-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 8th of December 2013 03:17:32 PM
John Rayner said
Thu Dec 5 3:46 PM, 2013
North Lake: Goosander 10 (4m, 6f)
Main Lake: Coot 137 Goldeneye 1f still Gadwall 3m Wigeon 1f Tufted Duck 1f Mute Swan 1 Cormorant 5 Grey Heron 1 + Usual numbers of Coots, Moorhens, Mallards
Cheers, John
John Rayner said
Sat Nov 30 1:18 PM, 2013
North Lake: Goosander 3f
Main Lake: Goldeneye 1f (scarce here) Gadwall 3m Wigeon 1f Tufted Duck 1f Little Grebe 2 Cormorant 5 Grey Heron 1 Redwing c40 + Usual numbers of Coots, Moorhens, Mallards
Cheers, John
John Rayner said
Tue Nov 26 1:04 AM, 2013
North Lake: Goosander 2m,3f Wigeon 1f
Main Lake: Gadwall - now 3 males Little Grebe 1 Kingfisher 1 Male Sparrowhawk mobbed by a noisy flock of Backbird/Mistle Thrush/Nuthatch/Bullfinch/Wren
Cheers, John
John Rayner said
Sat Nov 23 12:09 AM, 2013
North Lake: Goosander 3m, 3f Little Grebe 1 Mallard 10 Moorhen 1 Heron 1
Main Lake: (Arrived as gates were opening at 10.06) Coot 149 (new high count - checked 3x ) Moorhen 24 Gadwall 2m Goosander 1f Wigeon 1f Tufted Duck 1f Mute Swan 1 Little Grebe 1 Mallard 61 Canada Goose 34 Cormorant 9 Black-headed Gull 31
Hedgerows, Woods and Fields: Green Woodpecker 1H Wren 6 Robin 6 Blue Tit 8 Goldcrest 1 Nuthatch 2 Treecreeper 1 Blackbird 3 Siskin c20 Bullfinch 1 Goldfinch 4 Sparrowhawk 1
Cheers John
Phil Panton said
Mon Nov 18 1:26 AM, 2013
Walk from Bottoms Bridge to Windybottom farm 14.00 - 16.00
I dipper under Bottoms Bridge
North Lake 7 Mallard 1 Grey Heron 1 Little Grebe - in the corner close to junction of Lakes Rd & Prescott Old Hall Farm
Main Lake Usual numbers of Coot, Moorhen & Mallard 2 Male Gadwall 2 Female Wigeon 1 Little Grebe - close in to the bank of the larger island & associating with the female Wigeon 1 Peacock - sitting at the top of the right hand tree trunk on the island with the black dovecote 1 Cormorant - decided the Peacock was 'in his seat' & proceeded to mob it. First time i've ever seen a peacock in flight
1 Grey Heron over the horse paddock c15 Siskin in the tall trees opposite the Main House c12 Redwing over the Railway Bridge 1 Sparrowhawk over the Railway Bridge 9 Fieldfare over the fields just before Windybottom Farm 1 Jay 3 Nuthatches
John Rayner said
Sat Nov 16 6:45 PM, 2013
North Lake: Mallard 17
Main Lake: Gadwall 2m (new in) Wigeon 1m, 4f (new in) Mallard 49 Tufted Duck 1 Mute Swan 1 Canada Goose 107 Coot 144 (single count and may include duplicates) Moorhen 17 Cormorant 5 Black-headed Gull 22 Grey Heron 1 Nuthatch 2 Siskins heard
No Little Grebes since 11th Nov.
Cheers John
John Rayner said
Wed Nov 13 10:13 PM, 2013
River: Grey Wagtail 1 Dipper 1
North Lake: Goosander pair Kingfisher Great Spotted Woodpecker
Main Lake: Coot 137 Tufted Duck 1 Pochard 1m (new in) Cormorant 3
Cheers, John
John Rayner said
Mon Nov 11 8:47 PM, 2013
10th Nov: 07.30. Thick fog so didn't stay long.
Best was 1 Treecreeper in a tit flock
11th Nov: 09.25 - 11.40. Gates still shut at 10.15 so walked from Bottoms Bridge to Windybottom Farm and back.
Wigeon 1 Tufted Duck 1 Canada Goose 56 Little Grebe 2 Cormorant 4 Black-headed Gull 23 Woodpigeon 56 Wren 6 Goldcrest 4 Blue Tit 24 Great Tit 21 Long-tailed Tit 19 Coal Tit 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Robin 11 Nuthatch 3 Dunnock 3 Jay 5 Redwing 6 Fieldfare c90 Blackbird 11 Grey Wagtail 1 Buzzard 1 Goldfinch 2 were the only finches seen in 2 1/4 hours.
Cheers, John
John Rayner said
Wed Nov 6 6:51 PM, 2013
Coot 141 (new high count) Tufted Duck 2 Mallard 41 Tufted Duck 2 Mute Swan 1 Little Grebe 2 Moorhen 21 Cormorant 2 BH Gull 26
Cheers John
John Rayner said
Mon Nov 4 9:06 PM, 2013
Gates still locked at 09.45 so a cursory look only:
4 Little Grebes still 2 Tufted Duck still 1 Mute Swan 2 Siskins
Cheers John
John Rayner said
Sun Nov 3 6:14 PM, 2013
Called in after a cold, windy and very wet visit to Ludworth Moor was abandoned.
Coot 139 (new high count) Tufted Duck 2 Kingfisher 1 Siskins calling
Cheers John
John Rayner said
Fri Nov 1 6:30 PM, 2013
Main Lake:
Coot 137 (the lowest of 3 counts so probably a new record count soon) Tufted Duck 1 (the only duck on the water bar a few Mallard) Mute Swan 1 Little Grebe 3 Grey Heron 1
Cheers John
John Rayner said
Tue Oct 29 11:43 AM, 2013
Bottoms Bridge - Roman Lakes - Windybottom Farm. A couple of hours dodging showers.
Coot 130 Moorhen 19 Tufted Duck 3 Mallard 59 Wigeon 5 overhead south Canada Goose 85 Little Grebe 4 Mute Swan 1 Grey Heron 1 Cormorant 2 Jackdaw 74 Magpie 11 in single flock Jay 4 Redwing 4 Black-headed Gull 15 Wren 4 Siskin 2 Long-tailed Tit 8
The Quicksilver Special Effects van was in the area so perhaps expect more explosions soon.
Cheers John
-- Edited by John Rayner on Tuesday 29th of October 2013 01:25:36 PM
John Rayner said
Fri Oct 25 6:26 PM, 2013
A more careful Coot count produced a record high this morning.
Coot 137 Wigeon 3 Little Grebe 4 seen Kingfisher 1 Siskin c40
Cheers John
John Rayner said
Thu Oct 24 10:48 PM, 2013
Now 5 Little Grebes 5 Wigeon 1 Tufted Duck still 1 Mute Swan still 126 Coot 15 Moorhens (probably more hidden) 50 Canada Goose
Cheers John
John Rayner said
Tue Oct 22 5:59 PM, 2013
Main Lake:
3 Wigeon 4 Little Grebes still 1 Mute Swan still
Cheers John
John Rayner said
Sat Oct 19 8:10 PM, 2013
A poor showing of wildfowl today. Barring the Canada Goose flock (89) there were only singles of Mute Swan and Tufted Duck on Main Lake. Plus 4 Little Grebes still.
Disturbance is commonplace at this site. Dog walkers, horse riders, anglers, cyclists, trail bikers - all doing their own thing as they are entitled but it doesn't help birders. Well, a new one to add to the list today as Manchester Airport conducted an explosives demonstration in the field next to the bridle way. A series of incendiary and explosive devices were set off, some hidden in a trainer or child's back pack for example. There were some quite pokey, window rattling bangs which obviously disturbed horses in the adjacent fields but only put up c30 Wood Pigeons and 12 Redwings. A small group of the local horse riding fraternity were protesting and it appeared that Manchester Airport had employed a pyrotechnics company and ran quite frequent courses for multi-national attendees. Iraq and Afganistan were mentioned by an airport representative. I've got to say that the temporary signage 'Loud bangs. May scare dogs and horses' was a bit weak and was poorly placed.
On the river: Goosander 1 f/imm Dipper 3 all flying upriver Green Woodpecker heard
On the lake: Coot 123 (new high) Moorhen 22 Little Grebe 4 Tufted Duck 1f Mallard 73 Mute Swan 1 Cormorant 6 Canada Goose 54
Cheers John
John Rayner said
Fri Oct 18 2:34 PM, 2013
Regarding Mute Swans at Roman Lakes.
Blue 7HPV, Blue 7HNZ, Blue 7HJH were ringed as part of a brood of 8 on 12/09/2012 at Newport, Shropshire. These 3 siblings were at Roman Lakes from 27th Oct 2012 - 4th Jan 2013.
Blue 7HPV returned to Main Lake on 30th Sep 2013.
Cheers John
John Rayner said
Wed Oct 16 1:06 PM, 2013
16th Oct:
Small changes only.
Wigeon 5 (1m, 4f) Gadwall 3 (1m, 2f) Tufted Duck 1 (f) Little Grebe 3 Mute Swan 1 (Blue 7HPV seems to be wintering again) Siskin 3 Buzzard 1
Cheers, John
-- Edited by John Rayner on Wednesday 16th of October 2013 03:57:50 PM
John Rayner said
Tue Oct 15 5:01 PM, 2013
15thOct:
Gates still locked at 9.35, it is getting later and later ?. Fog lifted to reveal:
Gates still locked at 9.30 so couldn't see all of the water.
Wigeon 4 Mute swan 1 No Gadwall and hardly any Mallard visible.
Dipper heard flying downstream
Cheers John
-- Edited by John Rayner on Friday 11th of October 2013 11:36:05 AM
-- Edited by John Rayner on Tuesday 15th of October 2013 09:58:28 AM
John Rayner said
Sat Oct 12 10:57 AM, 2013
A quick early morning visit.
No Wigeon, Gadwall 1 Female Teal 1 Mute Swan 1 Little Grebe 101 Canada Geese
Cheers John
-- Edited by John Rayner on Saturday 12th of October 2013 10:58:04 AM
John Rayner said
Fri Oct 11 11:29 AM, 2013
Gates still locked at 9.30 so couldn't see all of the water.
Wigeon 4 Mute swan 1 No Gadwall and hardly any Mallard visible.
Dipper heard flying downstream
Cheers John
-- Edited by John Rayner on Friday 11th of October 2013 11:36:05 AM
John Rayner said
Fri Oct 11 5:11 AM, 2013
Main Lake (9.15 - 10.15)
Even more Coot!!
Coot 110 Little Grebe 3 Gadwall 1f Mute Swan 1 Cormorant 1 Buzzard 1 Jay 2
Cheers John
Geoff Walton said
Tue Oct 8 10:39 PM, 2013
Geoff Walton wrote:
More or less what I saw the other day John, but I could not spot the Little Grebe. Where were they?
Usually tucked under the willows on the islands. Today one was stood preening on an old coot nest.
Cheers John
Thanks John.
Cheers
Geoff
John Rayner said
Tue Oct 8 8:51 PM, 2013
Geoff Walton wrote:
More or less what I saw the other day John, but I could not spot the Little Grebe. Where were they?
Usually tucked under the willows on the islands. Today one was stood preening on an old coot nest.
Cheers John
Geoff Walton said
Tue Oct 8 8:39 PM, 2013
More or less what I saw the other day John, but I could not spot the Little Grebe. Where were they?
John Rayner said
Tue Oct 8 7:20 PM, 2013
A noteworthy count of Coots which are still growing in number
Coot 104 Moorhens 19 on lake (probably more hidden) Gadwall 1f (no sign of male) Little Grebe 2 Mute Swan 1
Cheers, John
John Rayner said
Fri Oct 4 7:26 PM, 2013
4th Oct:
No Pochard but now 4 Wigeon plus the 2 Gadwall have returned (the same pair as 26th Sept - told by wing moult with missing feathers on male's right wing exposing all the speculum)
Increase in Moorhen numbers to 31
Other than that: Cormorant 2 Kingfisher 1 Grey Wagtail 2 Jay 3 Robin 7 Wren 6 Nuthatch 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Coal Tit 1
Cheers, John
John Rayner said
Thu Oct 3 5:48 PM, 2013
John Rayner wrote:
Main Lake - 3rd October:
1 Pochard (moulting male - new arrival and the first here this year) 3 Wigeon (1m, 2f) 1 Mute Swan 4 Little Grebes 96 Coot 91 Mallards 46 Canada Geese 1 Black-headed Gull 1 Jay
Cheers John
John Rayner said
Tue Oct 1 3:27 AM, 2013
Main Lake - 30th September:
The new arrivals were: 3 Wigeon 1 Teal 1 Mute Swan wearing blue Darvic 7HPV. This is a returning bird that spent last winter at Roman Lakes and departed early January.
Main Lake: 2 Gadwall 2 Teal 2 Cormorants 3 Little Grebes 1 Great Crested Grebe 64 Mallard 78 Coot 14 Moorhens 1 Jay 1 Chiffchaff
Cheers John
John Rayner said
Mon Sep 23 9:19 PM, 2013
The single adult Great Crested Grebe seems to have lost its last chick.
Notable sightings were: 4 Little Grebes in a little huddle (2 Adults moulting into winter plumage and 2 1st winter) Pair Gadwall (new in)
Also: Large numbers of Canada Geese (126) 17 Moorhens 79 Coot Green Woodpecker (heard) Chiffchaff (singing)
Cheers, John
John Rayner said
Sat Sep 14 1:14 AM, 2013
The Great Crested Grebe seems to have lost another chick. I could only see 1 adult and 1 noisy chick. 1 adult and 1 imm Little Grebe (the other could be hiding) 1 Cormorant 68 Coot 10 Moorhens
The undoubted highlight was the tarmac work party filling in the pot-holes on the descent to Bottoms Bridge.
Cheers, John
John Rayner said
Mon Sep 9 9:26 PM, 2013
Gates still locked at 10.00 so didn't get a good look around.
1 Ad Great Crested Grebe with 2 noisy chicks. 3 Coot nest building still 1 Chiffchaff 33 Canada Geese
Cheers John
John Rayner said
Fri Sep 6 7:21 PM, 2013
Still only one parent with 2 Great Crested Grebe chicks 3 Little Grebes still Kingfisher around over Main Lake Juvenile Jay Coot numbers building with over 60
Cheers, John
John Rayner said
Thu Sep 5 12:30 AM, 2013
Surprise today were 2 juvenile Little Grebes with 1 adult nearby Only 1 adult Great Crested Grebe with the 2 juvs but the other could have been hiding somewhere 1 Kingfisher zipped through Little change in numbers of Coot, Moorhens and Mallard
Cheers John
Phil Panton said
Sun Sep 1 10:57 PM, 2013
First visit for a while
3 Dipper under Bottoms Bridge, 2 spent a couple of minutes mobbing the 3rd before taking off upstream. 1 Dipper later seen further upstream past the Packhorse bridge. Pair of Great Crested Grebes with 2 humbug youngsters - 1 adult paired up with 1 juvenile on different parts of the lake, both juveniles making quite a noise. 1 Kingfisher flew beneath the Packhorse bridge heading downstream. Total of 5 Grey Wagtail (3 & 2) seen at 2 locations. Female Sparrowhawk over the Railway bridge Buzzard over Windybottom farm 25 - 30 House Martins, 4 Swallow & a lone Swift
John Rayner said
Thu Aug 22 3:54 PM, 2013
Main Lake - 21st August
52 Coot in total (37 adult and 15 juv). 3 Adults were sitting on new nests 17 Moorhens (5 adult and 12 juv) 4 Great Crested Grebes (2 adult and 2 juv) 1 ad Little Grebe
1st visit for a while and both Swans seem to have departed.
Main Lake:
1 Great Crested Grebe
1 Little Grebe
2 Tufted Duck (pair)
68 Mallard
47 Coot
20 Moorhen
2 Treecreeper
3 Nuthatch
38 Siskin
1 Grey Heron
North lake:
2 Mandarin (pair)
5 Mallard
Cheers, John
11th Jan:
Now 2 Mute Swans. Blue 7HPV has been joined by an unringed individual.
Noticeable absence of ducks, even Mallards.
Cheers John
Bottoms Bridge to Windybottom Farm:
Goosander (pair on river)
Dipper (pair with very vigorous and vocal display from male)
Tufted Duck 3m, 1f
Redwing c50
Siskin 15
Cheers John
Goosander 1m, 2f (North Lake) and 1m, 4f (over Windybottom Farm)
Gadwall 1f
Tufted Duck 1m
Mute Swan 1
Coot 107
Moorhen 18
Cormorant 4
Black-headed Gull 29
Redwing 9
Blackbird 10
Mistle Thrush 2
Jay 2
Buzzard 1
Cheers John
North Lake:
Goosander 3m, 1f
Grey Heron
Main Lake:
Half iced over and a clear out wildfowl. No Gadwall, Goldeneye or Tufted Duck.
Little Grebe 1
Coot 109
Cheers John
Main Lake:
Little Grebe (re-)appeared and Coot numbers continue to drift downwards
Little Grebe 1
Coot 105
Tufted Duck 1m
Goldeneye 1f
Gadwall 3m, 1f
Mute Swan 1
Cormorant 5
Grey Heron 1
Cheers, John
North Lake:
Goosander (2f)
Grey Heron 1
Main Lake:
Much the same as yesterday but no Teal, Tufted Ducks down from 8 to 3 and Coot counted.
Coot 115
Tufted Duck 3 (1m, 2f)
Goldeneye 1f
Gadwall 3m, 1f
Mute Swan 1
Cormorant 5
Grey Heron 1
River Goyt:
Dipper 1
Buzzard 1
Cheers, John
North Lake:
Mallard 3
Grey Heron 1
Main Lake:
Teal 2 (1m, 1f)
Tufted Duck 8 (4m, 4f)
Goldeneye 1f
Gadwall 3m, 1f
Mute Swan 1
Cormorant 5
Grey Heron 1
Black-headed Gulls 51
Siskin 36
+ Coot, Moorhens, Mallard etc
River Goyt:
Dipper 2 (both unringed)
Cheers, John
North Lake:
Goosander 1f
Mallard 5
Grey Heron 1
Main Lake:
Coot 119
Moorhen 27
Goldeneye 1f
Gadwall 3m, 1f
Mute Swan 1
Cormorant 3
Grey Heron 1
Also:
Raven 1
Grey Wagtail 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Redwing 61
Fieldfare 2
Mistle Thrush 2
Sparrowhawk 1
Cheers, John
Not much changing - Coot numbers slowly dwindling and seem to have lost one of the male Gadwalls
North Lake:
Goosander 1m, 3f
Main Lake:
Coot 126
Moorhen 22
Goldeneye 1f
Gadwall 2m
Wigeon 1f
Tufted Duck 1f
Mute Swan 1
Cormorant 4
Grey Heron 1
Black-headed Gull 33
Siskin 12
Long-tailed Tit 10
Nuthatch 3
Treecreeper 1
Cheers, John
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 8th of December 2013 03:17:32 PM
Goosander 10 (4m, 6f)
Main Lake:
Coot 137
Goldeneye 1f still
Gadwall 3m
Wigeon 1f
Tufted Duck 1f
Mute Swan 1
Cormorant 5
Grey Heron 1
+ Usual numbers of Coots, Moorhens, Mallards
Cheers, John
Goosander 3f
Main Lake:
Goldeneye 1f (scarce here)
Gadwall 3m
Wigeon 1f
Tufted Duck 1f
Little Grebe 2
Cormorant 5
Grey Heron 1
Redwing c40
+ Usual numbers of Coots, Moorhens, Mallards
Cheers, John
Goosander 2m,3f
Wigeon 1f
Main Lake:
Gadwall - now 3 males
Little Grebe 1
Kingfisher 1
Male Sparrowhawk mobbed by a noisy flock of Backbird/Mistle Thrush/Nuthatch/Bullfinch/Wren
Cheers, John
Goosander 3m, 3f
Little Grebe 1
Mallard 10
Moorhen 1
Heron 1
Main Lake: (Arrived as gates were opening at 10.06)
Coot 149 (new high count - checked 3x )
Moorhen 24
Gadwall 2m
Goosander 1f
Wigeon 1f
Tufted Duck 1f
Mute Swan 1
Little Grebe 1
Mallard 61
Canada Goose 34
Cormorant 9
Black-headed Gull 31
Hedgerows, Woods and Fields:
Green Woodpecker 1H
Wren 6
Robin 6
Blue Tit 8
Goldcrest 1
Nuthatch 2
Treecreeper 1
Blackbird 3
Siskin c20
Bullfinch 1
Goldfinch 4
Sparrowhawk 1
Cheers John
I dipper under Bottoms Bridge
North Lake
7 Mallard
1 Grey Heron
1 Little Grebe - in the corner close to junction of Lakes Rd & Prescott Old Hall Farm
Main Lake
Usual numbers of Coot, Moorhen & Mallard
2 Male Gadwall
2 Female Wigeon
1 Little Grebe - close in to the bank of the larger island & associating with the female Wigeon
1 Peacock - sitting at the top of the right hand tree trunk on the island with the black dovecote
1 Cormorant - decided the Peacock was 'in his seat' & proceeded to mob it. First time i've ever seen a peacock in flight
1 Grey Heron over the horse paddock
c15 Siskin in the tall trees opposite the Main House
c12 Redwing over the Railway Bridge
1 Sparrowhawk over the Railway Bridge
9 Fieldfare over the fields just before Windybottom Farm
1 Jay
3 Nuthatches
Mallard 17
Main Lake:
Gadwall 2m (new in)
Wigeon 1m, 4f (new in)
Mallard 49
Tufted Duck 1
Mute Swan 1
Canada Goose 107
Coot 144 (single count and may include duplicates)
Moorhen 17
Cormorant 5
Black-headed Gull 22
Grey Heron 1
Nuthatch 2
Siskins heard
No Little Grebes since 11th Nov.
Cheers John
Grey Wagtail 1
Dipper 1
North Lake:
Goosander pair
Kingfisher
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Main Lake:
Coot 137
Tufted Duck 1
Pochard 1m (new in)
Cormorant 3
Cheers, John
Best was 1 Treecreeper in a tit flock
11th Nov: 09.25 - 11.40. Gates still shut at 10.15 so walked from Bottoms Bridge to Windybottom Farm and back.
Wigeon 1
Tufted Duck 1
Canada Goose 56
Little Grebe 2
Cormorant 4
Black-headed Gull 23
Woodpigeon 56
Wren 6
Goldcrest 4
Blue Tit 24
Great Tit 21
Long-tailed Tit 19
Coal Tit 4
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Robin 11
Nuthatch 3
Dunnock 3
Jay 5
Redwing 6
Fieldfare c90
Blackbird 11
Grey Wagtail 1
Buzzard 1
Goldfinch 2 were the only finches seen in 2 1/4 hours.
Cheers, John
Tufted Duck 2
Mallard 41
Tufted Duck 2
Mute Swan 1
Little Grebe 2
Moorhen 21
Cormorant 2
BH Gull 26
Cheers John
4 Little Grebes still
2 Tufted Duck still
1 Mute Swan
2 Siskins
Cheers John
Coot 139 (new high count)
Tufted Duck 2
Kingfisher 1
Siskins calling
Cheers John
Coot 137 (the lowest of 3 counts so probably a new record count soon)
Tufted Duck 1 (the only duck on the water bar a few Mallard)
Mute Swan 1
Little Grebe 3
Grey Heron 1
Cheers John
Coot 130
Moorhen 19
Tufted Duck 3
Mallard 59
Wigeon 5 overhead south
Canada Goose 85
Little Grebe 4
Mute Swan 1
Grey Heron 1
Cormorant 2
Jackdaw 74
Magpie 11 in single flock
Jay 4
Redwing 4
Black-headed Gull 15
Wren 4
Siskin 2
Long-tailed Tit 8
The Quicksilver Special Effects van was in the area so perhaps expect more explosions soon.
Cheers John
-- Edited by John Rayner on Tuesday 29th of October 2013 01:25:36 PM
Coot 137
Wigeon 3
Little Grebe 4 seen
Kingfisher 1
Siskin c40
Cheers John
5 Wigeon
1 Tufted Duck still
1 Mute Swan still
126 Coot
15 Moorhens (probably more hidden)
50 Canada Goose
Cheers John
3 Wigeon
4 Little Grebes still
1 Mute Swan still
Cheers John
Overhead:
207 Fieldfares SSW
69 Redwings
3 Bullfinches
12 Siskins
Cheers John
On the river:
Goosander 1 f/imm
Dipper 3 all flying upriver
Green Woodpecker heard
On the lake:
Coot 123 (new high)
Moorhen 22
Little Grebe 4
Tufted Duck 1f
Mallard 73
Mute Swan 1
Cormorant 6
Canada Goose 54
Cheers John
Blue 7HPV, Blue 7HNZ, Blue 7HJH were ringed as part of a brood of 8 on 12/09/2012 at Newport, Shropshire. These 3 siblings were at Roman Lakes from 27th Oct 2012 - 4th Jan 2013.
Blue 7HPV returned to Main Lake on 30th Sep 2013.
Cheers John
Small changes only.
Wigeon 5 (1m, 4f)
Gadwall 3 (1m, 2f)
Tufted Duck 1 (f)
Little Grebe 3
Mute Swan 1 (Blue 7HPV seems to be wintering again)
Siskin 3
Buzzard 1
Cheers, John
-- Edited by John Rayner on Wednesday 16th of October 2013 03:57:50 PM
Gates still locked at 9.35, it is getting later and later ?. Fog lifted to reveal:
Wigeon 7
Tufted Duck 2f
Teal 1m
Little Grebe 3
Mute Swan 1
Cheers John
Gates still locked at 9.30 so couldn't see all of the water.
Wigeon 4
Mute swan 1
No Gadwall and hardly any Mallard visible.
Dipper heard flying downstream
Cheers John
-- Edited by John Rayner on Friday 11th of October 2013 11:36:05 AM
-- Edited by John Rayner on Tuesday 15th of October 2013 09:58:28 AM
No Wigeon, Gadwall
1 Female Teal
1 Mute Swan
1 Little Grebe
101 Canada Geese
Cheers John
-- Edited by John Rayner on Saturday 12th of October 2013 10:58:04 AM
Wigeon 4
Mute swan 1
No Gadwall and hardly any Mallard visible.
Dipper heard flying downstream
Cheers John
-- Edited by John Rayner on Friday 11th of October 2013 11:36:05 AM
Even more Coot!!
Coot 110
Little Grebe 3
Gadwall 1f
Mute Swan 1
Cormorant 1
Buzzard 1
Jay 2
Cheers John
Geoff Walton wrote:
More or less what I saw the other day John, but I could not spot the Little Grebe. Where were they?
Usually tucked under the willows on the islands. Today one was stood preening on an old coot nest.
Cheers John
Thanks John.
Cheers
Geoff
Cheers John
Coot 104
Moorhens 19 on lake (probably more hidden)
Gadwall 1f (no sign of male)
Little Grebe 2
Mute Swan 1
Cheers, John
No Pochard but now 4 Wigeon plus the 2 Gadwall have returned (the same pair as 26th Sept - told by wing moult with missing feathers on male's right wing exposing all the speculum)
Increase in Moorhen numbers to 31
Other than that:
Cormorant 2
Kingfisher 1
Grey Wagtail 2
Jay 3
Robin 7
Wren 6
Nuthatch 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Coal Tit 1
Cheers, John
The new arrivals were:
3 Wigeon
1 Teal
1 Mute Swan wearing blue Darvic 7HPV. This is a returning bird that spent last winter at Roman Lakes and departed early January.
Also:
66 Coot
11 Moorhens
64 Mallards
49 Canada Geese
2 Little Grebes
5 Black-headed Gulls
Cheers John
5 Moorhens
1Mallard
Main Lake:
2 Gadwall
2 Teal
2 Cormorants
3 Little Grebes
1 Great Crested Grebe
64 Mallard
78 Coot
14 Moorhens
1 Jay
1 Chiffchaff
Cheers John
Notable sightings were:
4 Little Grebes in a little huddle (2 Adults moulting into winter plumage and 2 1st winter)
Pair Gadwall (new in)
Also:
Large numbers of Canada Geese (126)
17 Moorhens
79 Coot
Green Woodpecker (heard)
Chiffchaff (singing)
Cheers, John
1 adult and 1 imm Little Grebe (the other could be hiding)
1 Cormorant
68 Coot
10 Moorhens
The undoubted highlight was the tarmac work party filling in the pot-holes on the descent to Bottoms Bridge.
Cheers, John
1 Ad Great Crested Grebe with 2 noisy chicks.
3 Coot nest building still
1 Chiffchaff
33 Canada Geese
Cheers John
3 Little Grebes still
Kingfisher around over Main Lake
Juvenile Jay
Coot numbers building with over 60
Cheers, John
Only 1 adult Great Crested Grebe with the 2 juvs but the other could have been hiding somewhere
1 Kingfisher zipped through
Little change in numbers of Coot, Moorhens and Mallard
Cheers John
3 Dipper under Bottoms Bridge, 2 spent a couple of minutes mobbing the 3rd before taking off upstream.
1 Dipper later seen further upstream past the Packhorse bridge.
Pair of Great Crested Grebes with 2 humbug youngsters - 1 adult paired up with 1 juvenile on different parts of the lake, both juveniles making quite a noise.
1 Kingfisher flew beneath the Packhorse bridge heading downstream.
Total of 5 Grey Wagtail (3 & 2) seen at 2 locations.
Female Sparrowhawk over the Railway bridge
Buzzard over Windybottom farm
25 - 30 House Martins, 4 Swallow & a lone Swift
52 Coot in total (37 adult and 15 juv). 3 Adults were sitting on new nests
17 Moorhens (5 adult and 12 juv)
4 Great Crested Grebes (2 adult and 2 juv)
1 ad Little Grebe
Cheers John