Chris Chandler posted this on another thread earlier but this thread includes Kenworthy Woods so I've copied it across for the continuity:
"Morning walk with Simon Gough along the Mersey (9.30 - 12pm).
Pretty drab conditions - heavy drizzle throughout and mist hanging over the river. We crossed over the river by the Water Park and followed the opposite bank up to Jackson's Boat.
The plan was to check for Common Whitethroat in the area round the electricity substation, as I've seen them here in previous years. After scouring the dense brambles in the area for several minutes, we were surprised by a sudden burst of Lesser Whitethroat song and the bird showed for a few seconds before flying further down the river. We followed it to a cordoned off area with several 'Caution - Japanese Knotweed' signs. The bird stayed in this area, but out of sight for around 40 minutes. By this stage the rain was pretty persistent and only the brief bursts of song let us know it was still there.
Eventually the rain let up and the bird began singing almost continuously and afforded us several much better views. I've seen Lesser Whitethroat on this section of the river before, but it was great to find one ourselves and made up for an otherwise grim morning!
No Common Whitethroat along the river, though we did see one later at Hardy Farm.
Also seen:
Lots of Blackcap Chiffchaff Ring-Necked Parakeet Grey Wagtail Buzzard Great Spotted Woodpecker "
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sun Apr 8 9:38 PM, 2018
From about 4.30 - 5.30 this afternoon:
1 willow warbler 1 chiffchaff 3 mooorhen 5 coot 5 tufted duck 5 mute swan 3 great crested grebe 13 black-headed gull (mostly sub-adults that only dropped in briefly) 1 cormorant 1 lesser-black-backed gull 1 herring gull
steven burke said
Sat Apr 7 11:07 PM, 2018
6-7.30pm
1 willow warbler 4 chiffchaff 6 blackcap 30+ sand Martin 3 house martin 2 swallow 4 ring-necked parakeet 2 reed bunting 2 bullfinch 3 redwing 2 grey wagtail & 2 Goosander on the river. Sat in my car in the car park having a brew before the walk around & heard some tapping on my rear window, looked in my rear view mirror to see a long tailed tit sat on my wiper, must of been picking at insects
On the walk from the tram stop at Sale WP: buzzard and cormorant at Jackson's Boat, grey wagtail further along the river and a lesser redpoll on Barlow Tip.
Shannon Llewellyn said
Thu Feb 8 12:14 PM, 2018
Steve Christmas wrote:
Hi Shannon,
This was ringed as a moulting adult female on 25/6/2016 at Ambleside, Windermere.
Many thanks for the sighting
Steve
Just had an e-mail from the ringers to confirm this information, but also of interest, this is the first of the birds they've ringedat Windermere to be seen in Greater Manchester (this individual had previously been seen in Nosterfield, North Yorkshire).
It's also my own first record of this species for CWP, too.
Shannon Llewellyn said
Wed Feb 7 7:48 PM, 2018
James Walsh wrote:
Fem/imm Red-breasted Merganser showing well adjacent to the island on the east side of Chorlton Water Park from 4:30pm-5pm when it flew west also 14 Pochard (12 drakes 2 females)
Balls. Day off today for a wild merganser hunt; here in the morning, when there was no sign, left to have a look on Sale Water Park (via Barlow Tip, etc), where it also wasn't, then a quick scurry back up here before light failed, which would have been just after five; I must have missed it by minutes. I bet it flew back to Sale, too. Probably laughing.
Anyway. Here from about 9.30 - 11.30; much of the lake frozen, which made counting easier than it normally is here:
1 nuthatch heard 5+ house sparrow 2 siskin 2 greenfinch 2 bullfinch 1 grey wagtail 2 song thrush 4 moorhen 28 coot 7 gadwall 18 tufted duck 11 or 12 pochard (1 female, with another probable female tucked away amongst vegetation, too obscured to confirm) 12 mute swan 4 or 5 great crested grebe 216 black-headed gull 9 common gull 4 lesser black-backed gull 2 herring gull
James Walsh said
Wed Feb 7 5:02 PM, 2018
Fem/imm Red-breasted Merganser showing well adjacent to the island on the east side of Chorlton Water Park from 4:30pm-5pm when it flew west also 14 Pochard (12 drakes 2 females)
Pete Hines said
Wed Feb 7 12:35 PM, 2018
11.30-12.00
Pochard 9 male Tufted Duck 16 Gadwall 2 Great crested Grebe 6 Cormorant 1 Treecreeper 1
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 7th of February 2018 01:49:38 PM
Steven Nelson said
Tue Feb 6 6:12 PM, 2018
Anothers quick visit this evening 15.50-16.20
No sign of Red-breasted Merganser
14 Pochard - 11m & 3f 1 Grey Wagtail 2 Ring-necked Parakeets on the feeders
....then off to Sale WP to see if RB Merganser was there....see Sale WP post!
John Sleaford said
Tue Feb 6 3:03 PM, 2018
Female Red-breasted Merganser back on the lake around 12.30.
This was ringed as a moulting adult female on 25/6/2016 at Ambleside, Windermere.
Many thanks for the sighting
Steve
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sun Feb 4 9:55 PM, 2018
Ian McKerchar wrote:
Hi Shannon,
the Greylag Goose with a neck band sounds interesting, pleased try robert.swann@homecall.co.uk for information as it sounds possibly like one of theirs?
Cheers,
Ian
Hi Ian,
I reported it to the BTO's ring-recovery page, so hopefully it should get through to him via that.
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Feb 4 9:08 PM, 2018
Hi Shannon,
the Greylag Goose with a neck band sounds interesting, pleased try robert.swann@homecall.co.uk for information as it sounds possibly like one of theirs?
Cheers,
Ian
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sun Feb 4 8:49 PM, 2018
Hour here before dark today. No red-breasted merganser for me, but here's what I did note:
1-2 or more grey wagtail, plenty of activity around the little reed bed, where I've sen them congregate before, but never more than one at a time. 8 moorhen 33+ coot 17 gadwall 18+ tufted duck 12 pochard (one female) 2 goosander 1 greylag goose (with a red / dark orange neck-ring, SCZ) 10 mute swan 4 great crested grebe
Pete Hines said
Sun Feb 4 1:17 PM, 2018
Red-breasted Merganser redhead still present
Lesser Redpoll 1 Barlow Tip
Siskin 1 Barlow Tip
Redwing 40 Barlow Tip
Pete Hines said
Sat Feb 3 3:31 PM, 2018
13.20-14.50
Red-breasted Merganser 1 redhead Goosander 2 male, 1 redhead Goldeneye 1 Pochard 12 male, 2 female Tufted Duck 19 Pink-footed Geese 33 flew over west at 14.24 Kingfisher 1
Same as Pete Hines post, plus a couple of Siskin in a mixed flock of Tits feeding on the Alders at Barlow Tip and a Kestrel on the boundary with the golf course. No Merganser . Nice to see Steve Almond.
Film of the Red-breasted Merganser recorded on Chorlton Water Park at 2pm Monday 29th January 2018 https://youtu.be/5mye2dNVjyo
James Walsh said
Mon Jan 29 9:44 PM, 2018
At 4pm a pair of Goldeneye but no sign of the Red-breasted Merganser and Goosanders, they presumably roosted elsewhere, perhaps Sale Water Park
James Walsh said
Mon Jan 29 1:59 PM, 2018
Fem/imm Red-breasted Merganser with 5 Goosander (3 adult drakes) 1:55pm also 30 Tufted Duck 3 Great Crested Grebe
Paul Heaton said
Sun Jan 14 5:08 PM, 2018
This afternoon
B H Gulls 200+
Common Gull 18
Great Crested Grebe 7
Pochard 6
Tufted duck 17
Kingfisher 1
plus the regulars
Keep Birding
Simon Gough said
Sun Jan 7 6:29 PM, 2018
A quick lap of the lake with David Morris from around 12-13.00 today
We had the same stuff as Joel on the water, where a fair bit of ice was keeping the waterfowl from the northern shoreline. No small finches or similar seen but the highlight for me at least was a Woodcock whooshing by overhead, heading for Barlow Tip. Presumably it had been rudely disturbed by one of the seven million or so dogs being walked by the good burghers of Chorlton...
Joel Tragen said
Sun Jan 7 4:46 PM, 2018
2:15pm - 3:00pm. A short scroll around the lake, very busy with people so not many birds seen other than what was on the lake. 6 pochards (all males) a pair or goldeneye 17 tufted ducks 2 cormorant 4 great crested grebes ~100 black-headed gulls ~15 common gulls 3 lesser black-backed gulls what looked like a dead gull on the ice around the reed bed
Shannon Llewellyn said
Fri Jan 5 7:28 PM, 2018
Today, early-mid afternoon. Fire brigade testing equipment (presumably) at one end, so overall numbers perhaps a little down:
2 goldcrest 8+ house sparrow 5+ goldfinch 2 chaffinch 1 bullfinch 1 grey wagtail 4+ redwing 1 collared dove 4 ring-necked parakeet 4 moorhen 53+ coot 2 gadwall 24+ tufted duck 11 pochard (sex ratio as below) 10 mute swan 6 great crested grebe 1 cormorant c80 black-headed gull 4 common gull
Mute Swan (10, 2 ad, 8 1w) Gadwall (2, 1m) Pochard (2m) Tufted Duck (c8m) Cormorant (4) GC Grebe (2) Herring Gull (2 ad) west over. Lesser Black-backed Gull (5 ad) four west and one south over. Stock Dove (3) west over the water park. Grey Wagtail (1)
-- Edited by Liam_Langley on Thursday 21st of December 2017 05:07:37 PM
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sun Dec 10 6:57 PM, 2017
Mid afternoon for an hour and a half or so; snow coming down quite heavily, so visibility was pretty poor.
6 house sparrow 10+ goldfinch 2 collared dove 2 ring-necked parakeet 2 moorhen 60+ coot 6 gadwall 2 shoveler 18+ tufted duck 1 pochard (male) 9 mute swan 2 or 3 great crested grebe 2 cormorant c130 black-headed gull 10+ common gull 2 herring gull
Tony Darby said
Tue Dec 5 10:01 PM, 2017
Decent number of finches this morning on Alders on the south side. c100 Siskin and Goldfinch in equal numbers.
Pete Hines said
Wed Nov 29 10:24 PM, 2017
Pochard 2 ( 1 male & 1 female) Kingfisher 2 Siskin 10+ (possibly more in the area) Lesser Redpoll 2+ (possibly more in the area) Herring Gull 1 Lesser Black-backed gull 2
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 9th of November 2017 05:13:22 PM
Chris Jackson said
Mon Nov 6 12:36 PM, 2017
This morning 11.00 to noon: 1 male pochard, first of the season 1 wigeon
Friday morning (3/11): 1 male shoveler 2 wigeon 4 or 5 redwing
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 9th of November 2017 05:13:39 PM
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sun Nov 5 10:34 PM, 2017
Here for an hour late afternoon, as dark descended; nothing like the number of species found as post below, but counts were:
1 goldcrest 4+ grey wagtail (making a tremendous racket from the reed bed end, great to hear) 3 moorhen 61+ coot 13+ tufted duck 16+ gadwall 3 great crested grebe 10 mute swan 60+ black-headed gull, mainly over or departing 4 cormorant
steven burke said
Sun Nov 5 8:25 PM, 2017
9.30-11.30am
24 gadwall 17 tufted duck 1 teal 1 wigeon 3 great crested grebes 3 cormorant 3 grey wagtail 82 coot 6 common gulls 70+ black headed gulls 10 mute swans 1 ring-necked parakeet on the feeders 1 goosander, over 1 kingfisher 9 siskin 1 sparrowhawk 7 goldcrest 2 bullfinch 1 kestrel 1 meadow pipit, over
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 21st of October 2017 05:32:26 PM
Paul Heaton said
Mon Sep 25 2:10 PM, 2017
Morning Visit.
Tawny Owl 1
Mute swan 2 adults 7 cygents
Canada Geese 26
Cormorants 5
Ring necked parakeets 5
Nuthatch 2
Goldcrest 4
BH Gull 120
Coots 100 +
Moorhen 30 +
Jay 3
Blue Tit 9
Great Tit 11
Long tailed Tit 15
Keep Birding
steven burke said
Sun Sep 3 10:20 PM, 2017
2-6pm
pair of mute swans with 8 cygnets pair of great crested grebe with 4 juveniles 10 gadwall 2 tufted duck 1 kingfisher 15 chiffchaff 2 nuthatch 2 chaffinch 5 jay 5 bullfinch 1 cormorant 1 sparrowhawk 15 ring-necked parakeets.
on/over the river, 4 grey wagtail, c40 swallows & 10 house martins.
Paul Wilkins said
Sun Aug 13 6:57 PM, 2017
Hobby circling high above the water park/River Mersey. In association with Black-headed Gulls but often above them. It looked as if they were all feeding on flying insects.
Paul Heaton said
Sat Jul 29 4:40 PM, 2017
Morning stroll around. All the normal residents on the water, and Warblers finches and buntings at Barlow tip.
Mandarin duck
Kingfisher
two best birds on a very quiet day.
Keep Birding
Nick Hilton said
Tue Jul 25 10:01 PM, 2017
A pair of Raven circled the water park at circa 1930 this evening, before heading off SE
James Richardson said
Mon Jul 24 7:32 PM, 2017
Willow tit seen and warning calling at Barlow tip on Sunday afternoon.
Liam_Langley said
Mon May 8 5:14 PM, 2017
Quick visit this afternoon 13.47 - 15.20 with the following highlights:
COMMON SANDPIPER (1) flushed from the north shore at 14.03 and circled the lake calling although I didn't see where it went to. Only my third CWP record! Mute Swan (1) Tufted Duck (5, 3m) Buzzard (1) Swift (c15) House Martin (2+) Sand Martin (2+) Swallow Reed Warbler (1m) singing in the reed bed at the east end. Whitethroat (2m) Willow Warbler (1m)
-- Edited by Liam_Langley on Monday 8th of May 2017 05:54:57 PM
Liam_Langley said
Fri May 5 4:59 PM, 2017
Nice wander round this afternoon 13.42 - 14.56 with the following highlights:
LESSER WHITETHROAT (1m) singing along the river adjacent to Barlow Tip - a patch tick for me! Whitethroat (2+ m) Willow Warbler (2m) Swift (8+) my first of the year over Barlow Tip House Martin (2) over Barlow Tip Swallow Great Crested Grebe (3ad)
"Morning walk with Simon Gough along the Mersey (9.30 - 12pm).
Pretty drab conditions - heavy drizzle throughout and mist hanging over the river. We crossed over the river by the Water Park and followed the opposite bank up to Jackson's Boat.
The plan was to check for Common Whitethroat in the area round the electricity substation, as I've seen them here in previous years. After scouring the dense brambles in the area for several minutes, we were surprised by a sudden burst of Lesser Whitethroat song and the bird showed for a few seconds before flying further down the river. We followed it to a cordoned off area with several 'Caution - Japanese Knotweed' signs. The bird stayed in this area, but out of sight for around 40 minutes. By this stage the rain was pretty persistent and only the brief bursts of song let us know it was still there.
Eventually the rain let up and the bird began singing almost continuously and afforded us several much better views. I've seen Lesser Whitethroat on this section of the river before, but it was great to find one ourselves and made up for an otherwise grim morning!
No Common Whitethroat along the river, though we did see one later at Hardy Farm.
Also seen:
Lots of Blackcap
Chiffchaff
Ring-Necked Parakeet
Grey Wagtail
Buzzard
Great Spotted Woodpecker "
1 willow warbler
1 chiffchaff
3 mooorhen
5 coot
5 tufted duck
5 mute swan
3 great crested grebe
13 black-headed gull (mostly sub-adults that only dropped in briefly)
1 cormorant
1 lesser-black-backed gull
1 herring gull
1 willow warbler
4 chiffchaff
6 blackcap
30+ sand Martin
3 house martin
2 swallow
4 ring-necked parakeet
2 reed bunting
2 bullfinch
3 redwing
2 grey wagtail & 2 Goosander on the river.
Sat in my car in the car park having a brew before the walk around & heard some tapping on my rear window, looked in my rear view mirror to see a long tailed tit sat on my wiper, must of been picking at insects
Goldeneye 1m 2f.
Tufted Duck 9
Pochard 3m 1f.
Ring-necked Parakeet 2
Late morning.
Goldeneye 1m 1f.
Goosander 1m.
Pochard 3m.
Tufted Duck 8
Great Crested Grebes.
Coots.
Mallards.
Moorhens.
Herring Gull 1 imm.
Common Gulls.
Black-headed Gulls.
etc.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 21st of February 2018 08:30:04 PM
c20 goldfinch
2 chaffinch
1 bullfinch
1 grey wagtail
1 redwing
2 collared dove
5 moorhen
29+ coot
28 tufted dudck
12 pochard (one female)
1 goldeneye
12 mute swan
5 great crested grebe
1 grey heron
2 cormorant
c80 black-headed gull
5+ common gull
1 herring gull
On the walk from the tram stop at Sale WP: buzzard and cormorant at Jackson's Boat, grey wagtail further along the river and a lesser redpoll on Barlow Tip.
Just had an e-mail from the ringers to confirm this information, but also of interest, this is the first of the birds they've ringedat Windermere to be seen in Greater Manchester (this individual had previously been seen in Nosterfield, North Yorkshire).
It's also my own first record of this species for CWP, too.
Balls. Day off today for a wild merganser hunt; here in the morning, when there was no sign, left to have a look on Sale Water Park (via Barlow Tip, etc), where it also wasn't, then a quick scurry back up here before light failed, which would have been just after five; I must have missed it by minutes. I bet it flew back to Sale, too. Probably laughing.
Anyway. Here from about 9.30 - 11.30; much of the lake frozen, which made counting easier than it normally is here:
1 nuthatch heard
5+ house sparrow
2 siskin
2 greenfinch
2 bullfinch
1 grey wagtail
2 song thrush
4 moorhen
28 coot
7 gadwall
18 tufted duck
11 or 12 pochard (1 female, with another probable female tucked away amongst vegetation, too obscured to confirm)
12 mute swan
4 or 5 great crested grebe
216 black-headed gull
9 common gull
4 lesser black-backed gull
2 herring gull
11.30-12.00
Pochard 9 male
Tufted Duck 16
Gadwall 2
Great crested Grebe 6
Cormorant 1
Treecreeper 1
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 7th of February 2018 01:49:38 PM
No sign of Red-breasted Merganser
14 Pochard - 11m & 3f
1 Grey Wagtail
2 Ring-necked Parakeets on the feeders
....then off to Sale WP to see if RB Merganser was there....see Sale WP post!
1 Goldeneye (m)
8 Pochard (7m,1f)
15+ Tufted Duck
2 Gadwall
5 Ring-necked Parakeets over
Hi Shannon,
This was ringed as a moulting adult female on 25/6/2016 at Ambleside, Windermere.
Many thanks for the sighting
Steve
Hi Ian,
I reported it to the BTO's ring-recovery page, so hopefully it should get through to him via that.
Hi Shannon,
the Greylag Goose with a neck band sounds interesting, pleased try robert.swann@homecall.co.uk for information as it sounds possibly like one of theirs?
Cheers,
Ian
1-2 or more grey wagtail, plenty of activity around the little reed bed, where I've sen them congregate before, but never more than one at a time.
8 moorhen
33+ coot
17 gadwall
18+ tufted duck
12 pochard (one female)
2 goosander
1 greylag goose (with a red / dark orange neck-ring, SCZ)
10 mute swan
4 great crested grebe
Red-breasted Merganser 1 redhead
Goosander 2 male, 1 redhead
Goldeneye 1
Pochard 12 male, 2 female
Tufted Duck 19
Pink-footed Geese 33 flew over west at 14.24
Kingfisher 1
Tufted Duck 30+
Gadwall 10+
Coot 35+
Mute Swan 10
Cormorant 2
Pochard 10m 2f.
Goldeneye 1m.
Moorhen 2
Herring Gull 2
No Merganser .
Nice to see Steve Almond.
Tufted 14
Goldeneye 3
Great Crested Grebe 5
Cormorant 5
Mute Swan 10
(No Gadwall !)
This afternoon
B H Gulls 200+
Common Gull 18
Great Crested Grebe 7
Pochard 6
Tufted duck 17
Kingfisher 1
plus the regulars
Keep Birding
We had the same stuff as Joel on the water, where a fair bit of ice was keeping the waterfowl from the northern shoreline. No small finches or similar seen but the highlight for me at least was a Woodcock whooshing by overhead, heading for Barlow Tip. Presumably it had been rudely disturbed by one of the seven million or so dogs being walked by the good burghers of Chorlton...
6 pochards (all males)
a pair or goldeneye
17 tufted ducks
2 cormorant
4 great crested grebes
~100 black-headed gulls
~15 common gulls
3 lesser black-backed gulls
what looked like a dead gull on the ice around the reed bed
2 goldcrest
8+ house sparrow
5+ goldfinch
2 chaffinch
1 bullfinch
1 grey wagtail
4+ redwing
1 collared dove
4 ring-necked parakeet
4 moorhen
53+ coot
2 gadwall
24+ tufted duck
11 pochard (sex ratio as below)
10 mute swan
6 great crested grebe
1 cormorant
c80 black-headed gull
4 common gull
Mute Swan (10, 2 ad, 8 1w)
Pochard (11, 9m)
Tufted Duck (20, 14m)
Great Crested Grebe (5, 1 ad, 4 1w)
Kingfisher (1)
Mute Swan (10, 2 ad, 8 1w)
Gadwall (2, 1m)
Pochard (2m)
Tufted Duck (c8m)
Cormorant (4)
GC Grebe (2)
Herring Gull (2 ad) west over.
Lesser Black-backed Gull (5 ad) four west and one south over.
Stock Dove (3) west over the water park.
Grey Wagtail (1)
-- Edited by Liam_Langley on Thursday 21st of December 2017 05:07:37 PM
6 house sparrow
10+ goldfinch
2 collared dove
2 ring-necked parakeet
2 moorhen
60+ coot
6 gadwall
2 shoveler
18+ tufted duck
1 pochard (male)
9 mute swan
2 or 3 great crested grebe
2 cormorant
c130 black-headed gull
10+ common gull
2 herring gull
Kingfisher 2
Siskin 10+ (possibly more in the area)
Lesser Redpoll 2+ (possibly more in the area)
Herring Gull 1
Lesser Black-backed gull 2
A stroll round this morning.
Pochard
Great Spotted woodpecker x2
Kingfisher x3
Siskin x2
All the regulars present nice stroll
Keep Birding
pm visit.
Wigeon 1f.
Pochard 1m.
Tufted Duck 34
Gadwall 20
Mallard 30+
Cormorant 1
Great Crested Grebe 1ad 1juv.
Mute Swan 2ad 8juv.
Canada Goose 1
Ring-necked Parakeet 2
Black-headed/Common Gulls.
Redwing 3
Siskin 2
Grey Wagtail 1
Goldcrest 2
etc.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 9th of November 2017 05:13:22 PM
This morning 11.00 to noon:
1 male pochard, first of the season
1 wigeon
Friday morning (3/11):
1 male shoveler
2 wigeon
4 or 5 redwing
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 9th of November 2017 05:13:39 PM
1 goldcrest
4+ grey wagtail (making a tremendous racket from the reed bed end, great to hear)
3 moorhen
61+ coot
13+ tufted duck
16+ gadwall
3 great crested grebe
10 mute swan
60+ black-headed gull, mainly over or departing
4 cormorant
24 gadwall
17 tufted duck
1 teal
1 wigeon
3 great crested grebes
3 cormorant
3 grey wagtail
82 coot
6 common gulls
70+ black headed gulls
10 mute swans
1 ring-necked parakeet on the feeders
1 goosander, over
1 kingfisher
9 siskin
1 sparrowhawk
7 goldcrest
2 bullfinch
1 kestrel
1 meadow pipit, over
Tufted Duck 5
Gadwall 29
Mallard 70
Canada Goose 18
Mute Swan 10
Coot 106
Moorhen 6
Great Crested Grebe 2
Cormorant 4
Common Gull 2
Herring Gull 1
Black-headed Gull 129
Buzzard 1
Ring-necked Parakeet 2
Redwing 1
Goldcrest 6
Siskin 1 heard
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 21st of October 2017 05:32:26 PM
Morning Visit.
Tawny Owl 1
Mute swan 2 adults 7 cygents
Canada Geese 26
Cormorants 5
Ring necked parakeets 5
Nuthatch 2
Goldcrest 4
BH Gull 120
Coots 100 +
Moorhen 30 +
Jay 3
Blue Tit 9
Great Tit 11
Long tailed Tit 15
Keep Birding
pair of mute swans with 8 cygnets
pair of great crested grebe with 4 juveniles
10 gadwall
2 tufted duck
1 kingfisher
15 chiffchaff
2 nuthatch
2 chaffinch
5 jay
5 bullfinch
1 cormorant
1 sparrowhawk
15 ring-necked parakeets.
on/over the river, 4 grey wagtail, c40 swallows & 10 house martins.
Morning stroll around. All the normal residents on the water, and Warblers finches and buntings at Barlow tip.
Mandarin duck
Kingfisher
two best birds on a very quiet day.
Keep Birding
COMMON SANDPIPER (1) flushed from the north shore at 14.03 and circled the lake calling although I didn't see where it went to. Only my third CWP record!
Mute Swan (1)
Tufted Duck (5, 3m)
Buzzard (1)
Swift (c15)
House Martin (2+)
Sand Martin (2+)
Swallow
Reed Warbler (1m) singing in the reed bed at the east end.
Whitethroat (2m)
Willow Warbler (1m)
-- Edited by Liam_Langley on Monday 8th of May 2017 05:54:57 PM
Nice wander round this afternoon 13.42 - 14.56 with the following highlights:
LESSER WHITETHROAT (1m) singing along the river adjacent to Barlow Tip - a patch tick for me!
Whitethroat (2+ m)
Willow Warbler (2m)
Swift (8+) my first of the year over Barlow Tip
House Martin (2) over Barlow Tip
Swallow
Great Crested Grebe (3ad)