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A couple of pals of mine had the Channel Wagtail and a male and female Yellow Wagtail this afternoon at the western end of LWMoss . Also a Grasshopper Warbler reeling there.



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Channel Wagtail again in same tree towards the polytunnels at the left turn out of Little Woolden Moss.

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Tree Pipit calling and showing briefly at East end of Little Woolden Moss around 8pm. Green Sandpiper also present.

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Barton Moss

3 Wheatear

1 Goldcrest

12 Lapwing

2 Yellow Wagtail

2 Snipe

7 Skylark

Chat Moss

1 Greylag Goose

2 Tree Sparrow

2 Gadwall

22 Willow Warbler

1 Grasshopper Warbler

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

37 Willow Warbler

2 Redshank

17 Swallow

25 Sand Martin

Irlam Moss

75 Starling

 



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Chat Moss

3 Wheatear

18 Lapwing 

9 Stock Dove

Irlam Moss

2 Curlew

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

51 Willow Warbler

3 Grasshopper Warbler

2 White wagtail

1 Sedge Warbler 

1 Green Winged Teal

6 Chiffchaff

70 Sand Martin

40 Lapwing



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Barton Moss

2 Little Ringed Plover
1 Green Sandpiper
5 Wheatear
c.100 Stock Dove
1 Greylag Goose
1 Marsh Harrier
3 Lapwing chicks with parent

-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Monday 21st of April 2025 09:06:46 PM

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Little Woolden Moss NR - this morning:

Drake Green-winged Teal still
1 Greenshank
1 Water Rail feeding out on the mud for over 10 minutes

Yesterday:
1 Hobby

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An Hobby feeding on aerial insects at west end of Little Woolden Moss ,appeared as soon as the rain stopped and the sun came out. A Marsh Harrier seen briefly,Curlew,singing Sedge,Willow Warblers and Whitethroat. Also 2 male Wheatear and I heard a Corn Bunting singing somewhere in direction of Little Woolden Hall,although I couldn't locate it.

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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

25 Willow Warbler in song

2 Greenshank

2 Curlew 

2 Redshank

2 Oystercatcher

18 Swallow

70 Sand Martin

1 Snipe

1 Grasshopper Warbler

1 Green-Winged Teal

Little Woolden Moss

32 Lapwing 

 



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19/04/25 with Chris Chandler
1 Whimbrel on the Little Woolden Moss reserve - a GM tick for me, after many dips on the mosses over the years
2 Yellow Wagtail - looked like a pair
1-2 Grasshopper Warbler heard

2 Wheatear and 2 Fieldfare with lots of Stock Doves on Rindle Road
Whitethroats in evidence in lots of places as well as many Willow Warblers as noted by the patch regulars. Some lovely close views of Willow Warblers, within 3 or 4 feet at times as they hopped about

-- Edited by Simon Gough on Sunday 20th of April 2025 09:25:30 AM

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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Sedge Warbler in song

3 Grasshopper Warbler in song

1 Little Egret

1 Water Rail

4 Redshank

38 Willow Warbler

2 Yellow Wagtail

1 Marsh Harrier

6 Teal



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Chat Moss

8 Wheatear

18 Lapwing

5 Teal

2 Oystercatcher

1 Yellowhammer in song

Irlam Moss

4 Grey Partridge

12 Rook

 



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160425 Including a Carbon Landscape BBS on Little Woolden Moss

38 Willow Warbler

19 Linnet

1 Water Rail

3 Oystercatcher

5 Snipe

37 Lapwing

3 Yellow Wagtail

25 Swallow

30 Sand Martin

Chat Moss

2 Wheatear

Irlam Moss

22 Mallard

15 Rook

 



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Barton Moss Including a Carbon Landscape BBS

7 Chiffchaff

6 Willow Warbler

13 Skylark

2 Snipe

3 Whitethroat

3 Song Thrush

10 Reed Bunting

Chat Moss

2 Red-Legged Partridge

7 Wheatear

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

140 Black-Headed Gull

17 Lapwing

2 White Wagtail

 

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss NR, Little Woolden Moss and section of River Glaze.

Saturday 19th April 09:30 - 11 30 hrs.

Sightings included:

Yellow Wagtail (1)
White Wagtail (4)
Pied Wagtail (1)
Yellowhammer (3)
Stonechat (2)
Whitethroat (1)
Sandmartin (30)
Bullfinch (3)
Teal (2)
Gadwall (4)
Little Egret (3)
Grey Heron (3)
Kestrel (1)
Chiffchaff (4)
Willow Warbler (25)
Skylark (3)
Wren (1)
Shoveler (2)
Reed Bunting (2)
Lapwing (15)

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Little Wooden Moss in the rain. 500+ Sand Martin,40+ Willow Warbler,2 x Whitethroat, 2 x reeling Grasshopper Warbler, 1 x Redshank, 1 Snipe, 1 x Oystercatcher, 2 x Common Sandpiper and 1 Little Ringed Plover 



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Astley Moss East....about 220 large gulls loafing on the sand quarry island, 8 mallard on the lake and 2 Greylag Geese in with the Canada Geese. Around the old peat pools a couple of singing Reed Warbler and a singing Whitethroat nearby. A pair of Shelduck on the peat pools and a few more Mallard there.

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Little Woolden Moss NR - west end - brief visit late afternoon
2 Whinchat
1 White Wagtail

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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR East Pools with Ian Jenkinson 

1st Summer Hobby over north at 12-15hrs. earliest date for me (1st seen by Ian)

1 Kestrel

27 Willow Warbler in song

4 Blackcap in song

6 Chiffchaff in song

1 Whitethroat in song

4 Meadow Pipit 

14 Lapwing 

2 Curlew

4 Redshank 

2 Oystercatcher 

2 White Wagtail

5 Linnet

4 Reed Bunting

Green Winged Teal

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR West Pools 13 /4 2025

Common Redstart

 



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140425....including a Breeding Bird Survey on Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

73 Singing Willow Warbler

2 Stonechat

6 Reed Bunting

8 Linnet

3 Snipe 

24 Sand Martin

3 Yellowhammer

4 Teal

2 Mute Swan

1 Curlew

2 Oystercatcher

1 Redshank

Irlam Moss

28 Rook

13 Stock Dove

4 Wheatear

1 Sparrowhawk

1 Whitethroat in song

 



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Checked west as far as Morleys Hall and around Tydesley S.F. Unfortunately no sign of Beeater but at least 50 hirundines around the sewage works mainly Swallows,but several House and Sand Martins in with them. Presumably the bird left as soon as rain stopped.

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No further sign of the Bee eater on Lower Green Lane, Astley Green up to 09:45



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Bee Eater on wires near Rindle Road. Flew towards farms approaching Astley Green.

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Chat Moss

3 Whitethroat in Song

28 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

9 Herring Gull

1 Common Gull

8 Lapwing

10 Wheatear

10 Stock Dove

1 Marsh Harrier

9 Willow Warbler

4 Little Egret

1 Great White Egret

1 Tree Sparrow

Barton Moss

1 Yellowhammer in song

9 Skylark

4 Wheatear

1 Swallow

1 Raven

1 Whinchat

2 Snipe

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Oystercatcher

1 Common Gull

30 Lapwing

 



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Male whinchat seen briefly on the track towards Astley Moss late afternoon today as I returned to my car after my reptile survey on the Moss, a real surprise. In the fenced pond area, plenty of willow warbler singing, whitethroat heard briefly but not viewed. Stock doves, red-legged partridge, lapwing and oystercatcher seen on the fields west of Rindle Woods.



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Astley Moss Early afternoon today:

 

Fields behind Rindle Wood:

15 Stock Doves

1 Yellowhammer

1 White Wagtail

 

Rindle, field 67:

33 Stock Doves

1 Yellowhammer

5 White Wagtails

 

Astley Moss East:

2 Common Sandpipers

2 Greylag Geese

2 Shelduck

9 White Wagtails

 

And in the Rindle area, a small pen containing a pair of Lady Amherst's pheasants!

 

 



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Circular walk from West of Little Woolden Moss NR, along section of River Glaze, right at Moss Lane past Whitegate Farm, past polytunnels, circuit of Little Woolden Moss NR
15th April 09:30 - 12:00

Yellow Wagtail (2) - in ploughed field north of polytunnels
Wheatear (1)
Stonechat (2)
White Wagtail (1)
Pied Wagtail (3)
Willow Warbler (25)
Chiffchaff (4)
Curlew (1)
Oystercatcher (7)
Lapwing (30)
Little Egret (1)
Grey Heron (1)
Gadwall (2)
Teal (4)
Kestrel (1)
Skylark (3)
Linnet (2)
Wren (1)

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Male Channel Wagtail on Little Woolden Moss this morning, north of the LWT reserve.

Info thanks to Carl Moorhouse



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Little Woolden Moss

16 White Wagtail

2 Yellow Wagtail

1 Curlew

1 Wheatear

1 Curlew

25 Lapwing

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Redshank

1 Yellow Wagtail

1 Water Rail

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Redshank

35 Willow Warbler in song

25 Lapwing

1 Yellowhammer

1 Curlew 

2 Snipe

10 Linnet

Little Woolden Moss

26 Lapwing

4 Skylark as song

 



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Irlam Moss

17 Magpie

2 Blackcap in song

Astley Moss

12 Lapwing

2 Oystercatcher

3 Snipe

20 Willow Warbler in song

6 Stock Dove

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker

2 Buzzard

7 Fieldfare

Little Wooden Moss LWTNR

23 Lapwing

2 Redshank

1 Yellow Wagtail

2 Curlew

1 Marsh Harrier

1Water Rail

1 White Wagtail

2 Gadwall

 



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Chat Moss

24 Lapwing

1 Goldcrest in song...oh the joy of still being able to hear this song at my 'tender' age!

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Curlew in display

7 Willow Warbler in song

 



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LWMNR and environs

Willow Warbler c. 15+ singing
Chiffchaff x 4 singing
Yellowhammer (adjacent to F56)
Grey Partridge (flushed from same area)
Yellow Wagtail (f) in field close to greenhouses N of reserve
Swallow x 1 over N
Sand Martin x 8 over N
Green Winged Teal on main NR flood (presumably same one has re-located from Chat Moss)
Curlew x 4 calling and display flight


Between F18 and F52

Whitethroat




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Chat Moss

22 Lapwing...in situ in spite of the bird scare 'raptor on a stick' placed on this recently sown field...(FN52)...to my memory I have NEVER had seen  scare items used on this part of the moss before...

9 Skylark

12 Linnet

2 Yellowhammer in song

2 Curlew

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

19 Willow Warbler in song....bliss!

2 Redshank

37 Lapwing

1 White Wagtail

1 Yellowhammer in song

2 Curlew

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

5 Grey Heron

31 Lapwing

2 Water Rail calling

8 Reed Bunting

1 Snipe

4 Teal

3 Skylark

2 Oystercatcher

2 Shoveler

1 Curlew

1 Marsh Harrier...female @ 1241

Irlam Moss 

2 Oystercatcher

32 Lapwing



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

7 Willow Warbler in song

10 Reed Bunting

20 Linnet

2 Chiffchaff

1 Curlew in Display

1 Water Rail Calling

4 Teal

1 Red Kite...in from East...Rose high and flew South @ 1115,,,,THERE IS A GROWING consensus that this bird which I admit didn't quite fit the bill in my 

viewing of same at the time that the Kite in question is a Black Kite ....I leave such decisions to those who study Raptors more than I....Meanwhile I will recount my 

observations at the time onto a 'rarities form'.. 



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3 White Wagtails and a couple of Little Ringed Plover by the Astley Moss East sand quarry lake. Also there,Shelduck ,2 Oystercatchers, 6 Sand Martins and at least 300 large gulls on the island in the lake. Plenty of Chiffchaff, Willow warbler and Blackcap in the surrounding scrub.



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Chat Moss

2 Snipe

33 Teal

7 Willow Warbler in song

1 Blackcap in song

1 Swallow

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

165 Black-Headed Gull

1 Redshank

2 Oystercatcher

2 Curlew

1 Swallow

1 Marsh Harrier

2 Common Gull



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Little Woolden Moss...FN56/57/64

2 Curlew in Display

76 Lapwing....some sat on nests

6 Grey Partridge

17 Skylark

2 Yellowhammer

Chat Moss

15 Stock Dove

 

 



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A visit to see the green-winged teal in the morning also revealed little egret, a male wheatear, a pair of grey partridge, at least one male yellowhammer, and my first blackcaps (1-2) and willow warblers (5-6) for the year. Don't ask me where these were seen as I was semi-lost most of the time!



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Green winged teal still at Croxdens. 3 calling Golden plover over Little Woolden Moss. First Swallow and first sand Martin of the year for me. Saw about 20 different butterfly species and could positively ID 2 of them. Got to get better at that!

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The drake Green-winged Teal still present on Croxden and showing well amongst 18 Eurasian Teal this morning. Mostly doing what it seems to do best - sleeping!

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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

7 Willow Warbler in song

10 Reed Bunting

20 Linnet

2 Chiffchaff

1 Curlew in Display

1 Water Rail Calling

4 Teal

1 Red Kite...in from East...Rose high and flew South @ 1115



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Chat Moss

22 Lapwing

1 Yellowhammer in song

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

5 Willow Warbler in song

2 Water Rail...Calling

1 Ringed Plover

4 Redshank

12 Reed Bunting

2 Oystercatchers

1 Long-Tailed Tit nest

1 Curlew in display

12 Meadow Pipit

 



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Astley Moss

4 Oystercatcher

2 Red-Legged Partridge

6 Greylag Geese

4 Buzzard

2 Goldcrest

Chat Moss

6 Willow Warbler in song

2 Little Egret

24 Stock Dove

22 Lapwing

 



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Chat Moss

33 Stock Dove

34 Lapwing

80 Linnet

1 Yellowhammer in song...the last of the few south of the Manchester-Liverpool Line....such a rapid decline I'm sad to say

8 Skylark

1 Snipe

4 Willow Warbler in song

13 Teal

1 Little Egret

 

 



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Barton Moss

14 Lapwing

1 Song Thrush in song

Chat Moss

180 Fieldfare

90 Linnet

8 Skylark

1 Sand Martin



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Snipe

3 Oystercatcher

2 Buzzard

10 Linnet

2 Redshank

1 Curlew

1 Sand Martin



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Marsh Harrier with Green Darvic and seemingly damaged wing

2 Redshank

1 Great Black-Backed Gull

1 Water Rail calling

1 Little Egret

2 Snipe

2 Gadwall

1 Curlew

 



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Chat Moss

2 Curlew

Irlam Moss

3 Skylark

2 Snipe

Cadishead Moss

200 Fieldfare

16 Linnet

4 Lapwing (where once there would have been 20...Winter Sowing having put paid to this  once thriving breeding population)

4 Skylark

LWTNR

1 Water Rail Calling

2 Bullfinch

1 Redshank in Display

26 Lapwing

1 Shoveler...Male



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