ASTLEY, CHAT, LITTLE WOOLDEN AND ASSOCIATED MOSSES
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sun Aug 5 7:52 PM, 2018
Few hours round Croxdens and Little Woolden Moss this morning and afternoon.
27 lapwing in field off Astley Road on the walk up, 4 singing yellowhammer along Twelve Yards Road (not that I could find any of them), and 4 reed bunting flitting around a bit further along, heading towards Cutnook Lane.
Croxdens:
2 chiffchaff heard calling 5+ willow warbler 3 whitethroat 2 bullfinch 1 reed bunting 10+ swallow 30+ swift 2 stock dove 1 green sandpiper 3 grey heron 1 buzzard
Little Woolden Moss very quiet, I managed a feeble 17 species in roughly two hours (my lowest ever for here):
On Croxdens today were 2 Green Sandpiper and 2 Yellow Wagtail.
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Aug 5 7:41 PM, 2018
Late news for yesterday:
Croxdens:
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Hobby
1 Yellow Wagtail
Single Siskin over Little Woolden Moss
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Aug 4 3:00 PM, 2018
Fairly quiet again around Rindle Wood and Astley Moss SSSI this afternoon but plenty of juvenile Willow Warblers about the SSSI, many trying their first feeble attempts to sing!
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Aug 3 5:41 PM, 2018
Croxdens:
1 Yellow Wagtail
25 Swifts over southeast
1 Green Sandpiper
Little Woolden Moss:
3 Yellow Wagtail
2 Willow Tit
1 Golden Plover
1 Osprey over
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Aug 2 7:41 PM, 2018
A brief visit to Little Woolden Moss today produced 23 Swift and 1 Hobby.
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Aug 2 1:28 PM, 2018
Late news for yesterday:
Croxdens:
4 Green Sandpiper
2 Yellow Wagtails
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Jul 31 9:01 PM, 2018
Highlights from today:
Chat Moss:
2 Green Sandpiper
2 Snipe
Little Woolden Moss:
35 House Martin
2 Snipe
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jul 27 6:10 PM, 2018
Chat Moss:
160 Lapwing
7 Yellow Wagtail
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Steven Nelson said
Thu Jul 26 8:04 PM, 2018
Irlam, Chat, Little Woolden and Barton Mosses this afternoon 16.00-18.00 Very quiet bird wise.
2 Yellow Wagtail 1 Green Sandpiper 6 Grey Partridge- accidentally flushed a family of 2 adults and 4 half-grown young but they could fly a short distance. 50+ Lapwing 3 Jay - including 2 young birds 150+ Starling on telegraph wires 2 Willow Warbler 3 Whitethroat 1 Blackcap - singing 4 Buzzard - including a family party of 3 - 2 fully grown youngsters pestering the adult presumably for food. 1 Kestrel 1 Skylark 7 Linnet 5 Mistle Thrush- family party A few flocks of Woodpigeons starting to gather.
See other wildlife thread for butterflies and other stuff.
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jul 25 7:46 PM, 2018
Croxdens today:
3 Yellow Wagtail
1 Green Sandpiper
Chat Moss:
61 Swift over
Barton Moss:
5 Yellow Wagtail
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jul 25 11:50 AM, 2018
Late news for yesterday:
Croxdens:
18 Pied Wagtail
2 Yellow Wagtail
120 Swift over west
1 Hobby
Irlam Moss by Olive Mount Farm:
12 Yellow Wagtail on the slurry
Little Woolden Moss:
23 Tree Sparrow
1 Yellow Wagtail
2 Raven
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Jul 23 3:19 PM, 2018
Chat Moss today:
1 Hobby
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Oystercatcher
4 Willow Tit
21 Yellow Wagtail
3 Corn Bunting
2 Tree Sparrow
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jul 22 11:01 PM, 2018
Croxdens today:
2 Green Sandpipers
Barton Moss:
8 Yellow Wagtail
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Andy Isherwood said
Sun Jul 22 12:23 PM, 2018
Single juvenile Yellow Wagtail on muck heap just north of railway crossing along Rindle rd this am also several Tree sparrows
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jul 20 7:16 PM, 2018
Croxdens today:
1 Green Sandpiper
2 Yellow Wagtail
17 Pied Wagtail
12 Lapwing
1 Oystercatcher
Little Woolden Moss:
88 Lapwing
Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jul 18 9:20 PM, 2018
Some additional sightings for today:
7 Yellow Wagtail on slurry in field 49 on Barton Moss
24 Linnet and 32 Swift on Little Woolden Moss
Info thanks to Dave Steel
pete berry said
Wed Jul 18 6:14 PM, 2018
A quick look at Croxdens this am
3 Green Sandpipers 2 Little Ringed Plovers 1 Oystercatcher 1 Lapwing 20+ Black Headed Gulls and a 1st summer Hobby mobbing a Kestrel for several minutes
On the way past Olive Mount Farm several Yellow Wagtails on the sewage sludge.
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Jul 17 9:35 PM, 2018
At Croxdens today:
14 Pied Wagtail
11 Willow Warbler
1 Sedge Warbler
2 Tufted Duck
2 Oystercatcher
2 Little Ringed Plover
1st summer Hobby
21 Swifts over west
Chat Moss:
4 Yellow Wagtail
4 Willow Tit
1 Sedge Warbler migrating through
23 Pied Wagtail
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Jason Dulhanty said
Mon Jul 16 8:12 PM, 2018
Rindle woods 2 till 3 ish
Common whitethroat X 2
Treecreeper x3
Great spotted woodpecker (f) not seen one for about 2 years, so I was quite chuffed
No one raptor
Cheers Jay
Dont twitch and drive
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Jul 16 2:48 PM, 2018
Chat Moss:
29 Yellow Wagtail
2 Singing Corn Bunting with a third bird in alarm
2 Oystercatcher
Little Woolden Moss:
5 Yellow Wagtail
11 Tree Sparrow
3 Oystercatcher
2 pairs of Grey Partridge
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jul 15 9:43 PM, 2018
Croxdens today:
20 Pied Wagtail
5 Yellow Wagtail
4 Green Sandpiper
3 Oystercatcher
Sedge Warbler
2 Willow Tit
Little Woolden Moss:
4 Buzzard
1 Yellow Wagtail
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Jul 14 8:22 PM, 2018
Chat Moss this morning:
2 Green Sandpiper
1 Greenshank
2 Oystercatcher
1 Grasshopper Warbler
1 Sedge Warbler
2 Yellow Wagtail
1 Snipe
Little Woolden Moss:
1 Little Ringed Plover
2 Yellow Wagtail
2 Kestrel
157 Lapwings over west
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Steven Nelson said
Fri Jul 13 9:35 PM, 2018
Croxden this evening after the rain:
1 Green Sandpiper 3 Oystercatcher - 2 adults and 1 half grown youngster 3 Sedge Warbler - 2 together in a small tree (possibly seemed to be young birds) plus another bird singing nearby. 1 Tufted Duck 4 Willow Warbler- 1 singing 1 Blackcap -singing 3 Whitethroat 4 Sand Martin c.20 Swift 1 Grey Heron 1 Reed Bunting 1 Skylark- singing 1 Kestrel 2 juv Black-headed Gulls 1 Pied Wagtail 1 Yellow Wagtail - heard only
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jul 13 9:30 PM, 2018
Highlights from today.
Croxdens:
1 Yellow Wagtail
12 Pied Wagtail
2 Oystercatcher
3 Snipe
3 Little Ringed Plover
1 Green Sandpiper
Little Woolden Moss:
3 Yellow Wagtail
1 Little Ringed Plover
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Jul 12 6:47 PM, 2018
Chat moss this morning:
2 Yellow Wagtail
3 Oystercatcher
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Sedge Warbler in song
Little Woolden Moss:
2 Little Ringed Plover
Family party of Willow Tit
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jul 11 10:42 PM, 2018
Little Woolden Moss this morning:
1 Curlew
1 singing Corn Bunting
7 Yellow Wagtail
3 Llittle Ringed Plover
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jul 8 4:38 PM, 2018
Croxdens this morning:
2 Black-tailed Godwit
3 Oystercatcher
1 Ringed Plover
1 singing Sedge Warbler
1 male Ruff
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jul 6 11:25 PM, 2018
Chat Moss today:
36 House Martin
1 Nuthatch
16 Swift
Little Woolden Moss:
32 Lapwing
1 Ringed Plover
9 Yellow Wagtail
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jul 4 7:47 PM, 2018
Croxdens today
3 Little Ringed Plover
1 Hobby
15 Pied Wagtail
4 Oystercatcher
Little Woolden Moss:
2 Little Ringed Plover
1 Oystercatcher
5 Yellow Wagtail
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Jul 3 3:04 PM, 2018
Croxdens today:
7 Little Ringed Plover
3 Oystercatcher
1 Yellow Wagtail
5 Stock Dove
1 Willow Tit
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Jul 2 10:16 PM, 2018
Chat Moss this morning:
36 Lapwing
2 Oystercatcher
2 Yellow Wagtail
3 Tree Sparrow
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Hobby
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Steven Nelson said
Sun Jul 1 8:58 PM, 2018
A further sighting from Croxden I forgot to add earlier: 1 Tufted Duck (f) plus a brood of 3 ducklings
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jul 1 7:01 PM, 2018
Other sightings from today:
Croxdens:
1st Summer Hobby
1 Nuthatch
Family party of Willow Tit
Little Woolden Moss:
2 Yellow Wagtail
2 Oystercatcher
2 Kestrel
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Steven Nelson said
Sun Jul 1 3:24 PM, 2018
13.30-1500 Croxden :
32 Black-tailed Godwit - including a colour ringed bird (left leg:white over yellow, right leg:yellow over green) 1 Green Sandpiper 3 Curlew 2 Oystercatcher 150+ Lapwing 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull 70+ Black-headed Gull 1 Blackcap 4 Willow Warbler 1 Teal 1 Redpoll
-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Sunday 1st of July 2018 05:18:09 PM
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jul 1 12:28 PM, 2018
Croxdens today:
30 Black-tailed Godwit
2 Oystercatcher
1 Peregrine
1 Greenshank
1 Green sandpiper
1 Ringed Plover
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Steven Nelson said
Sat Jun 30 11:40 PM, 2018
14.30-16.00
Croxden- rapidly shrinking pools with lots of muddy edges looking promising for passing waders 4 Oystercatcher - 2 adults and 2 young chicks 150+ Lapwing 50+ Black-headed Gull 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 Lesser Redpoll 1 Blackcap 3 Willow Warbler 2 House Martin
Little Woolden Moss NR: very little water left! 4 Yellow Wagtail 2 Oystercatcher 1 Buzzard 3 Meadow Pipit- 1 in display flight
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jun 29 10:35 PM, 2018
Today’s sightngs:
Little Woolden Moss;
2 Oystercatcher
2 Yellow Wagtail
3 Yellowhammer
2 Grey Partridge
Croxdens:
190 Lapwing
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jun 29 8:51 AM, 2018
Late news for yesterday morning on Little Woolden Moss:
19 Yellow Wagtail
2 Corn Bunting
1 Oystercatcher
48 Lapwing
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jun 27 8:50 PM, 2018
Litthe Woolden Moss today:
2 Oystercatcher
11 Yellow Wagtail
1 Corn Bunting
8 Tree Sparrow
1st summer Hobby
Nuthatch (!!)
On Chat Moss:
2 Oystercatcher
72 Lapwing
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Jun 26 9:42 PM, 2018
Little Woolden Moss today:
2 Yellow Wagtail
2 Curlew
1 Oystercatcher
1 Willow Tit
130 Lapwing
Female tufted Duck with 9 small young on the Glaze
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Jun 26 9:09 AM, 2018
131 Lapwing present on Little Woolden Moss yesterday, also 4 Oystercatcher.
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Jun 24 10:17 PM, 2018
Little Woolden Moss today:
1 Oystercatcher
2 Curlew
2 Yellow Wagtail
Croxdens:
2 Oystercatcher
1 Hobby
c95 Lapwing
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Steve Judge said
Sat Jun 23 4:07 PM, 2018
Saturday, 23rd June 11:00 - 15:15 hrs.
New Moss Road - Cadishead Moss - Little Woolden Moss - Croxdens - and return
Yellow Wagtail x 5 Linnet x 4 Yellowhammer x 3 Ringed Plover x 2 Greenfinch x 5 Tree Sparrow x 1 Willow Warbler x 2 Reed Bunting x 1 Oystercatcher x 4 Lapwing x 60 Skylark x 3 Buzzard x 6 Kestrel x 4 House Sparrow x 3 Pied Wagtail x 7 Swift x 10 Swallow x 20 House Martin x 12 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls x 7 (including 2 Juveniles) Black-Headed Gulls x 10 (including 3 Juveniles) Coot x 2 Moorhen x 1 Woodpigeon x 40 Collared Dove x 1 Feral Pigeon x 1 Magpie x 3 Crow x 20 Jackdaw x 1 Mallard x 7 Robin x 1 Goldfinch x 4 Chaffinch x 5 Great Tit x 3 Dunnock x 1 Blackbird x 3
27 lapwing in field off Astley Road on the walk up, 4 singing yellowhammer along Twelve Yards Road (not that I could find any of them), and 4 reed bunting flitting around a bit further along, heading towards Cutnook Lane.
Croxdens:
2 chiffchaff heard calling
5+ willow warbler
3 whitethroat
2 bullfinch
1 reed bunting
10+ swallow
30+ swift
2 stock dove
1 green sandpiper
3 grey heron
1 buzzard
Little Woolden Moss very quiet, I managed a feeble 17 species in roughly two hours (my lowest ever for here):
1 chiffchaff heard calling
3+ willow warbler
3 whitethroat
4+ linnet
1 meadow pipit
1 buzzard
On Croxdens today were 2 Green Sandpiper and 2 Yellow Wagtail.
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Late news for yesterday:
Croxdens:
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Hobby
1 Yellow Wagtail
Single Siskin over Little Woolden Moss
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Fairly quiet again around Rindle Wood and Astley Moss SSSI this afternoon but plenty of juvenile Willow Warblers about the SSSI, many trying their first feeble attempts to sing!
Croxdens:
1 Yellow Wagtail
25 Swifts over southeast
1 Green Sandpiper
Little Woolden Moss:
3 Yellow Wagtail
2 Willow Tit
1 Golden Plover
1 Osprey over
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
A brief visit to Little Woolden Moss today produced 23 Swift and 1 Hobby.
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Late news for yesterday:
Croxdens:
4 Green Sandpiper
2 Yellow Wagtails
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Highlights from today:
Chat Moss:
2 Green Sandpiper
2 Snipe
Little Woolden Moss:
35 House Martin
2 Snipe
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Chat Moss:
160 Lapwing
7 Yellow Wagtail
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Very quiet bird wise.
2 Yellow Wagtail
1 Green Sandpiper
6 Grey Partridge- accidentally flushed a family of 2 adults and 4 half-grown young but they could fly a short distance.
50+ Lapwing
3 Jay - including 2 young birds
150+ Starling on telegraph wires
2 Willow Warbler
3 Whitethroat
1 Blackcap - singing
4 Buzzard - including a family party of 3 - 2 fully grown youngsters pestering the adult presumably for food.
1 Kestrel
1 Skylark
7 Linnet
5 Mistle Thrush- family party
A few flocks of Woodpigeons starting to gather.
See other wildlife thread for butterflies and other stuff.
Croxdens today:
3 Yellow Wagtail
1 Green Sandpiper
Chat Moss:
61 Swift over
Barton Moss:
5 Yellow Wagtail
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Late news for yesterday:
Croxdens:
18 Pied Wagtail
2 Yellow Wagtail
120 Swift over west
1 Hobby
Irlam Moss by Olive Mount Farm:
12 Yellow Wagtail on the slurry
Little Woolden Moss:
23 Tree Sparrow
1 Yellow Wagtail
2 Raven
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Chat Moss today:
1 Hobby
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Oystercatcher
4 Willow Tit
21 Yellow Wagtail
3 Corn Bunting
2 Tree Sparrow
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Croxdens today:
2 Green Sandpipers
Barton Moss:
8 Yellow Wagtail
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Croxdens today:
1 Green Sandpiper
2 Yellow Wagtail
17 Pied Wagtail
12 Lapwing
1 Oystercatcher
Little Woolden Moss:
88 Lapwing
Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart
Some additional sightings for today:
7 Yellow Wagtail on slurry in field 49 on Barton Moss
24 Linnet and 32 Swift on Little Woolden Moss
Info thanks to Dave Steel
3 Green Sandpipers
2 Little Ringed Plovers
1 Oystercatcher
1 Lapwing
20+ Black Headed Gulls
and a 1st summer Hobby mobbing a Kestrel for several minutes
On the way past Olive Mount Farm several Yellow Wagtails on the sewage sludge.
At Croxdens today:
14 Pied Wagtail
11 Willow Warbler
1 Sedge Warbler
2 Tufted Duck
2 Oystercatcher
2 Little Ringed Plover
1st summer Hobby
21 Swifts over west
Chat Moss:
4 Yellow Wagtail
4 Willow Tit
1 Sedge Warbler migrating through
23 Pied Wagtail
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Rindle woods 2 till 3 ish
Common whitethroat X 2
Treecreeper x3
Great spotted woodpecker (f) not seen one for about 2 years, so I was quite chuffed
No one raptor
Cheers Jay
Dont twitch and drive
Chat Moss:
29 Yellow Wagtail
2 Singing Corn Bunting with a third bird in alarm
2 Oystercatcher
Little Woolden Moss:
5 Yellow Wagtail
11 Tree Sparrow
3 Oystercatcher
2 pairs of Grey Partridge
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Croxdens today:
20 Pied Wagtail
5 Yellow Wagtail
4 Green Sandpiper
3 Oystercatcher
Sedge Warbler
2 Willow Tit
Little Woolden Moss:
4 Buzzard
1 Yellow Wagtail
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Chat Moss this morning:
2 Green Sandpiper
1 Greenshank
2 Oystercatcher
1 Grasshopper Warbler
1 Sedge Warbler
2 Yellow Wagtail
1 Snipe
Little Woolden Moss:
1 Little Ringed Plover
2 Yellow Wagtail
2 Kestrel
157 Lapwings over west
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
1 Green Sandpiper
3 Oystercatcher - 2 adults and 1 half grown youngster
3 Sedge Warbler - 2 together in a small tree (possibly seemed to be young birds) plus another bird singing nearby.
1 Tufted Duck
4 Willow Warbler- 1 singing
1 Blackcap -singing
3 Whitethroat
4 Sand Martin
c.20 Swift
1 Grey Heron
1 Reed Bunting
1 Skylark- singing
1 Kestrel
2 juv Black-headed Gulls
1 Pied Wagtail
1 Yellow Wagtail - heard only
Highlights from today.
Croxdens:
1 Yellow Wagtail
12 Pied Wagtail
2 Oystercatcher
3 Snipe
3 Little Ringed Plover
1 Green Sandpiper
Little Woolden Moss:
3 Yellow Wagtail
1 Little Ringed Plover
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Chat moss this morning:
2 Yellow Wagtail
3 Oystercatcher
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Sedge Warbler in song
Little Woolden Moss:
2 Little Ringed Plover
Family party of Willow Tit
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss this morning:
1 Curlew
1 singing Corn Bunting
7 Yellow Wagtail
3 Llittle Ringed Plover
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Croxdens this morning:
2 Black-tailed Godwit
3 Oystercatcher
1 Ringed Plover
1 singing Sedge Warbler
1 male Ruff
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Chat Moss today:
36 House Martin
1 Nuthatch
16 Swift
Little Woolden Moss:
32 Lapwing
1 Ringed Plover
9 Yellow Wagtail
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Croxdens today
3 Little Ringed Plover
1 Hobby
15 Pied Wagtail
4 Oystercatcher
Little Woolden Moss:
2 Little Ringed Plover
1 Oystercatcher
5 Yellow Wagtail
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Croxdens today:
7 Little Ringed Plover
3 Oystercatcher
1 Yellow Wagtail
5 Stock Dove
1 Willow Tit
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Chat Moss this morning:
36 Lapwing
2 Oystercatcher
2 Yellow Wagtail
3 Tree Sparrow
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Hobby
Info thanks to Dave Steel
1 Tufted Duck (f) plus a brood of 3 ducklings
Other sightings from today:
Croxdens:
1st Summer Hobby
1 Nuthatch
Family party of Willow Tit
Little Woolden Moss:
2 Yellow Wagtail
2 Oystercatcher
2 Kestrel
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Croxden :
32 Black-tailed Godwit - including a colour ringed bird (left leg:white over yellow, right leg:yellow over green)
1 Green Sandpiper
3 Curlew
2 Oystercatcher
150+ Lapwing
4 Lesser Black-backed Gull
70+ Black-headed Gull
1 Blackcap
4 Willow Warbler
1 Teal
1 Redpoll
-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Sunday 1st of July 2018 05:18:09 PM
Croxdens today:
30 Black-tailed Godwit
2 Oystercatcher
1 Peregrine
1 Greenshank
1 Green sandpiper
1 Ringed Plover
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Croxden- rapidly shrinking pools with lots of muddy edges looking promising for passing waders
4 Oystercatcher - 2 adults and 2 young chicks
150+ Lapwing
50+ Black-headed Gull
4 Lesser Black-backed Gull
1 Lesser Redpoll
1 Blackcap
3 Willow Warbler
2 House Martin
Little Woolden Moss NR: very little water left!
4 Yellow Wagtail
2 Oystercatcher
1 Buzzard
3 Meadow Pipit- 1 in display flight
Today’s sightngs:
Little Woolden Moss;
2 Oystercatcher
2 Yellow Wagtail
3 Yellowhammer
2 Grey Partridge
Croxdens:
190 Lapwing
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Late news for yesterday morning on Little Woolden Moss:
19 Yellow Wagtail
2 Corn Bunting
1 Oystercatcher
48 Lapwing
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Litthe Woolden Moss today:
2 Oystercatcher
11 Yellow Wagtail
1 Corn Bunting
8 Tree Sparrow
1st summer Hobby
Nuthatch (!!)
On Chat Moss:
2 Oystercatcher
72 Lapwing
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today:
2 Yellow Wagtail
2 Curlew
1 Oystercatcher
1 Willow Tit
130 Lapwing
Female tufted Duck with 9 small young on the Glaze
Info thanks to Dave Steel
131 Lapwing present on Little Woolden Moss yesterday, also 4 Oystercatcher.
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today:
1 Oystercatcher
2 Curlew
2 Yellow Wagtail
Croxdens:
2 Oystercatcher
1 Hobby
c95 Lapwing
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
New Moss Road - Cadishead Moss - Little Woolden Moss - Croxdens - and return
Yellow Wagtail x 5
Linnet x 4
Yellowhammer x 3
Ringed Plover x 2
Greenfinch x 5
Tree Sparrow x 1
Willow Warbler x 2
Reed Bunting x 1
Oystercatcher x 4
Lapwing x 60
Skylark x 3
Buzzard x 6
Kestrel x 4
House Sparrow x 3
Pied Wagtail x 7
Swift x 10
Swallow x 20
House Martin x 12
Lesser Black-Backed Gulls x 7 (including 2 Juveniles)
Black-Headed Gulls x 10 (including 3 Juveniles)
Coot x 2
Moorhen x 1
Woodpigeon x 40
Collared Dove x 1
Feral Pigeon x 1
Magpie x 3
Crow x 20
Jackdaw x 1
Mallard x 7
Robin x 1
Goldfinch x 4
Chaffinch x 5
Great Tit x 3
Dunnock x 1
Blackbird x 3
Chat Moss today:
2 Curlew
3 Oystercatcher
6 Yellow wagtail
Little Woolden Moss:
2 Raven
16 Yellow Wagtail
24 Tree Sparrow
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Croxdens today:
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Redshank
1 Curlew
3 Oystercatcher
3 Tufted Duck
45 Swift
2 Kestrel
Barton Moss:
13 Yellow Wagtail
17 Skylark
3 Grey Partridge
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Sightings from this morning:
Little Woolden Moss:
3 Oystercatcher
3 Curlew
2 Teal
Croxdens:
1 Wood Sandpiper
3 Green Sandpipers
1 Curlew
3 Tufted Duck
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Astley Moss today:
3 Oystercatcher
6 Sand Martin
3 Tree Sparrow
1 Yellow Wagtail
1 Garden Warbler
Chat Moss:
6 Yellow Wagtail
9 Oystercatcher
4 Curlew
1 Ringed Plover
36 Lapwing
1 Hobby
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today:
5 Oystercatcher
15 Mistle Thrush
5 Yellow Wagtail
83 Lapwing
Croxdens:
2 Curlews
3 Oystercatcher
1 Willow Tit
1 Sparrowhawk
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel