Redstart....2 including one male. I watched these two flitting about, often together, catching the low sun from the west. Location was in a small clump of trees/hedge just to the right of the copse on the southern hill, and above and often on, the tangle of fence posts ( at least12 posts very close together?) Viewed from footpath. Buzzard....1 Kestrel...1 Common Sandpiper....1 Starlings...c50 flock. Swallow....40+ Lapwing....18 Tufted Duck....7 Pied Wagtail...c12 Grey Heron....1 Gadwall present on arrival, but could not be relocated. Possibly due to low sun.
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
Just now, Approx 150 Jackdaw murmurating over the corner of Beaumont Rd and Wigan Rd and eventually settling in the trees at the bottom of Beaumont Chase. Fantastic noise and sight
Nothing at the Dam; but Royal Albert were out in strength apparently doing a fishing survey. The Wood Nuthatch....3 including 1 juvenile Coal Tit.....1 or 2 Lock Lane Kestrel on wire Linnets....11 (5 on wire) Grey Heron....1 by hedge.
Lodge Quick scope only from the top: Common Sandpiper....1 Lapwing...17 Tufted Duck....1 ''scaupfaced'' fem.
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
Redstart...1 male Little Ringed Plover....1 juvenile. Common Sandpiper....1 Reed bunting...1 female Lapwing....1 Goldfinch....5 or 6 Tufted Duck....5 female. Grey Heron....1
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
Kestrel..1 ...Lock Lane; hunting fields towards the Lodge. Lapwing....11 House Sparrows......juvenile 10+ Swallows... c20 including 1 juvenile at the farm. Pied Wagtail....10 mainly juveniles. Common Sandpiper....1 Lesser black-backed Gull...1 adult Tufted Duck....3 female, with the white bill bases Grey Herons....2 Great Crested Grebe....3 Canada Goose....74
-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 5th of August 2017 08:39:27 PM
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
Lapwing ...16 ( 14 flying and 2 settled on the SW shore.) Little Ringed Plover....1 Common Sandpiper.... 4 Oystercatcher....1 Kingfisher....1 Greenfinch...1f Reed Bunting...2 ..m and f Tufted Duck... 3 female all showing 'scauplike' white bill base. Juvenile Pied Wagtails......8+ 1 male adult. Grey Heron....1 Good to meet up with Dave Broome; he had earlier seen the Juvenile Redstart, in and around the large round clump of willows on the SE shoreline. Dave also heard a Willow Tit.
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
Grey Wagtail...1 adult Nuthatch....2 or 3 juveniles. Swifts.....8 passing Swallows....12+ Canada Goose....6 Great Crested Grebe....3 Coot....2 Goldfinch...2
Later thanks to text from Steve Almond and with Phil Rhodes.... Juv/fem Redstart....1 probably juvenile, low in south shore Willows.
-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 29th of July 2017 07:35:36 PM
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
Grey Wagtail...1 juv. Swallows ....35 on wire at Seddon Fold. Reed Bunting....2 including...1 juv. Tufted duck...4 comprising fem+ 1 big chick and 2 maturing juveniles. Little Ringed Plover....10 Ringed Plover.....1 Common Sandpiper....5 At 8.30 a new wader dropped in and was still present on leaving. I have this as a juvenile Golden Plover, but I would welcome a second opinion. Grey Heron....1 adult Great Crested Grebe... at least one first summer present.
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
Grey Wagtail....1 juvenile. Grey Heron...2 juveniles. Robin....1 juvenile Pied Wagtail...4 juveniles+ 1 adult. Little Ringed Plover......5 Greenshank....1 Common Sandpiper....1 Song Thrush...1 heard by dam. Farmer Stan has seen a male Redstart near the farm, and a possible female Redstart on Lock Lane, this week.
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
Common Terns....2 Tufted Duck... The female was confirmed with one chick left, out of the 5. Common Sandpiper....3 at least, including 1 juvenile. Ringed Plover....1 juvenile Little Ringed Plover......7 Swift....1 Grey Heron...2 Pied Wagtail....4 juveniles + 1 adult. Whitethroat still in song by the gate, but heard only this time.
-- Edited by keith mills on Monday 17th of July 2017 08:14:04 PM
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
Sedge Warbler 2 Common Tern 5 Little Ringed Plover 4 Common Sandpiper 4 Oystercatcher 5 Linnet 3 Yellow Wagtail 1 juvenile flitting round islands Redstart 1 found by Phil, who scoped it from 400 yards away
This evening 4.50 to 7.10. With David Rogers from 5.30
Buzzard....1 Mediterranean Gull....1 adult( photos to follow from David) Mediterranean Gull.... 1 second summer. Little Ringed Plover....12 Ringed Plover...1 Common Sandpiper....1 Grey Heron ...1 Common Tern....1 Lots of Pied Wagtail juveniles. Unfortunately by the time David arrived, the Gulls had all followed the sun to the island's west side. By walking round we got a picture of the Adult Mediterranean Gull but the second summer could not be found.
ALL ATTACHED FILES TAKEN THIS EVENING BY DAVID ROGERS.
-- Edited by keith mills on Wednesday 12th of July 2017 10:12:34 PM
Very quiet at the dam for last few weeks. Great Crested Grebe ....4, still no signs of nests or young, anywhere at Rumworth! Coot.....1 Wren.....1 c40 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, wheeling over the pony field as they left Rumworth in 2 parties >NW Jay....1 Juvenile Nuthatch....2 Juvenile Robins....c4 Pied Wagtail...1 Whitethroat...1 seen in song... Beaumont Road entrance.
-- Edited by keith mills on Wednesday 12th of July 2017 03:29:56 PM
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
Adult Mediterranean Gull....1 Juvenile (first Summer) Mediterranean Gull....1 Little Ringed Plover....10 Ringed Plover....2 Common Sandpiper....1 Tufted Duck... female seen with only 2 large chicks on arrival. On departure with only one chick Pied Wagtails 12+ mainly juvs. House Martin...1 arrived late on. Reed Bunting...1 Common Tern....1 Grey heron....2 Lapwing....13
I requested a dog owner to remove dog from the island. He did.
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
2 Black-tailed Godwit and 7 Redshank (including 1 juvenile) were feeding on the mud, before flying out at 10.30 Common Sandpiper 3 Ringed Plover 1 Little Ringed Plover 9 (including 4 juveniles) Oystercatcher 8 Curlew 1 flew through at 12.30 heading SW Mediterranean Gull 1 first summer Common Tern 4
Little Ringed Plover....13 Ringed Plover....2 Juvenile Pied Wagtail....8 + 1 adult. Mediterranean Gull....2 adult on south island as yesterday. Grey Heron....1 Common Tern....1 On arrival there were 5 Little Ringed Plover on the east shoreline and 2 on north island. Numbers steadily built up towards 7pm, and the 2 left the island.
I counted these birds many times and, in the later counts, I could not get less that 13. They were all in fairly close proximity on the east shore, and with the Ringed Plovers.
-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 8th of July 2017 08:02:13 PM
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.