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Ian McKerchar


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Yesterday, 15th August, 6:15-8:30pm.

Broad Ees Dole:

Canada Goose- 41
Little Grebe- 4
Lapwing- 3
Mallard- 14
Grey Heron- 5

Also 4 Curlew flew west over Sale Water Park at 8:25pm

Info thanks to Phil Kelly



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Since the swans legally belong to HM the Queen, I think the culprit should be tried for treason and hung (by some part of his anatomy)!

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The adult male Swan, ring no ZZ4838 was ringed as an adult at Martin Mere in 2006.

A (belated) more accurate report from the Trafford Metro

http://menmedia.co.uk/traffordmetro/news/s/1313178_jet_skier_who_killed_swans_gets_lake_ban



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How sad to hear this news, its about time there was some restriction on the jet skis they think they own the water. How many times have we seen them racing around without regards for anything, how many walks have been ruined by them ,it comes as no surprise reallyno.gif

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I heard some late news today that the adult male and a cygnet Mute Swan were killed by a jet ski recently. The M.E.N. reports the incident as occurring on Tuesday 30th July. Apparently the police are inviolved.

http://menmedia.co.uk/manchestereveningnews/news/s/1312527_swans_killed_by_jet_skier

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A mid-day visit to a very quiet Broad Ees Dole.
1 Common Sandpiper
8 Heron
3 Shoveller
2 Little Grebe
2 Mallards

Also
1 Mink in inflow channel behind Jackson's Boat

Sad to see the "improvement" works to the riverbank between Barfoot Bridge and Jackson's Boat. No doubt sand martin nesting holes will have been obliterated. Perhaps time for a mink proof artificial nesting bank to be built.



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1 Willow Tit at the overflow channel, it or another calling by the feeding station later
2 juv Little Grebe
6 cygnets
1 Cormorant
9 Swift

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10th June.

Grasshopper Warbler reeling mid-afternoon.

Cheers,

Bill.

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8/6/10
Cormorant in the mersey on the way in from Jacksons Boat
Did 1 lap and sat in the hide for 5 mins
2 GC Grebe maybe 4 unless I saw the same 2 twice
Pair of Mute swans with 6 cygnets
Reed warbler singing next to the hide lakeside
Moorhen with 1 chick feeding on the grass at the hide

BROAD Ees Dole
4 Grey Heron all looked like Juvs dull colours
1 Dabchick (Little Grebe)
1 Lapwing

Picture of heron from the hide flickr
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-- Edited by Simon Gregory on Wednesday 9th of June 2010 05:22:50 PM

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2 Mute Swan with cygnets
4 GC Grebe

Broad Ees Dole:
2 pairs of Little Grebe - 1 with young
3 Lapwing
10+ Grey Heron

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1 GSW
4 Great Crested Grebe
4 Mute Swan
Lots of Goslings and Ducklings (inc. 1 leucistic mallard duckling)

Broad Ees Dole:
3 Lapwing
3 Little Grebe
4 Grey Heron
2 Gadwall
1 Sparrowhawk overhead

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10.00 - 12.00 Sale WP & Broad Ees Dole

2 Lapwing
2 Gadwall
3 Grey Heron
1 Stock Dove
2 Reed Bunting
2 Little Grebe
2 Great Crested Grebe
1 Treecreeper - singing near visitor centre

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11/05/2010 - 3pm, much of my time spent hiding in the hide from a big downpour which dropped in one decent bird:

1 Common Sandpiper (Broad Ees Dole)
3 Lapwings
2 Little Grebes
4 Tufted Ducks
1 Mute Swan
8+ Sand Martins
40+ Swallows
1 Sedge Warbler


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06/05/2010 - Quiet, species wise, on the lake and Broad Ees Dole today but some of the residents are well underway with summer festivities.

2 Great Crested Grebes
2 Little Grebes
5 Grey Herons
2 Tufted Ducks
1 Pheasant
2 Lapwings
c20 Sand Martins
4 Swifts
2 Swallows
1 Sedge Warbler (heard over in Chorlton Ees)
1 Whitethroat
2 Blackcaps
2 Chiffchaffs
4 Bullfinches

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1 Common Sandpiper
pair Gadwall
3 pair Tufted
2 Little Grebe
pair Teal

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I was there yesterday 22/4

1 Willow tit or marsh on feeders at the VC hut not 100% Sure of id not even from my rubbish photograph. no.gif

4 Goldfinch in bushes.

Male Bullfinch.

Dunnock (Under Tables).

Grey Heron in background stalking prey.

Reed Bunting (heared not seen)

Chiffchaffs Singing Everywhere.



-- Edited by Simon Gregory on Friday 23rd of April 2010 11:47:15 AM

-- Edited by Simon Gregory on Friday 23rd of April 2010 11:47:46 AM

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22/04/2010 - 8am, a serene scene at the water park this morning:

1 Common Sandpiper (on small islands in main lake, bobbing its bum like it's trying to balance on air!)
2 Willow Tits (on VC feeders)
3 Great Crested Grebes
3 Mute Swans
2 Little Grebes
7 Gadwalls
1 Pheasant
3 Lapwings
2 Snipe
5 Willow Warblers
4 Blackcaps
2 Chiffchaffs
1 Reed Bunting

-- Edited by Henry Cook on Thursday 22nd of April 2010 12:51:04 PM

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DerekRood wrote:

Is that a Garganey on Broad Ees Dole?





A drake Mandarin was reported at Broad Ees Dole on the 16th April

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Brief wander round SWP and Broad Ees Dole today, my first visit to the site. Highlight was a pair of Bullfinches, other notables include 2 Little Grebes, a pair of Gadwall and 5 Lapwings from the hide, 3 GC Grebes on the main lake, loads of Canada geese and several singing Chiffchaffs, Willow Warblers and Blackcaps.

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Is that a Garganey on Broad Ees Dole?

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Visit to SWP this afternoon produced:-

Many Chiffchaff, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Male Blackcaps, loads of singing Wrens, 5 noisy Jay, 1 Reed Bunting, Great, Blue and Long-tailed Tit aplenty, Dunnock.

On the main water many Canadas, Coot, Moorhen, Mallard and Great Crested Grebe.

From hide at Broad Dole Ees; 5 Snipe, 1 Lapwing, 2 Little Grebe, 5 Shoveler, more Canada Geese.

A Buzzard overhead on way back to Visitor Centre.

Rick.

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-- Edited by Richard Donkin on Tuesday 13th of April 2010 05:03:23 PM

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A short rest in the hide at Broad Ees Dole this afternoon after walking from Chorlton WP revealed:

4 Sand Martins
1 Swallow
2 Chiffchaffs
2 Lapwings
4 Goosanders
3 Gadwalls
1 Shoveler
1 Little Grebe
1 Mute Swan (what was probably its mate was over on the Water Park)
4 Grey Herons
1 Reed Bunting

also 6 Great Crested Grebes on the Water Park

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First ever visit to Sale Water Park this morning and found:-

12-16 Swallows, 6-8 Sand Martins and 1 House Martin - they were all flying around together making counting quite tricky but it was good to get my first Martins of the year - the Sands were expected, the House was a nice surprise.

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10 Sand Martins
2 Shoveller
2 Teal

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Sale WP on 24th March:

M/F pair Shoveler and M/F pair Wigeon in flooded fields by the Mersey (nothing but Mallards on the Mersey itself).

Jay in the tall poplar trees by the Mersey

2 pairs Gadwall, 3 pairs + 1 solo male Shoveler, 1 pair Teal, 3M 2F Tufted Duck, 1 solo male Goosander, sundry Mallards and Canada Geese at Broad Ees Dole

2 Great Crested Grebe, a few Moorhens and Coots, 1 Mute Swan, lots of Mallards and lots of Canadas on the main lake. 3 feral Muscovy Ducks on the island. 3 Grey Herons flying over in quick succession. An assortment of Canadas, Mallards and motley feral/domestic ducks (some of the latter nearly as big as the Canadas, and easily able to bully/chase them off!) by the watersports centre.

Various small passerines around, only Great Tit, Dunnock and Robin identified. Probably other tits and some finches too.

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29/03/2010 - A loop of the lake taking in Broad Ees Dole and the Mersey in pooring rain revealed nothing unusual:

1 Little Grebe
2 Shovelers
8 Gadwalls
4 Teals
6 Great Crested Grebes
2 Lapwings
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
3 Chiffchaffs
c30 Goldfinches
2 Reed Buntings

-- Edited by Henry Cook on Monday 29th of March 2010 03:32:04 PM

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3 Oystercatcher at Broad Ees Dole late morning

info from Nigel Whittaker via the VC

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Chiffchaff singing Broad Ees 0945

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Early ? Pretty much bang on cue, middle of the the 3rd week in March.
Now if it was a House Martin ....

cheers
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Henry Cook wrote:

3 Sand Martins reported this afternoon.




wow thats early! Pennington and Sale mid march.....

-- Edited by brandon mulhern on Thursday 18th of March 2010 10:24:50 PM

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3 Sand Martins reported this afternoon.

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brief visit this pm
on and around the lake
plenty of bh gull
3 lbb
2 commom gull
single gc grebe
4 mute swan
plenty of long tail tits
1 willow tit
5 cormorant

broad ees

3 shoveler
11 tufted
1 teal
4 heron


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Willow Tit at feeding station
2 snipe, 5 Gadwell, 3 Shoveler Broad Ees
1 LBBG on buoy
+ usuals

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Willow Tit still present by the vc and very vocal this morning. Sightings pretty much as per my last visit but no Goosanders or Lesser Black-backed Gulls today. 4 Lapwings on Broad Ees Dole looked to be getting settled in.

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17/02/2010 - Much of the main lake and Broad Ees dole was frozen over this morning but plenty of ducks on the latter site.

Main Lake:
2 Muscovy Ducks...
3 Great Crested Grebes
5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (1.3w+4.adw)
Common+Black-headed Gulls
Coots+Mallards+Canada Geese

Broad Ees Dole:
3 Gadwall (2 males)
6 Shovelers
2 Goosanders
27 Teal
16 Tufted Ducks

Visitor Center:
1 Willow Tit (heard briefly in the trees bordering the marshy area)
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 Song Thrush
1 Kestrel

-- Edited by Henry Cook on Wednesday 17th of February 2010 02:31:32 PM

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Sale WP and Broad Ees Dole - 8.00 to 10.00 am.

Sale WP.

2 Mute Swan,
2 singing sing.gif Song Thrush,
1 singing sing.gif Chaffinch - first one I have heard this year,
1 Siskin over and calling,
55+ Coot,
1 Fieldfare,
1 Little Grebe,
11 resting Cormorants - split between 2 pylon roosts,
c25 Goldfinch feeding on alder cones,
2 Grey Wagtails,
1 Jay

Broad Ees Dole.

1 male Gadwall,
1 male Shoveler,
3 Teal (2 males) plus other unseen calling Teal,
1 Grey Heron,
A flock of 7, probably 8 Bullfinch,
c25 Fieldfare,

Sadly I also saw a Mink in full view for approx. 1 minute, only 20 yards or so away and right in front of the Lakeside Hide at Broad Ees Dole at 8.20 this morning. angered.gif

Cheers,

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-- Edited by Bill Myerscough on Sunday 7th of February 2010 03:27:40 PM

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They sit on the globe lamps at Salford Quays. Warmer to the tootsies I suppose.

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I've noticed the cormorant have taken to sitting on the lamposts on the motorway rather than the pylons on the side of the lake this week.

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26/11/2009 - A lap of the lake this afternoon revealed:

1 Willow Tit (in tit flock near visitor center)
2 Kingfishers (one on inflow to lake, one on Broad Ees Dole)
2 Shovelers
7 Gadwalls
1 Tufted Duck
30+ Coots
4 Common Gulls (2.1w, 2.adw)
3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (3.adw)
1 Great Black-backed Gull (2w)
3 Great Crested Grebes
1 Cormorant

-- Edited by Henry Cook on Thursday 26th of November 2009 03:38:08 PM

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SWP the Broad Ees this morning, mingingly cold and damp then the sun came out and the autumnal colours looked great!
Udsual suspectsplus
Kingfisher
Male and female Goosander splashing around very spritely
Shoveller
Gadwall
6 Heron
It was colder due to windchill and the flask was welcome!

-- Edited by mark gilligan on Wednesday 25th of November 2009 12:14:37 PM

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Broad Ees Dole, this afternoon

8 Gadwall
6 Shoveler
2 Wigeon
7 Heron

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Dole ees
8x Gadwall
7x Shovler
10x Teal
6x Heron
13x Comorant on the pylons

No waders no.gif

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-- Edited by dave mcintyre on Thursday 22nd of October 2009 09:50:00 PM

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@ the Dole 14:00 - 18:00

4 Little Grebe (2 juv)
2 Shoveler
4 Heron
2 Snipe
20+ Teal
Kingfisher
10+ Gadwall
Long Tailed Tit flock (with some Blue/Great Tits too)

No Lapwings though, that's a first in a while!

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Ian , the staff at the visitors centre is a good start, as for a eastern hide,they need a fireproof one, so you will just have to take cover under a brolly.

keep birding

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30/8

1 Common Sandpiper
2 probably 3 Kingfishers very active at 9.30am
7 Coots
3 Little Grebes
12 Lapwing
at least 9 House Martins with the Swallows

If anyone knows who to contact within Trafford MBC to get the vegetation cut back in front of the hide, litter cleared etc please send me a pm. Perhaps a viewing screen on the eastern side of BED could also be installed biggrin.gif

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5/7/09 - 9am
Amongst the regulars at Broad Ees Dole:
2 Common Terns showing well and resting on the posts
1 female Kingfisher
2 LRP's
2 Sand Martins


-- Edited by Ian Keith on Sunday 5th of July 2009 03:47:30 PM

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Many thanks John.I could not see the bird this morning either.
Cheers,
Dave.

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David Ousey wrote:

Anyone got anymore information on the Little Egret (Update at 6pm) please?
Dave Ousey.





I arrived around 1.15 to learn that it had flown and I'd missed it by about half an hour. No idea if it has returned or not.

Cheers, John

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Anyone got anymore information on the Little Egret (Update at 6pm) please?
Dave Ousey.

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Little Egret still present to 11.15 at least

Info from Liz Saxby at the VC

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