Cetti's Warbler heard to give 2 bursts of song but no further sound of it, a first record for the site. 12 Whooper Swans over heading SE c350 Pink-footed Geese over SE in 4 skeins 90+ Fieldfare over 3 Stonechat 1 Green Sandpiper 500+ Herring Gull 55 Snipe 1 Water Rail 27 Skylark 9 Lesser Redpoll 5 Siskin 1 Little Grebe 12 Tufted Duck 45 Meadow Pipit 23 Linnet
Simon Johnson said
Fri Nov 15 7:14 PM, 2019
18 Whooper Swan flew SE at 8:30 over the M61 just to the north of here this morning
pete berry said
Sat Oct 12 12:54 PM, 2019
A quick walk round the eastern side produced:- 2 Raven 2 Buzzards 3 Kestrel At least 12 Skylark And 5 Meadow Pipits No gulls on site but they were all in the flooded fields south of the railway behind ,Common Farm
Pete Hines said
Sat Oct 5 3:29 PM, 2019
Record shot of the Ring-necked Duck (seen 11.40 - 11.50). Much better video in the YouTube link.
The juvenile Ring-necked Duck flew off SW at midday (towards Pennington Flash?).
Info thanks to Simon Warford
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Oct 5 11:30 AM, 2019
Ring-necked Duck still present on the bottom pool at 11:30
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Oct 5 10:23 AM, 2019
Juvenile Ring-necked Duck on the bottom pool this morning at 10:20.
Walk from the Shackerley lane end near Atherton, through the barrier along Engine Lane for a mile past second railway bridge to view the bottom pool.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Sep 9 2:52 PM, 2019
Around 200 large gulls loafing around mid-afternoon but nothing of note in amongst them.
pete berry said
Sun Sep 8 12:37 PM, 2019
A quick stroll around the eastern end of the site produced:- 244 large gulls at the top daytime roost,but most interesting bird amongst them was a juv.Greater Black Back gull. Still at least 35 Swallows still feeding over the area,also a Reed Warbler,Whitethroat,a few Chiffchaff still,a Common Snipe anòd a couple of White Wagtails and a Great Spotted Woodpecker were the pick of the rest of the birds seen.
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Sep 8 8:15 AM, 2019
Late news for yesterday morning:
Whinchat
4 Wheatear
Sedge Warbler
3 Willow Warbler
13 Snipe
Green Sandpiper
150 Swallow SW
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
pete berry said
Sun Sep 1 1:37 PM, 2019
A quick look at the gulls on the daytime roost produced the usual juv. Yellow Legged Gull and an adult Yellow Legged Gull in about 150 Lesser Black Backs and and 30 Herring Gull
Simon Warford said
Fri Aug 30 9:46 PM, 2019
3 Green Sandpipers, 1 Whinchat and 2 Wheatear present this evening.
Simon Warford said
Thu Aug 29 9:39 PM, 2019
2 Green Sandpipers present this evening.
Simon Warford said
Wed Aug 28 9:02 PM, 2019
This morning,
6 Green Sandpipers 2 Snipe 1 Whinchat 1 Redstart 1 Water Rail 2 Willow Tit
Simon Warford said
Sun Aug 25 2:54 PM, 2019
Lunchtime with Simon Johnson produced;
1 Little Egret bottom pool 1 juvenile Wheatear 2 Tree Pipit over 1 Yellow Wagtail 1 Little Grebe 60 Swift south
Steve Judge said
Fri Aug 23 4:17 PM, 2019
Friday, 23rd August 2019 11:30 - 15:00 hrs. Dry and Sunny.
Willow Tit x 1 Little Grebe x 1 Whitethroat x 1 Willow Warbler x 1 Wren x 1 Pied Wagtail x 2 Goldfinch x 200 House Sparrow x 40 Buzzard x 3 Kestrel x 2 Swift x 3 Swallow x 40 House Martin x 20 Cormorant x 1 Heron x 2 Robin x 2 (1 adult and 1 juvenile) Black-Headed Gull x 50 Coot x 7 Moorhen x 1 Starling x 15 Woodpigeon x 20 Magpie x 5 Crow x 10
In addition - south of the railway line: Collared Dove x 1 Blackbird x 2
-- Edited by Steve Judge on Saturday 24th of August 2019 10:21:46 AM
dave broome said
Wed Aug 21 8:18 PM, 2019
Juvenile Yellow-Legged Gull present this afternoon
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Aug 20 9:42 AM, 2019
Juvenile Little Ringed Plover present yesterday evening.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
pete berry said
Sat Aug 17 12:41 PM, 2019
The usual juv Yellow Legged Gull still present this am in the top roost with about 50 Lesser Black Backs and a few Herring Gulls and a further 100 Lesser Black Backs in the lower roost.
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Aug 14 2:23 PM, 2019
The usual juvenile Yellow-legged Gull still present this morning (cracking photo of this bird on the website) and a 1st summer Arctic Tern through south at 11:05.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Aug 13 4:10 PM, 2019
Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull (image on website), Tree Pipit and 2 Wheatear late morning today.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Aug 12 9:55 PM, 2019
3 Ringed Plover this morning.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
pete berry said
Fri Aug 9 1:40 PM, 2019
Still 2 juvenile Yellow Legged Gulls present at lunchtime in usual place
pete berry said
Thu Aug 8 10:53 AM, 2019
2 juvenile Yellow Legged Gulls this am in daytime roost with about 100 Lesser Black Backs and 8 Herring Gulls
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Aug 5 10:40 PM, 2019
2 Dunlin and a Green Sandpiper present this late evening.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
pete berry said
Mon Aug 5 6:34 PM, 2019
Juvenile and 2nd summer Yellow Legged Gull this afternoon at daytime roost site.Pic of juv attached(r.h.bird)
Quail singing from Engine Lane railway bridge at 8am until 8:30 at least, between the bottom pool and the railway line.
Info thanks to phil Rhodes
JOHN TYMON said
Thu Aug 1 9:24 PM, 2019
1 adult Yellow Legged Gull was the only thing of note in the few gulls that were present late morning, early afternoon today.
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jul 31 2:42 PM, 2019
One of the usual juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls was present on the new scrapes mid-morning but nothing of note mid-afternoon and gull numbers in the area were low (pers.obs.)
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
pete berry said
Wed Jul 31 12:18 PM, 2019
Just noticed Colin's post from yesterday. The pics of the"caspian" gull are certainly not the bird that was photographed there previously,there are several discrepancies in the plumage.Unfortunately to me it looks nothing like a Caspian Gull,I've never seen one with such a large bill which isn't even the pale colour it should be,primaries are far too short, ,it looks exactly like an Herring Gull which imo it is.Pete
colin davies said
Tue Jul 30 4:41 PM, 2019
Mid afternoon 4th calendar year Caspian gull still (see photos) also juvenile yellow-legged gull. The Caspian gull is an impressive looking bird, look at the size of it compared to the lesser black-back in the first photo.
This late morning to early afternoon, with Phil Rhodes:
4th calendar year Caspian Gull; showed very well and was still present when I left some 2 hours after its finding! ('phonescoped photos on the website)
An adult Yellow-legged Gull and 2 juveniles
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull
Around 300 mixed Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls roosting at one point
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jul 28 9:42 PM, 2019
3 juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls present late afternoon, also 4 Common Sandpiper.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jul 28 10:08 AM, 2019
Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull present at 08:25 this morning, also a Curlew.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Jul 27 4:11 PM, 2019
2 juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls present at 10:30 today, also Green Sandpiper and 3 Snipe.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Jul 27 9:08 AM, 2019
2 Garganey and 3 Common Tern present this morning.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jul 26 10:11 PM, 2019
Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull on the recycling plant roof at 7pm this evening for 5 minutes though mobile.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jul 26 12:26 PM, 2019
A Green Sandpiper flew in late yesterday evening.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jul 5 9:57 PM, 2019
Adult Yellow-legged Gull and adult Ringed Plover at midday today.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Steve Judge said
Wed Jul 3 7:11 PM, 2019
Wednesday, 3rd July 2019. 10:30 - 14:00 hrs.
My first visit to this site (from A6 - Rosemary Lane car park entrance). I stumbled across this car park for Cutacre Country Park by accident earlier this week while driving west on the A6 just around the corner from Junction 4 on the M61. I am glad I came back for a a few hours visit - in that time I covered 12,000 steps - and still did not take in many of the the footpaths! Thoroughly enjoyed my visit - and will return again soon; and also look in more detail around the area just north of the railway line - around Engine Lane / Pool area.
Greenfinch x 1 Whitethroat x 3 Reed Bunting x 5 Chiffchaff x 2 Song Thrush x 2 Mistle Thrush x 1 Jay x 2 Long-Tailed Tit x 10 One possible Yellow Wagtail in flight Buzzard x 1 Kestrel x 3 sightings Swift x 50 House Martin x 20 Swallow x 25 Skylark x 1 House Sparrow x 15 Robin x 2 Blue Tit x 5 Great Tit x 1 Chaffinch x 6 Goldfinch x 4 Herring Gull x 3 Black-Headed Gull x 4 Lesser Black-Backed Gull x 3 Magpie x 5 Woodpigeon x 10 Crow x 3 Jackdaw x 1
Also, see section under 'Other Wildlife sightings' for this site for the day...
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Jul 1 7:00 AM, 2019
A Hobby flew SW at 8pm last night.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jun 30 3:45 PM, 2019
Yellow-legged Gull and Greenshank present this morning.
Adult Iceland Gull was amongst 630 Herring Gulls
1 Short-eared Owl
1 Little Owl
1 Green Sandpiper
3 Woodcock
20 Snipe
Jack Snipe
1 Shelduck
10 Gadwall
27 Teal
26 Mallard
35 Lapwing
17 Moorhen
1 Tufted Duck
3 Raven
1 Peregrine
12 Skylark
11 Stock Dove
40 Meadow Pipit
This afternoon:
2 Little Egret circled the warehouses at 3:07pm and possibly landEd in creek between them.
Adult Iceland Gull
Green Sandpiper
pair of Stonechat
32 Lapwing
250 Herring Gull
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
11.45-14.00
Good mooch around.
Great for kestrels today, both male and female giving great views.
A flock of redwing 30+
A couple of dogs flushed 7 snipes from the first pool I stumbled upon.
On the higher ground were a few meadow pipits, a skylark, a raven and a buzzard.
I will be back.
Cheers, Jay.
Don't twitch and drive
-- Edited by Jason Dulhanty on Wednesday 29th of January 2020 07:18:10 PM
Adult Iceland Gull by the recycling area until 12;19 this afternoon, when it then flew to Chanters in Atherton.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
returning adult Iceland Gull present around 12.30pm
Tree Sparrow
Little Owl
Green Sandpiper
21 Skylark
30 Linnet
30 Snipe
1 Green Sandpiper
15 Lapwing
6 Coot
19 Moorhen
2 Tufted Duck
4 Gadwall
6 Teal
17 Mallard
1 Little Grebe
1 Mute Swan
6 Grey Wagtail
2 Grey Heron
137 Herring Gull
3 Great Black-backed Gull
Also 2 Raven, 1 Stonechat, 1 Willow Tit, 40 Linnet, 6 Skylark, 38 Redwings.
Cetti's Warbler heard to give 2 bursts of song but no further sound of it, a first record for the site.
12 Whooper Swans over heading SE
c350 Pink-footed Geese over SE in 4 skeins
90+ Fieldfare over
3 Stonechat
1 Green Sandpiper
500+ Herring Gull
55 Snipe
1 Water Rail
27 Skylark
9 Lesser Redpoll
5 Siskin
1 Little Grebe
12 Tufted Duck
45 Meadow Pipit
23 Linnet
A quick walk round the eastern side produced:-
2 Raven
2 Buzzards
3 Kestrel
At least 12 Skylark
And 5 Meadow Pipits
No gulls on site but they were all in the flooded fields south of the railway behind ,Common Farm
The juvenile Ring-necked Duck flew off SW at midday (towards Pennington Flash?).
Info thanks to Simon Warford
Ring-necked Duck still present on the bottom pool at 11:30
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Juvenile Ring-necked Duck on the bottom pool this morning at 10:20.
Walk from the Shackerley lane end near Atherton, through the barrier along Engine Lane for a mile past second railway bridge to view the bottom pool.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Around 200 large gulls loafing around mid-afternoon but nothing of note in amongst them.
244 large gulls at the top daytime roost,but most interesting bird amongst them was a juv.Greater Black Back gull.
Still at least 35 Swallows still feeding over the area,also a Reed Warbler,Whitethroat,a few Chiffchaff still,a Common Snipe anòd a couple of White Wagtails and a Great Spotted Woodpecker were the pick of the rest of the birds seen.
Late news for yesterday morning:
Whinchat
4 Wheatear
Sedge Warbler
3 Willow Warbler
13 Snipe
Green Sandpiper
150 Swallow SW
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
6 Green Sandpipers
2 Snipe
1 Whinchat
1 Redstart
1 Water Rail
2 Willow Tit
1 Little Egret bottom pool
1 juvenile Wheatear
2 Tree Pipit over
1 Yellow Wagtail
1 Little Grebe
60 Swift south
Willow Tit x 1
Little Grebe x 1
Whitethroat x 1
Willow Warbler x 1
Wren x 1
Pied Wagtail x 2
Goldfinch x 200
House Sparrow x 40
Buzzard x 3
Kestrel x 2
Swift x 3
Swallow x 40
House Martin x 20
Cormorant x 1
Heron x 2
Robin x 2 (1 adult and 1 juvenile)
Black-Headed Gull x 50
Coot x 7
Moorhen x 1
Starling x 15
Woodpigeon x 20
Magpie x 5
Crow x 10
In addition - south of the railway line:
Collared Dove x 1
Blackbird x 2
-- Edited by Steve Judge on Saturday 24th of August 2019 10:21:46 AM
Juvenile Yellow-Legged Gull present this afternoon
Juvenile Little Ringed Plover present yesterday evening.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
The usual juvenile Yellow-legged Gull still present this morning (cracking photo of this bird on the website) and a 1st summer Arctic Tern through south at 11:05.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull (image on website), Tree Pipit and 2 Wheatear late morning today.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
3 Ringed Plover this morning.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
2 Dunlin and a Green Sandpiper present this late evening.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull present at 11am today.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
2 juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls present mid-morning today.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Quail singing from Engine Lane railway bridge at 8am until 8:30 at least, between the bottom pool and the railway line.
Info thanks to phil Rhodes
One of the usual juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls was present on the new scrapes mid-morning but nothing of note mid-afternoon and gull numbers in the area were low (pers.obs.)
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Mid afternoon 4th calendar year Caspian gull still (see photos) also juvenile yellow-legged gull. The Caspian gull is an impressive looking bird, look at the size of it compared to the lesser black-back in the first photo.
This late morning to early afternoon, with Phil Rhodes:
4th calendar year Caspian Gull; showed very well and was still present when I left some 2 hours after its finding! ('phonescoped photos on the website)
An adult Yellow-legged Gull and 2 juveniles
Juvenile Mediterranean Gull
Around 300 mixed Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls roosting at one point
3 juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls present late afternoon, also 4 Common Sandpiper.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull present at 08:25 this morning, also a Curlew.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
2 juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls present at 10:30 today, also Green Sandpiper and 3 Snipe.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
2 Garganey and 3 Common Tern present this morning.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull on the recycling plant roof at 7pm this evening for 5 minutes though mobile.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
A Green Sandpiper flew in late yesterday evening.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Adult Yellow-legged Gull and adult Ringed Plover at midday today.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
My first visit to this site (from A6 - Rosemary Lane car park entrance). I stumbled across this car park for Cutacre Country Park by accident earlier this week while driving west on the A6 just around the corner from Junction 4 on the M61. I am glad I came back for a a few hours visit - in that time I covered 12,000 steps - and still did not take in many of the the footpaths! Thoroughly enjoyed my visit - and will return again soon; and also look in more detail around the area just north of the railway line - around Engine Lane / Pool area.
Greenfinch x 1
Whitethroat x 3
Reed Bunting x 5
Chiffchaff x 2
Song Thrush x 2
Mistle Thrush x 1
Jay x 2
Long-Tailed Tit x 10
One possible Yellow Wagtail in flight
Buzzard x 1
Kestrel x 3 sightings
Swift x 50
House Martin x 20
Swallow x 25
Skylark x 1
House Sparrow x 15
Robin x 2
Blue Tit x 5
Great Tit x 1
Chaffinch x 6
Goldfinch x 4
Herring Gull x 3
Black-Headed Gull x 4
Lesser Black-Backed Gull x 3
Magpie x 5
Woodpigeon x 10
Crow x 3
Jackdaw x 1
Also, see section under 'Other Wildlife sightings' for this site for the day...
A Hobby flew SW at 8pm last night.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Yellow-legged Gull and Greenshank present this morning.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes