1 Scaup 5 Black Tailed Godwits circled the site for c15 mins and were last seen flying south west 1 Swift 1 Grey Heron 1 Cormorant Mixed flock of over 150 hirundine, mainly Swallows
Audenshaw Reservoirs 21st August 2011 06.15-09.10 Cloudy Light Southerly
with Paul Heaton and Simon Ghilks
Great Crested Grebe 37 Goosander 31 Pied Wagtail minimum 18 Tufted Duck 143 Grey Heron 4 Sparrowhawk Scaup Goldeneye Swift 3 Black Tern Cormorant Kestrel
Simon had 2 Common Sandpipers on his way off
Paul Hammond said
Fri Aug 19 11:59 AM, 2011
19th August 2011 06.15-08.50 Cloudy Light south westerly
Tufted Duck 140 Goldeneye 2 Swift at least two Goosander 31 Common Sandpiper Scaup
Karen Foulkes said
Thu Aug 18 1:36 PM, 2011
18/8/2011 1000-1200
Scaup 2 Yellow Wagtail 3 Goldeneye 3 Swift Common Sandpiper Dunlin 33 Goosander 1 Cormorant 1m Sparrowhawk
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Thursday 18th of August 2011 12:37:17 PM
John Rayner said
Wed Aug 17 1:42 PM, 2011
17 Aug (10.40 - 12.15)
1 sub-adult male Scaup c140 Tufted Duck 28 Goosander 1f Goldeneye 1f/imm Gadwall 36 Great-crested Grebes 2 Little Grebes
Cheers, John
simon ghilks said
Mon Aug 15 5:32 PM, 2011
15/8/2011 15:15-16:45
1 Scaup 100+ Tufted Duck 30+ Great Crested Grebe 30+ Goosander 1 Kestrel 1 Wheatear 20-30 Swallow 1 Hobby went high South, seemed to have grub in it's grip. 2 Common Sandpiper 4 Lapwing over followed by 15 that landed on bank of No3 then 70 came down on bank of No2, couldn't tell if they had all joined together or maybe 89 different birds. first visit since May where no Swifts seen. 4/5 Common Gull Plenty Lesser Black-backed and Black-headed Gulls
Karen Foulkes said
Sat Aug 13 4:44 PM, 2011
A visit this morning
Turnstone - Seen in flight only, flew off high west at noon
Also present
1 Scaup 1 Ringed Plover 1 Coot 23 Lapwing 3 Goldeneye 1 Kestrel Over 100 Tufted Duck 3 Herring Gull with Lesser Black Backs
Karen Foulkes said
Thu Aug 11 7:30 PM, 2011
Early Evening visit with Simon Ghilks
Scaup still present showing very well this evening 1 Oystercatcher on wall of no 2 c10 Swift c6 Sand Martin 1 Kestrel At least 100 Tufted Duck spread out on all three reservoirs 36 Goosander
Graham Gill said
Tue Aug 9 2:36 PM, 2011
2nd shift 09:30--11:30 Light NW
Scaup - 1 Goldeneye - 2 Tufted duck - 100 Goosander - 33 GC grebe - 50 Cormorant - 2 Kestrel - 1 Sparrowhawk - 1 Oystercatcher - 1 (briefly tailed by Kestrel until the Oyc set down on the water!) Swift - 40 Swallow - 15 House martin - 1 BH gull - 200+ (trailing the Goosander fishing packs) LBB gull - 20
And c20 Pied wagtails in playing field by railway footbridge.
-- Edited by Graham Gill on Wednesday 10th of August 2011 09:36:58 AM
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Tuesday 9th of August 2011 08:47:25 AM
Robert Adderley said
Sun Aug 7 1:52 PM, 2011
Sun 7/8/11 am
Common Scoter - 1male Scaup - 1 male
Goldeneye - 3 Tufted Duck - c130 Goosander - 30
Mike Chorley said
Thu Aug 4 8:17 PM, 2011
Karen Foulkes wrote:
and an Audenshaw rarity a dogwalker taking her turds away
Ok, I was going to change it, but I knew you'd all like a laugh. Why do you think there's a crap next to it?
I didn't know you were of Oriental extraction, Karen! Or was it just a Freudian slip
-- Edited by Mike Chorley on Thursday 4th of August 2011 08:22:40 PM
Karen Foulkes said
Thu Aug 4 1:32 PM, 2011
Ok, I was going to change it, but I knew you'd all like a laugh. Why do you think there's a crap next to it?
sid ashton said
Thu Aug 4 1:17 PM, 2011
Karen Foulkes wrote:
.....and an Audenshaw rarityA dog walker taking her turds away!
I hope she took the dog's droppings as well Karen
PS Just beat me to it Mr Rigby
-- Edited by sid ashton on Thursday 4th of August 2011 01:18:56 PM
Mark Rigby said
Thu Aug 4 1:16 PM, 2011
Karen Foulkes wrote:
A dog walker taking her turds away!
Or the dogs?
Karen Foulkes said
Thu Aug 4 11:33 AM, 2011
Poor viewing conditions including mist With Simon Ghilks
3-5 Common Terns Scaup 1 Ringed Plover flew off high Kingfisher (Simon only) 2 Goldeneye 1 Cormorant
and an Audenshaw rarityA dog walker taking her turds away!
Karen Foulkes said
Wed Aug 3 12:19 PM, 2011
This morning
Scaup still present 130+ Tufted Duck 4 Grey Heron all flew east as dog walker disturbed them 3 Cormorant 3 Goldeneye
Quiet otherwise
Karen Foulkes said
Mon Aug 1 6:09 PM, 2011
01/08/2011 Afternoon visit
2 female Common Scoter 1 drake Scaup 1 Common Sandpiper c130 Tufted Duck c27 Goosander c50 Great Crested Grebe 1 juv Peregrine chasing a Pied Wagtail. The Peregrine was then harassed by Crows and flew within touching distance 3 Goldeneye
1 Dunlin also recorded by Roy Travis this morning
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Monday 1st of August 2011 06:10:06 PM
1 Scaup 5-6 Dunlin 3 Ringed Plover 5 Cormorant 100-110 Tufted Duck 4 Goldeneye 2 Grey Heron juv Whitethroat Willow Warbler, one yellow juvenile and a scruffy adult juv Blackcap
Rather hot by 0900!
simon ghilks said
Fri Jul 29 6:39 PM, 2011
Friday 29/7/2011 14:45-16:15
1 Hobby flew low along causeway from South then high to North, it didn't linger. 1 Juv. Curlew being moved around by DWs and Gulls 2 Ringed Plover 4 Common Gull 1 F/M Kestrel on the water much as Karen had earlier. Gull numbers increasing with every visit mainly Lesser Black-backed and Black Headed.
Karen Foulkes said
Fri Jul 29 11:55 AM, 2011
29/07/2011 Cloudy 0940-1120
25 Black Tailed Godwits circled the area for approximately 15 minutes before moving east.
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Wednesday 27th of July 2011 06:58:36 PM
Graham Gill said
Wed Jul 27 9:30 AM, 2011
Yes, it could have been a Tufted duck, but the orange bill base has me confused Ian. Can other birders keep an eye out for it.
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Jul 26 5:42 PM, 2011
Only going off the description provided Graham I'd ask why the bird wasn't a juvenile Tufted Duck? Especially bearing in mind they often look much brighter and lack the tiny crest that the Collins Field Guide shows.
If it were an aythya hybrid one would have to ask a hybrid between what?
Also saw amongst the Scaup and Tufted on No 2 an all brown duck with sides light brown/golden and upper bill base a neat orange strip. Closest is a juv. Scaup but shape and colour of bill base wrong. Aythya hybrid?
Karen Foulkes said
Mon Jul 25 8:24 PM, 2011
This afternoon
3 Scaup still present on No 2 Black Necked Grebe 3 Ringed Plovers 100+ Tufted Duck c30 Great Crested Grebe 30 Goosander
Karen Foulkes said
Sun Jul 24 2:55 PM, 2011
0930-1215
Additional sightings
3 Ringed Plover 1 Curlew through 1 Kestrel 6 Mallard
simon ghilks said
Sun Jul 24 10:02 AM, 2011
24/7/2011 06:45-09:15
3 Scaup on No2, took off for fly round then back on 2 again. 1 Juv. Shelduck early on No1, not seen afterwards. 1 Black-necked Grebe found yesterday by JI still on No2 2 Common Tern 5 Cormorant 100+ Tufted Duck c 20 Goosander 30+ Great Crested Grebe 1 Sparrowhawk, over 1 Yellow Wagtail, over 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Grey Heron
Karen Foulkes said
Sat Jul 23 7:24 PM, 2011
23/07/2011 Late afternoon
3 Scaup still present, now moved onto No 2 2 Pochard 5 Goldeneye c130 Tufted Duck c30 Great Crested Grebe 24 Goosander
Robert Adderley said
Fri Jul 22 8:42 PM, 2011
In addition this afternoon a female Redstart (per p Wren), and 3 Lesser Whitethroats.
Karen Foulkes said
Fri Jul 22 12:10 PM, 2011
22/07/2011 0920-1140
3 Scaup still present 2 Pochard 3 Goldeneye c130 Tufted Duck 24 Goosander 40+ Great Crested Grebe 6 Cormorant 1 Ringed Plover 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Herring Gull
simon ghilks said
Thu Jul 21 10:28 AM, 2011
Thursday 21/7/2011 08:30-09:30
3 Scaup still present. NW corner No 1 Didn't see Common Scoter 2 Common Tern
Karen Foulkes said
Wed Jul 20 12:39 PM, 2011
20/7/2011 0900-1200
Drake Common Scoter 3 drake Scaup (1 ad male and 2 1st summer males) c100 Tufted Duck c14 Goosander c50 Great Crested Grebe 1 Cormorant 3 Common Tern 2 Common Sandpiper 4 Dunlin 1 Reed Bunting (f)
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Wednesday 20th of July 2011 01:24:27 PM
c120 Tufted Duck 1 Pochard c35 Great Crested Grebe 4 Common Tern 2 Common Gull c50 Black-headed Gull 2 Herring Gull c20 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 Cormorant
Karen Foulkes said
Tue Jul 12 11:19 AM, 2011
This am
1 Redshank 1 Ringed Plover 1 Curlew through west 1 Coot 3 Goldeneye 1 Common Tern 16 Goosander 64 Tufted Duck 2 Cormorant
Karen Foulkes said
Mon Jul 11 7:05 PM, 2011
1500 - 1645
1 Common Tern 6 Goosander 2 Goldeneye c200 Gulls on factory roof mainly Black Headed with 30-40 Lesser Black Backs and 1 Common c40 Tufted Ducks
Graham Gill said
Fri Jul 8 5:22 PM, 2011
1015--12:00 Breezy S, cloudy (with Karen)
Common tern - 3 Tufted duck - c90 Goldeneye - 2
Karen Foulkes said
Thu Jul 7 6:42 PM, 2011
Not quite in Rumworth's league, but alright for Audenshaw
1700-1800
1 Black Tailed Godwit on the south side of no 3
Obviously wanted to be a part of today's county influx
Escaped just before a torrential downpour!
Karen Foulkes said
Wed Jul 6 1:00 PM, 2011
This am
Juvenile Yellow Wagtail still present 2 Common Terns 50+ Tufted Duck 1 Cormorant 3 Goldeneye
Graham Gill said
Tue Jul 5 6:09 PM, 2011
10:00--12:00 (with Roy Travis)
Common tern - 1 Common sandpiper - 2 Cormorant - 2 Goldeneye - 3
Karen Foulkes said
Tue Jul 5 5:47 PM, 2011
1445-1700 Cloudy with a light shower
1 juvenile Yellow Wagtail, alighted briefly but was disturbed by dog walkers 3 Common Terns were around most of the time I was there catching small fry and flying so close that I didn't need my bins to see the tips of their bills 43 Tufted Ducks 2 Goldeneye male and female (latter seemed to have arrived with Tufteds)
Karen Foulkes said
Fri Jul 1 8:07 PM, 2011
1600-1730 Warm and Sunny
1 Black Necked Grebe still on no 2 Drake Goldeneye 3 Tufted Duck c100 Sand Martins
Karen Foulkes said
Thu Jun 30 12:29 PM, 2011
1000-1200
1 Black Necked Grebe 1 Redshank 3 Common Terns through
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Thursday 30th of June 2011 06:56:49 PM
Karen Foulkes said
Wed Jun 29 8:46 PM, 2011
1 Common Sandpiper also present on no 1, the only reservoir with no dog walkers today.
That must have felt like a long 2 hours Karentha needs to get toot flash to find some real birds im off the boss is here,and im supposed to be doing a report
Ok John
There were other birds there, perhaps I should have said mostly the same as yesterday. Audy can be hard work though because of other factors, mainly with four legs
Don't worry I'll come to Penny and show you how it's done
That must have felt like a long 2 hours Karentha needs to get toot flash to find some real birds im off the boss is here,and im supposed to be doing a report
1 Scaup
5 Black Tailed Godwits circled the site for c15 mins and were last seen flying south west
1 Swift
1 Grey Heron
1 Cormorant
Mixed flock of over 150 hirundine, mainly Swallows
Still very high water levels
Wheatear - 5
Pied wagtail - 2
Scaup - 1
Goldeneye - 1
GC grebe - 50
Tufted duck - 150
Cormorant - 2
Goosander - 32
Swallow - 6
LBB gull - 55
Herring gull - 2
BH gull - 40
Common gull - 4
Canada goose - 27
Starling - 1
21st August 2011
06.15-09.10
Cloudy
Light Southerly
with Paul Heaton and Simon Ghilks
Great Crested Grebe 37
Goosander 31
Pied Wagtail minimum 18
Tufted Duck 143
Grey Heron 4
Sparrowhawk
Scaup
Goldeneye
Swift 3
Black Tern
Cormorant
Kestrel
Simon had 2 Common Sandpipers on his way off
06.15-08.50
Cloudy
Light south westerly
Tufted Duck 140
Goldeneye 2
Swift at least two
Goosander 31
Common Sandpiper
Scaup
Scaup
2 Yellow Wagtail
3 Goldeneye
3 Swift
Common Sandpiper
Dunlin
33 Goosander
1 Cormorant
1m Sparrowhawk
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Thursday 18th of August 2011 12:37:17 PM
1 sub-adult male Scaup
c140 Tufted Duck
28 Goosander
1f Goldeneye
1f/imm Gadwall
36 Great-crested Grebes
2 Little Grebes
Cheers, John
1 Scaup
100+ Tufted Duck
30+ Great Crested Grebe
30+ Goosander
1 Kestrel
1 Wheatear
20-30 Swallow
1 Hobby went high South, seemed to have grub in it's grip.
2 Common Sandpiper
4 Lapwing over followed by 15 that landed on bank of No3 then 70 came down on bank of No2, couldn't tell if they had all joined together or maybe 89 different birds.
first visit since May where no Swifts seen.
4/5 Common Gull
Plenty Lesser Black-backed and Black-headed Gulls
Turnstone - Seen in flight only, flew off high west at noon
Also present
1 Scaup
1 Ringed Plover
1 Coot
23 Lapwing
3 Goldeneye
1 Kestrel
Over 100 Tufted Duck
3 Herring Gull with Lesser Black Backs
Scaup still present showing very well this evening
1 Oystercatcher on wall of no 2
c10 Swift
c6 Sand Martin
1 Kestrel
At least 100 Tufted Duck spread out on all three reservoirs
36 Goosander
Scaup - 1
Goldeneye - 2
Tufted duck - 100
Goosander - 33
GC grebe - 50
Cormorant - 2
Kestrel - 1
Sparrowhawk - 1
Oystercatcher - 1 (briefly tailed by Kestrel until the Oyc set down on the water!)
Swift - 40
Swallow - 15
House martin - 1
BH gull - 200+ (trailing the Goosander fishing packs)
LBB gull - 20
And c20 Pied wagtails in playing field by railway footbridge.
-- Edited by Graham Gill on Wednesday 10th of August 2011 09:36:58 AM
2 Dunlin
2-3 Ringed Plover
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Scaup
2 Cormorant
1 Grey Heron
1 Kestrel
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Tuesday 9th of August 2011 08:47:25 AM
Common Scoter - 1male
Scaup - 1 male
Goldeneye - 3
Tufted Duck - c130
Goosander - 30
I didn't know you were of Oriental extraction, Karen! Or was it just a Freudian slip
-- Edited by Mike Chorley on Thursday 4th of August 2011 08:22:40 PM
PS Just beat me to it Mr Rigby
-- Edited by sid ashton on Thursday 4th of August 2011 01:18:56 PM
Or the dogs?
With Simon Ghilks
3-5 Common Terns
Scaup
1 Ringed Plover flew off high
Kingfisher (Simon only)
2 Goldeneye
1 Cormorant
and an Audenshaw rarity
Scaup still present
130+ Tufted Duck
4 Grey Heron all flew east as dog walker disturbed them
3 Cormorant
3 Goldeneye
Quiet otherwise
2 female Common Scoter
1 drake Scaup
1 Common Sandpiper
c130 Tufted Duck
c27 Goosander
c50 Great Crested Grebe
1 juv Peregrine chasing a Pied Wagtail. The Peregrine was then harassed by Crows and flew within touching distance
3 Goldeneye
1 Dunlin also recorded by Roy Travis this morning
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Monday 1st of August 2011 06:10:06 PM
1 Scaup
1 Coot
1 Common Tern
c100 Tufted Duck
4 Cormorant
1 Kestrel
otherwise quiet, with water levels very high
1 Scaup
5-6 Dunlin
3 Ringed Plover
5 Cormorant
100-110 Tufted Duck
4 Goldeneye
2 Grey Heron
juv Whitethroat
Willow Warbler, one yellow juvenile and a scruffy adult
juv Blackcap
Rather hot by 0900!
1 Hobby flew low along causeway from South then high to North, it didn't linger.
1 Juv. Curlew being moved around by DWs and Gulls
2 Ringed Plover
4 Common Gull
1 F/M Kestrel
on the water much as Karen had earlier.
Gull numbers increasing with every visit mainly Lesser Black-backed and Black Headed.
25 Black Tailed Godwits circled the area for approximately 15 minutes before moving east.
Also
1 Oystercatcher
1 Redshank
1 Dunlin
Still 1 1st summer Scaup present
c100 Tufted Duck
4 Cormorant
27 Goosander
1 Kestrel
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Friday 29th of July 2011 11:57:52 AM
3 Scaup
12 Pochard
2 Common Tern
c100 Tufted Duck
2 Goldeneye
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Wednesday 27th of July 2011 06:58:36 PM
If it were an aythya hybrid one would have to ask a hybrid between what?
Scaup - 3
Goosander - 28
GC grebe - c50
Goldeneye - 4
Tufted duck - c120
Canada goose - 2
Cormorant - 10
LBB gull - c40
BH gull - 200+
Common sandpiper - 1
Kestrel - 1
Swift - 4
Swallow - 8
Pied wagtail - 6
Also saw amongst the Scaup and Tufted on No 2 an all brown duck with sides light brown/golden and upper bill base a neat orange strip. Closest is a juv. Scaup but shape and colour of bill base wrong. Aythya hybrid?
3 Scaup still present on No 2
Black Necked Grebe
3 Ringed Plovers
100+ Tufted Duck
c30 Great Crested Grebe
30 Goosander
Additional sightings
3 Ringed Plover
1 Curlew through
1 Kestrel
6 Mallard
3 Scaup on No2, took off for fly round then back on 2 again.
1 Juv. Shelduck early on No1, not seen afterwards.
1 Black-necked Grebe found yesterday by JI still on No2
2 Common Tern
5 Cormorant
100+ Tufted Duck
c 20 Goosander
30+ Great Crested Grebe
1 Sparrowhawk, over
1 Yellow Wagtail, over
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Grey Heron
3 Scaup still present, now moved onto No 2
2 Pochard
5 Goldeneye
c130 Tufted Duck
c30 Great Crested Grebe
24 Goosander
In addition this afternoon a female Redstart (per p Wren), and 3 Lesser Whitethroats.
3 Scaup still present
2 Pochard
3 Goldeneye
c130 Tufted Duck
24 Goosander
40+ Great Crested Grebe
6 Cormorant
1 Ringed Plover
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Herring Gull
3 Scaup still present. NW corner No 1
Didn't see Common Scoter
2 Common Tern
Drake Common Scoter
3 drake Scaup (1 ad male and 2 1st summer males)
c100 Tufted Duck
c14 Goosander
c50 Great Crested Grebe
1 Cormorant
3 Common Tern
2 Common Sandpiper
4 Dunlin
1 Reed Bunting (f)
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Wednesday 20th of July 2011 01:24:27 PM
Common sandpiper - 2
Goosander - 14
Tufted duck - c100
GC grebe - c35
Canada goose - 9
Pied wagtail - c20
LBB gull - 12
BH gull - c25
Swift - c100
Swallow - 8
c120 Tufted Duck
1 Pochard
c35 Great Crested Grebe
4 Common Tern
2 Common Gull
c50 Black-headed Gull
2 Herring Gull
c20 Lesser Black-backed Gull
1 Cormorant
1 Redshank
1 Ringed Plover
1 Curlew through west
1 Coot
3 Goldeneye
1 Common Tern
16 Goosander
64 Tufted Duck
2 Cormorant
1 Common Tern
6 Goosander
2 Goldeneye
c200 Gulls on factory roof mainly Black Headed with 30-40 Lesser Black Backs and 1 Common
c40 Tufted Ducks
(with Karen)
Common tern - 3
Tufted duck - c90
Goldeneye - 2
1700-1800
1 Black Tailed Godwit on the south side of no 3
Obviously wanted to be a part of today's county influx
Escaped just before a torrential downpour!
Juvenile Yellow Wagtail still present
2 Common Terns
50+ Tufted Duck
1 Cormorant
3 Goldeneye
Common tern - 1
Common sandpiper - 2
Cormorant - 2
Goldeneye - 3
1 juvenile Yellow Wagtail, alighted briefly but was disturbed by dog walkers
3 Common Terns were around most of the time I was there catching small fry and flying so close that I didn't need my bins to see the tips of their bills
43 Tufted Ducks
2 Goldeneye male and female (latter seemed to have arrived with Tufteds)
1 Black Necked Grebe still on no 2
Drake Goldeneye
3 Tufted Duck
c100 Sand Martins
1 Black Necked Grebe
1 Redshank
3 Common Terns through
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Thursday 30th of June 2011 06:56:49 PM
A miracle we see any waders here sometimes!
(with Karen)
Kestrel - 1
Black-necked grebe - 1
GC grebe - 15
Goldeneye - 1
Mallard - 2
LBB gull - 25
Herring gull - 3
BH gull - 20
Swallow - 12
Swift - 20
House martin - 2
Sand martin - 50
Goldfinch - 3
Pied wagtail - 2
Ok John
There were other birds there, perhaps I should have said mostly the same as yesterday. Audy can be hard work though because of other factors, mainly with four legs
Don't worry I'll come to Penny and show you how it's done
That must have felt like a long 2 hours Karen