11/3/2008 Late pm

Gadwall 4
Shoveler 4
Tufted Duck 31
G C Grebe 8
Wigeon have finally moved on.

5 Mute Swan, Wigeon, 8 Gadwall, male Goldeneye, 8 Great Created Grebe, + 6 Goosander, Grey Wagtail on river.

5 Mute Swan,1 Pink footed Goose, flying over with 2 canada geese moving towards Radcliffe,2 Wigeon, 14 Gadwall, 6 Teal, 36 Tufted Duck, male Goldeneye,5 Great Crested Grebe, 4 Cormarant,Sparrowhawk,2 Kestrel, Green Sandpiper on marina then flew to the sewage farm,2 Kingfisher,1 Meadow Pipit,50+ Redwing,4 Goldcrest,1 Nuthatch, 3 Bullfinch.

23/2/08

2 Nuthatch
18 Long-tailed Tits (cold snap earlier this month, obviously not affected their numbers)
21 Mallard
26 Canada geese
60 Coot
3 Gt Crested Grebe
1m 1f Wigeon
5 Gadwall
40 Tufted Duck
1m Goldeneye
5 Mute Swan

+ 20 other regulars in 1 hour's birding

18/2/2008 Late pm - no ice here

Gadwall 14
Wigeon Pair
Tufted Duck 61
Pochard 2
Goldeneye 1 male
Kingfisher

14/2/08 2.30-4pm

Gadwall 4
Wigeon usual pair
Pochard 6
Tufteds 40+
Cormorant 1
Goldeneye 1 male
G C Grebe 7
Goosander 1
Mute Swan 4
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Nuthatch 1

5 Mute Swan, 21 Gadwall, 3 Pochard, 39 Tufted Duck, 1 male Goldeneye, 4 Great Crested Grebe, 25 Lapwing, 5 Stock Dove, 50+ Redwing, 60+ Jackdaw.

4/2/2008 am

Gadwall 28 (yep you guessed it 14 pairs)
Wigeon Pair
Pochard 4
Tufted Duck 46
Cormorant 3
Little Grebe 1
G C Grebe 4
Mutes 5 still
Plus usual Nuthatches coming to Visitor centre bird table

28/1/2008 Mid am

Gadwall 6
Wigeon Pair
Goldeneye 1 male
Pochard 6
Tufted Duck 38
Cormorant 1
Little Grebe 2
G C Grebe 4
Mutes 5
Siskin 20+ around Vis Centre

5 Mute Swan, 2 Wigeon, 22 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 45 Tufted Duck, 4 Great Crested Grebe,Kingfisher, In the woods, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20+ Redwing,1 Nuthatch,20+ Siskin,2 Lesser Redpoll.

14/1/2008 Mid am - not much movement in numbers of stuff,

Gadwall 32
Wigeon Pair
Tufted Duck 43
Pochard 6
G C Grebe 4
Little Grebe 2
Cormorant 8 (6 on pylon)
Mutes 7
Lesser Redpoll 15, (but couldnt turn any into Mealies)



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 19:09, 2008-01-14

8/1/2008 11.40-12.30

Gadwall 30
Wigeon -Pair still
Tufted Duck 47
Pochard 8
G C Grebe 4 (up 1)
Little Grebe 4
Cormorant 1
Mute Swan 5 still


-- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 19:08, 2008-01-14

7 Mute Swan, 2 Wigeon, 28 Gadwall, 8 Pochard, 5 Little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Sparrowhawk, Common Buzzard, 100+ Black headed Gull, 2 Common Gull, 2 Herring Gulls over, 50 Jackdaw. On the river, 18 Teal, 20+ Moorhen,2 Dipper. In the woods, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 25 Redwing, 2 Treecreeper.

30/12/2007 Late am with Warford senior and Paul Heaton.

Usual stuff including-

3 Nuthatch
2 Treecreepers
Siskins 2
Goldcrest 2
Bullfinch 1
2 G S Woodpeckers
26 Gadwall
Wigeon Pair
Goosander 2
Cormorant 4
Little Grebe 1
G C Grebe 3
Mutes 5
Sparrowhawk Fem

9 - 11.30am

12 Goosanders on the river
2 Dippers on the bank

4 Goldcrests
1 Treecreeper
1 GS Woodpecker
1 Grey Wagtail
2 Siskins
4 Jays

Plenty of ducks including
Widgeon
Gadwall
Tufted
Teal
Pochard
Little Grebes
GC Grebe.

I suspect a lot of those waterfowl were from Ringley sewage works where the pools are 100% frozen.

23/12/2007 am Marina 90% Frozen

46 Species seen this am in 2 hours, including-

Goldcrest 4+
L T Tit 40+
Coal Tit 4
Bullfinch 3+
Treecreeper 4+
G S Woodpecker 1
Sparrowhawk
Dipper
Grey Wags 4+
Goosander 4
Teal 50+
Cormorant 1
Gadwall 32
Wigeon Pair
Tufted Duck 17
G C Grebe 3
Little Grebe 3
Mute Swan 6

5 Mute Swan. 27 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 20 Tufted Duck. A Green Sandpiper and a Dipper on the river Irwell behlnd Clifton marina near Garden centre,also on river, 51 Teal, 75 Mallard, 7 Goosander, 25 Moorhen,2 Grey Wagtail, 1 Pied Wagtail, In the woods, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker,40+ Redwing, 5 Coal Tit, 2 Nuthatch.

17/12/2007 Mid am 70% Frozen

Gadwall 27
Goldeneye 1 fem
Pochard 2 males
Tufted Duck 29
Teal 5
G C Grebe 3
Mutes 5 still

3/12/2007 Late afternoon

Gadwall 15
Goosander 3 females
Pochard 4 males
Tufted Duck 35
Little Grebe 2
G C Grebe 3
Mute Swan 5 (3 1st winters)

13 Mute Swan, 12 Gadwall, 1 Pochard, 30 Tufted Duck, 2 Little Grebe, 3 Great Crested Grebe, 140 Coot, 200+ Black headed Gull. In woods, Sparrowhawk, 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Song Thrushes singing, 2 Goldcrest, 3 flocks of ,20,15,15, Long tailed Tit,3 Coal Tit, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, 30+ Chaffinch, 10 Goldfinch.

26/11/2007 Mid am

Gadwall 14
Pochard 6 all males
Tufted Duck 26
Cormorant 3
Little Grebe 2
G C Grebe 3
Mute Swan 5 (3 1st Winters)
Siskin 10
Redpoll 2
Long Tailed Tits loads
Goldcrest 1
Grey Wag

19/11/2007 Mid am

Goosander 1 male
Gadwall 8 (4 Pairs)
Pochard 1 male
Tufted Duck 22
G C Grebe 3
Mute Swan 7 (3 Juvs)

12/11/2007 Mid am

Gadwall 8 (4 Pairs) still
Wigeon 1 fem
Tufted Duck 33
Cormorant 1
G C Grebe 3
Mute Swan 5 (3 Juvs)
Grey Wag 1

11/11/2007 Mid am

Gadwall 8 (4 Pairs) still present
Wigeon 1 fem still present
Tufted Duck 60
Pochard 1 male still
G C Grebe 3

5/11/2007 Mid am

Gadwall 8 (4 Pairs)
Goldeneye 1 Fem
Shoveler 1
Wigeon 1 Female still present
Cormorant 1
Pochard 1 Male
Tufted Duck 63
G C Grebe 3
Mute Swan 5 (2 Ads and 3 Juvs)
Siskin 3
G S Woodpecker 1

Mr warfy are you checking out my marsh tits site without me... well done, lets put a team effort in soon and do a joint visit with some of the locals.

Well being a Bolton fan ive lost interest in football a little and a little tired of seeing the same old Pheasants out looking for crossbills Clifton aint bad some nice woodland to check over the winter!

Yes missing the Scillies but not missing Pauls snoring!

-- Edited by warfy at 18:02, 2007-10-27

Simon,
Bored eh!!!
Missing the sillys????!!!!!!!!

27/10/2007

Bit bored of looking in plantations so decided to go somewhere i havent been for a while, had a stroll round the marina checking a few tit flocks not alot amongst them except a couple of Treecreeper and 1 Willow Tit.

On the marina itself, 83 Tufted Ducks, 1 Female Wigeon and 1 Female Pochard the only things of note.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 23:54, 2007-12-23

5 Swans, 77 Tufted Duck, 4 Wigeon, 100+Coot,4 Redpoll, 2 Siskin, 5 Bullfinch, On River Irwell, 9 Goosander, 12 Teal, 2 Grey Wagtail.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 23:55, 2007-12-23