I saw a single Mediterranean Gull at 7.10 a.m. in field near meadowcroft farm today. Cheers Ian
Martin Loftus said
Thu Mar 2 8:07 PM, 2017
They were there about 9,30am and spent most of the day foraging in the farmers fields towards Walshaw, yet I went back to the reservoirs at 4pm to see if they had come to roost, yet couldn't find them.
-- Edited by Martin Loftus on Thursday 2nd of March 2017 08:14:25 PM
They've usually hung around Lowercroft in with the Black headed Gulls for a couple of weeks Ian before moving on ..They have only recently arrived so hopefully be around a few days yet.. Check through the gull flock and you should find them OK.. Good luck
Ian Chisnall said
Thu Mar 2 6:47 PM, 2017
Lovely shots: please can you advise are they there all day long or is there a specific part of the day they are to be seen.
rob archer said
Thu Mar 2 2:02 PM, 2017
Nice shots Martin .. They've been here this time of year for at least the last 5 years .
Martin Loftus said
Thu Mar 2 12:05 PM, 2017
Got up nice and early and had a walk over to the res to try and find these Mediterranean Gulls that Rob had seen yesterday, didn't have to walk very far, as they were foraging in the field off Bentley Hall Rd with approximately 30 black headed gulls. As you said Rob, very good lucking pair.
2 very good looking Mediterranean Gulls Middle Res first thing.....also 4 Goldeneye, 2 Gadwall
-- Edited by rob archer on Wednesday 1st of March 2017 08:36:02 AM
rob archer said
Sat Feb 25 10:15 AM, 2017
First thing this morning..
Pair of Gadwall on Upper Res along with 4 Goldeneye, 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe. A single Wigeon, 2 Common Snipe and a Jack Snipe were in the flooded gully above Upper Res.
Pair of Oystercatcher on Middle Res.
2 Buzzard and 3 Kestrel around the upper res
Martin Loftus said
Wed Feb 22 3:14 PM, 2017
X2 Barnacle geese with the Canada's on the middle lodge.
Male and female Goldeneye on the top lodge.
X3 female goosanders on the lower lodge.
Martin Loftus said
Fri Feb 17 5:31 PM, 2017
Walk round middle and upper res this afternoon with the dog. 3.30pm - 4.30pm. Lower reservoir was deserted apart from a single coot, yet the top one was a hive of activity.
Of note:
x5 Goldeneye (1 male 4 female)
x1 Barnacle goose amongst the 60+ Canada geese.
x3 female Goosander
x1 Lesser black-backed gull
x2 Oystercatcher
x2 Great crested grebe
-- Edited by Martin Loftus on Friday 17th of February 2017 05:33:07 PM
2 Wigeon, 2 Teal and 3 Goosander early this morning
rob archer said
Sat Feb 4 9:21 AM, 2017
Oystercatcher returned today on Middle Res.
Wigeon on flooded pond in Upper Gully along with Jack Snipe and 14 Common Snipe
-- Edited by rob archer on Saturday 4th of February 2017 09:23:43 AM
rob archer said
Thu Feb 2 9:23 AM, 2017
No sign of the Scaup but a pair of Goldeneye on the Upper Res this morning
rob archer said
Mon Jan 30 1:55 PM, 2017
Scaup on the Upper Res this afternoon.. 3 Barnacle Geese and a Greylag in with the Canada Geese
rob archer said
Sun Jan 8 3:43 PM, 2017
c100 Pink footed Geese dropped out of the fog this afternoon and landed on the fields above north side of Upper Res and joined a similar number of Canada Geese .. still there 1545...
Ian Boote said
Sat Dec 31 12:01 PM, 2016
Rest Home Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 100 Redwing
Knowsley Lane House Sparrow, 4 Jay Goldcrest.
Upper Two Lodges Meadow Pipit, 2 Goosander, 10 Tufted Duck, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Snipe
Martin Loftus said
Thu Dec 1 4:21 PM, 2016
2pm till 3pm walk with the dog around the middle reservoir.
Of note:
X1 Kingfisher
X14 Goosander (9 female and 5 male)
X1 cormorant
X2 female Wigeon
X2 juvenile Great crested grebe
X1 juvenile mute swan
X2 Grey Wagtail plus X2 Pied Wagtail
And something that got me really excited from a distance until I got closer and realised it was just a mallard wearing a tuxedo (see photo)
4 Nuthatches- Church, Knowsley Lane, Rest Home, and lower lodge, Swallow in good numbers, 4 Meadow Pipit, Jay, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Tern, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, and more usuals
Martin Loftus said
Wed Apr 27 6:58 PM, 2016
Quick walk around before the weather turned biblical
x1 Lapwing
x7 Wheatear
x1 Oystercatcher
50+ swallows
x2 Curlew (in adjacent field towards Walshaw)
X4 Linnet
x1 pied wagtail
and to my surprise there was a common tern masquerading with a group of black headed gulls
Nuthatch and singing Blackcap Christchurch Churchyard.
Ian Boote said
Sun Jan 17 12:03 PM, 2016
6 Fly over Lapwings, 7 Cormorants, 2 Goosander, 12 Tufted Duck, Kingfisher 2 Great Crested Grebe, Snipe, Rooks, Buzzard (Heard), Meadow Pipit (single) in Chapel Grounds Nuthatch, Long Tailed Tits and a Goldcrest.
Ian Boote said
Sat Jan 2 11:45 AM, 2016
On Lodges
Great Crested Grebe, Green Sandpiper, Pair Goosander, 2 pair Tufted Duck 4 Cormorants, Redwings, 100 Jackdaws, 2 Mute Swans One dead seems to have been attacked several days ago by something as quite a few white feathers further up the bank rings XX6 ZY6934 Seen several times at Moses Gate in a happier state in 2015
rob archer said
Thu Nov 26 9:29 AM, 2015
Green Sandpiper , Jack Snipe, 7 Common Snipe and a Grey Heron all around the Upper Res inlet gully this morning
rob archer said
Sat Nov 7 1:35 PM, 2015
Green Sandpiper and a Jack Snipe in the boggy area above the Upper Reservoir inlet gully
Ian Boote said
Sun Oct 4 10:35 AM, 2015
following flocks around lodges 100 Meadow Pipit 30 Grey Wagtail 30 Jackdaw 6 Jay 3 small flocks of Goldcrest 15 Tufted Duck Lots of Goldfinches as well as 6 Cormorant, Singing Chiffchaff, Kingfisher, Grey-Wagtail, Heron, Coal Tit, Rook, Gadwall, family of Mute Swans.
rob archer said
Tue Apr 28 11:43 AM, 2015
14 Wheatear and 2 Whinchat around the Upper Res this morning early doors..
Ian Boote said
Sat Apr 18 10:48 PM, 2015
Willow Warbler, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Nuthatch, Ring-Necked Parakeets, Rooks, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Oystercatcher, Kestrel, White Wagtail, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Swallows.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 19th of April 2015 01:26:09 AM
Ian Boote said
Sat Apr 11 5:01 PM, 2015
Three Oystercatcher, female Wheatear, 4 Swallow, Chiffchaff, Pheasant, 12 Meadow Pipit and Nuthatch around the lodges
rob archer said
Wed Mar 18 12:27 PM, 2015
2 Mediterranean Gull with the Black headed Gulls on the Middle Res today..
Ian Boote said
Tue Feb 24 5:25 PM, 2015
Green Sandpiper 2 Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher and Pair of Bullfinch
Ian Boote said
Tue Jan 27 12:17 PM, 2015
troop around middle res gave 6 Goosander 6 Cormorant 2 Mute Swan 2 Herring Gull, Pied Wagtail, Pair of Reed Bunting Redwing feeding and a Oystercatcher hoping for warmer times to come.
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Tuesday 27th of January 2015 12:18:01 PM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 27th of January 2015 12:24:10 PM
Ian Boote said
Sat Dec 27 12:43 PM, 2014
2 Treecreepers, 2 Goldcrest, Ring Necked Parakeet usual spot, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Tufted Ducks, Cormorants, Jay and a large flock or Reedwings.
rob archer said
Tue Dec 9 1:34 PM, 2014
Green Sandpiper still in the Upper Inlet gully along with a pair of Stonechat and c15 Snipe.
Sparrowhawk
4 Wigeon
c100 Fieldfare
c100 Redwing.
Meadow Pipit.
rob archer said
Sat Nov 8 1:11 PM, 2014
Walked over this morning from Ramsbottom... Wet..! Ring-necked Parakeet in its usual spot.. Peter Johnson saw one here in May whilst checking his boxes and I finally saw one here today.. There may be a pair in the area according to a local who has been supplying a fruit dump for them.. Also seen here, Woodcock 20 Snipe 5 Wigeon 1 Teal Green Sandpiper in the inlet gully at the top Reservoir..Seen one here for the previous three winters..
Rob
Ian Boote said
Sun Nov 2 1:22 PM, 2014
200 fieldfares , buzzard, meadow pipits, nuthatch, treecreeper and a ring-necked parakeet.
Ian Boote said
Sun Apr 20 1:11 PM, 2014
AM Few Meadow Pipits one with nesting material, Oystercatcher, 2 Pink-footed Geese, Kestrel, Family of Rooks with juveniles, Curlew, Linnet, Pied Wagtails, 6 Tufted Duck lots of Swallows 2 House Martins, several Willow Warblers Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Jays, Pheasant, Blackcap and a Chiffchaff.
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Sunday 20th of April 2014 01:13:52 PM
Ian Boote said
Thu Apr 17 8:58 AM, 2014
15 Siskin flew out of the trees in Ainsworth Churchyard this AM.
Ian Boote said
Sun Mar 30 12:55 PM, 2014
George Wood-Chiffchaff Rest Home- Great Spotted Woodpecker House Sparrow Top Lodge- 4 Cormorants Oystercatcher, Meadow Pipits. Middle Lodge 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe Lower Lodge Chiffchaff and Goldcrest Cockey Moor, Meadow Pipits, Rooks Pheasant Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Ian Boote said
Sun Feb 16 6:06 PM, 2014
New pond excavated in front of Barrack Fold had mallard, Oystercatcher, and two Pied Wagtails, Then on Knowsley Lane a Goldcrest, Redwings and Fieldfares, Top Lodge 8 Goosander Oystercatcher, Meadow Pipit, 12 Mallard and a Heron, Middle Res 2 Mute Swan, Cormorant, bottom Lodge Coot Moorhen, Great Crested Grebe, Tufted Duck, Jay and quite a few Jackdaws
Ian Boote said
Sun Nov 24 9:53 AM, 2013
In churchyard 2 Nuthatch, Collared Dove, 24 Redwing Song Thrush, Blackbird, Great and Blue Tit, Chaffinch 36 Goldfinch, House Sparrows and 15 Starling Around Reservoirs Top Lodge Goosander, Buzzard scavenging bugs on the ground, 2 Kestrel, Snipe, Middle lodge Coots Moorhen, Lower Lodge over 100 Mallards, 15 Tufted Duck 8 Wigeon, Coot Moorhen around Pied and Grey Wagtail, Jackdaws flock of over 20 Rooks north of middle Res, Redwing Flocks, Large flock of Blackbirds, lots of Goldfinches.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 24th of November 2013 10:30:45 AM
Ian Boote said
Tue Sep 24 7:44 PM, 2013
Not much 100 Jackdaws in Roost, 20 Pied Wagtails in Middle res roost, Wigeon on middle res, 4 tufted duck between lower and middle res, quite a few Meadow Pipits, Rooks, Pheasant 8 Swallows, 2 grey Herons and flock of Goldfinches.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 24th of September 2013 08:37:01 PM
David Lumb said
Wed May 8 5:24 AM, 2013
8.00am to 9.20am. Walked down to Lowercroft from the top of Tottington Road (Harwood).
Swallows at High Barn, and on the way down the fields to Asmus Fold I flushed a pair of Grey Partridges. Skylarks and a Mistle Thrush also around there.
The pond at The Height had a Grey Heron on it. Other birds around here included a pair of Mistle Thrushes not at all happy with a couple of Magpies, a Whitethroat, a Willow Warbler, Swallows nesting at the stables, Linnets, & Goldfinches.
More Swallows were at Old Holts, and two Wheatears were at Bentley Hall.
Lowercroft Reservoirs :- 4 Great Crested Grebes, 36 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag, 17 Mallards, 4 Moorhens, 2 Coots, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing, 1 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Terns, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 House Martins, 3 Swallows, 2 Willow Warblers, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Reed Buntings. Someone I have known for over 10 years (originally from Jumbles, but living here now) said she saw a Little Owl flying around near the bottom reservoir yesterday.
Ian Boote said
Sun Apr 7 1:22 AM, 2013
Nuthatch in the Chapel trees, House Sparrows, top lodge male Teal, 2 Great Crested Grebes displaying, middle res 5 Goosander, 2 Teal, Great Crested Grebe, bottom res 2 Tufted Duck Coot 2 Great Crested Grebe, around res 2 Raven, Curlew, 2 poss 4 Oyster Catcher, Kestrel, Pied Wagtails, 8 Rooks, Pheasant, Heron, Meadow Pipits, Reed Bunting, Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Ian Boote said
Mon Feb 25 1:25 AM, 2013
House Sparrows Knowsley Rd, 6 Oystercatchers Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe middle res, 4 Tufted Duck Heron 2 Great Crested Grebe Coot Moorhen Nuthatch Lower Res, 2 Rooks Jay, Kestrel Woods Cockey Moor, Long Tailed Tits Pied Wagtail Dam Middle Res.
Ian Boote said
Mon Jan 7 5:37 PM, 2013
Large flock of redwings with a few fieldfare at the rest home, large flock of gold finches and long tailed tits in George Wood, on the res only things of note flock of 12 pied wagtail, 4 Tufted Duck on lower res usuals elsewhere, rooks on cockey moor .
Ian Boote said
Sun Sep 23 9:19 PM, 2012
Ainsworth Churchyard Nuthatch Around Rest Home Female Sparrowhawk & Jay In the fiels between Barrack Fold Farm, Bentley Lane and Middle Dam Two flocks of 25 Pied Wagatils One flock of 30 Goldffinch Eight flocks of between 10-20 Meadow Pipit all heading south Several Swallows Heron, & Moorhen in field Bentley Lane On around the Lodges 2 mallard few Black-headed Gulls Cananda Geese Jackdaw Rooks Carrion Crows
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Ian Boote said
Sun Jul 15 12:39 AM, 2012
linnet, pair of common tern, two pairs of greatcrested grebe, house martins swallows blackcap, flock of thirty lapwing, and oystercatcher all on or around top and middle res
Shoveler on the Middle Res this morning ..
Cheers Ian
They were there about 9,30am and spent most of the day foraging in the farmers fields towards Walshaw, yet I went back to the reservoirs at 4pm to see if they had come to roost, yet couldn't find them.
-- Edited by Martin Loftus on Thursday 2nd of March 2017 08:14:25 PM
They've usually hung around Lowercroft in with the Black headed Gulls for a couple of weeks Ian before moving on ..They have only recently arrived so hopefully be around a few days yet.. Check through the gull flock and you should find them OK.. Good luck
Lovely shots: please can you advise are they there all day long or is there a specific part of the day they are to be seen.
Nice shots Martin .. They've been here this time of year for at least the last 5 years .
Got up nice and early and had a walk over to the res to try and find these Mediterranean Gulls that Rob had seen yesterday, didn't have to walk very far, as they were foraging in the field off Bentley Hall Rd with approximately 30 black headed gulls. As you said Rob, very good lucking pair.
2 very good looking Mediterranean Gulls Middle Res first thing.....also 4 Goldeneye, 2 Gadwall
-- Edited by rob archer on Wednesday 1st of March 2017 08:36:02 AM
First thing this morning..
Pair of Gadwall on Upper Res along with 4 Goldeneye, 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe. A single Wigeon, 2 Common Snipe and a Jack Snipe were in the flooded gully above Upper Res.
Pair of Oystercatcher on Middle Res.
2 Buzzard and 3 Kestrel around the upper res
Walk round middle and upper res this afternoon with the dog. 3.30pm - 4.30pm. Lower reservoir was deserted apart from a single coot, yet the top one was a hive of activity.
Of note:
x5 Goldeneye (1 male 4 female)
x1 Barnacle goose amongst the 60+ Canada geese.
x3 female Goosander
x1 Lesser black-backed gull
x2 Oystercatcher
x2 Great crested grebe
-- Edited by Martin Loftus on Friday 17th of February 2017 05:33:07 PM
2 Wigeon, 2 Teal and 3 Goosander early this morning
Oystercatcher returned today on Middle Res.
Wigeon on flooded pond in Upper Gully along with Jack Snipe and 14 Common Snipe
-- Edited by rob archer on Saturday 4th of February 2017 09:23:43 AM
No sign of the Scaup but a pair of Goldeneye on the Upper Res this morning
Scaup on the Upper Res this afternoon.. 3 Barnacle Geese and a Greylag in with the Canada Geese
c100 Pink footed Geese dropped out of the fog this afternoon and landed on the fields above north side of Upper Res and joined a similar number of Canada Geese .. still there 1545...
Rest Home Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 100 Redwing
Knowsley Lane House Sparrow, 4 Jay Goldcrest.
Upper Two Lodges Meadow Pipit, 2 Goosander, 10 Tufted Duck, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Snipe
2pm till 3pm walk with the dog around the middle reservoir.
Of note:
X1 Kingfisher
X14 Goosander (9 female and 5 male)
X1 cormorant
X2 female Wigeon
X2 juvenile Great crested grebe
X1 juvenile mute swan
X2 Grey Wagtail plus X2 Pied Wagtail
And something that got me really excited from a distance until I got closer and realised it was just a mallard wearing a tuxedo (see photo)
8 Wigeon on Middle Res this morning
4 Nuthatches- Church, Knowsley Lane, Rest Home, and lower lodge, Swallow in good numbers, 4 Meadow Pipit, Jay, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Common Tern, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 6 Tufted Duck, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, and more usuals
Quick walk around before the weather turned biblical
x1 Lapwing
x7 Wheatear
x1 Oystercatcher
50+ swallows
x2 Curlew (in adjacent field towards Walshaw)
X4 Linnet
x1 pied wagtail
and to my surprise there was a common tern masquerading with a group of black headed gulls
4pm: x2 Wheatear and x1 yellow wagtail on the upper reservoir.
-- Edited by Martin Loftus on Monday 25th of April 2016 06:04:27 PM
Nuthatch and singing Blackcap Christchurch Churchyard.
6 Fly over Lapwings, 7 Cormorants, 2 Goosander, 12 Tufted Duck, Kingfisher 2 Great Crested Grebe, Snipe, Rooks, Buzzard (Heard), Meadow Pipit (single) in Chapel Grounds Nuthatch, Long Tailed Tits and a Goldcrest.
On Lodges
Great Crested Grebe, Green Sandpiper, Pair Goosander, 2 pair Tufted Duck 4 Cormorants, Redwings, 100 Jackdaws, 2 Mute Swans One dead seems to have been attacked several days ago by something as quite a few white feathers further up the bank rings XX6 ZY6934 Seen several times at Moses Gate in a happier state in 2015
Green Sandpiper , Jack Snipe, 7 Common Snipe and a Grey Heron all around the Upper Res inlet gully this morning
Green Sandpiper and a Jack Snipe in the boggy area above the Upper Reservoir inlet gully
100 Meadow Pipit
30 Grey Wagtail
30 Jackdaw
6 Jay
3 small flocks of Goldcrest
15 Tufted Duck
Lots of Goldfinches
as well as 6 Cormorant, Singing Chiffchaff, Kingfisher, Grey-Wagtail, Heron, Coal Tit, Rook, Gadwall, family of Mute Swans.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 19th of April 2015 01:26:09 AM
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Tuesday 27th of January 2015 12:18:01 PM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 27th of January 2015 12:24:10 PM
Ring-necked Parakeet in its usual spot.. Peter Johnson saw one here in May whilst checking his boxes and I finally saw one here today.. There may be a pair in the area according to a local who has been supplying a fruit dump for them..
Also seen here,
Woodcock
20 Snipe
5 Wigeon
1 Teal
Green Sandpiper in the inlet gully at the top Reservoir..Seen one here for the previous three winters..
Rob
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Sunday 20th of April 2014 01:13:52 PM
Rest Home- Great Spotted Woodpecker House Sparrow
Top Lodge- 4 Cormorants Oystercatcher, Meadow Pipits.
Middle Lodge 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe
Lower Lodge Chiffchaff and Goldcrest
Cockey Moor, Meadow Pipits, Rooks Pheasant Great Spotted Woodpecker.
Around Reservoirs
Top Lodge Goosander, Buzzard scavenging bugs on the ground, 2 Kestrel, Snipe, Middle lodge Coots Moorhen, Lower Lodge over 100 Mallards, 15 Tufted Duck 8 Wigeon, Coot Moorhen
around Pied and Grey Wagtail, Jackdaws flock of over 20 Rooks north of middle Res, Redwing Flocks, Large flock of Blackbirds, lots of Goldfinches.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 24th of November 2013 10:30:45 AM
100 Jackdaws in Roost, 20 Pied Wagtails in Middle res roost, Wigeon on middle res, 4 tufted duck between lower and middle res, quite a few Meadow Pipits, Rooks, Pheasant 8 Swallows, 2 grey Herons and flock of Goldfinches.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 24th of September 2013 08:37:01 PM
Swallows at High Barn, and on the way down the fields to Asmus Fold I flushed a pair of Grey Partridges. Skylarks and a Mistle Thrush also around there.
The pond at The Height had a Grey Heron on it. Other birds around here included a pair of Mistle Thrushes not at all happy with a couple of Magpies, a Whitethroat, a Willow Warbler, Swallows nesting at the stables, Linnets, & Goldfinches.
More Swallows were at Old Holts, and two Wheatears were at Bentley Hall.
Lowercroft Reservoirs :-
4 Great Crested Grebes, 36 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag, 17 Mallards, 4 Moorhens, 2 Coots, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing, 1 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Terns, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 House Martins, 3 Swallows, 2 Willow Warblers, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Reed Buntings.
Someone I have known for over 10 years (originally from Jumbles, but living here now) said she saw a Little Owl flying around near the bottom reservoir yesterday.
Around Rest Home Female Sparrowhawk & Jay
In the fiels between Barrack Fold Farm, Bentley Lane and Middle Dam
Two flocks of 25 Pied Wagatils One flock of 30 Goldffinch Eight flocks of between 10-20 Meadow Pipit all heading south
Several Swallows Heron, & Moorhen in field Bentley Lane
On around the Lodges 2 mallard few Black-headed Gulls Cananda Geese Jackdaw Rooks Carrion Crows
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