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Geoff Hargreaves


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Sunday am,after a few poor showings recently(mayhem disaster) faith in the area has been restored,dover pub to lightshaw and back again.

2 redshank
6 grey heron (4 juv)
2 tufted
some mallard
54 lapwing
2 mute swansbiggrin.gifhonest missing in mayconfuse.gif
1 kingfisherbiggrin.gif
2 gadwall
1 kestrel
1 buzzardbiggrin.gif
2 blackcap
coot,moorhen,warblers,goldfinch,hirundines all over,and ''some'' gulls around

cheers geoffbiggrin.gifand i,ll just throw this one in strange sounding lbj ,like a mistle thrush sound but softer in the cow fielddisbelief.gif

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Judith Smith


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Cows - yes Geoff. For some reason the farmer hasn't used the field for a year or so, but they will keep the ground open thus preventing succession occurring.

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Dover pub and close by in lovley sunshine,for an hour after work,

At least two family parties of swallows biggrin.giffeeding near the lock,20 house martins,loads of stuff singing deep joy.I was a bit concerned to see 8 calves in the triangular field
canal/road/brook is this normal?

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Judith Smith


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3 Black-tailed Godwits and the Barn Owl hunting over the marsh at 1010hrs this morning.
I've now found out which part of the Abram Flashes the LWT have bought. It's Dover Basin (formerly owned by British Waterways), so at last something can be done (hopefully) about the shooting there (it's illegal to shoot over land you don't own, without permission) and maybe the flash flooding can also be addressed.

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Quick check 12.00 while 14.00
herons,gulls,terns,redshank,shoveler,shelduck and supporting cast ,sadly no osprey or godwits but 30 odd house martins feeding at abram hall will have to be checked out

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Superb news judith! Can someone send it over my way way please.

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Judith Smith


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Thanks Geoff. At a nearby private site, 2 broods of Gadwall today.

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Judith,congrats on cracking the osprey,a very nice county tick and on your own 'patch' to boot

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Judith Smith


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It then drifted towards Pennington Flash, where Barrie Hulme saw a probable about 0630hrs.
I've waited 28 years to see an Osprey in GM so it made my day!

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Friday 05 June 2009

Judith Smith had an Osprey circling low over Dover Basin at 11:15. It drifted off in the direction of the Wigan Flashes, but then returned to Dover Basin at 11:30 and caught a fish!


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Judith Smith


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27 Black-tailed Godwits at Dover Basin this afternoon, when flushed by a Buzzard and went off to Lightshaw Hall Flash (where difficult to see from the canal).

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They flew into the centre of Horrocks Flash this evening (Geoff Hargreaves). Not that they'd get much peace and quiet there - I gather it was mayhem with boats and swimmers in the nesting areas. The police were called and cleared one lot off, and Geoff got rid of the others (well done Geoff)

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26 Black-Tailed Godwits on Lightshaw Hall Flash this evening, flew towards Dover Basin
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Lightshaw Hall Flash, 1st June, morning:

24 Black-tailed Godwits (atleast, very difficult to count there)

Info thanks to Judith Smith

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 1st of June 2009 12:39:12 PM

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Judith Smith


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A pair of Shelduck with 4 ducklings on Lightshaw Hall Flash tonight.

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Friday 15 May 2009
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Water levels very high, only highlights being 1 drake Wigeon on Lightshaw and a Wheatear in the sheep field behind.

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Dover basin 19.00 till dark(me birding int dark)confuse.gif

1 shelduck (bullying anything it could see)
4 gadwall
2 shoveler
2 redshank
1 lapwing
1 buzzard over
2 terns
2 heron
6+swallow
mallard moorhen coot,
an abundance of warblers,reed,sedge,willow,grasshopper(lots)chiff chaff,robin etc

very pleasant
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Rob Thorpe


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This morning, Dover Lock/Coffin Brook Flash area:
1 Grasshopper Warbler
4 Whitethroat
2 Sedge Warbler
1 House Martin
Info thanks to Terry Thorpe.

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Dover basin,midday

4 redshank
4 gadwall
8 lapwing
4 mallard
2 sleepy herring gulls
1 male shelduck,it chased off 2 other shelduck again fingers crossedwink.gif

cheers geoffbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gifand a t v and cider bottle and a tyre(site tick) as the water level keeps on dropping

dover lock pub,2 pied wagtails,goldfinch,greenfinch
and the swallows are backbiggrin.gif

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Sedge Warbler singing up at Bamfurlong end on Sunday 12 April. Info thanks to Terry Thorpe

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Lightshaw 12.00 1.00

6 redshank
4 lapwing
2 shelduck
2 moorhen
4 mallard and a few sheep

dover basin 1.00 while 2ish
2 shelduck
2 tufted
4 gadwall
5 mallard
2 shoveler(briefly)
4 redshank
4 reed bunting,giving a flycatcher type performencebiggrin.gif
3 oystercatchers
the resident pair of shelduck chased off 2 visiting shelduck with much vigor
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Geoff Hargreaves


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Nice stroll from dover car park,

lightshaw,
1 shoveler,6 teal,4 mallard,coot,moorhen,1 heron,2 canada,8 lapwing,redshanks heard only

dover basin,12 teal,3 gadwall,coot,mallard,1 water rail(calling),2 swallow,1 house martin,lots of chiff chaff,willow warbler,blue,great and long tailed . 3 shellduck(somewhat unsettled and flighty)

cheers geoffbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif

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On a quick visit this morning:
4 Shelduck
3 Oystercatcher
3 Willow Warbler
House Martin
2 Swallows



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Willow Warbler near Glover's Pool this morning. Info thanks to Terry Thorpe.

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Geoff Hargreaves


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lightshaw, 2 shoveler,4 redshank,6 lapwings,6 teal,

dover basin,2 shelduck,2 redshank,2 gadwall,2 mute swan,6 mallard,1 shoveler,10 teal,sadly no godwits

over and around,gulls,cormorant,chiffchaf,g s pecker,nice morning out and for once
the weather gods forgot the wind

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4 Sand Martin and a Chiffchaff @ Dover Lock this morning. Info thanks to Terry Thorpe.

-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Tuesday 31st of March 2009 01:22:23 PM

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a Swallow flew W along canal past Dover Lock @ 09:30 this morning. Info thanks to Terry Thorpe.

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Dover basin 13.00hrs

2 redshank
13 teal
7 shelduck
2 blacktailed godwit
3 grey heron
6 mallard
2 coot
1 moorhen
lots of lbjs


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Ian Woosey wrote:

22/3/09 am


DNA sampling of the TV has revealed it to be of the Phillips sub-species.





So, a winter visitor from Hollandbiggrin.gif

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Geoff Hargreaves


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belated sightings from 21/03/09 first light,and the 'bike legs' are better than I thought

dover basin,3 snipe ,1 shelduck,2 gadwall ,1 grey heron,2 redshank,4 lapwing
1 teevee.gifworth going just to get that one in

lightshaw 3 redshank,8 teal,2 gadwall,12 lapwing(no ones mentioned the decoy duck that,s a cert on the difficult to view water)

glovers pool, red letter day, 2 coot,1 moorhen ,2 gadwall and 1 grey wagtail on the brook.

cheers geoffbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif

where did you leave theteevee.gif remote ianbiggrin.gif


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22/3/09 am

Black-tailed Godwit, Shelduck, drk Goosander, 2 Sand Martin, 3 Gadwall (Dover Basin).
5 Redshank, Buzzard (Lightshaw Flash).

DNA sampling of the TV has revealed it to be of the Phillips sub-species.

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was that a TVteevee.gif Ian?

Look, Bill - I've done it w00t.gif

Steve

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16/3/09 am

Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Redshank, single Shelduck on Dover Basin.

2 Oystercatcher, 2 Redshank, 6 Snipe on Lightshaw Flash.

Buzzard,
2 Grey Partridge,
3 Yellowhammer,
Kingfisher,
Willow Tit.

TV still present on Dover, showing well.........(won`t come to bread though furious.gif)

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Bill and all,forgot to mention some b h gulls and some liitle brown jobs,as an excuse to make another post and try to work in some emotionsdisbelief.gifbut I don,t know how use the fancy ones(I can only look at themfurious.gif)

cheers geoffbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif

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Geoff,

Love reading your posts - they always have a different angle and always make me laugh laughing.gifhmm.gifsmile.gif With regards to your last post below below.gif - just one glaring omission - you have a golden opportunity to use telly teevee.gif in a post and you don't use the emoticon! teevee.gif Really, if you have any aspirations at all to become "king of the emoticons" then you really can't afford to miss such an "open goal"!! wink.gifgiggle.gifgiggle.gifgiggle.gif


Cheers,

Bill.



-- Edited by Bill Myerscough on Saturday 14th of March 2009 05:32:21 PM

-- Edited by Bill Myerscough on Saturday 14th of March 2009 06:25:59 PM

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Not so nice bike ride to dover and lightshaw ,first time i,ve had the push bike out this year and it,s hurting a bit.

still nothing at all on glovers poolconfuse.gif

dover basin 23 teal 6 mallard 2 coot 2 cormorant over, 1 great crested grebe,1 telly

lightshaw,50 wood pigeon,2 moorhen,32 teal,3 redshank,17 lapwings,1 oystercatcher,viewing conditions were less than ideal with lots of water glare and a tadge of wind making the scope 'dither'

anyone want to bet how long it will take the telly to migrate to the spit

cheers geoffbiggrin.gifbleh.gif

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Nice Stroll Down canal Bank
No Waders on Dover probably due overnight rain pushing water levels up
In The Area
3 Shelduck
3 Shoveler
30 + Lapwings
5 Oystercatchers
4 Redshank
2 Buzzard
3 Grey Herons
at least 6 Singing Reed Buntings
6 Gadwall
25 + Teal
A New One for me a TV Set on Doverconfuse.gif

One Chap with a Spaniel mooching through the reedbed came on from the bridge over the brook on Aye Bridge Rd

Cheers Jimmy


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Just a little bit nippy on the bankingno.gifno.gif,

lightshaw 30 teal
3 oystercatchers
4 lapwing
6 mallard
3 buzzard
40 wood pigeon
22 magpie
dover basin 25 teal
2 gadwall
8 mallard
1 gc grebe
2 shellduck
4 goosander
2 redshank
2 blacktailed godwitbiggrin.gif


cheers geoffbiggrin.gif 1 cormorant (on the canal)the emoticons are backconfuse.gif

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22/2/09 am (All site count)

2 Buzzard,
3 Shelduck,
3 Goosander (2f),
Redshank,
Stonechat (m),
39 Teal,
6 Gadwall (3pr),
40+ Lapwing,
29+ Magpie.


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18/1/09 a.m.

Barn Owl hunting @ 08:25

Shelduck, 8 Goosander, 67 Teal, male Stonechat (Lightshaw Hall Flash).
Snipe, 7 Gadwall, 2 Lesser Redpoll (Dover Basin).
Kestrel.
6 Cormorant over.

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10 Snipe and 3 Teal @ Red Lion Marsh/Coffin Brook Flash this evening. Also 2 Goosander over.

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Had a quick look this afternoon,Dover basin was frozen and birdless I couldn,t face the trudge to lightshaw,very few birds about.

Dover pub area 25 fieldfare 6 greenfinches
2 shelduck (over) 15 blackbirds
40 crows 1 lapwing
6 magpie 1 kestrel

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24/12/08 a.m.

Shelduck, 2 Buzzards, 4 Snipe, 46 Teal, Kestrel (Lightshaw Hall Flash).
Green Woodpecker, 4 Gadwall, Goldcrest, Bullfinch (Dover Basin).

Pink-footed Geese :

11 NW @ 09:15
65 NW @ 09:40
80 NW @ 09:45

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Dover basin and lightshaw 07/12/08 12 while 3.00 both frozen

1 b h gull 4 mallard over
24 teal over 1 small tit flock
2 skiens of pink feet over
50 fieldfare 12 redwing
1 kestrel 1 sparrowhawk
2 crows and dissapointingly no glossy ibisno.gifno.gifno.gifdisbelief.gif

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glovers pool, 1 tufted 2 mute swan 1 pied wagtail, longtailed,blue,great tits,20 fieldfare and a tadge of rain.

dover basin, 2 coot 1 water rail 1 grey heron,10 bh gull,2 mallard

lightshaw,40 mallard,4 moorhen,3 coot,12 teal,1 wigeon,1 snipe,1gadwall,

inbetween and through crankwood back to 'brunch',30 pheastant, goldfinch,house sparrow,starling,blackbirds,goosanders,collard dove,magpie,crow,kestrel ,sparrowhawk,canada,jackdaw,willow and coal tit,wren,dunnock,150 redwing.all in all a good days birding despite the weather.

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16/11/08 a.m.

23 Snipe & 24 Teal on Lightshaw Hall Flash,
c140 Pink-footed Geese over SE @ 08:50
mixed flock of 40+ Fieldfare & Redwing,
f. Sparrowhawk being vigorously chased by 7 Crows,
6 Jays,
Kestrel.

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about 14:00 to 16:00

Hundreds of Redwings and Fieldfares in the hedges and fields on either side of the canal around the Crankwood area, also a mixed flock of 27 Collared Dove, lots of Redwing, even more Fieldfare, 4 Lesser Redpoll, a few Starling and one or two Chaffinch around the houses at Crankwood.
3 plastic ducks on Lightshaw and 7 blokes with shotguns and dogs, shooting pheasants behind Dover Basin.
Quite a few PFGs over, 2 Goosander flew over N and then turned back S (possibly 2 i had seen earlier at Slag Lane end of Penni Flash). at least 20 Cormorant over N, and hundreds of BH Gulls (with a few H, LBB and C Gulls) heading S (towards Penni roost (which was a rather large one tonight))

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ROSS'S GOOSE flew over East with 80+ PFGeese @ 16:45

also 62 PFGs East @ 16:40

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25/10/08 a.m.

m. Stonechat on the fence behind Lightshaw Flash,
3 Buzzards,
Kestrel,
juv. Great Crested Grebe & f. Pochard on Dover Basin.........sleep.gif

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On the Crankwood side of the canal yesterday a.m. - 300+ Redwings, 100+ Fieldfare, 6 Lesser Redpoll, 15 Goldfinch, 2 Bullfinch, female Blackcap

-- Edited by dave broome at 09:15, 2008-10-25

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