so it is! - then all 30th records should read 29th - would be good if i could know what birds are around tomorow!!

Cheers warfy!

Dave

Dave, isnt the 30th tomorrow?

Hi all,

thought i put my sightings on for the last week or so from Ashworth Moor Res, there has been some good migration through with a few good birds - for Rochdale anyway.

Pintail - 1 29th
Yellow Wag - 1 24th, 2 29th
Whinchat - 2 29th
White Wag - the best autumn on record for this species here; 4 24th, 2 25th, 1 26th and 4 28th
Pied Wag - vismig 71 west in total with 35w on the 28th and 19w on the 24th.
Wheatear - 6 29th
Swallow - vismig biggest flocks include 340w on the 23rd, 339 w on the 27th and 157 26th - if you count all birds west over the last week then there has been 1003 birds.
Goosander - 31 roosting on the 29th is the highest number.
Canada Goose - passage of birds peaking at 99 on the 25th.
Tufted Duck - scarce here - 2 males on the 24th
Grey Partridge - 2 on the 26th
Green Sandpiper - 1 breifly on the 29th - first wader apart from lapwing to turn up for a while!

amzaingly there was a female Great Spotted Woodpecker on the dam wall on the 24th - probably a new site species and a site tick for me, and personally beats any of the above birds - goes to prove its all about context! The coot there last year was my best bird of the year!!

Regards

David



-- Edited by daverochdale at 11:19, 2007-08-30