This afternoon:

Adult Mediterranean Gull, flew in from the north, bathed on no.1 for three minutes and then flew off south.

One Grey Wagtail also.

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Sightings from this morning:

Turnstone
Common Sandpiper
Yellow Wagtail
Wheatear

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This evening:

Greenshank
3 White Wagtail
Wheatear

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This afternoon in blustery conditions:

Wheatear
3 Goosander
7 Linnet

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This morning's sightings:

1 Gadwall
1 Little Grebe
4 Goldeneye
2 Common Sandpiper
1 Wheatear

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This morning:

4 Wheatear
Yellow Wagtail
4 Wigeon
Kingfisher (male)
Greenshank
1+ Common Sandpiper
Juv Whinchat
2 Curlew south
Little Ringed Plover south
Swift

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2 Curlew Sandpipers briefly this morning, flew off north at 07:25.

2 Black Terns also present but too towered off and departed.

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2 Arctic Terns flew through at 7:45pm today.

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Louis Hill wrote:

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How do you obtain the permit for Audenshaw Reservoir?

Louis.

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Unfortunately you have to join the long and seemingly never decreasing waiting list . Full details are on the 'who's who' page on the website.

2 additional drake Common Scoter flew off NW from no. 2 at 11:15, the original pair still on no. 1.

A Hobby flew over no. 1 and off north at 11:50.

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Saturday 4 - 6pm

No sign of the Common Scoters on any res.
Of note:
1 Greenshank
1 Common Sandpiper
3 Wheatear (appear to be all fem-juv)
1 pair of Linnets
Approx 20 Swallows
Approx 30 Pied Wagtails (alot of juv about, 1 of which had a distinct yellowish tint)
4 red-head Goosanders
...plus usual suspects

-- Edited by Rob Creek on Saturday 24th of August 2013 06:57:29 PM

How do you obtain the permit for Audenshaw Reservoir?

Louis.

So far this morning:

2 Greenshank, second bird arrived this morning
3+ Common Sandpiper
2 Curlew
3 Shoveler
2 Common Scoter (1 drake)
Little Grebe juv
2 Wheatear
Yellow Wagtail
4 Goldeneye

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Today:

Wheatear
Greenshank (still)
2 Teal
4+ Common Sandpiper

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Juvenile Little Gull present at 4:15 today on no.2 then at about 4:30 it flew to no.3.

Also present were 4 Common Sandpipers and 6 redhead Goosanders.

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Early afternoon today: -

Greenshank still on no 1
1 Common Sandpiper
6 redhead Goosander

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Greenshank and Wheatear present today.

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This morning: -

Audy this am

Greenshank
2 Dunlin
2 Common Sandpiper
1 juvenile Yellow Wagtail
50+ Sand Martin through

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Three Common Scoter on no 2 (one drake and two females) at 3:40pm today. Also Common Tern through at 3pm and Ringed Plover and two Common Sandpipers on no 1.

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Greenshank still on no.2 this morning.

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This morning: -

Greenshank still on no 2 reservoir
Ringed Plover
2 Common Sandpiper
4 Goldeneye
3 Coot
303 Tufted Duck
54 Great Created Grebe
8 Goosander
30 Mallard
7 Swift

Yesterday morning (12th): -

Sanderling
3 Common Sandpiper

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This morning: -

1 juvenile Yellow Wagtail
1 Greenshank
3 Common Sandpiper
1 Goldeneye

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Greenshank present this morning.

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This evening: -

Female/immature Common Scoter
Common Sandpiper
Goldeneye
250+ Tufted Duck

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A dead African Grey Parrot was found on site yesterday and over the past two Sundays one birder and his partner have collected over 30 bags of rubbish from the site!!!

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-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 5th of August 2013 01:17:36 PM

Adult Black-necked Grebe still present today.

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Adult Black-necked Grebe still on no.1 reservoir this afternoon.

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Single breeding plumaged Black-necked Grebe on no. 1 reservoir this morning.

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So far this morning: -

Single Black-tailed Godwit, eventually flew off high east
2 Redshank
5 Ringed Plover
2 juvenile Dunlin
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Little Ringed Plover
1 Common Tern
c150-200 Swift
c100 Sand Martin

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This morning's sightings: -

Golden Plover
Ringed Plover
Common Sandpiper
3 Goosander
5 Grey Heron

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Single drake Common Scoter on number 1 reservoir mid-afternoon today.

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So far this morning: -

2 Black-necked Grebe still present
Little Ringed Plover
2 Common Sandpiper

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Two adult Black-necked Grebes present this late afternoon; one on no.2 and one on no.3.

also present: -

Pair of Goldeneye
170 Tufted Duck
2 Common Sandpiper
5 Little Ringed Plover
1 Ringed Plover
3 Pochard
33 Great Crested Grebe

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This morning: -

Female Common Scoter
Eclipse drake Goldeneye
2 Redshank

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This am: -

2 Sandwich Terns through
Single Sanderling, Ringed Plover and Goldeneye.

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Five Sanderlings present on no. 3 reservoir this morning.

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Four Sanderlings present this morning but only two present this afternoon when a drake Goldeneye was also present.

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6 Sanderling present on no. 2 reservoir at 7:40pm today.

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This afternoon: -

5 Sanderling
3 Ringed Plover
2 Whitethroat
2 Willow Warbler
7 Herring Gull
C40 LBB Gull
c20 GC Grebe

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Saturday 9.30-10.30am

Huge numbers of Swift, mixed in with Sand Martin, House Martin, and Swallow.
Birds covering all 3 Res, estimation of around 500/600+ birds with ease, predominantly Swift.
Only other birds seen : a few Lesser Black Backed Gulls, Great Crested Grebe, and a Jay near Audenshaw Road end.

No sign of any Waders, and I've been lucky enough to see a Hobby at 2 different locations last weekend but Audenshaw still defeats me! But I will get it!

This morning's highlights: -

Hobby
Buzzard
Common Sandpiper
Dunlin
Ringed Plover
Blackcap
Whitethroat
Wheatear
Still hundreds of Swallows moving through

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Approx 40-50 Swifts about an hour ago, above the reservoir wall and the embankment at side of M60 between Blue Pig Flyover and Denton Island.

2.30-3.30

Very quiet:

No waders after checking all of the bankings.
6 Linnet
2 Pied Wagtails
A few Swallows but the only hirundines seen
1 Mute swan
1 Cormorant
14 Great Crested Grebe

Sightings from today: -

Single Black Tern (morning only)
2 Sanderlings
27 Dunlin

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Was there for an hour or so this morning , and the number of swifts and swallows in the morning sun was a wonder. Also present were a few house martins , 4 Dunlin , 3 sanderling , 1 ringed plover , 8 great crested grebes , 6 lbb gulls , 2 pied wagtails , 2 meadow pippits , and skylark singing above the covered reservoir.

Not sure if any of the regular birders were around this afternoon, but there were at least 4-500 swifts spilling over embankment onto M60 when drining north bound at about 1630 today. Would love to know how many were actually feeding over all three reservoirs!

So far this morning: -

3 Ringed Plover
4 Dunlin
4 Sanderling
Common Sandpiper
Peregrine

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Late afternoon today: -

4 Arctic Tern flew off high at c17:10
4 Dunlin
500+ Swift
2 Buzzard

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This morning: -

4 Arctic Terns lingering on number 2 reservoir.

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Greenshank and Whimbrel present this morning.

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