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Steven Heywood


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Flock of c.100 chaffinches with the pigeons, magpies and pied wagtails on Cutnook Lane opposite the Oxcheek entrance included at least one male brambling (the flock was very skittish) plus linnets. Also a female white wagtail on this field.

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Little Woolden Moss

1 Ring-Necked Parakeet

130 Pink-Footed Geese...Flying West

120 Chaffinch

250 Linnet

90 Fieldfare

4 Yellowhammer

150 Skylark

1 Brambling 

65 Lapwing...Flying South

220 Starling

4 Grey Partridge

2 Tree Sparrow



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Irlam Moss

21 Chaffinch

3 Reed Bunting

135 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West 

Chat Moss

6 Snipe

8 Skylark

18 Redwing

3 Stonechat

4 Lesser Redpoll

1 Little Egret

 

 



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Irlam Moss

12 Magpie

3 Snipe

8 Grey Partridge

16 Skylark

3 Stock Dove

8 Meadow Pipit

30 Starling

200 Black-Headed Gull

7 Herring Gull

8 Great Black-Backed Gull

Chat Moss

1 Marsh Harrier...Male

58 Fieldfare



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Little Woolden Moss

50 Chaffinch

300 Linnet

S6 Stock Dove

4 Stonechat....2 Pair

6 Yellowhammer

6 Meadow Pipit

3 Kestrel

7 Grey Partridge

250 Skylark

6 House Sparrow

4 Tree Sparrow

 

 



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Irlam Moss

5 Snipe

1 Siskin

14 Meadow Pipit

10 Redwing

1 Goldcrest

Cadishead Moss

1 Stonechat

1 Sparrowhawk...male

8 Skylark

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

6 Snipe

1 Woodcock

1 Pink-Footed Goose

5 Meadow Pipit

11 Skylark.



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Chat Moss 1230 - 1330 2 x Woodcock in the boundary edge of Chat Moss today. First of the season for me. Also 9 Snipe throughout the Moss, 1 x little Egret

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Barton Moss

55 Starling

35 Linnet

25 Skylark

Chat Moss

10 Linnet

6 Skylark

12 Chaffinch

65 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East

65 Fieldfare

8 Blackbird

25 Linnet

1 Snipe

5 Grey Partridge

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

13 Fieldfare

7 Meadow Pipit

1 Marsh Harrier

6 Skylark

3 Snipe

 



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Irlam Moss

1 Cetti's Warbler

55 Chaffinch

4 Bullfinch

19 Redwing

28 Fieldfare

1 Chiffchaff

Chat Moss

4 Stonechat

1 Woodcock

5 Snipe

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss

14 Redwing

2 Siskin

1 Grey Wagtail

42 Pink-Footed Geese flying West

2 Bullfinch

120 Fieldfare

18 Teal

95 Chaffinch

55 Linnet

26 Skylark

5 Yellowhammer

Chat Moss

Pair Kestrel sat side by side in a birch...domestic bliss!

 



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Chat Moss

2 Stonechat

2 Great Black-Backed Gull

1 Marsh Harrier...Male

70 Fieldfare

Irlam Moss

48 Black-Headed Gull

1 Stonechat



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Chat Moss

5 Grey Partridge

16 Pink-Footed Geese

5 Mistle Thrush

2 Stonechat

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

4 Snipe

120 Pink-Footed Geese Flying over

 

 



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Chat Moss

4 Stonechat...2 pair

10 Lesser Redpoll

 



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Irlam Moss

20 Chaffinch

Chat Moss

2 Snipe

80 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East @ 1310

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Snipe

1 Brambling flying South

70 Pink-Footed Geese Flying west @ 1125

 

 



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Chat Moss

26 Chaffinch

34 Linnet

48 Fieldfare

1 Snipe

1 Sparrowhawk...male

4 Lesser Redpoll

1 Raven

13 Meadow Pipit

2 Bullfinch

3 Whooper Swan flying west @ 1145



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Little Woolden Moss

125 Linnet

4 Redwing

35 Chaffinch

25 Fieldfare

28 Lapwing

15 Stock Dove

7 Meadow Pipit

2 Stonechat

2 Grey Partridge

12 Skylark

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

284 Pink-Footed Geese Flying over in a total of 6 Skeins

16 Skylark

21 Meadow Pipit

4 Reed Bunting

2 Stonechat

6 Snipe



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Little Woolden Moss

1 Golden Plover Flying South 

40 Starling

3 Lesser Redpoll

60 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East @ 1220

9 Skylark

1 Stonechat

1 Merlin....Male

1 Sparrowhawk...Male



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Little Woolden Moss NR
3 Whooper Swans on east pools at midday but flew off west at 12.09pm

Chat Moss
1 Brambling over

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Chat Moss

15 Whooper Swan circling over F52 10.28-10.30 before flying SE (later seen over Irlam Locks by Martin)

-- Edited by Pete Hines on Thursday 23rd of October 2025 12:37:43 PM

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191025

Little Woolden Moss

32 Redwing

7 Grey Partridge

125 Skylark

230 Fieldfare

2 Stonechat

160 Starling

40 Greenfinch

90 Chaffinch

87 Stock Dove

 



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Little Woolden Moss West + Glaze

8 Mute Swan

1 Little Egret

80 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West @ 1118

116 Mallard

2 Gadwall

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Peregrine attacking 1 Male Marsh Harrier

803 Pink-Footed Geese in 6 Skeins heading West

25 Teal

 



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Chat Moss

1 Chiffchaff

6 Snipe

3 Lesser Redpoll

24 Stock Dove



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Little Woolden Moss

147 Skylark

1 Golden Plover Flying south @ 1006

80 Pink-Footed Geese west @ 1014

25 Fieldfare

22 Starling

17 Pink-Footed Geese W @ 1040

1 Merlin

95 Linnet

1 Stonechat Male

85 Chaffinch

1 Brambling

4 Tree Sparrow

220 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West @ 1220

1 Grey Wagtail

45 Fieldfare...a second flock

9 Stock Dove

2 Grey Partridge



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Chat Moss

1 Red-Legged Partridge running along 12 Yards

5 Fieldfare

3 Meadow Pipit

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

232 Black-Headed Gull all spooked by a Male Peregrine @ 1315

3 Lesser Redpoll

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR 

33 Lesser Redpoll

10 Reed Bunting

160 Linnet

10 Grey Partridge

1 Peregrine

67 Black-Headed Gull



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121025...Foggy

Chat Moss

2 Marsh Harrier

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

6 Reed Bunting

1 Dunlin circling and calling over western section of reserve @ 1202

Little Woolden Moss west + Glaze

140 Mallard

2 Teal

20 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West @ 1055

1 Grey Wagtail

1 Little Egret

1 Ring-Necked Parakeet 



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Sand Quarry Lake on Astley Moss East this afternoon:

74 Greylag Geese

8 Wigeon

1 Little Grebe

56 Meadow Pipits

4 Ravens west

18 Linnets



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Chat Moss

1 Grey Wagtail

16 Stock Dove

1 Sparrowhawk...Male

1 Stonechat

1 Snipe

110 Pink-Footed Geese Flying W @ 1135

60 Pink-Footed Geese Flying W @ 1140

70 Pink-Footed Geese Flying W @ 1141

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

10 Meadow Pipit

2 Snipe

1 Water Rail

1 Marsh Harrier....Male

Little Woolden Moss

9 Skylark

12 Stock Dove



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Chat Moss

2 Bullfinch

11 Redpoll

1 Song Thrush

6 Reed Bunting

9 Meadow Pipit

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

4 Reed Bunting

19 Skylark

14 Meadow Pipit

2 Raven

1 Marsh Harrier...Male

Little Woolden Moss

58 Skylark

1 Marsh Harrier

2 Redpoll

50 Linnet

1 Sparrowhawk

Chat Moss

2 Chiffchaff

2 Stonechat

3 Kestrel



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Marsh Harrier

8 Reed Bunting

1 Buzzard

4 Teal

14 Redpoll

7 Meadow Pipit

2 Siskin

Little Woolden Moss

2 Redpoll

87 Skylark

18 Meadow Pipit

1 Yellowhammer

10 Grey Partridge

1 Marsh Harrier

Chat Moss

5 Snipe

 



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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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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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