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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR West brief viisit...

Pink Footed Geese c450 over in 5 Skeins... 75 at 14-18 and c375 at 15-08hrs. all West to East

1 Immature Female Marsh Harrier

 

 



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8th October 10:00 - 13:00 hrs.

West of Little Woolden Moss NR - by River Glaze - right along Moss Lane - past Whitegate Farm - Little Woolden Moss past polytunnels - return via clockwise circuit of Little Woolden Moss NR.

Sightings included:

Pink-Footed Geese (100 plus) flying east at 10:00 hrs.
Great Spotted Woodpecker (1)
Grey Heron (1)
Kestrel (2)
Raven (2)
Buzzard (1)
Mistle Thrush (1)
Grey Wagtail (1)
Pied Wagtail (3)
Wren (1)
Goldcrest (2)
Cormorant (1)
Little Grebe (2)
Skylark (3)

-- Edited by Steve Judge on Wednesday 8th of October 2025 09:42:25 PM

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Irlam Moss

17 Meadow Pipit

5 Snipe

1 Chiffchaff

2 Swallow

Cadishead Moss

42 Meadow Pipit

4 Skylark



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Chat Moss

25 Chaffinch

35 Stock Dove

9 Redpoll

1 Swallow

1 Snipe

18 Teal

 



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Little Woolden Moss

115 Skylark

36 Meadow Pipit

40 Linnet

2 Yellowhammer

2 Grey Partridge

650 Starling

45 Lapwing

1 Great Egret (Glaze)

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Snipe

26 Meadow Pipit

1 Peregrine

8 Skylark

Little Woolden Moss

38 Skylark

14 Linnet

6 Meadow Pipit.



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A flock of just over a dozen redpolls in the trees by Twelve Yards Road, heading off down the lane with telegraph poles covered with hop vines, 3pm this afternoon. Just after, a single redwing over Four Lanes End.

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Chat Moss & Croxton's Peat Pools

3 Grey Herons

4 Kestrels

2 Buzzards (adult & juvenile)

74 Swallows south over Field 52 11-00-13-30hrs

5 Long Tailed Tits 

1 Goldcrest

150 Linnets Field 52



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Steven Nelson


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Little Woolden Moss NR this evening

1 Wheatear
20+ Meadow Pipits
c300+ Swallow feeding low over the reserve and surrounding fields with a few House Martin and Sand Martin mixed in with them.

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Chat Moss

1 Snipe

200 Linnet

2 Sparrowhawk

14 House Martin 16 Swallow

Irlam Moss

55 Swallow

75 Starling

150 Goldfinch

Cadishead Moss

11 Skylark

7 Meadow Pipit

Irlam Moss

17 Meadow Pipit

4 Snipe

1 Sparrowhawk



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Chat Moss

35 Linnet

50 Swallow

1 Marsh Harrier

1 Raven

 



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Irlam Moss

37 Meadow Pipit

5 Snipe

9 Swallow

96 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

6 Herring Gull

1 Willow Tit

Cadishead Moss

18 Meadow Pipit

Chat Moss

13 Linnet

18 Stock Dove



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Chat Moss - this morning

1 Whinchat

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Little Woolden Moss

2 Yellow Wagtail

10 Swallow

9 Pied Wagtail

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

8 Meadow Pipit

7 Chiffchaff

5 Snipe



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Chat Moss

2 Marsh Harrier

10 Swallow

Irlam Moss

28 Rook

7 Swallow

4 Chiffchaff

26 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

 



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Barton Moss

80 House Martin

55 Swallow

1 Blackcap

50 Goldfinch

2 Willow Tit

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

11 Chiffchaff...1 in song

3 Teal

6 Swallow

1 Buzzard

2 Kestrel



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Irlam Moss

31 Pied Wagtail

2 Wheatear

6 House Martin

32 Swallow

21 Rook

250 Starling

Chat Moss

47 Swallow

19 House Martin

9 Stock Dove



-- Edited by Dave Steel on Monday 8th of September 2025 05:28:22 PM

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Little Woolden Moss NR this evening

1 Spotted Flycatcher

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41 species late afternoon on Astley Moss, mainly at the Sand Quarry Lake included
438 Lesser Black-backed Gull
149 Herring Gull
1 Great Black-backed Gull
1 juvenile Shelduck
144 Mallard
48 Teal
5 Gadwall
6 Tufted Duck
1 Green Sandpiper
18 Collared Dove
1 Wheatear
29 Pied Wagtail
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Siskin south
58 Swallow and 2 House Martin feeding briefly before moving west/south west
2 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
2 Bullfinch
6 Linnet
8 Goldfinch
7 Chiffchaff


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Barton Moss

160 Swallow

1 Sand Martin

2 House Martin

2 Raven

87 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

Chat Moss

2 Willow Tit

9 Swallow

1 Spotted Flycatcher

2 Whitethroat

 



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Irlam Moss

19 Pied Wagtail

6 Swallow

1 Wheatear

Little Woolden Moss

1 Wheatear

6 Grey Partridge

4 Stonechat

12 Linnet

2 Buzzard

36 Swallow

10 House Martin

 



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Little Woolden Moss

 Including the Glaze

27 Swallow

110 Mallard

3 Little Egret

150 Starling

5 Yellow Wagtail

1 Sparrowhawk...Female

39 Pied Wagtail

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Marsh Harrier

Irlam Moss

120 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

24 Pied Wagtail

1 Wheatear

68 Black-Headed Gull

4 House Martin

 



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Irlam Moss

16 Swallow

2 Wheatear

16 Pied Wagtail

1 Yellow Wagtail

Chat Moss

2 Willow Tit

5 Chiffchaff

2 Bullfinch

14 Linner

 



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Barton Moss

52 Swallow

20 House Martin

3 Chiffchaff

1 Hobby

3 Reed Bunting

1 Yellow Wagtail

1 Whitethroat

11 House Sparrow

Chat Moss

2 Green Sandpiper

1 Greenshank

1 Willow Warbler

5 Chiffchaff

1 Bullfinch

 



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Some photos of the Hen Harrier on 27th Aug

Additional sightings earlier this week
2 Greenshank
7 Green Sandpiper

-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Saturday 30th of August 2025 11:06:07 PM

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Irlam Moss

29 Swallow

Cadishead Moss

8 Meadow Pipit

7 Skylark

4 House Martin

5 Linnet

Irlam Moss

87 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

170 Black-Headed Gull

8 House Martin

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR with Ian Jenkinson

2 Hobby

3 Kestrel

1 Sparrowhawk

3 Buzzard

 



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Chat Moss

1 Greenshank

40 Linnet

1 Marsh Harrier

1 Sparrowhawk

Little Woolden Moss

1 Wheatear

40 Greenfinch

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Marsh Harrier



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Little Woolden Moss/Glaze

4 Little Egret

1 Marsh Harrier

4 Stock Dove

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Marsh Harrier

13 Swallow

1 Black-Tailed Godwit

Irlam Moss

117 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

5 Herring Gull

62 Black-Headed Gull

Chat Moss

1 Hen Harrier....Juvenile...presumably paused on its journey after a downpour

 



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Chat Moss

1 Marsh Harrier

Irlam Moss

23 Rook

107 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

13 Pied Wagtail

4 House Martin

4 Herring Gull

 



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Barton Moss this morning

1 Spotted Flycatcher still
2 Tree Pipit
1 Peregrine
3 Siskin
7 Swift


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Barton Moss
1 Spotted Flycatcher
8 Swift


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Barton Moss Road1430 - 1540, highlights: three yellow wagtails in potato fields just South of the motorway, one tree pipit in the rough pasture immediately South of that.

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Barton Moss
2 Spotted Flycatcher - Again at a different location so presumably its the same two birds moving around.

Chat moss
1 Water Rail - ran across the road in front of me !
2 Hobby
2 Shelduck
13 Greylag

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Barton Moss

27 Swallow

11 Chiffchaff

1 Redstart

8 Robin

1 Willow Warbler



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Barton Moss

17Chiffchaff

3 Willow Warbler

1 Blackcap...Male

3 Whitethroat

100 Swallow

2 Spotted Flycatcher

1 Chiffchaff in song

3 Swift

1 Hobby

130 Black-Headed Gull

2 Song Thrush



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Barton Moss

2 Willow Tit

1 Treecreeper

23 Chiffchaff

90 Swallow

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

150 Black-Headed Gull



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Barton Moss - am

2 Spotted Flycatchers - different location to the birds on Saturday so not sure if same birds or different
1 Tree Pipit
2-3 Willow Tit
4 Swift
90+ Swallows
2 Marsh Harrier
1 Hobby

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On the sand quarry lake on Astley Moss East this mid-afternoon:

1 Wigeon

3 Tufted Duck

681 Lesser Black-backed Gulls

162 Herring Gulls

4 Great Back-backed Gull (two adults and two juveniles)

 

Feeding in stubble fields along Nook Lane, Astley Moss were a impressive flock of c1700 Woodpigeons



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Barton Moss today

2 Spotted Flycatcher
1 Hobby
1 Peregrine
1 Marsh Harrier

Notable southward passage of hirundines and Swift
70+ Swift
100+ Swallow
20+ House Martin

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Barton Moss

28 House Martin

10 Greenfinch

50 Swallow

8 Linnet

6 Yellow Wagtail

1 Hobby @ 1140

Irlam Moss

150 Swallow

14 House Martin



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Little Woolden Moss

1 Sparrowhawk....Female

1 Raven

12 Linnet

50 Greenfinch

2 Wheatear



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

127 Swallow

1 Hobby @ 1145

2 House Martin



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Little Woolden Moss

120 Swallow

2 Yellow Wagtail

3 Stock Dove

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Water Rail

7 Chiffchaff



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Irlam Moss

22 Swallow

3 Yellow Wagtail

1 Yellowhammer

Cadishead Moss

2 Yellow Wagtail

1 Reed Bunting

1 Sparrowhawk

 



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Irlam Moss

2 Willow Tit

8 Chiffchaff

1 Shelduck

 



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Astley Sand Quarry lake 467 large gulls mainly Lesser Black Backed, 3 Great Black Backs and approx 40 Herring Gull. 526 Canada Geese, 108 Greylag Geese inc a few young birds. 2 Comorant and an Oystercatcher. The family party of Shelduck still present,all the young fully grown now



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Barton Moss

3 Yellow Wagtail

11 House Sparrow

45 Swallow

25 House Martin

1 Hobby

300 Black-Headed Gull

4 Swift

Irlam Moss

11 Swallow



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

14 Meadow Pipit

11 Chiffchaff

6 Buzzard

1 Marsh Harrier

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Hobby

12 Rook

13 Swallow

4 Buzzard



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