I might have been chatting to you at LWM last night mate!
dave broome said
Thu Feb 8 8:17 AM, 2024
7th Feb A Curlew flew in to Little Woolden Moss reserve. Other birds in the vicinity included 2 Marsh Harrier and a lone Goldcrest at the reserve entrance. Pink-Footed Geese were briefly audible in the direction of Irlam
Hopefully to close the Thread/Not Thread posted by Steve Nelson on Saturday wrt Pink-Footed Geese Decoys on FN56 (Little Woolden Moss)
...well you live and learn....
Had a chat to the Farmer who had planted the Winter Barley on this section of FN56 and to my surprise he HAD asked someone to investigate with a view to
scaring off Pink-Footed Geese on his land on Saturday...
It transpires that later last week he had noted up to 500 PFG feeding on the Barley and later discovered that they had eaten about 3 acres worth...I pointed out that in
the past when this has occurred on Chat Moss (winter wheat) that farmer was more sanguine about such occasional occurrences as his crop eventually recovered---now although he agreed this to be true he stated that the crop is set back too much to suit his harvesting operations on his fields as he purposely sows both winter and spring barley...the former REALLY helpful to Lapwing Breeding the latter great for Yellow Wagtail Breeding (and also in winter giving much needed stubble before he ploughs it)....I still maintain that he has no intention of allowing PFG hunting on his land rather that if he feels it necessary he will bring in occasional measures to scare them off....
Not sure if this is one of those Thread Topics that Ian would prefer to run WRT the Pink-Footed Geese Question raised by Steve Nelson but...
The Farmers on Little Woolden Moss do not encourage Shooting on their land unless something has changed since last week when I was talking to one of them??????
There are exceptions to this though but these are restricted to...
1 Woodpigeon Shooting when the crops are ripe...the shooting carried out as and when the Farmers deemed it necessary to 'protect their labours'
2 There is a small Shoot who have a few pheasant feeders dotted about---but these few 'only' shoot' on I believe Boxing Day....the Farmer does NOT allow them to shoot
Grey Partridge or Snipe
3 on the Cheshire Side if the Pink-Footed Geese take to the Farmers Fields there the farmers have used 'Bird Scaring Devices' but I haven't heard these in fairly recent times as to whether they on the Cheshire side may shoot them....well I haven't witnessed this myself.
To sum up I believe that the LWM Farmers have no need/desire to have Pink-Footed Geese Shot on their land BUT I will check tomorrow.
Dave.
pete berry said
Sun Feb 4 12:09 PM, 2024
Just a thought...they weren't photographers trying to get pics of the geese,a lot about at the moment???
John Watson said
Sun Feb 4 11:30 AM, 2024
It's closed season since 31st Jan, so it's illegal. The farmer will have given permission for access, so they're part of it
9 Shoveler - 7m, 2f 5 Teal 24 Mallard c600+ Pink-footed Geese - c450+ in fields plus c150+ over 1 Little Egret 5 Snipe 27 Lapwing 1 Black Grouse - male in flight 2 Grey Partridge 2 Marsh Harrier - females 5 Buzzard - including 1 pair in display flight and 2 birds mewing to each other 2 Sparrowhawk - both female 3 Kestrel 3 Stonechat 20 Lesser Redpoll - feeding flock showed well on the ground c130+ Linnet 8 Skylark - 3 in song flight 2 Bullfinch 1 Great Black-backed Gull 4 Lesser Black-backed Gull 9 Herring Gull 80+ Black-headed Gull 12 Stock Dove 7 Reed Bunting - 2 males singing
Of concern however in the last field at the end Moss Lane immediately north of LWM NR, 4 very realistic looking plastic or wooden Pink-feet or Greylag Geese shaped lures planted in the field and 2 blokes hiding in the hedge along the edge of the reserve. I couldnt see any guns but worrying as a public footpath is nearby as well as concerning that they are potentially shooting geese. Fortunately no geese were attracted and no shooting was heard. Is this legal? Pics attached of lures.
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR - once again extremely quiet but there were 3 Mallard on the eastern pools
Teal 19 - on the Glaze visible from the bridge
Little Grebe 1 - on the Glaze next to the Teal
Great Black-backed Gull 16 (2 immature) - Chat Moss on the bit of field 65 near to field 14 - also 1 immature Herring Gull & several Black-headed Gull
Pink-footed Geese - approx 300-400 - on field 5 (reminded myself why I don't drive along that bit of 12 Yards Road) and then in the air heading generally west except for 13
I presume I spooked then by getting out of the car and part way through the trees without even getting to the edge of the field and with me still 150-200m away - which was interesting considering I was within 6ft of one a couple of weeks ago that was quite happy with me being that near (but it was amongst Canada Geese)
-- Edited by Michael Hood on Friday 2nd of February 2024 04:19:54 PM
Dave Steel said
Thu Feb 1 4:30 PM, 2024
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Irlam Moss
620 Pink-Footed Geese
16 Rook
180 Fieldfare
75 Starling
1 Merlin...Male with Prey...flew onto fence and proceed to devour its prey...not a drop wasted...
1 Peregrine...chasing Teal which escaped by 'splashing down' into the Glaze---Peregrine then circled over me--found me to be a tad large for a prey Item and flew off east!
On the eastern end of LWTNR nothing, not even a Mallard - unless you count Crows & Wood Pigeons.
Kestrel M, in the trees between fields 19 &20
Stock Doves (<10) in Field 52
Buzzard in tree next to Twelve Yards Road until it flew away (field 14) - nice close view
Fieldfares in field 2 (>50 when I drove in but only approx 20 when I drove out)
Redwing, a few in with the Fieldfares
Pink-footed geese - probably - flock (100-200) flying around somewhere near the easternmost bit of Twelve Yards Road seen from next to field 2 but not a good enough view to positively identify
And one lost spotting scope - see temporary thread in For sale/wanted.
-- Edited by Michael Hood on Sunday 28th of January 2024 08:36:41 PM
Steven Nelson said
Sat Jan 27 9:57 PM, 2024
Some highlights from the mosses today:
1 Black Grouse - male in flight 1 Merlin - male hunting 1 Sparrowhawk - female with prey 3 Kestrel 3 Buzzard - including 2 mewing to each other c140 Pink-footed Geese - flocks of c40 + c100 landed on farmland on LWM 1 Greylag over 2 Canada Geese over c70 Fieldfare 10 Siskin c40 Skylark - including 5 in display song flight c60 Reed Bunting 8 Grey Partridge 3 Snipe 7 Great Black-backed Gull - bathing in pools 1 Teal 2 Yellowhammer c90 Linnet
Dave Steel said
Thu Jan 25 4:14 PM, 2024
200124
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
7 Reed Bunting
14 Skylark
Chat Moss
70 Skylark
160 Jackdaw
Irlam Moss
220 Starling
150 Linnet
1 Stonechat
13 Reed Bunting
9 Yellowhammer
29 Magpie
1400 Starling
75 Fieldfare
250 Woodpigeon
Steven Nelson said
Tue Jan 23 10:06 PM, 2024
Little Woolden Moss NR - brief afternoon visit
3 Marsh Harrier in the air together battling the strong winds. All female.
all above flushed by a Dog Walker who freely wandered this field whilst he was on his phone the whole time completely unaware/uncaring about the disturbance caused to these birds...no permission to roam this field by the way...to say I despair would be an understatement....
Barton Moss
c150 Carrion Crow F46/47
c350 Jackdaw F46/47
c500 Pink-footed Geese F47
2 Mistle Thrush (pair)
Chat Moss
Peregrine...pair on the open peat (male & large female)
15 Shoveler
11 Teal
5 Great black backed Gull (3 immature 2 adult)
c70 Stock Dove
2 Snipe
c50 Linnet
1 Curlew heard
11 Pink-footed Geese over
c150 Linnet
2 Buzzard
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Chat Moss...Very Heavy Rain
1 Marsh Harrier
6 Skylark
250 Jackdaw
140 Stock Dove
1 Little Egret
4 Teal
12 Mallard
2 Snipe
2 Great Black-Backed Gull
6 Herring Gull
5 Shoveler
Irlam Moss
6 Skylark
7 Stock Dove
4 Reed Bunting
2 Stonechat
2 Song Thrush in song
50 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East @ 0950
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Irlam Moss
16 Collared Dove
21 Magpie
150 Fieldfare
2 Skylark in song
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
12 Reed Bunting
6 Snipe
1 Lesser Redpoll
4 Herring Gull
2 Siskin
2 Grey Partridge
24 Lapwing
I might have been chatting to you at LWM last night mate!
A Curlew flew in to Little Woolden Moss reserve. Other birds in the vicinity included 2 Marsh Harrier and a lone Goldcrest at the reserve entrance. Pink-Footed Geese were briefly audible in the direction of Irlam
040224
Barton Moss
130 Jackdaw
2500 Woodpigeon
43 Skylark
1 Sparrowhawk...Female
6 Snipe
21 Reed Bunting
16 Yellowhammer
47 Meadow Pipit
030224
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
10 Skylark
1 Siskin
9 Stock Dove
3 Snipe
15 Reed Bunting
5 Fieldfare
Irlam Moss
200 Fieldfare
160 Starling
260 Linnet
45 Stock Dove
1 Sparrowhawk...Female
650 Pink-footed Geese
33 Collared Dove
1 Marsh Harrier
020224
Winter Bird Count for LWT Astley Moss NR
17 Fieldfare
1 Nuthatch
3 Snipe
11 Wren
12 Teal
3 Song Thrush
19 Robin
32 Redwing
1 Kestrel
Chat Moss
24 Linnet
60 Stock Dove
90 Lapwing
220 Jackdaw
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Irlam Moss
240 Fieldfare
50 Redwing
3 Song Thrush...1 in song
8 Grey Partridge...Courtship Fighting
75 Starling
Chat Moss
160 Jackdaw
7 Reed Bunting
20 Stock Dove
1 Sparrowhawk...Female
8 Teal
4 Snipe
115 Redwing
115 Chaffinch
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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
7 Lesser Redpoll
6 Snipe
3 Pink-Footed Geese
1 Woodcock
1 Stonechat...Female
Little Woolden Moss
220 Skylark
55 Linnet
22 Chaffinch
16 Lapwing
160 Fieldfare
16 Redwing
110 Stock Dove
5 Grey Partridge
1 Stonechat
Irlam Moss
75 Fieldfare
25 Starling
2 Redwing
Hopefully to close the Thread/Not Thread posted by Steve Nelson on Saturday wrt Pink-Footed Geese Decoys on FN56 (Little Woolden Moss)
...well you live and learn....
Had a chat to the Farmer who had planted the Winter Barley on this section of FN56 and to my surprise he HAD asked someone to investigate with a view to
scaring off Pink-Footed Geese on his land on Saturday...
It transpires that later last week he had noted up to 500 PFG feeding on the Barley and later discovered that they had eaten about 3 acres worth...I pointed out that in
the past when this has occurred on Chat Moss (winter wheat) that farmer was more sanguine about such occasional occurrences as his crop eventually recovered---now although he agreed this to be true he stated that the crop is set back too much to suit his harvesting operations on his fields as he purposely sows both winter and spring barley...the former REALLY helpful to Lapwing Breeding the latter great for Yellow Wagtail Breeding (and also in winter giving much needed stubble before he ploughs it)....I still maintain that he has no intention of allowing PFG hunting on his land rather that if he feels it necessary he will bring in occasional measures to scare them off....
Dave
300124
Irlam Moss
86 Lapwing
2 Grey Partridge
48 Fieldfare
Chat Moss
11 Teal
83 Black-Headed Gull
1 Little Egret
24 Stock Dove
1 Marsh Harrier
45 Linnet
4 Buzzard in Territorial dispute it seemed
7 Shoveler
3 Woodcock
7 Fieldfare---chased by a Sparrowhawk
5 Snipe
2 Lesser Redpoll
Not sure if this is one of those Thread Topics that Ian would prefer to run WRT the Pink-Footed Geese Question raised by Steve Nelson but...
The Farmers on Little Woolden Moss do not encourage Shooting on their land unless something has changed since last week when I was talking to one of them??????
There are exceptions to this though but these are restricted to...
1 Woodpigeon Shooting when the crops are ripe...the shooting carried out as and when the Farmers deemed it necessary to 'protect their labours'
2 There is a small Shoot who have a few pheasant feeders dotted about---but these few 'only' shoot' on I believe Boxing Day....the Farmer does NOT allow them to shoot
Grey Partridge or Snipe
3 on the Cheshire Side if the Pink-Footed Geese take to the Farmers Fields there the farmers have used 'Bird Scaring Devices' but I haven't heard these in fairly recent times as to whether they on the Cheshire side may shoot them....well I haven't witnessed this myself.
To sum up I believe that the LWM Farmers have no need/desire to have Pink-Footed Geese Shot on their land BUT I will check tomorrow.
Dave.
It's closed season since 31st Jan, so it's illegal. The farmer will have given permission for access, so they're part of it
Shooting Season UK Dates | Pheasant Shooting Season | Grouse Shooting Season | Partridge Season | Woodcock Season - Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (gwct.org.uk)
Does GM Police have a wildlife contact?
9 Shoveler - 7m, 2f
5 Teal
24 Mallard
c600+ Pink-footed Geese - c450+ in fields plus c150+ over
1 Little Egret
5 Snipe
27 Lapwing
1 Black Grouse - male in flight
2 Grey Partridge
2 Marsh Harrier - females
5 Buzzard - including 1 pair in display flight and 2 birds mewing to each other
2 Sparrowhawk - both female
3 Kestrel
3 Stonechat
20 Lesser Redpoll - feeding flock showed well on the ground
c130+ Linnet
8 Skylark - 3 in song flight
2 Bullfinch
1 Great Black-backed Gull
4 Lesser Black-backed Gull
9 Herring Gull
80+ Black-headed Gull
12 Stock Dove
7 Reed Bunting - 2 males singing
Of concern however in the last field at the end Moss Lane immediately north of LWM NR, 4 very realistic looking plastic or wooden Pink-feet or Greylag Geese shaped lures planted in the field and 2 blokes hiding in the hedge along the edge of the reserve. I couldnt see any guns but worrying as a public footpath is nearby as well as concerning that they are potentially shooting geese. Fortunately no geese were attracted and no shooting was heard. Is this legal?
Pics attached of lures.
290124
Chat Moss
1 Golden Plover---Flying South @ 0937
1 Song Thrush in Song
38 Reed Bunting
14 Skylark
16 Yellowhammer
5 Grey Partridge
1 Corn Bunting
110 Stock Dove
12 House Sparrow
3 Bullfinch...Males
1 Stonechat
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
6 Reed Bunting
1 Pink-Footed Goose
7 Snipe
Friday 2nd Feb PM
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR - once again extremely quiet but there were 3 Mallard on the eastern pools
Teal 19 - on the Glaze visible from the bridge
Little Grebe 1 - on the Glaze next to the Teal
Great Black-backed Gull 16 (2 immature) - Chat Moss on the bit of field 65 near to field 14 - also 1 immature Herring Gull & several Black-headed Gull
Pink-footed Geese - approx 300-400 - on field 5 (reminded myself why I don't drive along that bit of 12 Yards Road) and then in the air heading generally west except for 13
I presume I spooked then by getting out of the car and part way through the trees without even getting to the edge of the field and with me still 150-200m away - which was interesting considering I was within 6ft of one a couple of weeks ago that was quite happy with me being that near (but it was amongst Canada Geese)
-- Edited by Michael Hood on Friday 2nd of February 2024 04:19:54 PM
280124
Irlam Moss
620 Pink-Footed Geese
16 Rook
180 Fieldfare
75 Starling
1 Merlin...Male with Prey...flew onto fence and proceed to devour its prey...not a drop wasted...
Chat Moss
230 Linnet
30 Chaffinch
1 Snipe
8 Pink-Footed Geese...Flying east @ 1225
120 Linnet
200 Fieldfare
Barton Moss
40 Starling
4500 Woodpigeon flying East to North @ 1250
2 Grey Heron
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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
45 Fieldfare
7 Snipe
5 Reed Bunting
50 Starling
Chat Moss
60 Stock Dove
70 Chaffinch
240 Jackdaw
3 Buzzard
7 Redwing
75 Starling
260124
Brief Circuit of Moss late afternoon...
Chat Moss
450 Pink-Footed Geese....Feeding on Stubble Field
250124
Carbon Landscape Winter Bird Count 3 of 3 SJ6895
Little Woolden Moss + Glaze
44 Teal
75 Canada Geese
11 Meadow Pipit
8 Fieldfare
5 Reed Bunting
36 Mallard
1 Peregrine...chasing Teal which escaped by 'splashing down' into the Glaze---Peregrine then circled over me--found me to be a tad large for a prey Item and flew off east!
2 Grey Partridge
24 Chaffinch
1 Kestrel
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
7 Snipe
1 Marsh Harrier
2 Fieldfare.
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Chat Moss
1 Stonechat
6 Skylark
Cadishead Moss
350 Starling
150 Fieldfare
80 Redwing
20 Meadow Pipit
320 Black-Headed Gull
14 Lesser Black-Backed Gull
45 Herring Gull
4 Common Gull
Irlam Moss
65 Meadow Pipit
4 Snipe
135 Fieldfare
260 Starling
1 Water Rail heard
3 Bullfinch
1 Lesser Redpoll
120+ Fieldfare
2 Kestrel
1 Cormorant over
230124 Carbon Landscape Winter Bird Count 3 of 3 SJ6995...in Perpetual and Heavy Rain for the most parts!
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
72 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East @ 0845
3 Lesser Redpoll
10 Snipe
Chat Moss
1 Marsh Harrier
25 Skylark
40 Stock Dove
Little Woolden Moss
22 Lapwing
250 Jackdaw
270 Skylark
135 Linnet
4 Song Thrush
210124
Irlam Moss
85 Linnet
1 Mistle Thrush...in song
26 Jackdaw
35 Fieldfare
36 Pink-Footed Geese
Chat Moss
130 Linnet
22 Chaffinch
1 Marsh Harrier
120 Fieldfare
62 Stock Dove
7 Pink-Footed Geese
30 Yellowhammer
35 Reed Bunting
2 Redwing
Barton Moss
3500 Woodpigeon
2 Kestrel
700 Jackdaw
11 Skylark
30 Linnet
18 Rook
Friday 26th pm...
Very quiet, very windy.
On the eastern end of LWTNR nothing, not even a Mallard - unless you count Crows & Wood Pigeons.
And one lost spotting scope - see temporary thread in For sale/wanted.
-- Edited by Michael Hood on Sunday 28th of January 2024 08:36:41 PM
1 Black Grouse - male in flight
1 Merlin - male hunting
1 Sparrowhawk - female with prey
3 Kestrel
3 Buzzard - including 2 mewing to each other
c140 Pink-footed Geese - flocks of c40 + c100 landed on farmland on LWM
1 Greylag over
2 Canada Geese over
c70 Fieldfare
10 Siskin
c40 Skylark - including 5 in display song flight
c60 Reed Bunting
8 Grey Partridge
3 Snipe
7 Great Black-backed Gull - bathing in pools
1 Teal
2 Yellowhammer
c90 Linnet
200124
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
7 Reed Bunting
14 Skylark
Chat Moss
70 Skylark
160 Jackdaw
Irlam Moss
220 Starling
150 Linnet
1 Stonechat
13 Reed Bunting
9 Yellowhammer
29 Magpie
1400 Starling
75 Fieldfare
250 Woodpigeon
3 Marsh Harrier in the air together battling the strong winds. All female.
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Little Woolden Moss + The Glaze
2 Little Grebe
44 Teal
80 Mallard
23 Fieldfare
180 Canada Geese
175 Starling
1 Goosander...Male
12 Lapwing
13 Wigeon
28 Meadow Pipit
1 Merlin...Male
180124
Barton Moss
1 Woodcock
750 Woodpigeon
1 Stonechat
16 Stock Dove
110 Linnet
1 Brambling
90 Starling
200 Jackdaw
2 Fieldfare
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Little Woolden Moss
80 Linnet
Chat Moss
4 Great Black-Backed Gull---flying North
16 House Sparrow
135 Reed Bunting
90 Yellowhammer
10 Corn Bunting
7 Grey Partridge
1 Stonechat
300 Jackdaw
130 Starling
12 Redwing
2 Bullfinch---Male
7 Red-legged Partridge
4 Grey Partridge
c1200+ Starling - feeding flock
c80+ Fieldfare
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
26 Lesser Redpoll - flocks of 12 + 14
2 Snipe
1 Woodcock
5 Meadow Pipit
2 Buzzard
2 Kestrel
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Irlam Moss
62 Lapwing
52 Fieldfare
2 Stonechat
1 Common Gull
11 Grey Partridge
60 Black-Headed Gull
15 Meadow Pipit
150124
Barton Moss Including a Carbon Landscape Winter Bird Count
72 Lapwing
500 Chaffinch
42 Stock Dove
2000 Woodpigeon
4 Redwing
2 Stonechat
3 Rook
60 Reed Bunting
5 Yellowhammer
16 Linnet
2 Brambling
Flock of c150+ Linnet
Flock of 16 Goldfinch
Flock of 11 Yellowhammer
1 Stonechat
2 Buzzard
21 Fieldfare
1 Merlin
1 Marsh Harrier - female
2 Corn Bunting
200+ Skylark
80+ Reed Bunting
10 Yellowhammer
1 Stonechat
4 Grey Partridge
8 Fieldfare
2 Redwing
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Irlam Moss
19 Rook
850 Woodpigeon Flying Southeast
Barton Moss
550 Jackdaw
320 Woodpigeon
55 Chaffinch
60 Stock Dove
110 Redwing
60 Starling
18 Linnet
2 Stonechat
50 Mallard---Guns A blazing on Astley Moss!
75 Teal12 Fieldfare
54 Pink-Footed Geese Flying NE @ 1117
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Irlam Moss
250 Fieldfare
4 Song Thrush 1 in song
1 Buzzard
10 Grey Partridge
60 Black Headed Gull
19 Blackbird
7 Red-Legged Partridge
300 Starling
7 Snipe
Cadishead Moss
106 Fieldfare
2 Herring Gull
1 Song Thrush
3 Common Gull
12 Grey Partridge
25 Redwing
450 Starling
1 Grey Wagtail
Chat Moss
8 Herring Gull Flying west
1 Stonechat
2 Marsh Harrier - females
1 Peregrine
1 Sparrowhawk - female hunting Linnets
1 Buzzard
2 Kestrel
2 Brambling
130+ Linnet
30+ Chaffinch
80+ Reed Bunting
3 Snipe - flushed by Marsh Harrier
5 Stonechat
3 Yellowhammer
5 Skylark
13 Fieldfare
6 Redwing
1 Lapwing
1 Grey Wagtail
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Astley Moss
60 Chaffinch
85 Redwing
Chat Moss
55 Yellowhammer
140 Reed Bunting
6 Corn Bunting
1 Marsh Harrier
60 Stock Dove
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
1 Woodcock
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Little Woolden Moss and the Glaze
56 Teal
52 Mallard
28 Fieldfare
30 Redwing
2 Buzzard
85 Starling
3 Goosander....1M 2F
30 Chaffinch
2 Brambling.
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
2 Lesser Redpoll
6 Snipe
260 Fieldfare
2 Reed Bunting
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Irlam Moss
700 Starling
77 Fieldfare
13 Magpie
14 Herring Gull---Flying North @ 0926
1 Grey Wagtail
22 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East @ 0940
24 Skylark
11 Reed Bunting
7 Yellowhammer
1 Mistle Thrush in Song
1 Snipe
2 Stonechat
11 Meadow Pipit
27 Lapwing
16 Pied Wagtail
Chat Moss
2 Stonechat
4 Great Black-Backed Gull Flying North
60 Redwing
32 Reed Bunting
2 Grey Partridge
24 Skylark
1 Marsh Harrier.
Little Woolden Moss this afternoon 1 x Stonechat, 1 x Yellowhammer
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Irlam Moss
185 Fieldfare
550 Starling
20 Lapwing
23 Pied Wagtail
1 Grey Wagtail
8 Great Black-Backed Gull...Flying North
5 Herring Gull
Late afternoon circuit from the bottom of Astley Road to Cutnook Lane.
Irlam Moss highlights
Little Woolden Moss
Chat Moss
-- Edited by Steven Heywood on Wednesday 10th of January 2024 11:55:58 PM
080124
Irlam Moss
750 Starling
115 Fieldfare
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
1 Stonechat...Female
Little Woolden Moss
55 Linnet
90 Chaffinch
3 Brambling
30 Goldfinch
30 Stock Dove
160 Redwing
1 Stonechat
45 Skylark
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Irlam Moss
500 Fieldfare
160 Starling
6 Redwing
7 Blackbird
all above flushed by a Dog Walker who freely wandered this field whilst he was on his phone the whole time completely unaware/uncaring about the disturbance caused to these birds...no permission to roam this field by the way...to say I despair would be an understatement....
Chat Moss
85 Skylark
250 Jackdaw
90 Reed Bunting
2 Grey Partridge
47 Yellowhammer
50 Stock Dove
3 Snipe
5 Lesser Redpoll
2 Raven
1 Marsh Harrier
2 Bullfinch
22 Magpie.