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Also today the Channel Wagtail was showing well with a male Yellow Wagtail in field 16 on Irlam Moss. Simon Johnson and I also had 2 Hobbies around the mosses today.

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Others sighting from Little Wooden Moss today include:

6 Yellow Wagtail

8 Ringed Plover

4 Curlew

7 Wheatear

1 Dunlin

2 Grey Partridge

6 Swift

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel 



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Little Woolden Moss 12.30ish to 3.30pm.
Ringed Plover - 2.
Oystercatcher - 2 (never moved all day).
Wheatear - 1.
Yellow Wagtail - 2.
Curlew - 3 (one over , 2 dropped in).
Common Buzzard - 1 (low over).
Perigine - 1.
Swift - 2.
Hobby - 1 ( Great views , up to 10 mins less than 200m. away ).
Nice to meet fellow birder Anthony who spotted the hobby and Peregrine first.



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 5th of May 2017 05:26:45 PM

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Little Woolden Moss (6.10-8.00pm):

1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Curlew, 2 Ravens, 1 Buzzard, 1m Kestrel (Carrying Prey), 1m Linnet,

1 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail, 1 White Wagtail, 6 Pied Wagtails, 2 Whitethroats and 1 Oystercatcher.

Along the track to Astley Road:

1 Corn Bunting and 1 Yellowhammer.

-- Edited by John Williams on Thursday 4th of May 2017 11:16:31 PM



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 4th of May 2017 11:42:34 PM

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Little Wooden and Chat Moss today, 06:35-12:15:

 

4 Curlew

1 Dunlin

1 Wood Sandpiper (still)

16 Ringed Plover

4 Wheatear

3 Yellow Wagtail

5 Oystercatcher

2 Redpoll

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Little Wooden Moss mid-afternoon today:

 

8 Swallow and 2 House Martin all upset by  a hunting Hobby 

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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I was one of the lucky few to see the crane, but was also pretty happy with the wood sandpiper which I have never seen as well in the county.

 



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Wood Sandpiper showing very well this afternoon on Little Woolden Moss

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Chat and Little Wooden Moss today, 09:20-12:50:

 

1 Snipe

4 Yellow Wagtail

12 Wheatear

1 Reeling Grasshopper Warbler

1 singing Sedge Warbler

5 Ringed Plover

2 Dunlin

1 Wood sandpiper still present

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Common Crane flew east over Little Wooden Moss at 12:25 today but didn't stop nor look like it was loosing height.

Info thanks to Dave Steel (images on the website)






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Early visit so that sun was behind me on the wader pool (0545-0700)

Wood Sandpiper still there and showing well.

First sedge warbler and common whitethroat of the year for me also.

2 x dunlin
6 x ringed plover
4 x canada geese
2 x lapwing
10+ wheatear
1 x kestrel
1 x yellowhammer singing
6 x whitethroat including one that wasn't singing like a normal bird, but making a mewling sound, and every time it vocalised it's front neck feathers opened up. At first I thought it was something special, so I took a photo of it, but it's flight was like a
whitethroat and it seemed to be associated with another.
1 x yellow wagtail.
Willow warbler all over, but strangely no chiffchaff



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Irlam, Chat and Little Wooden Moss today, 09:20 -12:45:

 

1 Channel Wagtail chasing a male Yellow Wagtail on field 25

5 Wheatear

4 Oystercatcher

2 Redshank

5 Dunlin

6 Ringed Plover

1 Wood Sandpiper still

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel 



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little woolden moss

wood sandpiper was still showing well at 7.45pm but with the setting sun straight in front of me I still managed an ok pic, eventually.
6 dunlin
1 curlew

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Little Woolden Moss 18.30 - 19.00

Wood Sandpiper
6 Dunlin
3 Ringed Plover
Wheatear
4 Linnet
3 White Wagtail
2 Meadow Pipit

Phonescoped image of Wood Sandpiper attached


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Lesser Whitethroat singing from the southern most corner of field 62 on Chat Moss this afternoon, audible from Astley Road.



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Day spent around here today; nice day for it, and extremely productive. Usual route around Irlam Moss taken, and then onto Little Woolden.

Irlam Moss:

8 chiffchaff
6 willow warbler
4 blackcap
15 whitethroat
Goldfinch, greenfinch, chaffinch
35 linnet
1 reed bunting heard singing
6 yellowhammer
4 house martin (first of the year)
c10 swallow
7 wheatear
6 pied wagtail
6+ yellow wagtail
c15 skylark
7 song thrush
3+ mistle thrush
2 jay
80+ lapwing (including a few chicks)
5 oystercatcher
1 curlew
1 or 2 kestrel
1 buzzard

Little Woolden Moss:

10+ willow warbler
1 blackcap heard singing
2 whitethroat
5+ linnet
2+ reed bunting
3 yellowhammer
2 swallow
4 wheatear
1 meadow pipit
5+ pied wagtail
5 yellow wagtail (beautiful views of these both here and on Irlam Moss)
1 skylark
3 ringed plover
15+ lapwing (mainly adjacent fields; a couple of chicks)
6 dunlin
1 wood sandpiper (a first, and nice to get one here on an off-chance visit, after coming specifically the last couple of years and missing out)
1 oystercatcher
2 curlew
1 kestrel
3 buzzard



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Additional sightings from Little Woolden Moss this afternoon:

12 Ringed Plover 

A pair of Yellow Wagtail

Phonescoped images of Wood Sandpiper attached; poor lighting etc etc, usual excuses...

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss and Irlam Moss 13.45-16.20

Little Woolden Moss:
1 Wood Sandpiper showed really well close to path until it was flushed by a female Sparrowhawk at 16.04. It flew off high NE with the 6 Dunlin. Possibly could have gone to Croxden? The Sparrowhawk was chased away by a Carrion Crow.
1 'Channel' Wagtail at far western edge of reserve and nearby fields. It eventually showed well a couple of times after a bit of a wait. 2 male Yellow Wagtail and 1 female also here.
Also:
2 Teal - pair
2 Gadwall-pair
2 Oystercatcher
2 Curlew
5 Ringed Plover
4 Wheatear
14 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
1 Herring Gull

Irlam Moss f17:
3 Wheatear
1 Yellow Wagtail



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Male pied flycatcher. Astley SSSI



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So far this morning on Little Woolden Moss:

1 Wood Sandpiper still present

6 Dunlin

3 Ringed Plover

7 Wheatear

2 Raven

1 female Whinchat

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Wood Sandpiper and 10 Dunlin still present at Little Woolden Moss 20:10 this evening



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Wood Sandpiper currently present on Little Wooden Moss.

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Little Woolden Moss (10.00-13.00)

10 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plovers, 1 Curlew, 3 Wheatears, 2 Ravens, 3 Buzzards, 1f Kestrel,

1 Mistle Thrush, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Yellow Wagtail and 2 Pied Wagtails.



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Little Wooden and Chat Moss this morning, 06:15-09:30:

 

9 Dunlin

3 Yellow Wagtail

7 Wheatear

1 Swift

1 singing Lesser Whitethroat

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Little Woolden Moss today 3pm - 4.30pm. Channel Wagtail is still visible in fields West of the reserve, though it took some finding! Two Curlew, several Wheatears, Lapwings including chicks, Pied Wagtails and Meadow Pipits in the same field.

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Little Wooden Moss today, 06:50-12:15:

 

32 Wheatear

9 Dunlin

6 Curlew

8 Yellow Wagtail

1 singing Corn Bunting

2 Redshank

2 Oystercatcher

5 Whimbrel

1 male Whinchat

 

Info and images thanks to Dave Steel



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3 pm. Cuckoo on little woolden moss. Also Yellow Wagtail, Curlew, Dunlin and Ringed Plover.
Walking along the path near the main entrance a meadow pipit was displaying frantically near the path. As we approach a cuckoo came up out the grass and landed in a nearby tree giving good views.
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John Sleaford wrote:

Hi Ian Can you see the Channel Wagtail from the reserve?

If you take the southern footpath as far south-west as you can go (to where the moss is still being milled for peat) it bears sharply to the north along the edge of the moss itself. To the west of this path immediately as you turn sharply is a grassy field (separated from the moss by a deep ditch!), partly ploughed and the bird favours this field though can be elusive and mobile. A telescope would be ideally required to get anything like good views.

The bird has been present since at least the 23rd April when Dave Steel first found it and looks fairly settled.



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Hi Ian Can you see the Channel Wagtail from the reserve?

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In the general 'Chat Moss' area today a total of 13 Yellow Wagtails, also included a handsome male Channel Wagtail just west of Little Wooden Moss which has been present for a few days now. Also 18 Buzzards around the area.

On Little Wooden Moss itself this morning:

11 White Wagtail

2 Dunlin

1 Tree Pipit over

7 Wheatear (just west of the reserve itself)

(phonescoped female Yellow Wagtail on Little Wooden Moss)



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Barton Moss & Chat Moss today  1300-1900      26th April

Hugh influx of Wheatears today with 51 on the newly ploughed F10 with the males out numbering the females ~2 to 1.

Plus over spill of 13 Wheatears on F8 & 5 on F49 making a healthy total of 69 birds.

Sadly the breeding Lapwings ~ a dozen pairs fell victim to the late ploughing of the above mentioned fields, but they will nest again.

Astley Moss East late afternoon

Grasshopper Warbler reeling, single Common Sandpiper, ~ 50-60 Sand Martins over.

The Mosslands male Mandarin Duck is still with us had him on May 21st last year, also single Mute Swan & Little Grebe.

Mallard with 7 chicks & Mistle Thrush with 4 fledged young, 6 pairs of Tufted Ducks & 3 pairs of Teal.

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Little Wooden Moss today, 09:20 -13:30:

 

12 Yellow Wagtail

5  Curlew

13 White Wagtail

16 Wheatear

1 Whinchat

 

On Barton Moss, field 55:

 

Pair of Stonechats

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart

 

 



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13.30-16.00

Rindle road area

Sparrowhawk on the way in

Grey partridgex3

Wheatearx3

Pied wagtailx3

Willow warblerx2

Usual Tits

Jayx2

Lapwings in good numbers

Swallowsx10

Chiffchaff heard

Mistle thrushx4

Reed warbler

Kestrel

Buzzard hunting the SSSI

Cuckoo started calling at around 3 ish, chased the call for just under an hour to no avail.

Cheers Jay 

Dont twitch and drive



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Late report for yesterday morning on Little Wooden and Chat Mosses, 06:45-12:15:

 

6 Dunlin

2 Grey Partridge

4 Yellow Wagtail

1 reeling Grasshopper Warbler

13 Wheatear

2 Redshank

2 Oystercatcher

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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07.30 - 11.30 Rindle Road, the SSSI, and walked down to Little Woolden Moss and back. The cold wind was certainly keeping everything a bit hunkered down.

North of the Railway:

Wheatear 6 in unnumbered ploughed field between Rindle Hedge and SSSI
White Wagtail 2 (same location)
Kestrel 2
Buzzard 1
Whitethroat 4
Lapwing 5
Blackcap - several
Willow Warbler - plentiful
Mistle Thrush - several


South of the Railway:

Whimbrel 3 in Field 62 (highly cropped pictures)
Wheatear 3 (same location)
Whitethroat 3
Lapwing several
Mistle Thrush several

Little Woolden Moss:
White Wagtail 7
Pied Wagtail 3
Curlew 2
Kestrel 1
Buzzard 2
Dunlin 5
Linnet 4
Meadow Pipit 4



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16.15-18.00

Irlam & Chat Moss[/u]:
9 Wheatear (5 f20, 4 f17)
1 White Wagtail (f62)
2 Oystercatcher (f12)
1 Whitethroat -singing
1 Blackcap - singing
2 Grey Partridge (pair)
2 Stock Dove (f62)
3 Buzzard
1 Yellowhammer

Little Woolden Moss:
1 Ringed Plover
4 Dunlin
1 Curlew
2 Yellow Wagtail- both male. 1 bird have a good bath!
5 White Wagtail
5 Pied Wagtail
4 Meadow Pipit - 3 in display flight
52+ Lesser Black-backed Gull on the pools
1 Chiffchaff singing
1 Blackcap singing
6 Willow Warbler
1 Sand Martin
3 Swallow
1 Teal heard</p>

-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Sunday 23rd of April 2017 09:37:48 PM



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Two Cuckoo's calling and flying around Astley SSSI at the moment.



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Ltitle Woolden Moss this morning, 06:00-09:45:

1 Oystercatcher

2 Wheatear

1 Common Sandpiper

6 Redshank

4 Curlew

2 Corn Bunting

1 Peregrine hunting Stock Dove

3 Whimbrel

1 Ringed Plover

2 Redpoll

1 Snipe

3 Dunlin

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Very early morning tour of the mosses with Simon Johnson produced;

Little Woolden Moss -

3 Dunlin
4 Ringed Plover
4 Curlew
3 Oystercatcher
1 Peregrine with kill
3 Raven
30 Wheatear on the reserve and surrounding fields
9 Yellow Wagtail
24 White Wagtails
7 Swallow through north
13 Sand Martin through north

Field 17 & Croxdens -

1 Oystercatcher
2 White Wagtails
3 Yellow Wagtails
18 Wheatear

Field 62 -

2 Whimbrel still present
3 Wheatear

Moss Lane -

1 Whimbrel
2 Wheatear

Also 6 Whitethroats at various locations.

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11.15-13.00

F62:
2 Whimbrel still opposite Olive Mount Fm
1 Wheatear

Twelve Yards Rd:
1 Whitethroat singing

Little Woolden Moss:
5 Ringed Plover
4 Dunlin
2 Curlew
2 Redshank
2 Oystercatcher
5 White Wagtail
1 Pied Wagtail
1 Buzzard
4 Meadow Pipit- including 2 in display flight
4 Canada Geese
15+ Willow Warbler singing
2 Linnet
2 Reed Bunting
3 Wheatear - f20 next to track to reserve



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Late post for yesterday,Little Woolden Moss...11:00 till  14:00.

12 White Wagtails

7 Pied Wagtails

4 Yellow Wagtails (3 of which were in the ploughed field immediately behind Four Lane Ends Farm)

10 Wheatears(again the majority were in the field as above)

2 Ringed Plovers

2 Curlews

The only hirundines seen were 3 Swallows ,which quickly passed through.

Willow Warblers were singing everywhere,would estimate in excess of 30 birds.Strangely no Chiffchaff heard.

Only raptor seen was one Kestrel.

etc,etc a few silly zoom pics below,

Cheers Chris

 

 



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Irlam Moss this morning - 6 White Wagtail (field 24), 3 Wheatear, 1 Yellow Wagtail

2 Whimbrel in field 62 Chat Moss, opp Olive Mount Farm



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Little Wooden and Chat Moss this morning, 07:00-11:00:

 

6 Black Tailed Godwit which moved off east

1 Ringed Plover

16 White Wagtail

3 Curlew

42 Sand Martin

9  Wheatear

1 Yellow Wagtail

1 Peregrine with prey

 

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Further sightings on Little Wooden Moss today:

1 Goosander

9  Corn Bunting

2 Redshank

2 Curlew

1 Oystercatcher

Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart

 



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This morning and early afternoon on Little Wooden Moss:

2 Raven

10 White Wagtail

1 Ringed Plover

1 Dunlin

1 Wheatear

1 Yellow Wagtail

 



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Cuckoo (heard only) Astley Moss SSSI.

Approx. 16.30 Tues 18/04/17



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Monday 17/04/2017 - 11:22 Cuckoo heard to the south west of Astley Moss SSSI. Heard once and not seen.

Whitethroat seen singing at 11:24 in the former pony field.

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Irlam Moss and Croxden 16.00-17.30

3 Oystercatchers
2 Gadwall (pair)
6 Tufted Duck (4m, 2f)
4 Teal (2 pairs)
2 Buzzard
2 Kestrel
2 Blackcap - both singing
8 Willow Warbler
3 Chiffchaff
3 Swallows
8 Sand Martin
1 Reed Bunting - singing
2 Yellowhammer
15+ Lapwing plus 2 young chicks

Plus usuals

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Sightings this afternoon:

Little Woolden Moss:

2 Whimbrel ('phonescoped image of one attached)

5 Ringed Plover

11 Little Ringed PLover

3 Dunlin

4 Redshank

48 White Wagtail

3 Yellow Wagtail

10 Wheatear

1 Peregrine

Astley Moss at Rindle:

1 Fieldfare

28 Meadow Pipit (1 flock)

Moss Lane, Astley:

3 Wheatear

42 Stock Dove

 

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss today, 07:00-08:45:

 

6 Little Ringed Plover

5 Ringed Plover

5 Curlew

3 Dunlin

16 White Wagtail

1 Wheatear 2 Oystercatcher

1 Willow Tit

 

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