Thought i had a raft of Gadwall until i realised they were plastic amongst the plastic canada decoys trust them to be shooting Canada's when i pop down.
Still at least 9 Wigeon back left feeding in the vegetation. Interesting watching a Sparrowhawk chasing young moorhens along the edge forcing them to dive under the water, not much else about though.
your havin a laugh, i know now it,s a conspirorsy thingy next one will be stonechat meets whinchat at greenpeckers teaparty
cheers geoff
Major tick this Geoff This bloody Whinchat has been avoiding me like the plague for the last fortnight, finally nailed the little bugger. I know i could've gone to Burnt Edge and basked in them but that just wouldn't have been the same
There is a public footpath through Stan's farm running down to the water's edge there, so there shouldn't be any problem with seeing anything that's counted there. Care might be needed though - a hide or screen might not be a bad idea. I'll see if Tony Johnson can do anything.
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Lightshaw hall Flash is sacrosanct - NO paths please!
hello simon iwent to the wigan biodiversity meeting on thurs and rick parker from bolton said that they was going to start on new scrapes at rumworth to attract breeding lapwings and other waders jimmy
Whinchat - left island still 12 Snipe 20 Lapwing 8 Teal 3 Little grebe 5 Grey Herons Few Jackdaws 1 Juv G C Grebe still Fem Sparrowhawk
Of Interest Judith, spoke to a chap at Rumworth today Fred Lovall from Bolton Conservation Volunteers who told me that they are digging out a scrape on Stan Terrys land at the back of the res, JCB's due to arrive today. Dont know what size they will be and how viewable they will be but looks like they are doing quite abit of work on his land soon Sounds like a really environmentally friendly farmer, putting in some more hedges and ditches and he avoids use of pesticides etc.So we shall see what happens.
Whinchat - still present left hand island (this second bird to occupy the island has been there now at least 11 days) 10 Snipe 3 Teal 2 Little Grebes 1 Young G C Grebe with a few adults 15 Jackdaw
Wed 5 sept 6.30pm 5 Common Tern 6 Snipe 4 Little Grebe 2 Lapwing 4 Teal Great Crested Grebes 1 fem Sparrowhawk Lots of Swallows and House Martins Loads of Jackdaw and Magpies. Plus the usual stuff.
Redstart- 1 fem/imm in hedge running down to marsh, eventually flew to the small copse in the marsh. Snipe- 5, left hand island Common Tern- 8, including 3 juvs
No sign (or sound) of the Redstart at 13:30, when I had another look.
Buzzard heading south. female Whinchat on the left hand island (thought to be a different bird to the `tail-less` individual) Common Sandpiper. 4 Snipe. 12 Common Terns (4 juv). 2 Little Grebe. Teal.
Whinchat still on left Island (seems to show well in the evenings) Juv Ringed Plover 3 Common Sand 2 Imm Oystercatchers 3 Snipe 6 Common Tern 3 Little Grebes
Geoff, look on the "County sites and maps" part of the website, some directions on there, park on Beaumont Road(A58) adjacent to the Res where you will see a pull in and a stile then just walk down accross the field and view from around the trees to avoid disturbance.
Whinchat - on left island still (11th Day) & Sedge Warbler in same patch of nettles. 1 Shoveler 1 Teal 2 Little Grebe 8 Tufted Duck 5 Common Tern 1 Common Sand 14 Snipe