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RE: Flixton, including Lagoons and Barton/Irlam Locks


Three swallows over Irlam Locks at 3:30pm and a flock of nine sand martins over the water treatment works just afterwards.

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Common Sandpiper on the fenced off jetty at the locks 10:30

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Female Merlin hunting around the horse paddocks adjacent to the locks/etw at 12:30

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Afternoon visit.

Jack Lane nr / duttons pond..

1 sand martin over
Water rails heard, 2 eventually seen
Cettis warbler heard
1 Reed bunting
12 chiffchaffs
1 goldcrest
2-3 sparrowhawks
2 buzzards
2 stock doves
2 pied wagtails
1 grey heron
4 redpoll

There was a large flock of greenfich & goldfinch along main footpath at green hill, amongst them there was at least 4 chaffinch & 2 siskin.



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Morning visit to ETW and Ship Canal.

Kingfisher 1
Great Crested Grebe 3
Mute Swan 4 adults.
Oystercatcher 2
Cormorant 7
Gadwall 2
Mallard 15+
Pied Wagtail 2
Grey Wagtail 4
Chiffchaff 1
Stock Dove 1
Skylark 1
BH Gull 30+
GBB Gull 1 immature.
LBB Gull 2
Herring Gull 6
Canada Geese 4
House Sparrow 40+

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Morning visit, flixton etw & ship canal...

2 sand Martins at Irlam locks.
Now 3 oystercatchers
300+ black-headed gulls
1 great black-backed gull
3 lesser black-backed gulls
4 Herring gulls
3 cormorants
2 grey wagtails
Only 1 pied wagtail
1 grey heron
5 mute swans
2 stock doves
1 chiffchaff
4 buzzards


-- Edited by steven burke on Saturday 16th of March 2024 03:06:19 PM

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11.15 - 12pm, Flixton etw & ship canal.

600+ black-headed gulls
1 common gull
6 Herring gulls
3 lesser-black backed gulls
4 cormorants
2 mute swans
2 oystercatcher
28+ pied wagtails
4 grey wagtails
1 stock dove
2 chiffchaffs, 1 singing
1 goldcrest

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ETW/Ship Canal:

Buzzard 2
Kestrel 1 male.
Sparrowhawk 1 female.
Grey Wagtail 4
Pied Wagtail 10+
Coot 1
Moorhen 1
Mute Swan 2 adults.
Cormorant 10+
Mallard 15+
Herring Gull 4
LBB Gull 2
GBB Gull 1 2nd cy.
BH Gull 200+

Jack Lane:

Cetti's Warbler 1 seen singing in NW corner.
Water Rail 2 heard.
Goldcrest 2 singing.

General Sightings:

Chiffchaff 1
Willow Tit 1 short song, south of ETW, near pylon.

etc.etc.etc.


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We saw 5 buzzards circling high above Urmston Meadows on Friday - Church Road direction, so very likely the same column you saw Steven.

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Midday visit.

Flixton etw & ship canal...

200+ Black-headed gulls
5 Herring gulls
1 lesser-black backed gull
1 oystercatcher
5 pied wagtails
3 grey wagtails
3 cormorant
1 kestrel
1 great spotted woodpecker
Chiffchaff heard on the Irlam side of the locks.
A dead great crested grebe was along the roadside near townend farm.

Jack Lane...

Cettis warbler heard only as were numerous water rails.
1 Reed bunting
2 bullfinch
2 ravens
8 buzzards, 5 together in the air
1 kestrel
1 meadow pipit
Plus usuals.


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A walk down to the locks this morning

Black-headed Gull
Blue Tit
Bullfinch
2 Buzzard
3 Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
2 Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Cormorant
Dunnock
Feral Pigeon
Gadwall
Goldfinch
Great Tit
Grey Wagtail
Herring Gull
House Sparrow
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Magpie
Mallard
Moorhen
Mute Swan
2 Oystercatcher
Pied/White Wagtail
Robin (
Sparrowhawk
Starling
Woodpigeon
Wren


-- Edited by Martin Whittam on Monday 19th of February 2024 10:03:53 AM

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Flixton ETW/Canal:

Oystercatcher 2
Grey Wagtail 2
Pied Wagtail 20+
Mallard 10+
Mute Swan 2 adults.
Cormorant 5
Gadwall 2
Coot 1
Moorhen 2
Goldcrest 1
BH Gull 20+
LBB Gull 5
Herring Gull 1
Magpie 20+
etcetcetc.


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Wellacre Country Park...North side only.

Jack Lane NR:
Water Rail 2 heard.

Wellacre College Field:
Common Gull 6
Herring Gull 2 adults, 1 immature.
Black-headed Gull 30+
Rook 18
Jackdaw 19

Dutton's Pond:
Moorhen 6
Mallard 2

General Sightings:
Chiffchaff 4
Song Thrush 4 singing.
Goldcrest 2
Mistle Thrush 1
Magpie 60+

etc.etc.etc.


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Afternoon visit, another area soon to be a local patch. Much the same as phils sightings at the ETW & ship canal.

Oystercatcher on the locks
2 great black-backed gulls
1 great crested grebe
5 gadwall
1 meadow pipit over
1 goldcrest
2 stock doves
Plus usuals.

Jack Lane NR

1 chiffchaff
3 goldcrest
5 chaffinch
4 lapwings over
Water rails & cettis warbler heard only
25+ redwings
2 mistle thrush




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Flixton ETW/Ship Canal.

Oystercatcher 1 has arrived back from it's beach holiday.
Chiffchaff 1
Pied Wagtail 50+ in fields alongside canal.
Reed Bunting 3 males with the Pied Wags.
Grey Wagtail 3
House Sparrow 50+
Starling 10+
Coot 2
Moorhen 5
Mallard 15+
Mute Swan 2 adults.
Gadwall 12
Teal 1
Cormorant 6
BH Gull 250+
GBB Gull 3
Herring Gull 3
Common Gull 1
LBB Gull 1

etc...34 species in total.


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A Common Sandpiper on a jetty at Irlam Locks this morning.

Black-headed Gull 220+
LBB gull 2
Herring Gull 2 at the ETW.
Common Gull 4 overhead.
Cormorant 4
Mute Swan 4
Gadwall 1 male, 1 female.
Tufted Duck 3
Coot 3
Moorhen 3
Grey Wagtail 1
Pied Wagtail 10+
Jackdaw 24 overhead.
Chaffinch 2
Goldcrest 1

etc.etc.etc...29 species.

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48 Lapwing on one of the Jetty's at Irlam Locks 11am

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Late report again, for January 4th. Wellacre CP., North of railway only.

Jack Lane NR:

Chiffchaff 1
Water Rail 1 heard.
Cetti's Warbler 1 heard.

Dutton's Pond:

Moorhen 8
Mallard 6

General sightings:

Meadow Pipits 20+
Pied Wagtail 80+
RN Parakeet 2
etc.etc.etc.

40 species.

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Late report, more for local interest, on 23rd December.

Flixton Park...regular 150+ Black-headed Gulls.

Looking west off Mile Road...70+ Lapwings, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls with a few Black-headed Gulls.

Wellacre College...regular Herring Gull adult pair.

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Irlam to Barton Locks 171223

68 Mallard

75 Gadwall

23 Tufted Duck

11 Goldeneye

3 Stock Dove

2 Grey Wagtail

11 Mute Swan

1 Kingfisher

4 Little Grebe...numbers down quite a lot compared to previous years in my experience

2 Siskin

1 Goldcrest

31 Cormorant

8 Common Gull

184 Teal.



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Common Sandpiper at the Ship Canal (from the end of the railway path at Wellacre CP)
Snipe 2 landed on Dutton's Pond island briefly
Pink-footed Goose 70 > NW at 10.59
Tufted duck 1 ship canal
Water Rail 1 Jack Lane

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Irlam to Barton Locks 261123

8 Goldeneye

13 Mute Swan

24 Cormorant

44 Mallard

7 Little Grebe

1 Green Sandpiper

2 Goldcrest

5 Redwing

52 Gadwall

17 Teal

2 Buzzard

1 Kingfisher

2 Kestrel---1 with Prey

 

 



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Jack Lane:

Cetti's Warbler 1 singing at western end.
Lesser Redpoll 1 over.
Goldcrest 3
Jay 1
Sparrowhawk 1 male.

Wellacre School field:

Common Gull 2 adults.

Flixton ETW/Canal:

Grey Wagtail 1
Grey Heron 2
GBB Gull 4adults, 1 juv.
BH Gull 180+
Cormorant 4
House Sparrow 40+

etc.etc.etc.




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Goosander 1
Great Crested Grebe 2
Water Rail 1
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Peregrine 2 (pair)
Cetti's Warbler 1
Fieldfare 10


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Wellacre CP / Jack Lane / MSC

Pink-footed Goose 247. 142 > W 2 08.57, 75 > W @ 08.53, 57 > NW @ 09.02 over Green Hill
Water Rail 3 heard at Jack Lane
Great Black-backed Gull 1 MSC / Irlam lock
Kingfisher 1 Jack Lane
Chiffchaff 1 singing at Jack Lane
Cetti's Warbler 1 seen and heard singing at Jack Lane
Treecreeper 1
Redwing 22
Fieldfare 9
Meadow Pipit 11
Redpoll 4
Siskin 3

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A damp Saturday stroll round Wellacre Country Park 1:55 - 3:25. Highlights: dozens of redwings and blackbirds in the hedgerows; pairs of willow tit, goldcrest and treecreeper in a mixed tit flock at Jack Lane, also a couple of sparring water rails and a cameo by the Cetti's warbler; and 300+ starlings on the electricity pylons by the water treatment works.

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Good close up view of Cetti's Warbler from the path in the centre of Jack Lane NR. 8 am

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Wellacre CP, North side only.

Jack Lane:

Cetti's Warbler 1 singing.
Lesser Redpoll 1
Water Rail 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Moorhen 1
Redwings
Mallard 2

Wellacre College Field:

Herring Gull 2
BH Gull 20+
Rook 8
RN Parakeet 1

General Sightings:

PinkFooted Geese 25+ over west at 1110.
Chiffchaff 1
Bullfinch 5+
Goldcrest 3

My garden:

Nuthatch 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1

etc.etc.etc.



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Wander round Wellacre Country Park 1:40 - 3:50, highlights: 30+ blackbirds and at least a dozen song thrushes in Wellacre Wood; water rail at Jack Lane, I missed the crowds of redwings but there were still a few with the blackbirds in the hawthorns, a mistle thrush was my first at this site; 32 redwings over Green Hill and half a dozen jays in the oak saplings up top.

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Approx 200 Redwing at Jack Lane NR 11am
Water rail heard, Buzzard & Sparrow Hawk over
Goldcrests mixed in with long Tailed Tits
Little Grebe and Kingfisher below on Canal below locks

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Flixton ETW/Ship Canal.

Swallow 3
Meadow Pipit 1
Grey Wagtail 1
Pied Wagtail 1
LBB Gull 2
Moorhen 2
Grey Heron 2
Mute Swan 12
Cormorant 6
BH Gull 40+
Mallard 30+
Starling 50+


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Cetti's Warbler singing in the reedbeds at Jack Lane NR. 11am

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Wellacre Country Park - Green Hill & Dutton's Pond

Pink-footed Goose 276, 36 > E @ 08.08, 63 > E @ 08.31, 169 > E @ 08.54, 8 > W @ 09.22
Lapwing 1
Willow Tit 1 Green Hill 53.441646, -2.395201
Skylark 1 > S
Swallow 2
House Martin 1
Chiffchaff 2
Cetti's Warbler 1 singing from the lagoons
Goldcrest 3
Meadow Pipit 49 > S
Linnet 2 > S
Redpoll 6 > S
Siskin 14 > S

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Amongst the usual was a Peregrine flying over Irlam locks heading south.

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Some highlights.

Kingfisher 2 downstream, Flixton bank, perched on metal structures.
Grey Wagtail 4
Pied Wagtail 10+
Sparrowhawk 1 male upsetting the Swallows.
Swallow 15+
Grey Heron 1
Cormorant 6
BH Gull 80+
LBB Gull 5
GBB Gull 1
Mallard 20+
Mute Swan 4 adults.
Jay 1
Chiffchaff 2
etc.

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1 Kingfisher this afternoon upstream of the locks flying around and repeatedly shallow dipping into the water. Most likely picking insects from the surface.

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Sorry, that should be 4 Grey Wagtails and also a very good 70+ House Sparrows.

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A few from the Ship Canal/Flixton ETW.

Swallow 15+
Mallard 35+
Coot 1
Gadwall 1
Cormorant 7
Grey Heron 3
Pied Wagtail 15+
Grey Wagtail 2
Mute Swan 2
Common Sandpiper 1...on Irlam bank at the old ferry crossing.
BH Gull 50+
LBB Gull 2 adults, 1 juvenile.
etc.

23 species.

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Hobby at the locks, at 07:50 today

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Wellacre CP.

Nuthatch 2
Willow Tit 1...heard in trees looking west from Green Hill.
Chiffchaff 1 singing plus 7.
Crow 9
Buzzard 1
Goldcrest 1
Ring-necked Parakeet 1
Jay 2
Swallow 4
Gadwall 2...from Green Hill.
Black-headed Gull 16
etc.etc.etc.

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Morning walk to Ship Canal.

Goosander 1 female...same place as last Thursday. Perhaps on a lonely moult.
Kingfisher 2...Just further along on Flixton bank.
Mallard 20+
Mute Swan 2 adults.
Coot 1
Cormorant 6
Canada Geese 4
BH Gull 80+...no juveniles.
LBB Gull 4adults, 3 juveniles.
GBB Gull 1 5th CY..some brown in wings.
Herring Gull 1 adult.
Swallow 20+
etc.

Drizzle curtailed walk to Wellacre CP.





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Late report for Thursday, 10th August late afternoon.

Goosander 1 female.
Kingfisher 1

Both on the Flixton bank, downstream of turbine building/locks.

Swallow 20+ over the stables.

Earlier at Woodsend Park:

Rook 30+
Jackdaw 20+


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A female Goosander was the only bird on the canal below the locks this morning, a Common Sandpiper was present on the Irlam side

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Afternoon Wellacre Country Park.

Willow Tit 2
Treecreeper 1
Coal Tit 2
Chaffinch 1
Chiffchaff 8
Blackcap 3
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Sand Martin 5+
Swallow 12+
Gadwall 6...from Green Hill.
Moorhen 2 adults, 1 juvenile...Dutton's Pond.
Herring Gull 4
LBB Gull 3
etc.

Just 27 species.

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Morning visit to ETW and Ship Canal/Irlam Locks:

Common Tern 3
BH Gull 60+
LBB Gull 2
Cormorant 3
Grey Heron 3
Mute Swan 2 adults.
Mallard 10+
Great Crested Grebe 1 adult.
Pied Wagtail 5+ including juveniles.
Grey Wagtail 5+ including 3 juveniles.
Swift 1
House Martin 4
Sand Martin 15+
Swallow 10+ including juveniles.
House Sparrow 80+
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A *very* quiet afternoon's wander round Wellacre Country Park. Even the magpies were few and far between. Two reed warblers singing on Jack's Lane. Also there: a soaring sparrowhawk and a song thrush feasting on a newt.

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Flixton ETW/Ship Canal.

Common Tern 2
Grey Wagtail 1 male, 1 female.
Mute Swan 2 adults, 1 juv.
Sand Martin 10+
Swallow 6
Oystercatcher 1
Cormorant 1
Pied Wagtail 1
Mallard 5
BH Gull 7 adults.
LBB Gull 2 adults.
Herring Gull 1
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Martin Whittam wrote:

I walked down the railway path to the canal this morning.Lots of birds but I was sad to see and smell hundreds and hundreds of dead fish along the canal bank. This is obviously going to have a knock on effect on the birds - there were no cormorants





I recall the same thing happening there a few years ago. At the time I spoke to the DoE or UU (or similar - can't recall,) who said it was due to lack of oxygen, rather than poison or agricultural/industrial run off.

When I saw it there were at least 20 cormorants on the woodwork on the Eccles side of the locks and a lot of herons too. Presumably whilst the dead fish were still palatable enough.

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I walked down the railway path to the canal this morning.Lots of birds but I was sad to see and smell hundreds and hundreds of dead fish along the canal bank. This is obviously going to have a knock on effect on the birds - there were no cormorants

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Wellacre Country Park.

Chiffchaff 12 singing.
Blackcap 11 singing.
Whitethroat 3 singing.
Willow Warbler 1 singing from Green Hill.
Reed Warbler 4 singing Jack Lane.
Reed Bunting 1 singing Jack Lane.
Goldcrest 2 singing.
Water Rail 1 heard Jack Lane.
Sparrowhawk 1 female Green Hill.
Buzzard 1
Swallow 2
Sand Martin 5+ ETW.
Swift 10+
Nuthatch 1
Herring Gull 1 adult.
LBB Gull 1 adult.

39 species.

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