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shaun arrand said
Mon Apr 5 12:13 PM, 2010
Where do we get the permits and keys from
Paul Hammond said
Mon Apr 5 10:54 AM, 2010
Monday 5th April 2010 Moderate southerlies cloudy 06.30-10.05
Wheatear 2 Sand Martin c20 at least 3 Swallow White Wagtail 5 Ringed Plover 2 House Martin Greylag Goose 4
Robert Adderley said
Sun Apr 4 6:48 PM, 2010
Sun 4/4/10 am
White Wagtail -3 Wheatear - 3 Meadow Pipit - c50
Sand Martin - c70 Swallow - 15 House Martin - 1
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Apr 3 11:24 AM, 2010
Andy Caveney wrote:
What's the scores on the doors as far as access to Audenshaw Res?? Is it still key/permit holder only??
Yes Andy, still key and permit holder only
Robert Adderley said
Sat Apr 3 11:06 AM, 2010
3/4/10 - am
Common Tern - 1 on No. 2 Res at 9.50 for 5 mins, then flew NE. Little Grebe - 1 Wigeon - 4 Curlew - 2 Ringed Plover - 5 Rock Pipit - 1 White Wagtail - 3 Wheatear - 2 Sand Martin - c50 Swallow - 10 House Martin - 1
Andy Caveney said
Fri Apr 2 4:52 PM, 2010
What's the scores on the doors as far as access to Audenshaw Res?? Is it still key/permit holder only??
Robert Adderley said
Fri Apr 2 3:34 PM, 2010
2/4/10 am
Yellow Wagtail - male still present on the central causeway,(also seen yesterday afternoon).
Rock Pipit - 1 Wheatear - 3 Swallow - 3 Sand Martin - 15.
Paul Hammond said
Thu Apr 1 11:02 AM, 2010
Thursday 1st April 2010 Overcast with hail, occasionally Strong westerly breeze 06.55-09.50
Wednesday 31st March 2010 Light Rain Light NW 06.35-09.35
With Rob Adderley and John Ireland
Goldeneye 47 Meadow Pipit c10 Tufted Duck 6 Swallow at least 3 Sand Martin c30 Shoveler 3m 1f Yellow Wagtail (earliest recorded on Audenshaw) Ringed Plover 5 Rock Pipit
Dunlin (heard)
2 Wheatear as per J. Ireland
Paul Hammond said
Tue Mar 30 12:51 PM, 2010
Tuesday 30th March 2010 Light Rain Light Easterly 06.40-08.45
Wednesday 24th March 2010 06.35 - 10.45 Light SE Overcast
With Mark Rigby
Goldeneye 36 Wheatear (m) Little Ringed Plover Dunlin Cormorant 4 Sand Martin just 3 this am Ringed Plover 6 Rock Pipit
Paul Hammond said
Tue Mar 23 11:07 AM, 2010
Tuesday 23rd March 2010 05.55-09.50 Light SE Frosty start with patchy cloud
LRP Greylag Goose over (not common here) Sand Martin c15 Cormorant 3 Ringed Plover 8 Wheatear (male)
Paul Hammond said
Sun Mar 21 11:31 AM, 2010
Sunday 21st March 2010 06.05 - 10.35 Foggy start but clear by 08.00 Light sw Rob Adderley, John Ireland present, Andy Bissit later
Dunlin Ringed Plover 8 LRP 2 Golden Plover Sand Martin c20 Meadow Pipit c70, Rob had bulk of these down east bank of No1 Rock Pipit Wheatear 2 males Cormorant 2
Kittiwake briefly on No1 as per J. Ireland
Paul Hammond said
Sat Mar 20 10:47 AM, 2010
Saturday 20th March 2010 05.55 - 10.10 Mod Sw Light rain most of morning but heavy at times With Paul Wren and Rob Adderley
Grey Heron Goldeneye 33 LRP 2 Sand Martin at least 8 flying through Cormorant 2 Ringed Plover 4
Paul Hammond said
Fri Mar 19 9:00 AM, 2010
Friday 19th March 2010 05.50-08.30 Moderate SW Clear skies
Goldeneye 22 Ringed Plover at least 5 Little Ringed Plover
Robert Adderley said
Mon Mar 15 8:21 PM, 2010
Mon 15/3/10 pm
Mediterranean Gull - 2 adults, appeared to be a pair.
Shoveler - 3 Wigeon - 2 Pochard - 1
Paul Hammond said
Sat Mar 13 9:39 AM, 2010
Saturday 13th March 2010 Cloudy Light South easterly 06.00 - 08.45
Spotted a Carrion Crow doing its impression of a Kestrel as it hovered over water and picked up what looked like remains of dead fish before flying back to bank to eat
ad Med Gull mid afternoon on no 1 Resv (same bird as Sunday) - info thanks to R Travis.
Robert Adderley said
Tue Feb 16 8:12 PM, 2010
Tues 16/2/10 pm
Yellow-legged Gull - 2nd winter bird in the roost again.
Otherwise disappointing for large Gulls tonight with no Great Black-backeds, 57 Lesser Black-backeds and just 4 Herring Gulls
Robert Adderley said
Sun Feb 14 8:36 PM, 2010
Sun - 14/2/10 pm
Med Gull - 1 adult Yellow-legged Gull - 2 (adult and 2nd winter)
Ringed Plover - 1
Robert Adderley said
Thu Feb 11 7:42 PM, 2010
Thurs - 11/2/10 pm
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 (ad and 2nd winter)
Ringed Plover - 1
Robert Adderley said
Tue Feb 9 9:01 PM, 2010
Tuesday 9th pm
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 birds in the roost (adult & 2nd winter)
Robert Adderley said
Fri Feb 5 9:05 PM, 2010
5/2/10 - pm
Info thanks to P Wren
Yellow-legged Gull - 3 (2ads and 2nd wnt)
Robert Adderley said
Thu Feb 4 7:59 PM, 2010
4/2/10 - PM
Yellow-legged Gull - 3 birds in the roost (2 ads and the 2nd winter). GBB Gull - 107 LBB Gull - 210 Herring Gull - 250.
Phil Owen said
Thu Feb 4 7:05 PM, 2010
Travelling home down the M60 tonight around 6pm, I noticed a very large flock of Gulls circling and diving down into an Industrial area close to Audenshaw Reservoir.
The birds I assume, were feeding on some waste under the floodlights.
Robert Adderley said
Wed Feb 3 8:12 PM, 2010
3/2/10 pm
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 birds in the roost (adult and 2nd winter).
Robert Adderley said
Fri Jan 29 7:10 PM, 2010
29/1/2010 pm
Info thanks to P Wren
Far fewer large Gulls in the roost tonight
Yellow-legged Gull - 3 (2 adults and the 2nd winter)
Robert Adderley said
Thu Jan 28 7:57 PM, 2010
28/1/10 pm
No sign of the Iceland Gull
Yellow-legged Gull - 4 (3 adults and the 2nd winter)
Moderate southerlies
cloudy
06.30-10.05
Wheatear 2
Sand Martin c20
at least 3 Swallow
White Wagtail 5
Ringed Plover 2
House Martin
Greylag Goose 4
White Wagtail -3
Wheatear - 3
Meadow Pipit - c50
Sand Martin - c70
Swallow - 15
House Martin - 1
Yes Andy, still key and permit holder only
Common Tern - 1 on No. 2 Res at 9.50 for 5 mins, then flew NE.
Little Grebe - 1
Wigeon - 4
Curlew - 2
Ringed Plover - 5
Rock Pipit - 1
White Wagtail - 3
Wheatear - 2
Sand Martin - c50
Swallow - 10
House Martin - 1
Is it still key/permit holder only??
Yellow Wagtail - male still present on the central causeway,(also seen yesterday afternoon).
Rock Pipit - 1
Wheatear - 3
Swallow - 3
Sand Martin - 15.
Overcast with hail, occasionally
Strong westerly breeze
06.55-09.50
with Rob Adderley and Jeff Bergum
Goldeneye 35
Sand Martin c30
Swallow 4
Cormorant 2
Wheatear 3
Chiffchaff and Skylark per Rob Adderley
Light Rain
Light NW
06.35-09.35
With Rob Adderley and John Ireland
Goldeneye 47
Meadow Pipit c10
Tufted Duck 6
Swallow at least 3
Sand Martin c30
Shoveler 3m 1f
Yellow Wagtail (earliest recorded on Audenshaw)
Ringed Plover 5
Rock Pipit
Dunlin (heard)
2 Wheatear as per J. Ireland
Light Rain
Light Easterly
06.40-08.45
Very quiet this am
Oystercatcher
Grey Heron
Goldeneye 35
Curlew
Tufted Duck 2m 1f
Ringed Plover 2
Wheatear 1m 1f
Cormorant
c10 Sand Martin
Meadow Pipit
Goldeneye
10 Lapwing over
No sign of the Kittiwake
-- Edited by Phil Owen on Monday 29th of March 2010 02:44:12 PM
Light Easterly
Light rain
08.20-10.50
Goldeneye 37
Ringed Plover 3
Black-Tailed Godwit 2
Sand Martin c30
Tufted Duck 4m 1f
Cormorant 4
Wheatear male and female
Skylark
Kittiwake
Moderate westerly
Cloudy
07.05-10.55
with Rob Adderley, Karen Foulkes and Rachael Hill
Goldeneye 31
Wheatear 3
S. Martin c10
Greylag Goose 2
Cormorant 4
Gadwall pair
Sparrowhawk
Curlew
LRP
Ringed Plover 2
06.15-10.00
Started off overcast but turned to patchy cloud
Moderately westerly making its way around to NW
with Rob Adderley and Karen Foulkes
Chiffchaff
Teal 2m 1f
Goldeneye 34
Oystercatcher
Ringed Plover 8
Wheatear 3
Tufted Duck 7
Curlew
Cormorant 5
LRP
4 Redshank as per Karen
Light East to SE
Grey Cloud
06.35-09.50
Goldeneye 46
Cormorant 4
Ringed Plover 8
LRP 2
Dunlin
Wheatear 4 male
06.35 - 10.45
Light SE
Overcast
With Mark Rigby
Goldeneye 36
Wheatear (m)
Little Ringed Plover
Dunlin
Cormorant 4
Sand Martin just 3 this am
Ringed Plover 6
Rock Pipit
05.55-09.50
Light SE
Frosty start with patchy cloud
LRP
Greylag Goose over (not common here)
Sand Martin c15
Cormorant 3
Ringed Plover 8
Wheatear (male)
06.05 - 10.35
Foggy start but clear by 08.00
Light sw
Rob Adderley, John Ireland present, Andy Bissit later
Dunlin
Ringed Plover 8
LRP 2
Golden Plover
Sand Martin c20
Meadow Pipit c70, Rob had bulk of these down east bank of No1
Rock Pipit
Wheatear 2 males
Cormorant 2
Kittiwake briefly on No1 as per J. Ireland
05.55 - 10.10
Mod Sw
Light rain most of morning but heavy at times
With Paul Wren and Rob Adderley
Grey Heron
Goldeneye 33
LRP 2
Sand Martin at least 8 flying through
Cormorant 2
Ringed Plover 4
05.50-08.30
Moderate SW
Clear skies
Goldeneye 22
Ringed Plover at least 5
Little Ringed Plover
Mediterranean Gull - 2 adults, appeared to be a pair.
Shoveler - 3
Wigeon - 2
Pochard - 1
Cloudy
Light South easterly
06.00 - 08.45
GC Grebe 10
Ringed Plover
Goosander 8
Cormorant
Goldeneye c40
Spotted a Carrion Crow doing its impression of a Kestrel as it hovered over water and picked up what looked like remains of dead fish before flying back to bank to eat
2 Common Scoter (m&f)
5 Shoveler (4m, 1f)
6 Wigeon (2m, 4f)
14 Pochard (3m 11f)
10 Goosander
c30 Goldeneye
1 Cormorant
1 Oystercatcher
06.40-08.55
light North easterly
clear skies
c21 Goldeneye
Peregrine
Curlew
4 Cormorant flew over M60
Yellow-legged Gull - 2nd winter bird in the roost again.
Pochard - 2
Ringed Plover - 7
Curlew - 1
Yellow-legged Gull - 2nd winter bird in the roost again, now for it's 5th consecutive month.
Goldeneye - 90.
Med Gull - 1 adult (Tony O'Mahoney)
Yellow-legged Gull - 3 (Adult, 2nd winter & a new 3rd winter bird)
Wigeon -3
Ringed Plover - 4
Curlew - 1
-- Edited by Robert Adderley on Saturday 27th of February 2010 08:06:32 PM
Med Gull - 1 adult
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 adult
Ringed Plover - 1
Golden Plover - 12
Nothing of note in the roost tonight
Dunlin - 1
Ringed Plover - 1
Yellow-legged Gull - 2nd winter bird is back with us after going missing yesterday.
Pochard - 1
Golden Plover - 21
Med Gull - 1 adult (different to the bird last Sunday and in the week).
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 adult.
Lesser Black-backed Gull - c200
Black-headed Gull - 1 leucisitic bird (all white with black primaries).
Golden Plover - 34
Yellow-legged Gull - 2nd winter.
Common Scoter - 1
Pochard - 2
Wigeon - 6
Mediterranean Gull - adult
Yellow-legged Gull - 2nd wtr
Pochard - 28
Shoveler - 1
Info thanks to Paul Wren.
Yellow-legged Gull -2 (ad and 2nd winter)
GBB Gull - 17
LBB Gull - 230
Herring Gull - 120
ad Med Gull mid afternoon on no 1 Resv (same bird as Sunday) - info thanks to R Travis.
Yellow-legged Gull - 2nd winter bird in the roost again.
Otherwise disappointing for large Gulls tonight with no Great Black-backeds, 57 Lesser Black-backeds and just 4 Herring Gulls
Med Gull - 1 adult
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 (adult and 2nd winter)
Ringed Plover - 1
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 (ad and 2nd winter)
Ringed Plover - 1
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 birds in the roost (adult & 2nd winter)
Info thanks to P Wren
Yellow-legged Gull - 3 (2ads and 2nd wnt)
Yellow-legged Gull - 3 birds in the roost (2 ads and the 2nd winter).
GBB Gull - 107
LBB Gull - 210
Herring Gull - 250.
The birds I assume, were feeding on some waste under the floodlights.
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 birds in the roost (adult and 2nd winter).
Info thanks to P Wren
Far fewer large Gulls in the roost tonight
Yellow-legged Gull - 3 (2 adults and the 2nd winter)
No sign of the Iceland Gull
Yellow-legged Gull - 4 (3 adults and the 2nd winter)
Herring Gull - 700
LBB Gull - 200
GBB Gull - 95