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This aft up to 17.00:

Spotted Redshank 1
Greenshank 2
Little Ringed Plover 1
Snipe 4
Linnet 100+
Sparrowhawk chasing the Linnets
Teal 12

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9.40am to 11.30am. 19 species recorded including:

  • Lapwings 80+
  • Kestrel 1
  • Swallows 12+
  • teal 10+
  • Linnet 80+
  • Snipe 5
  • Greenshank 2
  • Reed Bunting 1


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This evening, sunny.

I located the Spotted Redshank at 6.40pm, it was moving quickly along the east shore. Then the Greenshank harassed the Spotted Redshank 5 times, before they separated.

Superb views of these two birds. The Greenshank very active and crisscrossing the lodge calling. ''The Spotted Red'' lit with sunshine and fairly close.

Many thanks to Simon Warford for finding the Spotted Redshank!

Other sightings:

Snipe...6 or 7 see below.

The Kestrel of last night was identified tonight, as a juvenile.

Linnet...c120

As I walked up along Redstart hedge, A snipe type rose out of water plants in the large hollow. It's purpose apparently was to defecate.

Only glimpsed but a possible Jack Snipe candidate.

Teal ...14, minimum count.



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2.45pm with Steve... no sign of Spotted Redshank.

Greenshank still present and 75 Lapwing.



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Juvenile Spotted Redshank and Greenshank present 12.30pm (Spotted Redshank was on Cutacre earlier this morning). Also 5 Snipe, 18 Teal and 2 single Tree Pipits over. Spotted Redshank flew off NW at 13.48 per Andy Makin.

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This evening 5 to 7.15. Fine and sunny.

Kestrel...1

Lapwing....29

Greenshank....1

Common Sandpiper....1

Snipe....2

Herring Gull....2

Linnet....120+

Goldfinch ...42

Swallow c25

Pied Wagtail...30+

Grey Heron....1



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This morning:

Little Egret 1
Greenshank 1
Common Sandpiper 2
Snipe 2
Lapwing 86
Sparrowhawk 1
Teal 13
Linnet 30
Willow Warbler 4


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This morning in the rain:

Little Egret 1
Greenshank 1
Snipe 16
Common Sandpiper 1
Teal 14
Linnet c90
Lapwing 34
Buzzard 4


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This morning's highlights included:

Little Egret,

Greenshank,

3 Snipe

Common Sandpiper

83 Lapwing

91 Linnet feeding along the shore

 

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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Other sightings from today included:

4 Shelduck

3 Black-tailed Godwit

Greenshank

2 Yellow Wagtail 

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Further sightings this evening up to 7.30:

Kingfisher....1

Little Egret....1, up and down the eastern shore shallows. Still present on leaving.

Common  Snipe...1 on shoreline behind islands

Long-tailed Tit... small flock in dense shrubs.



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Excellent day so far up to 1.45pm. Partly with Phil Rhodes and with appearances from Dave Broome and Steve Almond.

Teal....12

Common Sandpiper...3

Greenshank....1

Dunlin....1, site tick 2018 for me.

Yellow Wagtail.1 eventually bathing in southern water, site tick 2018 for me.

Wheatear....1 female.

Grey Heron....3

Linnet... 16

Goldfinch... 12

Buzzard....5 sightings, at least 2 birds.



-- Edited by Keith Mills on Saturday 1st of September 2018 02:36:51 PM

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Great White Egret flew off SSW at 9:13

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Great White Egret present at 08:55.

Note, there is strictly no parking along Beaumont Road.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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Common Sandpiper still preset today.

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Wheatear and Common Sandpiper present this afternoon.

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4 to 6.15 this pm. Sunny.

Kingfisher....1 at Dam (site year tick)

Swallow...41 on wire at Seddon Fold  + C50 over western fields + 25 over Lodge=c116

Grey Heron... 2  an adult with Juvenile.

Common Sandpiper....2

Common Snipe....1

Goldfinch...2 charms....c40+ c25=c65

Lesser Black-backed Gull....28

Herring Gull.....1 adult

Lapwing....31+

Pied Wagtail...30+

Report from a  horseman of 2 Red Kite over his house near Snydle Way last Thursday.



-- Edited by Keith Mills on Thursday 30th of August 2018 07:09:59 PM

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This morning:

Common Sandpiper 2
Snipe 1
Teal 10
Wheatear 1
Whitethroat 1
Swallow 100+
House Martin 30

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Further sightings from this morning:

Juvenile Mediterranea Gull (photo attached)

Little Egret

2 Common Sandpiper

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

 



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This morning's sightings from the dam and wood:

Nuthatch....2

Coal Tit....2

Grey Wagtail....1

Moorhen.1



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Today, 11.30 till 13.00:

Black-tailed Godwit 2
Common Sandpiper 1
Little Egret 1

Recent highlights:

Yesterday: Swift 3
Sunday 26th:Ringed Plover 1
Saturday 25th: Spotted Flycatcher 1

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Wigeon, Ringed Plover, 3 Common Sandpiper and 7 Snipe today at 11:15.

 

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Starting at Seddon Fold at 5.30pm today I found a very high level of avian activity around the western fields. 90 minutes later it was quiet.

Swallow...100 plus

Goldfinch.c32

Linnet....24, flushed from farm track.+ single juvenile on wire.

Greenfinch.... 10+ (On same paddock fence wire as Swallows)

Redstart...female, on same fenceline as last week's male, but 60yards west of it.

Wheatear....3 all fem or immature. One was in the usual horse paddock and two on east shoreline ''beach''

Common Sandpiper....1

Grey Heron....1

 



-- Edited by Keith Mills on Saturday 25th of August 2018 08:22:07 PM

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Little Egret, 2 Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher and 3 Wheatear present today.

 

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This evening up to 7.50. After very heavy showers.

On arrival at Seddon Fold a flight of 7 Gadwall were  leaving the lodge going SW. While following this flight I picked up a very large flock of finches at a good height.

150+ and mainly Goldfinch. Halfway across the western fields they turned back away from the Lodge.

A Buzzard was low over the area around the wood.

Swallows .c55

Herring Gull....1 not quite adult probably 4th Summer.

Later a second smaller finch flock (c40) was in with the Swallows,  and made off towards the lodge, where Phil Rhodes saw Greenfinch among the Goldfinch.

Common Sandpiper....1

Grey Heron ( head and neck only seen) in the Knutshaw Brook intake channel.

Pied Wagtail... at least 30

Greenfinch...2

I dipped on the Whinchat that Phil saw around 6pm today, near where last week's Redstart had been!

Linnet....4

 

 



-- Edited by Keith Mills on Friday 24th of August 2018 08:46:55 PM

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Dam and wood this am:

Juvenile Grey Heron, Moorhen, and 4 Mallards were 

among the blue/green algae.

Nuthatch and Coal Tit seen in the wood.

Along the hedge were at least 6 juvenile Greenfinch.

This is my third location of juvenile Greenfinch in the western fields here.



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2 Little Egret flew straight through NW at 6:25pm this evening.

Also, 3 Common Sandpiper and 2 Shoveler present.

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Juvenile Arctic Tern present at 11:25 today then headed off SW.

 

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3 juvenile Black-tailed Godwit

Male Redstart

Ringed Plover

Common Sandpiper

3 Snipe

2 Shoveler 

 

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This evening up to 7.30.

A juvenile Common Tern was the only bird of note at the Lodge.

150 Swallow low over the western fields

2 House Martin

13 Linnet

9 Goldfinch

5 Greenfinch.



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2 Dunlin flew through this morning and 2 juvenile Black-tailed Godwit and a Grasshopper Warbler were also present.

 

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 This evening up to 5.30. Turning drizzly.

At 4.25 a Common Sandpiper flew low across the lodge, and fed for a while on the east shoreline.

The 3 Black-tailed Godwits still present as I left.

Grey Heron...2, including a juvenile.

At least 25 Pied Wagtail.

Lapwing ...19 present on my arrival but went.

Single female Reed Bunting which was a juvenile.

 



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Hobby also through at 11:30 this morning.

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9.00am to 11.10am, 22 species recorded including:

  • Black-tailed Godwits 3
  • Common Terns 3
  • Grey Herons 3
  • Linnet 1
  • Reed Buntings 15+
  • Willow Warbler 1
  • Willow Tits 3
  • Snipe 2
  • Knot 1 (Thanks to Phil Rhodes for confirming it's I.D. from my camera screen)
  • Cormorant 1


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Today up to 1pm. Breezy and cloudy but with some sun.

Redstart....1, a stunning male. Thanks to Phil for the assist; he rang me from the east side, having seen the Redstart and myself on the west side.

Lapwing....42

Little Egret....1, in with Canada geese.

House Martin...c25 around the fields by the wood

Swallow.....c20

Kestrel...1, hunting.

Swift....1

Grey Heron...2,  one a juvenile.

Cormorant....1

Grey Wagtail....1

Pied Wagtail....6

Linnet...10 mainly juveniles.

Goldfinch....8

 

 



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Today's highlights around midday:

 

6 juvenile Black-tailed Godwit

Little Egret 

 

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Juvenile Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Dunlin and a Grasshopper Warbler present this morning.

 

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Hobby flew SW at 11:14, with Ringed Plover, 5 Black-tailed Godwits and a juvenile Goosander also present.

 

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This am, partly with Phil And Steve.

Black-tailed Godwit....3

Common Sandpiper....1

Pied Wagtail..... c20

Grey Heron....2

Goldfinch...c10 including juveniles

Phil had additional sightings of:

juvenile Yellow Wagtail.... 1 briefly 

Hobby.. 1 through Swallows near mouth of dam channel.






-- Edited by Keith Mills on Sunday 12th of August 2018 06:09:09 PM

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Male Redstart, 2 Dunlin, 2 Black-tailed Godwit and a Common Sandpiper at midday.

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Todays sighting:

Kestrel....1. Hunting

Common Tern.... 1 preening 

Grey Heron....1 adult with 2 large juveniles

Coal Tit ....2 in wood.



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On Friday 3rd August 2018 I posted that Bolton Conservation Volunteers would be working on the islands at Rumworth on the 12th August 2018. Due to objections from the farmer this work has had to be postponed until the 9th Sept 2018.



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Little Egret still present this evening.

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Back to quiet.. this pm up to 3 o'clock. Dull, and drizzle as I was about to leave.

Kestrel on fence.

Common Sandpiper....1

Grey Wagtail...1

Pied Wagtail... at least a score; mainly juveniles.

Lapwings... 50 on west shores.

Jackdaw...c70

Starling...c30

Linnet....5

Grey Heron....2 (one a juvenile)



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Little Egret still present up to at least midday today.

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Today up to 1.15...Hot and sunny.

Little Egret....1 still present on leaving.

Little Grebe....1 not common here these days.

Peregrine...1 mid height over eastern fields. Site tick for myself, and with thanks to several shouts from Phil Rhodes as he was leaving!

Buzzard....1

Grey Heron ...4 seen together; probably 6 present.



-- Edited by Keith Mills on Sunday 5th of August 2018 01:36:23 PM

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This evening. Dam and Seddon Fold only. ( I did set off for the lodge but ran out of time, so I stayed at Seddon Fold)

Grey Heron....2 In channel.

Wheatear...1 female or possible juvenile~ it was a nervous bird near the horses. Photos at some distance.

Flocks:

Jackdaw.c75

Starling...c140 often packed on wire.

Lapwing... c45 leaving the lodge over me > SW

At around 8.30 7 large plover size birds came off the Lodge going away from me> SW... Not ID'd.

 

 

 



-- Edited by Keith Mills on Saturday 4th of August 2018 10:35:05 PM

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3 Common Sandpiper present today.

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This pm:

The eleven Black-tailed Godwit still present as I left at 5 o'clock. Feeding just in water on west shore.

Also:

Lapwing..... c86

Common Sandpiper...2

Grey Wagtail...1

White Wagtail...1

Pied Wagtail.... 7, mainly juveniles.

Linnet...2 on wire. one a male and the other a probable juvenile.

Greenfinch...6 on wire, 3 being juvenile.

Common Tern....1 came in late on.

Swift...1

House martin...1

Swallow 40+

Lesser Black-backed gull....3

Grey Heron....3

Great Crested Grebe...2 including the ''mature'' juvenile.



-- Edited by Keith Mills on Friday 3rd of August 2018 05:36:39 PM

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Just arrived here this pm ....I was met by11 Black-tailed Godwits

west shore



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Beaumont Road side, 8.50am to 10.05am. 26 species seen including:

  • Lapwings 80+
  • Grey Herons 3
  • Great Crested Grebes 2
  • Swifts 15+
  • Swallows 25+
  • Reed Buntings 4
  • Willow Tit 1
  • Kingfisher 1 (seen initially in the willow scrub well away from the water, then later seen being chased by a swallow around the islands)
  • House Martins 12+
  • Pied Wagtails 4
  • White Wagtail 1

On Sunday 12/08/2018 10.15am to 2.30pm. a group of volunteers including myself will be working on the islands anyone interested will be welcome see details at www.boltonconservation.org.uk/page5.htm.  



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