Stamford Park & Boating Lake Ashton-under Lyne.

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

RE: Stamford Park & Boating Lake Ashton-under Lyne.

Iain Johnson · Status: Offline

Saturday 12th Feb - sorry for late posting

Same as Sunday really but one Common Gull on the boating lake and one male gadwall on the duck pond.

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Webs count 9.20-10.20am, weather overcast, trying to rain & wind quite gusty.
Boating lake
16 Goosanders

5 grey herons hiding in firs on island (2 using the nests to stand on)

Steve watch this space!

18 mallard (+2 hybrid)
8 coot
2 pochard
71 canada geese (+2 hybrid)
1 greylag
12 tufted
2 cormorant
63 Black headed gulls
plus greenfinch, blue tit, great tit, long tail, jackdaw, wood pig, blackbird, magpie

Chadkirk
19 canada geese
4 embden
15 tufted
19 mallard (+1 hybrid)
2 coot

Duck pond, quieter than normal
2 canada geese- they looked totally out of place

1 embden
64 mallard (+3 hybrid)

David Bramhall · Status: Offline

SUN 06/02/2011 12:55 - 13:30

Weather: Mild overcast and very windy

Stamford Park Boating Lake

Amongst the Black-headed Gull, Canada Geese and Mallard were sighted.

4 pair Goosander
4 Pochard three male & one female.
1 Great Crested Grebe
9 Coot (approx)
20 Tufted Duck (approx)
1 Grey Heron on the island

Chaddy Dam

Contained a small number of Mallard, Canada Geese and Tufted Duck.

Heads up David

Roger Baker 3 · Status: Offline

Monday 24th Jan. 15.15 - 15.45

2 Waxwing in tree at side of Duck Pond feeder stream.
Gadwall drake in with Mallard on the Duck Pond.

Park Lake only viewed from the road.

c 6 Goosander. 3m + 3 red-heads.
c 4 Pochard
Tufted.
3 Coot.

Roger.

Karen Foulkes · Status: Offline

21/1/11

Duck Pond
drake Gadwall
c60 Mallard

Boating Lake
Greylag
3 Pochard
8 Goosander
16 Tufted Duck
5 Coot
Canada Geese
Mallard
3 Grey Heron in trees on island

Chaddy Dam
14 Tufted Duck
2 Coot
Grey Wagtail
Female Sparrowhawk went for a Robin and almost crashed into the water, it then went for the Robin again, but failed!
4 Embden Geese

Dingle very quiet, apart from c6 singing Woodpigeon

Lots of birds singing in the rest of the park
Also 1 Redwing seen

-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Friday 21st of January 2011 01:23:50 PM

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Webs count 16/01/2011, 9.30-10.30am.
Nice to see lakes clear of ice

Boating lake
Cormorant 2
Gossander 14

Pochard 3
Canada geese 72, hybird 1
greylag 1
coot 8
mallard 4, hybrid 1
tufted 24
black headed gulls 74
grey heron 1
moorhen 1
lots of long tailed tits, great tit, robin, goldfinch, wren and blackbird on carpark side

Chadkirk
canada geese 26
tufted 20
coot 1
mallard 26, hybrid 1
Embden 5
black headed gulls 2

Duck pond
mallard 90
Embden 1
farm duck 2
gadwall 1

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

WEBS count, 9.30-10.30am lakes badly frozen about 96% ice worst I've seen them.
Boating lake
141 canada geese, 1 hybrid
7 coots
17 mallard, 1 hybrid
1 greylag
96 black headed
2 common gull
1 moorhen

Chadkirk lake (completely frozen except patch where stream joins top end)
4 embden
1 canada goose
2 moorhen

Duck pond
118 mallard, 1 hybrid
3 farm ducks
2 gadwall

-- Edited by Rachael Hill on Sunday 19th of December 2010 12:44:19 PM

Karen Foulkes · Status: Offline

Pm

Drake Gadwall present on Duck Pond along with c100 Mallard
3 Embden Geese

Dingle - very quiet

Boating Lake (still mostly frozen)

Not a big fan, but sad to see two very much deceased Canada Geese

c40 Black Headed Gull
5 Moorhen
5 Coot
Canada Geese
Mallard
2 hybrid geese

1 Grey Wagtail
1 Grey Heron over

Goes to show the do not feed the ducks policy doesn't work in these conditions

-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Saturday 11th of December 2010 04:19:28 PM

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Webs count 9.30-10.30am
Boating Lake
1 cormorant
2 heron
11 goosander (hiding around back of lake)
1 great crested grebe
2 pochard
41 canada geese, 2 hybrid
14 mallard
13 tufted
1 moorhen
11 coots
35 black headed gulls

Chadkirk lake
4 embden geese
9 canada geese
1 greylag
1 coot
1 gadwall
12 mallard, 1 hybrid
7 tufted
1 moorhen
7 black headed gulls

Duck pond in park
135 mallard! I hope- they kept moving!!, 1 hybrid
3 farm ducks
1 embdem

Roger Baker 3 · Status: Offline

Fri Nov 5th 06.50 hrs-08.15 hrs.

Of note.

Park Lake.

Tufties c 17 (6m + 11f)
Coot c 15
Redwing c 9 feeding on Hawthorn.

Chadwick Dam.

Tufties c 9 (5m + 4f)
Coot c 11
Greenfinch c 18 in one flock........landed in tree on the island.
Counted over 100 Goldfinch in small flocks on walk round.

Roger.

-- Edited by Roger Baker 3 on Friday 5th of November 2010 09:15:00 AM

Lee Griffiths · Status: Offline

4 til 5 only walked round boating lake
6 Goosander female
19 Tufted duck m/f
1 Greylag
plenty of mallards canda goose .moorhens and coots
plenty of Black-headed Gulls
1 Cormorant
12 long tailed tits
8 blue tits
5 great tits
2 dunnock
1 robin
4 goldfinch
2 grey wagtail
1 chaffinch

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Karen Foulkes wrote:

Must have just missed you Rachael.

Also

2 1st winter Common Gulls
2 ad LBB Gulls flying around over lake

OKay where were they hiding?!

I stood there for ages going through those bloomin gulls & also trying to find any herons. Glad I found the gadwall
Shame we missed each other

Rae

Karen Foulkes · Status: Offline

Must have just missed you Rachael.

Also

2 1st winter Common Gulls
2 ad LBB Gulls flying around over lake

In the Dingle

2 Nuthatch
8 Great Tit
10 Blue Tit
4 Coal Tit
8+ LT Tit
Chaffinch
Robin
Wren
Song Thrush
Blackbird

Also Nuthatch in trees close to Stamford Road

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

WEBS counts 10/10/10 11.30-12.20am beautiful sunny day

Boating lake
black headed gull 120
canada geese 79, hybrid 1
Mallard 15, hybrid 1
greylag 1
tufted 19
coot 7
embden 1 (youngester is hanging with canada geese)

Chadkirk lake
fishing club doing great job of replanting all sides & duck island seems to have a decent sized duck house now! Think they have disturbed the normal group of canada geese/embden on to main lake (watched them land before).
canada geese 12
Mallard 12, hybrid 1
emden 4
coot 2
gadwall 1 (male)

I love spotting these hiden amongst the mallards

Duck pond
Mallard 109 hybrid 3
embden 1
plus grey wagtail fltiing along the feeder stream.

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Listing from WEBS count on Sunday 19th Sept 2010, 9.45-11.00am
Also, met fishing club members who have done a great job this year working on chadkirk lake: diggers reshaping banks, making fishing areas, moving bullrushes to encourage fish and planning on putting bird nesting boxes up on island. Also reported that some have seen a kingfisher but a bit elusive. Going to restock lake & don't mind sharing with the herons

Really friendly people with a passion to getting the best for chadkirk lake & encouraging wildlife. They plan to set up introductory sessions to fishing using their gear too (once per month).

Boating Lake
41 Canada geese, 2 hybrids
1 greylag
35 mallard, 1 hybrid
4 tufted
15 coots
2 grey heron
2 pochard
5 black headed gulls

Chadkirk lake
33 mallard, 2 hybrid
32 canada geese
3 coot
1 tufted
5 embden
3 black headed gulls
1 grey wagtail

Duck pond in main park
24 mallard, 1 hybrid
3 white ducks
plus lots of pigeons

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Better late than never... listing from last week
25th Aug 2010, 11.30-12.30

Main boating lake
48 canada geese (+1 hybrid)
74 mallard (=1 hybrid)
1 greylag
6 coot
4 tufted
1 pochard
15 Black headed gulls
3 magpie
30+ feral pigeon

Chadkirk lake
4 adult Embden, 1 youngster
1 gadwall
23 mallard
23 canada geese
2 coot
3 tufted
5 blackheaded gulls

Bill Myerscough · Status: Offline

14th August.

PM visit.

Drake Mandarin

in moult on the lowest of the three water bodies here.

2 Nuthatch in the Dingle - even though it is getting late for proving breeding for this species I got a little excited when I watched one carrying food! - what appeared to be a seed or small nut. However, it proceeded to bury this item of food in a large area of moss growing on an oak tree. Watched it do the same thing again a few minutes later - wasn't aware until today that this species cached food!

Also c215 Mallard, c145 Feral Pigeon, c130 Canada Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 6 Embden Geese and 13 Tufted Duck - inc possible juveniles. 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Swallow and 1 Sand Martin.

Cheers,

Bill.

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

10.30-12.20
Main park
blackbird 3
robin2
woodpigeon 7
blue tits 4
magpie 3
coal tit 2
Duck pond
Mallard 25
canada geese 3
farm ducks 2
embden 1
Dingle
jays 6
blackbird 2
songthrush 1
nuthatch 1
robin 1
magpie 2
boating lake
1 swallow

3 sandmartin
1 blackcap

2 coot
96 canada geese
1 hybrid canada geese
1 greylag
12 tufted duck
5 mallard
1 hybrid mallard
1 grey heron
1 great crested grebe
1 grey wagtail
6 magpie
1 wren
2 blackbird
2 bluetit
2 jays
feral pigeon
Chadkirk lake
4 embden
14 mallard
12 canada geese
9 tufted
1 coot
3 blackheaded gulls

shaun arrand · Status: Offline

Quick visit to the boating lake this afternoon:

1 grey heron,
18 Tufted ducks,
1 Juvenile Cormorant,
2 Greylag,
78 Canada geese,
1 hybrid,
2 Coot,
1 Great Crested Grebe sitting on nest

-- Edited by shaun arrand on Tuesday 6th of April 2010 04:30:39 PM

Steven Astley · Status: Offline

I have only heard this once where jays were making buzzard type calls and that was at the beginning of April.
Breeding calls sounds like a good theory.

John Rayner · Status: Offline

Bill Myerscough wrote:

2 Jays giving Buzzard like calls.

I heard 2 today at Adswood Tip making passable Tawny Owl 'ke-wick' sounds, but a bit softer. Almost certainly courtship calls.

Cheers, John

Bill Myerscough · Status: Offline

31st March.

10.00 - 11.30 am.

2 Jays giving Buzzard like calls. I looked through my old notebooks and computer records to see when I had last heard these type of calls before and they were at Clayton Vale on 12/4/09 and Harpurhey Ponds on 5/4/09. I can't recall hearing this species giving these Buzzard type calls at any other times of the year - so maybe they just have something to do with courtship etc?

Also 2 Coal Tits calling, 1 Goldcrest singing, 1 Nuthatch singing, 19 Tufted Duck, 2 singing Chiffchaff and a flock of c35 finches feeding on alder cones was very roughly split between equal numbers of Lesser Redpoll

and Goldfinch. 9 singing/displaying Dunnocks and 4 singing Wrens as well. 1 Grey Heron. 3 Song Thrush - 2 of which were singing. Quite a noisy morning!

Cheers,

Bill.

-- Edited by Bill Myerscough on Wednesday 31st of March 2010 05:10:38 PM

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

11.30am
Quick visit, no counts
Mallards, coots, canada geese, greylag goose, moorhen, tufted ducks
No herons

hopefully just off for a visit somewhere

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

9.30-11.00am
Boating Lake
121 canada geese
2 hybrid
1 greylag
16 mallard
1 hybrid
1 great crested grebe
1 cormorant
2 grey heron
22 tufted ducks
8 coots
18 black headed gulls
4 emdben geese

Duck pond
66 mallard
1 embden
2 farm ducks

Main park
13+ redwing

1 jay (very close encounter

)
woodpigeon
robin
blackbird
goldcrest
magpie
chaffinch
wren
blue tit
great tit
carrion crow
dunnock

Karen Foulkes · Status: Offline

A circuit of the park this morning and I saw the following:-

Duck Pond
Mallard
Mandarin drake
Gadwall imm drake moulting into adult plumage

Boating Lake
4 Goosander 2 male and 2 female
Coot
Canada Goose
Coot
Mallard
Tufties
2 Greylag
Black Headed Gull
Sparrowhawk

Nature Reserve
Coot
1 drake Tuftie
40 Redwing in trees around pool
Song Thrush
2 Goldfinch
Chaffinch male singing
2 Blue Tit
5 Magpie
Herring Gull over

Woodland
Blue Tit
Great Tit
2 Long Tailed Tit
Robin
Dunnock
Wren
Blackbird
Song Thrush
Coal Tit
Nuthatch
2 Goldcrest (male singing)

Not 3 bad

-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Saturday 27th of February 2010 08:54:58 PM

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Hi all, WEBS again (a day late as been away)
9.40-10.30
5% ice (only back corner now)
Lake much more active again

1 cormorant (first seen here this year since the big freeze)
2 great crested grebes
187 black headed gulls
2 lesser black backed gulls
129 canada geese
2 X canada
2 greylag
12 mallard
1 Xmallard
21 tufted ducks
6 coots
1 goosander
1 pochard
1 grey heron
5 embden geese
Plus on duck pond in Stamford Park
1 mandarin

(IN TAMESIDE!!!, not seen since October)
138 mallard
1 gadwall
1 embden
2 farm ducks

-- Edited by Rachael Hill on Monday 22nd of February 2010 03:02:53 PM

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Hi all, did WEBS counts for here today, amazingly still over 90% ice on main lake, 80% back lake and all the paths solid ice. Geese desperate for food, I think they have been deserted by families. The car park has been cleared but they have piled it on the path to the steps to the lake in massive mounds

9.10-10.10am
Mallard 35
Mallard hybrid 3
Tufted ducks 3
pochard 1

(female, nearly missed it- sleeping around the back of group)
canada geese 76
Canada hybrid 2
Black headed gulls 77
common gull 3
embden geese 5 (survived Xmas dinners!)
Greylag 1
goosader 3 (2 male, 1 female)

coots 6
Grey heron 2
(12 year old son fell over twice in mud

)

Checked out duck pond, down in the park (curious, with all the ice on lake). Pond was ice free & well fed by families
10.15-10.20
Mallard 126 ish
Gadwall 1 (resident female)
embden 1
white ducks (?) 2

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Christmas stroll to work up a good appetite!
15.00-16.00
Main boating lake, totally frozen except for small area by main road.
70+ canada geese
2 hybrid canadas
1 greylag
15 mallard
2 hybrid mallard
7 coots
40+ black headed gulls
30 feral pigeons
8 woodpigeon
1 blackbird
1 grey heron

stamford park duck pond
1 gadwall
2 white farm ducks
2 embden
1 muscovy
40+ mallards

Park
blue tits,
great tits
coal tits
robins
blackbirds
collared doves
wood pigeons
magpie
carrion crow

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Judith Smith wrote:

I did my WeBS yesterday and spent today doing my Christmas baking (after a short venture to pay homage to the GW Teal along the skating rink known as the towpath at Horrocks Flash. So you can call in for that chocolate and mince pie any time, Rachel! Merry Christmas!

Home baking..... that sounds fab! I'm on my way
Rae

Judith Smith · Status: Offline

I did my WeBS yesterday and spent today doing my Christmas baking (after a short venture to pay homage to the GW Teal along the skating rink known as the towpath at Horrocks Flash. So you can call in for that chocolate and mince pie any time, Rachel! Merry Christmas!

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Hi all, bloomin cold but great walk- Judith you owe me a hot chocolate!!
WEBS count
98% frozen plus snow on top, & snowing heavily
2 boats gone (presumed in storage) where BH gulls usually roost with cormorants & herons
9.30-10.20am
3 grey heron
1 greylag goose
40 canada geese
19 mallard
5 moorhen
2 coot
1 hybrid mallard
2 hybrid canada goose
5 greylag goose domestic (EMBDEN!!)
54 black headed gulls

3 carrion crow
4 black birds
1 wren
1 dunnock
4 robins
5 magpies
12 feral pigeons
6 woodpigeons
heard long tailed tits
MERRY CHRISTMAS

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

the cold weather & we didn't have any bread

(you should have seen the pushy embdens!)

Rob Thorpe · Status: Offline

Rachael Hill wrote:

1 cross mallard
2 cross canada geese

What were they cross about?

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

22/11/2009 13.20-14.05
1 Great crested grebe
4 cormorant (most I've seen here)
1 grey heron
1 grelag
146 canada geese
19 mallard
24 tufted ducks
3 goosanders
9 coots
1 cross mallard
2 cross canada geese
5 embden geese
140 BH gulls

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

11/10/09 9.15-10.25am
1 cormorant
1 grey heron
1 greylag goose
62 canada geese
1 mandarin duck (never seen this here before

) disappeared on to island
32 mallard
8 tufted duck
2 moorhen
5 coot
2 hybrid mallard
2 hybrid canada geese
5 embden geese
82 blackheaded gulls
plus jackdaws, blackbirds, robins, longtailed tits & heard woodpecker
Rae

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

8.45-9.05am
96 canada geese + 1 cross
2 greylag
9 coots
12 tufted ducks
54 mallard
1 female gadwall getting picked on by everything
2 grey heron
44 black headed gulls
1 lesser black-backed gull
1 cormorant- after swimming around, preened itself on a float, lost its balance & after lots of wing flapping to try & regain balance it belly flopped straight on its face in the water

really funny!! Flew off and sunbathed in the trees.

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Sunday 12.00-12.20
Main boating lake- very busy & boats on lake = no herons

Usual suspects:
130+ canada geese
3 greylag geese
4 coots
8 mallard plus 1 female with approx 5 ducklings
6 tufted ducks
1 blackbird
2 carrion crow
2 magpie

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

21.15
Main boating lake
1 adult grey heron on boat
40 canada geese
15 tufted ducks
1 great crested grebe
10 mallards
1 coot
2 blackbirds
1 song thrush
50+ swifts
8+ house martins
2 wood pigeon
1 magpie

pond behind main lake
65 canada geese & 29 goslings
15 tufted ducks
10 mallards
1 moorhen
lots & lots of midges!!!

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

8th June 2009
13.45-13.55
Quick duck feed!
Main boating lake
135 canada geese, 2 cross breed
1 greylag
3 tufted ducks
1 coot
1 magpie
1 blackbird
3 grey herons on island
35 feral pigeon
all birds were adults (babies were on back pond last week)
Rae

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

4/06/09
10.30-14.40
Boating lake
canada geese 110+, & 2 cross canada/white farm

coots 4
mallard 7
wood pigeon 2
feral pigeon 20+
cormorant 1
grey heron 3

path & pond behind boating lake
canada geese 70+ and 26 goslings
mallard 8 plus 2 with 8 ducklings
tufted ducks 10
coot 1 plus 1 baby
magpie 4
grey wagtail 2
swalllow 2
sand martin 4
house martin 6
blue tits 3
blackbird 4
dunnock 1
house sparrows 4
chaffinch 4
robin 2
carrion crow 2

duck pond in stamford park
mallards 7 plus 2 with 7 ducklings

Bill Myerscough · Status: Offline

Some late sightings I forgot to add from last week!

Sparrowhawk, Nuthatch, Goldcrest, Jay, 1 Grey Heron, 1 Swallow, 1 singing Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff - 3 foraging as a loose "flock" and 1 singing, c30 Tufted Duck and 6 Goosanders.

Cheers,

Bill.

-- Edited by Bill Myerscough at 16:06, 2008-04-21