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A Pheasant called three times (quite separately) very early morning from the Fairywell Wood area. It seemed to be getting further away, prob moving south down the stream away from potential disturbance. Think it might be my first in Timps... not sure how often Henerz got them just across the fields towards Davenport Green.

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Friday 10th May

1 Great Crested Grebe
7 Tufted Duck (4 drakes)

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KGVP Monday 15th April

1 drake Pochard
11 Tufted Duck


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Grey wagtail today on the canal bank S of Timperley station.

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KGVP

4 Pochard (3 drakes)
1 Great Crested Grebe
4 Tufted Duck (2 drakes)

-- Edited by James Walsh on Thursday 21st of March 2013 04:53:08 PM

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12/03/2013 - 10-10.30am - 75% frozen over:

5 Pochards - 3 drakes
2 Tufted Ducks - 1 drake
6 Canada Geese
3 Mute Swans - 1 2cy
4 Moorhens
2 Coots
11 Mallards - + 2 mutants
37 Black-headed Gulls
1 Treecreeper
1 Nuthatch
4 Siskins

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KGVP WEBS

5 Pochard (3 drake, 2 female)
3 Mute Swan (2 ads, 1 juv)
5 Mallard
7 Canada Goose
2 Moorhen
2 Coot
20 Black-headed Gull
1 Aylesbury Duck (+ 1 hybrid)


SPL

2 Mute Swan
7 canada goose
40 Mallard (+7 hybrids)
7 Black-headed Gull

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KGVP WEBS

1 drake Pochard
4 Tufted Duck (3 drakes)
3 Mute Swan
9 Canada Goose
4 Mallard
3 Coot
3 Moorhen
1 Aylesbury Duck (+1 hybrid)
10 Black-headed Gull


Stamford Park Lake

2 Mute Swan
5 Canada Goose
36 Canada Goose

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Wetlands & Estuary Bird Survey

King George V Pool (KGVP)

3 Mute Swan (2 ads, 1 juv)
2 Lesser Black-backed Gull
100 Black-headed Gull
3 Canada Goose
30 Mallard
4 Moorhen
1 Coot
(2 Aylesbury Duck & 1 hybrid)


Stamford Park Lake

2 Mute Swan (ads)
1 Moorhen
15 Black-headed Gull
6 Canada Goose
55 Mallard (plus 7 hybrids)


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Another flock of Pinkfeet over Whitebeam Close near Fairywell Wood this evening, about 6pm. It sounded like they were heading north and there seemed to be a good number.

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King George V Pool


Thanks to the great information contained in posts on here, my wife and I visited KG V pool for the first time this morning (I've only lived in Sale for 57 years!). Many thanks everyone who has given details of this location to date
Conditions under foot were dire, the path around the pool was a quagmire, but we saw:-

10.50 - 12.00
1 Kingfisher, showing very well
3 Mute Swans, (2 ad, 1 Juv)
6 Canada Geece
21 Mallard
2 "odd ducks" poss Aylesbury/Mallard cross?
3 Tufted Duck
2 Nuthatches
2 Moorhen
1 Coot
1 Treecreeper
1 Redwing
6 Siskins
2 Goldfinches plus others heard
3 Long Tailed Tits
3 Robins (2 displaying)
1 Grey Wagtail on adjacent brook
1 Sparrowhawk on ground, disturbed by our approach & sent crashing after prey through bushes behind houses on Birchlea

Excellent - we'll be back!



-- Edited by John Harden on Friday 4th of January 2013 04:34:44 PM

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01/01/2013 - 12.30pm:

1 Kingfisher - flew straight through
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Common Gull

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29/12/2012 - King George V Pool - 1pm:

1 Kingfisher
1 Grey Heron
2 Mute Swans
5 Canada Geese
2 Tufted Ducks
16 Mallards
1 Moorhen
1 Coot
2 Common Gulls
c40 Black-headed Gulls
1 Treecreeper

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KGVP WEBS

11 Goosander
1 Kingfisher
2 Herring Gull
30 Black-headed Gull
10 Mallard
1 Grey Heron
3 Mute Swan
5 Moorhen

Also, 2 Bullfinch, 30 Redwing


SPL WEBS

2 Mute Swan
2 Moorhen
7 Canada Goose
35 Mallard

Also, 25 Siskin

-- Edited by James Walsh on Monday 17th of December 2012 05:50:19 PM

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Mike Duckham wrote:

Pinkfeet going north over Whitebeam Close about 9.40 pm ish, didn't sound to be very many. Never had so much Pinkfeet activity before, i'm beginning to wonder if some are spending some time in some random farmland to the south of here...





spoke to a guy who had a flock of Pink-feet over Brook Lane area this morning

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Pinkfeet going north over Whitebeam Close about 9.40 pm ish, didn't sound to be very many. Never had so much Pinkfeet activity before, i'm beginning to wonder if some are spending some time in some random farmland to the south of here...

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Roughly 100 Pinkfeet flew north over Whitebeam Close, Timperley 2.50 pm. They were the lowest and possibly most vocal i've ever had, calling excitedly and flying somewhat erratically and gave the impression that they were moving locally rather than say between Norfolk and the Lancs mosses.

-- Edited by Mike Duckham on Wednesday 5th of December 2012 09:40:51 PM

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Timperley life list c. 89 (ish). Barn Owl 4.11.19, Green Sand 27.8.19, Little Egret 13.2.19, ringtail harrier sp 20.10.18, Fawn Yawn 15.10.18, Grasshopper Warbler  15.4.16, Tree Pipit 13.4.16, Yellowhammer 5.4.15, Hobby May '11, Wigeon Dec '10



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late WEBS count !

KGVP

16 Goosander (7 drakes)
1 Grey Heron
3 Canada Goose
4 Mute Swan
11 Black-headed Gull
20 Mallard
4 Moorhen
1 Coot


SPL

2 Mute Swan (1 = CX70)
53 Mallard
1 Moorhen
2 Canada Goose
20 Black-headed Gull

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Brambling - 1 along track alongside Kersal Rugby Club.

Beech Fields:
Mistle thrush 4
Grey Wagtail 1
Present - Redwing, Jackdaw (don't recall these when i was a young lad), LT Tit, Goldcrest, Chaffinch (some dropping into tops of tallest trees and contact calling repeatedly).
C Crow 33
An enjoyable trip down memory lane.

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Timperley life list c. 89 (ish). Barn Owl 4.11.19, Green Sand 27.8.19, Little Egret 13.2.19, ringtail harrier sp 20.10.18, Fawn Yawn 15.10.18, Grasshopper Warbler  15.4.16, Tree Pipit 13.4.16, Yellowhammer 5.4.15, Hobby May '11, Wigeon Dec '10



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KGVP

2 Goosander
1-2 Kingfisher
8 Tufted Duck
4 Mute Swan (2 ad, 2 juv)
2 Cormorant
1 Grey Heron
4 Redwing
2 Treecreeper
12 Long-tailed Tit

-- Edited by James Walsh on Sunday 4th of November 2012 12:28:22 PM

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KGVP

1 Kingfisher
4 Tufted Duck
4 Mute Swan
6 Redwing
3 Skylark
1 Bullfinch
20 Goldfinch
1 Goldcrest
1-2 Sparrowhawk
1 Grey Heron

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KGVP

1 Kingfisher
2 Tufted Duck (1 drake, 1 female)
1 Jay
4 Mute Swan (2 ads, 2 juv)

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Group of 6 Swallows and 4 House Martins heading south low over playing fields next to Altrincham College of Arts at 4.20pm this afternoon

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Thursday 20th September

4 Mute Swan
9 Tufted Duck
1 Moorhen
10 Mallard
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Grey Heron
1 Cormorant
3 Goldcrest
1 Treecreeper
1 Chiffchaff (heard)

Mute Swan: blue tag, right leg FX4, metal tag left leg ZY0 or D322


Info Phil Kelly

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Patch session 0500-1115

King George V Pool (KGVP)

1 Kingfisher
Pair of Bullfinch
1-2 Sparrowhawk
1 Grey Heron
4 Mute Swan (2 ads, 2 cygnets)
Female Tufted Duck briefly then flew off towards SPL
At least 1 singing Song Thrush


Stamford Park Lake (SPL)

Female Tufted Duck with 6 ducklings
2 ad mute Swan


Timperley Moat

Male Blackcap
Male Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 Treecreeper
1 Nuthatch
1 Coal Tit
1 Song Thrush
1 Jay
4 Moorhen (1 ad, 3 juv)
8 Goldfinch


Timperley Brook

1 Grey Wagtail


Altrincham Golf Course

1 Song Thrush



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KGVP

1 Kingfisher
2 Swift
1 Grey Heron
1 Grey Wagtail
4 Mute Swan (2 ads, 2 cygnets)

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KGVP

Drake Tufted Duck
4 Mute Swan (2 ads, 2 cygnets)

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Saturday July 14th

KGVP

up to 10pm

Singing Song Thrush
c30 Swift
2 Noctule Bats

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KGVP

4 Mute Swan (2 ads, 2 cygnets)
2 Tufted Duck (drk, fem)
2 ad Great Crested Grebe
1 Swift

Also, a fisherman reports a "brown wading bird with curved beak" next to the path, near the small jetty in the south-east corner of the pool at 4am this morning

-- Edited by James Walsh on Saturday 14th of July 2012 12:52:12 PM

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KGVPool

11th June

6 Great crested Grebe (2 ads, 4 juvs)
1 drake Tufted Duck
1 adult Mute Swan with 5 cygnets

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At least one Hobby over my Timperley garden this evening, a second, higher falcon remained unidentified....

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01/05/2012 - 6.30pm, quick lap of KGV Pool:

1 Grey Heron
2 Great Crested Grebes
3 Pochards
4 Tufted Ducks
4 Swallows
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Kingfisher
4 Long-tailed Tits - plus recently fledged juvs livening up the hedgerows
1 Nuthatch
1 Treecreeper
2 Chiffchaffs
1 Blackcap

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First swift yesterday evening, and orange tip butterfly.

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19/04/2012 - KGV Pool:

2 Great Crested Grebes
1 Cormorant
1 Mute Swan
10 Tufted Ducks
15 Mallards
13 Canada Geese
4 Moorhens
2 Coots
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Chiffchaff
2 Willow Warblers
3 Blackcaps
2 Treecreepers
1 Nuthatch

no pochards

Stamford Park:

2 Mute Swans
2 Canada Geese
1 Moorhen
c25 Mallards

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Warbler fest continues with calling Chiffchaff through garden this morning.

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Female Blackcap in garden feeding on Ivy berries and a very smart Buzzard and two Sparrowhawk overhead brightened up an afternoon of pruning.

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On the sports field next to Brookes Drive between Ridgeway Road and Dobbinets Lane c.20 Meadow Pipits feeding in the grass at lunch time.

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The Leucistic Black-headed Gull was back again today at 12.50pm feeding with normal BH Gulls on Altrincham College of Arts sports field. I got closer views today. It has very light brown primaries that are hardly visible and completely white back. It has normal red legs and bill. It's amazing how the difference in colour seems to change the overall jizz of the bird. It seems almost pigeon-like in the way it struts around!

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KGVP WEBS

23rd Feb

3 Pochard
8 Tufted Duck
1 GC Grebe
2 Mute Swan
5 Canada Goose
2 Mallard
7 Coot
5 Moorhen

-- Edited by James Walsh on Friday 24th of February 2012 02:16:27 AM

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Leucistic Black-headed Gull feeding with normal BH Gulls on Altrincham College of Arts sports field this morning at 9.30am. Had 1 here back in November - could be the same bird returning - certainly looked the same. Also had 1 here in Nov 2009.


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15/02/2012 - Quick lap of King George V Pool:

1 Grey Heron
2 Mute Swans - 1 ringed (Blue FX4)
4 Canada Geese
4 Pochards (3 drks)
2 Tufted Ducks
11 Goosanders (4 drks)
4 Moorhens
4 Coots
8 Black-headed Gulls
1 Kingfisher
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Pied Wagtail
1 Redwing
1 Treecreeper
1 Siskin

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Raven over the garden today.

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RE: Altrincham


King George V pool this morning - 9 Goosanders (7 Female, 2 Male) and 1 possibly 2 Kingfishers Water 3/4 frozen still.

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hi Walshy, Rob Hayden here, we had games of tennis years ago with James J and Martin Deakin. You new my daughters before that from nightclubs.
When I first saw Goosanders on pond a couple of years ago I was amazed, did not realise they would come to a pond like this one!
We are all still volunteering on Skomer.

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05/01/12

early WEBS count

KGVP

13 Goosander (site record)
10 Tufted Duck
30 BH Gull
4 Moorhen
2 Coot
2 Canada Goose
5 Mallard


SPL

2 Mute Swan
2 Moorhen
6 Canada Goose
20 Mallard

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WEBS 23/12/11

KGVP

1 Kingfisher
3 Tufted Duck
1 Grey Heron
2 Mute Swan
c60 Mallard
c50 BH Gull
2 Moorhen
3 Coot


SPL

2 Mute Swan
3 Moorhen
6 Canada Geese
7 Mallard
7 hybrids

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WEBS 15/11/11

KGVP

1 Little Grebe
1 Pochard
6 Tufted Duck
1 Grey Heron
2 Mute Swan
50 BH Gull
5 Mallard
5 Canada Goose
4 Moorhen
3 Coot


SPL

2 Mute Swan (including CX70)
1 Moorhen
4 BH Gull
6 Canada Goose
70 Mallard (plus 7 hybrids)

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Mike/Henry
I had one here in Nov 2009 seen on a couple of days. Also had a Med Gull in 2008.
This bird is completely white on the back with no black primaries at all. Couldn't make out leg and bill colour but I remember the 2009 bird had much paler legs and bill. I'll look out for it again next week.

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Very interesting Steve, i've seen what must surely be the same bird in the large roost at Rostherne twice in the last 3 weeks. Not surprising really given the proximity, but i wonder where the Med Gulls which are seen there spend their day time - i've looked for them in big flocks of BHGs following ploughs in the area without success, so maybe they're just passing through. What else must pass though then.. Also saw the leucistic BHG last winter which suggests it's quite site faithful.

Edit: cross post with Henerz.

-- Edited by Mike Duckham on Friday 11th of November 2011 10:22:08 PM

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Steven Nelson wrote:

Leucistic Black-headed Gull feeding with normal BH Gulls on Altrincham College of Arts sports field this morning





Interesting sighting Steve. A single leucistic bird has been regular at the Rostherne gull roost again this autumn, probably the same one.
Henry.

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