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RE: SALE WP


Sorry to read your post Shannon .Just over a week ago
the two swans had ten cygnets .Sad

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Few hours around here this afternoon:

1 goldcrest heard singing
8 chiffchaff
3 blackcap
3 whitethroat
Willow tit heard
Lots of fledgling blue and great tit
Goldfinch, greenfinch, chaffinch
2+ bullfinch
1 reed bunting
1 grey wagtail over
3 song thrush
1 jay
3 swift
3 coot
Mute swan pair with brood of five
2 grey heron
2 cormorant over

Broad Ees Dole

4 reed warbler
1 reed bunting
1 jay
1 kingfisher (extremely fleeting glimpse)
2 moorhen
2 coot
5 little grebe (two occupied nests and a pair building another)
1 lapwing
11 grey heron

Two more reed bunting and (pleasingly) a house sparrow at the dry weir pond, and c15 swift, c5 house martin and 2 swallow over Stretford Ees.


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A wander around the lake earlier this pm produced singing Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Whitethroat and Reed Warbler. 4 Little Grebe on Broad Ees Dole with Mallard, Canada Geese and a couple of Grey Heron. A Kingfisher flew across the lake and a Buzzard circled overhead.

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2 Common Sandpiper still on wooden jetties also Grey Wagtail and all 3 commoner Hirundines present.

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2 Common Sandpiper on boardwalk and then flew onto wooden jetties this morning, also male Reed Bunting in bushes round car park.

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also Reed Warbler singing at Broad Ees Dole and Sedge Warbler at the WP

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Mid to late afternoon. Jet skiing, so not a lot on the main lake, but still plenty to see:

8 chiffchaff
2 willow warbler
6 blackcap
1 willow tit
2 nuthatch
3 goldfinch
1 greenfinch
7 chaffinch
1 bullfinch
2 reed bunting
3 song thrush
1 jay
3 coot
4 great crested grebe
1 mute swan
Mallard & Canada geese

Broad Ees Dole:

1 kingfisher
2 stock dove over (round the back)
3 moorhen
4 coot
4 little grebe
Mallard & Canada geese
3 grey heron
2 black-headed gull
1 buzzard

Ring-necked parakeet over Stretford Ees, and a reed bunting, a moorhen and a grey heron at the dry weir pond.


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Single Common Sandpiper on wooden jetties this am, also several Swallow and good numbers of singing Willow Warbler and blackcap in area.

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The Dole
4 little grebes
6 canada geese
1 black headed gull
mallards, moorhens and coots
The Main lake including flying field and neighbouring field
6 great crested grebes
2 lesser black backed gulls
3 herring gulls
1 great blacked gull
2 black headed gulls
1 cormorant
1 mute swan
double figures of chiffchaffs calling, 3 seen
4 willow warbler calling, 3 seen

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Main lake...

5 great crested grebe
1 swallow
2 sand martin
5 blackcap
2 Chiffchaff
2 willow warbler
1 buzzard
1 sparrowhawk

Broad ees dole...

3 little grebe
2 tufted duck
1 willow warbler
1 Chiffchaff

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2 Sand Martin feeding over main lake this am, also single Redpoll and Oystercatcher over.

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Early afternoon, only visited the western end and Broad Ees Dole; little on the main lake due to watersports:

3 chiffchaff
4 coot
Mallard and Canada geese
2 mute swan
1 great crested grebe
5 black-headed gull

Broad Ees Dole:

2 bullfinch (round the back)
3 reed bunting
2 stock dove over
3 jay
4 moorhen
1 teal
Mallard and Canada geese
5 little grebe
2 mute swan
1 snipe
2 grey heron
14 black-headed gull
1 buzzard



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11:00 am Broad Ees Dole

Kingfisher (2) - lots of chasing and calling around Broad Ees Dole area.

No hirundines around SWP area or the river while I was there

Chris

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10 Great crested grebe on main lake, also 8 Herring gull, 3 chiffchaff and 4 Meadow pipit over

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Male Blackcap singing this morning in trees near mini roundabout. Also 2 chiffchaff singing and 8 Great crested grebe on main lake.

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3 chiffchaff
2 willow tit
3 bullfinch
1 chaffinch
2 reed bunting
1 gadwall
6 great crested grebe
2 cormorant
11 mute Swan
2 grey heron

Broad ees dole....

4 snipe
2 lapwing
5 little grebe
5 grey heron
1 buzzard

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Inflow channel -
Kingfisher 1.
Old car park -
Bullfinch 4 (2m + 2f).
Reed Bunting 1m.
Grt. Tit 1.
Long-tail Tit 1.
Across R.Mersey over Chorlton Ees -
Raven 2.
Main lake -
Tufted Duck 4.
Grt.Crested Grebe 9.
Mute Swan 8.
Cormorant 4.
Broad Ees Dole -
Grey Heron 9.
Gadwall 12.
Little Grebe 5.
Plus it was a nice surprise to see the Wildflower meadow has been mowed and raked . (That's not been done for years !)

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Chiffchaff calling from behind islands on main lake, also 6 Great crested grebe, 16 Gadwall and 11 Cormorant.

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Single Ring Necked Parakeet in trees near visitor centre this am, on main lake 3 drake Goosander and 16 Gadwall. Also a dead immature cormorant on the side of the M60 slip road here.

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5:30 - 6:00 pm

Broad Ees Dole;
Goosander - 17 (9m)
smaller numbers of Canada Goose, Gadwall, Teal, Mallard, Moorhen, Heron and Little Grebe

Water Park
Kingfisher - 1
A large flotilla of Coot headed down to the south end of the lake at dusk like they were on military manoeuvres

Flying Field
A blanket of c 300 jackdaw on the field at dusk as they headed towards evening roost.

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Highlights of a wander around early pm were a pair of Willow Tit in front of the hide at Broad Ees Dole.

On the Dole;
7 Gadwall
3 Teal
5 Little Grebe
4 Grey Heron
Moorhen

On the Water Park;
4 Mute Swan
2 Great Crested Grebe
16 Cormorant
2 Herring Gull
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
Coot, Canada Goose, Black Headed Gull, Mallard

On the Nature Reserve;
18 Goldfinch
6 Siskin
1 Bullfinch
1 Goldcrest

On the adjacent Mersey;
1 Goosander (male)
1 Grey Wagtail

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Chiffchaff feeding in bushes behind bins in main car park this am, also Willow tit by visitor centre and drake Goldeneye.

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From mid-morning today until early afternoon:

1 willow tit
2 treecreeper
1 nuthatch
20+ goldfinch
1 greenfinch
1 kingfisher (cracking view of it making a catch)
6 moorhen
27+ coot
2 teal (marshy area near cafe)
9 gadwall
7 mute swan
2 little grebe
7 great crested grebe
1 grey heron
5 cormorant
200+ black-headed gull
11+ common gull
19 lesser black-backed gull
2 herring gull

Broad Ees Dole:

2 moorhen
2 teal
2 little grebe
8 grey heron

Grey wagtail along the river, and singles of great spotted woodpecker, grey heron and kestrel on and around Stretford Ees.

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Late post for yesterday between 14:00-15:00:

Main lake:

5 Great grested grebe
10+ Gadwall
Along with the regular coot, moorhen, black headed gull, mute swan and canada goose.

Broad Ees Dole:

1 Snipe
8 Teal
1 Buzzard
1 Grey Heron

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Blackbird1
Blue Tit11
Buzzard1
Coot 33
Cormorant 2
Gadwall8
Goldcrest1
Great C. Grebe 7
Great Tit6
Grey Heron 1
Grey Wagtail1
Kestrel 1
Little Grebe 3
Long-tailed Tit6
Moorhen5
Mute Swan7
Robin3
Song Thrush1
Willow Tit 1
Woodpigeon6


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12 Grey Heron on Broad Ees Dole this morning, 10 on the island and 2 on the fencing in front of the hide.



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This morning 76 Coot 17 Gadwall 2 Ring Necked parakeet flew over M60 slip road heading to Dane road area.

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Main lake this am, 64 Coot, 10 Gadwall, 5 Great crested grebe, 12 Cormorant and Ring Necked Parakeet heard calling on north side of the lake.

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Main Lake

Mute Swan 6
Lesser Black-backed Gull 8
Black-headed Gull 50+
Great Crested Grebe 3
Common Gull 2
Cormorant 7 (3 on the pylons, four in the water)
Coot 20+
Goosander (2 males)
Mallard 30
Gadwall 30
Tufted Duck 15
Canada Goose 8
Goldeneye 2males


Broad Ees Dole

Shoveler 1 pair
Teal 4
Mallard 3
Moorhen 2
Mute Swan 2

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Sparrowhawk in trees opposite visitor center 11.15 am.

 



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Single Ring Necked Parakeet in trees between visitor centre and lake c.8.20 this morning. On lake were 12 Tufted duck, 13 Cormorant, 12 Gadwall and 5 Great crested Grebe.

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This morning: 47 Coot, 11 Tufted Duck, 5 Great Crested grebe, single Kingfisher, 9 Goosander flew over heading west and a kestrel eating a catch on the boardwalk by the boat ramp.

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Thin layer of ice over most of lake this am, birds seen included 45 Coot 16 Gadwall 8 Tufted Duck c.110 Black Headed Gull 8 Lesser black backed gull 6 Common Gull 3 Great Crested Grebe

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3 Goosander (2drake) this am, also 31 Coot, 11 Tufted duck and single Kingfisher.

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Main lake early am, Pair of Goosander, 7 Tufted duck, 2 Pairs of Gadwall, and single Little grebe

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Walked from the tram stop to the top of the lake across the railway bridge and down the river to Jacksons Boat
birds seen were as follows
blackbird x 3
jay x 4
song thrush x4
robin x 5
herring gull x 6
black headed gull x 100 +
feral pigeon x 11
wood pigeon x 6
magpie x 12
carrion crow x 8
blue tit x 2
starling x1
mallard x 12
mute swan x 5
tufted duck x 6
gadwall x 4
coot x 10
house sparrow x 1
wren x 1
moorhen x 2
grey heron x 1
cormorant x 2
long tailed tit x 3
dunnock x 1
ring necked parakeet x 2
great spotted woodpecker x 1

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Main lake this am. Single drake Goldeneye, 8 Great crested grebe, 7 Gadwall, 5 Tufted Duck, 3 Herring gull and a Buzzard strutting round the car park completely unbothered by anyone or cars.

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Mid morning until early afternoon; no water sports, so a good number of birds on the lake:

Lots of long-tailed tit
1 treecreeper
1 nuthatch
5 goldfinch
1 chaffinch
3 or 4 bullfinch
1 pied wagtail
1 song thrush
1 mistle thrush
1 or 2 kingfisher
4 moorhen
13+ coot
3 teal
11 gadwall
7 tufted duck
12 mute swan, three with blue darvics: VN6; 4CFH (first winter); 4BVL (this one also had a metal ring on the other leg, XY8876)
5+ great crested grebe
8 cormorant
120+ black-headed gull
10+ common gull
9 lesser black-backed gull
1 kestrel
1 buzzard

Broad Ees Dole:

1 kingfisher
1 moorhen
3 shoveler
3 grey heron
3 black-headed gull
1 common gull

Grey wagtail over the river behind the Dole, and at least three grey heron on Streford Ees.


-- Edited by Shannon Llewellyn on Sunday 27th of November 2016 07:11:16 PM

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There were at least 2 Shovelers (both male) present on Broad Ees Dole earlier today, although there weren't visible from the hide, but from the gap to the right of the hide when looking at the water- most of the ducks seemed to be congregating there- from the hide I could only see one female Mallard and one Little Grebe.

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afternoon visit

22 mute swans
95 black headed gulls
52 Canada geese
1 common gull
2 lesser black backed gull
6 coot
5 cormorant
3 little grebe
2 kestrel
1 buzzard
2 ring-necked parakeet
2 grey heron
1 great spotted woodpecker
2 nuthatch
2 goldcrest
5 redwing

broad ees dole...

2 kingfisher
20 teal
3 little grebe
2 shoveler
10 moorhen

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Mute Swan 25

Canada Geese 37

Cormorants 17

Gulls BH 93 Common 7 LBB 4 

Grebes. Great 4 Little 8

Great, Blue and Long Tailed Tit, Coal Tit present.

Willow Tit 2

Goldcrest 5

Kingfisher 1

Great spotted woodpecker 2

Herons 4.

no winter thrushes located this morning.

 

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Usual stuff on main lake and broad ees dole. Of note.....
Goldeneye (f)
Grey Wagtail
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24 mute swans 45 Canada geese 52 B H gulls 11 cormorants 2 pied wag Keep birding

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Rob I have sent you a message, I have transferred my working area so no longer cover Manchester, sorry for late reply only just been made aware of incident.

 

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Friday 21st Oct 4.30pm

Main lake infront of Deckers...
Adult Mute Swan with fishing wire hanging from inside its throat. I phoned the RSPCA and made a note of some of it's grown cygnets ring numbers so that the responding officer(s) would know they were looking at the correct family group and only having to check 2 adults for the wire.

The call receiver took my details but nobody has phoned back as yet with any potential outcome, if indeed they do that?, any RSPCA forum members aware of any action taken in this particular instance?
Thanks

ps. PM me or post on discussion thread if need be.

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Mid afternoon. Jet skiiing so not a huge amount on the main lake, although 20+ mute swan were present, keeping out the way.

Broad Ees Dole:

1 jay
9 moorhen
5 teal
5 little grebe
6 redwing from the worn bench on the river side, and a pair of stock dove over, also from here.

Nuthatch at the feeders by the visitor centre.

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Originally posted today by Paul Wilkins:

The Main Lake:

Mute Swan (15)
Black-headed Gull (in abundance)
Common Gull (6)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (2)
Grey Wagtail
Mallard (2)
Canada Goose (25)

On Broad Ees Dole:

Moorhen (9)
Cormorant (2 on the neighbouring pylon)
Dabchick (5)
Teal (5)

I was told there was a Snipe but I couldn't find it.



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A flock of 75 goldfinches on the islands, feeding on alders.

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A wander round this pm (1430-1620);
Sale WP;
28 Mute Swan
3 Cormorant
Blue Tits/Dunnocks/Goldcrests

Broad Ees Dole;
33 Black-headed Gull
3 Grey Heron
6 Little Grebe
10 Moorhen
1 Teal

Stretford Ees;
2 Jackdaw
5 Grey Heron
1 Buzzard

River Mersey;
1 Moorhen
32 Mallard

Chorlton Ees;
1 Kestrel
4 Buzzard
2 Jay



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Main lake -
Mute Swan 24 (including 4 cygnets).
Grt. Crested Grebe 1 .
Cow lane -
Kestrel 1.
Chiffchaff 2.
Nuthatch 1.
Jay 2.
Broad Ees Dole -
Little Grebe 6 ( 2ads + 2 juv and 2 younger ones ... one feeding itself , the other being fed.
Grey Heron 6.
Moorhen 6.
Kingfisher 1.
Pylon -
Cormorant 6.

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