During a bike ride along the Bridgewater canal near the bridge that leads to Vicars hall gardens (west of Boothstown) I disturbed a female Goosander that made a hasty retreat to the undergrowth on the opposite banking.
Mark Burgess said
Mon May 16 1:50 PM, 2022
Vicars Hall Lane, Early afternoon.
Singing Cettis Warbler, 1st in this area for me.
Also singing 2 Sedge Warbler 2 Reed Warbler Whitethroat Blackcap 2 Willow Warbler 2 Chiffchaff Reed Bunting Chaffinch Song Thrush
James Richardson said
Tue Feb 23 3:05 PM, 2021
First singing chiffchaff of the year yesterday 22nd Feb to the south of the canal at Boothstown
steven burke said
Sun Dec 27 8:12 PM, 2020
Closest thread to put this, a peregrine falcon flew low over whilst driving down leigh road near booths hall way & heading towards the marina area at 12.40pm.
Mark Burgess said
Thu Apr 2 10:31 PM, 2020
Common Scoter flock over Boothstown at 10.25 this evening.
Mark Burgess said
Sat Aug 25 12:53 PM, 2018
Moorings to keepers cottage, Highlights,
Jay 2 Sparrowhawk Buzzard 2 Grey Heron Steady streem of Swallows 43 and House Martin 21 over heading West 2 mixed Tit flocks containing Long tailed 12 & 8, Coal 1, Blue & Great Tit many Both contained Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff, with a good number of fresh plummeted Juvinile Willow Warblers
Chris Sutton said
Sun Aug 19 7:51 PM, 2018
A tern flew west along the canal at c 2:30 pm. I only picked it up after it had flown past so my view was limited to get a positive ID of Common or Arctic. Felt more like the latter. Walked from the Marina to Astley Green. Not much else noteworthy. Chris
Mark Burgess said
Wed Aug 1 6:00 PM, 2018
A Raven flew west over Boothstown at 11.30 this morning, It's presence given away by its constant Cronking.
Mark Burgess said
Mon May 21 11:35 AM, 2018
Osprey drifted high North over Boothstown at 9.30 this morning
Mark Burgess said
Sun Oct 29 5:35 PM, 2017
Moorings to Keepers cottage, Early am, Highlights
Bullfinch 5, All heard only Linnet 2 Reed Bunting 7 Willow Tit, first I've seen in the area for a few months Pied Wagtail Great Spotted Woodpecker Redwing c40 Water Rail Sparrowhawk Jay
-- Edited by Mark Burgess on Sunday 29th of October 2017 05:37:42 PM
Mark Burgess said
Sat May 27 10:00 AM, 2017
Moorings to Keepers Cottage, Early morning highlights.
Blackcap 5 Chiffchaff 6 Common Whitethroat 5 Garden Warbler Willow Warbler 8 Sedge Warbler 3 Reed Warbler 2 Reed Bunting 2 Goldcrest Skylark Song Thrush 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker Jay Kestrel Buzzard Family party of 8 Long Tailed Tit
Mark Burgess said
Thu Apr 13 7:19 PM, 2017
Moorings to keepers Cottage, Early morning
Lots of singing migrants around Chiffchaff 8 Willow Warbler 8 Blackcap 7 Swallow 2 Green Sandpiper Pied Wagtail Bullfinch Yellowhammer 2 Sparrowhawk Buzzard
Mark Burgess said
Sun Nov 27 11:06 AM, 2016
Moorings to keepers Cottage loop early morning highlights.
2+Siskin flew over Ellenbrook road this am and Goldcrest singing from Conifers along Leigh Road
Mark Burgess said
Sun Apr 10 8:08 PM, 2016
Early am, Moorings to keepers cottage and back, Highlights
Chiffchaff 6 singing, first migrant birds of the year for me Willow Warbler 7, as above Bullfinch 3m 1f Sand Martin Skylark 3 Kestrel Buzzard Curlew Jay 3
Andy Isherwood said
Tue Feb 23 7:43 PM, 2016
Woodcock flew over Leigh road north to south at c.6.15pm tonight just as I came into Boothstown from Worsley.
Mark Burgess said
Tue Dec 29 7:04 PM, 2015
Boothstown to Worsley village along the canal path 11.00 - 12.30pm, Highlights Siskin 2 Greenfinch 3 Bullfinch 1f Long Tailed Tit 2 flocks 7 & 11 Willow Tit Coal Tit Redwing 2 flocks c30 & c50 Song Thrush Kestrel 2
Mark Burgess said
Sun Sep 20 7:58 PM, 2015
7.30-9.00am Highlights
Blackcap 3 Chiffchaff 5 Goldcrest Bullfinch Goldfinch chime of 20+ Roving flock of c15 Long Tailed Tit Song Thrush Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Peregrine juvenile, fly over picked up on call watched as it flew into the distance, Didn't stop calling all the way
-- Edited by Mark Burgess on Sunday 20th of September 2015 08:02:01 PM
Jason Dulhanty said
Fri Sep 4 11:27 AM, 2015
About 10.15 on my Mountain bike along the canal between Astley and Boothstown Flushed a Green woodpecker which seemed to be feeding next to the canal. Cheers Jay Don't twitch and drive.
Possible Spotted Flycatcher pale colour and jizz suggested Spotted Flycatcher just to far to ID with bins
Mark Burgess said
Wed Aug 12 10:34 AM, 2015
7.30 - 9.15am, Highlights
Sedge Warbler 1 Juvinile Blackcap 9 Chiffchaff 7 Willow warbler 11, including a family party of 5 feeding in a small Willow tree Common Whitethroat 9, including 3 juviniles foraging together Lesser Whitethroat, 1st in this area for sometime Bullfinch 6 Reed Bunting 2 Yellowhammer Buzzard 3 (2 Juv) Swallow 10
Early evening walk along the canal bank and down Vicars Hall Lane
Willow Warbler 10+ Chiffchaff 6 Blackcap3 Bullfinch Song Thrush 3 Reed Warbler several singing Sedge Warbler several singing and One seen Buzzard
2 Cuckoos off Vicars Hall Lane towards Keepers cottage, 1 singing male watched for a good 5 minutes perched in a tree dropping down into long grass catching caterpillars, the second bird was seen as I turned to walk back up the lane on the opposite side of the lane, initially looked like a male bird but with the sun illuminating its tail feathers their looked to be a rufous brown edge, So potentially a grey female.
Mark Burgess said
Thu Apr 30 9:08 PM, 2015
Vicars hall lane 7.30 - 8.15pm, Highlights
Yellowhammer 2 singing males Willow Warbler 10+ Chiffchaff 3 singing Wheatear 5 Possible singing Garden Warbler heard very briefly
Mark Burgess said
Sun Apr 5 6:04 PM, 2015
Mid afternoon
Chiffchaff 6 singing between the Moorings basin and the Filtration Lagoons Song Thrush 2 Nuthatch Willow Tit Buzzard
Mark Burgess said
Sat Mar 21 4:42 PM, 2015
First Chiffchaff of the spring feeding in the garden this morning.
Mark Burgess said
Sat Jan 17 2:25 PM, 2015
2 Tawny Owls calling this morning in woodland off Amberhill Way.
Mark Burgess said
Mon Dec 29 11:17 AM, 2014
8.30 - 9.45am Thick mist and very cold, Highlights.
Goldcrest 5 Bullfinch 4 seen 2m 2f, 4 more heard Redwing 10+ Jay 2 Little Owl heard only
Mark Burgess said
Tue Dec 23 4:23 PM, 2014
8.30 - 10.00 am, before the rain set in, Highlights.
-- Edited by Mark Burgess on Tuesday 23rd of December 2014 04:42:35 PM
Mark Burgess said
Sat Dec 13 10:51 AM, 2014
8.30 - 10.15am Lovely crisp morning, Highlights.
Goldcrest 2 Goldfinch Chime of 30+ Redwing 50+ in many small groups Fieldfare 12 Teal 9 Jay House Sparrow 9 Big numbers of Blackbird this morning easily 50+
Mark Burgess said
Fri Dec 12 12:53 PM, 2014
Bullfinch 8, 4f 2m Linnet, 2 large flocks roving 40-50 & 20+ Several mixed roving Tit flocks, predominantly Long Tailed Tit with Blue, Great and Coal Tit mixed in Kestrel 2 Jay
Mark Burgess said
Sun Nov 30 5:17 PM, 2014
Boothstown to Worsley village along the canal and back mid afternoon, Highlights
Sparrowhawk, large female Kestrel 2 Buzzard Goldcrest 3 Fieldfare 3
Steve Judge said
Sat Nov 15 4:53 PM, 2014
Saturday, 15th November 2014. 14:15 - 15:30 hrs.
Redwing x 3 Kestrel Heron Blackbird Black Headed Gull Robin Mallard Carrion Crow Woodpigeon Magpie
Mark Burgess said
Sun Nov 2 10:21 AM, 2014
7.50-9.30am
Willow Tit 2 Coal Tit 2 Several roaming mixed Tit flocks Yellowhammer 3 Bullfinch 6, 2m, 4f Redwing c20 Fieldfare 2 flocks over c25 & c50 Sparrowhawk 2 Jay 2
Large movement of Woodpigeon several 100 heading mainly east
-- Edited by Mark Burgess on Sunday 2nd of November 2014 10:27:55 AM
Mark Burgess said
Sun Sep 21 10:41 AM, 2014
7.15 - 8-15 am of note,
Chiffchaff 4 Willow Warbler 3 Grey Wagtail Jay 4 Buzzard
Mark Burgess said
Sun Sep 14 8:07 PM, 2014
7-15 - 9.00am highlights
Willow Warbler 7 Chiffchaff 5 Blackcap 5 Goldfinch 20 juvenile birds in one charm on a telegraph wire Kestrel Buzzard
No sightings of any Swallow, Swift or Martins
-- Edited by Mark Burgess on Sunday 14th of September 2014 08:12:12 PM
Mark Burgess said
Sat Jul 12 8:47 PM, 2014
6.45 - 9.15am warm sunny morning,
Lots of juvenile birds evident this morning, Many family feeding parties
Common Whitethroat 3 parties seen 12 total Blackcap 2 parties x 9 birds Willow Warbler 2 parties, 9 total Bullfinch 1 party of 4 Yellowhammer 2 adults 1 juvenile Reed Warbler single party 3/4 juveniles Sedge Warbler 1 party 3 birds Great spotted Woodpecker x 3 Goldfinch x c25 Several juvenile Swallow and House Martins seen.
Also seen Buzzard Kestrel Stock Dove Oystercatcher
Mark Burgess said
Sat May 31 9:58 AM, 2014
7.00 - 9.20am Pleasant sunny morning 41 species seen, Highlights
Common Tern 2, bouncing alone over the canal hovering and diving feeding on surface insects, Kingfisher 2, possibly same bird a different points alone the canal Garden Warbler 2, Very vocal Willow warbler 8 Blackcap 2 m 1f Chiffchaff 5 Bullfinch 1m 1f Reed Warbler 1 Common Whitethroat 4 Song Thrush 3 Skylark 3 Swift 7 House Martin 6 Swallow 12 Curlew 2
Andy Isherwood said
Sun May 25 4:59 PM, 2014
Walked out of The Moorings pub at 3.30ish this afternoon and cracking Hobby flew low over hunting over canal and trees to south of here before drifting off towards mosslands.
Mark Burgess said
Sat May 24 10:44 AM, 2014
7.00 - 9.15am 34 species seen, Highlights
Garden Warbler Blackcap 1 male feeding 4 fledglings Chiffchaff 5 Willow Warbler 7 Reed Warbler 3 Sedge Warbler 3 Common Whitethroat 7 Yellowhammer 2 Skylark 3 Swift 6 House Martin 6 Swallow 4 Curlew 2 Water Rail
Mark Burgess said
Sat May 3 10:11 AM, 2014
7.00 - 9.30am, 37 species seen highlights,
Blackcap 3m 2f Willow Warbler 8 Reed Warbler 3 Sedge Warbler 3 Common Whitethroat 7 Yellowhammer 4 Skylark Swallow 2 Swift 1, first this year Buzzard 2
Mark Burgess said
Sat Apr 26 5:57 PM, 2014
2 Raven slowly drifted over Boothstown heading west at midday.
Mark Burgess said
Sat Apr 26 5:53 PM, 2014
7.00 - 9.00am whilst covering my BBS tetrad
Of note, Chiffchaff 4 Willow Warbler 10+ Common Whitethroat 4 Yellowhammer 4 Skylark 2 Curlew 2
Mark Burgess said
Sun Apr 20 11:04 AM, 2014
7.15 - 8.45, Highlights.
Willow Warbler 15+, Appear to be in every available willow tree. Chiffchaff 3 Blackcap 2 Bullfinch 1m, 1f Willow Tit 2 Sparrowhawk, Large female over Bittern pit wood Buzzard Song Thrush 2 Curlew 2 Jay 4
Chiffchaff 5 Willow Tit 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 3 Nuthatch Treecreeper 3 Song Thrush 6 Bullfinch 1m 1f Reed Bunting 1m 1f Curlew Jay Buzzard Cormorant
Mark Burgess said
Sun Mar 16 8:26 PM, 2014
Martyn Jones wrote:
Mark Burgess wrote:
8.45 - 10.00am, highlights. ... Great Sotted Woodpecker 2 ...
Guess they'd had a drink or two in the The Moorings then?
Don't think so Martyn they looked to be coming from the direction of the John Gilbert. Drinking Woodpecker that time of the morning they want talking about..!
Oops, IPad predictive text I'm afraid.
Martyn Jones said
Sun Mar 16 8:00 PM, 2014
Mark Burgess wrote:
8.45 - 10.00am, highlights. ... Great Sotted Woodpecker 2 ...
Guess they'd had a drink or two in the The Moorings then?
Mark Burgess said
Sun Mar 16 6:16 PM, 2014
8.45 - 10.00am, highlights.
Chiffchaff 2 Bullfinch 1m 1 f Willow Tit 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 Nuthatch several heard Treecreeper Song Thrush 4 Lapwing 2 Curlew over calling Jay Kestrel Buzzard Grey Partridge 1m 1f
-- Edited by Mark Burgess on Sunday 16th of March 2014 08:27:29 PM
During a bike ride along the Bridgewater canal near the bridge that leads to Vicars hall gardens (west of Boothstown) I disturbed a female Goosander that made a hasty retreat to the undergrowth on the opposite banking.
Vicars Hall Lane, Early afternoon.
Singing Cettis Warbler, 1st in this area for me.
Also singing
2 Sedge Warbler
2 Reed Warbler
Whitethroat
Blackcap
2 Willow Warbler
2 Chiffchaff
Reed Bunting
Chaffinch
Song Thrush
Jay 2
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard 2
Grey Heron
Steady streem of Swallows 43 and House Martin 21 over heading West
2 mixed Tit flocks containing Long tailed 12 & 8, Coal 1, Blue & Great Tit many
Both contained Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff, with a good number of fresh plummeted Juvinile Willow Warblers
Walked from the Marina to Astley Green. Not much else noteworthy.
Chris
Bullfinch 5, All heard only
Linnet 2
Reed Bunting 7
Willow Tit, first I've seen in the area for a few months
Pied Wagtail
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Redwing c40
Water Rail
Sparrowhawk
Jay
-- Edited by Mark Burgess on Sunday 29th of October 2017 05:37:42 PM
Blackcap 5
Chiffchaff 6
Common Whitethroat 5
Garden Warbler
Willow Warbler 8
Sedge Warbler 3
Reed Warbler 2
Reed Bunting 2
Goldcrest
Skylark
Song Thrush 3
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Jay
Kestrel
Buzzard
Family party of 8 Long Tailed Tit
Lots of singing migrants around
Chiffchaff 8
Willow Warbler 8
Blackcap 7
Swallow 2
Green Sandpiper
Pied Wagtail
Bullfinch
Yellowhammer 2
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard
Bullfinch 4m 3f
Great spotted Woodpecker 1m 1juv
Goldcrest 6
Willow Tit
Grey Wagtail
Jay 4
Fieldfare 50+
Redwing 18
Kestrel 3
Chiffchaff 6 singing, first migrant birds of the year for me
Willow Warbler 7, as above
Bullfinch 3m 1f
Sand Martin
Skylark 3
Kestrel
Buzzard
Curlew
Jay 3
Woodcock flew over Leigh road north to south at c.6.15pm tonight just as I came into Boothstown from Worsley.
Siskin 2
Greenfinch 3
Bullfinch 1f
Long Tailed Tit 2 flocks 7 & 11
Willow Tit
Coal Tit
Redwing 2 flocks c30 & c50
Song Thrush
Kestrel 2
Blackcap 3
Chiffchaff 5
Goldcrest
Bullfinch
Goldfinch chime of 20+
Roving flock of c15 Long Tailed Tit
Song Thrush
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Peregrine juvenile, fly over picked up on call watched as it flew into the distance, Didn't stop calling all the way
-- Edited by Mark Burgess on Sunday 20th of September 2015 08:02:01 PM
Flushed a Green woodpecker which seemed to be feeding next to the canal.
Cheers Jay
Don't twitch and drive.
Canal
Chiffchaff 3
Bullfinch 5
Jay
Buzzard 2
Vicars HallLane
Sedge Warbler
Common Whitthroat 3
Willow Warbler 4
Chiffchaff 2
Blackcap 3
Swallow 15
Possible Spotted Flycatcher pale colour and jizz suggested Spotted Flycatcher just to far to ID with bins
Sedge Warbler 1 Juvinile
Blackcap 9
Chiffchaff 7
Willow warbler 11, including a family party of 5 feeding in a small Willow tree
Common Whitethroat 9, including 3 juviniles foraging together
Lesser Whitethroat, 1st in this area for sometime
Bullfinch 6
Reed Bunting 2
Yellowhammer
Buzzard 3 (2 Juv)
Swallow 10
Yellowhammer 2
Greenfinch
Common Whitethroat 4
Willow Warbler 6
Chiffchaff 4
Blackcap 4
Reed Bunting 3
Reed Warbler 3
Sedge Warbler 2
Kestrel 2
Buzzard
Willow Warbler 10+
Chiffchaff 6
Blackcap3
Bullfinch
Song Thrush 3
Reed Warbler several singing
Sedge Warbler several singing and One seen
Buzzard
2 Cuckoos off Vicars Hall Lane towards Keepers cottage, 1 singing male watched for a good 5 minutes perched in a tree dropping down into long grass catching caterpillars, the second bird was seen as I turned to walk back up the lane on the opposite side of the lane, initially looked like a male bird but with the sun illuminating its tail feathers their looked to be a rufous brown edge, So potentially a grey female.
Yellowhammer 2 singing males
Willow Warbler 10+
Chiffchaff 3 singing
Wheatear 5
Possible singing Garden Warbler heard very briefly
Chiffchaff 6 singing between the Moorings basin and the Filtration Lagoons
Song Thrush 2
Nuthatch
Willow Tit
Buzzard
Goldcrest 5
Bullfinch 4 seen 2m 2f, 4 more heard
Redwing 10+
Jay 2
Little Owl heard only
Willow Tit
Coal tit 2
Bullfinch 10+
Pied Wagtail 3
Buzzard 3
Kestrel
Teal 12
Grey Partridge 2
-- Edited by Mark Burgess on Tuesday 23rd of December 2014 04:42:35 PM
Goldcrest 2
Goldfinch Chime of 30+
Redwing 50+ in many small groups
Fieldfare 12
Teal 9
Jay
House Sparrow 9
Big numbers of Blackbird this morning easily 50+
Bullfinch 8, 4f 2m
Linnet, 2 large flocks roving 40-50 & 20+
Several mixed roving Tit flocks, predominantly Long Tailed Tit with Blue, Great and Coal Tit mixed in
Kestrel 2
Jay
Sparrowhawk, large female
Kestrel 2
Buzzard
Goldcrest 3
Fieldfare 3
Redwing x 3
Kestrel
Heron
Blackbird
Black Headed Gull
Robin
Mallard
Carrion Crow
Woodpigeon
Magpie
Willow Tit 2
Coal Tit 2
Several roaming mixed Tit flocks
Yellowhammer 3
Bullfinch 6, 2m, 4f
Redwing c20
Fieldfare 2 flocks over c25 & c50
Sparrowhawk 2
Jay 2
Large movement of Woodpigeon several 100 heading mainly east
-- Edited by Mark Burgess on Sunday 2nd of November 2014 10:27:55 AM
Chiffchaff 4
Willow Warbler 3
Grey Wagtail
Jay 4
Buzzard
Willow Warbler 7
Chiffchaff 5
Blackcap 5
Goldfinch 20 juvenile birds in one charm on a telegraph wire
Kestrel
Buzzard
No sightings of any Swallow, Swift or Martins
-- Edited by Mark Burgess on Sunday 14th of September 2014 08:12:12 PM
Lots of juvenile birds evident this morning, Many family feeding parties
Common Whitethroat 3 parties seen 12 total
Blackcap 2 parties x 9 birds
Willow Warbler 2 parties, 9 total
Bullfinch 1 party of 4
Yellowhammer 2 adults 1 juvenile
Reed Warbler single party 3/4 juveniles
Sedge Warbler 1 party 3 birds
Great spotted Woodpecker x 3
Goldfinch x c25
Several juvenile Swallow and House Martins seen.
Also seen
Buzzard
Kestrel
Stock Dove
Oystercatcher
7.00 - 9.20am Pleasant sunny morning 41 species seen, Highlights
Common Tern 2, bouncing alone over the canal hovering and diving feeding on surface insects,
Kingfisher 2, possibly same bird a different points alone the canal
Garden Warbler 2, Very vocal
Willow warbler 8
Blackcap 2 m 1f
Chiffchaff 5
Bullfinch 1m 1f
Reed Warbler 1
Common Whitethroat 4
Song Thrush 3
Skylark 3
Swift 7
House Martin 6
Swallow 12
Curlew 2
Garden Warbler
Blackcap 1 male feeding 4 fledglings
Chiffchaff 5
Willow Warbler 7
Reed Warbler 3
Sedge Warbler 3
Common Whitethroat 7
Yellowhammer 2
Skylark 3
Swift 6
House Martin 6
Swallow 4
Curlew 2
Water Rail
Blackcap 3m 2f
Willow Warbler 8
Reed Warbler 3
Sedge Warbler 3
Common Whitethroat 7
Yellowhammer 4
Skylark
Swallow 2
Swift 1, first this year
Buzzard 2
Of note,
Chiffchaff 4
Willow Warbler 10+
Common Whitethroat 4
Yellowhammer 4
Skylark 2
Curlew 2
7.15 - 8.45, Highlights.
Willow Warbler 15+, Appear to be in every available willow tree.
Chiffchaff 3
Blackcap 2
Bullfinch 1m, 1f
Willow Tit 2
Sparrowhawk, Large female over Bittern pit wood
Buzzard
Song Thrush 2
Curlew 2
Jay 4
Swallow 2
Willow Warbler 8
Chiffchaff 7
Blackcap 7
Bullfinch 5
Curlew 2
Kestrel 2
Jay 4
Chiffchaff 6
Curlew 2
Lapwing 2
House Sparrow 25+
Greenfinch
Bullfinch 2 pairs
Yellowhammer
7.00 - 9.30am, highlights.
Chiffchaff 5
Willow Tit 3
Great Spotted Woodpecker 3
Nuthatch
Treecreeper 3
Song Thrush 6
Bullfinch 1m 1f
Reed Bunting 1m 1f
Curlew
Jay
Buzzard
Cormorant
Don't think so Martyn they looked to be coming from the direction of the John Gilbert. Drinking Woodpecker that time of the morning they want talking about..!
Oops, IPad predictive text I'm afraid.
Guess they'd had a drink or two in the The Moorings then?
Chiffchaff 2
Bullfinch 1m 1 f
Willow Tit 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Nuthatch several heard
Treecreeper
Song Thrush 4
Lapwing 2
Curlew over calling
Jay
Kestrel
Buzzard
Grey Partridge 1m 1f
-- Edited by Mark Burgess on Sunday 16th of March 2014 08:27:29 PM