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No further sign of the Avocet since it seemingly flew off south.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

Can birders visiting the site at any time please not walk through the crop fields but instead follow the hedgelines down to the viewing points.



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Avocet still present at 10:30; roosting at the south end.

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Avocet present this morning, at 09:35 at least.

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Up to midday today:

 

Curlew flew in at 10:56am; a scarer bird than Whimbrel so far this spring

Adult Mediterranean Gull flew north

 

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Hobby flew low NW over the west shore at 7:03pm this evening. Two Ringed Plover also present.

 

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This morning up to 12.15pm, main lodge, dry and dull.

At 10.35 Two Curlew flew in low, over the southern reed bed; lost to view behind the Willow Carr and not relocated. Probably in western fields.
Whitethroat...1 singing male
Reed Bunting...c13
Gadwall....4
Tufted Duck...pair
Grey Heron....1 or 2
Common Tern....2
Pied Wagtail....2
House Martin...c 10
Swifts....7
Usual Swallows, Oystercatchers etc.

-- P.S late afternoon western fields and Dam: I could only add a Dipper and a pair of Linnet. No sign of the Curlew.

-- Edited by keith mills on Friday 19th of May 2017 06:07:51 PM

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This morning at the dam and wood:

Jay....1 we surprised each other at 15 yards.
Great Crested Grebe....3
Cormorant....1
Grey Heron...1
Common Tern....1 flew off over the church
Song Thrush....2 juveniles
Long- tailed Tit family ...parent feeding young
Willow Tit...1
Robin... 1 juvenile
Blackcap...1 singing
Swallows and Black-headed Gulls.


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Yesterday with Phil:

Ringed Plover 2
Redshank 1
Common Tern 5


This morning:

Whitethroat 2
Common Tern 2
Redshank 1
Wheatear 1 female
Skylark 1
Oystercatcher 8
House Martin 12
Sedge Warbler 2

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This afternoon up to 2.45. Dry then Rain.

Common Terns....2
Swift....4
House Martin...2 ( Lock Lane field; dropped down onto mud 15 yards from me.)
Swallows...c25
Cormorant...1
Grey Heron....1
Gadwall....4
Reed Bunting.....6 all males
Wren...1
Usual Oystercatchers and Great Crested Grebes.
Lapwings in small number.

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Also Dipper and Chiffchaff at dam end this aft

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Sightings from this morning:

Dunlin

Common Sandpioer

2 Ringed Plover

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Two Ringed Plover and an adult Mediterranean Gull present this morning.

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Additional sightings form this morning:

 

Whinchat

Whimbrel through

2 Ringed Plover 

Female Marsh Harrier flew in and then drifted east over Ladybridge at 11:55

 

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This morning 8 till 10:

Redshank 1
Ringed Plover 1
Common Sandpiper 1
Oystercatcher 8
Common Tern 2

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Up to midday today:

5 Ringed Plover

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This afternoon up to 3.40pm. Raining.

Ringed Plover....2
Dunlin....1 still
Redshank....1
Grey Heron....1
Cormorant....1
Common Terns...2 settled in.
Swallows....60+
Swifts....15+
And finally, after a long wait this afternoon, the 10 House Martins of this morning reappeared. Belated site tick.
Song Thrush....1 great view.
Reed Bunting....3
Lapwing tiny chicks ...4 with parent.
Usual Oystercatchers and Great crested Grebes.

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This morning, some rain at last:

Whitethroat 1
Sedge Warbler 1
Dunlin 1
Common Sandpiper 1
Common Tern 2
Skylark 1
Linnet 2 bathing
Lots of hirundines in the rain, including c10 House Martin

Greenshank seem to have left after a 12 day stay!

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Walked round this morning:

Greenshank 1
Redshank 1
Dunlin 1
Common sandpiper 1
Common tern 2
Oystercatcher 8
Lapwing 50
Whitethroat 1
Sedge Warbler 1
Skylark 2
Reed warblers singing in reedbed
Swallows nesting at all 3 farms
House sparrow 30
Grey wagtail at overflow

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Up to 12:30 today:

 

2 Greenshank

2 Common Sandpiper

Wheatear 

 

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Up to 12:35 today:

 

2 Greenshank

2 Common Sandpiper

Redshank

3 Wheatear 

 

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A good birding morning and sunny toosmile
Up to 1.15pm.

Greenshank....2
Common Sandpiper....3
Redshank....2
Ringed Plover....1
Buzzard...1 with corvid.
Grey Heron...1
Wheatear...1 superb male
White Wagtail....1 Lock lane
Greylag Goose...1
Gadwall....6
Tufted Duck....4
Reed Bunting....4
Common Tern...1
Swifts....12 mainly over fields.


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Up to 12:10 today:

 

2 Greenshank

Redshank

3 Common Sandpiper

4 Wheatear

 

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This afternoon up to 3.15 Weather fine but dull.

Common Terns...2
Swifts....c10
Swallow...c20
Gadwall....4
Tufted Duck....2m
Reed Bunting....1
Great Crested Grebe...10+
Usual Oystercatchers and Lapwing.
Pied Wagtail....8
Chiffchaff and Blackcap heard only.

Farmers very busy harvesting the Italian Rye and ask we don't park in the spot by the Beaumont Road Gate.

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Up to 7:30 pm this evening:

 

Greenshank

2 Ringed Plover

3 Wheatear

Common Sandpiper

 

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Late morning's sightings from today:

Greenshank

Redshank

Common Sandpiper

3 Wheatear

3 Swift

 

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This afternoon:

Common Terns....2
Mediterranean Gull....1 on east shoreline with c65 Black-headed Gulls.
Greenshank....1 still on west shore.
Redshank....1 next to Greenshank.
Wheatear... 2... a pair, the male in same place as Monday, but perched on fencepost;
Later both perched on upturned sods in the newly tilled field.
Pied Wagtail....6+
Buzzard....1
Mistle Thrush...2
Usual Lapwings with chicks, and Oystercatchers.

Blackcap and Sedge Warbler heard only.

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Up to 12:15 today:

 

Greenshank

Common Sandpiper

Redshank

2 Wheatear

Adult Mediterranean Gull

 

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The Bar-tailed Godwit at Rumworth this week.
Also seen yesterday at Lock lane; a Lapwing family with 3 tiny chicks and a pair of Linnet.

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During a quick stop by the dam at lunchtime I saw 6 great crested grebe, a single common tern, three swallow plus a number of black headed gulls.  The tern caught a fish while I was watching, a real treat.



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John,
Follow the track from the gate by Beaumont Rd. to where the new hedge is planted; follow the hedge right down and turn right by the Reed bed.
Go the short distance to the hawthorns opposite the islands and view.
On Monday it moved around east shore /west shore and very close in SE corner. Always viewable from around hawthorns.

-- Edited by keith mills on Tuesday 2nd of May 2017 07:12:07 PM

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Can anyone help with directions for the best way to look for the Bar Tailed Godwit.  I know of the way in from Beaumont RoadR after parking on Armadale Road. Many thanks.

 If I score it would be GM tick number 199.



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This morning:

Breeding plumaged Bar-tailed Godwit

Greenshank

1 Dunlin

2 Wheatear

Info thanks to Andy Makin



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Just back from Norfolk to good local birding at the main Rumworth Lodge. Fine weather but overcast.
2 hours up to 1.40 Joined by Frank Whitney and later by Gary Crowder.
Common Terns....2
Black Terns....4 possibly 5 for a short time.
Bar-tailed Godwit....1
Dunlin....4
Greenshank....1
Snipe....2
Common Sandpiper....4+
Wheatear....1m (on shoreline near islands),
Meadow Pipit...4

-- Edited by keith mills on Monday 1st of May 2017 02:09:16 PM

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So far this morning:

4 Black Tern

Bar-tailed Godwit and Greenshank still present

3 Dunlin

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The Black Terns flew off high SE at 7:45pm this evening but the Bar-tailed Godwit and Greenshank remain.

 

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Now five Black Terns present.

Also, Yellow Wagtail, White Wagtail and Peregrine.

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So far this morning:

Breeding plumaged Bar-tailed Godwit on the eastern shore

Greenshank

2 Dunlin

Adult Back Tern at 09:25

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Today,

5 Common Terns
5 Common Sandpiper
2 Redshank
3 Snipe
2 Shoveler
2 Teal
8 Gadwall
2 Reed Warblers

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Today up to 8:30pm:

 

8 Common Sandpiper

5 Snipe

2 Redshank

2 Common Tern 

 

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Today up to 12:15:

 

4 White Wagtail

Dunlin

6 Common Sandpiper

2 Redshank

3 Common Tern 

 

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6 Common Sandpipers present today.

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I had a quick stop off at the dam end and a pootle in the woods this morning:

4 great crested grebe

1 cormorant

1 pied wagtail

6 swallow

20+ sand martin

2 willow warbler

3 wren

6+ blackbird



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Walked round today 9.40 to 11.50:

Common Tern 2
Common Sandpiper 3
Wheatear 2
Skylark singing
Sand Martin 100+

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Dunlin, Ringed Plover and Common Sandpiper still present at 15.30.

Also, this morning, a 3 hour mooch produced:

Little Grebe 1
Shoveler 4
Gadwall 4
Reed warblers present in both reedbeds
Sand Martin c150
Wheatear 3 in horse paddocks at Seddon Fold
Blackcap 3 males and 1 female at Lostock wood
Willow Tit 1
Male Bullfinch and a Willow Warbler at wildflower meadow
Grey Wagtail at the overflow

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Up to 12:30 today:

 

2 Dunlin

Ringed Plover

4 Common Sandpiper

3 Wheatear 

 

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This morning 8.30 till 10.20:

Swift 1
Reed Warbler 2
Common Sandpiper 5
Oystercatcher 14
Little grebe 1
Shoveler 4


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4 Common Sandpiper and 2 Wheatear present up to 1:30pm this afternoon.

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This morning at the Dam:

Kingfisher ....1 hawking over the channel.
Blackcap....1m
Grey Wagtail....1
Goosander....1f
Great Crested Grebe...6
Usual Coots/Moorhen

An Angler from the Prince Albert Club, killed a Mink here last week; in the corner where the grebe's traditionally nestsmile

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A good hour at the main lodge, this evening up to 7.10pm. Fine

Little Ringed Plover....3
Common Sandpiper....1
Gadwall....3 (2 males)
Goosander....1f
Shoveler....pair
Tufted Duck...24+
Swallows....60+
Sand Martin...c30
Pied Wagtail....3



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Wheatear, Common Sandpiper and Mediterranean Gull around midday today.

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