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Ian McKerchar


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Today with Pete Berry:

Three adult Yellow-legged Gulls. Kingfisher by the canal.

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Ian McKerchar


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Three and a half hours today with Pete Berry:

Huge male fourth-winter Caspian Gull present for just over an hour and a half until it flew off down river at 11:40
2 adult Yellow-legged Gulls (one in absolutely pristine breeding plumage already!)
Water Rail
Willow Tit in the bushes along the bank
Kingfisher over the river

Overhead:

plenty of Fieldfare, Redwing, Skylark and Woodpigeon but also at least one Brambling and 2 Siskin

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An hour today before the sun came out from behind the clouds and ruined it(pity weather forecasters can't ever seem to get forecast right) produced-

4 ad Yellow Legged Gulls
and 2 ad argentatus Herring Gulls

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A few hours this morning in variable light produced 4 Yellow-legged Gulls - an adult, a 4th calendar year and 2 1st winters. Another adult michahellis type individual had perfect colouration on the mantle and wings and good primary patterning but bright pink legs. There was also a small Lesser Black-backed Gull with pink legs and an adult argenteus Herring Gull with yellow legs. It's always entertaining here.

Generally, Lesser Black-backed Gulls outnumbered Herring Gulls by a ratio of about 4:1. There was also a scattering of Great Black-backed and Black-headed Gulls and as usual very few Common Gulls with just 2 first winters seen. Finally there was a single early returning adult
argentatus Herring Gull.

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A few hours this am with Ian in good light conditions

8 Yellow Legged Gulls of various ages inc the first juvenile of the yearsmile

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A couple hours this am before the sun broke through and made viewing impossible produced

3 Yellow Legged Gulls(all 3rd summers)
at least 2 yellow legged Argenteus Herring Gulls
and a couple of Common Sands

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pete berry wrote:


Just seen that the landfill operators appeal to extend life of tip has been refused and the tip must close by October 2017 at latestfurious




I'll reserve my seat now for the last winter show!

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Just seen that the landfill operators appeal to extend life of tip has been refused and the tip must close by October 2017 at latestfurious

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I'd thought I'd pay this area for a visit to see if i could be lucky enough to find anything of interest before heading to Woolston eyes. It turned out to be the most worst case scenario for any bird watcher, I could hear the gulls, but not see them for the fog. It very slowly cleared till the full sun hit so that I had glare to deal with. Still, I managed Shelduck, great and lesser black backed gulls , herring and black headed gulls. The main highlight was watching ringed plovers through fine mist.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 7th of April 2015 05:26:01 PM

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More than a few hours today with Tom McKinney produced a main highlight of a very fine adult Iceland Gull.

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Took a chance and went here in my lunch hour. Conditions were less than ideal, i.e. far too sunny, but, was very pleased to identify, what I was fairly sure was a juvenile Glaucous Gull. I managed a dodgy scoped video of it and, after seeking a second opinion from a certified Larophile, was happy to have it confirmed. Very pleased

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Myself and Simon Gough trying out our expert skills today...

1 juvenile Iceland Gull - fantastic bird
Thought we had the Leucistic Herring Gull at first but it disappeared in the confusion when the whole group took to the air. We kept a lookout and to be honest we didn't think it was a Herring Gull shape so it was probably the Juvenile Iceland Gull we'd seen briefly. It showed fairly well after a while though.

1 candidate for an adult Yellow-legged Gull but poor light due to brilliant sunshine made it virtually impossible to tell, could've been a Lesser Black-backed in the sun.

Other birds of note...
6 Linnet
7 Goldfinch
At least 6 Reed Bunting
2 Bullfinch heard
4 Chiffchaff heard
1 Grey Heron
6 Common Buzzard (4 at once)
2 Kestrel
4 Gadwall
Small party of Long-tailed Tit's
Lots of Wren, Robin, Blackbird, Carrion Crow

p.s. never try and do a post after a few pints watching United. I worded the original post all wrong!

confuse

-- Edited by Rob Creek on Monday 23rd of March 2015 02:38:28 PM

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Before the high tide..

Juvenile glaucous gull, lifer biggrin
1 juvenile Iceland gull & 1 2nd winter Iceland gull
5 singing chiffchaff in the area
2 willow tit
Several bullfinch.
2-4 buzzard

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A few hours with Jeff before the high tide produced:-

Juv. Glaucous Gull

2nd w. Iceland Gull

a single adult Yellow Legged Gull

and the white Herring Gull

also a Chiffchaff singing by the canal

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A few hours this am with Ian produced

2 Iceland Gulls(a juv. and a 2nd w.)
2nd w. Glaucous Gull
2 Yellow Legged Gulls(ad. and 2nd.w.)
and the pure white juv. Herring Gull put in another appearance

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pete berry wrote:


3 hours this am with Jeff and Greg produced:-

2 Juvenile Iceland Gulls
4 Yellow Legged Gulls(3 ads and a 3rd w.)




Plus the oddity of the day found by Pete - a piebald Lesser Black-backed Gull ... intrigued to know what it would have looked like in flight. Also a leucistic Black-headed Gull present.

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3 hours this am with Jeff and Greg produced:-

2 Juvenile Iceland Gulls
4 Yellow Legged Gulls(3 ads and a 3rd w.)

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There were 3 Stonechat together and associating, we wondered therefore if they were immatures from last year, especially as we couldn't see an obvious adult male bird.

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A late visit after Leighton Moss with Simon Gough.

Birds of note...
Stonechat - 1 pair, little bit scruffy and lack lustre plumage wise probably to be expected, very active
(No.77 for the day)
Bullfinch - 1 calling whilst flying over main path near the sandbank
Song Thrush - 1 in full song, absolutely amazing repertoire and produced some unreal notes
Common Buzzard - 1 circling whilst being followed by Carrion Crows
Kestrel - 1 hunting just off main path
Black-headed Gulls - lots around
Herring Gull - a few around
Great Black-backed - 2
Quite a few juvenile large Gulls about but difficult to get passed Herring and Lesser Black-backed
Oystercatcher
Curlew
Shelduck
No sight nor sound of the 2 Firecrest

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Phil Owen wrote:

The reported Audouin's Gull is now thought to be an atypical Herring Gull apparently.




Be interesting to see how this pans out after reading some of the debates about it. atypical Herring, or atypical Audouin's seems to be the question!!

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The reported Audouin's Gull is now thought to be an atypical Herring Gull apparently.

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Juvenile Glaucous Gull and 3 Dunlin on the bank today, Little Egret on Norton Marsh.

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Any news on the Firecrests or the Audouin's Gull?
Cheers

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Five hours today with Pete Berry:

Best of all two Firecrests (one certainly a singing male) in the bushes and scrub around the viewing locations for the bank but mobile. A single male bird seen just before midday with two birds finally confirmed a short while after.

Adult Iceland Gull put in a brief appearance before heading off down river.

3 Yellow-legged Gulls

Wholly white immature leucistic Herring Gull

50 (exactly!) Shelduck in one group

Singles of Oystercatcher and Redshank plus two Curlew

Breeding plumaged adult Mediterranean Gull

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A few hours with Jeff in less than favourable conditions due to strong sunlight produced

2 Iceland Gulls(juv. and 2nd.w.)

4 Yellow Legged Gulls(3ads.and a 2nd.w.)

And a FIRECREST in the brambles just behind where we sit(also heard last week but not seen)

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A few hours this morning with Jeff and Dave and others produced at least 8 Yellow Legged Gulls (2x 2nd w.,a 3rd w. and at least 5 adults),and a flock of approx. 100 Pink Footed Geese flying over northward.

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For the avoidance of doubt regarding the directions it's Tannery Lane. Go to the Ferry Tavern pub (directions on their website) and walk upstream, taking the first right turn off canal side, around the bend in the Mersey.

15:00-17:00 this afternoon many gulls seemed to have left the river, 2nd winter Iceland Gull came in to bathe at 16:00, one first-winter Yellow-Legged Gull
58 Curlew feeding on farmland west of Arpley Tip over high tide
Min 315 Jackdaw headed south over Mersey to Arpley Tip/Moore area late afternoon

-- Edited by dave broome on Wednesday 25th of February 2015 09:19:51 PM

-- Edited by dave broome on Wednesday 25th of February 2015 09:21:43 PM

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Fantastic Rob. Many thanks indeed! All I need now is a free day to go. Watch this space.....

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Richard Thew wrote:

Please may I enquire for anyone who is struggling to find out (like I am) asto ezactly where does one find this Richmond bank? :-\ I can't get anything usefull out of google (which seems about right for the internet these days), only that its somewhere opposite the Cheshire Moore reserve. Many thanks for any help.




Hi Richard it used to be fairly straightforward,
If you head for Fiddlers Ferry on the A557 (used to be called Watkinson Way from what I remember delivering near there). Turn onto Fiddlers Ferry Road and then Tanhouse Lane. At the bottom there was a car park on the left and you walked through the gate, over the tracks and canal bridge and turned left with the Mersey on your right. After a 1/4 mile or probably not even that you turn right onto the track that runs through the field and closer to the Mersey. Follow it round to the left and you will see a large sand bank hopefully with lots of Gulls!
But beware, the industrial estate roads could've changed as new units are popping up all the time. I've not been for ages so going off memory.
Hope this helps.
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Please may I enquire for anyone who is struggling to find out (like I am) asto ezactly where does one find this Richmond bank? :-\ I can't get anything usefull out of google (which seems about right for the internet these days), only that its somewhere opposite the Cheshire Moore reserve. Many thanks for any help.

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Four hours today with Pete Berry:

Single second winters of both Glaucous and Iceland Gulls
Six Yellow-legged Gulls (four adult and two first winters)

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A few hours this am with Ian and a few others produced:-

3 Iceland Gulls(2 juvs and an adult)
usual juv Glaucous Gull
3 Yellow Legged Gulls(a 1st.w. and 2 ads.)

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In four and a half or so hours today:

Juvenile Glaucous Gull
juvenile Iceland Gull (very coarsely marked bird)
Single adult Yellow-legged Gull


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Four absolutely freezing hours today until the huge tide:

Unfortunately, only three adult Yellow-legged Gulls of note, apart from singles of Curlew and Redshank.

Walking back there was a huge amount of gulls (thousands) on the other (southern) side of the river, resting on the short grassy fields around Moss Side which looked surely to be viewable from Lapwing Lane?

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Thanks Ian

Will stick to Moore - if they land on the water at least they will be easier to see.

Sarfraz

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Sarfraz Hayat wrote:

Hi,

I am considering visiting Richmond Bank but I have only a pair of bins. Are the Gulls quite distant?




A telescope is absolutely essential here Sarfraz.

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Hi,

I am considering visiting Richmond Bank but I have only a pair of bins. Are the Gulls quite distant?

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4 hours with Ian and Tom was a lot more productive than last week with:-

9 Yellow Legged Gulls(6 ads and a 1st winter)
also an Iceland Gull of unknown age reported before we arrived.

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4 hours yesterday with Ian was a bit disapointing,despite there being the biggest number of gulls on The Bank this winter only thing of interest was:
3 adult Yellow Legged Gulls
and 160 Pinkfeet s.e. over

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A little over three hours yesterday, 19th Dec:

Juvenile Glaucous Gull
3 Yellow-legged Gulls (first winter, second winter and adult)

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With Tom McKinney and Pete Berry today:

A cracking second winter Caspian Gull but no Yellow-legged Gulls!?

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A few more hours today:

474 Great Black-backed Gulls
6 Yellow-legged Gulls (4 adult an singles of first and second winter)

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A few hours today:

7 Yellow-legged Gulls (6 adult, 1 first winter)
184 Great Black-backed Gulls was a very good count for the site
Plus a noticeable increase in argentatus Herring Gulls

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A couple of hours with Ian was quite productive with:-

at least 7 Yellow Legged Gulls(6 ads and a 2nd w.)
A yellow legged argentatus herring Gull
and a Peregrine panicking the Starlings on the tip

largest numbers of gulls seen for a while,hopefully numbers building up for the winter(which could well be the last one that the tip is open)


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Three hours this morning with Pete Berry, until the high tide around 12:30:

Second calendar year (first summer/second winter) Caspian Gull showed very well again this morning; nice to see its moult advancing at a rapid pace.

2 adult Yellow-legged Gulls also present.

140 Pink-footed Geese over NW

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A few hours with Tom this am was productive

The 1st summer Caspian Gull was again present,picked out by Tom
At least 10 Yellow Legged Gulls,6 ads,a 4th sum and 3 juvs

Marsh Harrier hunting over reedbed

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Of interest an adult Yellow Legged Gull that was present at Richmond Bank about 3 weeks ago was ringed as a pullus on the Mediteranean coast of France near Marseilles,its the first sightings of this bird in 6 years,previous sightings were both at Gloucester landfill site.

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Five and a bit hours with Ian. Massive numbers of Lesser Blacks, way out numbering the Herrings.

Caspian Gull - 1st summer in heavy moult. Outer two primaries still growing so wings looked really short. Quality birding from Ian, because I'd never have picked it up. It was around until 9.30 then flew off high west.

Yellow-legged Gull - 6. 3 adults and three juveniles

Gadwall - 21. Mega exciting

Common Sandpiper - 2. Also mega

Redshank - 2. And still mega

No sign of the stringy Rook!

-- Edited by Tom McKinney on Friday 29th of August 2014 09:59:16 PM

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4 Hours with Ian produced

7 Yellow Legged gulls--5 ads,a 2nd summer and a 3rd summer
Juv. Med Gull
and a Rook!!

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Couple hours this am with Jeff before big tide pushed everything off Bank

4 ad. Yellow Legged Gulls
A 4th summer yellow legged Argenteus Herring Gull
2 Argentatus Herring Gulls
and a Peregrine over

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