Pink Footed Geese - fairly continuous movement East/SE all morning , and strangely from my vis mig point they were coming from the Mersey/Dee , and the Ribble . About 1400 altogether in the movement.
Yellowhammer-8
Reed Bunting - 9
Common Gull -1 adult
Meadow Pipit - 14
Shoveler- 1
Gadwall-8
Teal -2
Little Grebe - 6
Tufted Duck -14
Pochard -1
Stonechat-1 Imm Male
Cormorant-2
Kestrel-3
Buzzard-1
Linnet- 200+
Long Tailed Tit-20
Goldcrest -6
Fieldfare - 500+ around the area feeding
Redwing - 300+ around the area
Siskin- 10
Redpoll - 5
Grey Wagtail-2
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Thursday 16th of November 2023 09:19:55 PM
JOHN TYMON said
Wed Nov 15 3:25 PM, 2023
Nothing of real note today,pools the quietest I've ever seen them 8 Gadwall ,2 Cormorant and 40 Black Headed Gulls all that could be seen ,along with 10 coot and a few Tufted Duck on the entrance pool . Plenty Fieldfare and Redwing about and a few Redpoll and Siskin .
Rob Smith said
Tue Nov 14 7:46 PM, 2023
walkabout from 8.30 - 11.00am, noting some of the resident species
Gadwall - 6
Mallard - 11
Coot - 15
Moorhen - 6
Cormorant - 4
Black-headed Gull - 45
Herring Gull - 3, 2 adults/1 immature
Lapwing - 60, circling area
Great spotted Woodpecker - 1
Kestrel - 1
Magpie - 20, in single group
Goldcrest - 4
Treecreeper - 2
Wren - 12
Redwing - 50, small groups moving round area
Fieldfare - 100, same
Blackbird - 12
Robin - 19
House Sparrow - 15
Meadow Pipit - 15, around summit
Lesser Redpoll - 40, then away east
Goldfinch - 80
Siskin - 16, among goldfinch
JOHN TYMON said
Tue Nov 14 1:46 PM, 2023
Morning mooch that turned into a finch fest
Pools rather quiet with just a few Tufted and Little Grebe and 6 Gadwall
Other of note on surrounding farmland
Linnet - 300 + .largest flock I've seen here and unfortunately were the new Motorway Service station is imminently being built. Strange the ecology reports said the site held no birds of any significance on that land.
Corn Bunting - 1
Stonechat -1 male
Yellowhammer- 6
Chaffinch-60
Lapwing- 60
Brambling-2
Redpoll- 6
Siskin -8
Fieldfare - 100
Redwing - 80
Meadow Pipit-8
Kestrel - 2
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 15th of November 2023 11:13:55 AM
JOHN TYMON said
Mon Nov 13 11:37 AM, 2023
Apart from the usual this morning
2 male wigeon
1 Yellowhammer
The rest as was ,water levels too high for most things.
Rob Smith said
Sun Nov 12 10:19 AM, 2023
Pink footed Geese - 200, circling & then south
JOHN TYMON said
Thu Nov 9 8:34 PM, 2023
1 Male Goosander was new in today, more or less as previous days otherwise.
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Thursday 9th of November 2023 09:26:40 PM
JOHN TYMON said
Wed Nov 8 6:07 PM, 2023
Of Note today paths flooded in parts see pic
Wigeon - 2
Pochard - 3
Sparrowhawk - 1 Juvenile
Stonechat- 2
Little Grebe - 3
Cormorant - 1
Gadwall - 4
Kestrel - 3
Buzzard - 2
Grey Partridge - 3
Plus the usuals
JOHN TYMON said
Tue Nov 7 4:40 PM, 2023
Am - Good winter Thrush movement again , bodes well for Waxwings locally soon .
of note
Fieldfare - 1700+ SW plus about 300 onsite
Redwing - 600 + plus about 100 onsite
Pink Footed Geese - 270 > NW in 4 flocks
Stonechat-2
Grey Partridge- 3
Gadwall-7
Shoveler - 4
Pochard - 3
Grey Heron -2
Cormorant - 1
Kestrel - 3
Chaffinch -50
plus the usuals
Rob Smith said
Sun Nov 5 5:42 PM, 2023
Generally a quiet morning with small birds mostly absent and water levels on the northern pools the highest I've seen them in 23 years of monitoring the patch
Pink footed Geese - 200 over
Shoveler - 4, 3m/1f
Gadwall - 3
Mallard - 30
Pochard - 1
Tufted Duck - 14
Coot - 24
Moorhen - 6
Little Grebe - 8
Cormorant - 1
Jack Snipe - 1
Magpie - 17
Stonechat - 3, 2m/1f
Coal Tit - 2
Meadow Pipit - 25
Skylark - 15
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Nov 4 8:59 PM, 2023
Am of note
Whooper Swan - 7 > NW
Gadwall - 14
Pochard - 5
Shoveler - 5
Grey Heron - 2
Stonechat -2
Goldcrest - 6
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Nov 3 6:53 PM, 2023
AM/PM- Decent patch day
Ring Ouzel - 1 Male Briefly with a large flock of Fieldfare on eastern arable , flew South with flock almost immediately I saw it went over the Motorway towards Risley Moss .
Pink Footed Geese - c 3200 in many flocks in basically constant movement NW , at one point I could see over 1000 heading towards me and over Irlam (pic of some below )
Redwing- 200+
Fieldfare - 400+ many moving South
Buzzard -4
Kestrel-3
Redpoll - 15
Siskin-10
Goldcrest -8
Goldfinch -60
Grey Heron -3
Reed Bunting - 25+
Linnet- 120+
Chaffinch - 50+
Shoveler- 5(4m1f)
Tufted Duck -12
Gadwall-5
Raven - 2 > East
Pochard-7
Mallard - 27
Little Grebe -3
cormorant - 1
Bullfinch -5
Long Tailed Tit- 30
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 3rd of November 2023 07:01:33 PM
From late pm & north pool area only. Wildfowl numbers low during the day but increase as they flight in at dusk or after dark & out again around dawn. Earlier,
Mallard - 24,
Pochard - 9, 5m/4f
Tufted Duck - 18
Kingfisher - 1
Rob Smith said
Sun Oct 29 3:15 PM, 2023
Highlights from a fine cool morning
Fieldfare - 300, dropping onto trees
Redwing - 100, doing same
Mistle Thrush - 2, same
Lapwing - 250
Great black backed Gull - 2, on east fields
Common Buzzard - 3, worming on east fields
Stock Dove - 100 with
Woodpigeon - 250
Pheasant 9, inc a hybrid with grouse type markings
Linnet - 70, increasing
Chaffinch - 20
Reed Bunting - 15
Stonechat - 2 pairs
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Oct 27 7:44 PM, 2023
10am-1pm
Wigeon - 2
Gadwall - 2
Greater Black Backed Gull - 45 flying NE in small groups off to feed somewere in Manchester.
Teal-1
Pochard-6
Kestrel-2
Buzzard-2
Pink Footed Geese - 270 SE
Stonechat - 6
Woodpigeon -2000+ on eastern arable
Stock Dove -20+
Little Grebe -2
Fieldfare - 200+ around the area
Redwing - 200+
Reed Bunting-c 20
Linnet- 40+
Chaffinch - 50+
Goldfinch -60
Siskin - 28 > SE
Redpoll - 4
Pied Wagtail - 12 in ploughed area east of set aside
:)
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 27th of October 2023 07:47:37 PM
JOHN TYMON said
Thu Oct 26 9:11 PM, 2023
AM/PM of note 4 mile 3.5 hour mooch same route as last 2 days .
Shoveler - 4
Gadwall- 2
Pochard-3
Kingfisher- 1
Meadow Pipit- 30
Reed Bunting -10
Stonechat - 4
Buzzard-3
Kestrel-3
Cormorant -2 imm
Skylark -20
Grey Partridge-8
Long Tailed Tit - 30
Goldcrest -6 with the big LTT flock
Redpoll -2
Chaffinch-40
Linnet-20
Woodpigeon - c 1500
Lapwing- 30
plus the usuals
JOHN TYMON said
Wed Oct 25 6:58 PM, 2023
AM/PM OF NOTE
Wigeon - 1
Teal-8
Pochard-3
Kestrel-3
Buzzard-4
Pink Footed Geese - 750 NE in 5 flocks
Stonechat - 4
Woodpigeon -3000+ on eastern arable
Stock Dove -40+
Little Grebe -4
Fieldfare - 200+ around the area , a few shots below
Redwing - 200+
Reed Bunting 25+
Yellowhammer - 3
Linnet- 25+
Chaffinch - 50+
Goldfinch -60
:)
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 25th of October 2023 07:31:53 PM
West pool seems to be disturbed at the moment not sure if its being fished at night but there was very little on there today, even the Great Crested Grebe were missing, also the Motorway Service Station seems imminent as some tin buildings and the farm gate into the field at junc 11 have been removed, those tin buildings have probably been there since the 2nd WW, as they looked more like shelters than farm buildings some called them the maggot farm.
of note
Fieldfare - hard to count as many were over in all directions but 300+ around the area and similar numbers of Redwing
Pochard-1
Stonechat -4
Buzzard-4
Kestrel 3
Whinchat - 1 Juvenile -- Nice to still have the Juvenile Whinchat present today on the patch which makes it the equal Latest ever sighting for me and most likely for the site . Amazing to think this would normally be in Africa now for the winter , so its a mega for the site so late in the year, and the only sight record of the species this year for me is this bird. Also amazing is the previous latest in 2019 was in exactly the same spot on the same date and was a Juvenile .
plus the usuals
Rob Smith said
Wed Oct 18 8:13 AM, 2023
From am yesterday
Stock Dove 80 - Lapwing 300 - Woodpigeon 600 - Redwing, 100 around area - Fieldfare 70 - Sparrowhawk, large female - Chiffchaff, 2 singing still - Goldfinch 20 - Goldcrest 4 - Whinchat juvenile
From 15/10 - Tufted Duck 38 - Shoveler 6 -
JOHN TYMON said
Tue Oct 17 8:55 PM, 2023
Am of note
Great Black Backed Gull - decent passage NE 53 in total in small groups between 1 and 7
Whinchat - 1 Juv still present but highly mobile .very late if it stays until tomorrow, it will be the equal latest ever for me.
Stonechat - 3
Fieldfare - 85 West
Peregrine - 1 Juv heading NE
Merlin - 1 Headed NE followed towards LWM watched through the bins
Shoveler -4
Little Grebe -9
Pochard -1
Skylark -20
Redwing - 100+
Siskin -8
Woodpigeon - 800+
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 18th of October 2023 07:07:53 AM
Dave Benson said
Mon Oct 16 7:22 PM, 2023
Whinchat back in field to the east of landfill at 4pm. With 2 Stonechat for company.
JOHN TYMON said
Mon Oct 16 6:12 PM, 2023
Decent morning with one extra special bird
of note
Shoveler- 5
Cormorant-2
Tufted Duck - 29
Pochard-2
Great Crested Grebe- 2
Peregrine - 1 Big Juvenile hunting Pigeons on the eastern arable
Buzzard-3
Siskin -6
Meadow Pipit - 60
Skylark- 30
Long Tailed Tit-23
Pink Footed Geese - 32 > west
Stonechat - 3
and the special bird
Whinchat- 1 Juvenile Picture below , a very late bird found on my way back to the car on the east side of landfill, then after about 15 mins flew SW over the entrance pool and seemingly off over the landfill High in the same direction , could not relocate it after looking for another half hour. Not my latest here as I had one on the 18th of October a few years ago but a highlight as its the first I've seen at the site all year.
Redwing - 7, flew SW, advance party for the thousands currently arriving along the east coast ??
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Oct 6 6:00 PM, 2023
Of note AM
Stonechat - 8 ( 2 groups of 4 today )
Kestrel-2
Great Created Grebe - 2
Pochard- 7
Gadwall-1
Swallow -1> s
Meadow Pipit - 80
Skylark -60
Buzzard-6
JOHN TYMON said
Thu Oct 5 3:53 PM, 2023
Of note Am
Not much movement today in the rain so mainly residents
Stonechat - 8 (2 M, 6 F/ juv) largest number in one area all together I can remember , nice to see them back , why they don't breed in perfect habitat is beyond me .
Chiffchaff-1
Swallow- 2 >S
Meadow Pipit - 60
Skylark - 40+
Woodpigeon - 800+
Buzzard-6
Kestrel-2
Goldfinch -30
Pochard-8
Gadwall-3
Cormorant=1
Great Crested Grebe - 2
Rob Smith said
Wed Oct 4 6:40 PM, 2023
Action from my local patch this morning [7.30 - 10.30am]. Vismig, southerly movement
Meadow Pipit - 123
Skylark - 129
Chaffinch -20
Greenfinch - 15
Siskin - 19
Crossbill - 3
Pied Wagtail - 6
Grey Wagtail - male, on west pool raft
Swallow - 9
Great spotted Woodpecker - 1, high south
Local birds Common Buzzard - 5, worming on local field
Pink footed Geese - 210, in 3 separate skeins [60, 70 & 80]
Canada Geese - 400+, spooked by helicopter, off local field & onto west pool
Cormorant - 5, flew SE
Lapwing - 80, in two flocks [50 & 30]
Golden Plover - 5, among first lapwing flock
Woodpigeon - 500+ on local fields
Jackdaw - 9, flew east
Pheasant - 13
Stonechat - 1 pair
Mistle Thrush - 1
JOHN TYMON said
Wed Oct 4 3:24 PM, 2023
Of Note this Morning
West pool had the feel of disturbance with Pochard down and no Shoveler or Teal so maybe fishermen had been on through the night.
Pochard-7
Canada Geese -700+
Pink Footed Geese -70
Stonechat- 4 ( 2 adults , 2 Juveniles)
Buzzard-8
Kestrel- 3
Swallow - 8 > S
Meadow Pipit - c100
Skylark - c80
Blackcap-2
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 4th of October 2023 03:45:52 PM
JOHN TYMON said
Tue Oct 3 5:35 PM, 2023
Am of note (a crackin' morning in the rain) Always seem to see more in bad weather
Redwing- 7 > South ( early for me)
Hobby- 1 Juvenile > South (probably latest I've seen)
Peregrine - 1 Juvenile hunting Woodpigeons on the eastern arable
Merlin - 1 Female hunting Starlings on the eastern arable
Kestrel-4
Buzzard-8
Lapwing - 73 eastern arable
Great Crested Grebe - 2
Little Grebe - 7
Reed Bunting -4
Shoveler - 4 Adults 1 Juvenile on west pool
Pochard - 28 on west pool
Swallow - 28 > south
House Martin - 2 > S
Chiffchaff- 3
Blackcap - 4
Siskin- 18 > South
Redpoll -2
Grey Heron -2
Teal -2
Meadow pipit - still piling through in between rain storms at average about 20 per min (1200 per hour) were the eck are all these coming from nearly 2 weeks of constant large movement , it amazing really
Skylark - c 300 > South in 2 hours
Pink Footed Geese - 8 > East
Canada Geese - 680 on Northern arable feeding then as usual onto the west pool at 11am before heading off east in dribs and drabs
Greylag Geese - 6 + 2 hybrids
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Tuesday 3rd of October 2023 05:37:00 PM
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Sep 30 3:53 PM, 2023
Of Note AM
Pochard - 31 ( high number of what seems a transient flock as some days there are a dozen others 18, as there are Juveniles present possibly from Woolston )
Gadwall- 3
Shoveler - 6 (pic below)
Swallow - 11 > South
Meadow Pipit - still flying south at approx 10 per min so roughly 1200 + South in 2 Hours
Pink Footed Geese - 65 > SE
Skylark - 200> S
Woodpigeon - 700> South
Kingfisher-1
Grey Heron - 2
Cormorant-3
Great Crested Grebe - 2
Goldfinch - 60
House Martin -2
Sparrowhawk - 1 Female
Chiffchaff-1
Kestrel - 4
Buzzard -4
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Saturday 30th of September 2023 04:02:04 PM
Marsh Harrier - 1 Male flying South showing very heavy moult giving a forked tail when circling , so beware of this bird locally before kite claims . (pic attached)
Siskin - 35 > South
Buzzard - 18- South and 8 across the site
Sparrowhawk- 1 Pair
Kestrel -4
Shoveler - 4
Good movement of Meadow Pipit and Skylark ,plenty on landfill also
House Martin - 15 > South
Swallow- 30+ South
Kingfisher-2
Grey Heron -2
Pink Footed Goose - 1 with Canadas on west pool
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 29th of September 2023 04:08:43 PM
The Canada Geese gathering each morning continues unabated and is the highlight at the moment,well for a patcher it doesn't take much to be a highlight. Originally 120 were on the pool early and left SE , but later 870 arrived from the NW . So record numbers again on the west pool and also contained an unringed Pink Footed Goose
So here are this morning's highlights
Canada Geese - 990
Greylag Geese - 8
Hybrid Greylag /Canada - 3
Pink Footed Geese - 1 on west pool, 14 >NW
Kingfisher-2
Grey Heron - 3
Cormorant - 4
Shoveler- 4
Pochard - 27
Little Egret - 1 > South
Swallow- 120 > South
House Martin - 25 > South
Kestrel - 4
Meadow Pipit - 60
Skylark-40
Chiffchaff -2
JOHN TYMON said
Tue Sep 26 2:10 PM, 2023
This morning there was a massive movement over the summit of the landfill of Meadow Pipit and other birds with constant movement south from 9 - 12 ,they were moving approx 20 per min. Full movement must have comprised of 3000+ Meadow pipits. Also in same movement all South
Swallow - 120+
Yellow Wagtail- 1
House Martin -10
Skylark-200+
Pink Footed Geese - 15
Siskin- 10
Buzzard - 10
Others sightings on the pools etc
Meadow Pipit- c60 on summit.
Wigeon - 2 (first of winter at SL for me ) Pic attached
Canada Geese- same as previous few weeks 500+ moving through west pool in the morning then off SE also 6 Greylag and 2 hybrid.
Shoveler-5
Great Crested Grebe - 2
Pochard - 18
Tufted Duck - 25
Little Grebe - 8
Chiffchaff - 5
Willow Warbler -1
Coal Tit -4
Goldfinch -60
Sparrowhawk-1
Kestrel - 5
Long tailed Tit-18
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Tuesday 26th of September 2023 06:13:21 PM
Same as below more or less except for no hobby,.with a few exceptions
Still Swallows piling through all morning 300+ south
Nuthatch - 1 flying north that was strange
Siskin - 30 >North
Dunlin -1 >South
Buzzard - 10
Kestrel-5
Chiffchaff - 1 Singing a few others around
The daily pass through the west pool of 500 + Canada's continues .
JOHN TYMON said
Thu Sep 21 6:41 PM, 2023
Crackin' Morning of bird movement South today highlights below
Meadow Pipit - 700+> South in Constant movement low over Landfill summit all morning, still moving through at 12.30 when I left
Tree Pipit- 5 > South
Reed Bunting - 20 > South plus 10 onsite
Yellow Wagtail - 3 > S
Buzzard - 20+ > S
House Martin - 2 > S
Swallow - 100+ S
Raven - 2 > S
Hobby - Juvenile Hunting high over summit of Landfill then headed off SW(pic attached)
other sightings
Canada Geese - Again the strange Gathering early on the west pool of 500+ hard to keep any real count as some leave , some arrive all seemingly head off east in dribs and drabs all morning , A dozen Greylag in with the flock and a couple of Hybrids.
Canada Geese - 770, site record by a mile. From an initial 300 they just kept arriving in numbers from the east, a common species it maybe but an impressive sight nonetheless
Am/pm
of note
Yellowhammer-8
Linnet - 120
Stonechat- 3
Pochard - 2 (1 Male and the oddball female )
Cormorant-3
Siskin-6
Great Spotted Woodpecker- 2
Little Grevbe-6
Gadwall-7
Lapwing -120
Pink Footed Geese - 70> SW
Black Headed Gull - 200
Common Gull-1
Kestrel-2
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 22nd of November 2023 04:18:29 PM
Gadwall - 8
Pochard - 4, inc 1 hybrid
Coot - 14
Black headed Gull - 80
Kingfisher - 1
Grey Partridge - 26, my highest ever count at SLP
Fieldfare - 50
Long tailed Tit - 12, in single flock
House Sparrow - 60, Ratcliffe farm area
Chaffinch - 60, on set aside.
Of note this morning
Wigeon- 12 came in stayed a few mins spooked by a Buzzard flew off South
Pochard -4 (3m,1 f)
Woodcock-1
Snipe- 2
Stonechat- 2
Yellowhammer -8
Willow Tit - 2
Redwing - 50
Fieldfare- 50
Buzzard -3
Kestrel - 2
Sparrowhawk -1 f
Tufted Duck - 9
Little Grebe - 5
Meadow Pipit -8
Lapwing - 120
Am of note
Stonechat - 7
Fieldfare - 50+ Redwing -50+
Lapwing -120
Mallard- 26
Gadwall -5
Shoveler-2
Siskin- 25
Redpoll -8
Woodcock-1
Yellowhammer-12
Chaffinch -60
Willow Tit - 2
Kestrel-2
Cormorant-3
Meadow pipit-8
Reed Bunting - 11
This morning to early afternoon of note
Stonechat - 5
Wigeon -1 Female
Shoveler- 3 Male
Pochard-1
Gadwall-7
Kestrel-3
Fieldfare - 400
Redwing- 200
Meadow Pipit - 17
Yellowhammer-6
Reed Bunting -10
Siskin 4
Redpoll -6
Cormorant-1
Snipe -3
This morning to early afternoon of note
Pink Footed Geese - fairly continuous movement East/SE all morning , and strangely from my vis mig point they were coming from the Mersey/Dee , and the Ribble . About 1400 altogether in the movement.
Yellowhammer-8
Reed Bunting - 9
Common Gull -1 adult
Meadow Pipit - 14
Shoveler- 1
Gadwall-8
Teal -2
Little Grebe - 6
Tufted Duck -14
Pochard -1
Stonechat-1 Imm Male
Cormorant-2
Kestrel-3
Buzzard-1
Linnet- 200+
Long Tailed Tit-20
Goldcrest -6
Fieldfare - 500+ around the area feeding
Redwing - 300+ around the area
Siskin- 10
Redpoll - 5
Grey Wagtail-2
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Thursday 16th of November 2023 09:19:55 PM
Nothing of real note today,pools the quietest I've ever seen them 8 Gadwall ,2 Cormorant and 40 Black Headed Gulls all that could be seen ,along with 10 coot and a few Tufted Duck on the entrance pool . Plenty Fieldfare and Redwing about and a few Redpoll and Siskin .
walkabout from 8.30 - 11.00am, noting some of the resident species
Gadwall - 6
Mallard - 11
Coot - 15
Moorhen - 6
Cormorant - 4
Black-headed Gull - 45
Herring Gull - 3, 2 adults/1 immature
Lapwing - 60, circling area
Great spotted Woodpecker - 1
Kestrel - 1
Magpie - 20, in single group
Goldcrest - 4
Treecreeper - 2
Wren - 12
Redwing - 50, small groups moving round area
Fieldfare - 100, same
Blackbird - 12
Robin - 19
House Sparrow - 15
Meadow Pipit - 15, around summit
Lesser Redpoll - 40, then away east
Goldfinch - 80
Siskin - 16, among goldfinch
Morning mooch that turned into a finch fest
Pools rather quiet with just a few Tufted and Little Grebe and 6 Gadwall
Other of note on surrounding farmland
Linnet - 300 + .largest flock I've seen here and unfortunately were the new Motorway Service station is imminently being built. Strange the ecology reports said the site held no birds of any significance on that land.
Corn Bunting - 1
Stonechat -1 male
Yellowhammer- 6
Chaffinch-60
Lapwing- 60
Brambling-2
Redpoll- 6
Siskin -8
Fieldfare - 100
Redwing - 80
Meadow Pipit-8
Kestrel - 2
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 15th of November 2023 11:13:55 AM
Apart from the usual this morning
2 male wigeon
1 Yellowhammer
The rest as was ,water levels too high for most things.
Pink footed Geese - 200, circling & then south
1 Male Goosander was new in today, more or less as previous days otherwise.
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Thursday 9th of November 2023 09:26:40 PM
Of Note today paths flooded in parts see pic
Wigeon - 2
Pochard - 3
Sparrowhawk - 1 Juvenile
Stonechat- 2
Little Grebe - 3
Cormorant - 1
Gadwall - 4
Kestrel - 3
Buzzard - 2
Grey Partridge - 3
Plus the usuals
Am - Good winter Thrush movement again , bodes well for Waxwings locally soon .
of note
Fieldfare - 1700+ SW plus about 300 onsite
Redwing - 600 + plus about 100 onsite
Pink Footed Geese - 270 > NW in 4 flocks
Stonechat-2
Grey Partridge- 3
Gadwall-7
Shoveler - 4
Pochard - 3
Grey Heron -2
Cormorant - 1
Kestrel - 3
Chaffinch -50
plus the usuals
Generally a quiet morning with small birds mostly absent and water levels on the northern pools the highest I've seen them in 23 years of monitoring the patch
Pink footed Geese - 200 over
Shoveler - 4, 3m/1f
Gadwall - 3
Mallard - 30
Pochard - 1
Tufted Duck - 14
Coot - 24
Moorhen - 6
Little Grebe - 8
Cormorant - 1
Jack Snipe - 1
Magpie - 17
Stonechat - 3, 2m/1f
Coal Tit - 2
Meadow Pipit - 25
Skylark - 15
Am of note
Whooper Swan - 7 > NW
Gadwall - 14
Pochard - 5
Shoveler - 5
Grey Heron - 2
Stonechat -2
Goldcrest - 6
AM/PM- Decent patch day
Ring Ouzel - 1 Male Briefly with a large flock of Fieldfare on eastern arable , flew South with flock almost immediately I saw it went over the Motorway towards Risley Moss .
Pink Footed Geese - c 3200 in many flocks in basically constant movement NW , at one point I could see over 1000 heading towards me and over Irlam (pic of some below )
Redwing- 200+
Fieldfare - 400+ many moving South
Buzzard -4
Kestrel-3
Redpoll - 15
Siskin-10
Goldcrest -8
Goldfinch -60
Grey Heron -3
Reed Bunting - 25+
Linnet- 120+
Chaffinch - 50+
Shoveler- 5(4m1f)
Tufted Duck -12
Gadwall-5
Raven - 2 > East
Pochard-7
Mallard - 27
Little Grebe -3
cormorant - 1
Bullfinch -5
Long Tailed Tit- 30
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 3rd of November 2023 07:01:33 PM
AM/PM
Marsh Harrier - 1 Fem/ imm > NE
Buzzard - 2
Kestrel-2
Shoveler-5
Gadwall - 8
Pochard-6
Teal-2
Cormorant -5
Mute Swan-1
Godcrest-6
Redpoll-10
Linnet-130
Chaffinch- c50
Fieldfare-300
Pink Footed Geese - 40> NE
Long Tailed Tit- 25
Bullfich-5
Reed Bunting -14
Stonechat -4
Mallard - 24,
Pochard - 9, 5m/4f
Tufted Duck - 18
Kingfisher - 1
Fieldfare - 300, dropping onto trees
Redwing - 100, doing same
Mistle Thrush - 2, same
Lapwing - 250
Great black backed Gull - 2, on east fields
Common Buzzard - 3, worming on east fields
Stock Dove - 100 with
Woodpigeon - 250
Pheasant 9, inc a hybrid with grouse type markings
Linnet - 70, increasing
Chaffinch - 20
Reed Bunting - 15
Stonechat - 2 pairs
10am-1pm
Wigeon - 2
Gadwall - 2
Greater Black Backed Gull - 45 flying NE in small groups off to feed somewere in Manchester.
Teal-1
Pochard-6
Kestrel-2
Buzzard-2
Pink Footed Geese - 270 SE
Stonechat - 6
Woodpigeon -2000+ on eastern arable
Stock Dove -20+
Little Grebe -2
Fieldfare - 200+ around the area
Redwing - 200+
Reed Bunting-c 20
Linnet- 40+
Chaffinch - 50+
Goldfinch -60
Siskin - 28 > SE
Redpoll - 4
Pied Wagtail - 12 in ploughed area east of set aside
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-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 27th of October 2023 07:47:37 PM
AM/PM of note 4 mile 3.5 hour mooch same route as last 2 days .
Shoveler - 4
Gadwall- 2
Pochard-3
Kingfisher- 1
Meadow Pipit- 30
Reed Bunting -10
Stonechat - 4
Buzzard-3
Kestrel-3
Cormorant -2 imm
Skylark -20
Grey Partridge-8
Long Tailed Tit - 30
Goldcrest -6 with the big LTT flock
Redpoll -2
Chaffinch-40
Linnet-20
Woodpigeon - c 1500
Lapwing- 30
plus the usuals
AM/PM OF NOTE
Wigeon - 1
Teal-8
Pochard-3
Kestrel-3
Buzzard-4
Pink Footed Geese - 750 NE in 5 flocks
Stonechat - 4
Woodpigeon -3000+ on eastern arable
Stock Dove -40+
Little Grebe -4
Fieldfare - 200+ around the area , a few shots below
Redwing - 200+
Reed Bunting 25+
Yellowhammer - 3
Linnet- 25+
Chaffinch - 50+
Goldfinch -60
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-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 25th of October 2023 07:31:53 PM
of note today
19 Grey Partridge
16 Teal
5 Shoveler
5 Pochard
lots of Fieldfare and redwing
Stonechat -2
Golden Plover - 1 disturbed from landfill summit
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 25th of October 2023 02:12:53 PM
Yellow browed Warbler - calling from east side hedgerow moving with long tailed tit flock
Whinchat - still here, despite the efforts of the recent storm!
Stonechat - 2, immature male & female on summit
Linnet - 60, first decent sized flock for awhile
Meadow Pipit - 40+, around summit
Skylark - 20, around summit
Redwing & Fieldfare - small groups of each criss-crossing reserve
Grey Wagtail - flew north
Starling - 100, flock moving around area
Grey Partridge - 5, east fields
Stock Dove - 70, east fields
Lapwing - 60 overhead
Sparrowhawk - male flew north
Common Buzzard - 7, 4 worming in field, 3 circling overhead
From this pm
Teal - 42, 2nd highest ever total by my records
Gadwall - 6
Kingfisher - 1, male
Grey Wagtail - 1, male
Stonechat - 3
Fieldfare - 200 flew west + 100 moving around local area
A Crackin' Am /pm on.the patch Today
Highlights only
Whinchat- 1 Juv/1st W present again for the 3rd day and now officially the latest ever for me and most likely site also.Pic off back of camera below.
Marsh Harrier- 2 ,1 Juvenile went south about 12.15 and one Female east about 12.30 . Record pics off back of camera below.
Fieldfare - 500+ west in one massive flock plus 100 or so in smaller flocks
Redwing - 200 South
Brambling - 1 flying South
Teal - 23 on west pool
Buzzard - 5
Stonechat - 4
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Thursday 19th of October 2023 06:17:48 PM
AM-PM
West pool seems to be disturbed at the moment not sure if its being fished at night but there was very little on there today, even the Great Crested Grebe were missing, also the Motorway Service Station seems imminent as some tin buildings and the farm gate into the field at junc 11 have been removed, those tin buildings have probably been there since the 2nd WW, as they looked more like shelters than farm buildings some called them the maggot farm.
of note
Fieldfare - hard to count as many were over in all directions but 300+ around the area and similar numbers of Redwing
Pochard-1
Stonechat -4
Buzzard-4
Kestrel 3
Whinchat - 1 Juvenile -- Nice to still have the Juvenile Whinchat present today on the patch which makes it the equal Latest ever sighting for me and most likely for the site . Amazing to think this would normally be in Africa now for the winter , so its a mega for the site so late in the year, and the only sight record of the species this year for me is this bird. Also amazing is the previous latest in 2019 was in exactly the same spot on the same date and was a Juvenile .
plus the usuals
Stock Dove 80 - Lapwing 300 - Woodpigeon 600 - Redwing, 100 around area - Fieldfare 70 - Sparrowhawk, large female - Chiffchaff, 2 singing still - Goldfinch 20 - Goldcrest 4 - Whinchat juvenile
From 15/10 - Tufted Duck 38 - Shoveler 6 -
Am of note
Great Black Backed Gull - decent passage NE 53 in total in small groups between 1 and 7
Whinchat - 1 Juv still present but highly mobile .very late if it stays until tomorrow, it will be the equal latest ever for me.
Stonechat - 3
Fieldfare - 85 West
Peregrine - 1 Juv heading NE
Merlin - 1 Headed NE followed towards LWM watched through the bins
Shoveler -4
Little Grebe -9
Pochard -1
Skylark -20
Redwing - 100+
Siskin -8
Woodpigeon - 800+
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 18th of October 2023 07:07:53 AM
Decent morning with one extra special bird
of note
Shoveler- 5
Cormorant-2
Tufted Duck - 29
Pochard-2
Great Crested Grebe- 2
Peregrine - 1 Big Juvenile hunting Pigeons on the eastern arable
Buzzard-3
Siskin -6
Meadow Pipit - 60
Skylark- 30
Long Tailed Tit-23
Pink Footed Geese - 32 > west
Stonechat - 3
and the special bird
Whinchat- 1 Juvenile Picture below , a very late bird found on my way back to the car on the east side of landfill, then after about 15 mins flew SW over the entrance pool and seemingly off over the landfill High in the same direction , could not relocate it after looking for another half hour. Not my latest here as I had one on the 18th of October a few years ago but a highlight as its the first I've seen at the site all year.
Am mainly in mist and fog
Willow Tit- 2
Stonechat-2
Meadow Pipit- 200
Skylark -100
Buzzard -4
Redwing - 30
Of note pm
Fieldfare - 270 West and about 80 down in the area
Redwing - 380 West and about 100 down in.the area
Shoveler - 3
Gadwall -3
Stonechat -2
Buzzard - 4
Snipe -1
Starling -500 On eastern arable
Of note Am
Fieldfare 85 > west
Redwing - c200 around the area and heading SW
Grey Partrige -3
Stonechat - 4
Meadow pipit- 120
Skarlark - 200 + South and 40 onsite
Shoveler -3
Great Crested Grebe -2
Am
A week after my first at Silver Lane the Redwings started to come through some landing of note this morning
Redwing- 360 West and 85 came down and landed in the SW valley area during low cloud and drizzle (see pic of flocks moving through)
Fieldfare- 4 in with the flock of 85 Redwing that landed
Hobby- 1 Juvenile South (im sure this is the latest I've ever seen )bit crazy on the day Redwings arrive
Siskin - 40 South
Skylark - 100 South + 40 onsite
Meadow Pipit- 55
Pink Footed Geese - 320 around the area in different size flocks , biggest flock about 160
Shoveler- 3
Gadwall-3
Wigeon-4
Grey Heron -2
Cormorant-1
Chiffchaff-1
Goldcrest - 9+
Woodpigeon - 700+ on eastern arable
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Monday 9th of October 2023 06:26:58 PM
Of note AM
Stonechat - 8 ( 2 groups of 4 today )
Kestrel-2
Great Created Grebe - 2
Pochard- 7
Gadwall-1
Swallow -1> s
Meadow Pipit - 80
Skylark -60
Buzzard-6
Of note Am
Not much movement today in the rain so mainly residents
Stonechat - 8 (2 M, 6 F/ juv) largest number in one area all together I can remember , nice to see them back , why they don't breed in perfect habitat is beyond me .
Chiffchaff-1
Swallow- 2 >S
Meadow Pipit - 60
Skylark - 40+
Woodpigeon - 800+
Buzzard-6
Kestrel-2
Goldfinch -30
Pochard-8
Gadwall-3
Cormorant=1
Great Crested Grebe - 2
Vismig, southerly movement
Meadow Pipit - 123
Skylark - 129
Chaffinch -20
Greenfinch - 15
Siskin - 19
Crossbill - 3
Pied Wagtail - 6
Grey Wagtail - male, on west pool raft
Swallow - 9
Great spotted Woodpecker - 1, high south
Local birds
Common Buzzard - 5, worming on local field
Pink footed Geese - 210, in 3 separate skeins [60, 70 & 80]
Canada Geese - 400+, spooked by helicopter, off local field & onto west pool
Cormorant - 5, flew SE
Lapwing - 80, in two flocks [50 & 30]
Golden Plover - 5, among first lapwing flock
Woodpigeon - 500+ on local fields
Jackdaw - 9, flew east
Pheasant - 13
Stonechat - 1 pair
Mistle Thrush - 1
Of Note this Morning
West pool had the feel of disturbance with Pochard down and no Shoveler or Teal so maybe fishermen had been on through the night.
Pochard-7
Canada Geese -700+
Pink Footed Geese -70
Stonechat- 4 ( 2 adults , 2 Juveniles)
Buzzard-8
Kestrel- 3
Swallow - 8 > S
Meadow Pipit - c100
Skylark - c80
Blackcap-2
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 4th of October 2023 03:45:52 PM
Am of note (a crackin' morning in the rain) Always seem to see more in bad weather
Redwing- 7 > South ( early for me)
Hobby- 1 Juvenile > South (probably latest I've seen)
Peregrine - 1 Juvenile hunting Woodpigeons on the eastern arable
Merlin - 1 Female hunting Starlings on the eastern arable
Kestrel-4
Buzzard-8
Lapwing - 73 eastern arable
Great Crested Grebe - 2
Little Grebe - 7
Reed Bunting -4
Shoveler - 4 Adults 1 Juvenile on west pool
Pochard - 28 on west pool
Swallow - 28 > south
House Martin - 2 > S
Chiffchaff- 3
Blackcap - 4
Siskin- 18 > South
Redpoll -2
Grey Heron -2
Teal -2
Meadow pipit - still piling through in between rain storms at average about 20 per min (1200 per hour) were the eck are all these coming from nearly 2 weeks of constant large movement , it amazing really
Skylark - c 300 > South in 2 hours
Pink Footed Geese - 8 > East
Canada Geese - 680 on Northern arable feeding then as usual onto the west pool at 11am before heading off east in dribs and drabs
Greylag Geese - 6 + 2 hybrids
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Tuesday 3rd of October 2023 05:37:00 PM
Of Note AM
Pochard - 31 ( high number of what seems a transient flock as some days there are a dozen others 18, as there are Juveniles present possibly from Woolston )
Gadwall- 3
Shoveler - 6 (pic below)
Swallow - 11 > South
Meadow Pipit - still flying south at approx 10 per min so roughly 1200 + South in 2 Hours
Pink Footed Geese - 65 > SE
Skylark - 200> S
Woodpigeon - 700> South
Kingfisher-1
Grey Heron - 2
Cormorant-3
Great Crested Grebe - 2
Goldfinch - 60
House Martin -2
Sparrowhawk - 1 Female
Chiffchaff-1
Kestrel - 4
Buzzard -4
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Saturday 30th of September 2023 04:02:04 PM
Of note AM
Marsh Harrier - 1 Male flying South showing very heavy moult giving a forked tail when circling , so beware of this bird locally before kite claims . (pic attached)
Siskin - 35 > South
Buzzard - 18- South and 8 across the site
Sparrowhawk- 1 Pair
Kestrel -4
Shoveler - 4
Good movement of Meadow Pipit and Skylark ,plenty on landfill also
House Martin - 15 > South
Swallow- 30+ South
Kingfisher-2
Grey Heron -2
Pink Footed Goose - 1 with Canadas on west pool
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 29th of September 2023 04:08:43 PM
Am
The Canada Geese gathering each morning continues unabated and is the highlight at the moment,well for a patcher it doesn't take much to be a highlight. Originally 120 were on the pool early and left SE , but later 870 arrived from the NW . So record numbers again on the west pool and also contained an unringed Pink Footed Goose
So here are this morning's highlights
Canada Geese - 990
Greylag Geese - 8
Hybrid Greylag /Canada - 3
Pink Footed Geese - 1 on west pool, 14 >NW
Kingfisher-2
Grey Heron - 3
Cormorant - 4
Shoveler- 4
Pochard - 27
Little Egret - 1 > South
Swallow- 120 > South
House Martin - 25 > South
Kestrel - 4
Meadow Pipit - 60
Skylark-40
Chiffchaff -2
This morning there was a massive movement over the summit of the landfill of Meadow Pipit and other birds with constant movement south from 9 - 12 ,they were moving approx 20 per min. Full movement must have comprised of 3000+ Meadow pipits. Also in same movement all South
Swallow - 120+
Yellow Wagtail- 1
House Martin -10
Skylark-200+
Pink Footed Geese - 15
Siskin- 10
Buzzard - 10
Others sightings on the pools etc
Meadow Pipit- c60 on summit.
Wigeon - 2 (first of winter at SL for me ) Pic attached
Canada Geese- same as previous few weeks 500+ moving through west pool in the morning then off SE also 6 Greylag and 2 hybrid.
Shoveler-5
Great Crested Grebe - 2
Pochard - 18
Tufted Duck - 25
Little Grebe - 8
Chiffchaff - 5
Willow Warbler -1
Coal Tit -4
Goldfinch -60
Sparrowhawk-1
Kestrel - 5
Long tailed Tit-18
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Tuesday 26th of September 2023 06:13:21 PM
Am
Same as below more or less except for no hobby,.with a few exceptions
Still Swallows piling through all morning 300+ south
Nuthatch - 1 flying north that was strange
Siskin - 30 >North
Dunlin -1 >South
Buzzard - 10
Kestrel-5
Chiffchaff - 1 Singing a few others around
The daily pass through the west pool of 500 + Canada's continues .
Crackin' Morning of bird movement South today highlights below
Meadow Pipit - 700+> South in Constant movement low over Landfill summit all morning, still moving through at 12.30 when I left
Tree Pipit- 5 > South
Reed Bunting - 20 > South plus 10 onsite
Yellow Wagtail - 3 > S
Buzzard - 20+ > S
House Martin - 2 > S
Swallow - 100+ S
Raven - 2 > S
Hobby - Juvenile Hunting high over summit of Landfill then headed off SW(pic attached)
other sightings
Canada Geese - Again the strange Gathering early on the west pool of 500+ hard to keep any real count as some leave , some arrive all seemingly head off east in dribs and drabs all morning , A dozen Greylag in with the flock and a couple of Hybrids.
Pochard-14
Shoveler-2
Kingfisher - 2
Nuthatch -1
Little Grebe - 10
Great Crested Grebe-2
Skylark - 20 onsite many others over south
Kestrel- 4 Hunting across the site
Sparrowhawk- 3
Willow Warbler-2
Chiffchaff-8
Blackcap-4
Goldfinch - 100 onsite
Linnet - 15
Stonechat - 1 Pair
plus the usuals
Good 3 hour mooch this morning of note
Spotted Flycatcher - 1 in trees on summit of Landfill
Hobby - 2 Adults ,both heading NE over summit of Landfill watched towards Little Wooldon Moss (poor record shot of one of them below)
Large Numbers of Canada Geese again gathering on west pool before most heading east , also contained 6 Greylag
Swallow - Large Numbers still piling through South
House Martin - decent numbers high South
Shoveler-4
Pochard - 14
Tufted Duck- 36
Great Crested Grebe - 2
Peregrine - 1 Hunting the eastern arable
Stonechat - 1 Pair on eastern arable
Blackcap-2
Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff still around in small numbers
Little Grebe - 10
Kestrel-3
Buzzard-8
Yellow Wagtail- 1 > south
Reed Bunting -8
Meadow Pipit and Skylark in small numbers on summit.
Canada Geese - 770, site record by a mile. From an initial 300 they just kept arriving in numbers from the east, a common species it maybe but an impressive sight nonetheless
Greylag Geese - 6, among the flock
Hybrid Geese - 2, same
Pochard - 11
Kingfisher - 1, west pool
Chiffchaff - 2, singing birds