-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Sunday 2nd of September 2018 08:32:15 PM
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sun Sep 2 7:53 PM, 2018
Day spent around Little Woolden Moss and Croxdens today; small species list, but some notable ones. Nice to see the Daves again.
Little Woolden Moss:
3+ chiffchaff 2 willow tit (at least one a juvenile) 1 spotted flycatcher 6+ linnet 1 reed bunting 16 meadow pipit 64 carrion crow in fields to W. 2 golden plover (over, then seemed to drop in field to N) 1 snipe 2+ kestrel 2+ buzzard 1 marsh harrier (green wing-tagged individual noted below)
Croxdens; quite quiet:
Good sized mixed flock comprising of blue tit, great tit, long-tailed tit and chiffchaff. 2 linnet 3 swallow 2 jay heard 1 grey heron 1 kestrel 1 buzzard
Of the most note on the walk up Astley Road in the morning: 21 pied wagtail all on the same turf field, 1 raven, 3 kestrel and a juvenile buzzard repeatedly calling. Nine mistle thrush on the way back.
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Sep 1 9:17 PM, 2018
A brief visit Little Woolden Moss today produced highlights of:
A single kettle of 33 Buzzard with morning total of 39
Chat Moss:
1 Green Sandpiper
4 Sand Martin
1 Hobby
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Aug 27 5:44 PM, 2018
Chat Moss today:
3 Swift
1 Greenshank
2 Willow Tit
Little Woolden Moss:
1 Peregrine
1 Wheatear
1 Marsh Harrier
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Aug 26 6:31 PM, 2018
Chat Moss today:
1 Greenshank
3 Yellow Wagtail
1 Green Sandpiper
26 Pied Wagtail
Little Woolden Moss:
1 Marsh Harrier
14 Willow Warbler
1 Redstart
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Aug 24 9:08 PM, 2018
Little Woolden Moss today:
1 Peregrine
1 Greenshank
1 Yellow Wagtail
2 Little Grebe
1 Kingfisher
2 Nuthatch
2 Hobby
2 Wheatear
Chat Moss:
1 Hobby taking dragonflies
1 Swift
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Aug 23 10:51 PM, 2018
On Chat Moss today:
7 Swift
5 Grey Partridge
2 Yellow Wagtail
1 Green Sandpiper
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Aug 22 11:18 PM, 2018
Little Woolden Moss today:
1 Golden Plover over
2 Grey Partridge
Chat Moss:
2 Green Sandpiper
12 Grey Partridge
and a burst of song from a Whitethroat
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Aug 21 10:06 PM, 2018
Chat Moss today:
2 Raven
2 Green Sandpiper
1 Greenshank
2 Willow Tit
1 Hobby
2 Yellow Wagtail
Little Woolden Moss:
3 Wheatear
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Aug 20 9:40 PM, 2018
Today:
Little Woolden Moss:
1 Greenshank
1 Ringed Plover
1 Hobby
17 Grey Partridge
1 Yellow Wagtail
1 Treecreeper
Chat Moss:
2 Green Sandpiper
1 Grasshopper Warbler
4 Willow Tit
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Aug 19 11:21 PM, 2018
Chat and Barton Moss highlights this morning:
1 Marsh Harrier
1 Green Sandpiper
8 Yellow Wagtail
2 Grey partridge
2 Willow Tit
Peregrine
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Aug 17 2:38 PM, 2018
Croxdens this morning to early afternoon:
1 Greenshank
1 Green Sandpiper
1 juvenile Marsh Harrier harassing a local Buzzard over the pools until the Buzzard's partner came and they saw it off low east
3 Yellow Wagtail over
3 Raven; 2 over together (with some display between them) east and one south
8 Buzzard
1 second calendar year Hobby, chasing (and catching) dragonflies and also sat on the bare peat for a while
360 Swallow feeding over trees by the railway area, just east of Croxdens and possibly sand quarry pool to the north for most of the late morning, which flew into a tight ball on arrival of the Hobby which seemed uninterested in them anyway! Later on towards early afternoon they drifted off SW over a period of time
611 Swift moving over the moss SW with some feeding briefly over the copses and trees on their way but most passing quickly through and mainly fairly low, from mid to late morning until 1pm when things slowed up dramatically and only dribs and drabs moved through
90 House Martin though SW
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Aug 15 8:31 PM, 2018
Croxdens today:
10 Pied Wagtail
1 Yellow Wagtail
1 Grey Wagtail
31 Swift over SW 10-00-12-00hrs
1 Green Sandpiper
Little Woolden Moss:
1 Wheatear
7 Grey Partridge
2 Raven
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Aug 14 9:40 PM, 2018
Croxdens today:
1 Green Sandpiper
2 Yellow Wagtail
Little Woolden Moss:
2 Wheatear
7 Buzzard
17 Willow Warbler (mainly juveniles)
12 Swift over southwest
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Aug 13 9:16 PM, 2018
Croxdens today:
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Ringed Plover
17 Pied Wagtail
4 Yellow Wagtail
8 Swifts
Southwest hirundine movement 10-00 - 12-00 included c300 Swallows c70 House Martins c45 Sand Martins
Little Woolden Moss:
1 Wheatear
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Aug 11 10:08 PM, 2018
Croxdens today:
3 Green Sandpiper
5 Yellow Wagtail
15 Pied Wagtail
2 1st Summer Hobby
11 Swift
Ltitle Woolden Moss:
2 Hobby
5 Kestrel
4 Buzzard
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Aug 9 3:38 PM, 2018
Croxdens today:
1 Wood Sandpiper
2 Green Sandpiper
19 Pied Wagtail
1 Yellow Wagtail
2 Hobby (adult & 1st summer)
2 Little Egret
Chat Moss:
19 Yellow wagtail
2 Corn Bunting
42 Linnet
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Aug 8 3:23 PM, 2018
Croxdens :
27 Pied Wagtail
4 Yellow Wagtail
5 Stock Dove
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Green Sandpiper
178 Lapwing
Kingfisher on Irlam Pond
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Aug 7 9:45 PM, 2018
Croxdens today:
2 Green Sandpiper
18 Pied Wagtail
2 Yellow Wagtail
Little Woolden Moss:
4 Ravens
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Steven Nelson said
Tue Aug 7 8:36 PM, 2018
1 Green Sandpiper on Croxden this afternoon. Otherwise very quiet.
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Aug 6 7:52 PM, 2018
2 Green Sandpiper and a single Wood Sandpiper present at Croxdens early afternoon today.
Little Woolden Moss today:
27 Meadow Pipit
125 Skylark
5 Swallow
48 Pink-footed Geese landed just east of Little Wooden Hall
33 Linnet
2 Raven
8 Buzzard
Croxdens:
3 Snipe
3 Willow Tit
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Croxdens today:
27 Pink-footed Geese over southeast (09:10hrs)
juvenile Marsh Harrier perched briefly then flew west (09:40hrs)
1 Stonechat
Little Woolden Moss:
134 Skylark
38 Meadow Pipit
69 Pink-footed Geese over west (12:42hrs)
2 Raven
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Little Woolden Moss today:
50 Skylark
32 Meadow Pipit
5 Swallow
2 Whooper Swan
1 Rook (unusual for here)
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Late news for yesterday on Little Woolden Moss:
14 Mistle Thrush
4 Chiffchaff
1 Wheatear
7 Buzzard
76 Skylark
41 Meadow Pipit
43 Swallow
2 Raven
71 Pink-footed Geese over west (12:47hrs.)
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Little Woolden Moss today:
70 Meadow Pipit
195 Skylark
2 Raven
11 Pied Wagtail
10 Swallow
3 Greylag Geese
Croxdens:
1 Green Sandpiper
5 Snipe
8 Pied Wagtail
1 Willow Tit
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Croxdens today:
1 Green Sandpiper
7 Teal
Little Woolden Moss:
256 Skylark
71 Meadow Pipit
48 Linnet
5 Swallow
1 Chiffchaff
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Little Woolden Moss today:
38 House Martin in small flocks heading South
4 Chiffchaff
13 Swallow
117 Skylark
1 juvenile female Peregrine
23 Grey Partridge
145 Lapwing
62 Linnet
56 Meadow Pipit
5 rapidly low flying Dunlin heading south
Info thank to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today:
75 Skylark
31 Meadow Pipit
3 House Martin
48 Swallow
Chat Moss:
1 Green Sandpiper
4 Willow Tit
3 Raven
18 Pied Wagtail
Hobby dashing through the area heading South
Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart
Irlam Moss today:
34 Pied Wagtail
22 Skylark
2 Snipe
1 Grey Wagtail
20 Grey Partridge
Little Woolden Moss:
46 Meadow Pipit
26 Swallow
42 Skylark
1 Grey Wagtail
2 Chiffchaff
1 Hobby taking Dragonflies before racing off South
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today:
55 Linnet
3 Snipe
34 Swallow (southwest)
2 Chiffchaff
Croxdens
5 Chiffchaff
2 Green Sandpiper
2 Willow Tit
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Ltitle Woolden Moss today:
11 Snipe
4 Chiffchaff
42 Meadow Pipit
Chat Moss:
27 Pied Wagtail
2 Willow Tit
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today:
104 Pink-footed Geese over southeast at 10:10hrs
19 Skylark
28 Meadow Pipit
2 Snipe
3 Chiffchaff
2 Snipe
Chat Moss:
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Wheatear
13 Grey Partridge
42 Skylark
11 Reed Bunting
Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dabe Stewart
Chat Moss today:
1 Wheatear
3 Snipe
11 Chiffchaff
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ltitle Woolden Moss today:
134 Meadow Pipit
39 Skylark
3 Chiffchaff
5 Snipe
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
The large shallow pool near the path on South side of the has largely dried up, so sadly no waders were found.
5 Pied Wagtails were the only birds on the moss, except for a dozen crows.
However, throughout my visit there was a steady passage of Swallows, together with lesser numbers of House Martins
and at least 3 Sand Martins, all heading West.
2 Buzzards were seen over the moss, whist a third sat in the middle of a newly ploughed field alongside Astley Road.
Cheers Ian
Croxdens today:
5 Buzzard
1 Nuthatch
10 Swallow over southwest
1 Green Sandpiper
Irlam Moss Fisheries:
1 Spotted Flycatcher
6 Chiffchaff
2 Snipe
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Other sightings from today:
Little Woolden Moss:
35 House Sparrow
27 Pied Wagtail
Juvenile female Peregrine
2 Snipe
Croxdens:
2 Green Sandpiper
Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart
1 Willow Tit
Family party of 4 Buzzard
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
2 Jay
A few Swallows and House Martins around
Barton Moss and Ship Canal at Barton:
20 House Martin
1 Willow Tit
15 Meadow Pipit
4 Snipe
26 Swallow
2 Little Grebe
4 Chiffchaff
1 Kingfisher
Croxdens:
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Peregrine high over west
Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart
Croxdens today:
1 Green Sandpiper
150 Lapwings
3 Willow Tit
Info thanks to Dave Stewart, Dave Steel and myself
Croxdens today:
2 Green Sandpiper
10 Teal
1 Whitethroat
1 Sparrowhawk
Peregrine
68 Swallow
1 Hobby
Little Woolden Moss:
2 Willow Warbler
75 Swallows over southwest
2 Willow Tit
1 Marsh Harrier
1 Redstart
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Croxdens today:
Juvenile Peregrine carrying Woodpigeon
Little Woolden Moss:
2 Wheatear
1 Stonechat
2 Willow Warbler
1 Raven
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Chat Moss today:
21 Teal
3 Green Sandpiper
Little Woolden Moss:
2 Snipe
1 juvenile Peregrine
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Chat Moss today:
1 Marsh Harrier
2 Willow Tit
1 Peregrine
10 Chiffchaff
4 Willow Warbler
Little Woolden Moss:
2 Golden Plover
11 Buzzard
Croxdens:
2 Green Sandpiper
3 Raven
Little Woolden Moss:
1 juvenile Marsh Harrier (untagged)
Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart
1 Marsh Harrier- green wing tagged bird
1 Hobby
5 Buzzard
3 Snipe
1 Yellow Wagtail
1 Skylark
2 Jay
15 Linnet
2 Meadow Pipit
2 Grey Heron
3 Reed Bunting
2 Willow Warbler
2 Kestrel
-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Sunday 2nd of September 2018 08:32:15 PM
Little Woolden Moss:
3+ chiffchaff
2 willow tit (at least one a juvenile)
1 spotted flycatcher
6+ linnet
1 reed bunting
16 meadow pipit
64 carrion crow in fields to W.
2 golden plover (over, then seemed to drop in field to N)
1 snipe
2+ kestrel
2+ buzzard
1 marsh harrier (green wing-tagged individual noted below)
Croxdens; quite quiet:
Good sized mixed flock comprising of blue tit, great tit, long-tailed tit and chiffchaff.
2 linnet
3 swallow
2 jay heard
1 grey heron
1 kestrel
1 buzzard
Of the most note on the walk up Astley Road in the morning: 21 pied wagtail all on the same turf field, 1 raven, 3 kestrel and a juvenile buzzard repeatedly calling. Nine mistle thrush on the way back.
A brief visit Little Woolden Moss today produced highlights of:
1 Marsh Harrier
1 Grey Wagtail
2 Willow Tit
1 Whitethroat
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss:
5 Snipe
1 Nuthatch
1 Treecreeper
1 Hobby
5 Yellow Wagtail
45 House Sparrow
Green wing-tagged (from Norfolk?) Marsh Harrier
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today:
4 Snipe
1 Greenshank
1 Golden Plover
1 Marsh Harrier (photo)
1 Raven
1 Hobby
1 Redstart
2 Spotted Flycatcher (photo)
Info and images thanks to Dave Steel
On Little Woolden Moss today:
1 Marsh Harrier
1 Redstart
1 Little Ringed Plover
1 Snipe
Whilst on Chat Moss:
16 Grey Partridge
1 Hobby
1 Green Sandpiper
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today:
1 Peregrine
1 Ringed Plover
1 Yellow Wagtail
2 Redstart
2 Marsh Harrier.
3 Snipe
A single kettle of 33 Buzzard with morning total of 39
Chat Moss:
1 Green Sandpiper
4 Sand Martin
1 Hobby
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Chat Moss today:
3 Swift
1 Greenshank
2 Willow Tit
Little Woolden Moss:
1 Peregrine
1 Wheatear
1 Marsh Harrier
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Chat Moss today:
1 Greenshank
3 Yellow Wagtail
1 Green Sandpiper
26 Pied Wagtail
Little Woolden Moss:
1 Marsh Harrier
14 Willow Warbler
1 Redstart
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today:
1 Peregrine
1 Greenshank
1 Yellow Wagtail
2 Little Grebe
1 Kingfisher
2 Nuthatch
2 Hobby
2 Wheatear
Chat Moss:
1 Hobby taking dragonflies
1 Swift
Info thanks to Dave Steel
On Chat Moss today:
7 Swift
5 Grey Partridge
2 Yellow Wagtail
1 Green Sandpiper
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today:
1 Golden Plover over
2 Grey Partridge
Chat Moss:
2 Green Sandpiper
12 Grey Partridge
and a burst of song from a Whitethroat
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Chat Moss today:
2 Raven
2 Green Sandpiper
1 Greenshank
2 Willow Tit
1 Hobby
2 Yellow Wagtail
Little Woolden Moss:
3 Wheatear
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Today:
Little Woolden Moss:
1 Greenshank
1 Ringed Plover
1 Hobby
17 Grey Partridge
1 Yellow Wagtail
1 Treecreeper
Chat Moss:
2 Green Sandpiper
1 Grasshopper Warbler
4 Willow Tit
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Chat and Barton Moss highlights this morning:
1 Marsh Harrier
1 Green Sandpiper
8 Yellow Wagtail
2 Grey partridge
2 Willow Tit
Peregrine
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Croxdens this morning to early afternoon:
1 Greenshank
1 Green Sandpiper
1 juvenile Marsh Harrier harassing a local Buzzard over the pools until the Buzzard's partner came and they saw it off low east
3 Yellow Wagtail over
3 Raven; 2 over together (with some display between them) east and one south
8 Buzzard
1 second calendar year Hobby, chasing (and catching) dragonflies and also sat on the bare peat for a while
360 Swallow feeding over trees by the railway area, just east of Croxdens and possibly sand quarry pool to the north for most of the late morning, which flew into a tight ball on arrival of the Hobby which seemed uninterested in them anyway! Later on towards early afternoon they drifted off SW over a period of time
611 Swift moving over the moss SW with some feeding briefly over the copses and trees on their way but most passing quickly through and mainly fairly low, from mid to late morning until 1pm when things slowed up dramatically and only dribs and drabs moved through
90 House Martin though SW
Croxdens today:
10 Pied Wagtail
1 Yellow Wagtail
1 Grey Wagtail
31 Swift over SW 10-00-12-00hrs
1 Green Sandpiper
Little Woolden Moss:
1 Wheatear
7 Grey Partridge
2 Raven
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Croxdens today:
1 Green Sandpiper
2 Yellow Wagtail
Little Woolden Moss:
2 Wheatear
7 Buzzard
17 Willow Warbler (mainly juveniles)
12 Swift over southwest
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Croxdens today:
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Ringed Plover
17 Pied Wagtail
4 Yellow Wagtail
8 Swifts
Southwest hirundine movement 10-00 - 12-00 included c300 Swallows c70 House Martins c45 Sand Martins
Little Woolden Moss:
1 Wheatear
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Croxdens today:
3 Green Sandpiper
5 Yellow Wagtail
15 Pied Wagtail
2 1st Summer Hobby
11 Swift
Ltitle Woolden Moss:
2 Hobby
5 Kestrel
4 Buzzard
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Croxdens today:
1 Wood Sandpiper
2 Green Sandpiper
19 Pied Wagtail
1 Yellow Wagtail
2 Hobby (adult & 1st summer)
2 Little Egret
Chat Moss:
19 Yellow wagtail
2 Corn Bunting
42 Linnet
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Croxdens :
27 Pied Wagtail
4 Yellow Wagtail
5 Stock Dove
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Green Sandpiper
178 Lapwing
Kingfisher on Irlam Pond
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Croxdens today:
2 Green Sandpiper
18 Pied Wagtail
2 Yellow Wagtail
Little Woolden Moss:
4 Ravens
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
2 Green Sandpiper and a single Wood Sandpiper present at Croxdens early afternoon today.
Info thanks to Dave Steel