This a.m. Tawny Owl just visible in ivy covered tree behind sailing club being mobbed by furious Blackbirds, also Great Spotted Woodpecker at feeders. On res. 9 Shoveler, 6 Teal and 3 Pochard the Ducks of note. Cheers Ian
Roger Halsey said
Tue Dec 13 1:42 PM, 2016
Also 2 adult Peregrine this morning. Male seen carrying prey to pylon 20 calling loudly on the way. Then joined by female who sat above the male and watched him eat.
Steven Higginbottom said
Tue Dec 13 12:46 PM, 2016
10:45-12:40 in fine rain 10 Shoveler 2 Pochard 7 Teal 55 Tufted Duck 3 Goosander 12 Great Cresteded Grebe 1 Nuthatch 2 Coal Tit
Cheers Steven
Steven Higginbottom said
Sun Dec 11 10:18 AM, 2016
08:00-10:10an with Ian Campbell of note 1 female Scaup with tufted ducks 1 Wigeon 5 GoldenEye 13 Teal 6 Goosander 19 Pink feet over headed west 13 Great Crested grebe 60+ Fieldfare caspsticks area 80+ Redwings old hall farm area
50+ Goldfinch 5 Bulfinch (3m, 2f) 30+ Greenfinch 10+ Chaffinch 1 Goldcrest 1 Redwing 12 Long-tailed Tit Plus usual Great Tit, Blue Tit, House Sparrow, Dunnock, and Robin,
Also:
Pink-footed Geese, 3 skeins of 176, 187 and 392 flying NE.
Steven Higginbottom said
Fri Dec 9 11:37 AM, 2016
Also this morning in addition to Ian's report 1 Great Black backed gull 2nd Winter 1 Pink footed Goose over west 1 Little Grebe 4 Goosander dropped in for about 5 minutes before heading towards withins
Feeders produced 60+ Goldfinch 2 Bulfinch 15 Greenfinch 5 Chaffinch 1 Nuthatch 1 Coal tit Plus Great tit,blue tit, House Sparrow, Dunnock and Robin
Cheers Steven
Ian Campbell said
Fri Dec 9 11:19 AM, 2016
This a.m. partly with Malcolm then Steven, 5 Goldeneye(which flew off), 5 Shoveler, 7 Teal, 3 Pochard and 1 Wigeon on the res. 28 Snipe in capsticks. Cheers Ian
Mike c cooper said
Wed Dec 7 1:14 PM, 2016
Also this morning from 09:00 Oystercatcher heard, sparrowhawk fem hunting c. 30 tufted ducks 14 goosander 5m
Ian Campbell said
Wed Dec 7 1:09 PM, 2016
8.15-9 a.m. just 5 Shoveler, 5 Goosander, 2 Pochard and 1 Kingfisher of note. Cheers Ian
Steven Higginbottom said
Sun Dec 4 11:41 AM, 2016
07:20-10:15am 500+ Jackdaws at first light heading NW from their roost in Radcliffe 7 Goosander 9 Shoveler 23 Teal 3 GoldenEye 2 Gadwall 1 Goldcrest behind sailing club 100+ Winter thrushes mostly Redwings 1 Nuthatch 1 Kestrel
Cheers Steven
-- Edited by Steven Higginbottom on Sunday 4th of December 2016 11:42:27 AM
Richard Thew said
Fri Dec 2 2:14 PM, 2016
A water rail was calling this morning from the grasses close by in the fields along the tow path but on the opposite side of the path in relation to the canal side instead. Thanks.
Ian Campbell said
Fri Dec 2 1:58 PM, 2016
This a.m. with Steven, Merlin had an arguement with a Kestrel; 6 Goldeneye, 8 Shoveler, 3 Goosander, 3 Pochard and 9 Teal on the res. 100's of Winter Thrushes, mainly Redwing. Cheers Ian
Mike Cooper said
Thu Dec 1 7:32 PM, 2016
This evening 1/12 15:0-16:30
G c grebe at least 9 Tufted 18 m 19 f Shoveler 4 m 3 f Teal at Leonard 9 m 3 f Goosander 7 m 5 f came in before dusk and most left
When I arrived hundreds of gulls but all left at 15:50 South towards Heaton Park?? H gull c 200 L bb gull c 50 (2 good candidates for graeslii Scandinavian/Baltic gull!) G Bb gull 2 ad B had gull c 100 C gull c 2
At feeding station
At least 40 goldfinches 10 greenfinch 6 chaffinch 10 Redwings 5 blackbirds
Ian Campbell said
Thu Dec 1 11:21 AM, 2016
8-9 a.m. 3 Pochard, 1 Goldeneye and 34 Teal the Ducks of note, at the feeders 2 Willow Tit. Also 2 Great Crested Grebe displaying. Cheers Ian
-- Edited by Ian Campbell on Thursday 1st of December 2016 11:22:37 AM
Richard Thew said
Tue Nov 29 6:09 PM, 2016
Late post from this morning (sorry), few things to note; 3 pochard, 6 shoveler, several teal and common gulls and at least 1 drake goosander was found. The larger gull numbers seem to vary day to day, around 20 were present on my brief visit with herring and lesser black backed gulls. Thanks.....
This a.m. with Malcolm, 8 Common Scoter, 6 Shoveler, 3 Goldeneye, 13 Teal, 2 Pochard and 2 Goosander on res. 14 Snipe capsticks. Yesterday the feeders had a Willow Tit. Cheers Ian
Simon Adams said
Mon Nov 28 1:49 PM, 2016
I photographed what I thought was a coal tit on the feeders. However a friend and birder actually advised it was a Willow tit.
Ian Boote said
Sat Nov 26 1:03 PM, 2016
Little later few other things
Buzzard on a post at Crow Tree, 200 Redwings and over 100 Wood Pigeon on Spenmoor, Grey Wagtail on Res, 12 Meadow Pipit south of Old Hall, 2 Kingfisher at Withins and another at the end of the canal, Dipper at Hinds weir, singing Goldcrest and Coal Tit at Daisy Field/Canal area.
Ian Campbell said
Sat Nov 26 11:39 AM, 2016
This a.m. with Paul W, 6 Shoveler, 4 Pochard, 6 Teal, 3 Goldeneye, min of 8 Goosander, 6 Goldcrest and a Peregrine on pylon(1st one I've seen for some time). Feeders very busy with usual Finches and Tits, great job Steven. Cheers Ian
Richard Thew said
Fri Nov 25 7:19 PM, 2016
Also worth noting, I've noticed that the fieldfares are now in good numbers along the canal. Every day in November there have been lots of redwings, blackbird, mistle thrush and song thrush flocks along the canal. Now the flocks are complete with the fieldfares now amongst them.
Ian Campbell said
Fri Nov 25 12:26 PM, 2016
This a.m. with Malcolm, 4 Pochard, 1 Goldeneye, 15 Teal, 3 Shoveler, 1 Goosander on the res. and at least 14 Snipe in capsticks. Cheers Ian
Ian Campbell said
Thu Nov 24 9:59 AM, 2016
This a.m. 2 Goldeneye, 3 Wigeon, 1 Goosander and 1 Teal on res. 7 Pheasant in field behind Old Hall farm, 14 Snipe in capsticks and Nuthatch on feeders. Cheers Ian
Ian Campbell said
Wed Nov 23 10:43 AM, 2016
5 Wigeon, 1 Pochard and 2 flyover Siskin only birds of note this a.m. Cheers Ian
Ian Campbell said
Tue Nov 22 10:34 AM, 2016
This morning with Malcolm, 2 Goldcrest in hedgerow behind sailing club, 1 Nuthatch on feeders, 2 Shoveler and 3 Pochard on res(no Teal seen) and 9 Snipe from capsticks. Cheers Ian
Ian Campbell said
Mon Nov 21 10:45 AM, 2016
7.45 a.m. 2 Woodcock flew over feeding station to land in woodland near hospital. On res. 2 Shoveler and 2 Pochard. In the hedgerows 100's of Winter Thrushes. Cheers Ian
Steven Higginbottom said
Sun Nov 20 10:02 AM, 2016
07:45-09:45sm with Ian C
Willow tit,coal Tit on feeders with plesnty of Goldfinch,Greenfinch,Chaffinch, Blue Tits, Great tits and Longtailed Tits
3 Shelducks departed at 08:40
58 Pink footed geese over west at 08:40
1 Shoveler
1 GoldenEye
4 Pochard
70+ Teal
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
5 Meadow pipits
Plenty of Redwings,Fieldfares, Mistle Thrushes and Blackbirds
1 Great Black backed gull
Cheers Steven
Ian Campbell said
Sat Nov 19 11:50 AM, 2016
Amonst numerous finches at the feeding station this morning were 2 Nuthatch and 1 Willow Tit. Cheers Ian
-- Edited by Ian Campbell on Saturday 19th of November 2016 11:51:21 AM
Ian Campbell said
Fri Nov 18 9:37 AM, 2016
8.15-9 a.m. stayed in the car watching the feeders(it was raining!), couldn't understand at first why all the birds appeared nervous then I saw the male Sparrowhawk sat right in the middle of the tree containing the feeders. It didn't even move when I got out of the car and was stood 20 feet away. Cheers Ian
Ian Campbell said
Wed Nov 16 10:28 AM, 2016
Around 9 a.m. 60+ Teal, 6 Shoveler, 2 Pochard, 1 Little Grebe and a Water Rail in Capsticks. Cheers Ian
Steven Higginbottom said
Tue Nov 15 3:08 PM, 2016
13:50-15:00 pm of note 1 knot flew west after being flushed by a dog walker walked along shore with 6 dog's at 13:58pm 1 Nuthatch 1 Willow Tit 1 Coal Tit 1 Great spotted woodpecker 15 Common Gulls 2 Great black backed gulls A small mix of herring and lesser black backed gulls.
This a.m. on the res. at 9.00 a.m. over 300 Large Gulls, a mixture of Great and Lesser Black-backed and Herring Gulls, over 120 Teal, 1 Pochard and 1 Little Grebe. Cheers Ian
Ian Campbell said
Sat Nov 12 10:55 AM, 2016
This a.m. in the rain, on the res. the now usual numbers of Teal and 11 Shoveler. At Steven's amazing feeding station large numbers of Golfinch, Greenfinch and Chaffinch plus 1 Nuthatch and 1 Willow Tit. Cheers Ian
Simon Johnson said
Fri Nov 11 9:33 PM, 2016
morning visit
132 Teal (most i have ever seen at elton) 18 Shoveler (7 on res and 11 flew over) Goosander - south Goldeneye - female south Pochard 2 male 24 Meadow pipit - pump house 2 Buzzards 2 Kestrels 1000+ Starling west 1000+ Redwing
Steven Higginbottom said
Fri Nov 11 5:44 PM, 2016
15:00-15:30 pm
1 Nuthatch
1 Willow tit
1 Bulfinch
Large gulls started to build up as I left
Cheers Steven
Steven Higginbottom said
Thu Nov 10 3:33 PM, 2016
15:00-15:30pm
Gull numbers highest I have seen so far this winter. Including a possible 1st Winter Yellow Legged Gull but not 100â
120+ Herring Gulls
90+Lesser Black backed gulls
2 Great Black backed gulls
3 Common Gulls
2 Nuthatch
1 Coal Tit
1Willow Tit
Cheers Steven
Simon Johnson said
Wed Nov 9 7:12 PM, 2016
Early morning
The whole area was full of thrushes this morning 1800-2000+ Redwing, 100+ Blackbirds and 15+ Song Thrush mainly around spenmoor, Withins and Crow tree farm
Waders moved south with Dunlin, 9 Snipe and 160+ Lapwing in 2 flocks
still 60+ Teal on the res, 2 drake Pochard, Goosander, 2 Shoveler and 7 Wigeon circled before heading off
Simon Johnson said
Tue Nov 8 10:16 PM, 2016
Brambling at withins this morning Little Grebe 8 Linnet in trees at Sailing club with 80 Goldfinch 400+ Redwing 70+ Blackbirds
Unfortunately the Mute Swan family from coney green is being depleted now they have fledged. Of the 5 cygnets 2 are on Elton res, 1 is still with the adults, 1 is sadly dead in field with its head and neck missing and the other is missing
Richard Thew said
Tue Nov 8 2:11 PM, 2016
Only thing worth noting is a single redshank between the Creek and the boat house. The pochard, wigeon, teal and goosanders are still present but I couldn't see any sign of the common scoter. The gulls have increased to about 2 dozen with a mixture of lesser black backed gulls, herring gulls and common gulls (not forgetting the 50+ black headed gulls). Thanks.....
Richard Thew said
Mon Nov 7 11:00 AM, 2016
Simon just beat me to it, common scoter was seen near the Creek. Also 2 pochard drakes and 2 goosander females still.
Simon Johnson said
Mon Nov 7 10:43 AM, 2016
Female/imm Common Scoter 3 wigeon 60+ Teal 500+ Redwing
Probably not worth a mention but i noted that this morning amongst the black headed gulls and lesser black backed gulls was an unusually darker then normal herring gull. It was possibly most likely a hybrid with a lesser black backed gull (shade was just right for that). It was mingled with the lesser black backed gulls and I ruled out a paler version of them straight away..
Ian Campbell said
Fri Nov 4 2:17 PM, 2016
8.00 a.m. 8 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 2 Shoveler, 1 Pochard, 1 Little Grebe and 34 Teal counted. Cheers Ian
Steven Higginbottom said
Thu Nov 3 3:10 PM, 2016
14:40-15:05 pm quick look after work 8 Common gulls 3 GoldenEye 1 Nuthatch 1 Willow tit
Cheers Steven
Ian Campbell said
Thu Nov 3 10:48 AM, 2016
Quick visit this a.m. 6 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 2 Shoveler, 30+ Teal, 8 Meadow Pipit and 1 probable Rock Pipit(very brief view). Also Peregrine on pylon. Cheers Ian
Steven Higginbottom said
Wed Nov 2 6:48 PM, 2016
11:45-13:40 very quite of note 1 Buzzard 1 Kestrel 2 GoldenEye 46 Teal 1 Snipe 1 Meadow pipit 1 Goldcrest 1 Coal Tit 1 Chiffchaff 3 Great black backed Gulls 5 Herring Gulls 12 Lesser black backed gulls 7 Common Gulls
Cheers Steven
Ian Campbell said
Wed Nov 2 10:25 AM, 2016
Around 8.00 a.m. today, 1 Buzzard, 4 Goldeneye, 26 Teal, 31 Cormorant and 1 Goosander. Cheers Ian
Cheers Ian
Also 2 adult Peregrine this morning. Male seen carrying prey to pylon 20 calling loudly on the way. Then joined by female who sat above the male and watched him eat.
10 Shoveler
2 Pochard
7 Teal
55 Tufted Duck
3 Goosander
12 Great Cresteded Grebe
1 Nuthatch
2 Coal Tit
Cheers Steven
1 female Scaup with tufted ducks
1 Wigeon
5 GoldenEye
13 Teal
6 Goosander
19 Pink feet over headed west
13 Great Crested grebe
60+ Fieldfare caspsticks area
80+ Redwings old hall farm area
Cheers Steven
7.30 - 10.30 with Ian Campbell
Of note:
2 Wigeon
1 Goldeneye
c8 Shoveler
c15 Teal (mainly capsticks)
3 Goosander (over)
3 Pochard
10+ GC Grebe
15 Snipe (capsticks)
4 Goldcrest
100+ Redwing
6 Mistle Thrush
Feeders:
50+ Goldfinch
5 Bulfinch (3m, 2f)
30+ Greenfinch
10+ Chaffinch
1 Goldcrest
1 Redwing
12 Long-tailed Tit
Plus usual Great Tit, Blue Tit, House Sparrow, Dunnock, and Robin,
Also:
Pink-footed Geese, 3 skeins of 176, 187 and 392 flying NE.
1 Great Black backed gull 2nd Winter
1 Pink footed Goose over west
1 Little Grebe
4 Goosander dropped in for about 5 minutes before heading towards withins
Feeders produced
60+ Goldfinch
2 Bulfinch
15 Greenfinch
5 Chaffinch
1 Nuthatch
1 Coal tit
Plus Great tit,blue tit, House Sparrow, Dunnock and Robin
Cheers Steven
Cheers Ian
Cheers Ian
500+ Jackdaws at first light heading NW from their roost in Radcliffe
7 Goosander
9 Shoveler
23 Teal
3 GoldenEye
2 Gadwall
1 Goldcrest behind sailing club
100+ Winter thrushes mostly Redwings
1 Nuthatch
1 Kestrel
Cheers Steven
-- Edited by Steven Higginbottom on Sunday 4th of December 2016 11:42:27 AM
Cheers Ian
G c grebe at least 9
Tufted 18 m 19 f
Shoveler 4 m 3 f
Teal at Leonard 9 m 3 f
Goosander 7 m 5 f came in before dusk and most left
When I arrived hundreds of gulls but all left at 15:50 South towards Heaton Park??
H gull c 200
L bb gull c 50 (2 good candidates for graeslii Scandinavian/Baltic gull!)
G Bb gull 2 ad
B had gull c 100
C gull c 2
At feeding station
At least 40 goldfinches
10 greenfinch
6 chaffinch
10 Redwings
5 blackbirds
Cheers Ian
-- Edited by Ian Campbell on Thursday 1st of December 2016 11:22:37 AM
8 Common Scoter (photo attached)
3 Goldeneye
2 Pochard (Photo attached)
3 Shoveler
14 Teal
3 Bulfinch
1 Willow Tit
2 Reed Bunting at Feeders
Cheers Steven
Cheers Ian
Little later few other things
Buzzard on a post at Crow Tree, 200 Redwings and over 100 Wood Pigeon on Spenmoor, Grey Wagtail on Res, 12 Meadow Pipit south of Old Hall, 2 Kingfisher at Withins and another at the end of the canal, Dipper at Hinds weir, singing Goldcrest and Coal Tit at Daisy Field/Canal area.
Cheers Ian
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-- Edited by Ian Campbell on Saturday 19th of November 2016 11:51:21 AM
Cheers Ian
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1 knot flew west after being flushed by a dog walker walked along shore with 6 dog's at 13:58pm
1 Nuthatch
1 Willow Tit
1 Coal Tit
1 Great spotted woodpecker
15 Common Gulls
2 Great black backed gulls
A small mix of herring and lesser black backed gulls.
Cheers Steven
Cheers Ian
Cheers Ian
132 Teal (most i have ever seen at elton)
18 Shoveler (7 on res and 11 flew over)
Goosander - south
Goldeneye - female south
Pochard 2 male
24 Meadow pipit - pump house
2 Buzzards
2 Kestrels
1000+ Starling west
1000+ Redwing
The whole area was full of thrushes this morning 1800-2000+ Redwing, 100+ Blackbirds and 15+ Song Thrush mainly around spenmoor, Withins and Crow tree farm
Waders moved south with Dunlin, 9 Snipe and 160+ Lapwing in 2 flocks
still 60+ Teal on the res, 2 drake Pochard, Goosander, 2 Shoveler and 7 Wigeon circled before heading off
Little Grebe
8 Linnet in trees at Sailing club with 80 Goldfinch
400+ Redwing
70+ Blackbirds
Unfortunately the Mute Swan family from coney green is being depleted now they have fledged. Of the 5 cygnets 2 are on Elton res, 1 is still with the adults, 1 is sadly dead in field with its head and neck missing and the other is missing
3 wigeon
60+ Teal
500+ Redwing
Yesterday 2 Little Egret flew over
14 Whooper Swan SE
95+ Teal
2 Shoveler
2 Pochard
2 Goldeneye
2 Goosander
17 Snipe
2+ Nuthatch
1000+ Redwing
2 Buzzard
4 Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
Cheers Ian
8 Common gulls
3 GoldenEye
1 Nuthatch
1 Willow tit
Cheers Steven
Cheers Ian
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
2 GoldenEye
46 Teal
1 Snipe
1 Meadow pipit
1 Goldcrest
1 Coal Tit
1 Chiffchaff
3 Great black backed Gulls
5 Herring Gulls
12 Lesser black backed gulls
7 Common Gulls
Cheers Steven
Cheers Ian
1 Peregrine 1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
1 Sparrowhawk
1000+ Redwings
500+ Fieldfare
1 Willow Tit
1 Coal Tit
1 Goldcrest
3 GoldenEye
1 Wigeon
50+ Teal
4 Shoveler
1 Goosander 1 Snipe
Cheers Steven
-- Edited by Steven Higginbottom on Sunday 30th of October 2016 01:59:28 PM
Also 3 Goosander this morning.