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....
20 Great Black-Backed Gull...resting before flying off North @ 1212
3 Herring Gull
11 Lesser Redpoll
3 Woodcock
2 Peregrine
12 Lapwing
...and the joyous sighting of yet more Dog walkers with multiple dogs moving even deeper in the very last refuges of our beleaguered birds on the moss....the end is nigh for our wildlife...ahh well...we could all sit at home watching Attenborough and the plenitudinous wildlife still remaining in the rest of the world...Oh wait a minute isn't
Yesterday: 1 Gadwall 20 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Herring Gull and a large group of Black headed Gulls loafing and bathing in flooded pools. Plus 1 very brief sighting of a pale brownish gull overhead heading east with pale primaries that hinted of juv Iceland Gull but due to trees obscuring my view I couldnt get enough on it to be sure.
Today: 1 Black Grouse - male in flight 1 Merlin - male sat on fence post 1 Marsh Harrier - female 1 Sparrowhawk- female 3 Kestrel 1 Buzzard 1 Little Egret 3 Stonechat 3 Snipe - 2 flushed by Marsh Harrier 2 Grey Partridge 1 Greylag Goose c750 Pink-footed Geese. c700+ in f52 plus c50 overhead (c30 + 18 + 2) c40 Linnet 60+ Reed Bunting 5 Skylark 5 Bullfinch 2 Lapwing 4 Cormorant over
1 Black Grouse seen twice in flight - LWMNR c600+ Pink-footed Geese in f5 this morning then moved back to f52 this afternoon 2 Stonechat - pair 24 Grey Partridge - coveys of 11 + 13 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Woodcock 1 Snipe 3 Great Black-backed Gull 1 Lesser Redpoll c130+ Fieldfare 6 Redwing 1 Greenfinch 2 Bullfinch 40+ Chaffinch 1 Buzzard 2 Kestrel
Steve Judge said
Mon Jan 1 4:39 PM, 2024
New Years Day 2024 10:00 - 13:00 hrs. Cadishead Moss - Little Woolden Moss NR - Little Woolden Moss - section of River Glaze - Great Woolden Moss
Sightings included:
Marsh Harrier (1)
Sparrowhawk (1)
Buzzard (4)
Kestrel (3)
Brambling (1)
Fieldfare (100 plus)
Redwing (5)
Teal (2)
Grey Heron (1)
Pied Wagtail (7)
Greenfinch (20)
Reed Bunting (10)
Chaffinch (50)
Wren (1)
Great Black-Backed Gull (1)
Herring Gull (3)
Black-Headed Gull (70)
Steven Nelson said
Sun Dec 31 4:58 PM, 2023
c650+ Pink-footed Geese back in f52 again late morning. 1 Little Egret
c250 Pink-footed Geese in f52 at 11.00am but all gone by 12.00pm
Dave Steel said
Sat Dec 30 12:11 AM, 2023
With Respect to Steve's Post...the Field belongs to Natural England as part of a proposed Nature reserve and as such the Metal Detector man had no right on this or any other of the Fields now owned by NE...
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-- Edited by Dave Steel on Saturday 30th of December 2023 12:12:42 AM
-- Edited by Dave Steel on Saturday 30th of December 2023 03:46:18 PM
Steven Nelson said
Fri Dec 29 11:50 PM, 2023
Sightings from the mosses today:
Pink-footed Geese: c600+ still in f52 plus a further 21 in f5 but these flew off west due to disturbance from a bloke with a metal detector in the field 1 Marsh Harrier - female 2 Bullfinch 2 Buzzard 35 Fieldfare 1 Snipe 300+ Starling 2 Yellowhammer
Chat Moss - late am Approx 750+ Pink-footed Geese feeding in f52
Late post for yesterday - Little Woolden Moss NR - am 1 Peregrine 1 Marsh Harrier - female 11 Lesser Redpoll
Michael Hood said
Tue Dec 26 6:20 PM, 2023
Tuesday 26th am...
I too saw the Pink-footed geese just before 9:30 but they were all flying around somewhere over the east end of Twelve Yards Road probably somewhere around field 5 & Bartonmoss Farm - presumably they came back to field 52 later.
Also as I drove in there was a large flock of Fieldfare in field 2 - presumably those are the ones Dave saw on Irlam Moss
Quick visit to both the East and West ends of Little Woolden Moss NR - very, very quiet on the actual reserve, apart from a few crows and Wood Pigeons flying over, some Reed Bunting and 3 Meadow Pipits (presuming I ID'd them correctly against the light)
Everything else; Buzzard, Kestrel, Jay and other common birds (but not many) were outside the actual reserve.
Dave Steel said
Tue Dec 26 5:26 PM, 2023
231223
Irlam Moss
90 Woodpigeon
84 Fieldfare
2 Redwing
17 Magpie
720 Pink-Footed Geese...several attempts to get a reasonably accurate count!
A sizeable flock of Pink-footed Geese roosting on the pools on the bare peat of Croxden this evening. Too dark to see clearly to count but lots of frequent calling heard between the birds. Maybe grounded by the strong winds?
Dave Steel said
Wed Dec 20 7:55 PM, 2023
191223
Irlam Moss...brief am visit
7 Red-Legged Partridge...I would say this is a Moss Record number of these birds for me as they are quite a rarity in my recording on the moss....
181223...noted during a Carbon Landscape Winter Bird Count...
Chat Moss
35 Yellowhammer
55 Reed Bunting
1 Kestrel
6 Skylark
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
3 Lesser Redpoll
1 Black Grouse
2 Redwing
2 Marsh Harrier
9 Snipe
2 Herring Gull
1 Peregrine...Male
Little Woolden Moss
165 Skylark
20 Yellowhammer
100 Fieldfare
140 Starling
26 Linnet
1 Stonechat....sadly a lot of the ditches and their accompanying weedy edges have recently been cut hence a lot of habitat for such birds lost...this bird was on
ditches not tidied due to different ownership of the land i.e. not quite farmland usage (turf) ...in the past my questioning wrt to this 'tidying' appears
to come from the way farmers receive their subsidies...basically I was led to believe that if the land is not 'tidy' the farmer loses his government grant...
don't quote me but I feel this is the case....the rules of the madhouse govern our farmland's wildlife's survival I would say...
Sunday late pm: Raven to Little Woolden Moss (and back in the dark, with torch to tell traffic I'm there!)
1 Marsh Harrier - dark (after sunset)
1 Sparrowhawk
2 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
1 Yellowhammer in silhouette
12 Grey Partridge, presumably released
Which area does the Black Grouse appear in?
Steven Nelson said
Sun Dec 10 7:08 PM, 2023
Little Woolden Moss NR - afternoon
1 Black Grouse - male sat in a tree distantly 2 Marsh Harrier - both female 1 Grey Partridge 10 Herring Gull over west 250+ Jackdaw 2 Kestrel 1 Lesser Redpoll
Steven Nelson said
Sat Dec 9 4:52 PM, 2023
Chat and Irlam Mosses - late am
2 Marsh Harrier together - both female 1 Buzzard plus another found dead and dismembered 3 Kestrel 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Little Egret c60 Yellowhammer c50 Reed Bunting c20 Chaffinch 1 Greenfinch 6 Skylark 3 Bullfinch 3 Goldcrest 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 Cormorant over 3 Grey Partridge
-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Saturday 9th of December 2023 10:02:05 PM
Walk from West of Little Woolden Moss NR - along River Glaze - right at Moss Lane - past Whitegate Farm and Red House Farms - through North Gate of Little Woolden Moss NR - and return by path clockwise around reserve. Sightings included:
Walk from East of Little Woolden Moss NR - along River Glaze - right at Moss Lane - past Whitegate Farm and Red House Farms - through North Gate of Little Woolden Moss NR - and return by path anti-clockwise around reserve.
Nice to meet and have chat with Steve Atkins and Zoe.
Lapwing (100 plus) Teal (20) Reed Bunting (5) Fieldfare (15) Yellowhammer (2) Brambling (1) - first of the autumn for me! Greenfinch (3) Chaffinch (50) Snipe (2) flushed from fields as I walked past. Tree Sparrow (1) House Sparrow (10) Grey Heron (1) Dunnock (2) Long Tailed Tit (2) Linnet (30) Buzzard (1) Kestrel (2) Canada Geese (75)
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.
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Barton Moss
450 Starling
135 Fieldfare
450 Chaffinch
2 Brambling
1 Mistle Thrush in song
11 Skylark
2 Song Thrush
Irlam Moss
650 Pink-Footed Geese
2 Siskin
40 Chaffinch
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Irlam Moss
11 Grey Partridge
2 Song Thrush in Song
15 Greenfinch
130 Starling
1 Merlin
52 Pink-Footed Geese Flying east
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
2 Lesser Redpoll
4 Bullfinch
4 Fieldfare
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Irlam Moss
13 Pied Wagtail
2 Song Thrush in song
42 Lapwing
2 Goldcrest
25 Pink-Footed Geese Flying South
Chat Moss
160 Black-Headed Gull
20 Great Black-Backed Gull...resting before flying off North @ 1212
3 Herring Gull
11 Lesser Redpoll
3 Woodcock
2 Peregrine
12 Lapwing
...and the joyous sighting of yet more Dog walkers with multiple dogs moving even deeper in the very last refuges of our beleaguered birds on the moss....the end is nigh for our wildlife...ahh well...we could all sit at home watching Attenborough and the plenitudinous wildlife still remaining in the rest of the world...Oh wait a minute isn't
it in freefall because of mans activities ....
Wednesday 3rd Jan
1 Woodcock
18 Lesser Redpoll
Yesterday:
1 Gadwall
20 Great Black-backed Gull, 3 Herring Gull and a large group of Black headed Gulls loafing and bathing in flooded pools.
Plus 1 very brief sighting of a pale brownish gull overhead heading east with pale primaries that hinted of juv Iceland Gull but due to trees obscuring my view I couldnt get enough on it to be sure.
Today:
1 Black Grouse - male in flight
1 Merlin - male sat on fence post
1 Marsh Harrier - female
1 Sparrowhawk- female
3 Kestrel
1 Buzzard
1 Little Egret
3 Stonechat
3 Snipe - 2 flushed by Marsh Harrier
2 Grey Partridge
1 Greylag Goose
c750 Pink-footed Geese. c700+ in f52 plus c50 overhead (c30 + 18 + 2)
c40 Linnet
60+ Reed Bunting
5 Skylark
5 Bullfinch
2 Lapwing
4 Cormorant over
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Irlam Moss
5 Grey Partridge
2 Song Thrush in song
Astley Moss
140 Chaffinch
22 Redwing
6 Snipe
2 Willow Tit
24 Teal
1 Treecreeper
1 Grey Wagtail
020124...Very Heavy Rain
Irlam Moss
1 Little Egret
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
13 Snipe
1 Woodcock
5 Teal
80 Pink-Footed Geese Flying South @ 1105
8 Reed Bunting
Cadishead Moss
160 Starling
90 Fieldfare
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Chat Moss
2 Grey Partridge
150 Reed Bunting
4 Bullfinch
6 Snipe
13 Skylark
2 Stonechat---Pair
45 Yellowhammer
190 Jackdaw
10 House Sparrow
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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
1 Sparrowhawk chased off by 2 Carrion Crow
7 Snipe
9 Linnet
Cadishead Moss
460 Starling
95 Fieldfare
27 Lesser Redpoll
2 Goldcrest
6 House Sparrow
Chat Moss
850 Pink-Footed Geese
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Irlam Moss
5 Grey Partridge
11 Blackbird
11 Grey Partridge
11 Snipe
44 Meadow Pipit
1 Kestrel with Prey
Cadishead Moss
130 Fieldfare
85 Starling
13 Herring Gull
220 Black-Headed Gull
291223
Chat Moss
750 Pink-Footed Geese
1 Marsh Harrier
70 Yellowhammer
130 Reed Bunting
14 Stock Dove
21 Fieldfare
6 Skylark
Irlam Moss
90 Starling
140 Linnet
102 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West @ 1345
Little Woolden Moss
45 Linnet
75 Jackdaw.
1 Black Grouse seen twice in flight - LWMNR
c600+ Pink-footed Geese in f5 this morning then moved back to f52 this afternoon
2 Stonechat - pair
24 Grey Partridge - coveys of 11 + 13
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 Woodcock
1 Snipe
3 Great Black-backed Gull
1 Lesser Redpoll
c130+ Fieldfare
6 Redwing
1 Greenfinch
2 Bullfinch
40+ Chaffinch
1 Buzzard
2 Kestrel
1 Little Egret
281223
Chat Moss
9 Grey Partridge
70 Stock Dove
42 Yellowhammer
13 Reed Bunting
1 Marsh Harrier hunting @ 1150
2 Redwing
140 Fieldfare
1 Snipe
650 Pink-Footed Geese
Little Woolden Moss
21 Stock Dove
160 Jackdaw
With Respect to Steve's Post...the Field belongs to Natural England as part of a proposed Nature reserve and as such the Metal Detector man had no right on this or any other of the Fields now owned by NE...
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-- Edited by Dave Steel on Saturday 30th of December 2023 12:12:42 AM
-- Edited by Dave Steel on Saturday 30th of December 2023 03:46:18 PM
Pink-footed Geese: c600+ still in f52 plus a further 21 in f5 but these flew off west due to disturbance from a bloke with a metal detector in the field
1 Marsh Harrier - female
2 Bullfinch
2 Buzzard
35 Fieldfare
1 Snipe
300+ Starling
2 Yellowhammer
271223
Irlam Moss
180 Linnet
700 (+) Pink-Footed Geese
120 Jackdaw
36 Chaffinch
Barton Moss
90 Chaffinch
250 Woodpigeon
9 Rook
1 Great Black-Backed Gull
Approx 750+ Pink-footed Geese feeding in f52
Late post for yesterday - Little Woolden Moss NR - am
1 Peregrine
1 Marsh Harrier - female
11 Lesser Redpoll
Tuesday 26th am...
I too saw the Pink-footed geese just before 9:30 but they were all flying around somewhere over the east end of Twelve Yards Road probably somewhere around field 5 & Bartonmoss Farm - presumably they came back to field 52 later.
Also as I drove in there was a large flock of Fieldfare in field 2 - presumably those are the ones Dave saw on Irlam Moss
Quick visit to both the East and West ends of Little Woolden Moss NR - very, very quiet on the actual reserve, apart from a few crows and Wood Pigeons flying over, some Reed Bunting and 3 Meadow Pipits (presuming I ID'd them correctly against the light)
Everything else; Buzzard, Kestrel, Jay and other common birds (but not many) were outside the actual reserve.
231223
Irlam Moss
90 Woodpigeon
84 Fieldfare
2 Redwing
17 Magpie
720 Pink-Footed Geese...several attempts to get a reasonably accurate count!
2 Buzzard
70 Linnet
90 Chaffinch
10 rook
3 Mistle Thrush
Barton Moss
21 Redwing
24 Fieldfare
300 Chaffinch
Approx 550+ Pink-footed Geese feeding in f52 - late am/early pm. Possibly the same flock seen over Astley earlier.
1 Little Egret
2 Bullfinch
-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Tuesday 26th of December 2023 05:20:35 PM
1 Black Grouse again in flight
2 Marsh Harrier - females
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
221223
Irlam Moss
60 Redwing
5 Grey Partridge
150 Starling
1 Yellowhammer
5 Skylark
7 Fieldfare
Chat Moss
11 Grey Partridge
60 Yellowhammer
50 Reed Bunting
120 Stock Dove
2 Buzzard.
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
64 Black-Headed Gull
2 Peregrine in noisy mid-air skirmish
1 Buzzard
1 Sparrowhawk - female with prey
1 Kestrel
1 Raven over
22 Lesser Redpoll - feeding flock
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
c90 Pink-footed Geese over east
3 Goldcrest
1 Coal Tir
17 Stock Dove
1 Black Grouse - male seen twice in flight
2 Marsh Harrier
211223 Some records during a Carbon Landscape Winter Bird Count
Barton Moss...including Barton Airport Area
7 Snipe
2 Siskin
130 Starling
6 House Sparrow
14 Herring Gull
21 Common Gull
200 Black-Headed Gull
7 Lesser Black-Backed Gull
160 Feral Pigeon
24 Lapwing
6 Reed Bunting
11 Meadow Pipit
250 Chaffinch
Irlam Moss
650 Pink-Footed Geese.
201223 Some sightings During a Carbon Landscape Winter Bird Count
Little Woolden Moss + Glaze
64 Mallard
13 Teal
22 Gadwall
96 Canada Geese
2 Bullfinch
84 Stock Dove
2 Yellowhammer
95 Fieldfare
125 Starling
150 Chaffinch
40 Greenfinch
2 Brambling
3 Tree Sparrow
2 Kestrel
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
6 Snipe
6 Teal
1 Sparrowhawk...Female
2 Golden Plover Flying South 1 @ 0935 and 1 @ 0950
2 Marsh Harrier
191223
Irlam Moss...brief am visit
7 Red-Legged Partridge...I would say this is a Moss Record number of these birds for me as they are quite a rarity in my recording on the moss....
8 Pheasant
61 Meadow Pipit
8 Snipe
181223...noted during a Carbon Landscape Winter Bird Count...
Chat Moss
35 Yellowhammer
55 Reed Bunting
1 Kestrel
6 Skylark
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
3 Lesser Redpoll
1 Black Grouse
2 Redwing
2 Marsh Harrier
9 Snipe
2 Herring Gull
1 Peregrine...Male
Little Woolden Moss
165 Skylark
20 Yellowhammer
100 Fieldfare
140 Starling
26 Linnet
1 Stonechat....sadly a lot of the ditches and their accompanying weedy edges have recently been cut hence a lot of habitat for such birds lost...this bird was on
ditches not tidied due to different ownership of the land i.e. not quite farmland usage (turf) ...in the past my questioning wrt to this 'tidying' appears
to come from the way farmers receive their subsidies...basically I was led to believe that if the land is not 'tidy' the farmer loses his government grant...
don't quote me but I feel this is the case....the rules of the madhouse govern our farmland's wildlife's survival I would say...
161223
Chat Moss
11 Grey Partridge
120 Reed Bunting
50 Skylark
40 Yellowhammer
6 Corn Bunting
2 Marsh Harrier
12 Greenfinch
1 Lesser Redpoll
1 Snipe
2 Grey Wagtail
Little Woolden Moss
260 Jackdaw
1 Sparrowhawk...Female
10 Grey Partridge
2 Siskin
14 Skylark
Goldfinch 10 +
Chaffinch 1
Pheasant 5 male
Mistle Thrush 2
Grey Partridge 9
Black-headed Gull c50
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Chat Moss
8 Pink-Footed Geese Flying North @ 1027
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
7 Snipe
12 Reed Bunting
Cadishead Moss
112 Fieldfare
2 Bullfinch
160 Starling.
2 Marsh Harrier - females
4 Buzzard
3 Kestrel
1 Sparrowhawk - female
350+ Pink-footed Geese feeding in f52
43 Pink-footed Geese over SE
1 Little Egret
9 Bullfinch
1 Woodcock
6 Yellowhammer
26 Great Black-backed Gull over west plus 3 bathing on pools with a Herring Gull
1 Goldcrest
63 Fieldfare
20 Redwing
4 Lesser Redpoll
18 Skylark
1 Coot heard from fishery
6 Lapwing
1 Snipe
-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Saturday 16th of December 2023 08:49:44 PM
...Late...Late Record!....061223
Irlam Moss
700 Starling
5 Mistle Thrush
1 Fieldfare (with the Mistle Thrush)
Chat Moss
10 Grey Partridge
170 Skylark
2 Sparrowhawk
90 Reed Bunting
55 Yellowhammer
90 Starling
9 Corn Bunting
35 Jackdaw
4 Song Thrush
Little Woolden Moss
27 Skylark
180 Jackdaw
2 Grey Partridge.
Sunday late pm: Raven to Little Woolden Moss (and back in the dark, with torch to tell traffic I'm there!)
1 Marsh Harrier - dark (after sunset)
1 Sparrowhawk
2 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
1 Yellowhammer in silhouette
12 Grey Partridge, presumably released
Which area does the Black Grouse appear in?
1 Black Grouse - male sat in a tree distantly
2 Marsh Harrier - both female
1 Grey Partridge
10 Herring Gull over west
250+ Jackdaw
2 Kestrel
1 Lesser Redpoll
2 Marsh Harrier together - both female
1 Buzzard plus another found dead and dismembered
3 Kestrel
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Little Egret
c60 Yellowhammer
c50 Reed Bunting
c20 Chaffinch
1 Greenfinch
6 Skylark
3 Bullfinch
3 Goldcrest
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
2 Cormorant over
3 Grey Partridge
-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Saturday 9th of December 2023 10:02:05 PM
Walk from West of Little Woolden Moss NR - along River Glaze - right at Moss Lane - past Whitegate Farm and Red House Farms - through North Gate of Little Woolden Moss NR - and return by path clockwise around reserve. Sightings included:
Marsh Harrier (1)
Buzzard (1)
Kestrel (3)
Reed Bunting (10)
Greenfinch (50 plus)
Brambling (1)
Chaffinch (100 plus)
Goldfinch (5)
Tree Sparrow (2)
Bullfinch (1) (F)
Stonechat (2)
Raven (2)
Mistle Thrush (1)
Canada Geese (100)
Starling (70)
Black-Headed Gull (40)
-- Edited by Steve Judge on Friday 8th of December 2023 03:51:31 PM
051223
Irlam Moss
4 Grey Partridge
600 Starling
60 Black-Headed Gull
60 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West 0835
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
16 Pink-Footed Geese...Flying east @ 0910
4 Snipe
2 Lesser Redpoll
64 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East @ 0938
12 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East @ 0946
8 Reed Bunting
1 Peregrine Falcon....Male
Little Woolden Moss
64 Skylark
200 Starling
041223
Little Woolden Moss LWTNR
1 Black Grouse
1 Marsh Harrier
3 Bullfinch
26 Skylark
36 Pink-Footed Geese flying East @ 1050
6 Reed Bunting
031223
Irlam Moss
11 Skylark
2 Kestrel
320 Starling
160 Black-Headed Gull
5 Mistle Thrush
7 Grey Partridge
55 Lapwing
Chat Moss
70 Stock Dove
9 Grey Partridge
25 Reed Bunting
12 Yellowhammer
16 Linnet
2 Song Thrush
Little Woolden Moss
120 Reed Bunting
25 Yellowhammer
9 Corn Bunting
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Barton Moss
1 Peregrine
1 Buzzard
370 Starling
1 Snipe
Chat Moss
22 Goldfinch
2 Bullfinch
1 Kestrel...hounded by a determined Chaffinch!
1 Redwing
1 Fieldfare
2 Brambling
5 Song Thrush
1 Snipe
7 Meadow Pipit
1 Sparrowhawk....Male
-- Edited by Dave Steel on Monday 4th of December 2023 11:15:06 PM
1 Black Grouse male seen in flight again
3 Buzzard
42 Fieldfare over
011223
Irlam Moss
13 Magpie
9 Lesser Redpoll
4 Bullfinch
13 Reed Bunting
1 Yellowhammer
1 Kingfisher
5 Stonechat
1 Merlin...Male
3 Song Thrush
Walk from East of Little Woolden Moss NR - along River Glaze - right at Moss Lane - past Whitegate Farm and Red House Farms - through North Gate of Little Woolden Moss NR - and return by path anti-clockwise around reserve.
Nice to meet and have chat with Steve Atkins and Zoe.
Lapwing (100 plus)
Teal (20)
Reed Bunting (5)
Fieldfare (15)
Yellowhammer (2)
Brambling (1) - first of the autumn for me!
Greenfinch (3)
Chaffinch (50)
Snipe (2) flushed from fields as I walked past.
Tree Sparrow (1)
House Sparrow (10)
Grey Heron (1)
Dunnock (2)
Long Tailed Tit (2)
Linnet (30)
Buzzard (1)
Kestrel (2)
Canada Geese (75)
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Little Woolden Moss + Glaze
46 Teal
32 Mallard
1 Kingfisher
2 Lesser Redpoll
28 Skylark
1Little Egret
9 Stock Dove
1 Woodcock
2 Gadwall