15th June, late afternoon

Horrocks Hide: drk Garganey, Ringed Plover & drk Wigeon

Teal Hide: 4 LRPs, drk Wigeon & Kingfisher

14/6/07 mid-morning

drk Garganey & pr. of Grey Wags w/ 2 young from Horrocks Hide
2 Little Ringed Plover from Teal Hide
drk Wigeon & Kingfisher from New Hide

The vegetation on the spit is now so high that it could hide a tribe of Pygmy Warriors...............!

Forgot to post this last night ; seen whilst watching the Sanderling - 2 Pintail (pr.) asleep on the spit @ 14.15

Inland Sanderlings are always good to see. I remember a small group at Marbury a few years ago, almost in breeding plumage. They seem like a different bird altogether - compared with the usual sighting of a white bird dashing about at the tideline, on some windswept beach.

clanclanferfeckin,you are well over the border. but good on you,went to martin mere for new bin,s(alarm went off in parbold) and then got text about sanderling.bolted brekkie and got to pennington to add to county list(and life if i,m being honest)

cheers geoff 

All the Sand Martins are at Inner Marsh Farm - at least 20 here ! Also 3 Swallows off Llanfairfechan together with 2 Slavonian Grebes in breeding plumage but we're straying a bit far from Manchester here though.

9th April

1 Black-necked Grebe - West end of flash
ad. Little Gull
1 Sanderling
1 Black-tailed Godwit

don't worry the swallows are here ,saw swallow and sand martin ,today at houghton green pool,and yesterday at penny this happens every year,or has since the mid 1970s,a few early,then the lot bang in about the 12th,when normally swallow,sand martin,and a few house martins,can be expected,then from the 20th onwards a few swift start to arrive.

As Hammy's sightings - The Ringed Plover was chasing the LRP around, so got a good comparison.

Also Blackcap singing next to Horrock's hide and 3 f. Goosander on the pool opposite New Hide.

Only had my bins with me so the BN Grebe was probably one of the distant black blobs near the yacht club.

Strangely no sign of any Sand Martins or Swallows - there weren't any at Houghton Green or Budworth Mere on Friday - have the early arrivals moved on or starved

-- Edited by Tony Coatsworth at 22:21, 2007-04-08

Ringed Plover
Little Ringed Plover single from Horrock's and a pair from Teal hide
3 Redshank
5 Oystercatcher in field next to yacht club
Black-Necked Grebe to left of yellow buoy from Horrock's hide
Several Chiffchaff

Tue 3rd Apr. a.m. ad. Kittiwake - through @ 07.55 3 Black-necked Grebe - Mossley Hall end of flash 5 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Ringed Plover - Horrocks` scrapes 4 Little Ringed Plover - 2 on scrapes, 2 from Teal 9 Oystercatcher 8 Redshank 2 Shelduck 7 Goosander 3 Snipe - Teal Hide 5 Stock Dove - ruck 2 distant Buzzard over swing bridge area

Tue 20th Mar. a.m Long-eared Owl - showing well on the island Buzzard - over Plank Ln. 16 Oystercatcher 6 Redshank 2 Shelduck 7 Goosander 24 Gadwall Kestrel

Mon 12th Feb, a.m. 4 Oystercatcher 2 Shelduck drk Wigeon 13 Goosander 16+ Goldeneye 5+ Little Grebe 3 L.Redpoll c20 Redwing 6 Skylark 4 Meadow Pipit 2 Bullfinch 3 Reed Bunting Black Swan feral / escapee Lesser Canada Goose