2nd winter Iceland Gull present again until 06:40 when it flew off low SE
Also present single Swallow, 20 Sand Martin and 2 Wheatears
Info thanks to Rob Adderley
Paul Hammond said
Sun Mar 22 9:31 AM, 2009
Sunday 22nd March 2009 06.25-09.10 Cloudy Moderate SE
Chiffchaff Goldeneye 41 Wheatear male Curlew 2 Sand Martin c42 Swallow Redshank
Paul Hammond said
Sat Mar 21 9:41 AM, 2009
Saturday 21st March 2009 06.05-09.15 cloudy light NE
Goldeneye 35 Iceland Gull till about 07.15 Meadow Pipit 2 Wheatear 2m 1f Redshank Cormorant Sand Martin c25 Swallow 1 briefly over path btw 1 &3 before heading west Shoveler pair flew over west then a male dropped onto No1 ten minutes later Goosander 3f
Paul Hammond said
Fri Mar 20 12:08 PM, 2009
Friday 20th March 2009 06.05-09.40 Cloudy and cold start Moderate S. Easterly
Goldeneye 36 Curlew Iceland Gull Wheatear 3 but Rob saw five on way off Shoveler male Sand Martin c12 Cormorant
Paul Hammond said
Thu Mar 19 1:44 PM, 2009
Thursday 19th March 2009 06.00-08.50 Hazy Very light N Easterly
Tufted Duck 11 Goldeneye 34 Goosander 6 Found second Wheatear on way off but could possible have seen four as sightings ranged from Retaining wall of No1 to far end of causeway Cormorant Meadow Pipits callig as they flew over but only spotted the one Redshank
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Mar 19 10:09 AM, 2009
This morning:
2nd winter (summer) Iceland Gull still present at 07:50 but flew off at 08:07 after eating what looked like worms from the bankings!
Single Wheatear also present.
All info thanks to Paul Hammond
Robert Adderley said
Wed Mar 18 8:10 PM, 2009
18/3/09 - pm
2nd winter Iceland Gull in the roost again tonight.
White Wagtail - 1 briefly on the wall of no 1 Resv.
Paul Hammond said
Wed Mar 18 9:50 AM, 2009
Wednessday 18th March 2009 07.00-09.20 Light south to southe westerly Foggy
2nd-W Iceland Gull reported leaving at 07.00
Goldeneye 33 Lapwing 7 Ringed Plover Curlew Mute Swan 2 flew west over reservoirs Cormorant Sand Martin at least 9
Paul Hammond said
Tue Mar 17 10:27 AM, 2009
Tuesday 17th March 2009 06.05-08.20 Cloudy Moderate north easterly
Goldeney 38 Cormorant Iceland Gull 2nd-winter Goosander 2 males and a female Sand Martin at least nine by the time I left
Paul Hammond said
Mon Mar 16 1:05 PM, 2009
Audenshaw Reservoirs 16th March 2009 06.20-10.05 Sunny Light South Easterly
Goldeneye 37 Iceland Gull 2nd winter flew north east at 07.03 Wheatear male Rock Pipit Oystercatcher Curlew Goosander 3 Little Ringed Plover 2
Andy Bissitt said
Sun Mar 15 12:07 PM, 2009
Paul,
Sorry to say, you missed that WHEATEAR you were predicting for this coming week. It was down round the 'well' area at 10.20 and then three quarters the way back along the wall of number one tank on the way out at 11.15.
Andy B
Paul Hammond said
Sun Mar 15 11:08 AM, 2009
15th March 2009 06.00-10.20 Sunny Light westerly
Goldeneye 53 Goosander 5 Cormorant Redshank Iceland Gull 2nd-winter Grey Heron Ringed plover (heard) passage of Meadow Pipits Skylark 2 White Wagtail Sand Martin Curlew Sparrowhawk Coal Tit 2
jason atkinson said
Thu Mar 12 2:12 PM, 2009
Ian,
Never doubted it was a 2w just had to go on what i could see at distance.
cheers jason
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Mar 11 11:02 PM, 2009
Jason, the Iceland Gull in your blog that has been visiting the roost regularly recently and of which some excellent photos reside on the Manchester Birding galleries is indeed a 2nd winter bird (3rd calender year).
jason atkinson said
Wed Mar 11 8:46 PM, 2009
Juv/2w Iceland Gull again this evening - same bird as monday evening (bad pic on my blog) 16 Goosander comprising of 12f 4m Also a Bat sp buzzing around about 6.15
cheers jason
Robert Adderley said
Wed Mar 11 11:56 AM, 2009
In addition to the Iceland Gull, single Curlew and Dunlin this am.
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Mar 11 8:08 AM, 2009
2nd winter Iceland Gull still present this morning and showing to only a few yards
Info thanks to Rob Adderley
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Mar 10 5:25 PM, 2009
2nd winter Iceland Gull present in the roost again this evening, was on no.1 reservoir and then moved to no.2.
Info thanks to Steve Collins
Paul Bambroffe said
Tue Mar 10 12:21 PM, 2009
2 Tufties 1m 1f Goldeneye some males displaying 4 Great Crested Grebes 1 Redshank 4 Cormorant 1 Curlew heading easterly 5 Goosander f
-- Edited by Paul Bambroffe at 13:24, 2009-03-10
jason atkinson said
Mon Mar 9 8:49 PM, 2009
Ian McKerchar wrote:
2nd winter Iceland Gull in the roost again this evening
Info thanks to Rob Adderley
Managed some distant shots of this evenings bird (on my blog) and have viewed the 2w photos. We noticed smudging around the eye of this evenings bird which i cant make out on the photos of the 2w. Adult Med gull also.
cheers jason
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Mar 9 6:34 PM, 2009
2nd winter Iceland Gull in the roost again this evening
Info thanks to Rob Adderley
Paul Bambroffe said
Mon Mar 9 10:58 AM, 2009
4 Great Crested Grebe a few Goldeneye. 5 Goosander 1m 4f 5 Cormorants No sign of 2 Pochard from yesterday.
Steve Collins said
Sun Mar 8 8:49 PM, 2009
No sign of the Iceland Gull yesterday 10.30-11.30 nor today around 1.00pm. Never mind I'll catch up with one soon. 2 ringed plover dropped in so perhaps it 's time for more to come Steve
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Mar 7 9:09 AM, 2009
2nd winter (summer) Iceland Gull still present showing very well around the reservoirs up to 9am this morning atleast
Info thanks to Paul Hammond
Robert Adderley said
Fri Mar 6 8:40 PM, 2009
Friday 6/3/09 - pm
ICELAND GULL - 2 birds in the roost (1st and 2nd winters), the 2nd winter having shown on and off all day.
GBB Gull - c70 Black-headed Gull - adult with pure white primaries.
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Mar 6 2:02 PM, 2009
The 2nd winter Iceland Gull was showing staggeringly well again today around dinner time, on the grass banks of the reservoirs and down to only a few yards!
Info thanks to Rob Adderley and Roy Travis
Robert Adderley said
Thu Mar 5 7:38 PM, 2009
Thurs 5/3/09
Iceland Gull - a 2nd winter bird showed very well late morning feeding with a handful of Black-headed Gulls on the grass bank of no 1 Resv, before eventually flying off east.............info per R Travis.
Not known whether the roost was covered tonight.
Paul Hammond said
Sat Feb 28 8:39 AM, 2009
Friday 27th February 14.30-18.10 Cloudy Light westerly
if we must discuss utilising other means of accessing Audenshaw Reservoirs other than the gate provided for permit holders, please could we do it off topic, using the private message facility if possible.
Cheers (insert some for of smiley here! And yes 'they' are working on certain aspects of the forum that seems to be inoperative currently)
I've removed the post and I'll use the PM.
Sean
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Feb 26 11:51 AM, 2009
Gents,
if we must discuss utilising other means of accessing Audenshaw Reservoirs other than the gate provided for permit holders, please could we do it off topic, using the private message facility if possible.
Cheers (insert some for of smiley here! And yes 'they' are working on certain aspects of the forum that seems to be inoperative currently)
Sean Molloy said
Thu Feb 26 10:34 AM, 2009
-- Edited by Sean Molloy at 12:11, 2009-02-26
Paul Hammond said
Thu Feb 26 9:58 AM, 2009
Thursday 26th February 2009 cloudy moderate westerly breeze 07.40-09.00
1st winter Glaucous Gull in Friday's roost as been reidentified as a 1st winter Iceland Gull, from photographs, by Rob Adderley and Ian McKerchar
We have had a large Iceland Gull resembling a Glauc at Moore/Arpley/Richmond be interesting to see the photo.
cheers jason
Just had a look at the photo in the gallery and it isnt the bird that we have been seeing, not sure how this bird looked in the flesh but does look like a bog standard Iceland Gull. Just out of interest is there access to the res now as i see the newcomer (sean molloy) has managed to get in, unless he has a key in which case my bad. Wouldnt mind grilling the gulls its been a couple of years since i did.
Pink-footed Goose - 2, after much flying around alighted on no 2 briefly before flying off north.
Pochard - 41 Teal - 2
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Feb 22 10:09 PM, 2009
In a county perspective atleast, Iceland Gull has been more numerous than Glaucous Gull in perhaps the last decade, although before this the opposite was true.
I will be uploading photos of all the recent 'white-wingers' to the galleries very soon.
Sean Molloy said
Sun Feb 22 9:15 PM, 2009
Paul Heaton wrote:
Still large corvid movements as well. At least 400 plus Jackdaws flew over tonight. 20+ Goldeneye 30 Goosander 18 Tufted.
And yes Sean look like you got an Iceland gull not a Glaucous Gull, need to amend your list, but look on the bright side, you still got a lifer.
Keep birding
Awww. Oh well an Iceland Gull's just as good really. Oh just out of interest which is rarer? It's an Iceland I think. (According to the "RSPB Handbook Of British Birds"!)
Sean
-- Edited by Sean Molloy at 21:18, 2009-02-22
-- Edited by Sean Molloy at 22:04, 2009-02-22
-- Edited by Sean Molloy at 22:04, 2009-02-22
jason atkinson said
Sun Feb 22 9:02 PM, 2009
Paul Hammond wrote:
1st winter Glaucous Gull in Friday's roost as been reidentified as a 1st winter Iceland Gull, from photographs, by Rob Adderley and Ian McKerchar
We have had a large Iceland Gull resembling a Glauc at Moore/Arpley/Richmond be interesting to see the photo.
cheers jason
Paul Heaton said
Sun Feb 22 8:31 PM, 2009
Still large corvid movements as well. At least 400 plus Jackdaws flew over tonight. 20+ Goldeneye 30 Goosander 18 Tufted.
And yes Sean look like you got an Iceland gull not a Glaucous Gull, need to amend your list, but look on the bright side, you still got a lifer.
Keep birding
Sean Molloy said
Sun Feb 22 7:37 PM, 2009
Paul Hammond wrote:
1st winter Glaucous Gull in Friday's roost as been reidentified as a 1st winter Iceland Gull, from photographs, by Rob Adderley and Ian McKerchar
When I was at Audy on Friday I saw a 1st Winter Glaucous Gull. Is that the one your talking about?
Also present single Swallow, 20 Sand Martin and 2 Wheatears
Info thanks to Rob Adderley
06.25-09.10
Cloudy
Moderate SE
Chiffchaff
Goldeneye 41
Wheatear male
Curlew 2
Sand Martin c42
Swallow
Redshank
06.05-09.15
cloudy
light NE
Goldeneye 35
Iceland Gull till about 07.15
Meadow Pipit 2
Wheatear 2m 1f
Redshank
Cormorant
Sand Martin c25
Swallow 1 briefly over path btw 1 &3 before heading west
Shoveler pair flew over west then a male dropped onto No1 ten minutes later
Goosander 3f
06.05-09.40
Cloudy and cold start
Moderate S. Easterly
Goldeneye 36
Curlew
Iceland Gull
Wheatear 3 but Rob saw five on way off
Shoveler male
Sand Martin c12
Cormorant
06.00-08.50
Hazy
Very light N Easterly
Tufted Duck 11
Goldeneye 34
Goosander 6
Found second Wheatear on way off but could possible have seen four as sightings ranged from Retaining wall of No1 to far end of causeway
Cormorant
Meadow Pipits callig as they flew over but only spotted the one
Redshank
2nd winter (summer) Iceland Gull still present at 07:50 but flew off at 08:07 after eating what looked like worms from the bankings!
Single Wheatear also present.
All info thanks to Paul Hammond
2nd winter Iceland Gull in the roost again tonight.
White Wagtail - 1 briefly on the wall of no 1 Resv.
07.00-09.20
Light south to southe westerly
Foggy
2nd-W Iceland Gull reported leaving at 07.00
Goldeneye 33
Lapwing 7
Ringed Plover
Curlew
Mute Swan 2 flew west over reservoirs
Cormorant
Sand Martin at least 9
06.05-08.20
Cloudy
Moderate north easterly
Goldeney 38
Cormorant
Iceland Gull 2nd-winter
Goosander 2 males and a female
Sand Martin at least nine by the time I left
16th March 2009
06.20-10.05
Sunny
Light South Easterly
Goldeneye 37
Iceland Gull 2nd winter flew north east at 07.03
Wheatear male
Rock Pipit
Oystercatcher
Curlew
Goosander 3
Little Ringed Plover 2
Sorry to say, you missed that WHEATEAR you were predicting for this coming week. It was down round the 'well' area at 10.20 and then three quarters the way back along the wall of number one tank on the way out at 11.15.
Andy B
06.00-10.20
Sunny
Light westerly
Goldeneye 53
Goosander 5
Cormorant
Redshank
Iceland Gull 2nd-winter
Grey Heron
Ringed plover (heard)
passage of Meadow Pipits
Skylark 2
White Wagtail
Sand Martin
Curlew
Sparrowhawk
Coal Tit 2
Never doubted it was a 2w just had to go on what i could see at distance.
cheers
jason
16 Goosander comprising of 12f 4m
Also a Bat sp buzzing around about 6.15
cheers
jason
Info thanks to Rob Adderley
Info thanks to Steve Collins
Goldeneye some males displaying
4 Great Crested Grebes
1 Redshank
4 Cormorant
1 Curlew heading easterly
5 Goosander f
-- Edited by Paul Bambroffe at 13:24, 2009-03-10
Managed some distant shots of this evenings bird (on my blog) and have viewed the 2w photos. We noticed smudging around the eye of this evenings bird which i cant make out on the photos of the 2w.
Adult Med gull also.
cheers
jason
Info thanks to Rob Adderley
a few Goldeneye.
5 Goosander 1m 4f
5 Cormorants
No sign of 2 Pochard from yesterday.
2 ringed plover dropped in so perhaps it 's time for more to come
Steve
Info thanks to Paul Hammond
ICELAND GULL - 2 birds in the roost (1st and 2nd winters), the 2nd winter having shown on and off all day.
GBB Gull - c70
Black-headed Gull - adult with pure white primaries.
Info thanks to Rob Adderley and Roy Travis
Iceland Gull - a 2nd winter bird showed very well late morning feeding with a handful of Black-headed Gulls on the grass bank of no 1 Resv, before eventually flying off east.............info per R Travis.
Not known whether the roost was covered tonight.
14.30-18.10
Cloudy
Light westerly
Pochard 25
just 1 Tufted Duck
Shoveler 3 males
Wigeon pair
Cormorant 2
Mediterranean Gull adult
I've removed the post and I'll use the PM.
Sean
if we must discuss utilising other means of accessing Audenshaw Reservoirs other than the gate provided for permit holders, please could we do it off topic, using the private message facility if possible.
Cheers (insert some for of smiley here! And yes 'they' are working on certain aspects of the forum that seems to be inoperative currently)
-- Edited by Sean Molloy at 12:11, 2009-02-26
cloudy
moderate westerly breeze
07.40-09.00
Goldeneye 37
Shoveler 2 males
Pochard 20
Tufted Duck 5
Dunlin
Mute Swan
Skylark
Goosander pair
Curlew 2 flying through north easterly
Cormorant
Just had a look at the photo in the gallery and it isnt the bird that we have been seeing, not sure how this bird looked in the flesh but does look like a bog standard Iceland Gull.
Just out of interest is there access to the res now as i see the newcomer (sean molloy) has managed to get in, unless he has a key in which case my bad. Wouldnt mind grilling the gulls its been a couple of years since i did.
cheers
jason
-- Edited by jason atkinson at 22:15, 2009-02-25
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 (ad + 3rd winter)
LBB Gull - 320
Herring Gull - 150
GBB Gull - 45
Pink-footed Goose - 2, after much flying around alighted on no 2 briefly before flying off north.
Pochard - 41
Teal - 2
I will be uploading photos of all the recent 'white-wingers' to the galleries very soon.
Awww.
Oh well an Iceland Gull's just as good really.
Oh just out of interest which is rarer? It's an Iceland I think. (According to the "RSPB Handbook Of British Birds"!)
Sean
-- Edited by Sean Molloy at 21:18, 2009-02-22
-- Edited by Sean Molloy at 22:04, 2009-02-22
-- Edited by Sean Molloy at 22:04, 2009-02-22
We have had a large Iceland Gull resembling a Glauc at Moore/Arpley/Richmond be interesting to see the photo.
cheers
jason
At least 400 plus Jackdaws flew over tonight.
20+ Goldeneye
30 Goosander
18 Tufted.
And yes Sean look like you got an Iceland gull not a Glaucous Gull, need to amend your list, but look on the bright side, you still got a lifer.
Keep birding
When I was at Audy on Friday I saw a 1st Winter Glaucous Gull.
Is that the one your talking about?
-- Edited by Sean Molloy at 19:38, 2009-02-22
23 Pochard
12 Wigeon
7 Cormorant
Curlew heard
1st winter Glaucous Gull in Friday's roost as been reidentified as a 1st winter Iceland Gull, from photographs, by Rob Adderley and Ian McKerchar
Thanks for the welcome!
Yes I'm really happy about seeing it!
I wanted to go back today and look for the Yellow-Legged Gull but I wasn't able too.
Sean
WELCOME SEAN
Takes most people 10 years to get glaucous gull-you must have luck on your side-keep it up
Cloudy, light drizzle westerly breeze.
Pochard (30-40)
Tufted Duck (11)
Great Crested Grebe (1)
Golden Eye (1) (Lifer)
Goosander (10) (Lifer)
Glaucous Gull 1st winter. (Lifer)
Large Gull Roost (400 maybe?)
P.s I'm new on the forum and yesterday was my first time birding at Audenshaw so Hi!
-- Edited by Sean Molloy at 09:39, 2009-02-21
07.45-10.05
Cloudy
Light Westerly
Pocchard 43
Tufted Duck 13
Yellow-Legged Gull adult
Goldeneye 42
Goosander 9
Oystercatcher
Cormorant 10
Golden Plover 5
13.30-17.45
Cold westerly breeze
Goosander 28
Glaucous Gull first winter
Yellow-Legged Gull adult
06.50-08.35
Cloudy
Light SW
Goosander 19
Pochard 48
Goldeneye 42
Y-L Gull adult
Tufted Duck 11
Skylark
Curlew
Dunlin
Cormorant
06.45-08.40
Light rain
Light westerly breeze
Goldeneye 61
Goosander 15
Wigeon 2M 2 F
1st-W still present till 07.40 flying off N to NE
Tufted Duck 10
Cormorant 4
Pochard 11
Glaucous Gull - 1st winter in the roost
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 adult
Oystercatcher - 3
07.00-09.20
Overcast
Light westerly breeze
Goosander 9
Goldeneye 38
Oystercatcher 2
Pochard 9
Cormorant 6
Tufted Duck 26
Shelduck 2
-- Edited by Paul Hammond at 09:50, 2009-02-16
Gull roost very poor tonight.
Wigeon - 2
Pochard - 4
Goldeneye - 47
Goosander - 49
Med Gull - adult
Yellow-legged Gull - 1st winter.
...........info per P Wren