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Highlights from today up to 11am:

 

female/juvenile Redstart in hawthorns behind the south reeds

Common Sandpiper

 

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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Other sightings up to midday today included:

4 Willow Tit

Kingfisher

 

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This morning. Fine weather.

Nothing at the Dam; but Royal Albert were out in strength apparently doing a fishing survey.
The Wood
Nuthatch....3 including 1 juvenile
Coal Tit.....1 or 2

Lock Lane

Kestrel on wire
Linnets....11 (5 on wire)
Grey Heron....1 by hedge.

Lodge
Quick scope only from the top:
Common Sandpiper....1
Lapwing...17
Tufted Duck....1 ''scaupfaced'' fem.


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Today up to 11:50 am:

 

2 Redstart female/juvs in hawthorns behind the southern reeds

2 Common Sandpiper

Snipe

Willow Tit 

 

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This evening up to 8.45pm.

Redstart...1 male
Little Ringed Plover....1 juvenile.
Common Sandpiper....1
Reed bunting...1 female
Lapwing....1
Goldfinch....5 or 6
Tufted Duck....5 female.
Grey Heron....1

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3 Snipe, a Little Ringed Plover and a Common Sandpiper present today.

 

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Today up to 1.45pm. Weather fine.

Nothing at all at the Dam, today.

Kestrel..1 ...Lock Lane; hunting fields towards the Lodge.
Lapwing....11
House Sparrows......juvenile 10+
Swallows... c20 including 1 juvenile at the farm.
Pied Wagtail....10 mainly juveniles.
Common Sandpiper....1
Lesser black-backed Gull...1 adult
Tufted Duck....3 female, with the white bill bases
Grey Herons....2
Great Crested Grebe....3
Canada Goose....74

-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 5th of August 2017 08:39:27 PM

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Turnstone flew in at 09:53this morning and landed on the Fishermans point on the east shore briefly, then flew off NW.

 

Also present were 5 Little Ringed Plover and 4 Common Sandpiper. 

 

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At the Dam this am:

Grey Wagtail....1
Grey Heron.....1 juvenile
Great Crested Grebe....1

Plus late post for last Tuesday (session aborted by thunderstorm)
Little Ringed Plover....3
Linnets....3 on shore.
Lapwing....10

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4 Common Sandpiper

4 Little Ringed Plover 

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Up to 11am today:

 

5 Little Ringed Plover

2 Common Sandpiper

20 Lapwing

2 Swift

2 juvenile Willow Tit 

 

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Up to midday today:

 

Juvenile Redstart in the west shore willows

4 Little Ringed Plover

4Common Sandpiper

2 juvenile Willow Tit 

 

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This pm up to 3.15. Fine and breezy.

Lapwing ...16 ( 14 flying and 2 settled on the SW shore.)
Little Ringed Plover....1
Common Sandpiper.... 4
Oystercatcher....1
Kingfisher....1
Greenfinch...1f
Reed Bunting...2 ..m and f
Tufted Duck... 3 female all showing 'scauplike' white bill base.
Juvenile Pied Wagtails......8+ 1 male adult.
Grey Heron....1
Good to meet up with Dave Broome; he had earlier seen the Juvenile Redstart, in and around the large round
clump of willows on the SE shoreline. Dave also heard a Willow Tit.

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Juvenile Redstart still along the SW shore Willows at midday

2 juvenile Little Ringed Plover

2 Common Sandpiper 

 

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Sightings from today include:

Juvenile Redstart on the SW shore Willows

Juvenile Sedge Warbler

3 juvenile Willow Tit

5 Common Sandpiper

5 Little Ringed Plover

 

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes, Simon Johnson and Simon Warford 



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This morning around 10am. Dam and wood only.

Grey Wagtail...1 adult
Nuthatch....2 or 3 juveniles.
Swifts.....8 passing
Swallows....12+
Canada Goose....6
Great Crested Grebe....3
Coot....2
Goldfinch...2 Later thanks to text from Steve Almond and with Phil Rhodes.... Juv/fem Redstart....1 probably juvenile, low in south shore Willows.

-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 29th of July 2017 07:35:36 PM

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This morning:

 

3 Little ringed Plover

Common Sandpiper

 

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Up to midday today:

 

3 Curlew

Dunlin (different individual from yesterday)

5Little Ringed Plover

3 Common Sandpiper

 

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This evening up to 9pm. Warm and sunny.

Grey Wagtail...1 juv.
Swallows ....35 on wire at Seddon Fold.
Reed Bunting....2 including...1 juv.
Tufted duck...4 comprising fem+ 1 big chick and 2 maturing juveniles.
Little Ringed Plover....10
Ringed Plover.....1
Common Sandpiper....5
At 8.30 a new wader dropped in and was still present on leaving. I have this as a juvenile Golden Plover, but
I would welcome a second opinion.
Grey Heron....1 adult
Great Crested Grebe... at least one first summer present.




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Up to just after midday today:

Dunlin

2 Ringed Plover

3 Common Sandpiper

6 Little Ringed Plover

Willow Tit

Kingfisher

 

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Up to midday today:

 

Juvenile Mediterranean Gull

5 Common Sandpiper

10 Little Ringed Plover

2 Ringed Plover

 

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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Up to midday today:

 

2 Redstart, including the male still

2 Ringed Plover

13 Little Ringed Plover

4 Common Sandpiper

Snipe

Juvenile and adult Mediterranean Gull

 

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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This morning's sightings:

Greenshank

5 Common Sandpiper

12 Little Ringed Plover

Ringed Plover

Female/juvenile Redstart behind the south reedbed

 

Info thanks to Simon Warford and Phil Rhodes



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4 to 6 this pm. Warm and sunny

Grey Wagtail....1 juvenile.
Grey Heron...2 juveniles.
Robin....1 juvenile
Pied Wagtail...4 juveniles+ 1 adult.
Little Ringed Plover......5
Greenshank....1
Common Sandpiper....1
Song Thrush...1 heard by dam.
Farmer Stan has seen a male Redstart near the farm, and a possible female Redstart on Lock Lane, this week.

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Up to 11:40 this morning:

Juvenile Mediterranean Gull (image below)

Hobby hunting then flew south at 10:32

2 Ringed Plover

5 Little Ringed Plover

3 Common Sandpiper 

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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This morning:

Ringed Plover

11 Little Ringed Plover

3 Common Sandpiper

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Up to midday day today:

 

Green Sandpiper

Ringed Plover

14 Little Ringed Plover

3 Common Sandpiper

28 Lapwing 

 

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Early afternoon to 2.10. Warm and sunny.

Common Terns....2
Tufted Duck... The female was confirmed with one chick left, out of the 5.
Common Sandpiper....3 at least, including 1 juvenile.
Ringed Plover....1 juvenile
Little Ringed Plover......7
Swift....1
Grey Heron...2
Pied Wagtail....4 juveniles + 1 adult.
Whitethroat still in song by the gate, but heard only this time.

-- Edited by keith mills on Monday 17th of July 2017 08:14:04 PM

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This morning, partly with Phil Rhodes:

Sedge Warbler 2
Common Tern 5
Little Ringed Plover 4
Common Sandpiper 4
Oystercatcher 5
Linnet 3
Yellow Wagtail 1 juvenile flitting round islands
Redstart 1 found by Phil, who scoped it from 400 yards away


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Other sightings from today include:

2 juvenile Mediterranean Gulls

Hobby flew SE at 11:20

Juvenile Peregrine hunting

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This morning:

Little Ringed Plover 14
Ringed Plover 1
Common Sandpiper 5
Dunlin 3
Oystercatcher 6


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Today up to early afternoon:

 

Dunlin

Redshank

4 Common Sandpiper

4 Ringed Plover

11 Little Ringed Plover

Adult Mediterranean Gull

 

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This morning with Phil Rhodes:

Little Ringed Plover 14
Oystercatcher 7
Common Sandpiper 2
Black-tailed Godwit 15 - flew in at 11.30, departed west 11.53


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This morning:

 

16 Little Ringed Plover

3 Ringed Plover

3 Common Sandpiper

Juvenile, first summer and adult Mediterranean Gulls

Juvenile Peregrine

 

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This evening 4.50 to 7.10. With David Rogers from 5.30

Buzzard....1
Mediterranean Gull....1 adult( photos to follow from David)
Mediterranean Gull.... 1 second summer.
Little Ringed Plover....12
Ringed Plover...1
Common Sandpiper....1
Grey Heron ...1
Common Tern....1
Lots of Pied Wagtail juveniles.
Unfortunately by the time David arrived, the Gulls had all followed the sun to the island's west side. By walking round we got a picture of the Adult Mediterranean Gull but the second summer could not be found. ALL ATTACHED FILES TAKEN THIS EVENING BY DAVID ROGERS.

-- Edited by keith mills on Wednesday 12th of July 2017 10:12:34 PM

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This morning. Dam/Wood/Lock Lane:

Very quiet at the dam for last few weeks.
Great Crested Grebe ....4, still no signs of nests or young, anywhere at Rumworth!
Coot.....1
Wren.....1
c40 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, wheeling over the pony field as they left Rumworth in 2 parties >NW
Jay....1
Juvenile Nuthatch....2
Juvenile Robins....c4
Pied Wagtail...1
Whitethroat...1 seen in song... Beaumont Road entrance.


-- Edited by keith mills on Wednesday 12th of July 2017 03:29:56 PM

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This evening 6.10 to 8.10, Fine but dull.

Adult Mediterranean Gull....1
Juvenile (first Summer) Mediterranean Gull....1
Little Ringed Plover....10
Ringed Plover....2
Common Sandpiper....1
Tufted Duck... female seen with only 2 large chicks on arrival. On departure with only one chick
Pied Wagtails 12+ mainly juvs.
House Martin...1 arrived late on.
Reed Bunting...1
Common Tern....1
Grey heron....2
Lapwing....13

I requested a dog owner to remove dog from the island. He did.

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This morning with Phil Rhodes:

2 Black-tailed Godwit and 7 Redshank (including 1 juvenile) were feeding on the mud, before flying out at 10.30
Common Sandpiper 3
Ringed Plover 1
Little Ringed Plover 9 (including 4 juveniles)
Oystercatcher 8
Curlew 1 flew through at 12.30 heading SW
Mediterranean Gull 1 first summer
Common Tern 4



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Other sightings up to 1:40 today included:

 

2 Common Sandpiper

Juvenile and adult Mediterranean Gull

2 Peregrine hunting at midday 

 

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This morning 8.45 to 10.40:

Curlew flew out 9.10
Common Sandpiper 1
Little Ringed Plover 10
Ringed Plover 2
Oystercatcher 8
Common Tern 2
Little Grebe 1
Kingfisher 1
Whitethroat 1
Buzzard 1
Lapwing flock 35

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This evening 5.15 to 7.15. Warm and sunny.

Little Ringed Plover....13
Ringed Plover....2
Juvenile Pied Wagtail....8 + 1 adult.
Mediterranean Gull....2 adult on south island as yesterday.
Grey Heron....1
Common Tern....1
On arrival there were 5 Little Ringed Plover on the east shoreline and 2 on north island. Numbers steadily built up towards 7pm,
and the 2 left the island. I counted these birds many times and, in the later counts, I could not get less that 13.
They were all in fairly close proximity on the east shore, and with the Ringed Plovers.

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-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 8th of July 2017 08:02:13 PM

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Up to midday today:

Hobby hunting through at 10:16

Juvenile and adult Mediterranean Gull

8 Little Ringed Plover

 

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This evening 4.20 to 5.50pm . Avoiding the drizzle just about.

Adult Mediterranean Gulls....4, Great views of two, just in the water on south shore, and 2 more on south end of South Island. Eventually all 4 on South island.
See photo of one ringed.
Common Terns....2
Little Ringed Plover.....4
Ringed Plover....1
Oystercatcher....8
Tufted Duck....2
Grey Heron...1
Reed bunting....2
Canada geese...57
Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 7th of July 2017 06:58:20 pm


-- Edited by keith mills on Friday 7th of July 2017 07:24:03 PM



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Also this morning:

A juvenile (photo below) and adult Mediterranean Gull

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This morning 11.00 to 12.45:

Little Egret was present for about 10 minutes before flying off towards Leigh at 12.35
Little Ringed Plover 6
Ringed Plover 3
Oystercatcher 6

plus usual

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Up to 12:20 today:

Common Sandpiper

7 Little Ringed Plover

52 Lapwing

8 Oystercatcher

3 Common Gull

Adult Mediterranean Gull

 

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4.30 to 7.10pm this evening. Sunny.

The Green Sandpiper still present on arrival; on east shore at south end, then flew to South shore. Not seen after 5.30pm
Little Ringed plover....3
Ringed Plover....1
Common Sandpiper....1
Common Terns....4
Juvenile Pied Wagtail...3
Lapwing...36
Reed bunting...7+
Sedge Warbler...1
Tufted duck family only 4 chicks seen
Grey Heron...1
Kestrel....1


-- Edited by keith mills on Thursday 6th of July 2017 08:51:49 AM

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Up to midday today:

Green Sandpiper

2 Common Sandpiper

3 Ringed Plover

6 Little Ringed Plover

Curlew flew in at 11:17 then off west at 11:36

30 Lapwing

Info and Green Sandpiper image thanks to Phil Rhodes



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Two Common Sandpiper and seven Little Ringed Plover present this morning.

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Tonight 6 to 8pm.

Moorhen ...parents with 4 chicks.
Little Grebe....1 a scarce bird at Rumworth these days ; being harassed several times by another Moorhen.
Lapwings....52 settled on west shore
Common Terns....2
A Juvenile Black-headed Gull on one leg, as one foot missing.
Reed Bunting...1
Pied Wagtail...c10
Ringed Plover....1
Little Ringed Plover....9
Canada Goose....40
Grey Heron....1

-- Edited by keith mills on Monday 3rd of July 2017 08:16:46 PM

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