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Ian McKerchar


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Adult Yellow-legged Gull present at 4:30pm yesterday.

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Ian McKerchar


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Early afternoon today:

Common Sandpiper

Little Egret

26 Swallow

pair of Mandarin

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Ian McKerchar


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Yesterday late evening 2 Common Sandpipers plus and adult Little Egret.

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Ian McKerchar


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Great White Egret at the SW end this evening, along with 2 Little Egrets, 4 Common Sandpipers and 2 Mandarins.

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Over from Yorkshire to attend a meeting of Lostock
Philatelic society. Had 20 minutes on the dam. Birds
seen as follows. Kingfisher x2 Grey Wagtail x2 Blackbird x1.Great Black Backed Gull x1.Sparrowhawk x1 over the M62 at Horwich.

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Yesterday evening a Hobby flew in from the SE at 7:44pm slowly heading north clearly checking for Hirundines. Also present were 2Common Sandpipers, Little Egret, Water Rail, Shoveler, 5 Teal and 2 Gadwall 

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Yesterday, two Hobbies hunting hirundines at 7:32pm for five minutes before drifting west. Three Little Egrets, 32 Lapwings and a Mandarin.

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Late news for yesterday when an Osprey flew in from the east at 5:08pm, tried to fish briefly then gradually headed north towards Belmont by 5:13pm.

Also present 2 Common Terns, Sedge Warbler, 2 Reed Warblers and 32 Lapwings.

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Midday today:

Whinchat, female Wheatear, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat, Common Sandpiper, Common Tern, 8 Swallow.

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Female Common Scoter still present at 5pm, also Common Sandpiper, Snipe, 6 Oystercatchers, 4 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 2 Teal and 2 Goosanders.

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Female Common Scoter present from 7pm this evening.

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26 Whooper Swans, which included 11 juveniles, dropped in yesterday morning.

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13 Whooper Swans including 3 juveniles feeding and resting this afternoon, easily viewable just north of the White House by Beaumont Road.

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Garganey present this evening along with 7 Gadwall and 3 Wigeon.

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Great White Egret by the islands early afternoon today.

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Approx 300 Swallow feeding pre-roost this evening

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Adult Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 90+ Lapwing, 2 juvenile Shoveler, 2 adult and 2 juvenile Common Terns and an adult Little Egret this evening,

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Late news for yesterday evening:

2 adult Little Egrets

2 adult Ringed Plovers

3 adult Mediterranean Gulls

60+ Lapwing

2 drake Teal

4 adult Gadwall

8 Oystercatcher 

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3 juvenile Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, 28 Lapwing, 9 Oystercatcher, 3 Common Tern, Gadwall brood of nine, 2 Reed Warbler and 2 Sedge Warbler late morning today.

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2 Arctic Terns with a single Common Tern at 4pm today.

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Drake Smew present at 1:40pm today

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Adult Yellow-legged Gull present this morning.

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Great White Egret in shallows near reed bed on opposite side to Beaumont Road.

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Great White Egret present again this morning.

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No trace of great white egret today, but 3 little egrets and 2 grey herons.

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Great White Egret present again today.

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Great White Egret and 2 Common Sandpiper - south shore

And a Green Sandpiper dropped in



-- Edited by Tony Coatsworth on Thursday 25th of August 2022 10:42:47 AM

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Great White and Little Egret present this morning, also a Common Sandpiper

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Great White Egret still present yesterday.

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Great White Egret still present on the western shoreline at 14:55, visible from Beaumont Road/Armadale Road

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Great White Egret present early am today at least .

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Walked round this morning via Lock Lane:

Lapwing 32
Fieldfare 90
Redwing 22
Rook 4
Kestrel
Jay 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Willow Tit
Nuthatch


Total species 2021 was 107. All-comers total 117
Bird of the Year: Great White Egret

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Great White Egret still present until atleast 5pm. Was perched in tree on north bank for most of my visit, then flew off towards the west side before being harassed by an angry heron. It then appeared to go back into another tree on the west side, further back from the bank, but it was not visible after this.

A big surprise was what I'm pretty sure was a female Pintail (pics attached- if I'm wrong please let me know!).

Also 1 Common Tern and 1 Reed Warbler in song.



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Great White Egret feeding on west shore 11.40, then disturbed by horse rider and flew to east shore. Still present when I left 12.20

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This morning Grasshopper warbler very vocal and showing reasonably well on the east side of the lodge. Also a single Mediterranean gull flew over during my visit.

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First ever Red Kite for me has just been circling high over Rumworth. Wonderful.

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4 Common Scoter present today (3 females and a first summer male).

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This morning:

Oystercatcher 7
Lapwing 90
Cormorant 6
Teal 21
Gadwall 5
Tufted Duck 17
Fieldfare 42
Sparrowhawk 1

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Sightings from yesterday and this morning:

Lapwing 110
Oystercatcher 2
Cormorant 7
Teal 18
Tufted duck 16
Goosander pair
Fieldfare 40
Bullfinch 1 male
Song Thrush 1
Goldcrest 1
Willow Tit 1
Nuthatch 2
Buzzard 2

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hi David, I have sent you a private message

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Can anyone clarify what access is currently allowed at this site? According to a member of the Angling Club that strode across to intercept me this morning, access is no longer allowed from Beaumont Road and viewing is only possible from the road itself or from the dam. The reason given was that the reserve is on private land and the public footpath ends by the reed bed at the end of the hedge.

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2 Oystercatcher this morning

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This morning:

Lapwing 150
Teal 66
Cormorant 2
Snipe 2
Goosander pair
Sparrowhawk 1
Buzzard 1


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300+ lapwings on the ice am.



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This morning, lodge 50% iced over:

Lapwing 220
Teal 56
Heron 4
Snipe 4
Fieldfare 11
Redwing 1
Meadow Pipit 3
Buzzard 2
Sparrowhawk 1
Lots of gulls on the ice including 50+ Common Gull


2020 total species was 103, all-comers 109. Rumworth is still very much underwatched. Bird of the year female Shoveler.

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Yesterday:

Green Sandpiper 1

The presence of a decoy duck on the west shore has made me wary about future postings of ducks, snipe etc


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This morning:

Green Sandpiper 1
Lapwing 110
Snipe 6
Teal 28
Wigeon 1
Tufted Duck 5


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This afternoon:

Mandarin pair - found by Phil Rhodes
Teal 22
Lapwing 111
Snipe 17
Fieldfare 21
Redwing 2
Meadow Pipit 8



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This morning:

Green Sandpiper 2 on south island
Lapwing 110
Snipe 2
Grey Wagtail 1
Fieldfare 9
Redwing 3

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This morning:

Green Sandpiper 1
Snipe 6
Lapwing 48
Coot 44

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