The Smew now seems apparently too confiding and it credentials therefore look like being of captive origin (if being here in August want odd enough!).
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Aug 14 2:43 AM, 2012
Redhead Smew (of unknown origin) on Worthington Lakes at 7:25pm this evening. Walk from the car park to the lake, turn right and the bird has been near the blue pipe.
Info thanks to Tom Morton and Jimmy Meadows
Paul Risley said
Mon Jul 16 11:28 PM, 2012
A quick hour this morning before the rain came, very quiet
Mandarin with seven young Mallard with four young and Moorhen with three young all feeding in the stream before you get to the lakes. single Yellowhammer in song Grey Heron on reserve no signs of the Sparrowhawks, looks as though they have failed this year no sign of Jimmy Mute swan and the four cygnets too single Jay
fred fouracre said
Thu Jun 21 1:10 AM, 2012
jimmy mute swan was on today with 4 cygnets.also mandarin with 8 chicks .also saw 2 commmon terns
Paul Risley said
Tue Jun 19 5:08 AM, 2012
7pm - 9pm
Coal Tit with young Whitethroat Sparrowhawk on nest Great Crested Grebe still with 3 young Mallard with 5 young Mandarin with young on reserve, didnt get chance to count them as they turned straight back to cover on seeing me Male Yellowhammer singing in fields Dipper Common Tern
Jimmy Meadows said
Wed Jun 6 1:31 AM, 2012
Adlington Res pr Great Crested Grebe with 3 young No sign of Mute Swans but didnt check Worthington Res.
Jimmy
Paul Risley said
Tue May 29 6:23 AM, 2012
4.45pm - 7.00pm
Great Crested Grebe with 5 young another pair incubating Mute Swans with 4 young Mallard with 6 young Sparrowhawk incubating single Lapwing in field also singles of yellowhammer, Whitethroat, Grey Heron and Blackcap
Paul Risley said
Sun May 6 7:59 AM, 2012
2.20pm - 5.30pm
Mute Swan still sitting on nest on reserve with the Cob busying himself chasing a Canada Goose almost relentlessly on Adlington Reservoir. Grey Wagtail feeding fledged young in Arley Woods, Dippers still feeding young in nest at usual place, plus a second pair further along the River carrying nest material. pair of Sparrowhawks nest building, both birds bringing twigs in. pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers feeding young in nest. A pair of Nuthatches were also making an old woodpecker hole smaller in the same tree earlier on in spring and were constantly dive bombing the Great Spotted Woodpeckers as they were chipping out their new nest hole, no sign of the Nuthatches today. pair of Tree Creepers 2 pairs of Great Crested Grebes, one pair still incubating on Adlington although this could be a replacement clutch as they should have hatched by now Moorhen and Coot nests predated 3 Grey Herons 2 Male Mandarins on reserve
Paul Risley said
Wed Apr 25 6:38 AM, 2012
5.00pm-7.00pm
2 pairs of Great Crested Grebes. one pair still incubating Mute Swan on nest on Reserve Dippers feeding young in nest usual place pair of Sparrowhawks copulating, male past food to female on plucking post and waited for her to start feeding before spying his chance still a small finch flock containing a couple of Yellowhammers feeding in fields Long Tailed Tit nest been predated Moorhen on nest
Paul Risley said
Thu Mar 15 5:51 AM, 2012
9am -12.15pm
small flock of finches on way down to Reservoirs from lay bye included at least 10 Yellowhammers, Skylark in song here too pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers near reserve pair of Mandarins on reserve mating also singles of Goldcrest and Nuthatch and Willow Tit heard Great Crested Grebe, Long Tailed Tit and Magpies all busy nest buiding single Buzzard over, 2 Curlews over and calling, along with the Skylark this has to be one of the best of bird calls/songs 3 Dippers on the River Douglas couple of other birders to talk too and hardly another soul about, cracking morning
David Wilson said
Sun Mar 4 1:51 AM, 2012
Nature reserve:
4 Teal
2 Buzzard over
Jay
2 Moorhen
Adlington:
Pair of Great crested grebe
2 pairs Mandarins
Pair Mallards
David Wilson said
Wed Feb 29 6:01 AM, 2012
Nice afternoon walk from Platt lane around nature reserve taking in the River Douglas. Rooks and Jackdaws. Pheasant. Flock of about 30 mainly Chaffinch with odd Goldfinch and yellowhammer. All in farm field. Coal tit Jay Pair of Dippers on Dougy. Buzzard over. Grey heron on nature reserve and Great crested grebe on Arley. Walk back to Platt lane. Flock of about 100 Rooks and Jackdaws now gathered in field and on wires. 6 curlew over.
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Feb 26 8:23 PM, 2012
Walk from Platt Lane to White Crow 12 singing Yellowhamers 2 Curlew over border 1 Reed Bunting 4 Pheasants 8 singing Chaffinch
North Hall 8 Tree Sparrows
Park View 4 Tree Sparrows 12 Fieldfare.
Cheers Jimmy
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Feb 26 3:58 AM, 2012
Quick visit this aft pr Kingfishers on nature res great views of them both catching fish
Cheers Jimmy
Jon Bowen said
Mon Feb 20 2:24 AM, 2012
Visit from 4pm produced
Mixed flock of chaffinch, yellowhammer, tree sparrow & linnet in stubble of way down to nature reserve 2 kingfisher ( one showing well for almost an hour) 4 Mandarin ( 2M 2F) Great Crested Grebe Buzzard Teal
Jimmy Meadows said
Mon Feb 20 1:35 AM, 2012
Adlington Res 5 Goosanders
Nature Res 6 Teal
Also 1 Kestrel 1 Buzzard
Cheers Jimmy
Jimmy Meadows said
Sat Feb 4 3:17 PM, 2012
This Morning (Bitterly Cold ,,Must Be Nuts) Natue Res Kingfisher perched on top of a bull rush 2 Teal
Stubble Fields 150+ Corvid Flock 15 Stock Doves 200+Mixed flock of Finches and Skylarks 25 Tree Sparrows opp Gills Farm in brambles
Cheers Jimmy
-- Edited by Jimmy Meadows on Saturday 4th of February 2012 03:22:58 PM
dave broome said
Sat Feb 4 4:33 AM, 2012
Two of the Coot on Worthington Res today bore rings, (one just a metal BTO ring, the other also had a darvic) A Black-Headed Gull was present which had been ringed in Poland Also on Worthington Res 165 Mallard, 33 Canada Geese, 3 Cormorant, 13 Tufted Duck and 2 Mute Swan
Tom Morton said
Tue Jan 31 6:51 PM, 2012
Regarding the ongoing discussion re. the boundary. The line across Adlington reservoir constitutes the line of Buckow Brook which was the boundary between Adlington (now Chorley) and Worthington (Wigan) when it was dammed in 1858! It had flowed into the River Douglas roughly at the point where the present overflow channel enters the river. The river itself was then diverted into the tunnel. It had previously run through the area now occupied by the Arley and Worthington reservoirs. So just a fraction now lies within Lancs but it has always been regarded as GM for recording purposes, although I suspect the issue has never been considered.
Ian Woosey said
Mon Jan 30 4:44 AM, 2012
29/1/12
Two Mandarins, a Kingfisher and two Teal on Arley Lodge NR this morning. Seven Tufted Ducks on Adlington Reservoir. Singles of Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail and Willow Tit, and two Treecreepers and four Nuthatches in the vicinity as well. There was a flighty flock of Yellowhammers and Chaffinches around the stubble field off Chorley Road, but no sign of the Bramblings today..
Jon Bowen said
Sun Jan 29 4:58 AM, 2012
late morning kingfisher showing well in nature reserve plus large flock of skylarks as per Jimmy's post
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Jan 29 4:22 AM, 2012
This morning 120+ Skylarks in stubble field opp Platt Lane 53 Fieldfare in trees r/o nature res
Cheers Jimmy
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jan 27 12:56 AM, 2012
keith mills wrote:
I think Neil's point was, that with the previous GM Recorder, there had been some sort of dispensation or agreement to include the whole of it in the GM recording area.
Nothing has changed here in relation to bird recording Keith and this is still the case as it's only a very thin sliver of the reservoir which resides in Lancs and seperating bird records for both counties would be an absolute nightmare
In a listing perspective though, things are less simple. If we could stretch the GM boundary for one location then the same should also be true for any other location too. The Winter Hill Snow Bunting was within a literal stones throw of being GM at times, yet county listers couldn't stretch the boundary to include it. It's that level playing field again
Ian Woosey said
Fri Jan 27 12:49 AM, 2012
keith mills wrote: I think Neil's point was, that with the previous GM Recorder, there had been some sort of dispensation or agreement to include the whole of it in the GM recording area.
In point of fact, the "GM recording area" is just that; a recording area based upon a governmental administative area. Lancashire is a "True and Historic" county, the boundary (unchanged for over a thousand years), extends from the River Mersey in the south, to the River Duddon in the north. The boundary exists today, has never been abolished, nor never will...
Here endeth the lesson. Enjoy the birds first and foremost, but always remember, and have pride in, your home county
Keith Mills said
Fri Jan 27 12:13 AM, 2012
Ian McKerchar wrote:
keith mills wrote:
GM boundary a bit tight on Adlington. Neil thinks that the whole Reservoir can be counted as GM. Is this so?
Part of it is actually in Lancashire by rights. Quite why they run a boundary through a reservoir seems a little daft though
I took the Street atlas and the OS map with me, both clearly show parts of the east side of the reservoir in Lancs. ( although the maps differ a little)
Thankfully both Mandarin and Kingfisher were seen on the GM side of Adlington reservoir!( but we had to wait on the Mandarin.)
I think Neil's point was, that with the previous GM Recorder, there had been some sort of dispensation or agreement to include the whole of it in the GM recording area.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Jan 26 11:21 PM, 2012
keith mills wrote:
GM boundary a bit tight on Adlington. Neil thinks that the whole Reservoir can be counted as GM. Is this so?
Part of it is actually in Lancashire by rights. Quite why they run a boundary through a reservoir seems a little daft though
Martyn Jones said
Thu Jan 26 6:52 PM, 2012
keith mills wrote:
10 to 11.30 this am: No sign of the Egyptian Goose. Spent most of time checking Adlington and Arley Reservoirs. but also had a quick look over Worthington. However Mandarin Duck...4 Drakes ..1 Female, swimming in Adlington. Kingfisher showing well at same reservoir. Rooks/Yellowhammer/Skylarks in the fields down to here from the A49.
Nice chat with Neil Southworth..the Chorley Recorder(also after the Goose).
I must have just missed you Keith. I also met up with Neil Southworth and Allan Rimmer (I think) who showed me where the Mandarins were - I could only see one hiding in the vegetation on the far side of the 'nature reserve' part of Adlington Reservoir as Neil called it. A kingfisher was also showing well here too.
Later I saw 70+ Rooks in the field by the lay-by plus a few Yellowhammers - no Brambling today though.
I couldn't see the Egyptian Goose anywhere even after checking the pond down by where the old bleach works used to be. I did notice down here how many of the cottages had feeders in the trees outside the fronts of their houses and there was a plethora of tits and finches as well as a Great Spotted Woodpecker here.
I also met a very nice couple here who showed me their back garden which was packed full of similar birds on feeders and in the trees and it resembled Bunting Hide a Penny on a good day!
-- Edited by Martyn Jones on Thursday 26th of January 2012 06:54:47 PM
Keith Mills said
Thu Jan 26 12:25 PM, 2012
10 to 11.30 this am: No sign of the Egyptian Goose. Spent most of time checking Adlington and Arley Reservoirs. but also had a quick look over Worthington. However Mandarin Duck...4 Drakes ..1 Female, swimming in Adlington. Kingfisher showing well at same reservoir. Rooks/Yellowhammer/Skylarks in the fields down to here from the A49.
Nice chat with Neil Southworth..the Chorley Recorder(also after the Goose).
GM boundary a bit tight on Adlington. Neil thinks that the whole Reservoir can be counted as GM. Is this so?
-- Edited by keith mills on Thursday 26th of January 2012 02:48:51 PM
Jimmy Meadows said
Thu Jan 26 5:12 AM, 2012
Egyptian Goose still present at 16:35 loked to be settled for night
Cheers Jimmy
Tom Morton said
Thu Jan 26 12:53 AM, 2012
The Egyptian Goose was on Adlington Reservoir and was still there at 13.45. Other birds on the lakes were 21 Tufted, 5 Gadwall, 2 Mandarin, 2 Great crested grebes and 1 Cormorant, along with 2 Kingfishers. In the woods were Dipper (4), Trecreeper. Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch and Buzzard. On the stubble fields to the west were a mobile flock of 300+ finches and buntings mainly Chaffinches and Yellowhammers but also a few Reed Buntings and Tree Sparrows plus at least 3 Bramblings.
Ian Woosey said
Wed Jan 25 8:19 PM, 2012
25/1/12
Egyptian Goose present this morning (no specific details as to which reservoir).
Info thanks to Tom Morton via Jimmy Meadows.
Paul Risley said
Sun Jan 8 4:50 PM, 2012
1pm - 3pm
flock of approx 150 finches feeding on stubble fields near layby, opp turning for crown. at least 30 Yellowhammers 10 Manderins flew in at 1.30, 6 males 4 females 13 tufted ducks singles of Bullfinch, Nuthatch and Cormorant pair of Dippers on River Douglas 30 plus Long Tailed Tits
Phil Cunliffe said
Sun Jan 8 1:50 PM, 2012
Spent an hour around the lakes this morning with my daughter and saw the following:
Loads of mallards with some call ducks and what look like mallard/call duck hybrids
20 tufted
1 great crested grebe
2 canada geese
Loads of coots an moorhens
1 cormorant
Loads of black headed gulls
1 jackdaw
Various tits, robins, blackbirds etc
Unfortunately no mandarin ducks or wigeon
Ian Woosey said
Sat Jan 7 12:24 PM, 2012
7/1/12 (am)
12 Mandarin Ducks and a Kingfisher were present on Arley Lodge, but the surprise of the day was a female Wigeon with 12 Tufted Ducks on Arley Reservoir. Only my second record here, the other being a male on Worthington Reservoir (4/1/09). A pair of Dippers and a Grey Wagtail were on the River Douglas, and a Buzzard overhead. Had superb close views of a male Sparrowhawk perched on a branch eating his fresh kill.. 2 Treecreepers 2 Nuthatches 1 Great Crested Grebe 1 Little Grebe
Jimmy Meadows said
Thu Dec 15 7:25 AM, 2011
BEWARE While doing the midweek walk with Wigan RSPB group yesterday 2 Cars were broken into on the lower car park 1 was from our group and the other one we could not find the owner,happened btw 09:45 and 11:30.
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Dec 11 10:49 AM, 2011
Quick visit this morning in monsoon rain Birds of note 19 Tufted Duck pr Grey Wagtails 6 Call Ducks just been on googlke to see what kind but no luck yet
Cheers Jimmy
Allan Rimmer said
Mon Nov 21 7:02 PM, 2011
Belated WeBS visit this lunchtime:
Mandarin - 1m, 1f Mallard - 177 Tufted Duck - 7 Canada Geese - 39 Mute Swan - 1 Kingfisher - 2 Dipper (on river) - 1 Cormorant - 3 Coot - 18 Moorhen - 21 Great Crested Grebe - 1 Hybrid ducks - which look (and sound) like a cross between a Mallard and a Call Duck - 6 Black-headed Gulls - 294
Big surprise was only 1 GCG and no Little Grebes
Bernard McGurrin said
Wed Nov 2 7:16 PM, 2011
12-50pm- 15-20pm. warm and dry
50+ mallard 34 canada geese 12 moorhen 3 great crested grebe 5 cormorant coot black headed gull common gull tufted duck 2 mandarin
walk around woods and river douglas 2 dipper very active watched them for 20mins from bridge over douglas long tailed tit great tit blue tit wren robin blackbird magpie wood pigeon buzzard ( perched in tree very vocal) brief sighting of nuthatch crow
dave broome said
Mon Oct 17 9:17 PM, 2011
21 Mandarin flew low north today in three flocks within 30 seconds
Bernard McGurrin said
Sun Aug 28 4:23 PM, 2011
Hi Jimmy had a walk round this morning saw a young great crested grebe with parent birds on main reservoir, 3 kingfisher, 1 little grebe 1 female mandarin, 1 cormorant 2 mute swans 2 treecreeper although it could have been the same bird ( seen 10mins and 300yds away) 1 common gull about 8 great crested grebe, 1 grey wagtail, plenty tufted duck, mallards and black headed gulls 7 canada geese and 1 willow warbler.
Cheers Bernard McGurrin
Jimmy Meadows said
Sat Aug 27 8:34 PM, 2011
This Afternoon 16 Tufted Duck 2 Buzzards pr Mute Swan 43 Black headed gulls 1 Treecreeper 126 Mallard 7 Great Crested Grebe
Adlington Res 6 Mandarins pr Great Crested Grebe but no sign of the young that they had (Suspect Mink)
Cheers Jimmy
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Aug 21 10:51 AM, 2011
Quick look in this morning
Worthington Res 1pr Great Crested Grebe with 1 young 1 Grey Wagtail pr Mute Swans
Cheers Jimmy
Nick Isherwood said
Tue Aug 16 5:13 PM, 2011
Thought I'd have a wander here this afternoon to try and increase my borough count. Also managed to dodge the showers too.
Worthington Reservoir Good numbers of Mallard, Black Headed Gull and 1 Tufted Duck
Adlington Reservoir 1 Mandarin (f)- borough first 1 Kingfisher Coal Tit Blue Tit Great Tit Nuthatch Treecreeper Juvenile Grey Wagtail Plus the Mallards, etc
Arley 1 Mandarin (f) Mallards, etc.
-- Edited by Nick Isherwood on Tuesday 16th of August 2011 05:18:22 PM
Jimmy Meadows said
Sat Aug 13 5:45 PM, 2011
This Afternoon
Worthington Res 7 Tufted Duck 1 Mandarin f on gantry 2 Great Crested Grebe 30+Black Headed Gulls 60+Mallards 36 Canada Geese 2 Common Terns
Arley Res Coot with 1 young 5 Great Crested Grebe
Adlington Res pr Great Crested Grebe with 3 juv
Nature Res 1 Mandarin f with 6 juv 1 Kingfisher
Chorley Rd fields 60+Swallow feeding over crops 6 Tree Sparrows bathing in pools on farm track
Cheers Jimmy
-- Edited by Jimmy Meadows on Saturday 13th of August 2011 05:50:52 PM
Jimmy Meadows said
Sat Jul 23 4:27 PM, 2011
7 Common Terns 9 Great Crested Grebe +3juv on Adlington 3 Tufted Duck 1 Goldcrest 1 Blackcap 2 Grey Wagtails juv Treecreeper 10 juv Black Headed Gulls 2 Mute Swans 3 Willow Tits 1 Brood of young Coots
Must be Mink on here as its the worst i have ever seen it for young waterfowl
Cheers Jimmy
Paul Risley said
Fri Jun 24 10:12 PM, 2011
Quick hour this afternoon
Willow Tit with fledged young Great Crested Grebe with 3 young Coot on nest Tree Creeper feeding fledged young single Dipper single Nuthatch
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jun 22 10:34 PM, 2011
Originally posted by Alan Rimmer today:
Lots of activity this morning:
Female Mandarin with six small young, first on Worthington and then Arley, plus another, almost full grown, young sitting, bizarrely, in a disused nest on Arley.
Total of eight Great Crested Grebes ( including one on nest, Worthington) pair with three very young (Adlington) and a pair displaying (Arley).
Three Kingfishers - two on Adlington and a third catching fish twice on River Douglas just above bridge in Arley Woods and flying upstream.
Dipper on River Douglas this side of bridge, standing motionless for a good five minutes. First time we've seen a non-dipping Dipper - thought it may have been a young bird but couldn't see plumage well in poor light.
Two Common Terns.
Jon Taverner said
Tue May 24 2:41 PM, 2011
Still no sign of Osprey between 1.30pm and 2.45pm
Ian Woosey said
Tue May 24 2:18 PM, 2011
No bird is ever worth rushing a pon o`lobbies for
JOHN TYMON said
Tue May 24 2:08 PM, 2011
Ian Woosey wrote:
24/5/11
No sign of the Osprey by the time I left at 1pm (from 10:45).
2 Mandarins (f) with one chick on Arley Lodge NR. 3 Grey Wagtails on Worthington Reservoir, and 2 Buzzards over.
Sid, cameras are in the top carpark next to the visitors centre...
Thanks Piemonsaves me rushin mi pon o lobbies after work
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Tuesday 24th of May 2011 02:09:53 PM
Info thanks to Tom Morton and Jimmy Meadows
Mandarin with seven young
Mallard with four young
and Moorhen with three young all feeding in the stream before you get to the lakes.
single Yellowhammer in song
Grey Heron on reserve
no signs of the Sparrowhawks, looks as though they have failed this year
no sign of Jimmy Mute swan and the four cygnets too
single Jay
Coal Tit with young
Whitethroat
Sparrowhawk on nest
Great Crested Grebe still with 3 young
Mallard with 5 young
Mandarin with young on reserve, didnt get chance to count them as they turned straight back to cover on seeing me
Male Yellowhammer singing in fields
Dipper
Common Tern
pr Great Crested Grebe with 3 young
No sign of Mute Swans but didnt check Worthington Res.
Jimmy
Great Crested Grebe with 5 young
another pair incubating
Mute Swans with 4 young
Mallard with 6 young
Sparrowhawk incubating
single Lapwing in field
also singles of yellowhammer, Whitethroat, Grey Heron and Blackcap
Mute Swan still sitting on nest on reserve with the Cob busying himself chasing a Canada Goose almost relentlessly on Adlington Reservoir.
Grey Wagtail feeding fledged young in Arley Woods, Dippers still feeding young in nest at usual place, plus a second pair further along the River carrying nest material.
pair of Sparrowhawks nest building, both birds bringing twigs in.
pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers feeding young in nest. A pair of Nuthatches were also making an old woodpecker hole smaller in the same tree earlier on in spring and were constantly dive bombing the Great Spotted Woodpeckers as they were chipping out their new nest hole, no sign of the Nuthatches today.
pair of Tree Creepers
2 pairs of Great Crested Grebes, one pair still incubating on Adlington although this could be a replacement clutch as they should have hatched by now
Moorhen and Coot nests predated
3 Grey Herons
2 Male Mandarins on reserve
2 pairs of Great Crested Grebes. one pair still incubating
Mute Swan on nest on Reserve
Dippers feeding young in nest usual place
pair of Sparrowhawks copulating, male past food to female on plucking post and waited for her to start feeding before spying his chance
still a small finch flock containing a couple of Yellowhammers feeding in fields
Long Tailed Tit nest been predated
Moorhen on nest
small flock of finches on way down to Reservoirs from lay bye included at least 10 Yellowhammers, Skylark in song here too
pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers near reserve
pair of Mandarins on reserve mating also singles of Goldcrest and Nuthatch and Willow Tit heard
Great Crested Grebe, Long Tailed Tit and Magpies all busy nest buiding
single Buzzard over,
2 Curlews over and calling, along with the Skylark this has to be one of the best of bird calls/songs
3 Dippers on the River Douglas
couple of other birders to talk too and hardly another soul about, cracking morning
Rooks and Jackdaws.
Pheasant.
Flock of about 30 mainly Chaffinch with odd Goldfinch and yellowhammer.
All in farm field.
Coal tit
Jay
Pair of Dippers on Dougy.
Buzzard over.
Grey heron on nature reserve and Great crested grebe on Arley.
Walk back to Platt lane.
Flock of about 100 Rooks and Jackdaws now gathered in field and on wires.
6 curlew over.
12 singing Yellowhamers
2 Curlew over border
1 Reed Bunting
4 Pheasants
8 singing Chaffinch
North Hall
8 Tree Sparrows
Park View
4 Tree Sparrows
12 Fieldfare.
Cheers Jimmy
pr Kingfishers on nature res great views of them both catching fish
Cheers Jimmy
Mixed flock of chaffinch, yellowhammer, tree sparrow & linnet in stubble of way down to nature reserve
2 kingfisher ( one showing well for almost an hour)
4 Mandarin ( 2M 2F)
Great Crested Grebe
Buzzard
Teal
5 Goosanders
Nature Res
6 Teal
Also 1 Kestrel
1 Buzzard
Cheers Jimmy
Natue Res
Kingfisher perched on top of a bull rush
2 Teal
Worthington
19 Tufted Ducks
4 Cormorants
2 Gadwall
2 Common Gulls
Pr Mute Swans
5 Calling Ducks,
Stubble Fields
150+ Corvid Flock
15 Stock Doves
200+Mixed flock of Finches and Skylarks
25 Tree Sparrows opp Gills Farm in brambles
Cheers Jimmy
-- Edited by Jimmy Meadows on Saturday 4th of February 2012 03:22:58 PM
A Black-Headed Gull was present which had been ringed in Poland
Also on Worthington Res 165 Mallard, 33 Canada Geese, 3 Cormorant, 13 Tufted Duck and 2 Mute Swan
Two Mandarins, a Kingfisher and two Teal on Arley Lodge NR this morning. Seven Tufted Ducks on Adlington Reservoir. Singles of Sparrowhawk, Grey Wagtail and Willow Tit, and two Treecreepers and four Nuthatches in the vicinity as well. There was a flighty flock of Yellowhammers and Chaffinches around the stubble field off Chorley Road, but no sign of the Bramblings today..
120+ Skylarks in stubble field opp Platt Lane
53 Fieldfare in trees r/o nature res
Cheers Jimmy
In point of fact, the "GM recording area" is just that; a recording area based upon a governmental administative area. Lancashire is a "True and Historic" county, the boundary (unchanged for over a thousand years), extends from the River Mersey in the south, to the River Duddon in the north.
The boundary exists today, has never been abolished, nor never will...
Here endeth the lesson. Enjoy the birds first and foremost, but always remember, and have pride in, your home county
I took the Street atlas and the OS map with me, both clearly show parts
of the east side of the reservoir in Lancs. ( although the maps differ a little)
Thankfully
I think Neil's point was, that with the previous GM Recorder, there had
been some sort of dispensation or agreement to include the whole of it in the GM recording area.
Part of it is actually in Lancashire by rights. Quite why they run a boundary through a reservoir seems a little daft though
I must have just missed you Keith. I also met up with Neil Southworth and Allan Rimmer (I think) who showed me where the Mandarins were - I could only see one hiding in the vegetation on the far side of the 'nature reserve' part of Adlington Reservoir as Neil called it. A kingfisher was also showing well here too.
Later I saw 70+ Rooks in the field by the lay-by plus a few Yellowhammers - no Brambling today though.
I couldn't see the Egyptian Goose anywhere even after checking the pond down by where the old bleach works used to be. I did notice down here how many of the cottages had feeders in the trees outside the fronts of their houses and there was a plethora of tits and finches as well as a Great Spotted Woodpecker here.
I also met a very nice couple here who showed me their back garden which was packed full of similar birds on feeders and in the trees and it resembled Bunting Hide a Penny on a good day!
-- Edited by Martyn Jones on Thursday 26th of January 2012 06:54:47 PM
No sign of the Egyptian Goose.
Spent most of time checking Adlington and Arley Reservoirs. but also had a quick look over Worthington.
However Mandarin Duck...4 Drakes ..1 Female, swimming in Adlington.
Kingfisher showing well at same reservoir.
Rooks/Yellowhammer/Skylarks in the fields down to here from the A49.
Nice chat with Neil Southworth..the Chorley Recorder(also after the Goose).
GM boundary a bit tight on Adlington. Neil thinks that the whole Reservoir can be counted as GM. Is this so?
-- Edited by keith mills on Thursday 26th of January 2012 02:48:51 PM
Cheers Jimmy
Egyptian Goose present this morning (no specific details as to which reservoir).
Info thanks to Tom Morton via Jimmy Meadows.
flock of approx 150 finches feeding on stubble fields near layby, opp turning for crown. at least 30 Yellowhammers
10 Manderins flew in at 1.30, 6 males 4 females
13 tufted ducks
singles of Bullfinch, Nuthatch and Cormorant
pair of Dippers on River Douglas
30 plus Long Tailed Tits
12 Mandarin Ducks and a Kingfisher were present on Arley Lodge, but the surprise of the day was a female Wigeon with 12 Tufted Ducks on Arley Reservoir. Only my second record here, the other being a male on Worthington Reservoir (4/1/09).
A pair of Dippers and a Grey Wagtail were on the River Douglas, and a Buzzard overhead. Had superb close views of a male Sparrowhawk perched on a branch eating his fresh kill..
2 Treecreepers
2 Nuthatches
1 Great Crested Grebe
1 Little Grebe
While doing the midweek walk with Wigan RSPB group yesterday 2 Cars were broken into on the lower car park 1 was from our group and the other one we could not find the owner,happened btw 09:45 and 11:30.
Birds of note
19 Tufted Duck
pr Grey Wagtails
6 Call Ducks just been on googlke to see what kind but no luck yet
Cheers Jimmy
Mandarin - 1m, 1f
Mallard - 177
Tufted Duck - 7
Canada Geese - 39
Mute Swan - 1
Kingfisher - 2
Dipper (on river) - 1
Cormorant - 3
Coot - 18
Moorhen - 21
Great Crested Grebe - 1
Hybrid ducks - which look (and sound) like a cross between a Mallard and a Call Duck - 6
Black-headed Gulls - 294
Big surprise was only 1 GCG and no Little Grebes
50+ mallard
34 canada geese
12 moorhen
3 great crested grebe
5 cormorant
coot
black headed gull
common gull
tufted duck
2 mandarin
walk around woods and river douglas
2 dipper very active watched them for 20mins from bridge over douglas
long tailed tit
great tit
blue tit
wren
robin
blackbird
magpie
wood pigeon
buzzard ( perched in tree very vocal)
brief sighting of nuthatch
crow
Cheers Bernard McGurrin
16 Tufted Duck
2 Buzzards
pr Mute Swan
43 Black headed gulls
1 Treecreeper
126 Mallard
7 Great Crested Grebe
Adlington Res
6 Mandarins
pr Great Crested Grebe but no sign of the young that they had (Suspect Mink)
Cheers Jimmy
Worthington Res
1pr Great Crested Grebe with 1 young
1 Grey Wagtail
pr Mute Swans
Cheers Jimmy
Worthington Reservoir
Good numbers of Mallard, Black Headed Gull and 1 Tufted Duck
Adlington Reservoir
1 Mandarin (f)- borough first
1 Kingfisher
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Juvenile Grey Wagtail
Plus the Mallards, etc
Arley
1 Mandarin (f)
Mallards, etc.
-- Edited by Nick Isherwood on Tuesday 16th of August 2011 05:18:22 PM
Worthington Res
7 Tufted Duck
1 Mandarin f on gantry
2 Great Crested Grebe
30+Black Headed Gulls
60+Mallards
36 Canada Geese
2 Common Terns
Arley Res
Coot with 1 young
5 Great Crested Grebe
Adlington Res
pr Great Crested Grebe with 3 juv
Nature Res
1 Mandarin f with 6 juv
1 Kingfisher
Chorley Rd fields
60+Swallow feeding over crops
6 Tree Sparrows bathing in pools on farm track
Cheers Jimmy
-- Edited by Jimmy Meadows on Saturday 13th of August 2011 05:50:52 PM
9 Great Crested Grebe +3juv on Adlington
3 Tufted Duck
1 Goldcrest
1 Blackcap
2 Grey Wagtails
juv Treecreeper
10 juv Black Headed Gulls
2 Mute Swans
3 Willow Tits
1 Brood of young Coots
Must be Mink
Cheers Jimmy
Willow Tit with fledged young
Great Crested Grebe with 3 young
Coot on nest
Tree Creeper feeding fledged young
single Dipper
single Nuthatch
Lots of activity this morning:
Female Mandarin with six small young, first on Worthington and then Arley, plus another, almost full grown, young sitting, bizarrely, in a disused nest on Arley.
Total of eight Great Crested Grebes ( including one on nest, Worthington) pair with three very young (Adlington) and a pair displaying (Arley).
Three Kingfishers - two on Adlington and a third catching fish twice on River Douglas just above bridge in Arley Woods and flying upstream.
Dipper on River Douglas this side of bridge, standing motionless for a good five minutes. First time we've seen a non-dipping Dipper - thought it may have been a young bird but couldn't see plumage well in poor light.
Two Common Terns.
Thanks Piemon
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Tuesday 24th of May 2011 02:09:53 PM