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Female marsh harrier bryn Marsh today 



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Reply from bto ,Hi David We can rarely process ring recoveries when only the colour ring is found. There are a number of reasons for this, sometimes it can be difficult to determine what species the ring was from. Although I think we can be reasonable confident this time - you will not receive further details. I suspect that the ring is from a Mute Swan, but please correct me if the ring size does not make sense! The bird was ringed as a juvenile on 26/09/2016 at Vulcan village, Warrington (SJ5893). It was then seen via it's colour ring on 29/05/2017 at Ince-in-Makerfield, Wigan (SD6003). The last time it was recorded on 24/07/2017 was at Abram, Wigan (SD6000) it was presumably found in an unsuitable area and was moved to a canal by a member of public! Colour rings are occasionally lost, particularly on Swans, as they can spend rather a lot of time around hard sufaces - especially in urban areas. It may be that the bird is still alive? Many thanks for taking the time to report the ring to us. Best wishes, Kev Leighton BTO colour ringing

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Spotted this today presumably  from a Swan?



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Last week red crested pochard, would the birder I spoke with last week please get it touch  ,Self employed stained glass restorer,thanks 



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Red crested Pochard showing well at 10.30am today at southern end of Scotman's Flash



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Red crested pochard still from canal Bank scotmans flash 11 55

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Red crested pochard still from canal Bank scotmans flash 11 55

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Male Red crested pochard scotmans flash by the new road bridge 13 20 today



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Cetti's warbler seen from new bench on Pearsons flash 6 or more common gull, 5 or more goldeneye males plus females 

.11 30am



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Pintail on Pearsons flash 11 30,along with wigeon gadwall goldeneye heron common gull  lots of tufted duck coot and black headed gulls



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Six Whooper Swans flew east from Scotmans Flash at 10:35 this morning

Info thanks to Andy Makin



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10.00-12.30

Westwood Flash

3 Tufted Ducks and 1 Mute Swan.

Pearsons Flash

1 Great Crested Grebe, 1 Cormorant, 14 Gadwall, 1 Little Grebe, 6 Tufted Ducks and a pair of Mute Swans.

Scotsmans Flash

13 Goldeneyes (Including 2 displaying drakes), 3 further females were seen flying low over the flash heading SE.

2 Great Crested Grebes, 14 adult Herring Gulls, 12 Lapwings (Flying above the flash appeared to be looking for

somewhere to land), 1 Little Grebe, 8 Cormorants, 1 Sparrowhawk (Zoomed low passed the sailing club),

and 8 Tufted Ducks.

10 Mute Swans (Including 1 youngster still with one of its parents), a pair were seen indulging in a courtship display,

whilst close by another adult was clearly in attack mode.



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Aren't we blessed, new bench overlooking Pearsons flash 



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Slavonian Grebe on Scotsman's Flash at 2pm. Very close in halfway along the path, then drifted towards the middle. 



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4 goldeneye on Pearsons flash 12 15



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Great White Egret on Horrocks flash this afternoon, viewed from the canal side.

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Great White Egret on Horrocks this evening.

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30/08/2024

Also in the evening, 2 Kingfisher and a Cetti's Warbler on Pearsons Flash; 4 Gadwall, 6 Tufted duck, 20 Lapwing and Great Crested Grebe with 2 chicks on Horrock's Flash



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Juvenile Black-necked Grebe still on Pearsons Flash, plus 224 Lapwings, 22 Shoveler and 17 Teal. 2 Little Egrets on Horrock's Flash.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

 

 



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Juvenile Black-necked Grebe on Pearsons Flash from 6pm at least, also a juvenile Mediterranean Gull was present earlier but flew off SW.

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Pearson's Flash this evening, Green Sandpiper, 77 Lapwings, adult Water Rail, adult Common Tern, 16 Swifts, 12 Teal and 3 Shoveler. On Scotmans, 3 Common Terns including a juvenile, 36 Lesser Black-backed and 4 Herring Gulls.

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Female/juv blackcap in trees near Pearsons flash,2 common tern on scotmans flash along with a kingfisher rapidly flying by the houses,several cormorant, and lesser black backed gull,plus swallow 1on the canal this morning. 



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4 commic terns (3 then 1) flew over east when I was on the canal west of Horrock's Flash (lovely evening for a kayak!)



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Yesterday, a Red Kite flew East over Moss Bridge, Scotland Flash at 5:22pm. A newly hatched Common Tern chick was on Horrocks Flash, also Garden Warbler and 2 adult Little Ringed Plovers. On Pearson's Flash, 3 Common Terns, 49 Lapwings, 2 Little Ringed Plovers and 4Teal.

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8 Black-tailed Godwits on Pearsons Flash this evening, 18 Lapwings, 3 drake Teal, 2 Common Terns and 64 Swifts.

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Redshank at Pearson's Flash this evening, female Marsh Harrier on Bryn Marsh plus a Cuckoo flew East. 

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Yesterday, drake Goldeneye on Scotmans Flash.

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Drake Garganey on Pearsons Flash at 7:10pm

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Male Marsh Harrier this afternoon, also Hobby and Garden Warbler.

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Male and Female Marsh Harrier today over Bryn Marsh.

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Female Marsh Harrier today, 2 Reed Warblers singing on Bryn Marsh, at least 20 Cetti's Warblers (including 19 singing males) from a large portion of the site area and 2 Little Ringed Plovers.

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Male marsh harrier bryn viewpoint 11am

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Sand martin 3 ,5pm

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Siskin in the woods near to Pearsons flash 20-30 birds



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Goldeneye on Pearsons



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Very trusting ,willow tit, an arms length away.



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Short walk today,long tailed tit ,coal tit ,great tit by the wellham Rd entrance , 2 pair bullfinch and a single male,willow tit, coal tit Robin, great tit,blue tit, the last five birds seemed to follow me for 100mtrs or so because I had put seed out earlier



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Kingfisher on Scotsman Flash behind houses on west side.

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Pearson's Flash today held 21 Goldeneye, 20 Tufted Duck, 15 Teal and 8 Gadwall.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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Willow tit by wellham Rd 11am

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Shoveller on westwood .

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Goldeneye on Pearsons flash,siskin, goldcrest, blue tit, redpoll ,sparrowhawk, kestrel plus usual,14.45 today

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David Hughes wrote:

Re willow tit with leg bands, the bird was ringed as part of a scheme in Washington Tyne and Wear




Interesting, I've read papers suggesting that Willow Tit are reluctant to fly across an open space of a few hundred metres between decent scrub or woodland habitat, but this one has crossed the Pennines!

Which is the point of ringing ultimately...

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Re willow tit with leg bands, the bird was ringed as part of a scheme in Washington Tyne and Wear

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Willow tit on the first feeder from wellham Rd, bryn viewpoint, willow tit,goldcrest  ,coal tit,nuthatch, birds round this area are fed regularly by passers by and seem to follow folk around, if you're missing out on willow tit, maybe   put some seed  out and sit and wait,?



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Short walk in a loop from wellham Rd entrance via ochre flash, bryn viewpoint  ,canal and back,willow tit with leg bands,right leg red over white  ,near to the feeding station that is no longer,blue tit, great tit, robin,blackbird, ochre flash 40+black headed gull,3 coot viewpoint, tufted duck 2,moorhen 2 ,goldfinch and siskin feeding on nearby alder,along the canal toward moss Bridge, goldcrest,  redwing,Jay, Robin, blackbird  ,moss Bridge, collared dove,sparrowhawk over and circling, back toward the feeding station, bullfinch ,blue tit great tit1 dunnock,2 house sparrow on the feeder on the left as I left



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Marsh harrier (moulting) over pearsons 3 30 pm today

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A walk today from poolstock locks to horrocks's,12 30 /3pm on westwood fleash a few black headed gulls and a pair of mute swan, on Pearson's flash coot, tufted duck, cormorant,lapwing, more black headed gull, onward to moss bridge great tit ,blue tit ,long tailed tit, woodpigeon, mallard on canal,jay calling from woodland opposite, terrapin in canal ,peregrine on pylon nearest the railway as previous, on horrocks flash grey heron, lapwing, cormorant, black headed gull, mallard, terrapin on island, with lapwing, on return peregrine still on pylon, 6 raven or more over scotmans flash, chiffchaff calling in the wooded bit before Pearson's, plenty of black headed gull, and some lesser black backed gull on scotmans.

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It is with great pleasure I can confirm that a pair of Marsh Harriers successfully bred for the very first time in the county at this site during the summer.

Full details and some photos and video can be found here https://www.manchesterbirding.com/whats-new



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Raven over ochre flash,3 marsh harriers airborne over bryn flash viewpoint, a cettis warbler seen here too ,also several buzzard,a peregrine falcon on the pylon nearest the canal,another cettis warbler singing near the metal bench 1 30 -3pm today

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