9.15-9.50am bright crisp and frosty only a small area between the islands ice free.
260+ lapwings on the ice 100+fieldfare a few redwings and mistle thrush 22 teal in open water 11 coot in open water 120+BH gull
Pete Lane said
Tue Dec 2 10:23 PM, 2008
9.30-10.00am reservoir 90% frozen, 2" of snow.
40+ fieldfare feeding on hedgerows 2 sparrowhawk kestrel 50+ lapwings on the ice until put up by the sparrowhawk plenty BH gulls with a single LBB 2 herons looking miserable in the fields plus usual
Pete Lane said
Fri Nov 21 12:52 PM, 2008
11.45-12.30 very cold facing wind which turned to rain as I was leaving,
11 cormorants sharing island with 18 jackdaws 5 redwing enjoying the mass of berries in the hedge
a few coots, gc grebes and bh gulls plus the usual.
Pete Lane said
Tue Nov 18 9:41 PM, 2008
1.45-2-20pm nice Autumn day, bright, warm and gentle breeze, but not many birds!
8 cormorants 7 wigeon 4 tufties 37 canadas plus a few coots, moorhens, bh gulls and gc grebes.
Tons of berries but no Waxwings loads of Blackbirds.
Dean Macdonald said
Wed Nov 12 9:59 PM, 2008
Hi David, Kestrels and Sparrowhawks are seen regularly. There has been sightings of Osprey and Hobby this year. It's not unusual to see a Buzzard here. Raven is also a possibility.
Best access is from Beaumont Road. If you're coming from Chorley new road end(lodge on your right) go past the lodge and turn round in the Hotel entrance road. As you head back to the top of the brow there is a stile next to a farm gate entrance. It's not easy to see but there is a blue cycle lane sign right next to it. You can park in the entrance. Go over the stile and follow the tree line down to the lodge. As you aproach the water stay in the cover of the trees that obscure the islands. Once you break cover everything takes off.
Cheers Dean.
David Craven said
Wed Nov 12 8:16 AM, 2008
What birds of prey have been seen at the Lodge?
Had my first walk round the other day and saw a large raptor on a fence post. It left before I got the binoculars on it (basically we saw each other from a distance), but it was probably buzzard sized, but in body shape was more like a hawk.
Any thoughts?
Separate question, what's the best access to the site?
Pete Lane said
Mon Oct 27 11:29 AM, 2008
10.45-11.20am bright and cold.
3 pochard 3 tufted 2 GC grebe little grebe 5 cormorants 1 LBB gull 6 jackdaw (on island) mistle thrush plenty coot and BH gull
Dean Macdonald said
Wed Oct 22 9:26 PM, 2008
Great site tick for me Thanks for the txt Simon
Wellies a must at the moment.
Cheers Dean.
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Oct 22 5:12 PM, 2008
5 adult Whooper Swans Rumworth 2:30pm (info thanks to Phil Rhodes) and still present 5pm (info thanks to Simon Warford).
Dean Macdonald said
Sun Oct 19 4:34 PM, 2008
19 oct 2.30pm
40 Redwing 16 Snipe 4 Cormorant 100+ Jackdaw 4 Gt Cd Grebe 2 Lapwing 80 Black Hd Gull Kestrel Jay
Steve Almond said
Thu Oct 9 3:42 PM, 2008
Today from 10.45 to 12 noon in the sunshine
1 Jay 1 Buzzard 4 Reed Bunting 1 Goldcrest 20 Snipe on refurbished islands 3 Cormorant examining capsized bird scarer
Osprey this morning at 11:40 until 11:45, then drifted east.
Also single Common Sand
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Judith Smith said
Mon Sep 1 5:40 PM, 2008
Steve - if it's the one there on Saturday I think it's an Emperor Goose escapee from somewhere.
Steve Almond said
Mon Sep 1 3:42 PM, 2008
am and pm today
14 Snipe put up by a dog 1 Teal 11 Heron 39 Lapwing A large flock of c270 Canadas, in with which there appears to be a Barnacle Goose. Need someone to ID it.
Simon Warford said
Sun Aug 31 6:00 PM, 2008
31/8/08 early pm - not the best still given the amount of mud.
Buzzard - sat on a gate Teal 5 Common Sand 1 Greylag Geese 2 over otherwise
Me and Melanie B.
Dean Macdonald said
Sat Aug 30 8:40 PM, 2008
Bugger need Curlew for my Rumworth list. Working today, was gonna go after tea but changed my mind.
I'll try get there tomorrow
Hardly an Osprey is it
Dean.
-- Edited by Dean Macdonald at 20:48, 2008-08-30
Simon Warford said
Sat Aug 30 8:18 PM, 2008
Dean Macdonald wrote:
Water level still low but not a wader in sight
Waders tonight Dean
1 Curlew 2 Snipe and 1 Teal, wish id gone back to Elton
Dean Macdonald said
Fri Aug 29 4:28 PM, 2008
Fri pm.
1 juv Shelduck 6 Teal 7 Tufted Duck 8 Herons 350 Black Headed Gulls 150 Lapwing 4 LBB Gull 2 Herring Gull 1 male Sparrowhawk Flock of Tits mainly Long Tailed with a Willow Warbler among them.
Water level still low but not a wader in sight
Dean Macdonald said
Sat Aug 23 9:15 PM, 2008
Sat pm.
Very quiet. Water level creeping back up.
8 Heron, 2 Gt cr Grebe with 2 juv, 1 Common Tern, 20 Lapwing, 1 LBB Gull, 50 Black Hd Gull and a Kestrel.
Dean.
Pete Lane said
Mon Aug 18 5:57 PM, 2008
4.30-5.15pm
1 cormorant 150+ canadas 25 lapwings 1 common tern GC Grebe with 2 young lots of moorhens plus usual.
Simon Warford said
Sun Aug 17 6:26 PM, 2008
Ian me, warfy senior and Pete were there 4.40-6pm and the Greenshank flew in while we were there! otherwise as you saw plus Kingfisher and 1 stock dove!
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Aug 17 5:28 PM, 2008
Late afternoon today.
Common Sandpiper- 2 Ringed Plover- 4
No sign of the Greenshank!
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Aug 14 12:35 PM, 2008
Juv Greenshank still present and 3 (2 adult and a single juv) Ringed Plover this morning.
Mark Rigby said
Tue Aug 12 5:22 PM, 2008
Greenshank still present till 1400hrs at least.
Also
2 Common Tern Common Sandpiper
Geoff Hargreaves said
Sun Aug 10 8:58 PM, 2008
midday, tried for an hour to find the greenshank (only a lifer) and failed but it was blowing a gale up there and it,s careless of you bolton lads to lose so much water.
cheers geoff
brian fielding said
Sun Aug 10 5:46 PM, 2008
greenshank still present this morning
Simon Johnson said
Sat Aug 9 2:51 PM, 2008
Greenshank still present 9.30am but still lots of disturbance. Common Tern 8 Lapwing 6 GCG 8
Ian Woosey said
Fri Aug 8 6:25 PM, 2008
8/8/08
Greenshank still present at 4pm, though flying about due to disturbance....
Info from Ian McKerchar.
Pete Lane said
Wed Aug 6 10:01 AM, 2008
9.00-9.40am
greenshank still present
plus 3 entertaining well grown young foxes exploring the mud.
Judith Smith said
Tue Aug 5 11:06 PM, 2008
That Greenshank definitely missing this morning!
Mike Chorley said
Tue Aug 5 10:44 PM, 2008
Greenshank still present 'till 19.50 at least,but mobile and liable to disturbence by erratically wandering fishermen
10 Common terns , 3 oyks, single swift plus usual
self & riggers
presume you had nothing else, Simon?
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Aug 5 5:54 PM, 2008
3:30pm
Greenshank Redshank 10 Common Tern 4 Shoveler Lesser Whitethroat
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 17:54, 2008-08-05
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Aug 5 1:39 PM, 2008
Greenshank still present on the far bank late morning, 4 Shovelers and the Lesser Whitethroat still present in the trees in the swamp (Phil Rhodes had it in the bushes by the usual viewing point yesterday)
Dean Macdonald said
Mon Aug 4 8:54 PM, 2008
Greenshank still there 8pm.
Steve Almond said
Mon Aug 4 7:21 PM, 2008
Today am and pm. with Pete Lane am 1 Greenshank - still here 17.00hrs 1 Oystercatcher 1 LR plover 9 Common tern 2 Kestrel
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Aug 4 3:34 PM, 2008
Greenshank still present this early afternoon, also single Dunlin and 2 Little Ringed Plovers.
Info thanks to Rob Adderley
Paul Heaton said
Sun Aug 3 9:57 PM, 2008
Your welcome Pal and congratulations on your year list total, a new landmark is reached I hope your stopping now and relaxing for a few months?
Bugger that pal you pushed this far, and now the peat pools are open again time to start nicking some ponts from other peoples patches, might catch you up the..... you whipper-snapper
keep holding them down.
Simon Warford said
Sun Aug 3 9:45 PM, 2008
Paul Heaton wrote:
And blooming lucky to do so, many thanks to Warfy for holding down this bird till I got there, suppose the extra points now take you into the hundred points bracket, so will take some catching for me to beat you
Your welcome Pal and congratulations on your year list total, a new landmark is reached I hope your stopping now and relaxing for a few months?
260+ lapwings on the ice
100+fieldfare
a few redwings and mistle thrush
22 teal in open water
11 coot in open water
120+BH gull
40+ fieldfare feeding on hedgerows
2 sparrowhawk
kestrel
50+ lapwings on the ice until put up by the sparrowhawk
plenty BH gulls with a single LBB
2 herons looking miserable in the fields
plus usual
11 cormorants sharing island with 18 jackdaws
5 redwing enjoying the mass of berries in the hedge
a few coots, gc grebes and bh gulls plus the usual.
8 cormorants
7 wigeon
4 tufties
37 canadas
plus a few coots, moorhens, bh gulls and gc grebes.
18 Cormorant
6 Gt Cd Grebe
2 Tufties
6 Redwing
1 Mistle Thrush
Tons of berries but no Waxwings
Hi David,
Kestrels and Sparrowhawks are seen regularly. There has been sightings of Osprey and Hobby this year.
It's not unusual to see a Buzzard here. Raven is also a possibility.
Best access is from Beaumont Road. If you're coming from Chorley new road end(lodge on your right) go past the lodge and turn round in the Hotel entrance road. As you head back to the top of the brow there is a stile next to a farm gate entrance. It's not easy to see but there is a blue cycle lane sign right next to it. You can park in the entrance. Go over the stile and follow the tree line down to the lodge. As you aproach the water stay in the cover of the trees that obscure the islands. Once you break cover everything takes off.
Cheers Dean.
Had my first walk round the other day and saw a large raptor on a fence post. It left before I got the binoculars on it (basically we saw each other from a distance), but it was probably buzzard sized, but in body shape was more like a hawk.
Any thoughts?
Separate question, what's the best access to the site?
3 pochard
3 tufted
2 GC grebe
little grebe
5 cormorants
1 LBB gull
6 jackdaw (on island)
mistle thrush
plenty coot and BH gull
Great site tick for me
Thanks for the txt Simon
Wellies a must at the moment.
Cheers Dean.
19 oct 2.30pm
40 Redwing
16 Snipe
4 Cormorant
100+ Jackdaw
4 Gt Cd Grebe
2 Lapwing
80 Black Hd Gull
Kestrel
Jay
1 Jay
1 Buzzard
4 Reed Bunting
1 Goldcrest
20 Snipe on refurbished islands
3 Cormorant examining capsized bird scarer
3rd Oct 2pm
2 Wigeon
4 Teal
8 Gt Ctd Grebe
1 Little Grebe
2 Tufted
1 Snipe
30ish Lapwing
50 Blk Hd Gull
1 Herring Gull
2 Cormorant
and 1 capsised bird bird scarer
5 Pink-footed Geese in the field near Lock Lane
Swallow
2 House Martin
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Think that bird scarer is working, virtually nothing on the water!
3 Teal 2 Little Grebe 2 Snipe and a few Gulls.
Thanks for your help with the Gull Simon
GC Grebe with two very noisey well grown young
Little grebe
kingfisher which spends a lot of time near the mouth of the channel, I nearly always see it when fishing in this area.
small flock of long tailed tits
Whinchat- 1
Stonechat- 1
Whitethroat- 1
Snipe- 5
Buzzard- 2
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Stonechat 1
Little Grebe 1
Snipe 3
-- Edited by Simon Warford at 16:06, 2008-09-24
Adult Kittiwake
juv Ringed Plover
Common Sand
Whitethroat
Chiffchaff
Kingfisher
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Juvenile Ringed Plover
2 Common Sandpiper
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
1 Teal
1 Common Sandpiper
Emperor goose still with the canadas.
Water level back to normal, no more mud
85 Canada Goose, + 1 Emperor goose, 5 Grey Heron this afternoon.
Kane
Dunlin- 1
Common Sand- 1
Wheatear- 1
Buzzard- 1
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Also single Common Sand
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
14 Snipe put up by a dog
1 Teal
11 Heron
39 Lapwing
A large flock of c270 Canadas, in with which there appears to be a Barnacle Goose. Need someone to ID it.
Buzzard - sat on a gate
Teal 5
Common Sand 1
Greylag Geese 2 over
otherwise
Me and Melanie B.
Bugger
I'll try get there tomorrow
Hardly an Osprey is it
Dean.
-- Edited by Dean Macdonald at 20:48, 2008-08-30
Waders tonight Dean
1 Curlew
2 Snipe
and 1 Teal, wish id gone back to Elton
Fri pm.
1 juv Shelduck
6 Teal
7 Tufted Duck
8 Herons
350 Black Headed Gulls
150 Lapwing
4 LBB Gull
2 Herring Gull
1 male Sparrowhawk
Flock of Tits mainly Long Tailed with a Willow Warbler among them.
Water level still low but not a wader in sight
Sat pm.
Very quiet. Water level creeping back up.
8 Heron, 2 Gt cr Grebe with 2 juv, 1 Common Tern, 20 Lapwing, 1 LBB Gull, 50 Black Hd Gull and a Kestrel.
Dean.
1 cormorant
150+ canadas
25 lapwings
1 common tern
GC Grebe with 2 young
lots of moorhens plus usual.
Common Sandpiper- 2
Ringed Plover- 4
No sign of the Greenshank!
Also
2 Common Tern
Common Sandpiper
but it was blowing a gale up there and it,s careless of you bolton lads to lose so much water.
cheers geoff
Common Tern 8
Lapwing 6
GCG 8
Greenshank still present at 4pm, though flying about due to disturbance....
Info from Ian McKerchar.
greenshank still present
plus 3 entertaining well grown young foxes exploring the mud.
10 Common terns , 3 oyks, single swift plus usual
self & riggers
presume you had nothing else, Simon?
Greenshank
Redshank
10 Common Tern
4 Shoveler
Lesser Whitethroat
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 17:54, 2008-08-05
Greenshank still there 8pm.
1 Greenshank - still here 17.00hrs
1 Oystercatcher
1 LR plover
9 Common tern
2 Kestrel
Info thanks to Rob Adderley
Your welcome Pal and congratulations on your year list total, a new landmark is reached
Bugger that pal you pushed this far,
you whipper-snapper
keep holding them down.
Your welcome Pal and congratulations on your year list total, a new landmark is reached