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RE: ASTLEY, CHAT AND ASSOCIATED MOSSES


Last Little Woolden Moss today:

 

c150 Swallows

c50 House Martins

2 Sand Martins

2 White Wagtails

3 Teal

1 Peregrine over high west

Common Sandpiper

Greenshank

2 Snipe

 

Croxdens:

 

1 juvenile Ringed Plover

8 Teal

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart



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Twenty Black-tailed Godwit present 4:15 to 5:40pm on Little Woolden Moss today.

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This afternoon:

Little Woolden Moss

Juvenile Ringed Plover

Greenshank

Croxdens

Juvenile Wheatear

At least one Greenshank (calling constantly but unseen)

Rindle, Astley Moss

500 Starling, just over half of which flew south over the railway

 



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Little Woolden Moss today, 14:30-16:45:

 

1 Swift

4 Sand Martin

2 Ringed Plover

1 Greenshank

1 Wheatear

1 Snipe

1 Whitethroat

36 Teal

9 Grey Partridge

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Little Woolden Moss today, 13:45-15:45:

 

6 Yellow Wagtails

2 White Wagtails

c50 Linnets

2 Sand Martins

1 Hobby hawking dragonflies

 

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Little Woolden Moss today, 15:40-18:00

 

5 Sand Martin

1 Greenshank

4 Grey Partridge

12 Teal

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Little Woolden Moss 1.30 to 2.30pm Sat 2 Sept

1 Little Ringed Plover

1 Greenshank

4 Yellow Wagtail

Many Alba wagtails and Linnets on the mud.

Swallows and Sand Martins.

 

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss today, 11:50-14:25:

 

1 Ringed Plover

1 Peregrine being chased by a Hobby and a second Hobby seen taking dragonflies, chasing Swallows and fending off a Kestrel

7 Buzzard soaring

1 Little Egret dropped in but was unsettled due to the nearby shooting

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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2 Hobby hunting hirundines over Little Woolden Moss at 11:45 today.

 

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Little Woolden Moss 15.00-17.45

1 Hobby (Seen to catch what appeared to be a small bird, it then landed on the moss to pluck and eat it's meal).

Also 2 Kestrels, 2 Buzzards (1 of these was seen flying behind the combine harvester in an adjacent field), 1 Ringed Plover, 3 Yellow Wagtails,

14 "Alba" Wagtails, 6 Meadow Pipits, 10 Linnets and 1 Raven. 2 Sand Martins were with a flock of 60+ mixed Swallows and House Martins flying over the moss.

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Little Woolden Moss this morning, 06:20-09:00:

 

1 Greenshank

2 Green Sandpiper

1 Sand Martin

2 Willow Tit

49 Meadow Pipit

2 Grey Partridge

11 Teal

1 Sedge Warbler

120 Swallow

1 Snipe

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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This afternoon combined sightings from myself and Dave Steel:

Little Woolden Moss:

7 White Wagtail

Roving flock of tits and warblers still around with a mixture of 16 Chiffchaff/Willow Warblers amongst it.

No waders!

Croxdens:

4 Greenshank (suffering some disturbance by dog walkers)

2 Green Sandpiper



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Little Woolden Moss this morning:

7 Ringed Plover

4 Snipe

8 Yellow Wagtail

1 Common Sandpiper

22 Teal

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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One Greenshank Croxden this morning.



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Other birds from Little Woolden Moss and the nearby Glaze today:

 

1 Kingfisher

1 Nuthatch

7 Yellow Wagtail

10 Teal

1 Raven

52 Linnet

2 Chiffchaff in song

 

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Little Woolden Moss, approx 9.40 - 1pm:

Nice sized mixed flock comprising of a juvenile goldcrest, chiffchaffs, coal, blue, great and long-tailed tits.
4 willow warbler
2 whitethroat
7+ linnet
c15 swallow
13 house martin
1 wheatear
5 meadow pipit
8+ pied wagtail
4 yellow wagtail
2 jay
1 swift
1 common sandpiper
2 kestrel
1 peregrine (juvenile)
2 buzzard

Croxden's afterwards (and thanks to Dave Steel for telling me the best way to access this site):

1 chiffchaff
1 reed bunting
4+ teal
1 green sandpiper
2 greenshank
1 kestrel
1 buzzard

Pair of yellowhammer along Twelve Yards Road, too.

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Nice walk in pleasant sunshine at Little Woolden Moss LNR

1 Yellow Wagtail (m)
1 Common Sandpiper
~50 Pied Wagtails, mostly juv
~5 House Martin
1 Sand Martin
~15 Swallow
2 Meadow Pipit
~35 Linnet
~6 Willow Warbler (h)
1 Reed Bunting
1+ Chiffchaff

1 slightly odd raptor, presumably juv Common Buzzard hunting just N of reserve. Seemed to have quite long wings & jizz more like a Marsh Harrier than Buzzard. However, plumage not consistent with any variation of Marsh Harrier (note, obvious juv Marsh Harrier photographed there y'day), but all dark head & throat, pale body & underwing, slight dark on flank, pale underwing coverts except tiny dark mark on greater coverts - hardly a "dark carpal patch"; Upper wing all dark, but covert tips pale (hence juv)

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Croxden 19.30-20.45

1 Greenshank
3 Green Sandpiper
9 Snipe - 5 feeding and a further 4 heard fly in as the light faded.
9 Teal
2 Tawny Owls heard - 1 in trees on southern edge and 1 on the northern edge
c70 Canada Geese over in 4 flock
15 Swallow east in a single flock

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We were there (briefly) at the same time, our first visit to the site, pics of Marsh Harrier-Osprey interaction here:

http://ebird.org/ebird/view/checklist/S38844173 



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Little Woolden Moss today, 07:20-12:20:

 

Osprey over attacked by a Marsh Harrier, the former flew off south!!!

8 Teal

8 Snipe

2 Green Sandpiper

15 Tree Sparrow

12 Yellow Wagtail

1 Willow Tit

184 Swallow

 

Info and images thanks to Dave Steel

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss this evening, 18:50-20:45:

 

3 Green Sandpiper

1 Yellow Wagtail

2 Grey Partridges

 

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Little Woolden Moss today:

 

2 Ringed Plover

2 Common Sandpiper

5 Yellow Wagtail

1 Green Sandpiper

7 Snipe

 

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CHAT MOSS 1630-1930    24th August Late Evening

Great White Egret on Croxdens old peat works (not pools) this evening spooked from vegetation by dog walker.

Flew off after 5 minutes towards Olive Mount farm had a good mooch about but could not relocate the bird.

Also a pair of Greenshanks on the old peat works shallow pools.

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At Little Woolden Moss this morning:

1 Common Sandpiper

1 Green Sandpiper

2 Ringed Plover

4 Yellow Wagtail

3 Snipe

150 Lapwing

 

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Walked from Rindle Road to Litttle Woolden Moss and back 13.00-16.30

The manure pile alongside Rindle Road attracted a flock of 20+ Chaffinches plus a single Greenfinch.

A flock of 6 Mistle Thrushes fed in the field just South of the level crossing.

Above the car park at Little Woolden Moss a large Peregrine was being harassed by a female Kestrel.

The Peregrine appeared to be a juvenile, but it dwarfed the Kestrel, and I watched a tremendous aerial display from both birds as they drifted off towards Astley Road.

The Kestrel did'nt give up and kept mobbing the larger raptor, she was joined by a small group of Swallows with the drama taking place a couple of hundred feet up.

The Peregrine became increasingly agitated and made several breathtaking dives at the Kestrel, but broke off the attack at the last moment.

I was sure I'd witness the end of the little falcon, but luckily the Peregrine did'nt have a taste for Kestrel today, there were masses of Woodpigeons about after all.

Both raptors were later seen over the mossland, the Peregrine flushing every bird off the pools. Not a single bird returned for half an hour.

On the mossland pools were 2 Ringed Plovers, 10 "Alba" Wagtails and 3 Yellow Wagtails.









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On field 21/22 of Irlam Moss today:

 

6 Ringed Plover

27 House Martin

 

Whilst on Little Woolden Moss:

 

1 Common Sandpiper

2 Ringed Plover

12 Teal

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel

 

 



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

 

4 Ringed Plover

1 Little Ringed Plover.

3 Yellow Wagtail

1 overflying Dunlin

33 Meadow Pipit in 1 flock

 

Croxdens, 08:45-12:30:

 

3 Greenshank

1 Common Sandpiper

1 Ringed Plover

1 Lesser Redpoll

3 Teal

 

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Little Woolden Moss today, 07:15-12:00:

 

5 Green Sandpiper

1 Common Sandpiper

6 Yellow Wagtail

16 Ringed Plover

2 Little Ringed Plover

2 Snipe

122 Sand Martin

25 Swift

1 Sedge Warbler

2 Wheatear

1 Peregrine

1 Hobby which tried to catch a Wheatear

 

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Little Woolden Moss today, 07:30-12:30:

 

2 Green Sandpiper

1 Common Sandpiper

13 Ringed Plover

12 Yellow Wagtail

2 Snipe

2 Wheatear

 

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Little Wooden Moss.

1 Ringed Plover

1 Yellow Wagtail

2 Hobby .

mixed flock of Pied Wagtails and a few Linnets.

Irlam Moss

1 Wheatear

5 Ringed Plover.

Buzzard.

 

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12.30-16.30

Rindle Road

8 Chaffinches and a juvenile Robin were attracted to the manure heap. 4 Mistle Thrushes on fields South of the crossing, plus 1 Kestrel.

Little Woolden Moss

12 "Alba" Wagtails, 1 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plovers, 8 Linnets, 1 Buzzard and 2 Meadow Pipits.

6 Swifts were with a large passage of Swallows and House Martins.

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A second calendar year Hobby was the only bird present Little Woolden Moss this early afternoon, other than the small bird it had caught and taken to ground on the bare peat before flying off!



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This afternoon:

Yellow Wagtail on Little Woolden Moss

320 Starling on wires over field 19

Croxdens produced:

2 Greenshank

1 Green Sandpiper

1 Snipe

32 Goldfinch in one flock

 



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Little Woolden Moss today:

 

1 Green Sandpiper

 

Croxdens:

 

2 Greenshanks

1 Green Sandpiper

 

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Little Woolden Moss today, 14:15 -16:00:

 

2 Ravens

adult female Peregrine sat on a peat bund overlooking the pools 

 

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Other birds in Little Woolden Moss today:

1 Ringed Plover

1 Raven

3 Dunlin

2 Redshank.

Yellow Wagtail

1 juv Wheatear

1 overflying Tree Pipit

1 overflying Ringed Plover

2 Lesser Redpoll

On Irlam Moss:

110 Swift

125 Swallow

70 House Martin

1 juv Yellow Wagtail juv

a hunting Hobby

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Greenshank 1 still at Croxdens this afternoon

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phillipskelly wrote:

 the nice Green Jag Man in the usual place on Rindle rd. ( I apologise for forgetting his name )  .


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Ah, the killer Rabbit of Caerbannog. The Holy Grail for GM birders, I think

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Saturday, late afternoon ..... Rindle rd to Little Woolden Moss and back .
Common Buzzard over cottages and rindle wood .
Swallow - about 10 in each field up to Salford Angling club pond where I saw about 20 Mistle Thrush on a Sorbus tree (heavy in berry ) and overhead wires.
Also lots of House Martin as I neared Little Woolden Moss.
Ltitle Woolden Moss -
Pied wagtail - 8 Inc 2 adult.
Little Ringed plover - 1 juvenile.
Kestrel - 3 (one mobbing a Raven).
Raven - 3 (2 on the peat ) .
Linnet - 2.
Ps. Raven mobbed by kestrel landed on top of peat works mound then dropped down to a smaller mound next to a adult rabbit, which then launched itself at the Raven which moved a few feet away.
The rabbit then had a other go !
The Raven moved again and the rabbit had another go at it.
Never seen owt like it !!!
Saw another Kestrel on the way back and also the nice Green Jag Man in the usual place on Rindle rd. ( I apologise for forgetting his name ) also nice to meet Dave Stewart again .

-- Edited by phillipskelly on Saturday 12th of August 2017 11:55:34 PM Also heard 2 Common Sandpiper over Astley rd.

-- Edited by phillipskelly on Sunday 13th of August 2017 12:00:23 AM

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Short visits to Little Woolden Moss today produced:

 

1 Raven

Greenshank

 

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With Simon Johnson this morning;

Croxdens-

1 Greenshank
4 Teal
1 juv Shelduck
2 Hobbies together, which were last seen flying towards Astley Moss.
3 Meadow Pipit

Little Woolden Moss-

1 juv Little Ringed Plover
1 Curlew
2 Yellow Wagtails.

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Other sightings from Little Woolden Moss 07:30-09:55 today included:

 

1 Little Ringed Plover

1 Ringed Plover

2 Greenshank

4 Green Sandpiper

1 juv Shelduck

1 Hobby

 

At Croxdens 10:05-12:05:

 

6 Snipe

2 Greenshank

1 juv Whinchat

 

Info and photos of today's Wood Sandpiper thanks to Dave Steel



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Wood Sandpiper still present on Little Woolden Moss this morning.

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At Little Woolden Moss early afternoon birds included 1 Wood Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank and 1 Little Ringed Plover



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Weds evening 19.00-21.00 on Little Woolden Moss with Steve: 100 swallows hawking low 1 Swift 1 Greenshank 3 Little ringed plovers 2 Curlew heard 1 Green sandpiper heard 1 Kestrel several Willow warblers heard only

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Little Woolden Moss today:

 

2 juv Little Ringed Plover

3 Ringed Plovers flew in then immediately out NW

1 Curlew over calling south

1 Hobby at 13:30 

 

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Croxdens 12:30-13:30 today:

 

4 Ringed Plovers

 

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This morning on Little Wooden Moss saw:

 

13 Snipe

1 Greenshank

1 Ringed Plover

1 Little Ringed Plover

2 Green Sandpipers

1 Yellow Wagtail

 

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c300 Swift feeding south of Windy Bank Wood this morning, before they all departed W, smaller groups totalling 71 flying between W-NW later; 50 Goldfinch feeding nr Old Moss Lane



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