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A nice little day if you spent some time in the hide today:

The Bittern has been seen again.
at least 5 spotted redshank and about the same number of knot
6 pink-footed geese popped in for a while too.



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Avocet showing nicley in front of hide

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Bittern reported again today

Ringtail Hen Harrier

Immature Spoonbill

Pink Footed geese still scopable form the bench

Burton Marsh is proving popular at the moment too with Bewick's and Whoopers present along with garganey too (a whole month earlier than they usually arrive!)

-- Edited by paul brady on Saturday 6th of March 2010 03:29:59 PM

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3 spotted redshank (winter plumage)

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Bittern reported again today - seen flying around IMF pools.

500-600 pink-footed geese using IMF2 (scope from the bench)

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Hi Dennis, I was in the hide that morning - nice scope work picking out the dunlinbiggrin.gif

I walked down to the hide this morning in the snow - it seems to have pushed the small birds back into our crop field (reed bunting, linnet, chaffinch and brambling x2) and water rail(x2) pushed back into the woods around the boardwalk.

Thousands of lapwing, hundreds of teal, plenty of wigeon and a few each of the shelduck and pintail.

7 ruff were my highlight - nice size diff between the individuals.

1 snipe roosting in th open behind a lapwing had my close attention but despite wishful thinking I could not turn it into a long-billed dowitcher no.gif

100's of pink feet in the wheat fields around reserve which are going to and fro due to unseen disturbance ... fox?

Peregrine give it all a nice mix up and when I left it was sat in a tree behind the hide!

Now onto the raptor watch at Parkgate!

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Walk today with the bolton rspb group,

innermarsh farm, pintail, redshank, ruff, dunlin, black tailed godwit, curlew, water rail in the woods with loads of linnet in the fields, also thousands of pink feet

Five o clock back at parkgate with great views of barn owl, ringtail harrier and short eared owls, also kestrel and perigrine


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Is that you paul? the same guy i met today, hello.....

Not much to add to pauls list except for around seven black tailed godwits, quite a few shelduck and a couple of stonechats, but good views of two ringtailed harriers and short eared owls at parkgate later on in the day after our fine chippy diner smile.gif





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Bittern last seen on Wednesday (10th)

Good mix and numbers of birds today evident when flushed by first a ringtail hen harrier and secondly by a fox.

Lapwing
Golden PLover
Curlew
Redshank
Dunlin
Ruff
Snipe

Teal
Wigeon
Shelduck
Pintail
Shoveler

Canada Geese
Greylag Geese
Mute Swan

Hen Harrier
Peregrine
Buzzard
Kestrel

Coot
Moorhen

Pink-feet (x500) and mixed swans (x100) - best viewed from the bench area as they are technically not on the reserve but instead feeding in the wheat fields around the boating lake


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nice to meet your wife i will stand corrected, biggrin.gif


cheeky buggar kestrel, did not even buy her a drink smile.gif


No manners these males of today


Forgot to mention lots of green woodpeckers heard that day by Matt and some others heard them too, both at inner marsh farm and at parkgate, but we did not manage to see any unfortuantly aww.gif

-- Edited by Dennis atherton on Monday 18th of January 2010 07:06:01 PM

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Dennis atherton wrote:

I did not know you were married, lol, i did not ask, hopefully i met your wife and not your girlfriend smile.gifwink.gifbiggrin.gif





Haha! Yes, you met my wife, who you thought was my girlfriend!! biggrin.gif

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Mike Chorley wrote:

Hey Matt, does Mrs. Potter know about the girlfriend shh.gifno.gifbiggrin.gif





Hahaha! Keep it quiet! wink.gif

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Dennis atherton wrote:

saturday morning

Water rail showing well in front of hide, the water is 75% defrosed now, very nice to see, also black tailed godwit, redshank, snipe and ruff, a few pintails, shovelar, gadwall, shelduck, widgeon, loads of teal and lapwing, sparrowhawk and kestrel passing through with a single female hen harrier, nothing much of note, no bittern or spoonbill today


Parkgate in the afternoon till dusk at around five

great raptor watch as always there, kestrel, sparrowhawk, merlin, peregrine, short eared owls, male and female hen harriers, and a lovely female marsh harrier, sight of the day was the cheeky kesrel who swooped down on the landed short eared owl and stole her captured prey and flew off and landed right in front of us all and eat the owls supper,


Nice to meet Matt Potter and his girlfriend today, hopefully see you again, we managed to see the owls as hoped for, some great views today, that cheeky kesrel was funny, best wishes Dennis smile.gif





Yes it was lovely to meet you too Dennis! Yes, it was a great day out and the best views of Short Eared Owls I have ever had. and To see a Male Hen Harrier and Merlin perched in the smae scope view was amazing.

Seeing the Kestrel steal a kill of a Short Eared Owl was a sight to see! As was the Kestrel trying to mate with another on a post, to which Dennis added 'cheeky bugger, he didnt even buy her a drink!!' made us chuckle!

Didnt see any Brambling at Inner Marsh Farm.

All in all, a great day to areas I havent been to for a long time!

Female Marsh Harrier was a lovely end to th day!

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I did not know you were married, lol, i did not ask, hopefully i met your wife and not your girlfriend smile.gifwink.gifbiggrin.gif

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Hey Matt, does Mrs. Potter know about the girlfriend shh.gifno.gifbiggrin.gif

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saturday morning

Water rail showing well in front of hide, the water is 75% defrosed now, very nice to see, also black tailed godwit, redshank, snipe and ruff, a few pintails, shovelar, gadwall, shelduck, widgeon, loads of teal and lapwing, sparrowhawk and kestrel passing through with a single female hen harrier, nothing much of note, no bittern or spoonbill today


Parkgate in the afternoon till dusk at around five

great raptor watch as always there, kestrel, sparrowhawk, merlin, peregrine, short eared owls, male and female hen harriers, and a lovely female marsh harrier, sight of the day was the cheeky kesrel who swooped down on the landed short eared owl and stole her captured prey and flew off and landed right in front of us all and eat the owls supper,


Nice to meet Matt Potter and his girlfriend today, hopefully see you again, we managed to see the owls as hoped for, some great views today, that cheeky kesrel was funny, best wishes Dennis smile.gif

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Spoonbill seen again today - hope it survives the last few days of harsh weather!

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Spoonbill has been reported the past two days - count of over 30 brambling on Monday too.

Don't let the weather put you off!

More than 30 brambling again today.

2 water pipits feeding in small thawed areas at the back of No 2

5 Water Rail and 1 woodcock in the board walk arae.
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Also if you go it is worth having a walk down along burton marsh just about five mins walk away out of the reserve and furthur down the road, great place for owls and harriers, the guide at the reserve will guide you on where you can walk

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A great reserve, hope you manage to find it ok ( it's closed on Tuesday's )

Watched three foxes skating around on the frozen ponds today - marvellous sight.

Also, look out for Bramblings on the path down to the hide. There were a couple around today.

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steve ashworth wrote:

confuse.gifhi everyone could any of you very helpfull people point me in the right direction of inner marsh farm .many thanks steve





www.rspb.org.uk/innermarshfarm

simples biggrin.gif

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steve ashworth wrote:

confuse.gifhi everyone could any of you very helpfull people point me in the right direction of inner marsh farm .many thanks steve




best to go to the rspb site and get directions from theresmile.gif

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confuse.gifhi everyone could any of you very helpfull people point me in the right direction of inner marsh farm .many thanks steve

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no signs of bittern today, 4th, a couple of foxes on the prowl and some good veiws of siskins in the woods half way down to hide, also a few linnets and stonechats in the fields with a few fieldfare and redwing,

later in afternoon great veiws over parkgate of hen harrier, marsh harrier, barn owl and two short eared owls.

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2nd Jan - BITTERN!

Was seen from the hide walking across toward the border pool before disappearing into a ditch. Seems to be a bit of an influx at the moment...

Brambling present in the crop field.

Pool toady frozen so good chance of it being seen again as water rails sightings are regular (almost can't walk down to the hide w/o coming across one!)

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saw 50 plus teal,3 pintailand a pair of shoveler,1 buzzard and 1 water rail on the stream at the back of the hide also plenty of lapwings in the farmers fields along with afew redshank and 3 fieldfare on monday

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Pools fully thawed out now - ducks starting to return biggrin.gif

Scaup and Common SCoter have been reported on the nearby Shotwick boating lake recently too

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For anybody interested the good old "Birdwatcher's Diary" has been relaunched thanks to Wirral Rangers and the RSPB.

To get a copy email - wirralcountrypark@wirral.gov.uk

This "Wingspan" cover the 1st 3 months bird watching events around the Dee Estuary and includes some useful phone numbers and web addresses.

It only comes in email format - so if you don't have an email .... hang on we're online now!!!

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Pools still frozen but this may mean you come across a water rail in an unexpected place .... biggrin.gif

PLus 400 ish lapwing roosting on No 1 pool.

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Quiet on the hide pool (No 2)

Ringtail Hen Harrier doing a circuit
2 Peregrines resting on "mounds" over at IMF2




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Cracking Female Sparrowhawk sat on the feeders near the car park today - a bigy too!

Green Woodpecker again seen in and around the car park area.

Female merlin has been seen from the hide hunting over the pools and fields.

Large flocks of linnet roam the arable field on the track down to hide - look for them in the trees along the path as you return from the hide.

More preparation for the new wetland "IMF 2" has taken place today and will continue tomorrow - ther may be some disturbance to the birds on No. 1 pool

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A bit quiet of late but the water rail have been showing well in front of the hide.

A male green woodpecker was foraging on the car park wall !!!

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quick visit on the way home from holiday on anglesey saw 1 vernon and 1 pat full winter plumagebiggrin.gif
2 marsh harriers females
1 spoonbill
1 ruff
1 snipe
a dozen pink feet
baracle in with canada geese
2 buzzards
1 water rail
redshanks,blacktailed godwits and all the usual wildfowl.
didnt get to Parkgate the wifes washing machine was callingcry.gif

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me and vernon spent the morning at the reserve and then onto parkgate and had much the same as you guys 2 dowitchers ,115 golden plover,merlin,water rail showed very well for a changebiggrin.gif 2 buzzard,a couple of female hen harriers ,3 short eared owl, several kestre,cracking close views of a barn owll and quite a few stonechat.
a somewhat short report for me as im a little depressed after losing my camera at the end of the day cry.gifcry.gifthe camera i can replace but the photos could take me years to get againcry.gif

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Hour and a half til dusk today saw excellent views of water rails in front of the hide, golden plovers in with the lapwing, sizeable flocks of shoveler and egrets and also good views of the female merlin - both over the pool and back along the walk to the hide.

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This a.m.
2 Long Billed Dowichersbiggrin.gif,British tick for me.1 Curlew Sandpiper, also Black Tailed Godwits, Golden Plovers, Redshank with all the usual Ducks.
Then at Burton marsh, 2 Hen Harrier, 1 Peregrine, 1 Merlin, 1 Kestrel, 4 Little Egret and 6 Raven.
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Yes indeed 2 long-billed dowithchers are still present this morning and a bonus SPOONBILL!


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Yes Phil "Deeestuary" web site reports that two were there this evening.

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I've heard that one of the Dowitchers was seen back at Inner marsh again this evening.

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A quick update - no long-billed dowitchers since Saturday

22 fieldfare

1 brambling

Passing through last night

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Quick visit this afternoon for the 2 Long-Billed Dowitchers still present and showing well.

Also Curlew Sandpiper, Dunlin, Greenshank and Golden Plover amongst others.

Water Rail also gave some great views in front of the hide.

A Female Hen Harrier and a Sparrowhawk passed through with an eye on the waders.






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A good afternoon's action with a female Merlin putting everything up.
When the birds settled, one Dowitcher re-appeared - both having been flushed this morning and they had dropped out of sight for several hours.

Then a female Hen Harrier put everything up again.

Several Water Rails ran around in front of the hide.

Also 1 Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Ruff and a Stoat.

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The 2 Long-billed Dowitchers still present today till 1000am at least with Curlew Sandpiper, 2 Greenshank, 5 Dunlin, 3 Ruff, 2 Golden Plover, 300+Lapwing, 31 Black-tailed Godwit and Water Rail.

They were later reported still present at 1200hrs by another Mancy birder, TV Comedian and all round "top man", who still to this day claims he has given up on his 2009 yearlist (yeah rightwink.gif) who claims he was passing on his way to IKEA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!confuse.gif

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Long-billed Dowitchers still present 18:00 to 18:20 along with some friendly birders who put me onto the birds and didn't laugh too much when I said - "the bill length is very distinct..." or something similarly daft! Also Ruff, Godwit, Dunlin, Teal and lots of Lapwing. The best thing was watching the Dowitcher feeding action - I can see why people say they're like sewing machines now! Peter

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Nice to catch up with the Long-billed Dowitchers, haven't seen one for a couple of years - also present Stonechat, Dunlin (2), Curlew Sand (1), Ruff (6) Greenshank (4), Kingfisher (1), Water Rail (1), Pintail (2), Knot (1) plus Redshank, Teal, Blackwits and Lapwing and on the marsh later Little Egret, Ring tail Hen Harrier, Kestrel, Buzzard and Peregrine.

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Good News:

The reserve will be open tomorrow due to the continued presence of the 2 long billed dowitchers. However, due to essential maintenance/conservation work being carried out at the back of No. 1 pool there may be some disruptions. We will do our best to ensure that as few birds as possible are disturbed.

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Presuming some of you know but the 2 Long Billed Dowitchers are currrently in front of the hide!

Other birds include:

A Ross's Goose and 2 Barnacles
Continuing the theme a female Mandarin has been reported

A Garganey has also been seen.

Look our for raptors too!

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NIce Selection of waders today:

Greenshank x4
Ruff x6
Dunlin x1
Goldeb Plover x6
Black Tailed Godwits x20ish
Snipe

Water Rail

Merlin (Female) - made another kill, those poor snipe.

Buzzard landing wher the Merlin kill was and looking for scraps.

Good News - The other night a record 315 little egrets were counted coming into the roost!!!

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Been trying to find time to get to IMF for a week - finally got there this evening to find it quite busy due to two Pec Sands... good views but not as good as the ones at Hope Carr earlier this year!

Also a lifer in the form of a Water Rail - right in front of the hide for all of about fifteen seconds - pictures as well.

Others:

Golden Plover
Black Tailed Godwit
Green Sand
Redshank
Greenshank
Lapwings - large flocks
Teal everywhere
15 plus egret
Blackcap
Ruff [at least twelve]

Fantastic evening light and friendly birders - I did feel sorry for those that ran down the hill just as the Pec Sands were spooked and flew off to the west.




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first visit to the reserve today curlew and wood sandpipers, lappys galore redshank,snipe,buzzards,kestrels,and a female merlin that sat on the island in front of the hide eating an unfortunate snipe ,briliant reserve and can only get better maybe next time i will get the hobbys

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