8 Teal & 3 Goosanders on Ogden. A Pochard was again seen diving for food on Kitcliffe Reservoir - Pochard is a scarcity at Piethorne - it is 3 years since the last series of records here! Also seen 24 Fieldfares, 2 Bullfinches, and 2 Great Crested Grebes. A pair of very noisy Rave...
1 Wheatear this morning (probably a Greenland bird as it was a large pale job)
1 Rock Pipit still present this evening
1 adult Yellow-legged Gull in the roost
Also c40 Golden Plover, c20 Goldeneye and 3 Pochard.
Just received (atleast 3rd hand) news from county recorder Judith Smith of a first-winter Shag on a raft at the west end of Hollingworth Lake at 12:40- a great record and hopefully the start of some good birds produced by these strong winds?
Should be more details to come on this sighting later.
Ia...
Just a quick whizz round Hawkley, Ochre and Bryn due to the weather. Kingfisher perched near to the feeding station. 2 Willow Tits ; one nr. Bryn Marsh, one at Moss Bridge. 2 Bullfinch along canal. 3 Ruddy`s on Ochre Flash. Usual supporting cast of Gadwall, Teal etc.
Goosander x 6 (2 drakes), Goldeneye x 2, Water Rail x 2, (one under the Rosehip bush in front of Horrocks Hide).drake Wigeon, Golden Plover briefly on the Spit. c35 Greenfinch at the Feeding Station, also a Willow Tit here. Sparrowhawk through. Snipe x 5 on the scrapes in front of Horrocks.
Glad...
Just a brief visit to Scotman's and Pearson's Flashes late this afternoon. 11 Wigeon, 3 Goldeneye, 8+ Little Grebe, lots of Shoveler, Gadwall, Ruddy, GC Grebes, Tufties and Pochard. Probably still over a thousand Coot.
91 Pinkfeet over Hindley Green at 1009hrs this morning.
Quite a few sightings reported to me today. A Crossbill flew over Pickley Green, Leigh (Phil Rhodes, not currently on email), am. and one was in Cecil Ave, Sale, yesterday but not today (John Butterworth).
10 Tree Sparrows at Pendlebury Lane, Wigan (Jimmy Meadows)
On Irlam Moss, a Barn Owl hunti...
8 Whooper Swans (found by Dave Winnard) including two juvs were on the reservoir from at least 11:00 hrs. They took flight south-west at 16:55 hrs, then flew back over the resr calling, headed east and then returned at 17:10 hrs landing on the water. They are presumably going to roost overnight.
Two...
The YlG from 24/10 on resv 1 at dusk. Closed wing appears to be fully adult, but Rob and Sonia Adderley saw the bird tonight with me and Rob reckons it is the same bird that he had in early October and that in flight it does show some brown on tertials, strangley absent at rest. Bill base is a strange peachy/p...
Phil Rhodes has just contacted me to inform me of a Richards Pipit at Rumworth at 16:20 this afternoon. The bird has been seen in flight (calling,) perched and has been videod, in the field off Beaumont Road with the footpath which runs down to the hawthorns at the shore of the lodge. The field cur...
3 flocks of c50 Redwing moving down the Tame Valley through Mossley at 0815.
Flock of 32 Cormorants (flying in V formation) over Mossley Rail station heading NW towards Oldham at 0845. Never seen anything like this before!
200+ Pinkfeet over Miles Platting heading SE at 0920.
Must stare into t...
There was a lot of movement this morning through the valley from 08:15 to 10:00 hrs, with 200 + Redwing, 50 + Fieldfare, and 14 Brambling flying over or dropping into the plantations. A Ring Ouzel was seen briefly in the plantation on the west side of the resr along the bridleway towards the Roads Farm ru...
Possible 4th-winter cachinnans Audenshaw resv 1 at dusk tonight. Sat on water throughout. Views distant. Virtually same size as associating LBBs, possibly fractionally bigger. Head pure white, at distance lacking any markings whatsoever. Quite a concave forehead from bill to crown, a...
A little late, this report I'm afraid but I only received notification myself today and the birds (or others) may well still be in the area.
On the 18th October Steve Suttill had atleast 5 Ring Ouzels (including atleast 3 adult males) feeding on Rowans at the foot of Chew Valley.
A superb morning's birding in glorious weather on the moors above Watergrove. A f./imm Pintail with 10 redhead Goosander and 3 Teal on the reservoir. A Little Owl sunning itself on a dry stone wall. At 09:20 hrs a male Hen Harrier appeared over the northern ridge being mobbed by a Crow. It flew west acro...
