ASTLEY, CHAT, LITTLE WOOLDEN AND ASSOCIATED MOSSES
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Oct 15 9:35 PM, 2017
Little Woolden Moss today, 09:45-12:30:
c120 Pink-footed Geese flew off the peat west at 11:10
c50 Skylark
c30 Meadow Pipit
male and female Stonechat (field 18)
Barton Moss, 13:00-14:15:
2 Grey Partridge
8 Redwing
c50 Goldfinch
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Oct 14 10:14 PM, 2017
Little Woolden Moss today from visits both am and pm:
1 Green Sandpiper
186 Lapwing
2 Snipe
7 Lesser Redpoll
3 Peregrine
115 Skylark
c400 Black-headed Gulls
25 Stock Doves
5 Corn Buntings
c100 Skylarks
c30 Meadow Pipits
2 Sparrowhawks
c150 Pink-footed Geese over southeast at 16:15
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Alan Rowley said
Sat Oct 14 3:26 PM, 2017
Mike Chorley wrote:
I wonder if we're getting Continental Robins arriving from areas where Cetti's Warbler are common?
That possibility also occured to me Mike, as there have been a lot of continental arrivals in the last couple of weeks and Id not heard it before then.
Charlie Schouten said
Sat Oct 14 2:01 PM, 2017
Around 100 pink footed geese on Little Woolden Moss today, flew south-west at around midday. Quiet otherwise though!
Also interestingly both a yellow wagtail and a fieldfare feeding near each other among the pied wagtails in the field on the right hand side, just by Four Lane Ends.
Cheers
Charlie
Mike Chorley said
Fri Oct 13 8:04 PM, 2017
Hi Alan. Your experience mirrors the one I had on Sunday at Strinesdale in Oldham while doing my WEBS survey. A brief bust of Cetti's song, several times, from a Robin! I'm glad it's happened to someone else, I thought I was going mad. I made sure I saw the bird in case it was a Blackcap mimicking both. It was the way the Robin matched the volume which surprised me. I wonder if we're getting Continental Robins arriving from areas where Cetti's Warbler are common?
Alan Rowley said
Thu Oct 12 8:15 PM, 2017
A heart racing moment today whilst doing a bird surveys on Astley Moss SSSI; From the willows came the distinctive first 4 notes of a Cetti's Warbler song, which would be a first for me on the site and probably a first for Astley Moss. (stand to be corrected on the latter point). I decided that a part song was not enough to tick this one so I waited patiently to see the bird. After a short while of nothing, a Robin popped up and flew about 20 metres along the willow scrub to my left. Then, shortly after, the part song of the Cetti's burst out again, 20 metres away to my left!! Surely not. I moved closer to the new venue and to my absolute amazement, the Robin popped up and let rip with the first 4 or 5 notes of the typical and very distinctive song of the Cetti's. Bitter disappointment to say the least and total amazement to hearing a Robin produce such utterances.
Well, for anybody visiting Astley Moss and wishing to avoid such drama, I suggest that should you hear what you think might be a Cetti's Warbler, presume Robin until you can prove otherwise.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Oct 12 7:40 PM, 2017
Little Woolden Moss today, 9:30-13:00:
c120 Skylark
c100 Linnet
117 Pink-footed Geese on the peat
2 Stonechat (north path)
2 Tree Sparrow (Red House Farm)
8 Buzzard
2 Sparrowhawk
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Oct 12 12:49 PM, 2017
Little Woolden Moss highlights for yesterday morning:
22 Yellowhammer
140 Linnet
3 Snipe
75 Skylark
90 Pink-footed Geese on field 20
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Oct 10 11:04 PM, 2017
Little Woolden Moss today, 10:45-14:00:
175 Pink-footed Geese over west 11-11:30 and 117 landed on the west pools at 13:40
In fields 56 and 19:
150 Skylarks
80 Linnets
Sparrowhawk
1 juvenile/female Merlin
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Oct 9 2:55 PM, 2017
Irlam Moss this morning:
16 Redwing
5 Snipe
23 Grey Partridge
1 Golden Plover over
Little Woolden Moss:
125 Lapwing
250 Skylark
120 Linnet
1 juv/female Merlin which put up all the Linnet and Skylark
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Oct 8 7:53 PM, 2017
Little Woolden Moss today, 09:45-13:00:
116 Pink footed Geese in field 20, flew west 11:45
32 Teal
On field 56:
150 Skylarks
100 Linnets
20 Meadow Pipits
imm/ fm Merlin
17 Reed Buntings
2 Snipe over west
Croxden, 07:20-09:50:
12 Lesser Redpoll
1 male Stonechat
4 Snipe
24 Pink-footed Geese over at 09:40
1 Grey Wagtail.
3 Redwing over at 07:56
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Oct 7 2:47 PM, 2017
Little Woolden Moss today, 12:35-13:45:
60 Pink-footed Geese on the reserve, then joined by another 30
31 Teal
5 Snipe
1 Golden Plover flying over
70 Skylark
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Oct 6 7:20 PM, 2017
Sightings from Little Woolden Moss throughout today up to mid-afternoon:
7 Snipe
1 Peregrine
4 Golden Plover over (3 morning, 1 afternoon)
1 Ringed Plover
8 Swallow
183 Pink Footed Geese (18 in field 20 in the morning were probably some of the same as the 10 out on the peat mid-afternoon; a single over along with skiens of 24 in the morning and 140 W mid-afternoon)
1 Wheatear
110 Skylark
5 Stonechat
6 Grey Partridge
Info thanks to the Daves of Steel and Stewart, plus myself.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Oct 5 5:20 PM, 2017
Little Woolden Moss this afternoon:
27 Pink-footed Geese still at the west end before flying off west at 14:40
80+ Linnets
25 Skylarks
20 Meadow Pipits
Croxdens:
1 Peregrine
150 Black-headed Gulls
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Oct 4 6:30 PM, 2017
Little Woolden Moss today, 9:30-13:00:
27 Pink-footed Geese
2 Greylag Geese
c100 Skylarks
c80 Linnets
35 Meadow Pipits
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Raven
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Oct 3 10:47 AM, 2017
Some sightings from Little Woolden Moss this morning:
2 Ringed Plover
1 Snipe
in field 56:
7 Pink-footed Geese
43 'alba' wagtails; majority look-a-likey White Wagtails but I'm still not convinced
90 Linnet
120 Skylark (also around all the fields north of Little Woolden Moss)
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Oct 1 8:08 PM, 2017
Little Woolden Moss and field 56 today, 11:00-13-:45:
11 Teal
173 Skylarks
100+ Meadow Pipits
15 Pied Wagtails
1Peregrine
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Raven
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Sep 28 9:38 PM, 2017
Little Woolden Moss today, 10:30-13:30:
Adult Hobby
1 Ringed Plover (juv.)
137 Lapwings over west
80+ Linnets on the peat and a further 35 Linnets on field 56
21 Skylarks
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Sep 27 9:31 PM, 2017
Little Woolden Moss, 09:30-12:30 today:
1 Peregrine
1 Sparrowhawk
4 Kestrels
1 Raven
Around field 56:
150+ Skylarks
91 Meadow Pipits
27 Pied Wagtails
2 White Wagtails
58 Linnets
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Sep 26 9:35 PM, 2017
Little Woolden Moss today, 09:30-11:00:
15 Ringed Plovers (1 on the peat, 14 over southwest)
1 Shoveler
17 Teal
3 Swallows
1 displaying Raven
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Simon Warford said
Sun Sep 24 7:18 PM, 2017
In addition to the LWM sightings, Simon Johnson and I had a Yellow Wagtail, 1 Greenshank, 10 Teal and a female Marsh Harrier at Croxdens late afternoon.
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Sep 24 6:25 PM, 2017
Sightings from today on Little Woolden Moss, 09:45-12:45:
Juvenile Ruff
12 Ringed Plovers (10 juvs + 2ads)
1 Peregrine
2 Sparrowhawks
31 Teal
100+ Skylarks
25 Meadow Pipits
2 Whitethroats
3 Willow Warblers
2 Grey Partridges
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Paul Heaton said
Sun Sep 24 1:01 PM, 2017
Visit this morning, gates on carpark have to be locked now due to vandalism , what a crap world .
Anywho Juvenile Ruff , Ringed Plover still present
Teal 18
Peregrine 1
Kestrel 3
Sparrowhawk 1
Buzzard 2
Skylarks 100+
Meadow Pipits 20+
Reed Bunting 7
Grey Wagtail 1
Crows 22
Swallows 8+
Chiffchaff 1
Willow warbler 2
Lots of Dragonflies and Butterflies ,
Keep Birding,
simon ghilks said
Sat Sep 23 11:23 AM, 2017
23/9/17 Little Woolden Moss 9am to 10:45
1 Juvenile Ruff 12 Ringed Plover 3 Stonechat 1 Chiffchaff 2 Buzzard 1 Kestrel 20+ Skylark moving high overhead north A few Meadow Pipit and Reed Buntings dotted about.
dave broome said
Fri Sep 22 3:22 PM, 2017
A juvenile Little Stint present at 15:00 flew off south at 15:17. A couple of blurry phonescoped record shots below, plus one showing its size in relation to a Pied Wagtail on the left.
Other birds present included 4 Ringed Plover, 3 of which departed south, White Wagtail, 76 Skylark flushed by a Buzzard from fields on the north side, a flock of 20 Meadow Pipit went south and a flock of 21 Blue Tit moved through with a few Great Tit.
-- Edited by dave broome on Friday 22nd of September 2017 06:23:55 PM
Birds present mid morning today on Little Woolden Moss included:
13 Ringed Plover
Juvenile Hobby
Meanwhile at Croxdens:
Greenshank
Kingfisher
Simon Warford said
Fri Sep 22 10:48 AM, 2017
This morning up to 9.00am on Little Wooldon Moss-
2 Ruff 4 Ringed Plover 2 Stonechat still present hundreds of Meadow Pipits heading south and loads all over the peat. 100+ Skylark 4 Chiffchaff
-- Edited by Simon Warford on Friday 22nd of September 2017 10:49:01 AM
Simon Warford said
Thu Sep 21 10:17 AM, 2017
This morning up to 9.15am on Little Woolden Moss-
2 Sandwich Terns (adult + juvenile) heard calling overhead and picked up flying south west at 08:25 1 juvenile Ruff 2 Dunlin 11 Ringed Plover 4 Snipe 4 Shoveler 27 Teal 1 Little Grebe 2 Stonechat 2 Peregrine, 1 Merlin and 1 Sparrowhawk all hunting the pools, with one of the Peregrines catching a Skylark and plucking it on the moss. 1 Wheatear 6 Chiffchaff
Late report from yesterday (offline due to house move); Little Woolden Moss, approx 10.40 - 2.20:
Large mixed flock again; roughly 70% blue tit, as far as I could tell, with long-tailed tit also in high numbers, and fewer chiffchaff and great tit; anything else in there eluded me. 1 willow tit 14 linnet 2 bullfinch c5 house martin 10+ swallow c40 meadow pipit c10 pied wagtail 1 white wagtail 1 whinchat (I think that's me referred to below; hello!) 2 wheatear 3 ringed plover 1 dunlin 1 snipe 1 kestrel 1 buzzard
At least one white wagtail on Irlam Moss, too.
-- Edited by Shannon Llewellyn on Monday 11th of September 2017 10:11:59 AM
Simon Warford said
Sun Sep 10 7:18 PM, 2017
Late afternoon with Simon Johnson, highlights;
7 Black-tailed Godwits flew in and then off north 3 Ringed Plover (2 juvs) 1 juv Dunlin still 2 White Wagtails 3 Wheatear 1+ Willow Tit House Martins piling through south Another birder saw a Whinchat before we arrived.
Other sightings from a visit on 7/9 included 3 Golden Plover, 3 Shoveler, 25 Teal and 1 Wheatear.
Little Woolden Moss today, 09:45-12:30:
c120 Pink-footed Geese flew off the peat west at 11:10
c50 Skylark
c30 Meadow Pipit
male and female Stonechat (field 18)
Barton Moss, 13:00-14:15:
2 Grey Partridge
8 Redwing
c50 Goldfinch
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Little Woolden Moss today from visits both am and pm:
1 Green Sandpiper
186 Lapwing
2 Snipe
7 Lesser Redpoll
3 Peregrine
115 Skylark
c400 Black-headed Gulls
25 Stock Doves
5 Corn Buntings
c100 Skylarks
c30 Meadow Pipits
2 Sparrowhawks
c150 Pink-footed Geese over southeast at 16:15
Info thanks to Dave Steel
That possibility also occured to me Mike, as there have been a lot of continental arrivals in the last couple of weeks and Id not heard it before then.
A heart racing moment today whilst doing a bird surveys on Astley Moss SSSI; From the willows came the distinctive first 4 notes of a Cetti's Warbler song, which would be a first for me on the site and probably a first for Astley Moss. (stand to be corrected on the latter point). I decided that a part song was not enough to tick this one so I waited patiently to see the bird. After a short while of nothing, a Robin popped up and flew about 20 metres along the willow scrub to my left. Then, shortly after, the part song of the Cetti's burst out again, 20 metres away to my left!! Surely not. I moved closer to the new venue and to my absolute amazement, the Robin popped up and let rip with the first 4 or 5 notes of the typical and very distinctive song of the Cetti's. Bitter disappointment to say the least and total amazement to hearing a Robin produce such utterances.
Well, for anybody visiting Astley Moss and wishing to avoid such drama, I suggest that should you hear what you think might be a Cetti's Warbler, presume Robin until you can prove otherwise.
Little Woolden Moss today, 9:30-13:00:
c120 Skylark
c100 Linnet
117 Pink-footed Geese on the peat
2 Stonechat (north path)
2 Tree Sparrow (Red House Farm)
8 Buzzard
2 Sparrowhawk
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Little Woolden Moss highlights for yesterday morning:
22 Yellowhammer
140 Linnet
3 Snipe
75 Skylark
90 Pink-footed Geese on field 20
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today, 10:45-14:00:
175 Pink-footed Geese over west 11-11:30 and 117 landed on the west pools at 13:40
In fields 56 and 19:
150 Skylarks
80 Linnets
Sparrowhawk
1 juvenile/female Merlin
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Irlam Moss this morning:
16 Redwing
5 Snipe
23 Grey Partridge
1 Golden Plover over
Little Woolden Moss:
125 Lapwing
250 Skylark
120 Linnet
1 juv/female Merlin which put up all the Linnet and Skylark
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today, 09:45-13:00:
116 Pink footed Geese in field 20, flew west 11:45
32 Teal
On field 56:
150 Skylarks
100 Linnets
20 Meadow Pipits
imm/ fm Merlin
17 Reed Buntings
2 Snipe over west
Croxden, 07:20-09:50:
12 Lesser Redpoll
1 male Stonechat
4 Snipe
24 Pink-footed Geese over at 09:40
1 Grey Wagtail.
3 Redwing over at 07:56
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today, 12:35-13:45:
60 Pink-footed Geese on the reserve, then joined by another 30
31 Teal
5 Snipe
1 Golden Plover flying over
70 Skylark
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Sightings from Little Woolden Moss throughout today up to mid-afternoon:
7 Snipe
1 Peregrine
4 Golden Plover over (3 morning, 1 afternoon)
1 Ringed Plover
8 Swallow
183 Pink Footed Geese (18 in field 20 in the morning were probably some of the same as the 10 out on the peat mid-afternoon; a single over along with skiens of 24 in the morning and 140 W mid-afternoon)
1 Wheatear
110 Skylark
5 Stonechat
6 Grey Partridge
Info thanks to the Daves of Steel and Stewart, plus myself.
Little Woolden Moss this afternoon:
27 Pink-footed Geese still at the west end before flying off west at 14:40
80+ Linnets
25 Skylarks
20 Meadow Pipits
Croxdens:
1 Peregrine
150 Black-headed Gulls
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Little Woolden Moss today, 9:30-13:00:
27 Pink-footed Geese
2 Greylag Geese
c100 Skylarks
c80 Linnets
35 Meadow Pipits
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Raven
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Some sightings from Little Woolden Moss this morning:
2 Ringed Plover
1 Snipe
in field 56:
7 Pink-footed Geese
43 'alba' wagtails; majority look-a-likey White Wagtails but I'm still not convinced
90 Linnet
120 Skylark (also around all the fields north of Little Woolden Moss)
Little Woolden Moss and field 56 today, 11:00-13-:45:
11 Teal
173 Skylarks
100+ Meadow Pipits
15 Pied Wagtails
1Peregrine
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Raven
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Little Woolden Moss today, 10:30-13:30:
Adult Hobby
1 Ringed Plover (juv.)
137 Lapwings over west
80+ Linnets on the peat and a further 35 Linnets on field 56
21 Skylarks
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Little Woolden Moss, 09:30-12:30 today:
1 Peregrine
1 Sparrowhawk
4 Kestrels
1 Raven
Around field 56:
150+ Skylarks
91 Meadow Pipits
27 Pied Wagtails
2 White Wagtails
58 Linnets
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today, 09:30-11:00:
15 Ringed Plovers (1 on the peat, 14 over southwest)
1 Shoveler
17 Teal
3 Swallows
1 displaying Raven
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Sightings from today on Little Woolden Moss, 09:45-12:45:
Juvenile Ruff
12 Ringed Plovers (10 juvs + 2ads)
1 Peregrine
2 Sparrowhawks
31 Teal
100+ Skylarks
25 Meadow Pipits
2 Whitethroats
3 Willow Warblers
2 Grey Partridges
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
Visit this morning, gates on carpark have to be locked now due to vandalism , what a crap world .
Anywho Juvenile Ruff , Ringed Plover still present
Teal 18
Peregrine 1
Kestrel 3
Sparrowhawk 1
Buzzard 2
Skylarks 100+
Meadow Pipits 20+
Reed Bunting 7
Grey Wagtail 1
Crows 22
Swallows 8+
Chiffchaff 1
Willow warbler 2
Lots of Dragonflies and Butterflies ,
Keep Birding,
1 Juvenile Ruff
12 Ringed Plover
3 Stonechat
1 Chiffchaff
2 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
20+ Skylark moving high overhead north
A few Meadow Pipit and Reed Buntings dotted about.
A juvenile Little Stint present at 15:00 flew off south at 15:17. A couple of blurry phonescoped record shots below, plus one showing its size in relation to a Pied Wagtail on the left.
Other birds present included 4 Ringed Plover, 3 of which departed south, White Wagtail, 76 Skylark flushed by a Buzzard from fields on the north side, a flock of 20 Meadow Pipit went south and a flock of 21 Blue Tit moved through with a few Great Tit.
-- Edited by dave broome on Friday 22nd of September 2017 06:23:55 PM
Birds present mid morning today on Little Woolden Moss included:
13 Ringed Plover
Juvenile Hobby
Meanwhile at Croxdens:
Greenshank
Kingfisher
2 Ruff
4 Ringed Plover
2 Stonechat still present
hundreds of Meadow Pipits heading south and loads all over the peat.
100+ Skylark
4 Chiffchaff
-- Edited by Simon Warford on Friday 22nd of September 2017 10:49:01 AM
2 Sandwich Terns (adult + juvenile) heard calling overhead and picked up flying south west at 08:25
1 juvenile Ruff
2 Dunlin
11 Ringed Plover
4 Snipe
4 Shoveler
27 Teal
1 Little Grebe
2 Stonechat
2 Peregrine, 1 Merlin and 1 Sparrowhawk all hunting the pools, with one of the Peregrines catching a Skylark and plucking it on the moss.
1 Wheatear
6 Chiffchaff
Little Woolden Moss today, 09:45-13:00:
12 juvenile Ringed Plovers
2 Dunlins
3 White Wagtails
41 Meadow Pipits
10 Skylarks
2 Stonechats
5 Willow Warblers
3 Whitethroats
Sparrowhawk
9 Buzzards
93 Swallows
On Croxdens:
Greenshank
Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel
48 Pink-footed Geese SE over at 07:54 this morning.
Also present:
1 Dunlin
15 Ringed Plover
4 Grey Partridge
9 Snipe
2 Stonechat
2 Lesser Redpoll
2 Raven
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Further sightings from Little Woolden Moss today, 9:45-12:15:
18 Ringed Plovers (11 juvs on the peat and 7 over west)
2 Stonechats (male +juv/fem)
2 White Wagtails
2 juv Willow Warblers
Croxdens:
1 Greenshank
Info thanks to Dave Steel
also 12 skylarks on the north side 6 buzzards near the turbine, lots of meadow pipits, snipe, sand martins and heard redshank.
07.45 till 09.00 on little woolden moss
1 dunlin
12 ringed plover
1 peregrine
2 teal
50 pink footed geese heading south east
-- Edited by brian fielding on Sunday 17th of September 2017 11:08:49 AM
-- Edited by brian fielding on Sunday 17th of September 2017 11:11:03 AM
13 Ringed Plover (11 juvs)
1 Greenshank
3 juv Dunlin
1 Snipe
10 Teal
4 Wheatear
70 Pink-footed Geese over SE at 18:45.
Three Greenshank and a fine juvenile Spotted Redshank dropped into Little Woolden Moss at 12:08 today but flew off SE at 12:16.
Also present were:
2 Dunlin
7 Ringed Plover
4 Wheatear
Info and images thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today:
7 skiens of Pink-footed Geese all heading SE
7 Golden Plover
2 Green Sandpiper
5 Ringed Plover
1 Curlew
2 Dunlin
1 Stonechat
3 Snipe
1 Swift
132 Meadow Pipit
2 Grey Partridge
Croxdens:
75 Pink-footed Geese over
32 Teal
1 Stonechat
2 Willow Tit
1 Hobby
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Sightings from Little Woolden Moss today, am Dave Steel and pm myself:
2 Wheatear
3 Ringed Plover
3 Dunlin (only 2 present pm)
4 White Wagtail
1 Greenshank
1 Redshank
1 Golden plover
2 Hobby
Pink-footed Geese heard only over am
On Little Woolden Moss this morning:
3 Wheatear
2 Ringed Plover
1 Greenshank
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Today on Little Woolden Moss:
1 Grey Plover
Wheatear
3 juv Ringed Plovers
1 juv Dunlin
1 Greenshank
112 Meadow Pipit
100 Linnet
42 Skylark
14 Snipe
Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart
Large mixed flock again; roughly 70% blue tit, as far as I could tell, with long-tailed tit also in high numbers, and fewer chiffchaff and great tit; anything else in there eluded me.
1 willow tit
14 linnet
2 bullfinch
c5 house martin
10+ swallow
c40 meadow pipit
c10 pied wagtail
1 white wagtail
1 whinchat (I think that's me referred to below; hello!)
2 wheatear
3 ringed plover
1 dunlin
1 snipe
1 kestrel
1 buzzard
At least one white wagtail on Irlam Moss, too.
-- Edited by Shannon Llewellyn on Monday 11th of September 2017 10:11:59 AM
7 Black-tailed Godwits flew in and then off north
3 Ringed Plover (2 juvs)
1 juv Dunlin still
2 White Wagtails
3 Wheatear
1+ Willow Tit
House Martins piling through south
Another birder saw a Whinchat before we arrived.
Other sightings from a visit on 7/9 included 3 Golden Plover, 3 Shoveler, 25 Teal and 1 Wheatear.
Little Woolden Moss today, 09:15-12:00:
3 juvenile Ringed Plovers
1 juvenile Dunlin
1 Greenshank over northwest
7 Black-tailed Godwits over southeast
3 White Wagtails
2 Wheatears
1 Green sandpiper
220 Swallows
20 House Martins
1 Swift
Info thanks to Dave Stewart
14:45-16:45 today at Little Woolden Moss
1 juvenile Dunlin, 1 juvenile Ringed Plover, 1 Greenshank, 1 Green Sandpiper over, 1 Snipe, 1 Mute Swan, 3 Teal, 1 Hobby, 1 White Wagtail, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 2 Swift west, 21 Linnet
-- Edited by dave broome on Thursday 7th of September 2017 06:42:58 PM
Last Little Woolden Moss today:
c150 Swallows
c50 House Martins
2 Sand Martins
2 White Wagtails
3 Teal
1 Peregrine over high west
Common Sandpiper
Greenshank
2 Snipe
Croxdens:
1 juvenile Ringed Plover
8 Teal
Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart
Twenty Black-tailed Godwit present 4:15 to 5:40pm on Little Woolden Moss today.
Info thanks to Dave Steel
This afternoon:
Little Woolden Moss
Juvenile Ringed Plover
Greenshank
Croxdens
Juvenile Wheatear
At least one Greenshank (calling constantly but unseen)
Rindle, Astley Moss
500 Starling, just over half of which flew south over the railway
Little Woolden Moss today, 14:30-16:45:
1 Swift
4 Sand Martin
2 Ringed Plover
1 Greenshank
1 Wheatear
1 Snipe
1 Whitethroat
36 Teal
9 Grey Partridge
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today, 13:45-15:45:
6 Yellow Wagtails
2 White Wagtails
c50 Linnets
2 Sand Martins
1 Hobby hawking dragonflies
Info thanks to Dave Steel
Little Woolden Moss today, 15:40-18:00
5 Sand Martin
1 Greenshank
4 Grey Partridge
12 Teal
Info thanks to Dave Steel
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 5th of September 2017 10:02:53 PM
Little Woolden Moss 1.30 to 2.30pm Sat 2 Sept
1 Little Ringed Plover
1 Greenshank
4 Yellow Wagtail
Many Alba wagtails and Linnets on the mud.
Swallows and Sand Martins.