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RE: ASTLEY, CHAT AND ASSOCIATED MOSSES


Little Woolden Moss today:

 

1 Hobby (Image on website)

7 Yellow Wagtail

1 Snipe

4 Redshank.

2 Oystercatcher

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel 



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Little Woolden Moss today:

 

5 Oystercatcher

2 Redshank

4 Gadwall

3 Tufted Duck  

1 displaying Snipe

 

Croxdens:

 

1st Summer Hobby

4 Oystercatcher

 

Cadishead Moss:

 

2 Yellow Wagtail

36 Lapwing

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel



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Barton Moss this morning:

4 Yellow Wagtail

1 Sedge Warbler

34 Linnet

1 Grey Partridge

1 Hobby

 

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Late news for Little Woolden Moss yesterday:

1st summer Hobby

14 Gadwall

6 Oystercatcher

4 Redshank

4 Curlews

1 Snipe (displaying)

 2 singing Corn Bunting

4 yellow Wagtail 

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel



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Little Woolden Moss this morning: 1 Green Sandpiper, 2 Redshank, 8 Gadwall

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Little Woolden Moss this morning:

1 Wood Sandpiper

1 Cuckoo

4 Redshank

4 Curlew

3 Ringed Plover

3 Yellow Wagtail 

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Little Woolden Moss this afternoon:

13 Ringed Plover

2 Dunlin

6 Yellow Wagtail

1 Cuckoo

1 Snipe drumming continuously over Cadishead Moss for 15 minutes! 

 

Croxdens:

1 Wood Sandpiper

1 Greylag Goose

2 Yellow Wagtail 

 

Chat Moss:

120 Starling in one flock including many juveniles on field 62

28 Stock Dove on field 52



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Croxdens this morning:

 

1 Wood Sandpiper

3 Oystercatcher

3 Shelduck

3 Greylag Geese

2 Curlew

 

Little Woolden Moss today:

 

6 Ringed Plover

5 Oystercatcher

6 Yellow Wagtail

2 White Wagtail

4 Curlew

2 Redshank

 4 Dunlin

2 Gadwall

1 Shoveler

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart



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Very early this morning on Little Woolden Moss today:

5 Yellow Wagtail

10 Ringed Plover

3 Curlew

3 Redshank

9 Oystercatcher

1 Sedge Warbler

15 Stock Dove

1 Snipe

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart



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Little Woolden Moss, from just before 12 to 3.30 today:

8+ willow warbler
1 blackcap
4 whitethroat
Party of very newly fledged long-tailed tit
2+ linnet
2 reed bunting
1 yellowhammer heard calling
1 house martin
8+ meadow pipit
9+ yellow wagtail
4+ pied wagtail
2 skylark
1 mistle thrush singing
5 swift
4 teal
2 or 3 gadwall
3 ringed plover
c25 lapwing
3 dunlin
1 snipe
2 redshank
2 oystercatcher
2 curlew
1 hobby (yay)
1 kestrel
3+ buzzard (2+ distant)

A singing blackcap, a pair of bullfinch, a couple of yellowhammer and a kestrel noted along Astley Road.

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Today's highlights from Little Woolden Moss:

7 Ringed Plover

2 Redshank

2 Oystercatchers

3 Dunlin

7 Yellow Wagtail

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart

 



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Late news for yesterday on Little Woolden Moss:

1 Curlew

1 Redshank

6 Ringed Plover

1 Oystercatcher 

1 Snipe

4 Yellow Wagtail

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart



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A short visit to Little Woolden Moss in the rain today produced:

 

3 Ringed Plover

4 Oystercatcher

1 Redshank

2 Yellow Wagtail

 

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Little Woolden Moss today:

 

3 Ringed Plover

2 Curlew

3 Yellow Wagtail

4 Oystercatcher

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Croxdens today:

6 Oystercatcher

1 Sedge Warbler

1 Teal

1 Yellowhammer

1 Hobby 

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Rindle road area

Apart from the usual

field 68

oystercatcher

lapwingsx4

field 69

Canada geesex2 with a single chick just mooching up and down in the sun.

In the field behind Rindle wood

A kestrel dive bombed a juv lapwing with no luck, soon to be chased of by an adult lapwing.

Pied wagtail

SSSI

Kestrel

Buzzardx2

Swallow

Cheers Jay

Dont twitch and drive



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Some sightings from yesterday on Little Woolden Moss included:

2 Yellow Wagtail

4 Curlew

4 Oystercatcher

1 Ringed Plover

2 Shoveler

1 Hobby

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart



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Also on Little Woolden moss this afternoon 2 Hobby giving excellent views catching dragonflies over the South side of the reserve.

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Little Woolden Moss today:

 

1 Yellow Wagtail

1 Redshank

12 Oystercatchers

2 Shoveler 

Cuckoo

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel 



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Little Woolden Moss today:

2 Hobby

1 Yellow Wagtail

4 Oystercatcher

2 Curlew

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart 



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Little Woolden Moss 20.30-21.15

No sign of the Wood Sandpiper
1 Dunlin
4 Ringed Plover
3 Oystercatcher
1 Redshank
1 Curlew
1 Shoveler (m)
5 Teal (3m, 2f)
2 Gadwall - pair
2 Yellow Wagtail
3 Reed Bunting
1 Willow Warbler

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Sightings from today on Little Woolden Moss:

 

1 Wood Sandpiper

5 Ringed Plover

5 Dunlin

1 Gadwall

2 Shoveler

2 Curlew

2 Yellow Wagtail

2 Grey Partridge

 

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Little Woolden Moss today:

 

2 Hobby

4 Ringed Plover

3 Dunlin

4 Oystercatcher

2 Redshank

1 Shoveler

2 Curlew

2 Yellow Wagtail

 

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Little Woolden Moss today:

 

2 Grey Partridge

1 Cuckoo

1 Wheatear

2 Yellow Wagtail

3 Oystercatcher

3 Curlew

2 Redshank

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart



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Little Woolden Moss between 1130 and 1430

Yellow Wagtail (2)
Wheatear (male)
Lapwing (at least 10)
Gadwall (2; 1male and 1 female)
Mallard (4)
Grey Heron (2 over)
Oystercatcher (2)
Kestrel (2)
Linnet (2)
Black-headed Gull (5)
Curlew (6)
Whitethroat (at least 5)
Hobby (seen twice - one bird or two?)
Redshank (2)
Shoveler (2; 1 male and 1 female)
Moorhen
Willow Warbler (lots)


Robin
Blackbird
Magpie
Wood Pigeon
Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Wren
Carrion Crow

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Llittle Woolden Moss today:

2 Yellow Wagtail

1 Wheatear

2 Hobby

3 Curlew

4 Oystercatchers

1 Dunlin

On Chat Moss:

2 Curlew

1 Sedge Warbler

3 Oystercatcher

1 Whimbrel

2 Wheatear

1 Yellow Wagtail

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08.30-15.00

Along Moss Lane GM side of Glaze Brook : 2 Blackcaps, 1 Kestrel and 1 Grey Heron.

Little Woolden Moss NR and adjoining fields :

1 Cuckoo, 2 Hobbies, 1f Wheatear, 3 Yellow Wagtails, 4 Swifts, 1 Buzzard, 1 Curlew, 8 Meadow Pipits, 1 Dunlin,

3 Reed Buntings, 3 Skylarks, 3 Yellowhammers, 2 Common Whitethroats, 1m Shoveler and 2 Teal.

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Croxdens today:

 

2 Oystercatchers

2 Curlew

1st summer Hobby

2 Wheatear

 

Chat Moss:

 

1 Wheatear

3 Oystercatcher

1 Sedge Warbler

 

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Further sightings from Little Woolden Moss today:

 

7 Yellow Wagtail

2 Shoveler

2 Tree Sparrows 

 

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Little Woolden Moss this evening:

1 Whimbrel

3 Yellow Wagtail

12 Grey Heron

1 Redshank



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10.30-15.00

Along the nearby Glaze Brook : 2 Redshanks and 11 Grey Herons (A group of 9 were grouped together on the river bank by Holcroft Hall Farm.

Little Woolden Moss NR : 3 Qystercatchers, 3 Curlews, 3 Meadow Pipits, 1 Common Whitethroat and 3 Buzzards.

An amazing 8 Yellow Wagtails were on the reserve and adjoining recently ploughed fields.

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Chat Moss this morning:

 

1 Curlew

2 Oystercatcher

2 Greylag Geese  

1 Sedge Warbler

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

1 Peregrine

1 Curlew

1 Wheatear

2 Hobby

 

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Over the A580 this evening, where it crosses the Bridgewater Canal between Leigh and Astley, a Cuckoo flew south towards Astley Moss

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Little Woolden, Chat and Irlam Mosses this evening 19.30-21.30

Little Woolden NR:
1 Grasshopper Warbler heard reeling
1 Cuckoo calling by entrance gate
1 Snipe
4 Oystercatcher
3 Curlew
6 Tufted Duck
2 Teal
2 Gadwall
3 Sand Martin
1 Swift
1 Swallow
2 Blackcap
2 Reed Bunting
2 Grey Partridge heard
3 Willow Warbler

Irlam Moss:
1 Tawny Owl

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Little Woolden Moss, from from 12 - 4.30pm today. Lovely day, and nice to chat to the Daves again. Most sightings already accounted for below, but a full count anyway:

9+ willow warbler
4 blackcap
6 whitethroat
5+ linnet
2+ reed bunting
1 yellowhammer
2 swallow
1 wheatear
3+ meadow pipit
4 yellow wagtail
4+ pied wagtail
4+ skylark
1 cuckoo
2 teal
1 shoveler
20+ lapwing
6 oystercatcher
2 or 3 curlew
1 grey heron circling distantly
1 sparrowhawk
1+ buzzard distantly

Walking up Astley Road, all in song were 2 goldcrest, 1 chiffchaff, 3 blackcap, 5 whitethroat, 1 yellowhammer and 5+ skylark, with several lapwing also around (including at least one chick).



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Further sightings from Little Woolden Moss today:

4 Yellow Wagtail

1 Wheatear

1 Redshank

4 Curlew

2 Shelduck

2 Shoveler

2 Hobby

1 Cuckoo

1 Dunlin

1 Snipe

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart



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Late news for yesterday:

Croxdens:

 

3 Greylag Geese

1 Curlew

2 Oystercatcher

1 Hobby

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

5 Oystercatcher

2 Curlew

4 Yellowhammer

2 Redshank

2 Gadwall

2 Shoveler

2 Yellow Wagtail

 

Irlam Moss:

 

4 Wheatear

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart 



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Add early doors @ Little Woolden Moss

Whimbrel
Corn Bunting



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Little Woolden Moss

Male and Female Wheatear

distant Cuckoo

Hobby overhead

8+ Yellow Wagtail



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Little Wolden 

 also Skylarks, lapwings, Oystercatchers, Tree Sparrow, House Sparrow, Common Whitethroat, Kestrel, Buzzard, Willow Warbler 

Astley Moss

Buzzard, Reed Buntings, Yellowhammer, Treecreeper, Lapwing, Skylark, Oystercatchers, Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat. 



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Little Woolden Moss 07.30-09.30

2 Sedge Warbler- singing (1 seen)
1 Sand Martin
3 Oystercatcher
1 Redshank
6 Tufted Duck

Irlam Moss f52
4 Wheatear
4 Skylark

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Little Woolden Moss 11.00-13.00

An amazing 4 Hobbies together hawking insects over the reserve between 11.20-11.30. 1 Hobby returned an hour later and was still around when I left. There has been a big emergence of Red Damselflies.
3-4 Curlew
2 Oystercatcher
2 Shoveler- both male
1 Kestrel
4 Buzzard
Lots of Willow Warblers,
3 Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
6 Linnet
2 Yellowhammer
1 Reed Bunting

Chat Moss
6 Wheatear in f52



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Just spent a very pleasant 20 mins watching a Hobby feeding on insects over Astley Moss SSSI.

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Excellent 3 hours at Little Woolden Moss, 6-9 a.m. 1 Cuckoo near car park, 2 Whimbrel(or 1 bird seen in two locations), Yellowhammer, Yellow Wagtail(7), 2 reeling Grasshopper Warbler(1 seen),3 Curlew, 1 Shelduck, 2 Ringed Plover, 3 Wheatear also numerous Warblers and Lapwing. I'm sure this site gets better each time I visit, maybe the sunshine helped.
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Cuckoo and 4 Tufted Duck at Little Woolden Moss this evening

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This morning:

 

Chat Moss:

 

10 Wheatear

5 Yellow Wagtail

1 Grasshopper Warbler

2 Oystercatcher

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

3 Shoveler

13 Yellow Wagtail

8 White Wagtail  

1 Corn Bunting

2 Curlew

2 Whimbrel

1 Sedge Warbler

1 Grasshopper Warbler

 

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Some sightings from this morning:

Chat Moss:

 

2 Dunlin

4 Wheatear

2 Oystercatcher

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

1 Grasshopper Warbler

1 Sedge Warbler

2 Curlew

1 Redshank

1 Oystercatcher

5 Yellow Wagtail

6 Wheatear

1 male Whinchat (photo on website)

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Late news for yesterday morning:

Chat Moss:

 

2 Yellow Wagtail

1 Greenshank

1 Dunlin

1 White Wagtail

4 Oystercatcher

 

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Chat Moss today:

3 Yellow Wagtail

2 Oystercatcher 

Hobby flew west

 

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Cadishead Moss this morning:

 

2 Curlew

3 Wheatear

1 Yellow Wagtail

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

2 Oystercatcher

7 Yellow Wagtail

2 Grey Partridge

1 Curlew

3 Wheatear

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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