Wigsey Lane to Ship Canal

Greylag 10
Gadwall 17
Pochard 3 (male and 2 female)
Tufted Duck 26
Goosander 2
Oystercatcher 2
Skylark 6
Common Whitethroat 1
Wheatear 10
Yellow Wagtail 4
Yellowhammer 1

1 Raven heading NW over Townfield Lane this morning

Yellow Wagtail heard from field east of Townfield Lane at 17.25

White Wagtail 1
Pied Wagtail 11
GreyLag 4

2 Raven overhead early pm

Yellow Wagtail 4 (3+ juveniles)
Linnet 5
Yellowhammer 3
Goosander 1 on Ship Canal

-- Edited by Pete Hines on Monday 8th of August 2016 03:35:58 PM

Wigsey Lane to Ship Canal

Mandarin Duck 1 drake flying south-east along the GM half of the Ship Canal
Pink-footed Goose 1
Greylag Goose 7
Gadwall 2
Yellow Wagtail 1
Common Whitehroat 1
Goldcrest 1 in song at the churchyard
Grey Partridge 1
Stock Dove 6
Linnet
Yellowhammer

Wigsey Lane to Ship Canal

Lesser Whitethroat 1
Common Whitethroat 1
Snipe 1
Kingfisher 1
Raven 1
Linnet 2
Yellowhammer 5

Wigsey Lane, along Ship Canal to River Bollin boundary

Yellow Wagtail 2
White Wagtail 1
Wheatear 2
Blackcap 1
Grey Partridge 5
Shelduck 2
Gadwall 10
Tufted Duck 39
Great Crested Grebe 2
Greylag Goose 7
Buzzard 2
Sparrowhawk 1

Pink-footed Goose 1 with another 7 Greylag Geese and Canada Geese on other side of the Bollin, just a few metres outside of GM into Cheshire

From the Old Church of Saint Werburgh, Wigsey Lane, straight on up to the River Bollin

Wheatear 3
Fieldfare 2
Chiffchaff 1
Goldcrest 2
Linnet 7
Yellowhammer 2
Sand Martin
House Martin
Swallow
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Nuthatch
Skylark 20+ (?)
Meadow Pipit
Lapwing 18
Stock Dove 21
Buzzard

A Hobby flew west over Warburton village at 17.10 this evening. It looked like it had a bit of brown in the plumage so possibly a first year bird.

A pair of Grey Partridges flew over Townfield Lane, Warburton west to east at 17.10 this evening.

Male and Juvenile falcon - probably Peregrines - seen together at a distance today near Warburton Village - viewed from bridge. 1 Yellowhammer in the vicinity.

Wigsy Lane fields

4 Yellow Wagtail
2 Wheatear
2 Linnet

1 Hobby spotted in the air with 5 Buzzard across the Ship Canal over Rixton, then overhead over Wigsey Lane fields towards Lyme.

2 Yellow Wagtail
2 Grey Partridge
2 Linnet
1 Yellowhammer
1 Reed Bunting
2 Skylark
1 Common Whitethroat
1Chiffchaff
1 Buzzard
2 Lapwing
(9 Cormorant on the Cheshire half of the Ship Canal)

16/05/2012 - Warburton Old Tip:

1 Whinchat - fem
1 Grasshopper Warbler

no sign of Spotted Flycatcher over at Warburton Church but Great Spotted Woodpecker and Nuthatch nesting in the same tree!

-- Edited by Henry Cook on Wednesday 16th of May 2012 11:09:50 AM

3pm - 6pm. Stroll from Warburton church (Abbey Croft) along Wigsey Lane, taking the right fork to the Manchester Ship Canal and along the canal as far as a large ploughed field, but not as far far as the River Bollin ie the GM County boundary.

Abbey Croft (cemetary grounds)

1 Spotted Flycatcher
1 Chiffchaff
1 Blackcap
1 Nuthatch
1 Great-spotted Woodpecker

Tack towards Ship Canal

1 Yellow Wagtail over calling
2 Whinchat
3 Common Whitethroat
3 Linnet
2 Skylark
2 Yellowhammer
1 Reed Bunting
1 Pheasant heard

along the Ship Canal

5 GreyLags in field with 16 Canada Geese
1 drake Pochard flying down canal
pair Gadwall
pair Great-crested Grebe
2 Oystercatcher
1 Chiffchaff
1 Common Whitethroat
1 Yellowhammer
1 Buzzard

ploughed field

5 Wheatear
4 Whinchat
1 Hobby arrived from Lymm direction flew low over the field across the Ship Canal towards Rixton Moss
1 Lapwing

-- Edited by Pete Hines on Tuesday 15th of May 2012 09:27:11 PM