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BTO WeBS Count.( in the snow brave of me I know )

Goosander c6

Mallard c25

Canada goose c23

Mute Swan c13

Moorhen c11

Coot c38

Cormorant c11

Great Crested Grebe c9

Gadwall c20

Tufted Duck c35

Black Headed Gull c 327

LBB Gull c14

Herrring Gull c5

Common Gull c10

Heron 1

Broad ees dole

Teal 33

Mallard 9

Shoveler 14

Snipe 9 

Little Grebe 3

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Today, through the afternoon:

2 willow tit
1 bullfinch
6+ redwing
3 song thrush
4 moorhen
31 coot
5 teal (on marshy area beneath cafe)
3 gadwall
14 tufted duck
2 goosander
2 mute swan
2 great crested grebe
2 grey heron
8 cormorant
c100 black-headed gull
13 common gull
3 herring gull
1 kestrel
1 buzzard

Broad Ees Dole:

2 reed bunting
4 moorhen
1 coot
16 teal
24 gadwall
1 mute swan
3 little grebe
4 snipe
3 grey heron

Another birder had a water rail just in front of the hide before I arrived.

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Mute Swan 

Canada Geese 

Mallard 

Tufted duck

Gadwall

Teal

Gulls BH Gull Herring Gull LBB Gull

Grebes Great Crested and Little

Tits Blue Great Willow Long Tailed 

Corvids Crow Jackdaw Rook Magpie Jay

Goosanders 

Snipe

Herons and Cormorants.

Wren Dunnock Goldcrest

Blackbird Song Thrush Mistle Thrush Redwing

Great Spotted Woodpecker.

Finches Chaffinch Goldfinch 

 

Keep Birding



-- Edited by Paul Heaton on Saturday 10th of March 2018 04:15:41 PM

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Quick ride around. Highlights:
Main lake:
1 great crested grebe
3 little grebes
3 tufted ducks
2 goosander, a pair
2 teal
1 snipe flushed from the grassy bank, next to the islands
1 fieldfare
2 lesser redpoll feeding on ground with fieldfare
good numbers of gadwall + the usual
Broad ees dole
2 goosanders, redheads
2 shoveler, a pair
3 little grebe
20+ teal

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BTO WeBS Count Sunday 18th Feb

Coot 38

Moorhen 9

Canada geese 53

Mute Swan 7

Tufted Duck 27

Gadwall 38

Mallard 24

Goosander 4

Great Crested Grebe 2

BH Gull 157

Common Gull 4

LBB Gull 1

Cormorant 8

Broad ees dole

Teal 17

Mallard 8

Canada geese 5

Moorhen 4

Snipe 1

Heron 1

 



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Here from around 2.30 - 4.45. Again much of the lake frozen, including what looked like a small water bird (little grebe?) that seemed to have become locked into the ice and perished.

Main lake and surrounds:

1 goldcrest
1 willow tit
1 grey wagtail
Redwing heard
2 moorhen
27 coot
4 teal
c20 gadwall
2 goosander
4 mute swan
2+ great crested grebe
2 grey heron
8+ cormorant
116+ black-headed gull
3 common gull
16+ lesser black-backed gull
6+ herring gull
1 buzzard

Also possible yellow-legged gull; mantle colour looked good, and head pristine, but couldn't make out leg colour (which perhaps suggests they weren't yellow).

Broad Ees Dole:

54 teal
1 shoveler
2 mute swan
1 little grebe
2 grey heron

Ok, so no red-breasted merganser, but 52 species for the day, which isn't too bad, and it sure as hell beats work.


-- Edited by Shannon Llewellyn on Wednesday 7th of February 2018 08:14:26 PM

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16.30-17.00 Quick visit after Chorlton WP hoping the Red-breasted Merganser had relocated to Sale WP

6 Goosander -5f & 1m
2 Grey Wagtail

..but no Merganser! I wonder where else it goes to?

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08.40-09.55

Goosander 5 (1 male, 4 female)
Great crested Grebe 5
Little Grebe 3 (Broad Ees Dole)
Cormorant 12
Tufted Duck 19
Gadwall 23
Teal 21 (Broad Ees Dole)
Snipe 3 (Broad Ees Dole)
Herring Gull 13
Lesser Black-backed Gull 9
Common Gull 12
Ring-necked Parakeet 1
Siskin 20+



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 3rd of February 2018 10:35:34 AM

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Late morning after Chorlton WP.

Red-Breasted Merganser 1f. Appeared at the east end of main lake just as we were walking back to the car park.
Tufted Duck 5
Gadwall 12+
Mute Swan 6
Cormorant 10+
Great Crested Grebe 6
Teal 8m 2f.
Mallard 20+
Coot 40+
Moorhen 2
Little Grebe 3
Buzzard 1
Grey Heron 10
Willow Tit 2
Nuthatch 2
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Late post for Monday afternoon 3pm ish , 30.01.18

Main lake.
Goosander 4 (3f+1m).
Common gull 10.
Black-headed gull c200.
Lesser Black-back gull c30.
Yellow legged gull 1.
Gt. Crested Grebe 5.
Gadwall 24.
Plus 2-3 siskin in a mixed flock of Tits.

Broad Ees Dole.
Grey Heron 4.
Teal c15.

-- Edited by phillipskelly on Wednesday 31st of January 2018 04:48:42 PM Also Mute swan 5 plus Herring gull .

-- Edited by phillipskelly on Wednesday 31st of January 2018 04:50:25 PM

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BTO WeBS  Sunday 8.30-10-30

Weather. could have been better and drier, sadly 

Coot 110

Moorhen 18

Cananda Geese 54

Tufted Duck  23 m 7 f

Gadwall 18 m 7f

Mallard 15 m 12f

Mute Swan 12

Goosander 1 f

Cormorant 22

B H Gull 137  (3) showing summer plumage heads 

LBB Gull 5

Herring Gull 2

Common Gull 8

Great Crested Grebe 7

 

Broad res Dole

Teal 23m 8f

Heron 2

Kingfisher 1

 

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Friday 12th Jan (2.30pm)

A late delivery in Stretford so called in here for a break. Of note...
- c30 Tufted Duck
- 6 Gadwall
- 8 Cormorant
- 5 adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls
- 2 adult Common Gulls



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A few hours around here today, morning and afternoon, nice day for it, and lots to be seen.

Main lake and surrounds:

1 willow tit
2 nuthatch
7+ goldfinch
1 chaffinch
1 bullfinch
1 song thrush
1 kingfisher (with the largest fish I've ever seen one with)
3 great spotted woodpecker
1 moorhen
c40 coot
3 teal
21 gadwall
41 tufted duck
2 goosander
9 (I think) mute swan
4 little grebe
2 great crested grebe
1 grey heron
c8 cormorant
250+ black-headed gull
8+ common gull
10+ lesser black-backed gull
6+ herring gull
1 sparrowhawk

Broad Ees Dole:

1 grey wagtail
1 moorhen
36 teal
1 little grebe
12+ snipe
3 grey heron
1 kestrel (on pylon behind hide)
1 buzzard


-- Edited by Shannon Llewellyn on Sunday 7th of January 2018 07:40:07 PM

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Good stroll round today, Lots of activity at the visitors centre Willow tit x1 Great Tit x 11 R N Parakeets 4 Nuthatch x3

large flock of mixed finches on cow lane mainly Chaffinch with  possible Brambling (bad light in the trees )

Main lake B H Gull 200+ Coots 80+ Gadwall 25 Tufted duck 40+ Goldeneye 1 

Broad ees Dole Teal 38 Snipe 9+ Heron 3 Little Grebe 4 Kingfisher 1.

Goldcrest x7 and lots of other stuff as well .

 

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Now 38 Tufted Duck as well as 22+ Gadwall, 9 Cormorant and drake Goldeneye.

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37 Tufted Duck this am and 12+ Gadwall. Kingfisher heard around islands and single Buzzard flew low over lake toward west end.

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Quick check of main lake at first light this am, 36 Tufted Duck (28 drakes) single drake Goldeneye and 6 Cormorant.

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Well spotted Roger, and when I do my 2108 list , it will be interesting I wonder what will be here then.

Have fun birding in the meantime .



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update in 2108 and find something good
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Does longevity run in the family Paul ? Only another 91 years to go !

Roger.

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Sunday Morning 9.30-12.30

Visitor centre area

Willow tit x1

GS Woodpecker x2

Nuthatch x1

Great tit x5 

Blue Tit x4

Main Lake

B H Gull 218

Common Gull 18

Lesser Black backed Gull x9

Herring Gull x 2

Cormorants x 13

Canada Goose 27

Mute Swan x12

Great Crested Grebe x6

Little Grebe x 2

Gadwall x23

Mallard x 29

Goosander x1

Coots x30

Moorhen x 4

Kingfisher x2

Wood pigeon x 30

Feral pigeon x11

Broad ees dole 

Teal x 15

Buzzard x2

Blackbird x 1

Mistle Thrush x 2

Robins x9

Jackdaw x 5

Crow x 18

 

Well thats about it for 2017 planing to do a few more Mersey Valley update in 2018 and find something good ...

 

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Late post for yesterday afternoon 26.12.17

Main lake .......
Gadwall - 24
Tufted duck - 26.
Little grebe - 1.
Grt. Crested Grebe - 2.
Mute swan - 7.
Common gull - 10 .
Black-headed gull - c200.
Lesser Black-back gull 4.
Herring gull - 1.
Yellow legged gull 1.

Broad Ees Dole ......... ( not frozen ).
Snipe - 12 .
Moorhen - 3.
And Nowt else !


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Main lake .......

Mute swan - 7.
Common gull - 2.
Black-headed gull - c 160.
Lesser Black-back gull - 10.
Gadwall - 17.
Goosander - 1 (f).
Tufted duck - 14.
Grt.Crested Grebe - 2.
Cormorant - 7.
Old carpark .....

Kestrel - 1.

BroadEes Dole. .......

Snipe - 6.
Grey Heron - 1.

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Hour or so around the western end and Broad Ees Dole this afternoon. Jet-skiing, but still, some birds:

Main lake and surrounds:

1 stock dove over
1 moorhen
2 coot
10 (or possibly 11) mute swan
2 great crested grebe
35+ black-headed gull
4+ common gull
6+ lesser black-backed gull
1 herring gull

Broad Ees Dole was very quiet:

Long-tailed tit flock, with the odd blue tit mixed in
1 jay
2 moorhen
1 snipe
1 grey heron


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Apologies for the very late post for Thursday 30.11.17.
Main lake ........
Mute swan - 3 cygnets.
Black-headed gull - c100.
Lesser Black-back gull - 10.
Herring gull - 2 ( both 3rd winter ) .
Common gull - 10.
Yellow legged gull - 1 (same individual as last time ).
Broad Ees Dole ........
Teal - 30 on a mainly fozen bund.
Snipe - 2 on reed bed edges of bund.
Also several mobile long-tail tit flocks about.
Plus another long-tail tit flock and 2 Treecreeper (one seen , one heard) in hedge along Hawthorn lane on the way back.

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08.05 - 08.25

Gadwall 8
Herring Gull 1

(nothing on Broad Ees Dole)

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Friday 17th November. (4pm)

A late break on main car park at Deckers.

- 1 Yellow-legged Gull (certainly looked good for it) has just flown from the side of Deckers over to the far side of the lake, done a couple of circuits round that area but I've lost it. Could well be the same one that myself and then Phil Kelly have seen here recently.
- 2 Grey Wagtail
- 1 Woodcock has just flown up from beyond the island and then dropped back down towards the entrance area.
(I remember Steve Burke saying it was a good sight for them here, right place right time I guess!)

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All the normal stuff but GADWALL count up to 17 

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Late post - Wed 08.11.17
Yellow Legged Gull - 1 (confirmation from Ian McKerchar from images ).
Grey Heron - 1.
Goldfinch - 5.
Grt. Crested Grebe - 1.
Little grebe - 1.
Tufted Duck - 1.
Mute Swan - 6 (2 ad. + 4 cygnets ).
Broad Ees Dole ..........
Snipe - 1.
Teal - 7.


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Thursday 2nd Nov
Tacho break yesterday afternoon after a late delivery in Stretford.

Usual stuff knocking around including the Black-headed Gulls and an interesting large Gull that appeared flying round the car park and the edge of the reservoir near Deckers.
I reached for my bins and immediately the mantle hue stood out along with the yellow legs. I tried to snap a flight shot but I just couldn't get one (except for a totally blurred one) and it was out of sight behind the trees before I knew it!
I've attached some still images below, and although it looks good for Yellow-legged Gull I was hoping for a shot of the primaries or underwing pattern to confirm it.
Thanks for your view on this one Ian, seems it looks ok but for the very reason above regarding the wings, it can't be 100% confirmed. Yet!
In my view, it doesn't look like one of the Smithfield pair neither.


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20+ Redwing near the visitors centre

2 Great Spotted Woodpeckers.

lots of dog walkers , joggers and speed boats on the water, left it late to visit.

 

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A quick cycle round, around 3 today. Highlight being:
Broad ees dole
-5 teal
-a pair of gadwal
-a little grebe
-6 grey herons
Main lake
-4 lesser black backed gulls
-5 cormorants
-1 great crested grebe
-1 little grebe
Wildflower meadow
-2 swallows over
-a tit flock
-1 willow tit
-1 goldcrest

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42 species today Highlights

Jay x5

Treecreeper Goldcrest Chiffchaff , Kingfisher

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Steven Heywood wrote:

A couple of treecreepers with the mixed tit flocks near the car park this lunchtime.

Two juvenile sparrowhawks kept everything quiet on Broad Ees Dole.




I'm not sure two Sparrowhawks were needed to 'keep it quiet'. Best birds there for a while...

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A couple of treecreepers with the mixed tit flocks near the car park this lunchtime.

Two juvenile sparrowhawks kept everything quiet on Broad Ees Dole.



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From 2 - 4.30p. today .
Main lake -
Mute swan 2 adult + 5 cygnet.
Reed warbler 2 adult and possibly 2 juveniles. (One adult with food).
Lots of Blue tit and Long-tail tit everywhere.
Broad Ees Dole -
Teal 2 .
Grey Heron 3.
Little Grebe 3 (2 adult + 1 well developed juvenile ).
Moorhen 5 ( 3 adult + 2 juvenile ).
Also 3 cormorant on the pylons.

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three or so hours this morning:

1 goldcrest (juvenile)
4 chiffchaff
2 blackcap
4+ reed warbler, including at least one very recent fledgling and an adult with food.
1 treecreeper
1 nuthatch heard
2 greenfinch
10+ swallow
House martins heard
3 jay
1 great spotted woodpecker heard
2 ring-necked parakeet
1 moorhen
1 coot
7 mute swan (five almost full grown cygnets)
2 grey heron
5 or 6 cormorant
1 or 2 buzzard

Broad Ees Dole:

6 moorhen (one almost full-grown juvenile)
4 little grebe (one full-grown juvenile)
7 grey heron

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Single Ring Necked Parakeet flew east over main lake c. 8.30 this am. 56 Canada geese and the 5 Mute Swan Cygnets still on main lake as well as 3 Little Grebe.

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Herring Gull 1 adult
Teal 1 female

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Yesterday Mon 24.07.17 Sale wp.
Inflow Channel ......
Buzzard - 1 over .
Peregrine - 1 seen very briefly over tree tops toward Jacksons Boat pub.
WF. Meadow .......
Read bunting 3.
Bullfinch 1.
Goldfinch 6 (2 adults + 4 juv. ).
Greenfinch 2.
Swift 4.
Swallow 2.
Main lake ........
Mute swan 2 adult and 4 cygnet.
Broad Ees Dole .......
Little grebe 4 adult + 4 juv.
Grey Heron 2.
Cormorant 2.
R. Mersey ........
Kestrel 1adult + 1juv (across from the water park ).
Kingfisher 1 ( flew past only metres away at head height - great view! ).



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Paul Wilkins wrote:

 two Little Egrets. This has been my local patch for over twenty years and these are the first I've seen anywhere in the Mersey Valley. I'm pleased they've put in an appearance.

They are still very scarce in the area Paul but Broad Ees Dole has managed at least three records of the species that I can recall off the top of my head (including of course the first ever county record). I'm sure they'll get commoner in the near future though smile



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Broad EE's Dole


A few Black- headed Gulls, one Cormorant, three Grey Herons, two Moorhens, one Little Grebe, one Mallard but two Little Egrets. This has been my local patch for over twenty years and these are the first I've seen anywhere in the Mersey Valley. I'm pleased they've put in an appearance.

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This afternoon from 12pm ...
Visitor Centre -
Raven 1.
Main lake -
Mute swan 2 adult + 5 cygnet .
Reed warbler 1 heard only .
WF.Meadow - (all seen in the corner at rear of Old Carpark ) .
Reed bunting 2 (1 male collecting insects and feeding juvenile - also seen again on the way back ) .
Chiffchaff - 1 juvenile .
Blackcap - 1 male .
Greenfinch - 1 male .
Dunnock - 1 .
Broad Ees Dole -
Common Buzzard 1 over .
Cormorant 3 on island .
Little grebe 4 ( 2 adult feeding 2 chicks ) .
Grey Heron 2 .
Kingfisher 2 sightings (one on return to hide on way back ) .

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Main Lake -
Mute Swan 2 adult + 5 cygnet .
Chorlton Ees -
Buzzard 1 over seen briefly ( very dark - no pale markings seen, and movIng quicker than usual - it didn't look quite right for a common buzzard).
Old carpark -
Blackbird 2.
Blackcap 2 (f) probaby the same one .
Broad Ees Dole -
Little Grebe 4 .
Grey Heron 4.
Black -Headed Gull c15 .... one with yellow leg ring - ETKE on left leg.


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94 Canada geese, 5 Mute Swan Cygnets, 3 Lesser Black backed gulls and 12 Black headed gulls on main lake this am.

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4 Ring Necked Parakeet flew over heading for Sale c.8.20am. Lake very quiet.

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Yesterday 5th July

Common Sandpiper 2
Teal 1 female
Canada Goose 89
Cormorant 2

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Herring Gull 1 adult
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 adult
Kingfisher 1
Reed Warbler 3 in song
Blackcap 2 in song
Chiffchaff 1 in song
Stock Dove 2
Cormorant 1

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85 Canada geese, 5 Mute Swan Cygnets and 2 Grey Wagtail on main lake this am.

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Common Sandpiper 2
Kingfisher 1
Sand Martin 1

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Yesterday 26th June

Herring Gull 1 adult
Reed warbler 4
Common Whitethroat 1
Kingfisher 1
Tufted Duck 1 male
Lapwing 2
Treecreeper 2
Nuthatch 1

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