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Short visit this afternoon.
Visitor centre feeders-
Lots of Blue and Great tits.
Ring- necked parakeet - 4.
Nuthatch - 2.
Great spotted woodpecker - 1.

Inflo channel -
Grey Heron - 1.

Main lake -
Gadwall - 12.
Tufted duck - 9.
Little Grebe - 1.
Great crested grebe - 5.
Cormorant - 12 some showing white patches.
Mute swan - 2 ( one with leg ring 4DHH).
Yellow- legged gull - 1 .

Broad ees dole -
Gadwall - 1.
Tufted duck - 1.
Goosander - 1.
Little Grebe - 1.
Water level high and almost up to the path at teal pool.


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12-2.15pm.

Main lake...

Adult yellow-legged gull amongst all the usual gulls.
5 mute swans
6 great crested grebes
2 little grebes
36 gadwall
13 tufted duck
14 cormorants
1 kestrel
6 bullfinch
1 grey heron
1 treecreeper

Broad ees dole...

4 grey herons
2 teal
1 little grebe

Teal pool...

1 teal
1 grey heron

Feeders at visitor centre...

1 ring-necked parakeet
3 willow tits
3 nuthatch
1 chaffinch
2 coal tit
Plenty of great, blue & long tailed tits.




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steven burke


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At the feeders this afternoon...

5 willow tits
1 coal tit
Plenty of blue, great & long tailed tits
Plenty of Robins
Several dunnock
1 wren
2 nuthatch
1 ring-necked parakeet
1 chaffinch
Teal down on the marsh
Common buzzard over



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Thanks Steve, my apologies the D looked like a 0 partially submerged in water.

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Mute swan 4CYS ringed as a second year at Ashton Moss 9/3/18

4DHH and 4DHJ ringed as cygnets at Sale WP 9/11/19 but were probably the brood from Chorlton WP which dispersed early.

Many thanks, Rob 



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Sunday 19th Jan

Mid-afternoon wander round with Michelle and Lucas, more importantly, it was secretly Lucass first proper birding trip, and a fairly successful one for him too!

Of note...
- probable adult Yellow-legged Gull on light post near car park
(Wasnt great conditions, bit foggy over the lake but it looked good when it came nearer to the car park)
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Herring Gull
- Black-headed Gull
- Common Gull
- Canada Goose
- Mute Swan (see below...rings)
- Great Crested Grebe
- Gadwall
- Mallard
- Coot
- Cormorant
- Magpie
- Woodpigeon
- Robin
- Great Tit
- Blue Tit
- Kestrel sat in tree above main path

3 Mute Swans at far showed their ring numbers.
1 adult 4CYS
2 well grown imms 40HH and 40HJ

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Couple of hours today mid afternoon until dusk.

Main lake and surrounds:

1 coal tit
2 willow tit
20+ goldfinch
1 bullfinch
1 pied wagtail
3 redwing
3 moorhen
34+ coot
18 tufted duck
19+ gadwall
2 little grebe
2 great crested grebe
8 mute swan
2 grey heron
150+ black-headed gull
2 common gull
4 lesser black-backed gull
1 herring gull
2 cormorant
1 kestrel

Braod Ees Dole

52 magpie roosting
4 moorhen
1 coot
5 teal
8 shoveler
2 gadwall
7 goosander
1 snipe
1 grey heron


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Afternoon visit.

Main lake...

10 mute swans
5 great crested grebes
5 little grebes
8 cormorants
30 tufted duck
25 gadwall
2 goosander over
3 grey herons
1 kestrel
2 ring-necked parakeet over

Broad ees dole...

3 goosander
1 tufted duck
1 mute Swan

Teal pool...

2 teal

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morning visit.

main lake...

15 mute swans
12 cormorants
5 great crested grebes
4 little grebes
33 gadwall
25 tufted duck
1 grey heron
1 kestrel
lots of gulls including an adult yellow legged gull.
several redwings around

feeders at the visitor centre...
blue, great & coal tits
2 willow tits
1 great spotted woodpecker
1 nuthatch
1 chaffinch

broad ees dole...

1 mute swan
4 gadwall
3 teal
5 common snipe

teal pool...

7 teal
2 common snipe



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afternoon visit.

main lake...

12 mute swans
17 cormorants
5 great crested grebes
1 little grebe
35 coot
25 gadwall
19 tufted duck
2 goosander, over
6 ring-necked parakeets, over
1 grey wagtail

feeders at visitor centre...

fairly busy with blue, great & long tailed tits.
at least 3 coal tits, one ringed.
1 willow tit
1 nuthatch
1 great spotted woodpecker

broad ees dole...

13 goosander
1 mute swan

teal pool...

3 teal
6 gadwall
1 common snipe



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Afternoon visit.

Main lake...

6 mute swans
9 tufted ducks
10 gadwall
7 great crested grebes
6 little grebes
3 grey herons
1 sparrowhawk
1 kestrel
158 (counted from photo) pink-footed geese over at 3.25pm heading east

Broad ees dole...

21 goosander
4 tufted duck
1 dead mute Swan

Teal pool...

2 teal
3 gadwall

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Afternoon visit.

Main lake...

6 mute swans
8 tufted ducks
5 gadwall
1 goosander
3 great crested grebes
2 grey heron
1 kestrel
2 willow tits at the visitor centre feeders

Broad ees dole...

1 wigeon
7 tufted duck
1 mute Swan
1 little grebe
1 kingfisher
1 goosander

Teal pool...

2 teal
1 common snipe

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Afternoon visit.

Main lake...

18 mute swans
5 great crested grebes
3 gadwall
8 tufted ducks
2 grey herons
11 ring-necked parakeets over

Broad ees dole...

13 goosander
3 gadwall
1 little grebe
1 tufted duck

Teal pool...

18 gadwall
1 teal
1 little grebe



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Afternoon visit.

Main lake...

21 mute swans
12 cormorants
2 little grebes
1 linnet flew over the lake calling, a new bird here for mesmile
1 common buzzard
1 kestrel
1 sparrowhawk
2 grey herons
2 grey wagtails
1 pied wagtail
8 redwings
1 siskin with a flock of goldfinch.
Several tit flocks around, each flock having goldcrests with them ,at least 13 goldcrests seen.
3 treecreeper
2 nuthatch
1 willow tit
2 great spotted woodpecker
2 jays
3 ring-necked parakeets

Broad ees dole...

2 little grebes

Teal pool..

12 gadwall
1 kingfisher

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From 12:30 today.

Visitor Centre feeders.
Coal tit - 1.
Willow tit - 1.
Nuthatch - 2.
Blue and Great tits - several.

Main lake.
Mute swan - 22.
Chiffchaff - 1 heard.

Broad Ees Dole .
Little Grebe - 4.
Grey heron - 5.


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At the Dry Weir adjacent to the Mersey earlier this afternoon were a Kingfisher, Kestrel, Moorhen, Buzzard and a calling Chiffchaff. A flock of circa 30 Goldfinch were also in the area.

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Damp (then very wet) few hours spent around here this afternoon.

Main lake and surrounds:

2 chiffchaff heard
2+ willow warbler
3+ blackcap
1 willow tit
1 nuthatch heard
2 greenfinch
2 bullfinch
4 reed bunting
2 swallow
1 pied wagtail
2 grey wagtail
5 song thrush
1 great spotted woodpecker
1 stock dove
1 moorhen
8 coot (3 juveniles)
2 mute swan
2 great crested grebe
1 grey heron
1 cormorant
2 kestrel

Broad Ees Dole:

1 sand martin
4 house martin
1 swift
3 moorhen
1 gadwall
5 little grebe (2 nests)
2 common sandpiper
3 grey heron


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From 5 -7pm

Cow lane:
Robin - 2.
Chiffchaff - 1.
Whitethroat - 1.
Nuthatch - 1.
Blackcap - 1m.
Long-tail tit - c10.

Wildflower Meadow,:
Reed bunting - 1

Old Car Park:
Blackcap - 1f.

Main lake :
Kingfisher - 1.
Gadwall - 10.
Mute Swan - 2.
Great Crested Grebe - 3 ( 1 ad +2juv).
Reed Warbler - 2 heard.

Broad Ees Dole:
Grey Heron - 4.
Little Grebe - 6 (3 ad + 3juv).
Lapwing - 1.

Teal Pool :
Reed Warbler - 1 giving good view.
Little Grebe - 1.
Water Rail - 1 heard.




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No hirundines over this morning.

Broad Ees Dole


Canada Geese, Grey Herons, Mallards, Little Grebe.

From the hide, at the left end of the right-hand island, there appeared to be a dead Mute Swan. It was lying awkwardly and didn't move for the 15min I was there. I'd like to be proved wrong, but I suspect some scrotes have been using the hide as a shooting gallery again.

Teal Pool


Canada Geese, nesting Coots.
On the shore to the left were two enormous terrapins.

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Morning/early afternoon visit.

3 swallows
1 sand martin
1 house martin
2 swifts
8 blackcaps
6 whitethroats
3 Chiffchaffs
1 common sandpiper on river
1 pied wagtail
2 grey wagtail
3 common buzzards
2 bullfinch
1 willow tit
1 nuthatch
2 treecreeper
1 jay
2 reed buntings
2 great crested grebes

Broad ees dole...

3 grey herons
1 little grebe
1 lapwing
1 reed warbler

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A couple of hours this afternoon :-

Main Lake -
Mute Swan - 2.
Great Crested Grebe - 2.
Lesser Black-Back Gull - 3.
Common Sandpiper - 1.
Sedge Warbler - 1 ( heard only).
Vauxhall Astra near the out flow tower .

Old carpark -
Greenfinch - 2.
Chiffchaff - 1.

Cow lane -
Blackcap - 1 heard only.
Chiffchaff - 3 heard only.

Visitor Centre -
Willow warbler - 1.
Nuthatch - 1.

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Morning visit.

Hobby over at 11am
2 sparrowhawks
4 buzzards
1 kestrel
11 blackcaps
5 chiffchaff
1 willow warbler
13 sand martin
2 great crested grebe
1 tufted duck
1 teal
2 grey heron
2 redwings near visitors centre one of them singing.
2 goldcrest
1 nuthatch
11 herring gulls

Broad ees dole..
8 gadwall
1 little grebe
1 grey heron

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Late post from yesterday 3pm-7pm

Main lake:
2 great crested grebes
2 lesser black backed gulls
2 herring gulls
2 cormorants
1 male blackcap

Broad ees dole:
8 teal (4m,4f)
11 gadwall
4 tufted ducks (3m,1f)
4 little grebes
1 lapwing
3 snipe
2 house martins (around 6:45)
1 swallow (around 6:45)
2 grey herons
2 stock doves

Teal pool:
4 gadwall

+2 lapwing flying over the whole broad ees dole reserve before leaving in the direction of Stretford tip/meadow (west?) viewed from by the river


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6:30 - 7:05 - slightly less quiet that Stuart

Main lake:
2 lesser black backed gulls
1 herring gull
2 great crested grebe

Broad ees dole:
23 minimum sand martins
1 house martin at least
3 snipe
1 lapwing
11 gadwall
7 tufted ducks (5m,2f)
2 goosanders (2f)
2 little grebe
1 grey heron
and I saw a duck through the willows to the left which my mind went to wood duck or manadarin duck but by the time I'd moved along the path to get a clear view there was no sign of any ducks in that area,. I'm fairly certain it wasn't any of the other duck species already seen and Stuart's post has given me confidence that it was a mandarin duck but I'm not counting it unless my early morning visit tomorrow turns it up.

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7.50-8.45am - quiet, 1 sand martin through, 1 male Mandarin among the teal, tufted duck and gadwall on BED



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Midday today

Main lake:
3 cormorants
2 great crested grebes
1 herring gulls
4 lesser black backed gulls (2ads,2juvs)
usual mallards, canada goose, etc.

Broad ees dole:
2 lapwing
1 snipe
6 gadwall
4 tufted duck (3m,1f)
2 little grebe
2 grey heron

Teal pool:
5 gadwall

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Late posts

Thursday (evening visit)

Main lake:
40 or so sand martins

Broad ees dole:
2 swallows (weird that they kept so separate to the sand martins)


Saturday (midday)

Visitor centre:
1 female kestrel
2 chiffchaff
2 buzzards (circling)
2 raven (circling)

Broad ees dole:
6 teal (3m,3f)
5 tufted ducks (4m,1f)
3 little grebe
14 gadwall

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Late new from last night - 7-8pm. SWP quiet but 1 Little ringed plover and 1 Lapwing on Broad Ees.



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Afternoon visit.

Main lake...
15 mute swans
3 cormorants
2 great crested grebe
1 goosander, over
2 sand martin
5 chiffchaff
1 blackcap
2 bullfinch
1 treecreeper
1 nuthatch

Visitor centre feeders...
1 willow tit
1 nuthatch
1 reed bunting

Broad ees dole...
2 grey heron
4 little grebe
7 tufted duck
6 gadwall
2 common snipe



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late morning/afternoon visit.

main lake...
27 mute swan
3 great crested grebe
4 cormorants
7 sand martin
6 chiffchaff
2-4 buzzards
2 siskin
2 great spotted woodpecker
3 nuthatch
2 treecreeper
5 bullfinch

visitor center feeders...
1 great spotted woodpecker
1 nuthatch
1 reed bunting

broad ees dole...
13 gadwall
4 tufted duck
6 teal
3 little grebe
3 grey heron


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10am - 12am

Main lake:
6+ sand martins (6 seen together but probably more like 8)
7 great crested grebes
5 cormorants (3 on pylons)
1 male tufted ducks
16 gadwall
1 herring gull
1 lesser black backed gull
2 common gulls
50+ black headed gulls
mute swans, coots, moorhens, canada geese, etc.

Sale ees:
2 sand martins over
1 reed bunting
2 greenfinch
1 bullfinch

Broad ees dole:
5 little grebe (2 very clumsily dropped in)
8 grey heron
2 teal (1m & 1f)
4 tufted ducks (3m & 1f)
9 goosander (1m, 1 first yr m & 7f)
16 gadwall

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1.30-3.30pm.

1 sand martin feeding over main lake.
30 mute Swan
5 cormorant
19 gadwall
7 tufted duck
2 goosander
6 great crested grebe
160+ black headed gulls
14 common gulls
4 herring gulls
2 lesser black backed gulls
1 sparrowhawk
1 buzzard
1 willow tit
1 nuthatch
1 reed bunting
1 Chiffchaff, singing
5 bullfinch
1 chaffinch
12 goldfinch
4 siskin
2 grey heron

Broad ees dole...

6 grey herons
2 teal
3 little grebe
3 goosander




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there was 3 sand martins whizzing around the river bank & tall poplars directly opposite the boathouse at 5pm & 2 goosander on the river.


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Hour skywatching on sale ees from 8am, then on to the lake and dole. Then returned from 1:45 - 3 after I warmed up at home.

AM

Main lake:
6 great crested grebes, all in pairs
10 cormorants
29 mute swans
3 goosanders (1M,2F)
5 tufted ducks (3M,2F)
35 gadwall
7 common gulls
2 lesser black backed gulls
6 herring gulls
+ usual coots, mallards, etc.

Sale ees:
3 goosander (probably the same male & 2 females seen later on the later) & 1 cormorant towards lake
1 sparrowhawk, 1 buzzard & 6 grey heron over Ivy green woods
1 goldcrest & 2 long-tailed tits in hedge
woodcock flew towards Ivy green from direction of lake

Broad ees dole:
9 grey heron
4 little grebe
1 teal (M)
1 grey wagtail
6 lesser redpoll & 1 treecreeper in front of hides
2 buzzard, 1 collared dove & 1 ring necked parakeet flew across

Teal pool:
1 little grebe
1 chiffchaff

PM

Broad ees dole:
11 grey heron
3 little grebe
2 goosander (2F)

River mersey:
2 sand martins (my earliest)
2 goosander (1M & 1 F)

Barrow brook:
1 goosander (1F)

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Lovely few hours spent around here earlier, from around 10 - 2.30.

2 goldcrest
2 willow tit
2 treecreeper
1 nuthatch
7 siskin
6+ goldfinch
5 greenfinch (including display)
2 bullfinch
1 reed bunting
2 sand martin (my earliest record by a good 2 weeks)
2 or 3 grey wagtail
c15 redwing
4 song thrush
1 kingfisher
6 moorhen
31 coot
47 gadwall
7 shoveler over
6 tufted duck
31 mute swan
1 great crested grebe
2 grey heron
137 (or thereabouts) black-headed gull
3 common gull
2 lesser black-backed gull
3 herring gull
6 cormorant
1 buzzard

Broad Ees Dole (both pools):

4 moorhen
4 teal
1 shoveler
3 little grebe
5 snipe
4 grey heron (including one, frog hanging out of its beak, being chased by another attempting to win its meal for itself)

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Originally posted today by stuart Marsden:

An hour and half from 7.30 this AM - some bits of bird movement in the sunshine including 3 curlew, 1 Woodcock, 2 lapwing, 1 brambling, 2 redpoll and 2 reed bunting over. Snipe (7) on Teal Pool, kingfisher, 1 redwing, 1 singing chiffchaff, willow tit, 6 or so siskin.



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Morning visit.

Main lake...
7 great crested grebe
2 little grebe
48 gadwall
20 mute Swan
10 cormorant
Black headed, common, lesser black backed & herring gulls.
2 bullfinch
1 sparrowhawk
1 goldcrest
2 nuthatch
1 treecreeper
1 great spotted woodpecker

Broad ees dole...
8 shoveler
8 grey heron
1 little grebe
1 kingfisher
1 grey wagtail
1 common buzzard landing in tree.

Teal pool...
7 snipe
2 teal


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Very short visit this afternoon:-
Buzzard - 2 over r.mersey .
Kestrel - 1f in old car park.

Broad Ees Dole-
Snipe - 2.
Shoveler duck - 5.
Goosander - 1f.
Grey Heron - 12.
Little Grebe - 2.

Main Lake -
Grt. Crested Grebe - 3.
Yellow-Legged Gull - 1.
Cormorant - 4 .
Mute Swan - 17 inc.4CYY and 4CJJ.

ps.nice to meet fellow birder Pat.

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Late post for yesterday late morning

Main lake:
44 gadwall
21 mute swan
7 cormorant
5 little grebe, one party of 3 on the lake side of teal pool
3 great crested grebe
+ usual gulls, coots, etc.

Broad ees dole:
8 shoveler (4m + 4f)
9 grey heron
1 little grebe

Teal pool:
2 snipe

River mersey:
1 redhead goosander

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This am

Main lake:
20 mute swans
5 tufted ducks (4m + 1f)
61 gadwall
2 goosander (2 redheads)
7 cormorants (6 on lake + 1 on pylons)
3 great crested grebes
1 little grebe
1 yellow legged gull
10 lesser black backed gull
3 herring gull
+ usual coots, moorhens, common gulls and black headed gulls (which there seemed to be more of than usual)

Feeders:
3 willow tits
2 nuthatch
2 chaffinch
1 dark buzzard which flew behind the feeders
+ usual tits, robins, dunnocks

Sale ees:
2 bullfinch (1m + 1f)

Broad ees dole:
2 snipe (over the channel, but close-in on the right bank)
1 grey heron

Teal pool:
4 snipe visible in the far right hand corner but suspect more would be visible through a scope

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Originally posted today by Richard Cross:

1st Feb. 2019

Seen from hide:- 5 snipe, Marsh Harrier flying in and perching on small bush on mud bank, disturbing 4 Heron and teal on water......



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Midday with Phil Kelly, bumped into him at the feeders and ended up walking around together

Highlights:

Main Lake:
1 Female Goosander
3 Tufted Ducks (2 Male, 1 Female)
48 Gadwall
1 Little Grebe
1 Yellow-legged gull (thanks to Phil for pointing it out for me)
12 Mute swans (counted from the far end so might not be full count)
Usual gulls, coots, moorhens, etc.

Broad Ees Dole:
6 Grey Heron (5 sat on islands, 1 flew over Teal pool)
15 Snipe (1 on island, 14 sat in the far right hand side of Teal pool!)
1 Buzzard
1 Little Grebe
8 Teal
60+ Siskin flock with about 10 Goldfinch and 3 or so Lesser Redpoll

Feeder:
1 Nuthatch
1 Willow Tit

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This am

Broad Ees Dole, mostly frozen over:
1 Grey heron
1 Kingfisher (briefly catching fish right outside the hide)

Main lake:
2 Great crested grebes
2 Cormorants + 3 on the pylons
1 female Goosander
Gadwall and tufted ducks (didn't go out of my way to count but would estimate the numbers were less than what Steven had yesterday)
Lesser black-backed, herring, black-headed and common gulls in usual numbers
Still 2 dead mute swans submerged in the channel between the 2 rectangle islands and the shore

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afternoon visit.

main lake...

18 mute swan
5 cormorants
1 great crested grebe
1 little grebe
59 gadwall
11 tufted duck
2 ring-necked parakeet
1 sparrowhawk
1 kestrel
2 siskin with a flock of goldfinch
3 lesser redpoll
3 goldcrest
3 willow tit, 2 at the visitor centre feeders
3 nuthatch, 2 at the visitor centre feeders
1 chaffinch
2 bullfinch
2 jay
2 treecreeper
the usual herring, lesser black backed, black headed & common gulls, no signs of the yellow-legged gull.

broad ees dole...

11 grey heron
5 teal
3 goosander & 1 on the river

4 buzzards flew over from sale golf course & headed over to chorlton ees.

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Yellow-legged gull on the main lake this afternoon, flew off west at 4pm.
59 gadwall
14 tufted duck
1 goosander
1 grey heron
15+ siskin

Broad ees dole... 7 grey heron, 9 goosander, 1 little grebe, 2 snipe, kestrel over, reed bunting heard.

Water rail on teal pool.



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morning visit

yellow-legged gull showing well on the main lake, eventually disappeared around 12pm.
1 great black backed gull, at times pecking at the small bouys.
herring gulls
lesser black backed gulls
black headed gulls
common gulls
8 cormorants, 2 of them catching big eels but struggled to swallow them
pair of goosander
64 gadwall
27 tufted duck
2 goldcrest

broad ees dole... 4 teal, 1 little grebe.

teal pool...1 snipe, 1 teal.



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Hi Pete,  Just wondering if this photo I took at Sale in December is the Yellow Legged Gull you saw there.

 

 

 



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Late post for yesterday Thursday 17.01.19
Main Lake -
Common gull - 15.
Yellow legged Gull - 1.
Gadwall - c40.
Mute Swan - 12 including 4CJJ and 4CUI.
Cormorant - 6 ( one with white breeding patch).

Broad Ees Dole -
Kingfisher - 1m.
Grey Heron - 11.
Grey Wagtail - 1.
Teal - 10.
Little Grebe - 1.
Snipe - 6.

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No further sign of the juvenile iceland gull soon after my last post.
57 gadwall
28 tufted duck
1 goosander

Broad ees dole..

6 teal
4 grey heron
1 kingfisher

Teal pool..

4 teal
4 snipe.

other birds to add just before dusk... 19 goosander, 1 water rail & peregrine falcon flew down river heading towards Stretford ees.

-- Edited by steven burke on Sunday 13th of January 2019 07:34:49 PM

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Juvenile iceland gull currently on main lake opposite the lakeside hide.

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