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RE: CHORLTON WP


English Nature do issue a licence to remove Buzzards, but it is very complicated and you cannot just take any, the licence holders needs to prove the birds are doing damage to property livestocks or crops, in fact that goes for any removal or taking or wild birds.

It is a very difficult area of legislation and one that causes a  lot of debate, the main thing here, is that the licence holder may be able to do it, but they cannot ask family or friends to help.

it is illegal to take or possess any wild bird or part of a wild bird, its eggs or nest, however if you have a general licence then as long as you apply the strict rules , you may be able to do so, but you may also fall foul of the law, if you stray from the conditions of licence.

It is a extremely complicated area.

Best just to watch, mother nature does a good job of keeping order.

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Ian Keith wrote:

Just met a dark haired young lad circa 16yrs who was out looking for Buzzard nests. Apparently his Dad had got a licence to take a young bird. Fortunately he's in totally the wrong area. Really surprised thought this kind of thing had died out years ago.


Take a young bird for what I wonder? I'm not aware of the existence of such a 'licence' (maybe someone on here is) though of course, while one may now be obtained to 'control' them, Chorlton WP would be extremely unlikely to meet the criteria for one of those! All around very 'fishy' to me hmm



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Just met a dark haired young lad circa 16yrs who was out looking for Buzzard nests. Apparently his Dad had got a licence to take a young bird. Fortunately he's in totally the wrong area. Really surprised thought this kind of thing had died out years ago.

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Large flock of Redpoll Siskin and Goldfinch feeding on the trees around the lake. The Mersey side of the lake.  

2 Goosander flying towards Jackson boat along the Mersey. Good numbers of Chiffchaffs singing. 

And all the usual stuff. 



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Singing Chiffchaff present this morning

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Chiffchaff singing from trees on north shore of lake 10:50 4/3/17, first of the year for me.

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Mid morning visit.

Shoveler 1m 2f.
Pochard 8
Tufted Duck 15+
Gadwall 8
Goosander 1m.
Mallard 20+
Coot 30+
Moorhen 10+
Great Crested Grebe 4
Common Gull 20+
Rose-ringed Parakeet 2
Mute Swans
Canada Geese
Cormorant 2
etc.etc.etc.

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Also 5 Redpoll at the Barlow Tip end of the water park. Feeding with a flock of Goldfinch.  



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About 12:00 today:

  • 5 pochard
  • 26 tufted duck
  • 16 gadwall
  • 2 shoveler
  • 4 great crested grebe
  • 30+ mallard
  • 3 cormorant, including a very striking sinensis type
  • 3 ring-necked parakeet

Possible water rail near the gangway near to the entrance



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1.30 this afternoon:

1 oystercatcher - first here for me

1 little grebe - same one as here for several weeks

Pair shoveler

1 male goldeneye

1 male goosander

20 pochard

25+ tufted duck

4 gadwall



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2.30-5pm

23 pochard
17 tufted duck
27 gadwall
5 great crested grebe
5 mute swan
1 grey heron
9 ring-necked parakeets
4 bullfinch
7 chaffinch
1 greenfinch
3 goldcrest
1 redwing
60+ black headed gulls
3 common gulls
2 lesser black backed gulls
4 goosander over
plus all the usuals around.

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As I had an emergency dental appointment in West Didsbury today I combined it with a visit to my old local patch and have a lovely, shortish, visit in the bright sunshine.

Highlights were up to 8 Ring-necked Parakeets, at least two of them 'singing' territorially from trees which they left but kept returning to to carry on repetitively 'singing'. I only checked out the eastern end of the lake but still picked up 3(2 drake) Goosanders and a female Goldeneye amongst the commoner waterfowl. Plenty of Tufted Ducks and a pair of Gadwall too as well as a female Pochard. A Great Spotted Woodpecker was calling on Kenworthy Fields and a few Redwings were flying about. At least 5 Nuthatches were seen, several visiting the feeding station.

Great to be back and a bonus to make up for my pain



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From around 2 - 3.45 today:

25+ goldfinch
7 house sparrow
2 redwing
1 great spotted woodpecker
2 ring-necked parakeet
8 moorhen
30+ coot
8+ gadwall
4 shoveler
44+ tufted duck
19 pochard (one female)
2 goldeneye
4 goosander
6 mute swan
1 little grebe
4 (possibly 6) great crested grebe (two in an almighty scrap)
5 cormorant
c130 black-headed gull
6+ common gull
1 lesser black-backed gull

Also what sounded very much like a linnet over the Barlow Tip end; only heard very briefly, and no chance of an ID on sight, so not 100% certain, but still, a pretty distinctive call.




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Today around 3pm:

Tufted Duck - 45

Gadwall - 6

Goldeneye - 2 (pair)

Shoveler - 3 (1m 2f)

Goosander - 2 male

Pochard - about 20

The widest range of winter ducks I've noticed here this year

 



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Goldeneye 2m.
Goosander 2m.
Gadwall 10+
Tufted Duck 40+
Coot 50+
Pochard 15+
Mute Swans
Mallards
Moorhens
Grey Wagtail 1...on the banks of the Mersey.
Canada Geese
Nuthatch 1
Redwing 1
Great crested Grebe 2
Rose-ringed Parakeet 2
Common/Black-headed Gulls
Herring Gull 1 1st winter.



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A mixed finch flock of approx 60 birds, mainly Goldfinch with a small number of
Siskins and Redpolls, on the Alders at the south side of the lake this afternoon.

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An murky hour and a half or so late this afternoon yielded:

1 goldcrest
1 nuthatch
1 goldfinch
1 jay
9+ ring-necked parakeet
7 moorhen
c80 coot
16 gadwall
20+ tufted duck
13+ pochard (1 female)
3 goldeneye (all male)
3 goosander (all male)
6 mute swan
1 little grebe (a first for me here)
2 great crested grebe
1 grey heron
3 cormorant (another over)
c130 black-headed gull
12+ common gull
2 herring gull over

Hardy Farm, Barlow Tip and river from Jackson's Boat, early afternoon:

3 goldcrest
1 treecreeper
1 lesser redpoll heard briefly
1 greenfinch (heard singing)
1 bullfinch
2 pied wagtail
2 grey wagtail
4+ redwing
2 song thrush (singing)
3 jay
Jackdaw roost beginning to build late on.
4 ring-necked parakeet
1 grey heron over
1 cormorant over
1 buzzard




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A walk around first thing. Most of the lake was slightly frozen pushing most of the ducks/geese to the Barlow tip end of the park.

Highlights were 

Goldeneye 2

Goosander 1M 1F

Shoveler 2f  

Pochard 6 

Kingfisher 1

Common Gull 7

and all the usual. 

 



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Goosander 2m
Goldeneye 4m 1f
Pochard 6m
Tufted 18
Shoveler 2m 1f
Great Crested Grebe 2
Little Grebe 1
Gadwall 26
Mallards
Coot 100+
Moorhens
Mute Swans
Canada Geese
Cormorant 2
Grey Wagtail 1
Grey Heron 2
Black-headed Gull 100+
Common Gull 10+
Herring Gull 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Rose-ringed/Ringed-neck...whatever Parakeets 4

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A flock of c50 Golfinches feeding on the Alders at Barlow Tip this afto'.
Couldn't see any other finch sp. amongst them.

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1 Little Grebe
3 Great Crested Grebe
40 Tufted Duck
35 Gadwall
10 Ring-necked Parakeet
7 Goosander

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Noon today:

 

1 male goldeneye (first here for me this season)

1 little grebe (first here ever for me)



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An hour round the lake late this afternoon:

1 goldcrest
15+ goldfinch
1 great spotted woodpecker
4 ring-necked parakeet
6 moorhen
100+ coot
25+ gadwall
25+ tufted duck
2 pochard (one male, one female)
10 mute swan
1 great crested grebe
5 cormorant
120+ black-headed gull
4 common gull
2 lesser black-backed gull

Hardy Farm (including orchard), Barlow Tip and river from Jackson's Boat, earlier in the afternoon:

2 goldcrest
1 nuthatch
3 goldfinch
2 chaffinch
4 bullfinch
1 pied wagtail
2 grey wagtail
c15 redwing
4 mistle thrush
2 jay heard
1 great spotted woodpecker
4 ring-necked parakeet

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Willow Tit on Barlow Tip this afternoon

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This afternoon:

1 goldcrest
1 coal tit
2 nuthatch
c5 house sparrow
30+ goldfinch
1 chaffinch
15+ starling
2+ ring-necked parakeet
10 moorhen
100+ coot
c25 gadwall
c30 tufted duck
3 pochard (two male, one female)
14 mute swan
2 great crested grebe
4 cormorant
120+ black-headed gull
2 common gull
1 kestrel

Along the river from here to Jackson's Boat:

15+ long-tailed tit
1 willow tit
1 greenfinch
1 jay
1 goosander over
1 grey heron over

A lovely day for it, too.

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2.30 this afternoon:  pair of shovelers, 1 male wigeon, 22 tufted duck, c 20 gadwall



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Didn't pay a proper visit here today, but 10+ coot, 4 gadwall, 1 tufted duck and 7 mute swan were of the most interest when looking across the lake from Barlow Tip.

Hardy farm and Barlow Tip, from about 2 until dusk:

1 goldcrest
Lesser redpolls heard, sounded perhaps five or so, so far as I could tell.
4 goldfinch
2 greenfinch
4 bullfinch
c20 redwing
5 jay
6 ring-necked parakeet
1 goosander over
4 cormorant over
17 common gull
1 buzzard heard

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Pretty much the same as Phil's counts from yesterday, would put Coot count at 150 plus, checked them all just in case, nearly went coot blind.

Kingfisher

Nuthatch

Goldcrest

Redwings.

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ps no waxwings here either 



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Afternoon visit. Fairly rough estimates of numbers.

Coot 100+
Gadwall 30+
Tufted Duck 20+
Mute Swan 16
Mallard 20+
Moorhen 20+
Great Crested Grebe 2
Cormorant 1
Rose-ringed Parakeet 4
Siskin 1
Grey Wagtail 1
Jay 2
Black-headed Gulls
Common Gulls
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1st Pochard of this Autumn/Winter; a very pale looking female.

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Late afternoon:

10+ goldfinch
2 jay
7 ring-necked parakeet
10 moorhen
c90 coot
24+ tufted duck
25+ gadwall
1 wigeon
9 mute swan
1 great crested grebe
c120 black-headed gull

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Amazing impromptu visit today 12.26 - 14.34, highlights as follows:

SKYLARK (9) flew low east over Barlow Tip calling at 13.32. A patch tick!
Willow Tit (1) calling repeatedly and showing occasionally in the area north of the path to the gas station on Barlow Tip. Only my second patch record!
Wigeon (4)
Gadwall (c13)
Tufted Duck (c15)
Common Gull (2)

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Black-headed Gull (abundant)
Coot (abundant)
Tufted Duck (7)
Gadwall (40+)
Great Crested Grebe
Mute Swan (5)
Canada Goose (20)

I went up to look at the feeders - nothing at all!

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4 wigeon on lake this afternoon.



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7 Wigeon and 5 Teal on the lake this afternoon: not common visitors to CWP.


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They are all about collecting acorns at the momentand burying them. So busy at work.

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Today i've seen at least 7 jays, never seen so many in my life. All between the water park & hardys farm. 



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This afternoon, from about 4.20 - 6. Quite quiet, people wise, considering what a nice afternoon it was; a very pleasant stroll around.

1 goldcrest
1 chiffchaff
Lots of long-tailed tit (the most numerous small bird throughout the day)
2 goldfinch
1 kingfisher
Ring-necked parakeet heard
6 moorhen
c80 coot
18 gadwall
3 wigeon (only the second time I've had them here)
2 tufted duck
2 or 3 great crested grebe
7 mute swan
100+ black-headed gull

Usual water birds and an impressive rainbow, too.

Barlow Tip and Hardy Farm (visited earlier) were both pretty quiet; a couple of chiffchaff and a goldcrest were the best I could do here.

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Two ospreys (possibly one osprey and something else - only a brief look at the second bird) seen from Chorlton WP area, circled then headed southwest.  Sadly, out running so no camera gear to get a snap.  



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Cheers Pete, good to hear that they get young off quite frequently.

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Visit this morning 09.10 - 11.04:

Mandarin Duck (1m)
Mute Swan (7, 5juv)
Cormorant (1) over BT
Great Crested Grebe (1ad)
Black-headed Gull (21+)
Ring-necked Parakeet (4)
Reed Warbler (2+, 1+juv)
-the juvenile Reed Warbler was in the reedbed at the eastern end and was very fresh with an obvious gape. This is the first time I've been able to confirm breeding here and I wonder how many other years recently fledged juveniles have been seen.





Young Reed Warblers have been recorded several years in succession this century, though you will have to trawl back through this thread a few a years. I used to watch them from the boat whilst on water safety.

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Visit this morning 09.10 - 11.04:

Mandarin Duck (1m)
Mute Swan (7, 5juv)
Cormorant (1) over BT
Great Crested Grebe (1ad)
Black-headed Gull (21+)
Ring-necked Parakeet (4)
Reed Warbler (2+, 1+juv)
-the juvenile Reed Warbler was in the reedbed at the eastern end and was very fresh with an obvious gape. This is the first time I've been able to confirm breeding here and I wonder how many other years recently fledged juveniles have been seen.


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Visit this afternoon 14.40 - 16.17:

Mandarin Duck (1m) again around the western island.
Tufted Duck (1f) first of the Autumn.
Swift (1)
Swallow (1)

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Wander round this afternoon 12.48 - 14.50:

Mandarin (1m) under the willows on the western island.
Mute Swan (7, 5juv)
Great Crested Grebe (1)
Common Gull (1) over the Mersey
Black-headed Gull (c50)
Stock Dover (1) over Barlow Tip


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Mandarin 1
Tufted Duck 2
Great-crested Grebe 1
Grey Heron 1
Coots
Mallards
Mute Swans
Moorhens
Black-headed Gulls
Lesser black-backed Gull 1
Rose-ringed Parakeet 1
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Mandarin 1 eclipse drake
Kingfisher 1

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Eclipse drake Mandarin Duck present this afternoon

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Poor quality picture attached of the Wood Duck (i have more but this was the only one that would upload!)



-- Edited by MooreA on Sunday 24th of July 2016 02:32:26 PM

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Originally posted today by Anthony Moore:

A male Wood Duck in eclipse plumage spotted around Kingfisher Island at Chorlton WP this morning. A feral escapee? Or a possible vagrant?

Was very shy and wary, sticking close to the undergrowth and only tentatively joining the mallards.





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Stock Dove 2 on the old tip this afternoon. Site tick :)
also Kestrel at the river
Heron 1

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