41 Snipe flushed (not by me !) from the south-western reedbed 1 Buzzard 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Kingfisher 1 Willow Tit 3 Little Grebe 1 Great Crested Grebe 6 Bullfinch 7 Reed Bunting 2 Skylark 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker Water Rail (heard)
Two skeins of Pink-footed Geese over >NW. One of 15 @ 10:00 and another of c70 @ 11:00
-- Edited by Ian Woosey on Tuesday 3rd of November 2009 03:17:18 PM
dave broome said
Tue Apr 8 5:10 PM, 2008
There was a flock of 45+ Mealy Redpolls at the Platt Bridge/Spring View corner of Amberswood late morning. They were feeding along the former railway to the rear/side of Spring View Cricket Club. Access from the A537 Warrington Rd, take Moss Lane and the first left to park by the CC entrance. A footpath goes on to Amberswood here.
I managed to get good views of the flock and couldn't find any Lesser Redpolls among them. About half of the flock were very pale birds (couldn't find an Arctic!), many of the others were much more heavily streaked birds, probably first-winter birds as many showed very pointed tail feathers, but still as large and stocky as the paler birds and showing generally grey head/neck, strong white tram-lines on the mantle, white wing-bars and pale ground colour to the rump whenever this was visible.
The flock was eventually flushed by 2 Sparrowhawks.
Judith Smith said
Fri Jan 4 8:57 PM, 2008
Andy Makin tells me he had 3 Mealies atAmberswood today, at the NW end of the lake in the conifers with a group of Siskins. These were the only redpolls present.
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jan 2 1:44 PM, 2008
A very smart Mealy Redpoll is currently at Amberswood (near Hindley, Wigan) this early afternoon, in the north-west area of alders with approx 80 Redpoll and 150 Siskin.
Info thanks to Andy Makin
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 2nd of November 2009 10:09:47 PM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 18th of April 2021 09:37:40 PM
41 Snipe flushed (not by me !) from the south-western reedbed
1 Buzzard
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Kingfisher
1 Willow Tit
3 Little Grebe
1 Great Crested Grebe
6 Bullfinch
7 Reed Bunting
2 Skylark
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Water Rail (heard)
Two skeins of Pink-footed Geese over >NW. One of 15 @ 10:00 and another of c70 @ 11:00
-- Edited by Ian Woosey on Tuesday 3rd of November 2009 03:17:18 PM
I managed to get good views of the flock and couldn't find any Lesser Redpolls among them. About half of the flock were very pale birds (couldn't find an Arctic!), many of the others were much more heavily streaked birds, probably first-winter birds as many showed very pointed tail feathers, but still as large and stocky as the paler birds and showing generally grey head/neck, strong white tram-lines on the mantle, white wing-bars and pale ground colour to the rump whenever this was visible.
The flock was eventually flushed by 2 Sparrowhawks.
A very smart Mealy Redpoll is currently at Amberswood (near Hindley, Wigan) this early afternoon, in the north-west area of alders with approx 80 Redpoll and 150 Siskin.
Info thanks to Andy Makin
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 2nd of November 2009 10:09:47 PM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 18th of April 2021 09:37:40 PM