Dipper flying down Bollin at bottom of Rossmill lane walks on May the 6th in the afternoon! My daughter has seen one here many times this year!
As it is still about does that mean they could be breeding!
Seven goosander young on the 7th! At least two weeks old!
Robert Hayden said
Mon May 20 3:52 PM, 2019
Pied Flycatcher at Bollin this morning!! Is this unheard of?
About 50 yards from Hale golf course, on the motorway side.
Charlie Schouten said
Thu Aug 11 12:42 PM, 2016
An hour or so spent between the Bankhall Lane footpath/field and the footbridge by the golf course, 18:00-19:30 Tuesday 9th produced:
11 Goosander
1 Kingfisher
1 Dipper
2 Nuthatch
1 Song thrush
Plenty of blue tit and great tit
Cheers
Charlie
Robert Hayden said
Sun Jun 12 3:40 PM, 2016
Ah, we were wondering whether it could be chics from two different broods!
Mike Brown said
Sun Jun 12 2:40 PM, 2016
Some wildfowl will take broods from other pairs of their species (I've seen Goldeneye do this) to decrease the chance of their own young being predated. There were reports of two pairs of Goosander on the Bollin recently, so my guess is that the brood you saw contains the young of the other pair who will have departed once their chicks had been taken over.
Robert Hayden said
Sat Jun 11 11:53 PM, 2016
There have been a pair of Goosanders between Hale golf course and the motorway bridge (SJ 78815 84697) for months, they now have ten young.
There is a mystery however, there are three large young and seven much smaller.
Cormorant fishing on bollin on 8th Feb, good news of a sort I suppose"! Then two pairs of Goosander 200 meters apart today. SJ 78683 84860
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 11th of February 2015 01:04:05 PM
Robert Hayden said
Fri Jan 16 7:36 PM, 2015
Raven at bollin on the 12th Jan, then two days later one being mobbed by three crows in Wythenshawe park!
Robert Hayden said
Fri Jan 16 7:26 PM, 2015
Pair of Goosanders below Hale Barns not far from motorway tunnel!
sid ashton said
Wed Aug 21 4:33 AM, 2013
Had a walk up behind the airport this afternoon mainly to let my grandson, visiting from Cornwall, watch the planes. He was also very interested to see the Grey Wagtail family flitting about in the Bollin tunnel under runway 2.
Henry Cook said
Wed Feb 29 12:45 PM, 2012
29/02/2012 - Walked along the Bollin from Cotterill Clough to Rossmill and back with Phil owen:
2 Curlews - flew east but over the Cheshire side 1 Kingfisher 2 Goosanders - redheads 4 Grey Wagtails 2 Pied Wagtails 3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers 2 Nuthatches 4 Treecreepers 5 Goldcrests 4 Song Thrushes 3 Mistle Thrushes 1 Redwing 1 Siskin
-- Edited by Henry Cook on Wednesday 29th of February 2012 04:00:00 PM
Robert Hayden said
Fri Nov 18 12:36 PM, 2011
Saw lesser spotted at bottom of rossmill lane, hale, today in same spot where I saw a pair in early spring. Was just about to park car and walk dog.
Robert Hayden said
Fri May 20 11:54 AM, 2011
have seen gooseanders on bollin from time to time, yesterday on bollin found tawny owl nest hole with small chick scrabbling around, possibly on top of others!
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 20th of May 2011 12:38:09 PM
sid ashton said
Sun Jan 9 4:53 PM, 2011
Had a walk up behind the airport this afternoon and through the Bollin Tunnel under runway 2. A couple of Grey Wagtails we flitting in and out of the tunnel and there was a male Goosander upstream toward the Valley Lodge Hotel. Both seen from GM side of the river
Dipper fledglings seen on log in Bollin today!
Dipper flying down Bollin at bottom of Rossmill lane walks on May the 6th in the afternoon! My daughter has seen one here many times this year!
As it is still about does that mean they could be breeding!
Seven goosander young on the 7th! At least two weeks old!
Pied Flycatcher at Bollin this morning!! Is this unheard of?
About 50 yards from Hale golf course, on the motorway side.
11 Goosander
1 Kingfisher
1 Dipper
2 Nuthatch
1 Song thrush
Plenty of blue tit and great tit
Cheers
Charlie
Ah, we were wondering whether it could be chics from two different broods!
Some wildfowl will take broods from other pairs of their species (I've seen Goldeneye do this) to decrease the chance of their own young being predated. There were reports of two pairs of Goosander on the Bollin recently, so my guess is that the brood you saw contains the young of the other pair who will have departed once their chicks had been taken over.
There have been a pair of Goosanders between Hale golf course and the motorway bridge (SJ 78815 84697) for months, they now have ten young.
There is a mystery however, there are three large young and seven much smaller.
Any explanations? Very poor pics from my mobile!
Then two pairs of Goosander 200 meters apart today.
SJ 78683 84860
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 11th of February 2015 01:04:05 PM
2 Curlews - flew east but over the Cheshire side
1 Kingfisher
2 Goosanders - redheads
4 Grey Wagtails
2 Pied Wagtails
3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers
2 Nuthatches
4 Treecreepers
5 Goldcrests
4 Song Thrushes
3 Mistle Thrushes
1 Redwing
1 Siskin
-- Edited by Henry Cook on Wednesday 29th of February 2012 04:00:00 PM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 20th of May 2011 12:38:09 PM