The latter 3 species seen on the King's Road side.
Andrew Newall said
Mon Nov 26 7:32 PM, 2007
26/11 15.30 to 16.30
18 Lapwing 100 Golden Plover 4 Redshank 50 tufted duck 30 goosander 6 Canada geese 3 Mute Swan 1 Heron Scaup in with the tufted ducks ( county and sight tick for me ) 350 Jackdaw over
gull roost in the high thousands
cheers
Andrew
Andrew Newall said
Fri Nov 23 10:34 PM, 2007
Sid,
the details re permits are on the website under the whos who section, it not Ed anymore but a chap called Ian Leech. As for a route in until you get a permit you cant get in as they have secured the sight and you need a key ..
ring Ian Leech and speak to himand he will be able to tell you if there is still a waiting list.
hope this helps
Andrew
sid ashton said
Fri Nov 23 8:38 PM, 2007
Can someone help please - I am trying to find out what is the procedure for getting into Audenshaw Res regarding requirement for permit and the actual route in. I have driven round but cannot see a way in!!
Sunday 18/11 7.15 to 9.30 and it was bloody freezing
Goldeneye c30 Goosander 4 Med Pipit 4 G C Grebe 8 2 Sparrow Hawks over Pied Wags 8 around. 100 dunlin flew low over no 1 then went over the wall and down onto no 3 and just carried on going towards sinsburys
Had a quick wander round the field of king street and flushe 4 snipe, also had mistle and song thrush, redwing & linnet. ( do you still count this as part of Audy as it was before the motorway went through it ?)
Good to see Paul Heaton on Audi this afternoon, I'm sure Mr H will be an asset when doing the Gull roost in future, it will be handy next time a white winger drops in at dusk to have "ol' searchlight" Heaton on the scene! Might have to be careful with Air Traffic Control though as Audi is on a direct flightpath!
Steve Collins said
Sun Nov 11 6:37 PM, 2007
Sunday 11/11/07 10am - noon
Scaup still on No 2 38 goldeneye-( may have been more but they were were all No3 and dispersed by a dog so didn't know how many were already on No 2 before I got there Well I know what I mean!) 45 Tufted 1 pochard 18 goosander 1 cormorant 4 meadow pipit grey wagtail pied wagtail 70 Lapwing 13 great crested grebe 6 mute swan Steve
not much going on in all that rain but saw the following
Gosander - 30 Tufted Duck - 50ish Great Crested Grebe - 12 Lapwing - 2 Cormorant - 1 Meadow Pipit - 9 all feeding together
looks like something had a field day as i counted 6 dead LBB Gulls, 1 oddly enogh only had the feathers and skin of its neck taken away looked pretty fresh as the blood was still pooling aorund the wound. Oh i just realised how sick i sound
cheers
Andrew
Robert Adderley said
Fri Oct 26 8:24 PM, 2007
Friday 26th October - morning
KNOT - 1 on the bank of no 3 Resv. Dunlin - 2 Pochard - 6 Rock Pipit - 1
-- Edited by Robert Adderley at 20:25, 2007-10-26
Robert Adderley said
Tue Oct 23 8:25 PM, 2007
23.10.07 late pm
Back to normality after friday!
1 Wigeon 5 Pochard 13 Goldeneye c20 Goosander 1 GBB Gull was about the best the roost had to offer.
Robert Adderley said
Fri Oct 19 5:26 PM, 2007
19/10/07 am
LAPLAND BUNTING - fem/imm bird showed very well along the wall of no 1 Resv mid am, bacame more elusive later and last seen around 12.30pm,but could still be in the area.
Calm and Vey Misty, didnt lift fully until nearly 9am.
5 Whooper Swans ( 2 Adults & 3 Juves ) came in around 9.15 landed on no 1 and still present at 10am Lifer for me
8 Canada Gees 100+ Tufted Ducks 4 Meadow Pipit 12 Goosander 1 Heron 7 Mute Swan ( 4 Adults & 3 Juves ) 25 Great Crested Greabe 6 Pied Wagtail 1 Wheatear Flock of 20 goldfinch feedin on grass between no 1 and railway Flock of 12 Mistle Thrush feeding in trees at side of railway 100+ Jackdaw circling no 2 & 3
when mist lifted around 300 guls left mainly common with some juve herrings.
Cheers
Andrew
Robert Adderley said
Mon Oct 15 8:03 PM, 2007
15.10.07
info per Roy Travis
Scaup - female bird still on no 2 Resv. Wheatear - 1.
late news from yesterday - 14.10.07.......Rock Pipit - 2.
Robert Adderley said
Sat Oct 13 5:09 PM, 2007
13/10/07 am
Scaup - 1 fem on no.2 res. Pintail - 1 Goldeneye - 7 Wheatear - 1 Rock Pipit -1+
Rob Smallwood said
Wed Oct 10 9:41 PM, 2007
I tried for the Slav briefly between 13:00 and 14:30 with no joy.
2 Goosander and 2 Rock Pipit the higlights.
I did get intriguing views of a Golden Plover sp as I returned to my car.
Something flushed a flock of about 100 Golden Plover from somewhere east of Sainsbury's - they flew high and in to a fairly tight flock. At the same time a loose group of Lapwing flew overhead but I was alerted to all this by a continuous 2 note call - I heard it as a soft "tooo-eee". Looking up there was a lone Goldie flying around calling. It appeared to be in partial breeding plumage, and from what I could see had dark, not white axillaries.
I lost it but it flew over several times, loosely with the Lapwing and not joining up with the Goldies. I would have like to have seen it better, and on the ground.
Robert Adderley said
Wed Oct 10 8:19 PM, 2007
Wed - 10.10.07 - Slav Grebe not seen today presumed gone
Robert Adderley said
Tue Oct 9 8:44 PM, 2007
Tues 9.10.07 am
SLAV GREBE - still on no 3 Resv (although it did visit no 2 for a while whilst the sailing club were out on no3) Wheatear - 1 Snipe - 1 Golden Plover - 1
Robert Adderley said
Mon Oct 8 8:25 PM, 2007
Mon 8.10.07 late pm / evening.
SLAV GREBE still with us showing well on no 3 Resv.
slav grebe present upto 18.00 fishing around the tower on No 2. glad it hadnt gone, sight tick for me
2 Cormorant 30 Tufted Duck 10 GC Grebe 4 Meadow Pipit 2 Golden Eye Goosander Kestrel hovering then chased off by gulls another sight tick Mix of usual gulls but nothing out of the ordinary
Cheers
Andrew
Robert Adderley said
Sun Oct 7 10:22 AM, 2007
Sun - 7.10.07
SLAV GREBE - still present showing very well fishing close to the west bank of no 3 Resv. Dunlin - 1 Golden Plover - 2
Andrew Newall said
Sun Oct 7 9:21 AM, 2007
bloody typical !!!! unable to get down until Sunday afternoon so you never know.
Andrew
Robert Adderley said
Sat Oct 6 3:59 PM, 2007
Sat - 6.10.07
SLAVONIAN GREBE this morning on no 3 Reservoir still present midday at least.
Rock Pipit - 1 around the central well area and c10 Meadow Pipits.
pete berry said
Sat Oct 6 9:46 AM, 2007
According to Birdguides there's a Slav Grebe present today(permit holders only).
Robert Adderley said
Sun Sep 30 7:50 PM, 2007
Sun 30.9.07 evening (info per Paul Wren)
Rock Pipit - 1 around the central well area again Wheatear - 1 YELLOW-LEGGED GULL - 2 birds in the roost (ad + 3rd/4th wnt)
Robert Adderley said
Sat Sep 29 9:59 PM, 2007
Sat - 29.9.07
1 Rock Pipit briefly around the central well area at approx 8.45am then left to the NW.
We then left to the NE to Flamborough!
Andrew Newall said
Fri Sep 28 8:06 PM, 2007
Friday 28/9
17:00 to 18:30 Light Drizzle
10 Cgrested Grebes 28 tufted duck 6 swallows 34 goosander 5 Lapwing 100+ Jackdaw 1 Wheatear Gull roost well into the thousandss but with me still learning about guls coudnt find the yellow legs, but ill bloody crackthese gulls before they leave !!!
also 1 dead crested grebe - half way up the grass hill between 1 and 3. And a dead gull on the bank of 1 this was minus its head !!
cheers
Andrew
Robert Adderley said
Tue Sep 25 8:40 PM, 2007
Tues - 25/09/07 late pm/evening
2 YELLOW-LEGGED GULLS in the roost (ad & 3rd/4th wnt) 1 Common Sandpiper 2 Bat sp round the central well at dusk (Daubenton's possibly?)
Robert Adderley said
Mon Sep 24 9:20 PM, 2007
Mon 24.9.07 late pm
3 YELLOW-LEGGED GULLS in the roost this evening (2 adults and a 3rd/4th winter)
3 Wheatears 34 Goosander 3 Goldeneye 2 Sand Martins sev each Swallows and House Martins c30 Meadow Pipits
Robert Adderley said
Mon Sep 17 9:02 PM, 2007
Mon 17.9.07 late pm
adult Yellow-Legged Gull on no 1 Resv from 5.35- 5.45pm then flew off west and lost to view over the Arndale Centre! ( a good city centre tick for anyone passing the Arndale at 5.46pm!).
2 Wheatears 1 Common Sandpiper 3 Goldeneye c20 Goosander 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker N over no 1 Resv.
Paul Hammond said
Sun Sep 16 10:03 AM, 2007
A 1st-winter Little Tern located this morning on No1 by Paul Wren at about 07.30.
Stayed around for about a hour before flying off south east
-- Edited by hammy at 10:06, 2007-09-16
-- Edited by hammy at 10:28, 2007-09-16
Paul Hammond said
Sun Sep 16 9:59 AM, 2007
Glad to see that you finally got your key and common sense prevailed
Andrew Newall said
Sat Sep 15 7:19 PM, 2007
Sat 15/9 8.00 to 9.30
Finally got my key !!! woohoo
then went on and only saw
Mute Swan - 2 Greast Crested Grebe 25 Tufted Duck 4 Meadow Pipit 1 Pied Wag - 8 Goosander 5 Cormorant 1 (sight tick for me,most then are !! )
lets hope the other days are better.
cheers
Andrew
-- Edited by Andrew Newall at 19:20, 2007-09-15
-- Edited by Andrew Newall at 19:23, 2007-09-15
Robert Adderley said
Thu Sep 13 7:21 PM, 2007
Quiet this morning - 13/9/07
2 Wheatears 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Ringed Plover 3 Goldeneye
Robert Adderley said
Wed Sep 5 9:14 PM, 2007
5/9/07 evening
Wigeon had increased to 7 but Dunlin had dropped to 3 this evening.
Gull roost c140 LBB Gulls, c50 Common Gulls and c1000 BHG's.
Paul Hammond said
Wed Sep 5 7:48 PM, 2007
Audenshaw Reservoirs 5th September 2007 07.45-10.30 Drizzle first thing with westerly breeze but becoming overcast later
Common Scoter 2 Common Sandpiper Dunlin 7 Cormorant 226 Canada Goose 120 Tufted Duck Shelduck 7 Cormorant Pochard 2 Goldeneye
Robert Adderley said
Tue Aug 21 9:39 PM, 2007
21/08/07
Hobby - juvenile bird showed well on the bank of no.2 reservoir this evening Knot - on no. 2 reservoir Common Sandpiper - 2 Goosander - c34+ Wheatear - 2
Robert & Sonia Adderley & Paul Hammond
Robert Adderley said
Sat Aug 18 12:43 PM, 2007
18/08/07
1 juv Dunlin 1 Wheatear 2 Common Sands c20 Goosander passage of c100 Swifts around 9am.
Robert Adderley said
Wed Aug 15 10:15 PM, 2007
15/8/07 - evening
Whimbrel on the bank of no1 Resv.
Otherwise fairly quiet, the summering Goldeneye is still with us plus c20 Goosander.
Paul Hammond said
Mon Aug 13 5:04 PM, 2007
Audenshaw Reservoirs 13/08/07 06.00-07.30
3 Common Sandpiper 95 Tufted Duck female Goldeye 20 Goosander female Sparrowhawk Yellow Wagtail flew through
ICELAND GULL - 1st winter bird arrived in the roost at 3.30pm.
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL - 1adult
Herring Gull - c300
GBB Gull - 50
LBB Gull - 150
Common Gull -1,900
Black-headed Gull - 5000
SCAUP - 1st winter male still on no 2 Reservoir.
Shoveler - 2
Lapwing - c200+
SCAUP - 1st winter male.
Shoveler - 2
Pochard - 1
Redshank - 4
Herring Gull - c150
GBB Gull - 10
Jack Snipe - 2
Snipe - 5
Stonechat - 1
The latter 3 species seen on the King's Road side.
18 Lapwing
100 Golden Plover
4 Redshank
50 tufted duck
30 goosander
6 Canada geese
3 Mute Swan
1 Heron
Scaup in with the tufted ducks ( county and sight tick for me )
350 Jackdaw over
gull roost in the high thousands
cheers
Andrew
the details re permits are on the website under the whos who section, it not Ed anymore but a chap called Ian Leech. As for a route in until you get a permit you cant get in as they have secured the sight and you need a key
ring Ian Leech and speak to himand he will be able to tell you if there is still a waiting list.
hope this helps
Andrew
SCAUP - 1st winter male
Redshank - 2
Shoveler - 2
Yellow-legged Gull - 2 adults
Herring Gull - 520
GBB Gull - 20
Black-headed Gull - 1 leucistic bird
Goldeneye c30
Goosander 4
Med Pipit 4
G C Grebe 8
2 Sparrow Hawks over
Pied Wags 8
around. 100 dunlin flew low over no 1 then went over the wall and down onto no 3 and just carried on going towards sinsburys
Had a quick wander round the field of king street and flushe 4 snipe, also had mistle and song thrush, redwing & linnet. ( do you still count this as part of Audy as it was before the motorway went through it ?)
cheers
Andrew
SCAUP - 1st winter male
Pochard - 4
Wigeon - 1
Shoveler - 1
Goosander - 58
Redshank - 3
07.30-11.10
Flushed Snipe in field on Kings Road but no sign of Jack Snipe
2 more on No2
2 Redshank
Scaup still present
42 Goosander
Kingfisher
SCAUP - 1st winter male
Dunlin - 1
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL - 2 ads
Herring Gull - c150+
GBB Gull - 10
Good to see Paul Heaton on Audi this afternoon, I'm sure Mr H will be an asset when doing the Gull roost in future, it will be handy next time a white winger drops in at dusk to have "ol' searchlight" Heaton on the scene! Might have to be careful with Air Traffic Control though as Audi is on a direct flightpath!
Scaup still on No 2
38 goldeneye-( may have been more but they were were all No3 and dispersed by a dog so didn't know how many were already on No 2 before I got there
45 Tufted
1 pochard
18 goosander
1 cormorant
4 meadow pipit
grey wagtail
pied wagtail
70 Lapwing
13 great crested grebe
6 mute swan
Steve
-- Edited by Steve Collins at 18:38, 2007-11-11
SCAUP - 1st winter male
Pochard - 1
Goosander - 42
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL - 1 adult in the roost
GBB Gull - 1 1st winter
Fieldfare - 1 on the bank between no 1 and 3 Resvs was a little unusual.
SCAUP - 1st winter drake still with us on no 2 Resv.
Pochard - 1
Tufted Duck - c70
Goldeneye - c30
Goosander - c40
SCAUP - 1st winter male still present on no 3 Reservoir.
GREY PLOVER - 1 did a circuit of the Reservoirs calling at around 8.10am before departing to the west.
Redshank - 1
Goldeneye - c30.
Pochard - 1
SCAUP - 1st winter male.
Pochard - 3
Goosander - 56
Goldeneye - c30
Redshank - 1
Golden Plover - c150
1 Leucistic Black-headed Gull in the roost
not much going on in all that rain but saw the following
Gosander - 30
Tufted Duck - 50ish
Great Crested Grebe - 12
Lapwing - 2
Cormorant - 1
Meadow Pipit - 9 all feeding together
looks like something had a field day as i counted 6 dead LBB Gulls, 1 oddly enogh only had the feathers and skin of its neck taken away looked pretty fresh as the blood was still pooling aorund the wound. Oh i just realised how sick i sound
cheers
Andrew
KNOT - 1 on the bank of no 3 Resv.
Dunlin - 2
Pochard - 6
Rock Pipit - 1
-- Edited by Robert Adderley at 20:25, 2007-10-26
Back to normality after friday!
1 Wigeon
5 Pochard
13 Goldeneye
c20 Goosander
1 GBB Gull was about the best the roost had to offer.
LAPLAND BUNTING - fem/imm bird showed very well along the wall of no 1 Resv mid am, bacame more elusive later and last seen around 12.30pm,but could still be in the area.
Wigeon - 18.
Goldeneye - 12
Goosander - c30.
Redpoll - 1 over east.
7am to 10am
Calm and Vey Misty, didnt lift fully until nearly 9am.
5 Whooper Swans ( 2 Adults & 3 Juves ) came in around 9.15 landed on no 1 and still present at 10am Lifer for me
8 Canada Gees
100+ Tufted Ducks
4 Meadow Pipit
12 Goosander
1 Heron
7 Mute Swan ( 4 Adults & 3 Juves )
25 Great Crested Greabe
6 Pied Wagtail
1 Wheatear
Flock of 20 goldfinch feedin on grass between no 1 and railway
Flock of 12 Mistle Thrush feeding in trees at side of railway
100+ Jackdaw circling no 2 & 3
when mist lifted around 300 guls left mainly common with some juve herrings.
Cheers
Andrew
info per Roy Travis
Scaup - female bird still on no 2 Resv.
Wheatear - 1.
late news from yesterday - 14.10.07.......Rock Pipit - 2.
Scaup - 1 fem on no.2 res.
Pintail - 1
Goldeneye - 7
Wheatear - 1
Rock Pipit -1+
2 Goosander and 2 Rock Pipit the higlights.
I did get intriguing views of a Golden Plover sp as I returned to my car.
Something flushed a flock of about 100 Golden Plover from somewhere east of Sainsbury's - they flew high and in to a fairly tight flock. At the same time a loose group of Lapwing flew overhead but I was alerted to all this by a continuous 2 note call - I heard it as a soft "tooo-eee". Looking up there was a lone Goldie flying around calling. It appeared to be in partial breeding plumage, and from what I could see had dark, not white axillaries.
I lost it but it flew over several times, loosely with the Lapwing and not joining up with the Goldies. I would have like to have seen it better, and on the ground.
SLAV GREBE - still on no 3 Resv (although it did visit no 2 for a while whilst the sailing club were out on no3)
Wheatear - 1
Snipe - 1
Golden Plover - 1
SLAV GREBE still with us showing well on no 3 Resv.
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL - 1 ad in the roost
Rock Pipit - 2
Wheatear - 2
Pochard - 10
Goldeneye - 3
Goosander - 20
slav grebe present upto 18.00 fishing around the tower on No 2. glad it hadnt gone, sight tick for me
2 Cormorant
30 Tufted Duck
10 GC Grebe
4 Meadow Pipit
2 Golden Eye
Goosander
Kestrel hovering then chased off by gulls another sight tick
Mix of usual gulls but nothing out of the ordinary
Cheers
Andrew
SLAV GREBE - still present showing very well fishing close to the west bank of no 3 Resv.
Dunlin - 1
Golden Plover - 2
Andrew
SLAVONIAN GREBE this morning on no 3 Reservoir still present midday at least.
Rock Pipit - 1 around the central well area and c10 Meadow Pipits.
Rock Pipit - 1 around the central well area again
Wheatear - 1
YELLOW-LEGGED GULL - 2 birds in the roost (ad + 3rd/4th wnt)
1 Rock Pipit briefly around the central well area at approx 8.45am then left to the NW.
We then left to the NE to Flamborough!
17:00 to 18:30 Light Drizzle
10 Cgrested Grebes
28 tufted duck
6 swallows
34 goosander
5 Lapwing
100+ Jackdaw
1 Wheatear
Gull roost well into the thousandss but with me still learning about guls coudnt find the yellow legs, but ill bloody crackthese gulls before they leave !!!
also 1 dead crested grebe - half way up the grass hill between 1 and 3. And a dead gull on the bank of 1 this was minus its head !!
cheers
Andrew
2 YELLOW-LEGGED GULLS in the roost (ad & 3rd/4th wnt)
1 Common Sandpiper
2 Bat sp round the central well at dusk (Daubenton's possibly?)
3 YELLOW-LEGGED GULLS in the roost this evening (2 adults and a 3rd/4th winter)
3 Wheatears
34 Goosander
3 Goldeneye
2 Sand Martins
sev each Swallows and House Martins
c30 Meadow Pipits
adult Yellow-Legged Gull on no 1 Resv from 5.35- 5.45pm then flew off west and lost to view over the Arndale Centre! ( a good city centre tick for anyone passing the Arndale at 5.46pm!).
2 Wheatears
1 Common Sandpiper
3 Goldeneye
c20 Goosander
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker N over no 1 Resv.
Stayed around for about a hour before flying off south east
-- Edited by hammy at 10:06, 2007-09-16
-- Edited by hammy at 10:28, 2007-09-16
Finally got my key !!! woohoo
then went on and only saw
Mute Swan - 2
Greast Crested Grebe 25
Tufted Duck 4
Meadow Pipit 1
Pied Wag - 8
Goosander 5
Cormorant 1 (sight tick for me,most then are !! )
lets hope the other days are better.
cheers
Andrew
-- Edited by Andrew Newall at 19:20, 2007-09-15
-- Edited by Andrew Newall at 19:23, 2007-09-15
2 Wheatears
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Ringed Plover
3 Goldeneye
Wigeon had increased to 7 but Dunlin had dropped to 3 this evening.
Gull roost c140 LBB Gulls, c50 Common Gulls and c1000 BHG's.
07.45-10.30
Drizzle first thing with westerly breeze but becoming overcast later
Wigeon 6
Arctic Tern
Dunlin 4
Goldeneye 3
Goosander 4
Oystercatcher
Swift - 8 over no 1 Resv.
Wheatear - 1
Common Sandpiper - 1
Goldeneye - 1
07.30-10.10
Overcast with light SE breeze
Wheatear
4 Cormorant
3 Goldeneye
Tufted Duck flock has dwindled to about half its normal strength
Audenshaw Reservoirs 29th August 2007
05.40-08.40
Clear skies
C400 Canada Geese
C80 Tufted Duck
6 Dunlin
Common Sandpiper
Ringed Plover
4 Cormorant
C20 Goosander
05.20-07.00
Green Sandpiper
Dunlin
2 Common Sandpiper
Audenshaw Reservoirs 25th August 2007
05.15-09.00
272 Canada Geese
116 Tufted Duck
30 Goosander
Little Grebe
2 Shoveler
Audenshaw Reservoirs 26th August 2007
05.30-09.00
Common Scoter
2 Common Sandpiper
Dunlin
7 Cormorant
226 Canada Goose
120 Tufted Duck
Shelduck
7 Cormorant
Pochard
2 Goldeneye
Hobby - juvenile bird showed well on the bank of no.2 reservoir this evening
Knot - on no. 2 reservoir
Common Sandpiper - 2
Goosander - c34+
Wheatear - 2
Robert & Sonia Adderley & Paul Hammond
1 juv Dunlin
1 Wheatear
2 Common Sands
c20 Goosander
passage of c100 Swifts around 9am.
Whimbrel on the bank of no1 Resv.
Otherwise fairly quiet, the summering Goldeneye is still with us plus c20 Goosander.
06.00-07.30
3 Common Sandpiper
95 Tufted Duck
female Goldeye
20 Goosander
female Sparrowhawk
Yellow Wagtail flew through