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Redstart 1 male. Initially in SE corner hedgerows, later relocated in the school hedgerow (or two bird theory possibly)
Willow Tit 1 singing and moving west along Hawthorn Lane
Willow Warbler 5
Chiffchaff 3
Blackcap 8
Meadow Pipit 1

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Probable Willow Warbler heard today at north end. Also 2x heron 6x mallard and 4x chiffchaff

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Late post for yesterday Monday 22.03.21

Perimeter of Hawthorn field (which is possibly part of Ivygreen/Chorlton ees ) -
Chiffchaff - 1 (seen and heard singing) at 5.50pm.

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Fieldfare - 10 flying East at 3 pm.

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Snipe 1
Meadow Pipit 1
Pied Wagtail 19

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John Shaughnessy wrote:

Green JCY0 was at S.W.P. on 7th January this year, along with another Norwegian bird. I tried submitting them via the Norwegian website, but just got error messages, so I tried an email, but got no reply, so I gave up.

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The email on cr-ringing doesn't work. There is a link to the Norwegian site Ringmerking where you need to open an account. It's a bit of a rigmarole but the data comes through instantly once submitted.

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Green JCY0 was at S.W.P. on 7th January this year, along with another Norwegian bird. I tried submitting them via the Norwegian website, but just got error messages, so I tried an email, but got no reply, so I gave up.

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Managed to check a few birds before the bomb squad arrived and the police evacuated the area.

Black-headed Gull - green darvic JCY0 ringed in Oslo Norway as 3+cy on 08.04.2017. One sighting since, also in Oslo on 10.06.2019. 1393 days and 1073 km distance since the last sighting.

Common Gull 110
Treecreeper 1
Redpoll 1

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Common Gull 206

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Yesterday Wednesday 20.01.21
afternoon visit to flooded fields.

Approximately 3000 gulls .

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Spent an hour or so mid afternoon looking at the gulls.

Black-headed Gull      c.1400

Common Gull      150+

L. B.-b. Gull       17

Herring Gull      9

Not much else in the rain:  Starling  (130);  Redwing  (1);  Pied Wagtail  (1);  Goldfinch  (c.15).



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Late this afternoon on the flooded field adjacent the changing rooms.

Common Gull - 89.
Herring Gull - 1.
Lesser Black-back Gull - 13.
Black- headed Gull - c1,030.
Pied Wagtail - 3.
Carrion crow - 10.
With the gulls causing a right old racket.

At 3:03 pm ALL the gulls on Turn Moss took to the sky and flew off and didn't return, but no peditors seen.

Ps.lost the rubber eye-piece cover off my scope so retraced my steps all the way back to where I first started and on the way encountered a chap with mental issues and had a chat, made a new friend and later found my eye - piece cover " Karma ! "


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Sunday 17th 11.43 - 13.41

Raven 2 low west over Meadow Court cronking
Black-headed Gull 200, including a 1st wtr with a blue darvic on left leg 2V06
Common Gull 140
Herring Gull 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 6
Sparrowhawk 1m
Redwing 16
Greenfinch 10

15th Jan 16.31-16.33

Treecreeper 1 Bolesworth Wood, Meadow Court access
Ring-necked Parakeet 96 in the pre roost

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Large numbers of Black-headed Gulls taking advantage of the flooded fields, at least 400 present.
Common Gull xc.50
Lesser Black Backed Gull x4
Redwing x11
Mistle Thrush x2
Ring-necked Parakeet x22

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Jack Snipe - 1 flushed out of the rushes by a dog when it flew under the bramble of the school hedge, flushed again, it flew back in and was left in peace.
Fieldfare 1
Redwing 7

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15.06-16.12

Ring-necked Parakeet 104 perched birds counted pre-roost, as usual departing NE at 16.00
Pied Wagtail 29 flew in, then departed
Black-headed Gull 526+
Common Gull 8
Jackdaw 700+ pre-roost at Bolesworth Wood


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Ring-necked Parakeet - pre-roost gathering of 125 which departed north east at 16.02
Lesser Redpoll 1
Redwing 23
Herring Gull 16
Heron 1

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Late pm

Chiffchaff 1
Goldcrest 1
Ring-necked Parakeet 29
Common Gull 29
Lesser Black-backed Gull 13
Herring Gull 5
Heron 1
Kestrel 1
Carrion Crow 60

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This afternoon - Common gull 40.
Lesser Black-back Gull - 1.
Black-headed gull - 1.

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Skylark 7 over NW
Siskin 1 over
Fieldfare 8
Greenfinch 19
Common Gull 34

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07.51 - 09.51

Pink-footed Geese, 2 skeins, 39 > NW at 09.12 and 59 > E at 09.33
Goosander 1 redhead > E
Meadow Pipit only 1 > S

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Turn Moss (total 37 species, 758 individuals) and Stretford Ees (total 24 species, 264 individuals) 08.29-11.09

Meadow Pipit 204 N>S
Redpoll 1 N>S
Siskin 1 N>S
Skylark 1 N>S
Swallow 2 N>S
Chaffinch 15 N>S
Chiffchaff 6
Reed Bunting 1



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Pink-footed Goose 51 flew SE at 07.40
Siskin 8 dropped in briefly before flying south

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Spotted Flycatcher - 2 together in the same vicinity

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Spotted flycatcher was still in the area pete mentions below & favouring the large oak tree in the corner next to hawthorn lane when i left at 1pm.





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Spotted Flycatcher 1 photographed in the hedgerow between the two pitches on the south side of Hawthorn Lane. Mobile around that area 10.50-11.10

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Not my sighting but from a video posted on a Facebook page just now (screenshot attached)

Little Egret 1 at 20.45 with 2 Heron.

The Egret flew on its own towards Stretford Ees but the recorder looked there and didn't see it.

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Oystercatcher on the Grammar school playing field this morning

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Metal ringed adult Mediterranean Gull flew SW towards Sale WP at 10.30



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Adult Med Gull with large gulls west end. Present 10.15am

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A juvenile Skylark first on the Grammar School playing field then flushed from tall grass on Turn Moss when it called. I must admit it had me going for a minute, looking through the fence, as it sat squat with it's back to me.

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Willow Tit- 1 Hawthorn Lane

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16.45 quick visit. Numbers building up.

Woodpigeon 256
Ring-necked Parakeet 52 (numbers are likely to increase an hour before dusk)
Swift 55



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Red Kite 1 lazily flying low east over Chorlton Ees at 10.35
Treecreeper juvenile being fed at Hawthorn Lane
Great Spotted Woodpecker pair feeding a juvenile at the nest. A different more developed juvenile being fed yesterday at a different part of the site.

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Cuckoo 1 first picked out flying towards the Hawthorn Lane end of Bolesworth Wood from where it sang at about 07.30

Wed 6th May

Garden Warbler 1

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The male Redstart has been showed well later (v. elusive earlier) 16.00 - 19.00 (at least) along the eastern hedgeline.
Head on the black throat resembles more of a bib (reminded me of Eastern Black Redstart), note the yellow gape, not a particularly striking wing panel.

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Redstart 1 male along hedgerows in SE corner
Common Whitethroat male still in the uncut corner by the school
Swift 42 +
Swallow 6
House Martin 4
Buzzard 1

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Swift 5
House Martin 9
Swallow 4
Skylark 1
Common Whitethroat 1 singing male

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Lapwing 7 flyover
Goosander 4 flyover
Reed Bunting pair still
Stock Dove 4
Pheasant 1
Willow Warbler 1
Chiffchaff 3
Blackcap 2
Sparrowhawk 3
Buzzard 1
Kestrel 1

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Wheatear 1
Swallow 1
Chiffchaff 3
Raven 1
Linnet 1
Meadow Pipit 2

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Little Egret flying south at 07.22 and lost to view behind trees. Stretford and Broad Ees Dole were subsequently checked but it was relocated.
Meadow Pipit 1
Reed Bunting 1


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Meadow Pipit - 22
Lapwing - 1 over
Reed Bunting - pair still

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Peregrine - 1 bolted west across the school field and playing fields at 09.40
Blackcap - 1 in song
Reed Bunting - pair still present (for 2nd day)

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White Wagtail 1 still
Pied Wagtail 5
Meadow Pipit 1
Chiffchaff 1

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White Wagtail 1
Pied Wagtail 3
Meadow Pipit 17

https://ebird.org/checklist/S66046584

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Linnet 1 flyover, (seen and heard)
Lesser Redpoll 1 (as above)
Skylark 3 (as above)
Redwing 250
Fieldfare 2 (several flocks around Chorlton in recent days)
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Stonechat 1 in the uncut corner by the Grammar School

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Common Sandpiper 2
Common Gull 3
Stock Dove 2

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Common Sandpiper 1
Black-headed Gull 4500
Lesser Black-backed Gull 30
Herring Gull 10
Mallard 14
Canada Goose 2
Heron 4
House Martin 20
Swallow 6
Ring-necked Parakeet (omni-present as usual)

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Short afternoon visit:-
Swallow - 2.
Jackdaw - 6.
Carrion Crow - 4.
Starling - 36. (Quite a few carrying food.)
House Sparrow ,- 6 (one male inparticular harassing several Starlings trying to make them drop what food they'd collected).
Whitethroat and Chiffchaff heard as I left.
Cormorant - 2 over.
Also a Large un- identified raptor !
It was dark with No white parts ,siloetted against a cloudy sky , I'd say larger than a Common Buzzard ,with thicker ,longer rounded wings held flat with a short triangular tail .
As a cormorant came close I could see it dwarfed it as it headed North.
I've ruled out Osprey, Honey buzzard ,Common Buzzard , Raven or Harrier sp.


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