1 Chiffchaff, 2 Raven, 2 Great Black-backed Gull and 150 Fieldfare on Little Woolden Moss
1 Peregrine on Chat Moss
125 Fieldfare on Irlam Moss
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Steven Nelson said
Sun Nov 11 4:24 PM, 2018
c300 Pink-footed Geese over the western end of Little Woolden Moss. c50 peeled off and headed South and the rest headed back West this afternoon.
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Nov 11 3:44 PM, 2018
Little Woolden Moss:
255 Fieldfare (in one flock) over southwest
188 Starling over southwest
15 Meadow Pipit
19 Linnet
71 Lapwing
1 male Merlin on the peat
4 Redpoll
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Nov 10 8:43 PM, 2018
Irlam Moss today:
15 Linnet
2 Yellowhammer
Croxdens:
Adult female Peregrine on the peat
4 Snipe
2 Woodcock
Barton Moss:
c100 Chaffinch
30 Goldfinch
27 Linnet
10 Fieldfare
275 Pink-footed Geese in 2 skeins over southeast at 12:37 and 12:50hrs
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Nov 7 10:19 PM, 2018
Little Woolden Moss today:
4 Whooper Swan
1 female Peregrine
1 male Merlin
17 Grey partridge
7 Snipe
pair Stonechat
78 Skylark
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Nov 6 4:58 PM, 2018
Croxdens today:
female Peregrine on the peat
15 Stock Dove
Little Woolden Moss:
1 Peregrine
110 Lapwing
11 Wigeon
1 Sparrowhawk
12 Pied Wagtail
87 Starling
6 Tree Sparrow
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Nov 5 9:45 PM, 2018
Irlam Moss today:
1 male Stonechat
4 Snipe
2 Lesser Redpoll
13 Grey Partridge
Chat Moss:
6 Snipe
4 Grey Partridge
1 Green Sandpiper
Info thanks to Dave Steel
John Rayner said
Mon Nov 5 9:52 AM, 2018
Yes that was me Shannon. Sorry you didn't get your raptors, better luck next time.
Cheers John
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sun Nov 4 11:05 PM, 2018
Day round here today; wanted falcons, but didn't get them, kestrel aside, despite a good 3 hours on Little Woolden Moss scouring (possibly arriving just as John was leaving; I certainly met someone who told me about getting a merlin photo; hi, if so!). Counts for what I did see:
Irlam Moss, pretty quiet generally, with a dearth of woodpigeon, even. Most small birds were goldfinch, linnet or chaffinch; apart from those:
1 brambling (male in with large mixed chaffinch / goldfinch flock on Cutnook Lane; probably at least one other) 6 reed bunting 3 meadow pipit 19+ pied wagtail 10 redwing 1 song thrush 36+ fieldfare 12+ mistle thrush 3 jay 9 stock dove 1 sparrowhawk 1 or 2 kestrel 1 buzzard
Small raptor over in the gloaming heading home; looked too small for a kestrel, but that's all I could say.
Little Woolden Moss:
A couple of tit flocks; one mainly blue, with at least one coal, then another primarily long-tailed tit with a few great tit along for the ride. 5 linnet 11+ meadow pipit 1 pied wagtail 3+ skylark heard calling 1 jay 120+ pink-footed geese up, arriving from NW and then milling around the sky 88 lapwing over, 3 flocks, all heading SW 1 snipe 1 kestrel 1 buzzard
8 teal on Croxdens
John Rayner said
Sun Nov 4 5:58 PM, 2018
Little Woolden Moss:
Merlin 1 (male, record shot attached) Grey Partridge 11 (coveys of 8 & 3) Skylark 14 Linnets 12 (mobbing the Merlin) Fieldfare (just 1)
920 Pink-footed Geese, initially feeding in fields west of Little Woolden Moss (and so in Cheshire) but then moved to fields north of the moss (in GM). A further 70 flew over fairly high SE at 15:55
110 Skylark in field 19 Little Woolden Moss
80 Linnet, 14 Yellowhammer and 6 Grey Partridge by Olive Mount Farm
46 Stock Dove on Chat Moss
300 Starling by Rindle Cottages, Astley Moss, harassed by a Sparrowhawk at one point
28 Collared Dove in one flock at Rindle, Astley Moss
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Oct 30 1:43 PM, 2018
Visible migration over Little Woolden Moss this morning included:
528 Starling
34 Linnet
450 Pink-footed Geese
220 Lapwing
9 Lesser Redpoll
6 Snipe
1 male Merlin
1 male Peregrine
14 Fieldfare
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Oct 29 8:09 PM, 2018
Barton Moss today:
2 Willow Tit
4 Fieldfare
3 Redwing
250 Starling
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Oct 28 3:12 PM, 2018
Additional Croxdens sightings from today included 4 Wigeon whilst on Little Woolden Moss, 535 Pink-footed Geese, 92 Lapwing, 120 Starling, 10 Whooper Swan (including 1 juvenile), 4 Fieldfare.
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Oct 28 2:41 PM, 2018
Chat Moss today:
19 Fieldfare
12 Redwing
2 Lesser Redpoll
1 Brambling
9 Grey Partridge
4 Snipe
95 Skylark
32 Stock Dove
4 Willow Tit
75 Herring Gull
180 Jackdaw
1 Merlin
Little Woolden Moss:
2 pair Stonechat
130 Skylark
100 Chaffinch
106 Linnet
30 Greenfinch
2 Redpoll
11 Grey Partridge
270 Pink-footed Geese
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Oct 27 3:56 PM, 2018
Little Woolden Moss today:
17 Pink-footed Geese over west (12:18hrs)
c350 Lapwing
c100 Starling
4 Whooper Swan
Irlam Moss:
35 Skylark
57 Linnet
5 Yellowhammer
11 Grey Partridge
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Oct 26 2:10 PM, 2018
Chat Moss today:
7 Snipe
3 Shoveler
6 Lesser Redpoll
46 Redwing
1 Peregrine
10 Tree Sparrow
4 Brambling
106 Chaffinch
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Oct 25 7:46 PM, 2018
Little Woolden Moss:
150 Starling
220 Lapwing
24 Skylark
43 Linnet
1 male Peregrine
250 Pink-footed Geese in field near Little Woolden Moss with a further 51 over southeast (11:39hrs)
5 Snipe
1 male Stonechat
2 Lesser Redpoll
Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Oct 23 11:11 PM, 2018
Birds on Little Woolden Moss today included:
7 Redwing
5 Lesser Redpoll
300 Pink-footed Geese
9 Snipe
6 Whooper Swans (photo on main website)
2 Raven
156 Skylark
140 Chaffinch
115 Linnet
1 Stonechat
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Oct 23 11:06 PM, 2018
Sightings from today:
Great Woolden Moss:
6 Redpoll
266 Pink-footed Geese (3 skeins) landed near Little Woolden Hall
1 male Peregrine
1 Merlin
220 Lapwing
150 Starling
20+ Teal
3 Pintail
3 Whooper Swan
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Oct 21 7:03 PM, 2018
Little Woolden Moss today:
25 Fieldfare
5 Redwing
254 Starling
1 Stonechat
8 Snipe
2 skeins of Pink-footed Geese (of 65 and 14) west at 10:25 and 11:05hrs respectively
Barton Moss:
37 Linnet
19 Pied Wagtail.
Barton Moss Road:
17 Fieldfare
10 Redwing
2 Willow Tit
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Oct 19 5:33 PM, 2018
Little Woolden Moss highlights today included:
5 Teal
71 Skylark
78 Lapwing
c170 Starling
1 female Stonechat
5 Snipe
84 Pink-footed Geese over west at 12:55hrs and a further 287 landed near Little Woolden Hall at 13:12hrs
Sightings from south of the railways today:
Chat Moss:
8 Snipe
1 Woodcock
3 Brambling
1 Treecreeper
2 Willow Tit
3 Lesser Redpoll
2 Peregrine
Litle Woolden Moss:
24 Linnet
27 Skylark
22 Teal
2 Wigeon
3 Snipe
1 Nuthatch
8 Tree Sparrow
1 Sparrowhawk
2 Greylag Geese
c250 Jackdaw
10 Meadow Pipit
53 Starling
Info thanks to the Daves of Stewart and Steel
Rindle road area 14.00-16.15
Nothing unusual apart from two massive Carrion crow flocks 500+ and 300+
Cheers Jay
Dont twitch and drive
On Barton Moss today:
Mixed flock of c80 Chaffinch, c30 Linnet, c25 Goldfinch, 4 Greenfinch, 3 Brambling
1 Sparrowhawk
Pair of Stonechat
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Little Woolden Moss today:
1 Raven
1 Woodcock
2 Lesser Redpoll
90 Pink-footed Geese flew east at 09:15
17 Grey partridge
54 Skylark
47 Pied Wagtail
9 Wigeon
22 Teal
1 Peregrine
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Other sightings from today include:
1 Chiffchaff, 2 Raven, 2 Great Black-backed Gull and 150 Fieldfare on Little Woolden Moss
1 Peregrine on Chat Moss
125 Fieldfare on Irlam Moss
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss:
255 Fieldfare (in one flock) over southwest
188 Starling over southwest
15 Meadow Pipit
19 Linnet
71 Lapwing
1 male Merlin on the peat
4 Redpoll
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Irlam Moss today:
15 Linnet
2 Yellowhammer
Croxdens:
Adult female Peregrine on the peat
4 Snipe
2 Woodcock
Barton Moss:
c100 Chaffinch
30 Goldfinch
27 Linnet
10 Fieldfare
275 Pink-footed Geese in 2 skeins over southeast at 12:37 and 12:50hrs
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Little Woolden Moss today:
4 Whooper Swan
1 female Peregrine
1 male Merlin
17 Grey partridge
7 Snipe
pair Stonechat
78 Skylark
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Croxdens today:
female Peregrine on the peat
15 Stock Dove
Little Woolden Moss:
1 Peregrine
110 Lapwing
11 Wigeon
1 Sparrowhawk
12 Pied Wagtail
87 Starling
6 Tree Sparrow
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Irlam Moss today:
1 male Stonechat
4 Snipe
2 Lesser Redpoll
13 Grey Partridge
Chat Moss:
6 Snipe
4 Grey Partridge
1 Green Sandpiper
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Cheers John
Irlam Moss, pretty quiet generally, with a dearth of woodpigeon, even. Most small birds were goldfinch, linnet or chaffinch; apart from those:
1 brambling (male in with large mixed chaffinch / goldfinch flock on Cutnook Lane; probably at least one other)
6 reed bunting
3 meadow pipit
19+ pied wagtail
10 redwing
1 song thrush
36+ fieldfare
12+ mistle thrush
3 jay
9 stock dove
1 sparrowhawk
1 or 2 kestrel
1 buzzard
Small raptor over in the gloaming heading home; looked too small for a kestrel, but that's all I could say.
Little Woolden Moss:
A couple of tit flocks; one mainly blue, with at least one coal, then another primarily long-tailed tit with a few great tit along for the ride.
5 linnet
11+ meadow pipit
1 pied wagtail
3+ skylark heard calling
1 jay
120+ pink-footed geese up, arriving from NW and then milling around the sky
88 lapwing over, 3 flocks, all heading SW
1 snipe
1 kestrel
1 buzzard
8 teal on Croxdens
Merlin 1 (male, record shot attached)
Grey Partridge 11 (coveys of 8 & 3)
Skylark 14
Linnets 12 (mobbing the Merlin)
Fieldfare (just 1)
Some good stuff on other wildlife
Cheers, John
Little Woolden Moss today:
557 Pink-footed Geese milling around
Peregrine
1 male Merlin
17 Teal
2 Wigeon
4 Snipe
48 Lapwing
41 Linnet
Irlam Moss at Cutnook Lane:
2 Brambling
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Chat Moss this morning:
10 Grey partridge
10 Fieldfare
2 Willow Tit
1 Chiffchaff
1 Tawny Owl
1 Lesser Redpoll
36 Stock Dove
1 female Merlin chased off by Jackdaw flock
2 Raven
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Irlam Moss today:
70 Linnet
210 Starling
Little Woolden Moss:
6 Snipe
340 Pink-footed Geese
Info thank to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today:
13 Grey Partridge
1 pair of Stonechat
2 Whooper Swan
1 female Peregrine
c320 Lapwing
c500 Pink-footed Geese
Male and female Peregrine
Croxdens:
5 Teal
3 Snipe
3 Redpoll
1 Willow Tit.
Info thanks to the Daves of Steel and Stewart
Little Woolden Moss this morning produced:
1 Chiffchaff
A pair of Stonechat
210 Pink-Footed Geese
10 Grey Partridge
29 Linnet
1 male Merlin
Info thanks to Dave Steel
On Little Woolden Moss today:
Male and female Peregrine
237 Pink-footed Geese and a further 85 over SE
105 Lapwing
25 Teal (River Glaze)
6 Tree Sparrow
5 Grey Partridge
1 pair of Redwing
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
On Chat Moss this morning:
8 Snipe
7 Redwing
34 Linnet
1 Woodcock
Info thanks to Dave Steel
This afternoon:
920 Pink-footed Geese, initially feeding in fields west of Little Woolden Moss (and so in Cheshire) but then moved to fields north of the moss (in GM). A further 70 flew over fairly high SE at 15:55
110 Skylark in field 19 Little Woolden Moss
80 Linnet, 14 Yellowhammer and 6 Grey Partridge by Olive Mount Farm
46 Stock Dove on Chat Moss
300 Starling by Rindle Cottages, Astley Moss, harassed by a Sparrowhawk at one point
28 Collared Dove in one flock at Rindle, Astley Moss
Visible migration over Little Woolden Moss this morning included:
528 Starling
34 Linnet
450 Pink-footed Geese
220 Lapwing
9 Lesser Redpoll
6 Snipe
1 male Merlin
1 male Peregrine
14 Fieldfare
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Barton Moss today:
2 Willow Tit
4 Fieldfare
3 Redwing
250 Starling
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Additional Croxdens sightings from today included 4 Wigeon whilst on Little Woolden Moss, 535 Pink-footed Geese, 92 Lapwing, 120 Starling, 10 Whooper Swan (including 1 juvenile), 4 Fieldfare.
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Chat Moss today:
19 Fieldfare
12 Redwing
2 Lesser Redpoll
1 Brambling
9 Grey Partridge
4 Snipe
95 Skylark
32 Stock Dove
4 Willow Tit
75 Herring Gull
180 Jackdaw
1 Merlin
Little Woolden Moss:
2 pair Stonechat
130 Skylark
100 Chaffinch
106 Linnet
30 Greenfinch
2 Redpoll
11 Grey Partridge
270 Pink-footed Geese
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today:
17 Pink-footed Geese over west (12:18hrs)
c350 Lapwing
c100 Starling
4 Whooper Swan
Irlam Moss:
35 Skylark
57 Linnet
5 Yellowhammer
11 Grey Partridge
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Chat Moss today:
7 Snipe
3 Shoveler
6 Lesser Redpoll
46 Redwing
1 Peregrine
10 Tree Sparrow
4 Brambling
106 Chaffinch
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss:
150 Starling
220 Lapwing
24 Skylark
43 Linnet
1 male Peregrine
250 Pink-footed Geese in field near Little Woolden Moss with a further 51 over southeast (11:39hrs)
5 Snipe
1 male Stonechat
2 Lesser Redpoll
Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart
Birds on Little Woolden Moss today included:
7 Redwing
5 Lesser Redpoll
300 Pink-footed Geese
9 Snipe
6 Whooper Swans (photo on main website)
2 Raven
156 Skylark
140 Chaffinch
115 Linnet
1 Stonechat
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Sightings from today:
Great Woolden Moss:
6 Redpoll
266 Pink-footed Geese (3 skeins) landed near Little Woolden Hall
1 male Peregrine
1 Merlin
220 Lapwing
150 Starling
20+ Teal
3 Pintail
3 Whooper Swan
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Little Woolden Moss today:
25 Fieldfare
5 Redwing
254 Starling
1 Stonechat
8 Snipe
2 skeins of Pink-footed Geese (of 65 and 14) west at 10:25 and 11:05hrs respectively
Barton Moss:
37 Linnet
19 Pied Wagtail.
Barton Moss Road:
17 Fieldfare
10 Redwing
2 Willow Tit
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Little Woolden Moss highlights today included:
5 Teal
71 Skylark
78 Lapwing
c170 Starling
1 female Stonechat
5 Snipe
84 Pink-footed Geese over west at 12:55hrs and a further 287 landed near Little Woolden Hall at 13:12hrs
2 Whooper Swans over west at 14:00hrs
1 immature female Merlin on the peat
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Chat Moss today:
80 Fieldfare
7 Redwing
290 Pink-footed Geese in two skeins
3 Grey partridge
59 Skylark
Little Woolden Moss:
78 Skylark
12 Grey Partridge
8 Tree Sparrow
130 Lapwing
1 Golden Plover
1 male Stonechat
65 Linnet
395 Pink-footed Geese in 3 skeins
1 female Peregrine
1 female/juvenile Merlin having a bath
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Chat Moss today:
550 Pink-footed Geese over in 5 skeins
2 Raven
12 Redwing
250 Starling
Little Woolden Moss:
400 Lapwing
26 Linnet
3 Raven
7 Snipe
Pair of Stonechat
23 Golden Plover in flocks of 9 and 14
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today:
650 Pink-footed Geese
1 Male Peregrine
1 Curlew
3 Golden Plover
3 Redpoll
1 Tawny Owl
300 Lapwing
pair Stonechat
19 Teal
Croxdens:
pair of Stonechat
5 Snipe
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today:
7 Redwing
4 Raven
1 male and 1 female Peregrine
1 Brambling
2 Willow Tit
2 Siskin
1 Lesser Redpoll
17 Herring Gull
Pair of Stonechat
350 Lapwing
174 Skylark
880 Pink-footed Geese over in 10 skeins
12 Snipe
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Chat Moss and Croxdens this morning:
7 Snipe
1 Green Sandpiper
21 Fieldfare
26 Redwing.
2 Brambling
2 Siskin
700 Pink-footed Geese
130 Starling
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today:
55 Lapwing
170 Starling
1 male Stonechat
7 Teal
1 Peregrine
5 Snipe
7 Tree Sparrow
20 Mistle Thrush
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Little Woolden Moss today:
9 Snipe
1 Raven
200 Pink-footed Geese
1 Siskin
2 Lesser Redpoll
180 Lapwing
1 Stonechat
1 Wheatear
Info and images thanks to Dave Steel
Croxdens today:
47 Skylark
4 Snipe
4 Lesser Redpoll
750+ Pink-footed Geese over west at 11:24hrs
Little Woolden Moss:
c600 Lapwing
c350 Starling
1 male Stonechat
1 Ringed Plover
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss highlights today:
71 Lapwing
c50 Linnet
1 Peregrine
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Stonechat out in the middle of Astley Moss SSSI this afternoon.
Little Woolden Moss today:
4 Grey Partridge
2 Nuthatch
1 Peregrine
52 Pink-footed Geese
260 Lapwing, hounded by the Peregrine until most left
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Sightings from Little Woolden Moss today:
1 male Stonechat
124 Skylark
c300 Lapwing
Juvenile female Peregrine
c30 House Sparrows and 10 Tree Sparrow at Platt House Farm
34 Meadow Pipit
19 Linnet
c480 Pink-footed Geese
3 Whooper Swan
7 Golden Plover
170 Lesser Black-backed Gull
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Some further sightings in the area for yesterday include:
Irlam Moss:
220 Linnet
90 Skylark
200 Starling
Cadishead Moss:
122 Skylark
20 Snipe
6 Lesser Redpoll
1 Chiffchaff
12 Teal
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss 09:45-12:30 today:
288 Skylark
29 Meadow Pipit
43 Linnet
1 Raven
1 Stonechat
31 Pink-footed Geese over west 11:30hrs + 440 landed on the peat 11:50hrs
5 Snipe
600+ Canada Geese over west to north in 10 skeins 10:45-11:06hrs
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Little Woolden Moss yesterday saw:
c400 Skylark over south
25 Meadow Pipit
30 Linnet
12 Reed Bunting
6 Whooper Swan over northwest (11:06hrs)
c420 Pink-footed Geese landed on the west pools (12:15hrs.)
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Croxdens today:
2 Willow Tit
2 Snipe
Irlam Moss:
27 Meadow Pipit
35 Linnet
5 Yellowhammer
4 Greenfinch
25 Pied Wagtail
3 Grey Partridge
Little Woolden Moss:
juvenile female Peregrine
7 Snipe
21 Skylark
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Croxdens today:
2 Wigeon
7 Teal
68 Mallard
41 Pink-footed Geese over southeast (10:06hrs.)
3 Tree Sparrow
Little Woolden Moss:
11 Snipe
c350 Pink-footed Geese landed west of Little Woolden Moss (11:38hrs)
Info thanks to Dave Stewart