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RE: Houghton Green Flash


This evening;

Yellow wagtail 3 males

Common Sandpiper 1

Little ringed plover 2

 



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A quick visit on my way to work this morning:

 

Dunlin 1

Common sandpiper 1

Little ringed plover 2

Yellow wagtail 2 (male and female - the first female yellow wagtail I've seen this year).

Gadwall 1

 



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This evening:

White wagtail 1

Gadwall 3

Tufted duck 2

Little grebe 1



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Nice sunny morning visit, 7.30 - 8.15am

Yellow Wagtail 1m
White Wagtail 2
Little Grede
Shoveler 3
Gadwall 2
Buzzard

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This evening;

Little ringed plover 2

Yellow wagtail 1 male

White wagtail 2

Gadwall 4 (2 pairs)

Little grebe 2



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Yellow Wagtail - 2 Male( Flew off NW High just before I left at 2pm
White Wagtail- 2 Male
Pied Wagtail-7...
Grey Wagtail -1 Pair
Willow Warbler-1
Shelduck- 1 Pair
Little Grebe - 1 Pair
Lapwing -12
Chiffchaff-1
Gadwall -1 Pair



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Yellow wagtail 2 (4 yesterday) all males

Little ringed plover 1

White wagtail 1

Shoveler 2 (pair)

Gadwall 4 (2 pair)



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Yellow wagtail 1 stunning male
White wagtail 1
Little ringed plover 3
Swallow 1
Shoveler 2 (male and female)
Grey wagtail 2
Little grebe 1
Wigeon 1 female
Willow warbler 1 singing

 



-- Edited by colin davies on Monday 4th of April 2016 10:30:58 PM



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Willow Warbler - 1 a stunning new arrival in brilliant nick
Lttle Ringed Plover- 2
Shoveler - 7 - 
Gadwall- 2 pair
Little Grebe-2
Common Buzzards 2 in talon tumbling display flight
Swallow- 5
House Martin -1 -chased off by the swallows
Sand Martin-10
Wigeon-1
Teal-4
Tufted Duck-2
Reed Bunting-4
chiffchaff -4
Mallard - 8



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Little Ringed Plover - 2
Widgeon-1
Shoveler-4
Chiffchaff-1
Mallard-4
Gadwall-3
Teal -4
Little Grebe-2
Swallow - 10
Sand Martin- 10
Rooks - at least 36 occupied nests by the pool
Pied Wagtail-8
Common Buzzard-1



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Early evening:

Little ringed plover 1
Goldeneye 2 (male and female)
Teal 3
Gadwall 1 pair
Wigeon 8
Tufted duck 4
Little grebe 1

 



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Shoveler - 2 pair
Goldeneye- 1 Female
Gadwall- 1 pair
Teal - 1 pair
Little Grebe- 1
Wigeon-8
Mallard-4
Grey Partridge-4
Pied Wagtail-6
Common Buzzard-1

 



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No sign of the little ringed plover late afternoon, but there was a female goldeneye.



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Little Ringed Plover 1, Was hoping overnight rain would of added to the tally
Pied Wagtail 3
Shoveler 4
Gadwall 2
Wigeon 4

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First little ringed plover of the year at the flash this afternoon, also 2 gadwall (male & female), 6 wigeon, 1 little grebe and 4 grey partridge.



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40 Wigeon this afternoon



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With the recent rains partially re-flooding the flash the walk around it produced an interesting array of birds among the mix of riparian and rank vegetation.

Wigeon 36

Mallard 12

Lapwing 30

Oystercatcher 2

Black Headed Gulls 50

Kestrel male

Grey Partridge 2

Magpie 16

Mistle Thrush 2

Song Thrush 9 (7 feeding on the ground & 2 singing from nearby trees)

Pied Wagtail 11

Goldfinch 30

along with a few of the usual's.



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I called in at the Flash today on my way home to see if the winters heavy rain has had much of an affect, and indeed it has. Water levels are considerably up compared to late summer when I was last there, the main problem now is that there is very little muddy shoreline for waders because the tall vegetation is flooded. Still not a lot on the water, I saw just three species, 42 wigeon, 20+ mallard and a couple of coots, but at least it's looking like it might be worth a look occasionally.



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Called in this afternoon ,the puddle left is about 20 feet across,and contained no birds. If you consider it used to be half a mile to walk round the pool ,you can see its gone now as a real wetland bird site :(

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Ringed plover 1
Little ringed plover 4
Little grebe 1 adult
Yellow wagtail 2 juveniles
Lapwing 10

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Little ringed plover 4
Little grebe 1
Lapwing 10
Yellow wagtail 1

Not much left of the "flash" now. It's at least a metre lower than it was in the spring. It might just survive the summer and perhaps get a reprise with winter rains, but it could just as easily disappear by the end of August. One thing I can guarentee, water extraction will stop soon.......

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Two male yellow wagtails today but not much else.

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Two yellow wagtails and two grey partridge this morning, no sign of sanderling or any other waders of note.

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3 sanderling this morning at 5:30am and still present at 19.00 also 2 yellow wagtails.



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Ringed plover and oystercatcher present this evening. That's 9 species of wader for me at this site in the past couple of months but mainly all singles of each.

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8.45-9.15ish

2 Yellow Wagtail (Flava) males
Lapwing with two young


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Very quiet at the moment, a single redshank and yellow wagtail the highlights, plus the usuals. Still, over the past few weeks black-tailed godwit, redshank, dunlin and green sandpiper have all managed to stay more than a day despite the constant disturbance, so maybe a Temminck's stint or curlew sandpiper will be next??

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A single dunlin was the highlight this evening.

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Thanks John. Complicated things these races of yellow wagtail. I did see two channel wagtails last year and they were much brighter than this, but then again they were both males. Females are a nightmare!

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colin davies wrote:

Possible female blue-headed wagtail at the flash this evening (photos on my blog), male yellow wagtail and single redshank.




It looks like one of the channel wagtails you get now and again see Ians Article on the main site ,The pool has had visits before of Channel wagtails over the last few years.

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Possible female blue-headed wagtail at the flash this evening (photos on my blog), male yellow wagtail and single redshank.

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Singles of Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Yellow Wagtail and Pied Wagtail today.

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Hobby again this evening, also 2 dunlin, 1 redshank, 1 common sandpiper and a yellow wagtail

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Hobby again over the flash this evening, also shelduck, common sandpiper, redshank and 2 yellow wagtails.



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An awesome hobby flew through chasing swallows at high speed late afternoon. Also 2 common sandpipers and a redshank, but no sign of the blue-headed wagtail, just a single yellow wagtail.



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A cracking blue-headed wagtail with at least two male yellow wagtails this evening. Rubbish photos on my blog "Birds to Bryophytes". Also a couple of redshanks.



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This evening, 1 Black-tailed godwit, 2 redshanks, 2 little ringed plover.



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Very little of note apart from
Linnet-25
Lapwing - 1 pair with 3 young
Shelduck-1 Female
Common Sandpiper-1
Swallow-1
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1 x Little Ringed Plover and 1 x Yellow Wagtail on the flash this morning at 11.45am.


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Early am highlights Black necked Grebe 2 Redshank 2 Grey Partridge 2

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Around 17:30

2 Little Ringed Plover
2 Redshank
4 Wigeon
2 Pied Wagtail
6 Mallard

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Little Ringed Plover - 4
Oystercatcher-2
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On the way back from The Woolston Eyes Nature Reserve, George Dunbar and I made a brief stop. No sign of yesterday's two Mediterranean Gulls among the 750 Black-headed Gulls, 13 Common Gulls and 2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Two Oysercatchers and 11 Tufted Dck were also present.

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JOHN TYMON wrote:

I never thought that would happen in this day and age ,its a warning to everyone ,enjoy what you have as you never know whats going to happen. Formerly my local patch when only me knew how good it was really and one of the best sites in the area,200+ wigeon all winter ,Black necked grebes were so common in spring and summer ,I hardly took much notice on most visits, Black Terns waders in abundance in spring, and the water board was given permission to extract water to send to st Helens and look whats happened. I f the pool had been owned by the public or Warrington council ,it would never have happened, but because it was privately owned ,there was nothing that could have been done, as the owner allowed the extraction.
I cannot visit any more ,it annoys and upsets me as much at the same time.
Its tragic what can happen to a great wildlife site if not protected in any way.cry

-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Thursday 5th of March 2015 06:38:39 AM



In total agreement John, this is such a shame for a fantastic site, as you say a warning to us all to appreciate the locations we cover now. Fond memories of my first ever Lesser Yellowlegs here in the 1990's.
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Pete Astles wrote:

Holy moly !!!!!!!

Drove past today on way back from the eyes almost ALL the water has gone

Pretty much the finish of this place by the looks why is it being drained ?





I never thought that would happen in this day and age ,its a warning to everyone ,enjoy what you have as you never know whats going to happen. Formerly my local patch when only me knew how good it was really and one of the best sites in the area,200+ wigeon all winter ,Black necked grebes were so common in spring and summer ,I hardly took much notice on most visits, Black Terns waders in abundance in spring, and the water board was given permission to extract water to send to st Helens and look whats happened. I f the pool had been owned by the public or Warrington council ,it would never have happened, but because it was privately owned ,there was nothing that could have been done, as the owner allowed the extraction.
I cannot visit any more ,it annoys and upsets me as much at the same time.
Its tragic what can happen to a great wildlife site if not protected in any way.cry

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Holy moly !!!!!!!

Drove past today on way back from the eyes almost ALL the water has gone

Pretty much the finish of this place by the looks why is it being drained ?

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Did a quick stop at the ever-dwindling pool, on my way back from Woolston Eyes. Highlight was a late Common Sandpiper.

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Had a wander round Winwick this morning, starting with 9 Tree Sparrows among the House Sparrows in the garden, plus 2 Common Gulls among the score of Lesser Black-backed Gulls on the field behind the house. A Sparrowhawk then came into the garden, spooking everything, So I set off for Houghton Green Pool, where the much reduced water levels meant that just 1 Redshank, 44 Mallards and 1 Coot were the on the water. Around the margins, however, masses of seed-bearing plants were attracting lots of passerines, with 115 Linnets, 42 Meadow Pipits and 11 Reed Buntings counted. Then, walking up Highfield Lane, 3 Yellowhammers, 135 Starlings, 5 Skylarks, 10 Linnets and 4 Swallows (still around the farm) were noted. Checking out a boggy copse, looking for Teal, instead produced an early Woodcock. Then homewards along Waterworks Lane to finish with 35 Skylarks, 2 Mistle Thrushes and 2 Redpolls. Then a nice cup of tea!

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7 - 7:30pm today, 4 common sandpipers, 8 yellow wagtails, 2 common swifts, 18 tufted ducks, 2 little grebes

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Quick pop in this aft
Ruff- 1 Juvenile
Little Grebe-2
Little ringed plover-1
Common Sandpiper-1

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