A few interesting ducks at Worthington this morning apart from the usual Mallard and Tufted - 1 female Goldeneye
(first we've seen on here for several winters but very flighty and moving between the two main reservoirs before flying south);
two pairs of Wigeon (again a winter rarity these days), and a male Gadwall, probably the one we recorded on WeBS earlier in the month.
Missing were GCGs, Kingfisher, Dipper (from the Douglas, not surprisingly), Teal and Mandarin, all usually recorded on WeBs, along with
the normally ever present Black-headed and Common Gulls, though a constant stream of mainly Herring Gulls were flying south.Probably
to Wigan or Pennington Flashes? As we parked the car six Fieldfare and one Redwing flew over and in nearby trees was a group of 51 Collared Doves.
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Sep 13 10:15 PM, 2011
Hi Gary, there's a well established Worthington Lakes thread which can be searched for using the search function on the forum toolbar. Please copy and paste your sightings onto it if you wouldn't mind, then all the site's information can be kept in the one place
gary lilley said
Tue Sep 13 10:00 PM, 2011
10 mandarin on Arley res , 1 common tern hunting over all three waters , 2 unidentified ducks on Worthington ( must be escapees) plus all the usuals .
A few interesting ducks at Worthington this morning apart from the usual Mallard and Tufted - 1 female Goldeneye
(first we've seen on here for several winters but very flighty and moving between the two main reservoirs before flying south);
two pairs of Wigeon (again a winter rarity these days), and a male Gadwall, probably the one we recorded on WeBS earlier in the month.
Missing were GCGs, Kingfisher, Dipper (from the Douglas, not surprisingly), Teal and Mandarin, all usually recorded on WeBs, along with
the normally ever present Black-headed and Common Gulls, though a constant stream of mainly Herring Gulls were flying south.Probably
to Wigan or Pennington Flashes? As we parked the car six Fieldfare and one Redwing flew over and in nearby trees was a group of 51 Collared Doves.