Redpoll x 9 at top of the tree opposite phone mast at 3.45 p.m
Dave Cropper said
Thu Feb 16 1:11 PM, 2023
Willow tit - 1 (possibly 2) on TransPennine trail near to gate to the solar farm
Chiffchaff - 1 singing near spinners
Keith Ogden said
Wed Feb 1 10:49 AM, 2023
Thanks Ian. I go over that way with the dog on occasions and will keep my eyes peeled again.
Ian Howarth said
Wed Feb 1 9:34 AM, 2023
Hi Keith, I first saw it 03Dec22 then a few more times until 08 Dec22. I've been back about 8 times since and only 2 days ago but alas no further sign. I did notice that there were swarms of flies around the sewage spinners at that time when it was there and that it was quite bold. I will keep going back just in case.
I did happen to see a few Black Redstart in Pollença (top of Calvario steps) and Puerto Pollença (La Gola) over Christmas.
Keith Ogden said
Tue Jan 31 9:51 PM, 2023
Hi Ian. This Black Redstart. I was in the area of the crossroad where the pilot is near Utd training ground when I thought I'd seen said bird on the 2nd Jan, but talked myself out of it thinking it may have been a Stonechat. Would you know if it was still showing around that date? Would be good to know as this is a lifer for me. Thanks for your time
Ian Howarth said
Sat Jan 21 10:39 PM, 2023
One slow lap of the solar panels followed by an even slower one due to very icy paths produced 24 species. About 40 Redpoll at the top of two adjacent trees on the left side of the path near the Telephone mast (which is on the right hand side of the path). They have been there on my last few visits and always about 1.5 hours before dusk.
Ian Howarth said
Sun Jan 1 4:24 PM, 2023
Just circling the Solar panels this pm produced 27 species including 15 x Redwing in one tree and 2 Goldcrest feeding next to 2 Bullfinch.
Ian Howarth said
Wed Dec 7 4:31 PM, 2022
Black Redstart showing well this p.m.
Pete Hines said
Mon Dec 5 12:20 PM, 2022
Black Redstart still present this morning in same area Ian describes Chiffchaff 1 Willow Tit 1 53.412807, -2.367309
1 x Black Redstart. Altrincham Sewage works this a.m. 53.412264, -2.375719. Most likely female. Also saw this bird yesterday a.m. 53.412648, -2.374736. (More or less). The second entrance gate just happened to be open but I think you may well need United Utilities permission to enter. Either way please don't park anywhere on Woodcote Road nor block any entrances to any businesses especially UU. Free parking is available as you drive past the entrance to the tip, where that massive puddle always is.
Ian Howarth said
Fri Dec 2 6:52 PM, 2022
3 x Redwing
Ian Howarth said
Thu Dec 1 4:36 PM, 2022
Not expecting anything I did a quick lap of the solar panels on this gloomy afternoon which surprisingly produced 20 species. Grey Wagtails, Pied Wagtails and Meadow Pipits by the sewage spinners with approx 150 Starlings. On the north side of the panels in a bush/tree feeding together were 6 x Bullfinch, 1 x Greenfinch and 1 x Willow Tit. They decamped and 6 x Long Tailed Tits replaced them. They moved on to be immediately replaced by a Goldcrest. How heart warming....or is that me sitting by the chiminea with a glass of wine.
Ian Howarth said
Wed Nov 30 3:19 PM, 2022
13 x Fieldfare at top of a tree on the north side of solar panels this p.m.
Tony Coatsworth said
Mon Jun 13 11:19 AM, 2022
I heard a Garden Warbler a few days ago at the NW corner of the solar panels, near the sign on the main footpath
-- Edited by Tony Coatsworth on Monday 13th of June 2022 11:19:42 AM
Ian Howarth said
Sun Jun 12 6:23 PM, 2022
Tried several times to find the elusive Garden Warbler which I think I've heard on the East and North side of the solar panels but alas...no joy. Still, I got some good views of the Linnet (M + F) in its usual spot.
Ian Howarth said
Sun Jun 5 9:37 PM, 2022
One lap of the solar panels after the rain ceased. Lots of species and birdsong. Several Greenfinch, a pheasant under the solar panels and one in the Water Treatment works, 1 Reed Warbler in the reeds on the north side of the solar panels. One male Linnet back and forth on the perimeter fence whilst the female fed a youngster. A few Chiffchaff.
Ian Howarth said
Sat Jun 4 1:37 PM, 2022
Linnet M + F together on the north side of the solar panels.
-- Edited by Ian Howarth on Saturday 4th of June 2022 03:20:21 PM
Ian Howarth said
Wed May 18 3:37 PM, 2022
One quick lap of the solar panels. No sight nor sound of the Grasshopper Warbler. But a good view of a Reed Warbler in the reeds at the North end of the solar panels singing away and a Reed Bunting. Several House Martins building their nests in the eaves at the stables, flying amongst the Swallows.
Chris Shaw said
Fri May 13 11:35 PM, 2022
Reed Warbler heard singing near the solar panels this afternoon as well as a minimum of three Whitethroats
Ian Howarth said
Mon May 9 5:35 PM, 2022
Many thanks to Pete Hines. Got several Great views of the Grasshopper Warbler reeling away, on and off, from 1.30 p.m to 2.30 p.m on my second visit. My first visit this morning was unfruitful and I think I saw you and you (or somebody) waved to me. I think there are 2 as one joined and flew away with the one I was watching.
Pete Hines said
Mon May 9 12:26 PM, 2022
Grasshopper Warbler still present at 53.412280, -2.365673 Sedge Warbler 1 Swift 12
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Monday 9th of May 2022 12:26:39 PM
Grasshopper Warbler 1 reeling and showing in scrub between the solar panels and the phone mast. Also: Whitethroat 8+ Blackcap 3 Willow Warbler 2 Chiffchaff 2 Sedge Warbler in the fenced-off area west of the concrete track Swift 1 with 10+ Swallows and 6+ House Martins at the stables
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Wednesday 9th of March 2022 02:36:25 PM
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Wednesday 9th of March 2022 02:36:55 PM
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Sat May 22 5:27 PM, 2021
Some morning highlights.
Cetti's Warbler 1 singing north side of first pool from Trans Pennine track. Willow Warbler 1 singing. Whitethroat 1 singing. Chiffchaff 1 singing. Reed Bunting 2 singing. Kestrel 1 male. Moorhen 1 adult. Coot 2 adults, 1 juvenile. Swift 50+ Sand Martin 30+ House Martin 30+ Swallow 10+ Pied Wagtail 2
Pete Hines said
Wed Apr 28 5:07 PM, 2021
Cetti's Warbler 1 seen, heard and sound recorded. Flying back and forth across the TPT and through the fence. https://macaulaylibrary.org/asset/331279901 Willow Tit 1 singing Raven 2 Swift 1 Sand Martin 250 Swallow 60 House Martin 30 Willow Warbler 4 Chiffchaff 6 Blackcap 5 Common Whitethroat 5 Goldcrest 2
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Tue Apr 27 4:20 PM, 2021
Cetti's Warbler 1 singing, heard from NW corner of main pool on the Trans Pennine trail. Lesser Whitethroat 1 singing, heard as above but somewhere closer in the main pool shrubbery. Willow Tit 1 seen in bush at SJ757 907, NE corner of solar farm, not quite in the ETW area but near enough. Willow Warbler 1 singing. Sand Martin 50+ Swallow 5+ House Martin 2 Whitethroat 1 singing. Blackcap 2 singing plus 1 female. Chiffchaff 1 singing. etc.
Disused horse paddocks too overgrown for Yellow Wagtails, I presume.
Pete Hines said
Sat Apr 24 12:05 PM, 2021
Cetti's Warbler singing between first and second pool, heard only Oystercatcher 3
Dave Cropper said
Mon Apr 19 2:14 PM, 2021
Im not going mad then. I thought I heard a brief burst of song near the main entrance gate to the solar farm on the 14th April on both occasions I passed during a moss walk. Habitat looks ideal round the disused sections of the sewage works and less disturbance now around the pools. Need a lot of luck to see it there though!
Pete Hines said
Mon Apr 19 1:23 PM, 2021
Cetti's Warbler - heard only and sang once in the south east corner of the solar panel farm at 11.19. This bird was also heard by Tony o'Mahony on 12th April in the same location. No sound recordings were obtained.
Rob Smallwood said
Sat Mar 20 8:56 AM, 2021
Friday pm, Teal, Shoveler, Mallard and Gadwsll all present.
On the East side of the sewage farm and the solar Panel field, two Willow Tits on this mornings walk with the hound. One was seen top of a bush singing (how it was identified) and a second in the vicinity also singing but not seen.
Keith
Keith Ogden said
Tue Mar 2 1:56 PM, 2021
On the Broadheath side of the sewage farm and the solar Panel field, two Willow Tits on this mornings walk with the hound. One was seen top of a bush singing (how it was identified) and a second in the vicinity also singing but not seen.
Keith
Dave Cropper said
Mon Feb 1 2:14 PM, 2021
A combination of high water levels but most of the standing water being frozen at 9 am meant that the ducks were mainly concentrated in an area I dont normally see them in and included for me, at this site, an unprecedented 9 mandarin (6m 3f)
etc. I park just beyond the Suez Recycling entrance on the right opposite the soil place and walk a circuit.
Matt Potter said
Wed May 1 11:24 AM, 2019
Where do you park now for a mooch around the sewage works? My office is nearby and I briefly popped in for a quick look and there we no parking signs on the stables and no access signs on the sewage works entrance.
Cheers
Tim Wilcox said
Thu Apr 18 3:59 PM, 2019
Yellow Wagtail 1 flew from the spinners to the concrete tanks this afternoon
Other birds included
Pied Wagtail 12
Grey Wagtail 1
Oystercatcher 1
Linnets 2
House Martin 1 (my first of the year)
Swallows 12
Willow Warbler 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 drumming briefly
-- Edited by Tim Wilcox on Thursday 18th of April 2019 09:08:23 PM
Eventually found a female Yellow Wagtail within the ETW settling beds, fenced area. Also 4 House Martins, 4 Grey Wagtails, Pied Wagtails and Swallows. 3 Buzzards and a male Kestrel. 2 Grey Heron. 1 singing Sedge Warbler and 1 singing Reed Warbler, plus Blackcaps, Whitethroats, Chiffchaffs and a Reed Bunting, in the surrounding area. etc.
Anthony Mclean said
Mon Apr 30 2:51 PM, 2018
Single yellow wagtail still in horse paddock with blue trough ! Tends to frequent back quarter towards picket fence and moves off to spinners , been around still for last week and still here today !
30+ house Martins
2 swallows
1 sand martin
1 yellow wagtail
1 sparrowhawk
Cettis, Reed & sedge warblers heard only
Chiffchaffs
Blackcaps
1 willow warbler
Oystercatcher 1
Reed Warbler 1
Cetti's Warbler 1
Common Whitethroat 1
Teal 1
Oystercatcher 3 over
Cetti's Warbler 1 singing, showing and ranging 250+m along the TPT
Willow Warbler 1
Chiffchaff 18
Blackcap 6
Linnet 3
Cettis warbler and 2 Chiffchaff singing near big pool adjacent to path.
Pied Wagtail 46+
Meadow Pipit 35+
Greenfinch 24+
Shoveler 3
Gadwall 2
Oystercatcher 3
Sparrowhawk 1 (mobbed by 2 Oystercatcher over the filter beds)
Buzzard 1
Jay 10 (8 together)
Chiffchaff 14
Willow tit - 1 (possibly 2) on TransPennine trail near to gate to the solar farm
Chiffchaff - 1 singing near spinners
Thanks Ian. I go over that way with the dog on occasions and will keep my eyes peeled again.
Hi Ian. This Black Redstart. I was in the area of the crossroad where the pilot is near Utd training ground when I thought I'd seen said bird on the 2nd Jan, but talked myself out of it thinking it may have been a Stonechat. Would you know if it was still showing around that date? Would be good to know as this is a lifer for me. Thanks for your time
Chiffchaff 1
Willow Tit 1 53.412807, -2.367309
I heard a Garden Warbler a few days ago at the NW corner of the solar panels, near the sign on the main footpath
-- Edited by Tony Coatsworth on Monday 13th of June 2022 11:19:42 AM
Linnet M + F together on the north side of the solar panels.
-- Edited by Ian Howarth on Saturday 4th of June 2022 03:20:21 PM
Sedge Warbler 1
Swift 12
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Monday 9th of May 2022 12:26:39 PM
Grasshopper Warbler 1 reeling and showing in scrub between the solar panels and the phone mast. Also:
Whitethroat 8+
Blackcap 3
Willow Warbler 2
Chiffchaff 2
Sedge Warbler in the fenced-off area west of the concrete track
Swift 1 with 10+ Swallows and 6+ House Martins at the stables
Teal 10
Willow Tit 1 at 53.414333, -2.371702
Chiffchaff 1 singing 2 Oystercatcher
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Wednesday 9th of March 2022 02:36:25 PM
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Wednesday 9th of March 2022 02:36:55 PM
Cetti's Warbler 1 singing north side of first pool from Trans Pennine track.
Willow Warbler 1 singing.
Whitethroat 1 singing.
Chiffchaff 1 singing.
Reed Bunting 2 singing.
Kestrel 1 male.
Moorhen 1 adult.
Coot 2 adults, 1 juvenile.
Swift 50+
Sand Martin 30+
House Martin 30+
Swallow 10+
Pied Wagtail 2
Willow Tit 1 singing
Raven 2
Swift 1
Sand Martin 250
Swallow 60
House Martin 30
Willow Warbler 4
Chiffchaff 6
Blackcap 5
Common Whitethroat 5
Goldcrest 2
Lesser Whitethroat 1 singing, heard as above but somewhere closer in the main pool shrubbery.
Willow Tit 1 seen in bush at SJ757 907, NE corner of solar farm, not quite in the ETW area but near enough.
Willow Warbler 1 singing.
Sand Martin 50+
Swallow 5+
House Martin 2
Whitethroat 1 singing.
Blackcap 2 singing plus 1 female.
Chiffchaff 1 singing.
etc.
Disused horse paddocks too overgrown for Yellow Wagtails, I presume.
Oystercatcher 3
Friday pm, Teal, Shoveler, Mallard and Gadwsll all present.
Several Lityke Grebe calling, one seen.
Coot 6
Moorhen 2
Mallard 6
Canada Geese 2
Teal 5+
Pied Wagtail 10+
etc.
On the East side of the sewage farm and the solar Panel field, two Willow Tits on this mornings walk with the hound. One was seen top of a bush singing (how it was identified) and a second in the vicinity also singing but not seen.
Keith
On the Broadheath side of the sewage farm and the solar Panel field, two Willow Tits on this mornings walk with the hound. One was seen top of a bush singing (how it was identified) and a second in the vicinity also singing but not seen.
Keith
A combination of high water levels but most of the standing water being frozen at 9 am meant that the ducks were mainly concentrated in an area I dont normally see them in and included for me, at this site, an unprecedented 9 mandarin (6m 3f)
Snipe 9
Teal 3 (others heard)
Meadow Pipit 45
Lesser redpoll 1
Greenfinch 13
Yellowhammer 3
etc. I park just beyond the Suez Recycling entrance on the right opposite the soil place and walk a circuit.
Where do you park now for a mooch around the sewage works? My office is nearby and I briefly popped in for a quick look and there we no parking signs on the stables and no access signs on the sewage works entrance.
Cheers
-- Edited by Tim Wilcox on Thursday 18th of April 2019 09:08:23 PM
Black-headed Gull 80+
Pied Wagtail 4
Swallow 4
Oystercatcher 1
Mallard 1 male.
Shoveler 1 pair.
Gadwall 1 pair.
Coot 2
Moorhen 2
Reed Bunting 1
Little Grebe 1
Mallard 4
Goldcrest 3
Willow Tit 1
Pied Wagtail 10+
Starling 10+
Goldfinch 10+
Black-headed Gull 20+
etc.
Reed Bunting 3 singing.
Grey Wagtail 3
Pied Wagtail 2A 1J.
Buzzard 2
House Martin 12+
Swallow 6+
Starling 30+
Black-headed Gull 2
Also 4 House Martins, 4 Grey Wagtails, Pied Wagtails and Swallows.
3 Buzzards and a male Kestrel.
2 Grey Heron.
1 singing Sedge Warbler and 1 singing Reed Warbler, plus Blackcaps, Whitethroats, Chiffchaffs and a Reed Bunting, in the surrounding area.
etc.