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Geoff Hargreaves


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An hour at lunchtime in the drizzle

1 Oystercatcher over,usual woodland birds around
8 Coot =1 family party with 6 young chicks(the largest brood i,ve seen)
30 House Martin and 30 swallows putting on a great display and flying down the paths avoiding me and the dog walkers by inches

cheers geoff

-- Edited by Geoff Hargreaves on Saturday 9th of June 2012 10:16:28 PM

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Rob Thorpe


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Looking out of the window during an exciting meeting this morning, I observed:
1 Buzzard (over > E)
1 Sparrowhawk (over >E)
2 Swallow (over > N)

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Rob Thorpe


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Thursday 26 April 2012

1 Oystercatcher on Georgia Pacific, early afternoon.

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Wednesday 11 April 2012
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2 Buzzard over race-track
2+ Willow Warbler along Three Sisters Road
1 Chiffchaff still in my office grounds

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Rob Thorpe


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Tuesday 10 April 2012

At least 2 Willow Warbler singing from scrubland along Three Sisters Road, early afternoon.

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Tuesday 27 March 2012

Chiffchaff singing away over my head in our office's small picnic area, whilst I enjoy my coffee break in the sunshine

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Monday 26 March 2012

Chiffchaff singing near the Boating Lake, early afternoon.



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Rob Thorpe


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Friday 23 March 2012

"highlights" from a lunchtime stroll around the industrial estate:

1 Oystercatcher (over)
2 Buzzard (thermalling)
1 ridiculously tame (and/or stupid) Woodpigeon

-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Friday 23rd of March 2012 02:11:07 PM

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Thursday 22 March 2012

Managed to escape from the workhouse for a quick lunchtime stroll in the sunshine.

1 Chiffchaff singing in the wooded area of the GP compound.

A pair of Pied Wagtail have been hanging around the Antler Court area for the last week.

-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Thursday 22nd of March 2012 02:02:25 PM

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Wednesday 21 March 2012

1 Siskin over > north @ 08:30

Also, a Lapwing displaying over the Great Bear Distribution Depot.

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Siskin, 3 Lesser Redpoll, Treecreeper and a singing Goldcrest this afternoon, 29 Mute Swan on the lake

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Friday 24 February 2012
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50+ Black-headed Gull and 2 Common Gull on Georgia Pacific.
14 Pochard on Boating Lake.

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Thursday 23 February 2012, continued...

Early afternoon in the first warm sunshine of the year:

200+ Black-headed Gull, 1 Common Gull, 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull and 1 Pied Wagtail on Georgia Pacific.

7 Pochard and a singing Coal Tit at the Boating Lake.

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Thursday 23 February 2012

1 Siskin NW over Redgate Road at 09:00.

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Wednesday 15 February 2012

Early afternoon walk on my lunch break:

29 Lapwing on the roof of First Manchester depot
128 Black-headed Gull and 1 Common Gull on the site of the now demolished Georgia Pacific warehouse.
1 Pochard (drake) with 6 Tufted Duck on the boating lake
1 Grey Wagtail in flight over the industrial estate

-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Wednesday 15th of February 2012 02:42:44 PM

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Midday wander
1 goosander on the lake
only a flock of goldfinch in the reserve area
the feeding station as busy as ever with cracking views of great spotted woodpecker,willow,coal,blue,great tit,girlie birding at it,s best

cheers geoff

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a Swedish-ringed Black-Headed Gull on the ice this morning

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At least 20 Siskin and 8 Lesser Redpoll this morning, small mobile groups on the site
2 Willow Tits at the feeding station

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Mid morning,trying to escape the gales

Usual small birds at the feeding station,plus a mega
1 nuthatch ,showing well with 3 visits to the closest table

cheers geoff


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Early visit in the rain,
girly birding againgood numbers of chaffinch,bullfinch,greenfinch,willow,coal,blue,longtailed,great tit,all at the feeding station.
A quick look over the wetland area ,1 grey heron, 6 goldfinch,and a fox

cheers geoff

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A mid morning visit to the feeding station,all the usual garden birds,some exellent view,s of willow and coal tit at 1m greater spotted woodpecker at 2m ,upto 15 blue tits on the feeder at oncebiggrin (a little bit of girly birding)very pleasant and with the comfort of a bench and a roof sheer blissbiggrin

cheers geoff(and a wry smile as I remember going to worsley woods to 'tick' coal tit in gm)biggrin 



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Female Peregrine over at 2:30pm today.

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Monday 22 March 2011

A Chiffchaff singing near the main lake, late afternoon.

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Tuesday 18 January 2011

Brief early afternoon visit, on my lunchbreak:
1 Buzzard
2 Common Snipe
1 Woodcock
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 Siskin

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One of the volunteers told me today that there was a single Waxwing present yesterday (31/12/2010) near the entrance to the house from the car park. It wasn't there when I checked this morning, but there's plenty berries left, so worth checking if anyone's going.

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Quick look round this am

Nothing of note,wetland area frozen over,a predictable list from the feeders,good numbers of Jays

cheers geoffbiggrin.gif

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mid morning visit to dodge the rain

lake mallard,coot,moorhen,farm ducks,bh gull and 32 very well fed mute swans
feeders,delightful although there,s no food being put in coal,blue,willow,great tit,gs pecker and deep joy a very showy nuthatch
wetland area 50 goldfinch, nothing else yet

there,s a 'birds seen here' tick list on the notice board and bittern has got a tickbiggrin.gif

cheers geoffbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif

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25/1/10 am

2 Ravens over fields off Landgate Lane (a single earlier, being mobbed over the Wetland Area)
25 Pink-footed Geese NW @ 09:35
1 Sparrowhawk
52 Fieldfare over
2 Common Gull over
1 Nuthatch in Bryn Hall Wood
1 Goldcrest
2 Coal Tit

2 Reed Buntings & 5 Bullfinches at the feeders

36 Mute Swans, 2 Tufted Ducks & 1 Pochard on the (still) half frozen Main Lake



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Tuesday 05 January 2010

On the main lake this evening:
40 Mute Swan
3 Tufted Duck

At the feeding station:
21+ Blackbird
10+ Chaffinch
8+ Robin
5+ Blue Tit
2+ Great Tit
c10 Long-tailed Tit
1 Coal Tit

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Thursday 31 December 2009

09:30 on Main Lake, still almost completely frozen:
37 Mute Swan
2 Common Gull
c150 Black-headed Gull

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Monday 21 December 2009

Wetland area, binocularless, @ 14:00ish:
18 Lapwing over
1 Snipe
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
2 Meadow Pipit

-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Monday 21st of December 2009 03:22:47 PM

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22/11/09 Early morning

2 Buzzards over Bryn Hall Farm
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 3 Coal Tits and 1 Willow Tit at the feeders. Many more Coal Tits around.
2 Kestrel
1 Great Black-backed Gull over
1 Grey Wagtail
8+ Pied Wagtail
1 Fieldfare, handful of Redwing and good numbers of Blackbirds
18 Mute Swans on the Main Lake.

Skein of c90 Pink-footed Geese NW @ 08:35

-- Edited by Ian Woosey on Sunday 22nd of November 2009 03:44:38 PM

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7/11/09 Morning

4 Goosander (redhead), 1 Pochard, 1 Tufted Duck & 21 Mute Swans on the Main Lake,
4 Snipe, 33 Skylark & 1 Cormorant over the Wetland Area,
2 Buzzards & 11 Pied Wagtails in fields @ Bryn Hall Farm,
3 Willow Tits & 2 Coal Tits in the woodland.

Skein of c110 Pink-footed Geese over >NW @ 08:30


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Ian Woosey wrote:

Judith Smith wrote:

When I did the WeBS there on Saturday all I got were 7 Teal, 1 Snipe and 2 Moorhens....




Well this must put it well above Parson`s Meadow, but slightly below Bradley Hall Pool in the Wigan Borough Top20 !? biggrin.gif

Roll Of Honour :
1 Pennington Flash
2 Wigan Flashes
3 Abram Flashes
4 Hope Carr NR
5 Astley Moss
6 Worthington Lakes
7 Orrell Water Park
8 Viridor Wood
9 Haigh Country Park
10 Amberswood
11 Bradley Hall
12 Three Sisters Wetland Reserve
13 Low Hall NR
14 Longshaw, Billinge
15 Red Seas & Crooke
16 Billinge Higher End
17 Bickershaw Rucks
18 Standish Hall Farm
19 Fir Tree Flash
20 Parson`s Meadow

(Discuss the top two.........) sprint.gif



thats bettersprint.gif

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Judith Smith wrote:

When I did the WeBS there on Saturday all I got were 7 Teal, 1 Snipe and 2 Moorhens....




Well this must put it well above Parson`s Meadow, but slightly below Bradley Hall Pool in the Wigan Borough Top20 !? biggrin.gif

Roll Of Honour :

1 = Wigan Flashes
1 = Pennington Flash
3 Abram Flashes
4 Hope Carr NR
5 Astley Moss
6 Worthington Lakes
7 Orrell Water Park
8 Viridor Wood
9 Haigh Country Park
10 Amberswood
11 Bradley Hall
12 Three Sisters Wetland Reserve
13 Low Hall NR
14 Longshaw, Billinge
15 Red Seas & Crooke
16 Billinge Higher End
17 Bickershaw Rucks
18 Standish Hall Farm
19 Fir Tree Flash
20 Parson`s Meadow

(Discuss the top two.........) sprint.gif


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When I did the WeBS there on Saturday all I got were 7 Teal, 1 Snipe and 2 Moorhens....

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Ian McKerchar wrote:

Note the official new name for this site. Sounds marvellous wink.gif




Don't get too excited!

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Note the official new name for this site. Sounds marvellous

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A Kingfisher, c50 House Martins, a few Sand Martins and 2 Swifts at the Wetland Area today, before I was asked to leave as the area isn't yet open to the public. Lots of Horse Flies too rage.gif

-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Sunday 19th of July 2009 05:23:04 PM

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A drake Wigeon with mallards on the wetland area today, a site tick for me wink.gif

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Drake Goosander on the main lake on Monday 30th

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7 goosander....2 pochard..........17 mute swan on lake.at the feeding station 8 bullfinches.

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Rob Thorpe


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a Woodcock over the new wader scrape this evening

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a pair of Goosander on the lake at lunchtime today

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Little Grebe and Kingfisher on the lake this evening

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19 Mute Swan and 11 Tufted Duck on the boating lake tonight. Also 18 Magpie and a singing Chiffchaff at the old BMX track.

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200+ Siskin early morning, possibly leaving a roost site. Didn't seem to be any Redpolls with them

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Single male Mealy Redpoll today near the feeding station.

Info thanks to Dave Broome

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first outing of the year for me. been ill over xmas.

around 40 siskin near car park. had a good scan of them all but no redpoll.

On the lake:
male pintail
pair of goosander
pochard
tufted duck

and the usual stuff, nothing exciting really but started my year list off.

didnt see the barn owl.

went round wigan flashes but didnt stay long because it started chucking it down...

near entrance point by farm nr bryn marsh:
more willow tits,
few siskin and a couple of redpoll

pearsons:
goldeneye,

nr feeder:
reed bunting,
didnt see the brambling



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there was a healthy flock of mistle thrush on viridor wood today by the riding stables. didnt stop to count or check for other species (was jogging) but there must have been at least 40 in the one field.

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