47 Coot highest count I have seen here so could have been a influx overnight as they all seemed to stick together on the water and not quarrel like the usual coots do ?
Jimmy
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Mar 6 2:36 PM, 2016
Early AM
This area is now getting harder to view due to the hedges having not been cut for over a year and I don't think they will get cut again due to cutbacks and will soon be breeding season so doubt they will be cut before next October.
2 Mute Swans
8 Teal
2 Shovelers
3 Cormorants
4 Oystercatchers having a territorial dispute.
Oystercatchers come back every year to this area but never had evidence of breeding but there could be a possibility of them nesting on nearby factory roofs otherwise why keep coming back year after year bit of a mystery really.
Jimmy Meadows said
Wed Sep 16 5:07 PM, 2015
This PM 2 Wigeon Kingfisher 9 Teal pr Mute Swans Redpolls over south Willow Tit calling nr new bridletrack juv Buzzard on top of Wincanton Building calling.
Jimmy
Jimmy Meadows said
Thu Mar 5 4:29 PM, 2015
This AM 6 Shoveler 21 Teal pr Mandarin 9 Tufted Duck pr Oystercatchers back for spring never found out if they breed in this area but could do as they always return at this time of year 2 singing Reed Bunting on smelly pond marsh No sign of Water Rails or Willow Tits as yet.
Jimmy
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Nov 9 4:40 PM, 2014
This morning
2 Willow tits ,
6+ Bullfinch on new bridle path
10 Teal on Red seas
Jimmy
dave broome said
Thu Oct 30 10:02 PM, 2014
today 1 Kingfisher heard at Red Seas, 6 Teal, 1 Tufted Duck between Red Seas and Crooke Bridge 2 Willow Tit, 2 Water Rail heard, 7 Bullfinch, Nuthatch, 6 Goldcrest, 44 Goldfinch
fred fouracre said
Fri Oct 24 3:09 PM, 2014
pm walk 4 mandarin 2m 2f first time here for me 2 teal 3 tufted duck 2 cormorant
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Feb 16 11:54 AM, 2014
This AM 2 Mute Swan. 50+ Linnets 3 Goosanders. 9 Shovelers 1 Oystercatcher 27 Teal. 7 Tufted Duck. 2 Sparrowhawks
Jimmy
-- Edited by Jimmy Meadows on Sunday 16th of February 2014 11:55:59 AM
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Feb 2 2:36 PM, 2014
This A M birds of note 8 Lapwings 24 Teal 4 Shoveler 1 Goldeneye 1 Little Grebe 4 Tufted Duck 10 Linnets
Jimmy
dave broome said
Fri Aug 16 3:18 AM, 2013
At least three Nuthatch today by the River Douglas among a roving tit flock
Jimmy Meadows said
Wed Jun 19 10:43 PM, 2013
Pr Oystercatcher House Martins collecting mud from side of river
Jimmy
fred fouracre said
Fri Apr 12 11:07 PM, 2013
a pair of herons nestbuilding in crooke wood at least 4 nuthatches calling only one seen 1 chiffchaff 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 4th of February 2014 03:35:40 PM
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Feb 17 4:25 AM, 2013
This AM 2 Goldeneye (f) 3 Goosanders (f) 26 Teal pr Shovelers Sparrowhawk (f) over 1 Lesser Blacked Backed Gull 6 Redwing
Jimmy
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Sep 23 10:57 PM, 2012
This morning 42 Mallard 1 Grey Wagtail pr Gadwall 9 Lapwings pr Mute Swans Green Woodpecker heard 10 Teal
Jimmy
Jimmy Meadows said
Tue Mar 27 4:21 AM, 2012
Late News for yesterday pr Oystercatcher 1 Lapwing pr Teal 12 Black Headed Gulls pr Goosanders
This AM 6 Goosander 2 Grey Heron 2 Oystercatchers 2 Shoveler 3 Tufted Duck 21 Teal
Cheers Jimmy
fred fouracre said
Tue Mar 6 2:34 AM, 2012
red seas today......9 goosander.......7 tuftys.......2 shoveller........30+teal........22 canada.........lots of moorhen,coot and woodpigeon
fred fouracre said
Wed Feb 8 2:32 AM, 2012
plenty of life on the douglas where it runs paralell to red seas which was frozen and birdless.9 goosanders the males looking resplendant in the bright sunshine.5 teal.2 little grebes also looking bright brown and buff in the sun.dozens of mallard and 6 moorhens.on the way back 2 muscovy ducks strolling on the iced over canal.
fred fouracre said
Sun Jan 8 3:28 PM, 2012
all the swans back today 6juve 2adult also 12 goosander 10 tuftys 1 shoveller 2 heron and 34 teal
fred fouracre said
Fri Jan 6 6:02 PM, 2012
30 plus teal.numbers disappointing this winter usually single figures so v happy to see so many. 3 juvenile 1 adult swan.3 juvenile 1 adult gone missing 6tufted 1 male shoveller 2 herons and 1 cormorant on the far bank 100 plus canadas. 4 song thrush plus usual blackbirds,dunnocks,robins,coots,moorhen and corvids including a crow with partial white wings.
dave broome said
Sun Dec 25 9:02 PM, 2011
24th December:Green Woodpecker in flight near Lawns Wood/Otterscroft Wood, viewed from across the valley near Ackhurst Lane
-- Edited by dave broome on Monday 26th of December 2011 06:41:46 PM
Murky Morning for Webs Highlights 1 Kingfisher 7 Mute Swans 2ad 4juv just in and 1 separate juv been here for a bit.
Cheers Jimmy
Darren carr said
Wed Aug 3 7:59 PM, 2011
A pair of Kingfishers observed from the metal bridge over the duggie At crooke also Buzzard soaring over crooke at midday
Jimmy Meadows said
Wed Apr 27 10:13 PM, 2011
Tonight 2 Common Terns over 1 Sparrowhawk 6 Canada Geese pr G C Grebe 3 Lapwings
Cheers Jimmy
Jimmy Meadows said
Mon Apr 25 11:21 AM, 2011
Mallard with 11 Ducklings on river 2 Common Tern over pr Tufted Duck 1 Mute Swan 1 Greylag Goose 4 Buzzards 2 House Martins collecting mud 6 Swallows 1 Blackcap 1 Dunnock collecting food
Cheers Jimmy
-- Edited by Jimmy Meadows on Monday 25th of April 2011 11:21:52 AM
fred fouracre said
Wed Apr 13 2:18 PM, 2011
3 female goosanders.2 jays.2 very vocal oystercatchers.running around each other with heads bowed.then they mated.
Darren carr said
Wed Mar 23 2:04 PM, 2011
Small wood near s bends farm M and f bullfinches feeding on hawthorn buds Showing excellent. Singing chiffchaff in the same wood Pair of jays,2 treecreepers Crooke wood 4 nuthatches,2 gsw Buzzard
Darren carr said
Mon Mar 21 1:46 PM, 2011
21-3-11 Crooke wood and surrounding area Small wood near s bends farm 1 singing chiffchaff 2 treecreeper,2 gold finch,1 f reed bunting M reed bunting on small pool in middle of field 3 gsw in crooke wood Looks like the orica plant is getting ready for the houses Lots of trees been cut Down
Jimmy Meadows said
Sat Mar 19 9:40 PM, 2011
Mandarin (m) on Douglas with pr Mallard pr Gadwall rarity for here. 1 Chiffchaff singing Long Tail Tit nest building 1 Linnet singing
Jimmy
Darren carr said
Fri Mar 18 2:16 PM, 2011
Flock of redwing in the small wood Near the farm on s bends Also goldfinch and nest building ltts. Crooke wood 3 great spotted woodpeckers Nuthatches,goldcrests in the tall conifers near robrite Buzzards heard.
fred fouracre said
Thu Feb 17 5:10 PM, 2011
a staggering 23 goosander today.of which 16 were onland.also 40+teal.4 tuftys.2 heron.20+moorhen and a song thrush.
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Feb 13 6:23 PM, 2011
Webs this morning in rain 35 Teal 40 Mallard 10 Moorhen 8 Coot 2 Tufted Duck 1 Goosander f 2 Canada Geese
Jimmy
Jimmy Meadows said
Sat Jan 15 6:16 PM, 2011
This pm
3 Goosanders 4 Grey Herons 25 Teal
Jimmy
Jimmy Meadows said
Tue Dec 28 6:35 PM, 2010
This PM All frozen except river These Birds on Douglas 30 Mallards 6 Moorhens 1 Little Grebe pr Mute Swans 6 Teal 3 Tufted Duck
Also seen 50+ Fieldfare 60+ Redwing 1 Buzzard 1 m Sparrowhawk
Cheers Jimmy
fred fouracre said
Mon Dec 13 6:40 PM, 2010
a walk this morning produced 1 goosander f 100 min moorhens 200 woodpigeons 1 kingfisher
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Oct 10 7:25 PM, 2010
This Morn 9 Lapwing 2 Redwing 1 Sparrowhawk 2 Cormorant 4 Shoveler 1 Little Grebe 10 Bullfinch
Cheers Jimmy
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Sep 26 8:13 PM, 2010
This morning 18 Teal 3 Bullfinch 5 Chiffchaff 2 singing 1 Willow Tit edge of Crooke Wood 1 Pink Footed Goose Northmust have lost its flock
Note footpath and hedge not been cut this autumn and if its not cut soon access to view the pool will be hard unless youre a giraffe which i aint
Also a bridle path being done at the rear of Red Seas who plans these cos as far as i can see all it will do is attract Off Road Bikes and fly tippers (at present 1 Couch some Tyres and a burnt out bike) but then again what do i know
Cheers Jimmy
-- Edited by Jimmy Meadows on Sunday 26th of September 2010 08:17:29 PM
dave broome said
Tue Sep 21 7:41 PM, 2010
this morning, from Pemberton Colliery, 6 Buzzards were visible somewhere in the vicinity of Beech Hill/Crooke, circling in a column, before drifting in the Gathurst direction
3 House Martins Mallard with 2 Ducklings ont canal On Pond pr Tufted Duck pr Teal pr G C Grebe Mallard with 9 Ducklings On Paddocks Pr Lapwings 1 Whitethroat 1 Grey Heron over
Cheers Jimmy
Jimmy Meadows said
Tue Mar 30 8:58 PM, 2010
Red Seas Report of 6 House Martins 3 Swallows through at 12:15 nowhere to be seen when i got there
Also 5 Sand Martins 2 pr Shovelers 3 Tufted Duck 1 Canada Goose 12 Teal 3 Grey Herons 1 Swallow through calling didnt see that as well
Cheers Jimmy
Jimmy Meadows said
Sat Mar 27 6:36 PM, 2010
Early Morning Crooke Wood 1 Green Woodpecker 3 Chiffchaffs 3 GSW Drumming 3 Nuthatch 2 Coal Tits 3 Goldcrests ,1 singing at Crooke Hall Carpark 2 Pheasant Long T Tit Nest Building 20+ Jackdaws 1 carrying sticks
Had a walk along the canal from Martland Mill Bridge to Gathurst and back this morning and called in at Red Seas on the way.
Highlights: A single Pink-foot with the 12 Canada Geese at Red Seas, with two male Goosander and eight Tufties, a pair of Mute Swans, four Lapwing, one male Shoveler, five Teal, seven Moorhen, two Coot, eight Mallard and one Grey Heron.
Fourteen other Grey Herons seen near the heronry either feeding or flying over but only two birds seen actually at a nest. A Sparrowhawk flew over Crooke and a Buzzard was calling from the trees near Heinz.
Two Willow Tits were flitting through the woods near Crooke and it was good to see a flock of eight Long-tailed Tits had survived the cold winter.
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Feb 21 3:00 PM, 2010
Highlights from Webs Pr Shoveler Pr Goosander
Cheers Jimmy
Jimmy Meadows said
Sat Feb 13 4:43 PM, 2010
This Morning Crooke 6 Grey Herons 1 G S Woodpecker 2 Stock Dove 2 Coal Tits 25 Magpies Nuthatches calling
Cheers Jimmy
fred fouracre said
Thu Jan 28 7:09 PM, 2010
this morning.........7 goosander 5 shoveller 4 heron 40+ canada 4 teal...numbers way down 20+moorhen 6 coot....and lots of the usuals especially singing robins
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Jan 10 8:28 PM, 2010
Completely Frozen 1 Moorhen
On Douglas Pr of Mute Swan 1 Canada Goose 2 Coot 8 Moorhen 15 Mallard 8 Teal 1 Tufted Duck
This morning
3 Gadwall
47 Coot highest count I have seen here so could have been a influx overnight as they all seemed to stick together on the water and not quarrel like the usual coots do ?
Jimmy
Early AM
This area is now getting harder to view due to the hedges having not been cut for over a year and I don't think they will get cut again due to cutbacks and will soon be breeding season so doubt they will be cut before next October.
2 Mute Swans
8 Teal
2 Shovelers
3 Cormorants
4 Oystercatchers having a territorial dispute.
Oystercatchers come back every year to this area but never had evidence of breeding but there could be a possibility of them nesting on nearby factory roofs otherwise why keep coming back year after year bit of a mystery really.
2 Wigeon
Kingfisher
9 Teal
pr Mute Swans
Redpolls over south
Willow Tit calling nr new bridletrack
juv Buzzard on top of Wincanton Building calling.
Jimmy
6 Shoveler
21 Teal
pr Mandarin
9 Tufted Duck
pr Oystercatchers back for spring never found out if they breed in this area but could do as they always return at this time of year
2 singing Reed Bunting on smelly pond marsh
No sign of Water Rails or Willow Tits as yet.
Jimmy
between Red Seas and Crooke Bridge 2 Willow Tit, 2 Water Rail heard, 7 Bullfinch, Nuthatch, 6 Goldcrest, 44 Goldfinch
4 mandarin 2m 2f first time here for me
2 teal
3 tufted duck
2 cormorant
2 Mute Swan.
50+ Linnets
3 Goosanders.
9 Shovelers
1 Oystercatcher
27 Teal.
7 Tufted Duck.
2 Sparrowhawks
Jimmy
-- Edited by Jimmy Meadows on Sunday 16th of February 2014 11:55:59 AM
8 Lapwings
24 Teal
4 Shoveler
1 Goldeneye
1 Little Grebe
4 Tufted Duck
10 Linnets
Jimmy
House Martins collecting mud from side of river
Jimmy
at least 4 nuthatches calling only one seen
1 chiffchaff
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 4th of February 2014 03:35:40 PM
2 Goldeneye (f)
3 Goosanders (f)
26 Teal
pr Shovelers
Sparrowhawk (f) over
1 Lesser Blacked Backed Gull
6 Redwing
Jimmy
42 Mallard
1 Grey Wagtail
pr Gadwall
9 Lapwings
pr Mute Swans
Green Woodpecker heard
10 Teal
Jimmy
pr Oystercatcher
1 Lapwing
pr Teal
12 Black Headed Gulls
pr Goosanders
Jimmy
1herring gull
2oystercatchers
5goosanders
5heron
30+teal
2shoveller
70woodpigeon
6 Goosander
2 Grey Heron
2 Oystercatchers
2 Shoveler
3 Tufted Duck
21 Teal
Cheers Jimmy
also 12 goosander 10 tuftys 1 shoveller 2 heron and 34 teal
3 juvenile 1 adult swan.3 juvenile 1 adult gone missing
6tufted
1 male shoveller
2 herons and 1 cormorant on the far bank
100 plus canadas.
4 song thrush plus usual blackbirds,dunnocks,robins,coots,moorhen and corvids including a crow with partial white wings.
-- Edited by dave broome on Monday 26th of December 2011 06:41:46 PM
88 Canada Geese
8 Mute Swans 2ad 6Juvs
10 Teal
Cheers Jimmy
Highlights
1 Kingfisher
7 Mute Swans 2ad 4juv just in and 1 separate juv been here for a bit.
Cheers Jimmy
At crooke also Buzzard soaring over crooke at midday
2 Common Terns over
1 Sparrowhawk
6 Canada Geese
pr G C Grebe
3 Lapwings
Cheers Jimmy
2 Common Tern over
pr Tufted Duck
1 Mute Swan
1 Greylag Goose
4 Buzzards
2 House Martins collecting mud
6 Swallows
1 Blackcap
1 Dunnock collecting food
Cheers Jimmy
-- Edited by Jimmy Meadows on Monday 25th of April 2011 11:21:52 AM
M and f bullfinches feeding on hawthorn buds
Showing excellent.
Singing chiffchaff in the same wood
Pair of jays,2 treecreepers
Crooke wood 4 nuthatches,2 gsw
Buzzard
Crooke wood and surrounding area
Small wood near s bends farm
1 singing chiffchaff
2 treecreeper,2 gold finch,1 f reed bunting
M reed bunting on small pool in middle of field
3 gsw in crooke wood
Looks like the orica plant is getting ready for the houses
Lots of trees been cut Down
pr Gadwall
1 Chiffchaff singing
Long Tail Tit nest building
1 Linnet singing
Jimmy
Near the farm on s bends
Also goldfinch and nest building ltts.
Crooke wood 3 great spotted woodpeckers
Nuthatches,goldcrests in the tall conifers near robrite
Buzzards heard.
35 Teal
40 Mallard
10 Moorhen
8 Coot
2 Tufted Duck
1 Goosander f
2 Canada Geese
Jimmy
3 Goosanders
4 Grey Herons
25 Teal
Jimmy
All frozen except river
These Birds on Douglas
30 Mallards
6 Moorhens
1 Little Grebe
pr Mute Swans
6 Teal
3 Tufted Duck
Also seen
50+ Fieldfare
60+ Redwing
1 Buzzard
1 m Sparrowhawk
Cheers Jimmy
1 goosander f
100 min moorhens
200 woodpigeons
1 kingfisher
9 Lapwing
2 Redwing
1 Sparrowhawk
2 Cormorant
4 Shoveler
1 Little Grebe
10 Bullfinch
Cheers Jimmy
18 Teal
3 Bullfinch
5 Chiffchaff 2 singing
1 Willow Tit edge of Crooke Wood
1 Pink Footed Goose North
Note footpath and hedge not been cut this autumn and if its not cut soon access to view the pool will be hard unless youre a giraffe which i aint
Also a bridle path being done at the rear of Red Seas who plans these
Cheers Jimmy
-- Edited by Jimmy Meadows on Sunday 26th of September 2010 08:17:29 PM
13 Canada Geese
6 Linnets (4 Juvs)
2 Coot
3 Moorhen
3 Carrion Crow (1 Juv)
2 Bullfinch
Cheers Jimmy
Mallard with 2 Ducklings ont canal
On Pond
pr Tufted Duck
pr Teal
pr G C Grebe
Mallard with 9 Ducklings
On Paddocks
Pr Lapwings
1 Whitethroat
1 Grey Heron over
Cheers Jimmy
Report of 6 House Martins 3 Swallows through at 12:15 nowhere to be seen when i got there
Also 5 Sand Martins
2 pr Shovelers
3 Tufted Duck
1 Canada Goose
12 Teal
3 Grey Herons
1 Swallow through calling didnt see that as well
Cheers Jimmy
Crooke Wood
1 Green Woodpecker
3 Chiffchaffs
3 GSW Drumming
3 Nuthatch
2 Coal Tits
3 Goldcrests ,1 singing at Crooke Hall Carpark
2 Pheasant
Long T Tit Nest Building
20+ Jackdaws 1 carrying sticks
Lawns Wood
1 Coal Tit
2 Mallard
1 Blackbird
2 Mallard
Pr Mistle Thrush
Cheers Jimmy
1 Goosander,
Pr Shoveler
2 Oystercatchers
2 LBB Gulls
2 Stock Doves
Cheers Jimmy
Highlights: A single Pink-foot with the 12 Canada Geese at Red Seas, with two male Goosander and eight Tufties, a pair of Mute Swans, four Lapwing, one male Shoveler, five Teal, seven Moorhen, two Coot, eight Mallard and one Grey Heron.
Fourteen other Grey Herons seen near the heronry either feeding or flying over but only two birds seen actually at a nest. A Sparrowhawk flew over Crooke and a Buzzard was calling from the trees near Heinz.
Two Willow Tits were flitting through the woods near Crooke and it was good to see a flock of eight Long-tailed Tits had survived the cold winter.
Pr Shoveler
Pr Goosander
Cheers Jimmy
Crooke
6 Grey Herons
1 G S Woodpecker
2 Stock Dove
2 Coal Tits
25 Magpies
Nuthatches calling
Cheers Jimmy
5 shoveller
4 heron
40+ canada
4 teal...numbers way down
20+moorhen
6 coot....and lots of the usuals especially singing robins
1 Moorhen
On Douglas
Pr of Mute Swan
1 Canada Goose
2 Coot
8 Moorhen
15 Mallard
8 Teal
1 Tufted Duck
On Frozen Flood
20 BH Gulls
4 Common Gulls
Cheers Jimmy
Wigan Borough Year List 2010: 53
latest additions:
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