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120325

Chat Moss

150 Linnet

16 Lapwing

6 Skylark

1 Snipe

3 Raven...with one (of a pair) chasing the third bird off south3

32 Teal

1 Marsh Harrier

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Oystercatcher

1 Shelduck

14 Lapwing

3 Buzzard

1 Snipe

 



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Chat Moss

1 Chiffchaff in song....my first for the year

26 Lapwing

34 Linnet

3 Skylark in song

Irlam Moss

3 Snipe

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

39 Lapwing

2 Oystercatcher



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Curlew

5 Meadow Pipit....2 in Display Flight

1 Water Rail (on call)

1 Marsh Harrier

7 Linnet

1 Long-Tailed Tit carrying Nesting Material

21 Lapwing



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Chat Moss

120 Starling

14 Lapwing

26 Stock Dove

Barton Moss

58 Lapwing

1 Sparrowhawk

 



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Astley Moss area late morning today:

Female/immature Merlin flew through field 67 disturbing a flock of Starlings, three Skylarks and several Meadow Pipits.

The trees along the southern section of the old mineral line held a flock of 130 Redwings which included lots in sub-song, a flock of 62+ Stock Doves and singles of singing Goldcrest and Chiffchaff

On Astley Moss East, around the old sand quarry, were a flock of 52 Wigeon, 16 Teal, three Shelduck, 76 Canada Geese, two Oystercatchers and a Cormorant

 



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Tuesday 11th March 2025. 09:30 - 12:00 hrs.

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

Nice to chat with a lovely couple called Neil and Elaine.

Sightings included:

Marsh Harrier (1)
Buzzard (3)
Kestrel (1)
Wigeon (6)
Teal (10)
Lapwing (40)
Oystercatcher (2)
Skylark (1)
Long Tailed Tit (2)
Raven (2)
Wren (1)
Canada Geese (100 plus)
Black Headed Gull (10)

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What appeared to be a sub adult male Marsh Harrier drifted throughLittle Woolden Moss this afternoon



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2 Shelduck,2 Teal and 2 Greylag Geese on floods south of sand quarry on Astley Moss East. Sand quarry had numerous Canada Geese and about 30 Lesser Black Backed gulls on the water. This area can be view by taking public footpath east from Rindle Cottages to the old mineral line and they walking left for couple hundred yards and crossing through birch covert to view area.



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Redshank

2 Oystercatcher

4 Herring Gull

1 Curlew

7 Reed Bunting

2 Stonechat

Little Woolden Moss (FN56/57/64)

96 Lapwing

13 Skylark

1 Lesser Redpoll

200 Redwing....many in 'song'...warming up for their return to Scandinavia

90 Chaffinch

2 Grey Partridge

1 Wheatear...my earliest record on the moss beating my record by one day!

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Goldcrest

9 Linnet

1 Oystercatcher

5 Buzzard

2 Snipe

3 Raven

1 Peregrine

2 Stonechat

30 Lapwing

Little Woolden Moss

32 Lapwing



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Curlew 

6 Lapwing

Chat Moss

6 Stock Dove 

14 Lapwing.



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Irlam Moss

6 Grey Partridge

4 Rook

9 Skylark

2 Snipe

9 Meadow Pipit

Cadishead Moss

7 Lapwing

3 Skylark

Chat Moss

16 Lapwing

30 Linnet

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

9 Lapwing

10 Reed Bunting

4 Meadow Pipit

1 Stonechat

1 Curlew

2 Snipe

1 Oystercatcher

1 Chiffchaff

Little Woolden Moss

22 Lapwing....one sat...nesting so early it seems....!

1 Yellowhammer in song

6 Linnet

2 Grey Partridge



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Chat Moss

14 Lapwing

115 Starling

1 Brambling

1 Yellowhammer

6 Skylark

Barton Moss

18 Lapwing

1 Peregrine

1 Goldcrest

1 Willow Tit

 



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Little Woolden Moss

3 Yellowhammer in song

4 House Sparrow

190 Redwing

160 Redwing

65 Linnet

55 Chaffinch

1 Raven

 



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Chat Moss

1 Yellowhammer

9 Chaffinch

11 Stock Dove

3 Snipe

1 Little Egret

49 Teal

1 Gadwall...Male

120 Linnet

12 Lapwing



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Little Woolden Moss/Glaze/Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

12 Teal

132 Canada Geese

4 Snipe

2 Oystercatcher

1 Woodcock

1 Sparrowhawk

2 Grey Partridge

82 Lapwing

2 Buzzard

160 Starling

 



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Chat Moss

1 Goldcrest in song

25 Chaffinch

68 Lapwing

6 Skylark

20 Linnet

1 Red-Legged Partridge

44 Teal

4 Snipe

Irlam Moss

5 Snipe

6 Meadow Pipit

1 Woodcock

 



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Irlam Moss

1 Herring Gull attacking a Buzzard

5 Yellowhammer

3 Song Thrush....2 in song

3 Snipe

2 Grey Partridge

160 Starling

Cadishead Moss

8 Lapwing

3 Skylark in song

Chat Moss

10 Lapwing in Display

90 Linnet

24 Teal

3 Snipe

 



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Chat Moss

80 Linnet

5 Stock Dove

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Reed Bunting

1 Golden Plover Flying over @ 1240

95 Lapwing

Little Woolden Moss

180 Lapwing

11 Stock Dove

1 Curlew 

2 Grey Partridge

2 Raven

80 Chaffinch

70 Linnet

10 Redwing

12 House Sparrow



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Chat Moss

5 Redwing

4 Snipe

1 Little Egret

15 Teal

2 Rook

75 Linnet

150 Starling

9 Stock Dove

16 Chaffinch

Irlam Moss

140 Lapwing

850 Starling

40 Pied Wagtail

2 Oystercatcher

 



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Barton Moss

48 Lapwing

1 Curlew...Flying over

200 Starling

2 Grey Partridge

8 Skylark in song

Chat Moss

1 Goldcrest

1 Marsh Harrier

90 Stock Dove

1 Brambling

210 Starling

18 Lapwing

2 Redwing

2 Yellowhammer

 

 



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Chat Moss

2 Raven Flying West @ 0955

1 Peregrine

1 Snipe

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Snipe

10 Lapwing

1 Oystercatcher

2 Grey Partridge



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Chat Moss

1 Nuthatch in song

45 Fieldfare

60 Starling

16 Lapwing

3 Skylark in song

25 Linnet

22 Teal

2 Snipe

Astley Moss

150 Lapwing

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Woodcock

11 Rook

9 Lapwing

Chat Moss

80 Linnet

10 Lapwing in display



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Astley Moss

4 Snipe

1 Woodcock

2 Stonechat

1 Willow Tit 

 



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Irlam Moss

65 Starling

31 Magpie

27 Pied Wagtail

Chat Moss

8 Skylark

64 Lapwing

80 Linnet

4 Snipe



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Chat Moss

1 Tawny Owl

36 Teal

28 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East @ 1138

1 Snipe

80 Redwing

1 Great Black-Backed Gull Flying North



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Little Woolden Moss

6 Grey Partridge

70 Lapwing....some in Display...the season begins (I hope)

140 Redwing

20 Fieldfare

1 Brambling

4 Tree Sparrow

90 Chaffinch

 



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Irlam Moss

54 Rook

30 Starling

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Snipe

3 Buzzard

Cadishead Moss

7 Stock Dove

Chat Moss

1 Buzzard

2 Kestrel

14 Chaffinch

6 Snipe

 



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Irlam Moss

14 Magpie

45 Starling

18 Jackdaw

80 Lapwing

2 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

Chat Moss

1 Snipe

1 Marsh Harrier @ 1105

14 Mallard

70 Stock Dove

21 Skylark...these moss wanderings now include quite long periods when there is NOTHING to be seen or heard....and that which is seen is of minimum number and of such limited species spread...but I forever wander in hope that what has been done and is continuing to be done to erase our wildlife in the name of progress might one day stop and renewal of our natural world occurs...dark dreary thoughts but tinged with hope and this sighting of the Skylarks spilling about the air lifted this day into the realms of simple joyous celebration of our natural world...

 



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Irlam Moss

35 Redwing

160 Fieldfare

4 Song Thrush

5 Snipe

6 Skylark

170 Lapwing

100 Starling

19 Meadow Pipit

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

4 Snipe

5 Raven

2 Teal

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

15 Pheasant

 



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300125...Late Record

Chat Moss

40 Lapwing

9 Skylark

6 Stock Dove

1 Corn Bunting....a sad reflection on our times when now on Chat Moss this is an extremely rare bird these days....and all we hear is 'we must concrete our landscape whilst lip service is simultaneously to conservation'...really?

4 Lesser Redpoll

5 Snipe

3 Redwing

 

 



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290125 Late!!! Record

Irlam Moss

600 Jackdaw

Barton Moss

22 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East @ 0952

30 Fieldfare

4 Skylark

1 Raven

2 Pink-Footed Geese Flying South @ 1026

2 Great Black-Backed Gull

Chat Moss

1 Brambling

10 Greenfinch

4 House Sparrow

7 Skylark

13 Chaffinch

10 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West @ 1017

35 Stock Dove

80 Starling

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss NR 12.30-15.30.

1 Marsh Harrier, 1 Buzzard, 4 Ravens and 5 Shelducks.

Also numerous Carrion Crows, one of which was seen carrying an egg.

Despite a bitterly cold East wind blowing a couple of small swarms of Winter Gnats were seen doing

their aerial dance, and they clearly attracted a few garden birds, notably Wrens, Robins and a single Great Tit.

These mini beasts must provide a real lifeline for insect eating small birds, even on the chilliest of winter days.

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Little Woolden Moss this afternoon.... 2 Marsh Harriers hunting over the reserve,but very little else .

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280125 Including a Carbon Landscape Winter Bird Count which included some relatively Nature Friendly Farmland +

Little Woolden Moss + The Glaze

16 Teal

9 House Sparrow

50 Linnet

60 Chaffinch

180 Redwing

300 Starling

4 Snipe

 



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270125 Including a Carbon Landscape Winter Bird Count...made easy by the lack of birds...again...and again...and again...

Little Woolden Moss

1 Snipe

4 Reed Bunting

250 Jackdaw

30 Rook

5 Skylark.

 

 



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260125

Chat Moss

5 Meadow Pipit

23 Chaffinch

13 Redwing

2 Woodcock

46 Redwing



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250125...Brief Visit

5 Snipe

6 Grey Partridge

14 Meadow Pipit

1 Buzzard



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240125

Irlam Moss

2 Mistle Thrush

70 Black-Headed Gull

2 Grey Partridge

28 Lapwing

600 Starling

6 Fieldfare

105 Redwing



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230125

Chat Moss

3 Snipe

1 Woodcock

2 Buzzard

1 Great Black-Backed Gull

Astley Moss

8 Herring Gull

9 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

25 Teal

3 Great Black-Backed Gull

3 Pink-Footed Geese



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Barton Moss including a Carbon Landscape Winter Bird Count

3 Snipe

3 Stonechat

2 Reed Bunting

3 Common Gull

1 Nuthatch

6 House Sparrow



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210125

Astley Moss

6 Redwing

3 Snipe

1 Marsh Harrier

28 Stock Dove

9 Chaffinch

Chat Moss

170 Pink-Footed Geese



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Irlam Moss

16 House Sparrow

28 Magpie

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Reed Bunting

4 Snipe

140 Pink Footed Geese flying NE @ 1105



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190125

Little Woolden Moss + The Glaze

210 Canada Geese

1 Little Grebe

17 Teal

10 Gadwall

8 Wigeon

18 Mallard

140 Pink-Footed Geese

350 Jackdaw

6 Grey Partridge

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Marsh Harrier

1 Snipe



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180125

Little Woolden Moss...including the Stewardship Crop @ Whitegate Farm

230 Starling

80 Redwing

30 Fieldfare

250 Woodpigeon

350 Chaffinch

1 Brambling

250 Linnet

175Pink-Footed Geese



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170125

Irlam Moss

750 Starling

90 Redwing

12 Fieldfare

120 Jackdaw

23 Magpie

Chat Moss

1 Hooded Crow

22 Carrion Crow

14 Mallard

1 Goldcrest

40 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East

Astley Moss

7 Great Black-Backed Gull

3 Herring Gull

1 Grey Wagtail

15 Stock Dove

6 Redwing



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Very quiet afternoon stroll Astley Road round to Cutnook Lane in perpetual twilight. Absolute absence of pied wagtails the length of Astley Road. Male stonechat in horse paddocks immediately North of the motorway. Flock of 104 pink-footed geese in the field immediately to the North of Twelve Yards Road, presumably the same birds flying East later on. The hooded crow would have been showing well on the open peat but for the murk and mist so it looked like a disembodied head drifting round the bits of sedge.

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