The bar-tailed godwit was present- I will send a photo to Ian which should show it to be a dfferent one. At first 2 Common Tern then 3 then 4 and eventually an Arctic Tern on Number 1 which all moved over the wall to number 3 as I left. 1 Ringed Plover 1 Little Ringed Plover 1 Dunlin 1 Wheatear Not a ripple on the water- very spooky! Cheers Steve
Robert Adderley said
Mon May 5 6:53 PM, 2008
5/5/08 pm
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 (different to the bird at the weekend) Common Tern - 4 Wheatear - 1 Dunlin - 2
Judith Smith said
Sun May 4 10:00 PM, 2008
Yes, that Alpine Swift record at Hulme is in the 1993 report but I just thought it was a bit too old to include...
Robert Adderley said
Sun May 4 8:31 PM, 2008
The Red-rumped Swallow was found by John Ireland late afternoon over the Central Causeway, (sadly whilst I was at the opposite side of the County at the Wigan Flashes!). Unfortunately it quickly moved on to the disappointment of many Audenshaw regulars, a cracking well deserved find though for John.
Tom McKinney said
Sun May 4 5:31 PM, 2008
RED-RUMPED SWALLOW 5PM by the central well. Just spoke to Rob Adderley and it's unlikely that you'll see it from the adjacent roads.
I live in Audenshaw but for some reason decided to go to Pennington to try and see Little Gull or Black Tern. Unfortunately, I didn't see either despite the Little Gulls being there according to Gary Gorner. I had a good look through all the BHGs but couldn't see any that looked smaller. I did find what I am reasonably sure was a Garden Warbler in the scrub opposite the Teal hide though.
Gary
Judith Smith said
Sat May 3 10:09 PM, 2008
Thanks for that information, John and Nigel - fills in a few gaps! All credit for today's bird, though, to Paul Hammond who puts so much time in at Audi and this was a well deserved reward. Steve Collins' photo looked really good in the camera, so looking forward to seeing it on the forum - have seen Rob A's too, which is also pretty good considering he doesn't have a big lens.
JOHN TYMON said
Sat May 3 9:32 PM, 2008
think if i remember correctly the pennington bird was first seen by patrick baglee,followed about 10 seconds later by myself and paul brown,it was first seen above what is now the back of the new hide.think dave wilson and frank horrocks saw it with us about 10 mins later
Andy Bissitt said
Sat May 3 9:23 PM, 2008
Last Saturday, I was at Audenshaw between the hours it was showing ; this Saturday I was shopping in Stockport. I guess that's bad timing. There goes another one that will probably never grace my G. M/c list. Life's cruel.
Tim Wilcox said
Sat May 3 8:42 PM, 2008
Nice to meet you Riggers. Pity about the timingStill glad I tried for it though. I didn't get any consolation prizes down King's Road either Anyway at least I found out I'dve been even more disappointed slogging up Pendle Hill as the Dotterel buggered off at noon.
Paul Heaton said
Sat May 3 8:35 PM, 2008
JUDITH NIGEL, Very interesting information, but blooming heck todays Alpine swift the 3rd May 2008 was a cracker and the lads who found it should go down in history, might even let the come in the 200 club for a pint. well done that hammond keep birding (swiftly)
Nigel Troup said
Sat May 3 8:23 PM, 2008
The Alpine Swift at Compstall NR was found by a visiting birder from Kent, on August 17th 1970. It was the first record for Cheshire.
Judith Smith said
Sat May 3 8:11 PM, 2008
For those who are interested: the last Alpine Swift (s) were in 1981, when one was at Pennington Flash 23-25 May and one was at Blackleach Resr 21 July. In 1970, one was at Compstall. At that time, Compstall was in Cheshire (pre local government reorganisation) and I don't have the Cheshire report for that year, but no doubt someone can tell us when it was. The observers aren't given in either the 1981 county report or the 1981 Leigh OS report for the Pennington and Blackleach birds. LOS did cover Blackleach, but don't mention that record in their 1981 report, whcih suggests they didn't know about it.
Rob Smallwood said
Sat May 3 3:59 PM, 2008
Many thanks to Ian, Ian, Rob & Sonia - despite their help I dipped this one missing it by about 5 mins, c'est la vie.
Mark Rigby said
Sat May 3 3:55 PM, 2008
Alpine Swift
Robert Adderley said
Sat May 3 1:14 PM, 2008
Sat - 3.5.08
ALPINE SWIFT - showed well on and off until c10.35am but no further sign by 11.15am at least. Initially the bird fed along the north wall of no 1 Resv often over the road and houses but as the skies cleared it started to feed at higher altitude and became harder to locate. Congratulations to Paul Hammond on a well deserved find.
Simon Warford said
Sat May 3 1:06 PM, 2008
what a corker, the ALPINE SWIFT was last seen approx 10.35 when it drifted high with the swifts, no sign since according to the unfortunate working Riggers and not many swifts left.
Well done Hammy!!
Ian McKerchar said
Sat May 3 9:37 AM, 2008
alpine swift from approx 8:30 this am and appearing to linger, also bar-tailed godwit (for its 2nd day) and whimbrel through.
Please note the reservoirs are permit only but the airspace above can easily be seen from outside the perimeter fence from the surrounding roads
Robert Adderley said
Sun Apr 27 7:28 PM, 2008
Sun - 27.4.08
1 Arctic Tern + the 3 Common Terns mid afternoon
Paul Hammond said
Sun Apr 27 6:42 PM, 2008
Saturday 26th April 2008 05.20-09.00 Cloudy Southerly breeze
Goldeneye 8 Ringed Plover Common Sandpiper Swift 8 Dunlin 3 Female Sparrowhawk Cormorant 2 Female Wheatear
Sunday 27th April 2008 06.45-11.10 Light Rain Moderate South to south easterly
Ringed Plover 2 Wheatear 3 White Wagtail Yellow Wagtail 3 Dunlin at least 11 maybe 18 as flocks never landed Cormorant Common Tern 3 Whimbrel calling as it flew through
17 Arctic Terns this morning with up to 11 lingering early pm
Robert Adderley said
Mon Apr 21 6:26 PM, 2008
Mon - 21.4.08 am
GLAUCOUS GULL - 1st winter bird flew through NE at 8.20am.
Swift - 1 Yellow Wagtail - 1 Otherwise fairly quiet.
Robert Adderley said
Thu Apr 17 4:19 PM, 2008
Thurs -17.4.08 am
Yellow Wagtail - 4 White Wagtail - 3 Wheatear - 2
Common Sand - 1 Dunlin - 2 Linnet - 1
-- Edited by Robert Adderley at 16:20, 2008-04-17
Robert Adderley said
Tue Apr 15 7:47 PM, 2008
Tues - 15.4.08
Fairly quiet
Wigeon - pair LRP - 4 Ringed Plover - 3 Common Sand - 3 White Wagtail - 1 Wheatear - 3 All 3 Hirundines.
(2 Kittiwakes and a Yellow Wag seen last Sunday (13th) - info P Wren)
Paul Heaton said
Sat Apr 12 12:37 PM, 2008
Should have stuck around hammy, large flock of pipits moved through about 11 ish 30+ meadow pipts 3 rock pipts 17 pied wagtails 2 goosander 1 canada goose 2 ringed plover 4 wheatear hirudines galore to many to count or maybe i was too cold. keep birding
Paul Hammond said
Sat Apr 12 10:57 AM, 2008
12th April 2008 05.35-09.10
Wind South Westerly Light rain showers
2 male Shoveler Pair of Tufted Duck 3 Goosander Pair of Wigeon c150 Sand Martins flying about in close pack for much of the time with 7 Swallows and 8 House Martins At least 2 female Wheatear up to 8 Meadow Pipits including a couple harassing a weasel
Huge flock of hirundines 5 R. plover displaying at side 2 L R Plover 15 wheatear meadow pipits and a couple of angry dog walkers who were not best pleased when I asked to see there permits. keep birding
Robert Adderley said
Sat Apr 5 8:26 PM, 2008
Sat - 5.4.08 am
Wheatear - 4 LRP - 2 Ringed Plover - 2 Swallow - 5 Sand Martin - 115 counted over no 3 mid am
Robert Adderley said
Mon Mar 31 9:01 PM, 2008
Mon 31/3/08 pm
Wheatear - 2 Sand Martin - c20 Chiffchaff - 1
Redshank - 1
Steve Collins said
Thu Mar 27 8:13 PM, 2008
Thursday 27/3/08 5.15pm- 6.15pm
1 Dunlin 1 Ringed Plover 1 Wheatear
Cheers Steve
Paul Hammond said
Thu Mar 27 8:38 AM, 2008
27/03/08 05.40-08.15
After yesterday's excitement back to reality with a bump
LRP 2 Curlew 14 Sand Martin
Paul Hammond said
Wed Mar 26 10:49 AM, 2008
26-03-08 05.40-10.20
Nine Wigeon on No1 first thing before 10 more dropped in. Two small flocks of 7 and 6 flew over
2 Redshank Cormorant 7 Sand Martin
Grey Plover circled the reservoirs, calling, climbing height all the time before appearing to head off East Teal 3 pairs Common Scoter on No2 Knot on No3 still present at 10.00 am LRP Kittiwake Curlew pair of shoveler
Paul Hammond said
Tue Mar 25 8:04 PM, 2008
25/03/08 06.25-09.50
Little Ringed Plover Redshank Rock Pipit 2 Ringed Plover 3 Sand Martin
Robert Adderley said
Tue Mar 25 7:52 PM, 2008
Tues - 25.3.08 pm
MED GULL -1st winter (usual bird)
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 adult Ringed Plover - 7.
Paul Hammond said
Sun Mar 23 12:13 PM, 2008
23-03-08 06.45-11.50
Pair of Shoveler Pair of Tufted Duck 8 Kittiwake on No1, 7 still when I left in NE corner
22 Skylark which John Ireland appeared to flush, flying off east across No1
there must have been anything between 30 and 40 Meadow Pipits 2 Rock Pipit 2 Cormorant Redshank
Robert Adderley said
Sat Mar 22 5:37 PM, 2008
22/3/08 early pm
KITTIWAKE - 1 adult
Rock Pipit - 1 Sand Martin - 1
(No sign today of the Common type Gull displaying a pale Iris)
Andy Bissitt said
Fri Mar 21 9:12 PM, 2008
I hope all visitors to Audenshaw take note of Racheal's post of Thursday and drop a line of protest to United Utilities. How much more will they do to further the wildlife desert that Audenshaw is becoming, and all to prevent a few kids from breathing in a few flies the poor babies! If we sit back and say nothing a vital migration fuelling site will be removed from the chain and numbers of all birds will continue to dwindle. Please act now!
Robert Adderley said
Fri Mar 21 9:05 PM, 2008
Possible adult Ring-billed Gull seen very briefly this afternoon on no 1 Reservoir.
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Mar 21 8:16 PM, 2008
Robert Adderley wrote:
Anyone fancy a sweep at the end of day count?
Yeah, go on, I'll have a go. I think 16 will be the final count for the day, now what do I win
Steve Collins said
Fri Mar 21 7:01 PM, 2008
16 kittiwakes was my last count. Also 9 ringed plover came in on No2 as the weather went worse. Earlier were 1 rock pipit and 2 sand martin and the common scoter still present. Considering the weather forecast it was a good afternoon!(must be mad!) Steve
keep birding
12 Common Tern
1 Arctic Tern
2 Little Gull (1 Ad, 1 Juv)
2 Ringed Plover
2 Dunlin
1 Common Sand
1 Sanderling
c300 Swift
05.40-07.20
Lt north easterly
Overcast
Sanderling 1
Dunlin 2
LRP 3
Arctic Tern - 2
Common Tern - 1
Whimbrel - 1
LRP - 1
Dunlin - 1
GARGANEY - pair on no 2 Resv.
Ringed Plover - 2
Whimbrel - 1 stood on the wall of the Central Causeway 8.30am.
Pochard - 1
Ringed Plover - 1
Common Tern - 1
Wheatear - 1
The bar-tailed godwit was present- I will send a photo to Ian which should show it to be a dfferent one.
At first 2 Common Tern then 3 then 4 and eventually an Arctic Tern on Number 1 which all moved over the wall to number 3 as I left.
1 Ringed Plover
1 Little Ringed Plover
1 Dunlin
1 Wheatear
Not a ripple on the water- very spooky!
Cheers
Steve
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 (different to the bird at the weekend)
Common Tern - 4
Wheatear - 1
Dunlin - 2
Quite a decent weekend in Manchester!
SANDWICH TERN - 1 flew through NE at 7.45am
Sanderling - 1
Turnstone - 1
Dunlin - 5
Wheatear - 2
Yellow Wagtail - 3
Photos now on the website (this forum doesn't have photos on it ) and superb they are too.
It seems we are forgetting an Alpine Swift record though...
Alpine Swift, 1863, St.Mary's Church, Hulme, Manchester, 17th oct, captured (Zoologist, 1863, p.8846)
Gary
well done that hammond
keep birding (swiftly)
The observers aren't given in either the 1981 county report or the 1981 Leigh OS report for the Pennington and Blackleach birds. LOS did cover Blackleach, but don't mention that record in their 1981 report, whcih suggests they didn't know about it.
ALPINE SWIFT - showed well on and off until c10.35am but no further sign by 11.15am at least. Initially the bird fed along the north wall of no 1 Resv often over the road and houses but as the skies cleared it started to feed at higher altitude and became harder to locate.
Congratulations to Paul Hammond on a well deserved find.
Well done Hammy!!
Please note the reservoirs are permit only but the airspace above can easily be seen from outside the perimeter fence from the surrounding roads
1 Arctic Tern + the 3 Common Terns mid afternoon
05.20-09.00
Cloudy
Southerly breeze
Goldeneye 8
Ringed Plover
Common Sandpiper
Swift 8
Dunlin 3
Female Sparrowhawk
Cormorant 2
Female Wheatear
Sunday 27th April 2008
06.45-11.10
Light Rain
Moderate South to south easterly
Ringed Plover 2
Wheatear 3
White Wagtail
Yellow Wagtail 3
Dunlin at least 11 maybe 18 as flocks never landed
Cormorant
Common Tern 3
Whimbrel calling as it flew through
ARCTIC TERN - 4
LITTLE GULL - 1 adult
KITTIWAKE - 1 adult
Black-headed Gull - summer plumaged leucistic bird.
Yellow Wagtail - 3
Wheatear - 1
Pochard - 1
17 Arctic Terns this morning with up to 11 lingering early pm
GLAUCOUS GULL - 1st winter bird flew through NE at 8.20am.
Swift - 1
Yellow Wagtail - 1
Otherwise fairly quiet.
Yellow Wagtail - 4
White Wagtail - 3
Wheatear - 2
Common Sand - 1
Dunlin - 2
Linnet - 1
-- Edited by Robert Adderley at 16:20, 2008-04-17
Fairly quiet
Wigeon - pair
LRP - 4
Ringed Plover - 3
Common Sand - 3
White Wagtail - 1
Wheatear - 3
All 3 Hirundines.
(2 Kittiwakes and a Yellow Wag seen last Sunday (13th) - info P Wren)
large flock of pipits moved through about 11 ish
30+ meadow pipts
3 rock pipts
17 pied wagtails
2 goosander
1 canada goose
2 ringed plover
4 wheatear
hirudines galore to many to count or maybe i was too cold.
keep birding
05.35-09.10
Wind South Westerly
Light rain showers
2 male Shoveler
Pair of Tufted Duck
3 Goosander
Pair of Wigeon
c150 Sand Martins flying about in close pack for much of the time with 7 Swallows and 8 House Martins
At least 2 female Wheatear
up to 8 Meadow Pipits including a couple harassing a weasel
7 wheater
1 ringed plover
1 dunlin
2 wigeon
20+ goldeneye
keep birding
5 R. plover displaying at side
2 L R Plover
15 wheatear
meadow pipits
and a couple of angry dog walkers who were not best pleased when I asked to see there permits.
keep birding
Wheatear - 4
LRP - 2
Ringed Plover - 2
Swallow - 5
Sand Martin - 115 counted over no 3 mid am
Wheatear - 2
Sand Martin - c20
Chiffchaff - 1
Redshank - 1
5.15pm- 6.15pm
1 Dunlin
1 Ringed Plover
1 Wheatear
Cheers
Steve
05.40-08.15
After yesterday's excitement back to reality with a bump
LRP
2 Curlew
14 Sand Martin
05.40-10.20
Nine Wigeon on No1 first thing before 10 more dropped in. Two small flocks of 7 and 6 flew over
2 Redshank
Cormorant
7 Sand Martin
Grey Plover circled the reservoirs, calling, climbing height all the time before appearing to head off East
Teal 3 pairs
Common Scoter on No2
Knot on No3 still present at 10.00 am
LRP
Kittiwake
Curlew
pair of shoveler
06.25-09.50
Little Ringed Plover
Redshank
Rock Pipit
2 Ringed Plover
3 Sand Martin
MED GULL -1st winter (usual bird)
Yellow-legged Gull - 1 adult
Ringed Plover - 7.
06.45-11.50
Pair of Shoveler
Pair of Tufted Duck
8 Kittiwake on No1, 7 still when I left in NE corner
22 Skylark which John Ireland appeared to flush, flying off east across No1
there must have been anything between 30 and 40 Meadow Pipits
2 Rock Pipit
2 Cormorant
Redshank
KITTIWAKE - 1 adult
Rock Pipit - 1
Sand Martin - 1
(No sign today of the Common type Gull displaying a pale Iris)
Yeah, go on, I'll have a go. I think 16 will be the final count for the day, now what do I win
Also 9 ringed plover came in on No2 as the weather went worse.
Earlier were 1 rock pipit and 2 sand martin and the common scoter still present.
Considering the weather forecast it was a good afternoon!(must be mad!)
Steve