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Ian McKerchar


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Additional sightings from midday to early afternoon today:

6 Common Sandpiper

400+ Swift

Good numbers of mixed hirundines over the water, with flocks of Sand Martin also resting on the sailing club roof.



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"I was calling from bushes beyond that on the right, and flew across and back over the road favouring the hawthorn bushes."

This made me laugh Paul. You were calling from the bushes, then you flew across the road into the Hawthorn bushes. You've put some effort in to see that Lesser Whitethroat. wink

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This morning from 8am at the W end before the rain set in:

2 Cetti's Warblers
2 possibly 3 Sedge Warblers
1 Garden Warbler (mobile, very vocal, frequenting trees either side of the small path from the W Car Park to the Flash, about 2/3 along the path)
2 Common Whitethroat
2 Willow Warblers
Several Blackcap

I re-found Bill Harrison's Lesser Whitethroat from 24th, which was in the area where Bill found it - a bit up the road towards Lowton, past the tip entrance, past Hey Brook and the bus stop, and on the right there's a United Utilities installation. I was calling from bushes beyond that on the right, and flew across and back over the road favouring the hawthorn bushes. Easy to pick up the call when there was a lull in the traffic! It didn't stop still enough for a photo.

Main Flash 9.30am onwards in steady rain:
Horrocks Hide
5 Common Sandpipers active up and down the left side of the spit
1 Black Tailed Godwit at the end of the spit and 4 Common Tern including one with dark bill.
1 Kingfisher
Several Swift over the water

Opposite Tom Edmundson Hide - 1 singing Reed Warbler very close to the path in the reeds below the screen. Showed reasonably well occasionally as the reeds are not very dense there.
1 Lapwing and 1 Common Sandpiper on the newly scraped island.





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Today's sightings include:

Wheatear

Lesser Whitethroat (western end)

Whitethroat

2 Sedge Warbler

5 Common Tern

5 Common Sandpiper

22 Swift

Info thanks to Bill Harrison and Barry Hulme



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Today Dunlin-1 Common tern 5+ Common sandpiper-3 Swift-1 Mediterranean gull - 3 - 2 stunnig adults and a 1st summer Lots of swallows . House martin and sand martin when it rained Oystercatcher- 3 Plenty reed warbler in now too.

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Only things to add to previous post. Reed warbler singing from ramsdales reached, whitethroat between here and Ramsdales hide and 4 singing cettis warblers on usual territories.

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So far this morning:

1 Wheatear

1 Dunlin

2 Common Sandpiper

2 Common Tern

2 Shelduck

Info thanks to Barry Hulme



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So far this morning:

Drake Common Scoter

3 Common Tern

1 Common Sandpiper

2 Shelduck

1 Wigeon

2 Curlew through east

Info thanks to Bull Harrison



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2 Wheatear present his morning.

Info thanks to Bill Harrison

 

4 Common Tern present late afternoon today.



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Today

3 common Tern

1 male wheatear -greenland race (picture below)

Sedge warbler-2

Reed warbler-4

Cetti's warbler-1

Common sandpiper-2

Plus the usuals



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12:05 - 3 distant Terns, probably Common Terns. Can anyone confirm that ?

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A circuit around the flash this morning produced the following:

Whimbrel 1 flew over west end calling

Sedge warbler 1 singing west end

Reed warbler 1 singing Ramsdales reedbed

Common Sandpiper 3

Dunlin 1

Cetti's warbler 3 - 4 singing

Blackcap 20+

Chiffchaff 15+

Willow warbler 5+



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Only thing of note this morning 1 common sandpiper

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First post for ages here!

This morning 10am-noon
Highlights:
2 jack snipe (Tom Edmondson Hide)
3 common scoter (2m, 1f; 2f were reported)
2 Mediterranean gull
1 goldeneye (f)
Plus many of the usuals.

Several singing blackcap, 1 willow warbler, 1 goldcrest.

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3 Common Scoter this morning.

Also, a Common Sandpipet and 9 Curlew over (6 north and 3 east).

Info thanks to Bill Harrison



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Of Note AM/PM

Arctic Tern - 1 (Digiscoped picture below)

Redshank-1

Snipe - 7

Osprey - 1 Flew west towards Leightshaw hall Flash over Plank lane end of the flash at 13.10

Goldeneye-8

Plenty Sand Martin and swallow

plus the usuals

 

 



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Of Note this morning

Great White Egret - 1  - gave me a brief view flying from the kidney pond area just before about 9.50 am seemed to go down again but had limited view from were I was and the gulls were going mad over the spit so could have gone over the spit

Blackcap- 8

Swallows, Sand Martin in good numbers

House Martin - 10+

Redshank-2

Redpoll-2

plus the usual's





-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Thursday 12th of April 2018 01:46:15 PM

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A single Arctic Tern flew north at 08:30 this morning.

Info thanks to Bill Harrison



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A walk round the wooded areas yielded

Chiffchaff (10)

Willow Warbler (5)

Blackcap (2)

Plus the usuals

Didn't see any hirundines over or around the flash

 

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The drake Green-winged Teal (a site first record no less) showed very well from Tom Edmondson hide this evening, with a female Teal in tow to which it displayed to a few times!!

Diabolical hasty digibinned image attached but infinitely better images by the bird's finder Gordon Newman can be found on the Manchester Birding website homepage.

 



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Drake Green-winged Teal from Tom Edmondson hide at 4:15 today.

Info thanks to Gordon Newman



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Of note 10-2

Swallow -200+ > Mainly North

Sand Martin- 700+ > mainly North

House Martin- 8

Willow Warbler-1

Blackcap-1 Male

Snipe-6

Redshank-1

Oystercatcher-3

Goldeneye-15

Goosander-1 Female

plus the usuals :)



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A single Little Gull now present at 09:50.

Info thanks to Bill Harrison



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Probable Common Tern over high west at 09:05.

5 Swallows.

Info thanks to Bill Harrison



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Also one adult Mediterranean gull this morning. No sign of little gulls after 7:45am.



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7 adult Little Gulls present this morning.

Also, 1 Redshank, 1 Blackcap, 4 Snipe, 3 Shelduck.

Info thanks to Bill Harrison



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Also 5th April 11am to 3pm

From Pengy's hide

Drake shoveler

From Bunting hide

Reed bunting (2m, 3f)

Willow tit

Coal tit

Long tailed tit



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This evening 1 Redshank and 1 Cettis Warbler

4 Goosander, 32 Goldeneye and c350 Jackdaw roosted

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4 Oystercatcher, 1 singing Blackcap, 6+ singing Chiffchaff, 1 Buzzard and perhaps 20+ Great-Crested Grebes including a pair dancing with weeds in their mouths this morning.

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Late morning/early afternoon today:

Willow Warbler singing near Ramsdales Hide, as was a Cetti's Warbler

Female Common Scoter still present

Blackcap singing along the main causeway 

18 Sand Martin flew through east during a rain shower and singles over subsequently



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Highlights so far this morning:

 

Female Common Scoter

200 Sand Martin

8 Snipe

3 Redshank

 

Info thanks to Bill Harrison and Barry Hulme 



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This morning:

7 Snipe

4 Oystercatcher

2 Little Egret

20 Goosander

13 Goldeneye

1 Raven

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

 

 



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Two adult Mediterranean Gulls roosted tonight.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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Little Ringed Poover on the spit at midday.

Info thanks to Bill Harrison



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This morning so far:

35 Sand Martin

2 adult Mediterranean Gull

1 Redshank

Info thanks to Bill Harrison



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Fairly regular second winter Yellow-legged Gull present in the roost again tonight.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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3 Little Egret, 3 Redshank, 1 Curlew and 10 Snipe present this morning.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme



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Still quiet overall today. Definite increase in Chiffchaff with 10+ singing round site also 14 Sand Martin feeding between main spit and Ramsdales area.

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Adult Iceland Gull roosted this evening.

Info and image thanks to Phil Rhodes 



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Day spent around here today; thought it was going to be grotty, but ended up a nice day for it. Count:

4 chiffchaff
2 Cetti's warbler heard
3 sand martin
1 skylark
1 blackbird on nest
1 great spotted woodpecker heard
30+ teal
21 shoveler
15 gadwall
c50 tufted duck
25+ goldeneye
4 goosander
1 little grebe
15+ great crested grebe, with a couple of pairs displaying
7 lapwing
2 redshank
2 oystercatcher
4+ grey heron
11 cormorant
1 buzzard

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Highlights from this Afternoon...
-20 Shoveler
-18 Teal
-11 Gadwall
-9 Lapwing
-7 Cormorant
-6 Goosander
-3 Chiffchaff (all singing)
-2 Oystercatcher
-2 Nuthatch (going into usual nest box on first car park)
-2 Redshank
-1 Goldeneye
-1 Willow Tit
-1 Mistle Thrush
-1 Buzzard
-1 Sparrowhawk


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Of note this morning

10 Sand Martin

8 Buzzard (  over west end)

Kestrel-2

Snipe-4



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Only thing to add from this morning

7 Sand Martin

7 Wigeon arrived around 12pm when it rained hard

Cetti's Warbler was singing across from the island that is being cleared.



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Both Knot and Black-tailed Godwit still present mid-afternoon today.

Also, 2 Little Egret, 3 Chiffchaff and 7 Wigeon.



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Sightings so far today include:

1 Black-tailed Godwit from Ramsdales Hide

3 Redshank

8 Snipe

1 Knot still

3 Sand Martin

14 Redwing near Teal Hide

 

Info thanks to Barry Hulme and Bill Harrison

 



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Further sightings today include:

2 adult Mediterranean Gulls

2 Oystercatcher

3 Shelduck

Info thanks to Bill Harrison



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3 Sand Martin's this morning, also the Knot still present, 3 Redshanks and 4 Snipe.

Info thanks to Bill Harrison



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quick 11/4 hrs this afternoon
single Curlew flew west past the yacht club calling @ 16.15
1 Kingfisher over main body of water to the west end
singing Cetti's Warbler above the noise of machinery opposite Tom Edmondson Hide
singing Chiffchaff by Ramsdale Hide


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Highlights so far this morning:

Knot still present from Horrocks Hide

3 Redshank

5 Snipe

10 Goosander

2 Shelduck

 

Info thanks to Barry Hulme



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Little Egret - Tom Edmunson hide Chiffchaff singing nearby

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