, 7 Teal on pool near M/way end, 30 Mallard, 20 Tufted Duck, 2 Goldeneye, 5 Goosander on river, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Kestrel, 6 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, 4Bullfinch.
Tony Hill said
Tue Oct 28 12:17 PM, 2008
Peregrin Falcon on a pylon between Clifton marina and Kearsley sub-station, also 8 Mute Swan, 12 Gadwall, 35 Tufted Duck, 5 Goosander on river, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, Kestrel, 2 Lesser Black backed Gull adult and 1st winter, 30 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest,2 Coal Tit, Treecreeper, 15 Goldfinch, 2 Siskin, 20 Lesser Redpoll, female Reed Bunting.
Simon Warford said
Fri Oct 24 5:49 PM, 2008
24/10/08 pm
Buzzard over being mobbed by 2 crows Gadwall 16 Tufted 67 Pochard 5 G S Woodpecker Nuthatch Siskin 2 Redpoll 2 Quite a few Goldcrests,
Simon Warford said
Sat Oct 4 4:53 PM, 2008
A decent stroll round this pm, no sign of the Scaup but 80 Tufteds, nice to see the Swans with 7 well grown young, 10+ Bullfinch, 60+ Goldfinch, several Goldcrests and 4 Siskins was about the best me and warfy senior could manage.
Tony Hill said
Fri Oct 3 4:01 PM, 2008
Highlight was a female Greater Scaup, also 3 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 76 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Sparrow hawk, 2 Common Buzzard over Hurst woods, Kingfisher, 15 Swallow, 2 Chiffchaff, 4 Bullfinch, also heard a Nuthatch.
Mute Swans with 7 young,12 TuftedDuck, 4 Great Crested Grebe,Common Buzzard,1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 27 Mistle Thrush, Bullfinch.
Tony Hill said
Fri Jun 20 12:27 PM, 2008
Pair of Swans with 8 young, Greylag Goose, 54 Canada Geese.2 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck, 1 Goosander, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Common Buzzard over, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Sedge Warbler singing near river, 3 young Goldfinches.
Tony Hill said
Fri May 16 2:01 PM, 2008
Swans with young 4 or 5 ?, 8 Tufted Duck, 4 Goosander, 2 Great crested Grebe,1 Oystercatcher over, 5 Jay, 4 House Sparrow.
Tony Hill said
Tue May 6 12:25 PM, 2008
15 Tufted Duck, 6 Goosander on river, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Buzzard, 2 Stock Dove, Cuckoo calling from Ringley, 1 Kingfisher, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Common Whitethroat, also Yellowhammer , uncommon for Clifton.c.p.
Simon Warford said
Mon May 5 5:27 PM, 2008
singing Garden Warbler yesterday plus pair Goosander and Common Sand on river, then had to depart to Horrocks Flash..
Tony Hill said
Fri May 2 2:06 PM, 2008
Green Woodpecker, halfway between marina and m/way, also 12 Tufted Duck, pair Goosander on river, 5 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Mistle Thrush, 2 Common Whitethroat,2 Nuthatch.
Tony Hill said
Fri Apr 25 12:31 PM, 2008
2 mute Swan, 25 Tufted Duck, 2 Goosander, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 30+ Swallow, 5 Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Nuthatch, 6 Jay, 6 House Sparrow.
Tony Hill said
Tue Apr 22 11:28 AM, 2008
2 Mute Swan, 2 Gadwall, 27 Tufted Duck, 4 Goosander on river, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Kestrel, 1 Swift, 20+ Sand Martin, 20+ Swallow, 1 House Martin, 2 Pied Wagtail, 1 Bullfinch, also a pair of Yellowhammer above sewage farm.
Alan Rowley said
Sun Apr 20 2:27 PM, 2008
20th April 2008 TTV 8:30AM to 10:30AM
Highlights: Willow Warbler 8, Nuthatch 2, Chiffchaff 6, Little Grebe 1, Song Thrush 6 singing males, Mallard 31, Common Sandpiper 1, Blackcap 5, Swallow 200+, Great-crested Grebe 4, Canada Goose 22, Goosander 2m & 1f, Sand Martin 50+, House Martin 6, Coot 6, Tufted Duck 25. 45 singing wrens but only 4 singing Dunnock 38 species in all.
Tony Hill said
Tue Apr 15 11:48 AM, 2008
2 Mute Swan, 2 Gadwall, 20 Tufted Duck, 6 Goosander on the river, 4 Great Crested Grebe, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel,2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 50+ Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, 3 House Martin, 2 Blackcap, 6 Chiffchaff, 8 Willow Warbler, 2 Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper.
Green Sand on river this afternoon and 7 Sand Martins dropped in during a hail shower, not much duck wise Gadwall seemed to have gone. You Audenshaw birders dont know how lucky you are.
20 gadwall
20 tufted duck
2 pochard
5 great crested grebe.
the resident mute swans are still tolerating the visiting pair as long as they stay down the end beyond the island, not for much longer I expect.
usual things at the bird tables, nuthatch, chaffinch, dunnock, stock doves. long tailed tits on the feeders
1 possibly 2 Green Sandpipers on the river behind the marina showing well.
2 Dippers, 40+ Teal, 16 Goosander, 1 Goldeneye.
1 Raven.
River even partly frozen here.
-- Edited by Simon Warford on Friday 1st of January 2010 08:06:32 PM
18 Tufted Duck
2 GC Grebe
11 Mute Swan (2 adult + 9 juvs)
1 Cormorant
1 Stock Dove
1 GS Woodpecker
Gadwall 8
Pochard 3
Tufted Duck 19
Mute Swan 2 adult 5 juvs.
GC Grebe 3
Also 8 Gadwall on the water.
No Wigeon, No Gadwall no pochard
Tufted 33
Teal 10+
Dipper on River
Blackcap male
Redpoll 5
Redwings 10+
Treecreeper
Nuthatch
Wigeon 19
Teal 3
Tufted 37
Pochard 3 male
Gadwall 16
Green Sandpiper on river
Dipper, Kingfisher & 2 Grey Wags also on river.
Treecreeper
Nuthatch
Goldcrest 3
Siskin 12
Bullfinch 6
I believe Bill says keep atlasing...
On a more serious note, a lot of our Common Terns have metal BTO rings on them. A few years ago many of these were proven to originate from birds ringed at Seaforth NR. If Bill struggled to make out any lettering etc on it, it may well be an older bird where the ring is now rather worn having made so many journeys to Africa and back!
7.30 - 11.30 am.
A single Common Tern fishing over the lake early this morning. I was fortunate enough that it came and perched on a waterside sign and I was able to see that it had, what looked like a silvery coloured, tight-fitting ring on its right leg. In fact, it looked more like a band than a ring and I could see no lettering on it, even though I was very close to the bird and had excellent views through binoculars.
Also when I first arrrived a Stock Dove was sat on the roof of the visitors centre - looking like it was contemplating joining the young Chaffinches on the bird table!!
A pair of Mute Swans with 6 approx. two-thirds grown cygnets.
2 fledged Coal Tits and a pair of Goldcrest in suitable habitat.
4 recently fledged Swallows near the Visitors Centre - presumably having been raised on the nearby farm?
A female Blackcap carrying food.
2 separate proven breeding records for Chiffchaff. A bird seen three times taking food into a low level nest site, whilst the male sang from the top of a nearby tree and about a quarter of a mile further away an adult with three recently fledged, yellow-gaped juveniles.
On the R Irwell - a female Goosander with 11 well-grown, if not fully grown juveniles. Judith Smith had a female with 15 ducklings several miles upstream on May 24th - the same (slightly reduced) brood or possibly even a different brood?
Proven breeding for commoner species included:- Robin, Magpie, Coot, Wren, Woodpigeon, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Blackbird and Mallard.
41 species recorded in total.
The only disappointing aspect of the morning? - a Mink seen very clearly below the metal footbridge crossing the Irwell at the north-western end of the country park. Magpies and Black-headed gulls made feeble, half-hearted attempts to chase it back into the waterside vegetation but they made sure they never got to close!
Keep atlasing!
Cheers,
Bill.
-- Edited by Bill Myerscough on Tuesday 30th of June 2009 03:06:11 PM
Lots of bh gulls in breeding plumage on river along with 2 pied wagtails and one stonking grey wag.
On lake were 20+ tufted ducks, 30+ canada geese, 1 female goosander and the rest of the bh gulls.
single swallow over lake.
In woods were lt, gr, bl and coal tits, song thrush, wrens, robins, blackbirds also present in large numbers
25 Tufted Duck
1m Goldeneye
River
Kingfisher
Grey Wagtail
3 Teal
Still 2 Green Sandpipers on river, 1 behind marina and 1 by motorway bridge.
Goosander 3
Goldeneye 3
Little Grebe 4
Gadwall 15
Teal 25
Pochard 2 (was 15 last week)
Nuthatch and G S Woodpecker.
2 buzzard
2 tree creeper
several flocks of long tailed tits
goldcrest
3 jay
plenty moorhen and mallard on the river plus 5 teal
lots of magpies
3pm - 2 Green Sandpipers easy enough to see on very low river levels, plus Dipper, 11 Little Grebes, 6 Goosanders, 12 Goldeneye and 60+ Teal.
Gadwall 30
Tufted Duck 25
Mute Swan 10 (4 Adult 6 juvs)
G C Grebe 4
Little Grebe 1
Gadwall 40
Tufted 49
pochard 5
Goosander 3
Little grebe 3
Nuthatch on feeder at vis centre.
Buzzard over being mobbed by 2 crows
Gadwall 16
Tufted 67
Pochard 5
G S Woodpecker
Nuthatch
Siskin 2
Redpoll 2
Quite a few Goldcrests,
Highlights:
Willow Warbler 8, Nuthatch 2, Chiffchaff 6, Little Grebe 1, Song Thrush 6 singing males, Mallard 31, Common Sandpiper 1, Blackcap 5, Swallow 200+, Great-crested Grebe 4, Canada Goose 22, Goosander 2m & 1f, Sand Martin 50+, House Martin 6, Coot 6, Tufted Duck 25.
45 singing wrens but only 4 singing Dunnock
38 species in all.