Glad to hear the gadwall was about Saturday, I searched for him and wondered where he was, sometimes on Chaddy.
Iain Johnson wrote:
Saturday 12th Feb - sorry for late posting
Same as Sunday really but one Common Gull on the boating lake and one male gadwall on the duck pond.
Iain Johnson said
Sun Feb 13 9:06 PM, 2011
Saturday 12th Feb - sorry for late posting
Same as Sunday really but one Common Gull on the boating lake and one male gadwall on the duck pond.
Rachael Hill said
Sun Feb 13 5:56 PM, 2011
Webs count 9.20-10.20am, weather overcast, trying to rain & wind quite gusty. Boating lake 16 Goosanders 5 grey herons hiding in firs on island (2 using the nests to stand on) Steve watch this space! 18 mallard (+2 hybrid) 8 coot 2 pochard 71 canada geese (+2 hybrid) 1 greylag 12 tufted 2 cormorant 63 Black headed gulls plus greenfinch, blue tit, great tit, long tail, jackdaw, wood pig, blackbird, magpie
Duck pond, quieter than normal 2 canada geese- they looked totally out of place 1 embden 64 mallard (+3 hybrid)
David Bramhall said
Sun Feb 6 4:05 PM, 2011
SUN 06/02/2011 12:55 - 13:30
Weather: Mild overcast and very windy
Stamford Park Boating Lake
Amongst the Black-headed Gull, Canada Geese and Mallard were sighted.
4 pair Goosander 4 Pochard three male & one female. 1 Great Crested Grebe 9 Coot (approx) 20 Tufted Duck (approx) 1 Grey Heron on the island
Chaddy Dam
Contained a small number of Mallard, Canada Geese and Tufted Duck.
Heads up David
Roger Baker 3 said
Tue Jan 25 7:17 AM, 2011
Monday 24th Jan. 15.15 - 15.45
2 Waxwing in tree at side of Duck Pond feeder stream. Gadwall drake in with Mallard on the Duck Pond.
Park Lake only viewed from the road.
c 6 Goosander. 3m + 3 red-heads. c 4 Pochard Tufted. 3 Coot.
Roger.
Karen Foulkes said
Fri Jan 21 12:50 PM, 2011
21/1/11
Duck Pond drake Gadwall c60 Mallard
Boating Lake Greylag 3 Pochard 8 Goosander 16 Tufted Duck 5 Coot Canada Geese Mallard 3 Grey Heron in trees on island
Chaddy Dam 14 Tufted Duck 2 Coot Grey Wagtail Female Sparrowhawk went for a Robin and almost crashed into the water, it then went for the Robin again, but failed! 4 Embden Geese
Dingle very quiet, apart from c6 singing Woodpigeon
Lots of birds singing in the rest of the park Also 1 Redwing seen
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Friday 21st of January 2011 01:23:50 PM
Rachael Hill said
Mon Jan 17 9:14 PM, 2011
Webs count 16/01/2011, 9.30-10.30am. Nice to see lakes clear of ice Boating lake Cormorant 2 Gossander 14 Pochard 3 Canada geese 72, hybird 1 greylag 1 coot 8 mallard 4, hybrid 1 tufted 24 black headed gulls 74 grey heron 1 moorhen 1 lots of long tailed tits, great tit, robin, goldfinch, wren and blackbird on carpark side
-- Edited by Rachael Hill on Sunday 19th of December 2010 12:44:19 PM
Karen Foulkes said
Sat Dec 11 4:17 PM, 2010
Pm
Drake Gadwall present on Duck Pond along with c100 Mallard 3 Embden Geese
Dingle - very quiet
Boating Lake (still mostly frozen)
Not a big fan, but sad to see two very much deceased Canada Geese c40 Black Headed Gull 5 Moorhen 5 Coot Canada Geese Mallard 2 hybrid geese 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Grey Heron over
Goes to show the do not feed the ducks policy doesn't work in these conditions
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Saturday 11th of December 2010 04:19:28 PM
Rachael Hill said
Sun Nov 14 9:58 PM, 2010
Webs count 9.30-10.30am Boating Lake 1 cormorant 2 heron 11 goosander (hiding around back of lake) 1 great crested grebe 2 pochard 41 canada geese, 2 hybrid 14 mallard 13 tufted 1 moorhen 11 coots 35 black headed gulls
Duck pond in park 135 mallard! I hope- they kept moving!!, 1 hybrid 3 farm ducks 1 embdem
Roger Baker 3 said
Fri Nov 5 9:07 AM, 2010
Fri Nov 5th 06.50 hrs-08.15 hrs.
Of note.
Park Lake.
Tufties c 17 (6m + 11f) Coot c 15 Redwing c 9 feeding on Hawthorn.
Chadwick Dam.
Tufties c 9 (5m + 4f) Coot c 11 Greenfinch c 18 in one flock........landed in tree on the island. Counted over 100 Goldfinch in small flocks on walk round.
Roger.
-- Edited by Roger Baker 3 on Friday 5th of November 2010 09:15:00 AM
Lee Griffiths said
Sat Oct 30 5:47 PM, 2010
4 til 5 only walked round boating lake 6 Goosander female 19 Tufted duck m/f 1 Greylag plenty of mallards canda goose .moorhens and coots plenty of Black-headed Gulls 1 Cormorant 12 long tailed tits 8 blue tits 5 great tits 2 dunnock 1 robin 4 goldfinch 2 grey wagtail 1 chaffinch
Rachael Hill said
Sun Oct 10 9:31 PM, 2010
Karen Foulkes wrote:
Must have just missed you Rachael.
Also
2 1st winter Common Gulls 2 ad LBB Gulls flying around over lake
OKay where were they hiding?! I stood there for ages going through those bloomin gulls & also trying to find any herons. Glad I found the gadwall Shame we missed each other Rae
Karen Foulkes said
Sun Oct 10 8:37 PM, 2010
Must have just missed you Rachael.
Also
2 1st winter Common Gulls 2 ad LBB Gulls flying around over lake
In the Dingle
2 Nuthatch 8 Great Tit 10 Blue Tit 4 Coal Tit 8+ LT Tit Chaffinch Robin Wren Song Thrush Blackbird
Also Nuthatch in trees close to Stamford Road
Rachael Hill said
Sun Oct 10 1:50 PM, 2010
WEBS counts 10/10/10 11.30-12.20am beautiful sunny day Boating lake black headed gull 120 canada geese 79, hybrid 1 Mallard 15, hybrid 1 greylag 1 tufted 19 coot 7 embden 1 (youngester is hanging with canada geese)
Chadkirk lake fishing club doing great job of replanting all sides & duck island seems to have a decent sized duck house now! Think they have disturbed the normal group of canada geese/embden on to main lake (watched them land before). canada geese 12 Mallard 12, hybrid 1 emden 4 coot 2 gadwall 1 (male) I love spotting these hiden amongst the mallards
Duck pond Mallard 109 hybrid 3 embden 1 plus grey wagtail fltiing along the feeder stream.
Rachael Hill said
Sat Sep 25 7:49 PM, 2010
Listing from WEBS count on Sunday 19th Sept 2010, 9.45-11.00am Also, met fishing club members who have done a great job this year working on chadkirk lake: diggers reshaping banks, making fishing areas, moving bullrushes to encourage fish and planning on putting bird nesting boxes up on island. Also reported that some have seen a kingfisher but a bit elusive. Going to restock lake & don't mind sharing with the herons Really friendly people with a passion to getting the best for chadkirk lake & encouraging wildlife. They plan to set up introductory sessions to fishing using their gear too (once per month). Boating Lake 41 Canada geese, 2 hybrids 1 greylag 35 mallard, 1 hybrid 4 tufted 15 coots 2 grey heron 2 pochard 5 black headed gulls
Drake Mandarin in moult on the lowest of the three water bodies here.
2 Nuthatch in the Dingle - even though it is getting late for proving breeding for this species I got a little excited when I watched one carrying food! - what appeared to be a seed or small nut. However, it proceeded to bury this item of food in a large area of moss growing on an oak tree. Watched it do the same thing again a few minutes later - wasn't aware until today that this species cached food!
Also c215 Mallard, c145 Feral Pigeon, c130 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 6 Embden Geese and 13 Tufted Duck - inc possible juveniles. 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Swallow and 1 Sand Martin.
-- Edited by shaun arrand on Tuesday 6th of April 2010 04:30:39 PM
Steven Astley said
Wed Mar 31 7:31 PM, 2010
I have only heard this once where jays were making buzzard type calls and that was at the beginning of April. Breeding calls sounds like a good theory.
John Rayner said
Wed Mar 31 5:47 PM, 2010
Bill Myerscough wrote:
2 Jays giving Buzzard like calls.
I heard 2 today at Adswood Tip making passable Tawny Owl 'ke-wick' sounds, but a bit softer. Almost certainly courtship calls.
Cheers, John
Bill Myerscough said
Wed Mar 31 5:10 PM, 2010
31st March.
10.00 - 11.30 am.
2 Jays giving Buzzard like calls. I looked through my old notebooks and computer records to see when I had last heard these type of calls before and they were at Clayton Vale on 12/4/09 and Harpurhey Ponds on 5/4/09. I can't recall hearing this species giving these Buzzard type calls at any other times of the year - so maybe they just have something to do with courtship etc?
Also 2 Coal Tits calling, 1 Goldcrest singing, 1 Nuthatch singing, 19 Tufted Duck, 2 singing Chiffchaff and a flock of c35 finches feeding on alder cones was very roughly split between equal numbers of Lesser Redpoll and Goldfinch. 9 singing/displaying Dunnocks and 4 singing Wrens as well. 1 Grey Heron. 3 Song Thrush - 2 of which were singing. Quite a noisy morning!
Cheers,
Bill.
-- Edited by Bill Myerscough on Wednesday 31st of March 2010 05:10:38 PM
Rachael Hill said
Sun Mar 28 8:23 PM, 2010
11.30am Quick visit, no counts Mallards, coots, canada geese, greylag goose, moorhen, tufted ducks No herons hopefully just off for a visit somewhere
Boating Lake 4 Goosander 2 male and 2 female Coot Canada Goose Coot Mallard Tufties 2 Greylag Black Headed Gull Sparrowhawk
Nature Reserve Coot 1 drake Tuftie 40 Redwing in trees around pool Song Thrush 2 Goldfinch Chaffinch male singing 2 Blue Tit 5 Magpie Herring Gull over
Woodland Blue Tit Great Tit 2 Long Tailed Tit Robin Dunnock Wren Blackbird Song Thrush Coal Tit Nuthatch 2 Goldcrest (male singing)
Not 3 bad
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Saturday 27th of February 2010 08:54:58 PM
Rachael Hill said
Mon Feb 22 11:25 AM, 2010
Hi all, WEBS again (a day late as been away) 9.40-10.30 5% ice (only back corner now) Lake much more active again 1 cormorant (first seen here this year since the big freeze) 2 great crested grebes 187 black headed gulls 2 lesser black backed gulls 129 canada geese 2 X canada 2 greylag 12 mallard 1 Xmallard 21 tufted ducks 6 coots 1 goosander 1 pochard 1 grey heron 5 embden geese Plus on duck pond in Stamford Park 1 mandarin (IN TAMESIDE!!!, not seen since October) 138 mallard 1 gadwall 1 embden 2 farm ducks
-- Edited by Rachael Hill on Monday 22nd of February 2010 03:02:53 PM
Rachael Hill said
Sun Jan 17 6:39 PM, 2010
Hi all, did WEBS counts for here today, amazingly still over 90% ice on main lake, 80% back lake and all the paths solid ice. Geese desperate for food, I think they have been deserted by families. The car park has been cleared but they have piled it on the path to the steps to the lake in massive mounds 9.10-10.10am Mallard 35 Mallard hybrid 3 Tufted ducks 3 pochard 1 (female, nearly missed it- sleeping around the back of group) canada geese 76 Canada hybrid 2 Black headed gulls 77 common gull 3 embden geese 5 (survived Xmas dinners!) Greylag 1 goosader 3 (2 male, 1 female) coots 6 Grey heron 2 (12 year old son fell over twice in mud )
Checked out duck pond, down in the park (curious, with all the ice on lake). Pond was ice free & well fed by families 10.15-10.20 Mallard 126 ish Gadwall 1 (resident female) embden 1 white ducks (?) 2
Rachael Hill said
Fri Dec 25 7:18 PM, 2009
Christmas stroll to work up a good appetite! 15.00-16.00 Main boating lake, totally frozen except for small area by main road. 70+ canada geese 2 hybrid canadas 1 greylag 15 mallard 2 hybrid mallard 7 coots 40+ black headed gulls 30 feral pigeons 8 woodpigeon 1 blackbird 1 grey heron
stamford park duck pond 1 gadwall 2 white farm ducks 2 embden 1 muscovy 40+ mallards
Park blue tits, great tits coal tits robins blackbirds collared doves wood pigeons magpie carrion crow
Rachael Hill said
Mon Dec 21 8:37 AM, 2009
Judith Smith wrote:
I did my WeBS yesterday and spent today doing my Christmas baking (after a short venture to pay homage to the GW Teal along the skating rink known as the towpath at Horrocks Flash. So you can call in for that chocolate and mince pie any time, Rachel! Merry Christmas!
Home baking..... that sounds fab! I'm on my way Rae
Judith Smith said
Sun Dec 20 10:42 PM, 2009
I did my WeBS yesterday and spent today doing my Christmas baking (after a short venture to pay homage to the GW Teal along the skating rink known as the towpath at Horrocks Flash. So you can call in for that chocolate and mince pie any time, Rachel! Merry Christmas!
Rachael Hill said
Sun Dec 20 11:04 AM, 2009
Hi all, bloomin cold but great walk- Judith you owe me a hot chocolate!! WEBS count 98% frozen plus snow on top, & snowing heavily 2 boats gone (presumed in storage) where BH gulls usually roost with cormorants & herons 9.30-10.20am 3 grey heron 1 greylag goose 40 canada geese 19 mallard 5 moorhen 2 coot 1 hybrid mallard 2 hybrid canada goose 5 greylag goose domestic (EMBDEN!!) 54 black headed gulls
11/10/09 9.15-10.25am 1 cormorant 1 grey heron 1 greylag goose 62 canada geese 1 mandarin duck (never seen this here before ) disappeared on to island 32 mallard 8 tufted duck 2 moorhen 5 coot 2 hybrid mallard 2 hybrid canada geese 5 embden geese 82 blackheaded gulls plus jackdaws, blackbirds, robins, longtailed tits & heard woodpecker Rae
Rachael Hill said
Sun Sep 20 5:22 PM, 2009
8.45-9.05am 96 canada geese + 1 cross 2 greylag 9 coots 12 tufted ducks 54 mallard 1 female gadwall getting picked on by everything 2 grey heron 44 black headed gulls 1 lesser black-backed gull 1 cormorant- after swimming around, preened itself on a float, lost its balance & after lots of wing flapping to try & regain balance it belly flopped straight on its face in the water really funny!! Flew off and sunbathed in the trees.
Rachael Hill said
Mon Jun 15 1:42 PM, 2009
Sunday 12.00-12.20 Main boating lake- very busy & boats on lake = no herons Usual suspects: 130+ canada geese 3 greylag geese 4 coots 8 mallard plus 1 female with approx 5 ducklings 6 tufted ducks 1 blackbird 2 carrion crow 2 magpie
Rachael Hill said
Thu Jun 11 9:51 PM, 2009
21.15 Main boating lake 1 adult grey heron on boat 40 canada geese 15 tufted ducks 1 great crested grebe 10 mallards 1 coot 2 blackbirds 1 song thrush 50+ swifts 8+ house martins 2 wood pigeon 1 magpie
pond behind main lake 65 canada geese & 29 goslings 15 tufted ducks 10 mallards 1 moorhen lots & lots of midges!!!
Rachael Hill said
Mon Jun 8 7:42 PM, 2009
8th June 2009 13.45-13.55 Quick duck feed! Main boating lake 135 canada geese, 2 cross breed 1 greylag 3 tufted ducks 1 coot 1 magpie 1 blackbird 3 grey herons on island 35 feral pigeon all birds were adults (babies were on back pond last week) Rae
Same as Sunday really but one Common Gull on the boating lake and one male gadwall on the duck pond.
Boating lake
16 Goosanders
5 grey herons hiding in firs on island (2 using the nests to stand on)
18 mallard (+2 hybrid)
8 coot
2 pochard
71 canada geese (+2 hybrid)
1 greylag
12 tufted
2 cormorant
63 Black headed gulls
plus greenfinch, blue tit, great tit, long tail, jackdaw, wood pig, blackbird, magpie
Chadkirk
19 canada geese
4 embden
15 tufted
19 mallard (+1 hybrid)
2 coot
Duck pond, quieter than normal
2 canada geese- they looked totally out of place
1 embden
64 mallard (+3 hybrid)
SUN 06/02/2011 12:55 - 13:30
Weather: Mild overcast and very windy
Stamford Park Boating Lake
Amongst the Black-headed Gull, Canada Geese and Mallard were sighted.
4 pair Goosander
4 Pochard three male & one female.
1 Great Crested Grebe
9 Coot (approx)
20 Tufted Duck (approx)
1 Grey Heron on the island
Chaddy Dam
Contained a small number of Mallard, Canada Geese and Tufted Duck.
Heads up David
2 Waxwing in tree at side of Duck Pond feeder stream.
Gadwall drake in with Mallard on the Duck Pond.
Park Lake only viewed from the road.
c 6 Goosander. 3m + 3 red-heads.
c 4 Pochard
Tufted.
3 Coot.
Roger.
Duck Pond
drake Gadwall
c60 Mallard
Boating Lake
Greylag
3 Pochard
8 Goosander
16 Tufted Duck
5 Coot
Canada Geese
Mallard
3 Grey Heron in trees on island
Chaddy Dam
14 Tufted Duck
2 Coot
Grey Wagtail
Female Sparrowhawk went for a Robin and almost crashed into the water, it then went for the Robin again, but failed!
4 Embden Geese
Dingle very quiet, apart from c6 singing Woodpigeon
Lots of birds singing in the rest of the park
Also 1 Redwing seen
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Friday 21st of January 2011 01:23:50 PM
Nice to see lakes clear of ice
Boating lake
Cormorant 2
Gossander 14
Pochard 3
Canada geese 72, hybird 1
greylag 1
coot 8
mallard 4, hybrid 1
tufted 24
black headed gulls 74
grey heron 1
moorhen 1
lots of long tailed tits, great tit, robin, goldfinch, wren and blackbird on carpark side
Chadkirk
canada geese 26
tufted 20
coot 1
mallard 26, hybrid 1
Embden 5
black headed gulls 2
Duck pond
mallard 90
Embden 1
farm duck 2
gadwall 1
Boating lake
141 canada geese, 1 hybrid
7 coots
17 mallard, 1 hybrid
1 greylag
96 black headed
2 common gull
1 moorhen
Chadkirk lake (completely frozen except patch where stream joins top end)
4 embden
1 canada goose
2 moorhen
Duck pond
118 mallard, 1 hybrid
3 farm ducks
2 gadwall
-- Edited by Rachael Hill on Sunday 19th of December 2010 12:44:19 PM
Drake Gadwall present on Duck Pond along with c100 Mallard
3 Embden Geese
Dingle - very quiet
Boating Lake (still mostly frozen)
Not a big fan, but sad to see two very much deceased Canada Geese
c40 Black Headed Gull
5 Moorhen
5 Coot
Canada Geese
Mallard
2 hybrid geese
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Grey Heron over
Goes to show the do not feed the ducks policy doesn't work in these conditions
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Saturday 11th of December 2010 04:19:28 PM
Boating Lake
1 cormorant
2 heron
11 goosander (hiding around back of lake)
1 great crested grebe
2 pochard
41 canada geese, 2 hybrid
14 mallard
13 tufted
1 moorhen
11 coots
35 black headed gulls
Chadkirk lake
4 embden geese
9 canada geese
1 greylag
1 coot
1 gadwall
12 mallard, 1 hybrid
7 tufted
1 moorhen
7 black headed gulls
Duck pond in park
135 mallard! I hope- they kept moving!!, 1 hybrid
3 farm ducks
1 embdem
Of note.
Park Lake.
Tufties c 17 (6m + 11f)
Coot c 15
Redwing c 9 feeding on Hawthorn.
Chadwick Dam.
Tufties c 9 (5m + 4f)
Coot c 11
Greenfinch c 18 in one flock........landed in tree on the island.
Counted over 100 Goldfinch in small flocks on walk round.
Roger.
-- Edited by Roger Baker 3 on Friday 5th of November 2010 09:15:00 AM
6 Goosander female
19 Tufted duck m/f
1 Greylag
plenty of mallards canda goose .moorhens and coots
plenty of Black-headed Gulls
1 Cormorant
12 long tailed tits
8 blue tits
5 great tits
2 dunnock
1 robin
4 goldfinch
2 grey wagtail
1 chaffinch
OKay where were they hiding?!
I stood there for ages going through those bloomin gulls & also trying to find any herons. Glad I found the gadwall
Shame we missed each other
Rae
Also
2 1st winter Common Gulls
2 ad LBB Gulls flying around over lake
In the Dingle
2 Nuthatch
8 Great Tit
10 Blue Tit
4 Coal Tit
8+ LT Tit
Chaffinch
Robin
Wren
Song Thrush
Blackbird
Also Nuthatch in trees close to Stamford Road
Boating lake
black headed gull 120
canada geese 79, hybrid 1
Mallard 15, hybrid 1
greylag 1
tufted 19
coot 7
embden 1 (youngester is hanging with canada geese)
Chadkirk lake
fishing club doing great job of replanting all sides & duck island seems to have a decent sized duck house now! Think they have disturbed the normal group of canada geese/embden on to main lake (watched them land before).
canada geese 12
Mallard 12, hybrid 1
emden 4
coot 2
gadwall 1 (male)
Duck pond
Mallard 109 hybrid 3
embden 1
plus grey wagtail fltiing along the feeder stream.
Also, met fishing club members who have done a great job this year working on chadkirk lake: diggers reshaping banks, making fishing areas, moving bullrushes to encourage fish and planning on putting bird nesting boxes up on island. Also reported that some have seen a kingfisher but a bit elusive. Going to restock lake & don't mind sharing with the herons
Boating Lake
41 Canada geese, 2 hybrids
1 greylag
35 mallard, 1 hybrid
4 tufted
15 coots
2 grey heron
2 pochard
5 black headed gulls
Chadkirk lake
33 mallard, 2 hybrid
32 canada geese
3 coot
1 tufted
5 embden
3 black headed gulls
1 grey wagtail
Duck pond in main park
24 mallard, 1 hybrid
3 white ducks
plus lots of pigeons
25th Aug 2010, 11.30-12.30
Main boating lake
48 canada geese (+1 hybrid)
74 mallard (=1 hybrid)
1 greylag
6 coot
4 tufted
1 pochard
15 Black headed gulls
3 magpie
30+ feral pigeon
Chadkirk lake
4 adult Embden, 1 youngster
1 gadwall
23 mallard
23 canada geese
2 coot
3 tufted
5 blackheaded gulls
PM visit.
Drake Mandarin
2 Nuthatch in the Dingle - even though it is getting late for proving breeding for this species I got a little excited when I watched one carrying food! - what appeared to be a seed or small nut. However, it proceeded to bury this item of food in a large area of moss growing on an oak tree. Watched it do the same thing again a few minutes later - wasn't aware until today that this species cached food!
Also c215 Mallard, c145 Feral Pigeon, c130 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 6 Embden Geese and 13 Tufted Duck - inc possible juveniles. 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Swallow and 1 Sand Martin.
Cheers,
Bill.
Main park
blackbird 3
robin2
woodpigeon 7
blue tits 4
magpie 3
coal tit 2
Duck pond
Mallard 25
canada geese 3
farm ducks 2
embden 1
Dingle
jays 6
blackbird 2
songthrush 1
nuthatch 1
robin 1
magpie 2
boating lake
1 swallow
3 sandmartin
1 blackcap
2 coot
96 canada geese
1 hybrid canada geese
1 greylag
12 tufted duck
5 mallard
1 hybrid mallard
1 grey heron
1 great crested grebe
1 grey wagtail
6 magpie
1 wren
2 blackbird
2 bluetit
2 jays
feral pigeon
Chadkirk lake
4 embden
14 mallard
12 canada geese
9 tufted
1 coot
3 blackheaded gulls
1 grey heron,
18 Tufted ducks,
1 Juvenile Cormorant,
2 Greylag,
78 Canada geese,
1 hybrid,
2 Coot,
1 Great Crested Grebe sitting on nest
-- Edited by shaun arrand on Tuesday 6th of April 2010 04:30:39 PM
Breeding calls sounds like a good theory.
10.00 - 11.30 am.
2 Jays giving Buzzard like calls. I looked through my old notebooks and computer records to see when I had last heard these type of calls before and they were at Clayton Vale on 12/4/09 and Harpurhey Ponds on 5/4/09. I can't recall hearing this species giving these Buzzard type calls at any other times of the year - so maybe they just have something to do with courtship etc?
Also 2 Coal Tits calling, 1 Goldcrest singing, 1 Nuthatch singing, 19 Tufted Duck, 2 singing Chiffchaff and a flock of c35 finches feeding on alder cones was very roughly split between equal numbers of Lesser Redpoll
Cheers,
Bill.
-- Edited by Bill Myerscough on Wednesday 31st of March 2010 05:10:38 PM
Quick visit, no counts
Mallards, coots, canada geese, greylag goose, moorhen, tufted ducks
No herons
Boating Lake
121 canada geese
2 hybrid
1 greylag
16 mallard
1 hybrid
1 great crested grebe
1 cormorant
2 grey heron
22 tufted ducks
8 coots
18 black headed gulls
4 emdben geese
Duck pond
66 mallard
1 embden
2 farm ducks
Main park
13+ redwing
1 jay (very close encounter
woodpigeon
robin
blackbird
goldcrest
magpie
chaffinch
wren
blue tit
great tit
carrion crow
dunnock
Duck Pond
Mallard
Mandarin drake
Gadwall imm drake moulting into adult plumage
Boating Lake
4 Goosander 2 male and 2 female
Coot
Canada Goose
Coot
Mallard
Tufties
2 Greylag
Black Headed Gull
Sparrowhawk
Nature Reserve
Coot
1 drake Tuftie
40 Redwing in trees around pool
Song Thrush
2 Goldfinch
Chaffinch male singing
2 Blue Tit
5 Magpie
Herring Gull over
Woodland
Blue Tit
Great Tit
2 Long Tailed Tit
Robin
Dunnock
Wren
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Coal Tit
Nuthatch
2 Goldcrest (male singing)
Not 3 bad
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Saturday 27th of February 2010 08:54:58 PM
9.40-10.30
5% ice (only back corner now)
Lake much more active again
1 cormorant (first seen here this year since the big freeze)
2 great crested grebes
187 black headed gulls
2 lesser black backed gulls
129 canada geese
2 X canada
2 greylag
12 mallard
1 Xmallard
21 tufted ducks
6 coots
1 goosander
1 pochard
1 grey heron
5 embden geese
Plus on duck pond in Stamford Park
1 mandarin
138 mallard
1 gadwall
1 embden
2 farm ducks
-- Edited by Rachael Hill on Monday 22nd of February 2010 03:02:53 PM
9.10-10.10am
Mallard 35
Mallard hybrid 3
Tufted ducks 3
pochard 1
canada geese 76
Canada hybrid 2
Black headed gulls 77
common gull 3
embden geese 5 (survived Xmas dinners!)
Greylag 1
goosader 3 (2 male, 1 female)
coots 6
Grey heron 2
(12 year old son fell over twice in mud
Checked out duck pond, down in the park (curious, with all the ice on lake). Pond was ice free & well fed by families
10.15-10.20
Mallard 126 ish
Gadwall 1 (resident female)
embden 1
white ducks (?) 2
15.00-16.00
Main boating lake, totally frozen except for small area by main road.
70+ canada geese
2 hybrid canadas
1 greylag
15 mallard
2 hybrid mallard
7 coots
40+ black headed gulls
30 feral pigeons
8 woodpigeon
1 blackbird
1 grey heron
stamford park duck pond
1 gadwall
2 white farm ducks
2 embden
1 muscovy
40+ mallards
Park
blue tits,
great tits
coal tits
robins
blackbirds
collared doves
wood pigeons
magpie
carrion crow
WEBS count
98% frozen plus snow on top, & snowing heavily
2 boats gone (presumed in storage) where BH gulls usually roost with cormorants & herons
9.30-10.20am
3 grey heron
1 greylag goose
40 canada geese
19 mallard
5 moorhen
2 coot
1 hybrid mallard
2 hybrid canada goose
5 greylag goose domestic (EMBDEN!!)
54 black headed gulls
3 carrion crow
4 black birds
1 wren
1 dunnock
4 robins
5 magpies
12 feral pigeons
6 woodpigeons
heard long tailed tits
MERRY CHRISTMAS
What were they cross about?
1 Great crested grebe
4 cormorant (most I've seen here)
1 grey heron
1 grelag
146 canada geese
19 mallard
24 tufted ducks
3 goosanders
9 coots
1 cross mallard
2 cross canada geese
5 embden geese
140 BH gulls
1 cormorant
1 grey heron
1 greylag goose
62 canada geese
1 mandarin duck (never seen this here before
32 mallard
8 tufted duck
2 moorhen
5 coot
2 hybrid mallard
2 hybrid canada geese
5 embden geese
82 blackheaded gulls
plus jackdaws, blackbirds, robins, longtailed tits & heard woodpecker
Rae
96 canada geese + 1 cross
2 greylag
9 coots
12 tufted ducks
54 mallard
1 female gadwall getting picked on by everything
2 grey heron
44 black headed gulls
1 lesser black-backed gull
1 cormorant- after swimming around, preened itself on a float, lost its balance & after lots of wing flapping to try & regain balance it belly flopped straight on its face in the water
Main boating lake- very busy & boats on lake = no herons
Usual suspects:
130+ canada geese
3 greylag geese
4 coots
8 mallard plus 1 female with approx 5 ducklings
6 tufted ducks
1 blackbird
2 carrion crow
2 magpie
Main boating lake
1 adult grey heron on boat
40 canada geese
15 tufted ducks
1 great crested grebe
10 mallards
1 coot
2 blackbirds
1 song thrush
50+ swifts
8+ house martins
2 wood pigeon
1 magpie
pond behind main lake
65 canada geese & 29 goslings
15 tufted ducks
10 mallards
1 moorhen
lots & lots of midges!!!
13.45-13.55
Quick duck feed!
Main boating lake
135 canada geese, 2 cross breed
1 greylag
3 tufted ducks
1 coot
1 magpie
1 blackbird
3 grey herons on island
35 feral pigeon
all birds were adults (babies were on back pond last week)
Rae
10.30-14.40
Boating lake
canada geese 110+, & 2 cross canada/white farm
coots 4
mallard 7
wood pigeon 2
feral pigeon 20+
cormorant 1
grey heron 3
path & pond behind boating lake
canada geese 70+ and 26 goslings
mallard 8 plus 2 with 8 ducklings
tufted ducks 10
coot 1 plus 1 baby
magpie 4
grey wagtail 2
swalllow 2
sand martin 4
house martin 6
blue tits 3
blackbird 4
dunnock 1
house sparrows 4
chaffinch 4
robin 2
carrion crow 2
duck pond in stamford park
mallards 7 plus 2 with 7 ducklings
Sparrowhawk, Nuthatch, Goldcrest, Jay, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Swallow, 1 singing Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff - 3 foraging as a loose "flock" and 1 singing, c30 Tufted Duck and 6 Goosanders.
Cheers,
Bill.
-- Edited by Bill Myerscough at 16:06, 2008-04-21