The pale-bellied Brent Goose appeared on the resr at 18:00 hrs on Sunday evening (12th). It must have flown in unseen as there was no sign of it when I first arrived at about 17:30. It was associating with the Canada Goose flock. It took off with these but then circled back and landed on the reservoir. Sorry for the late post.
Also 48 Goosander came into roost - all females apart from one imm. male.

70 Goosander tonight - numbers risen dramatically in last few days
117 Black-headed gull, flew off before dusk,
33 Swallow heading SW
4 Meadow Pipit heading N

Dave

had an hour up there tonight until 7.30pm

43 goosander there when i left.
70 or so lapwing
1 kestrel
a few meadow pipits

on the way back down ashworth road towards bury 5 rooks just north of ashworth fold.

shortly after another 8 goosander overhead heading for the res.

myself and dave w this morning on the way to work.

10 wigeon

this evening on the way back,

6 goosanderand a few bh gulls.

1100HRS

3 Goosander (2 drake)
G C Grebe
2 Wheatear
9 Canada Goose
Meadow Pipit

am

3 f goosander
1 GC grebe
4 curlew
1 raven mobbed by 5 lapwings and a curlew
2 wheatear
3 m pipits
2 kestrel, great views of the female devouring a vole.
2 sand martin

pm
3 f goosander
1 gc grebe
6 wheatear all lined up on a drystone wall
M&F stonechat
M&F kestrel, female again devouring a vole this time on a drystone wall. she almost lost it to a crow that flew in low and up at her on top of the wall, the male chased it off and she settled back down a few feet along. ace!
8 curlew
lapwing
4 gbb gulls came and went.
2 pied wagtail



-- Edited by Paul Cliff at 19:02, 2008-04-10

spent 2 freezing hours up there this afternoon 4-6pm

3 wheatear - 2 m 1 f
2 kestrel - 1 m 1 f
7 pied wagtail - 1 white
meadow pipits
2 curlew
1 skylark singing
2 goosander - 1 m 1 f
40+ reed buntings in the rough by the side of the main road
heron over
4 bhg
1 gull of a similar size to bhg but with a white head, couldn't keep my scope still in the wind (or stop my eye watering) to see bill colour
3 gbbg - 2 adults, i immature
1 pheasant
1 magpie
several carrion crows
2 mallard
1 GC grebe

5 wheater - 2 m 3 f
2 kestrel
9+ pied wagtail
1 stonechat
1 gc grebe
lots of meadow pipits
5 lapwing
2 jackdaw
carrion crows
dozen or so starling
curlew calling



-- Edited by Paul Cliff at 16:00, 2008-04-06

Simon Warford wrote:

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29/3/2008 - my 2nd visit in the last week

2 male Wheatears on western shoreline/wall with a few mipits.
Goosander 11
Goldeneye 2 male
Curlew 2

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What in God`s name are you doing up there man ?...................... I don`t know, Rochdale birders (you know who you are ) at Pennington, Bolton birders in Rochdale, Stockport birders in Wigan ?!?!?.............the County`s gone mad !

29/3/2008 - my 2nd visit in the last week

2 male Wheatears on western shoreline/wall with a few mipits.
Goosander 11
Goldeneye 2 male
Curlew 2

13/11/2007 Late Afternoon

Pair Goosander, 60+ Lapwings, fem Sparrowhawk chasing mipits and Dave Winnard and flippin freezing. Dave said the Goosander roosts are not happening at the moment and they are spread all over the rochdale waters.

24/06/2007 Mid Evening

13 Goosanders - what looked like 3 Adults and 10 Juveniles resting on the west shoreline.
2 G C Grebes.

7.5.2007 morning

Whimbrel flew over 9.40am
2 Male Goosander
2 Stonechat

The 3 Bar-tailed Godwits were on Ashworth Moor Res till approx 7-40 pm last night when they were seen to fly off high to the east, unfortunately I missed them arriving at 7-55. On the Res were 40+ Goosander and Whimbrel over at 8-20.

3 Bar Tailed Godwits showing well still in fields at Cheesden Bar at 11.45am today just north west of Ashworth Moor Res. Near Rossendale school i think it is just left of the A680 Grid Ref SD170820.

They are roosting on Ashworth Moor Res and were there last night(info per Dave Winnard),

PS Forgot to mention where they are during the day is just in Lancs!



-- Edited by warfy at 13:11, 2007-05-05