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141026

Chat Moss

4 Snipe

21 Meadow Pipit

3 Lesser Redpoll

6 Skylark

80 Redwing

2 Sparrowhawk

2 Buzzard

3 Rook

2 Raven

80 Pink-Footed Geese Flying east @ 1012



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121026

Chat Moss

1 Yellowhammer

2 Bullfinch

4 Grey Partridge

1 Stonechat

5 Meadow Pipit

8 Chaffinch

56 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West @ 0911

4 Lesser Redpoll

1 Chiffchaff

3 Snipe

Irlam Moss

140 Starling



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Irlam Moss

6 Snipe

38 Pink-Footed Geese Flying Nort @ 0938

65 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East @ 0934

24 Meadow Pipit

17 Pied Wagtail

1 Stonechat...on a fallow field which was a great winter food source and today (151026) the field was 'tidied up....ahh I so love such modern 'farming'

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

42 Meadow Pipit

58 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East @ 1110

3 Reed Bunting

1 Raven

55 Redwing



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Walk from Irlam Station to the bottom of Cutnook Lane 14:10 - 16:50, highlights:

Female-type marsh harrier over Astley Road at Ebenezer Farm, upsetting a flock of c.50 black-headed gulls on the turf fields. Also c.20 pied wagtails and at least 20 linnets near the road.

2 buzzards over Little Woolden Moss.

2 swallows low over Twelve Yards Road.



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101026

Little Woolden Moss

70 Skylark

1 Peregrine

55 Linnet

2 Grey Partridge

2 Chiffchaff

70 Greenfinch

1 Yellowhammer

47 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West @ 1012

1 Wheatear.

1 Wheatear

 



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091026

Chat Moss

6 Snipe

11 Meadow Pipit

3 Swallow

2 Sparrowhawk

1 Chiffchaff

4 Skylark

 



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081026

Irlam Moss

11 Linnet

1 Adult + 1 Juvenile Buzzard

2 Bullfinch

1 Cetti's Warbler

2 Chiffchaff

Chat Moss

17 Skylark

10 Pink-Footed Geese flying West @ 1010....

Little Woolden Moss

2 Raven

9 Skylark

1 Yellowhammer

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR...with Dave Stewart

1 Great White Egret 

Two Skeins of Pink-Footed Geese flying west...68 @ 1202...38 @ 1258...



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

6 Whooper Swan flying East @ 0950

34 Skylark

42 Meadow Pipit

1 Swallow

2 Snipe

65 Lapwing

2 Greylag Geese

Several Skeins of Pink-Footed Geese heading West...180 @ 0855...53 @ 0900....32 @ 0945...6 @ 1055...36 @ 1234

 

 



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061026

Chat Moss

4 Snipe

1 Swallow

6 Stonechat

6 Reed Bunting

1 Kingfisher

1 Great White Egret

1 Marsh Harrier

1 Golden Plover Flying South @ 1134

1 Yellowhammer

21 Pink-Footed Geese Flying west @ 0850



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051026

Chat Moss

150 Starling

Irlam Moss 

220 Starlin8 Pied Wagtail

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Snipe

11 Skylark

13 Linnet

1 Yellowhammer

5 Reed Bunting

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

8 Swallow

2 Bullfinch

2 Lesser Redpoll

30 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West @ 1010

15 Meadow Pipit

1 Snipe

2 Marsh Harrier

1 Teal

14 Chaffinch

2 Chiffchaff



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Little Woolden Moss/Glaze/Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Wheatear

19 Stock Dove

5 Grey Partridge

42 Skylark

1 Marsh Harrier

7 Chiffchaff

29 Meadow Pipit

2 Little Grebe

29 Pied Wagtail

32 Teal

 



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Green Woodpecker vocal at junction between 12 Yards and Astley Road from 7.40am. 28 Swallows on wires, 6 Snipe over, 82 Pink footed Geese west.

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021026

Little Woolden Moss

50 Linnet

3 Buzzard

2 Swallow

1 Yellowhammer

18 Skylark

28 Meadow Pipit

85 Greenfinch

1 Osprey flying South @ 1135

Chat Moss

90 Starling

24 Swallow



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Little Woolden Moss

2 Yellowhammer

1 Grey wagtail

130 Greenfinch

3 Buzzard...1 with Prey

8 Grey Partridge

16 Skylark

3 Chiffchaff

1 Blackcap

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

4 Snipe

1 Glossy Ibis flying West-East @ 1315



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Barton Moss

52 Lapwing

200 Starling

13 Skylark

Pair Stonechat

4 Snipe

 



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Cadishead Moss

5 Grey Partridge

1 Sparrowhawk...male

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Shoveler

8 Skylark

11 Linnet

Little Woolden Moss

15 Skylark

3 Swallow

1 Treecreeper

1 Yellowhammer



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Chat Moss

8 Snipe

11 Swallow

32 Teal

6 Chiffchaff

Irlam Moss

3 Yellowhammer

86 Starling

 



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Chat Moss

2 Swallow

3 Buzzard

19 Meadow Pipit

1 Pintail Flying SE @ 1100

1 Sparrowhawk...Female

3 Great Black-Backed Gull Flying South @ 0922

1 Great White Egret flying NE @ 1042

6 Skylark

7 Snipe

1 Yellowhammer

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Shoveler

2 Buzzard



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Ringed Plover Flying South-East @ 0845

3 Snipe

1 Swallow

2 Bullfinch

3 Skylark

4 Meadow Pipit



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Marsh Harrier

1 Dunlin flying South @ 1642

1 Golden Plover Flying east @ 1720



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Barton Moss

24 Swallow

4 House Martin

1 Hobby

8 Linnet

23 Skylark

1 Whitethroat

Chat Moss

1 Marsh Harrier

3 Buzzard

Irlam Moss

4 Great Black-Backed Gull



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Little Woolden Moss

23 Skylark

12 Linnet

12 Grey Partridge

26 Greenfinch



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Chat Moss

8 Snipe

19 Meadow Pipit

1 Sparrowhawk...Male

21 Swallow

7 Chiffchaff---1 in song



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LWMNR

1 Snipe

55 Meadow Pipit

8 Swallow

1 Peregrine

Little Woolden Moss

22 Swallow

35 Meadow Pipit

16 House Martin

2 Peregrine Chasing on another

49 Skylark

6 Raven

1 Great Black-Backed Gull

5 Buzzard

Chat Moss

1 Marsh Harrier

1 Sparrowhawk Male

 

 

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

 112 Swallow...no idea why I cannot Change my obvious spelling mistake on my original post...the Swallow will have to go on 'Swallowing'!!!!

21 Meadow Pipit Flying South

3 Kestrel

1 Snipe

1 Marsh Harrier @ 1050

22 House Martin

3 Buzzard

Chat Moss

2 Marsh Harrier

1 Sparrowhawk...Male



-- Edited by Dave Steel on Wednesday 16th of September 2026 08:15:15 PM



-- Edited by Dave Steel on Wednesday 16th of September 2026 08:17:09 PM

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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

112 Swallowing Streaming South

21 Meadow Pipit Flying South

3 Kestrel

1 Snipe

1 Marsh Harrier @ 1050

22 House Martin

3 Buzzard

Chat Moss

2 Marsh Harrier

1 Sparrowhawk...Male



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Astley Moss

57 Meadow Pipit Streaming South

1 Green Sandpiper

3 Pink-Footed Geese

6 Buzzard

5 Chiffchaff---2 in song.

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Peregrine

2 Buzzard

1 Hobby @ 1255



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Little Woolden Moss

13 Skylark

16 Swallow

7 House Martin

4 Grey Partridge

26 Meadow Pipit

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

52 Teal

8 Meadow Pipit

1 Hobby @ 1250

1 Male Marsh Harrier @ 1250

1 Raven

2 Buzzard

 



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Little Wooden Moss + Glaze

1 Kingfisher

3 Little Grebe

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

60 Teal

1 Shoveler

9 Swallow

 



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Irlam Moss

2 Cetti's Warbler

11 Chiffchaff

15 House Martin

60 Starling

1 Nuthatch

 



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An Osprey over Irlam Moss at 13.40. Circled for 2-3 minutes before heading south over Irlam. My first for GM.

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13 Pink-footed Geese looked like they were looking to land but then headed off NW
1 Peregrine in hunting stoop
2 Hobbies hawking dragonflies
100+ Swallows heading south A
6 Chiffchaff

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Irlam Moss

1 Hobby @ 0905

1 Yellow Wagtail

120 Starling

11 Swallow

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR with Brian Moss

6 Swallow

1 Peregrine



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060926

Chat Moss

65 Greenfinch

14 House Martin

18 Linnet

55 Goldfinch

15 Long-Tailed Tit

Barton Moss

27 Swallow

18 House Martin

17 House Sparrow.



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Little Woolden Moss FN56/57/64

10 Skylark

19 Swallow

5 Buzzard

1 Hobby @ 1102

40 Greenfinch

1 Yellowhammer

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

32 Teal

1 Snipe

1 Hobby @ 1215

3 Shoveler

 



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040926...very quiet save for 

Chat Moss

1 Willow Tit

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Hobby @ 1250

4 Buzzard



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Barton Moss Brief Visit

38 House Sparrow

9 House Martin

14 Swallow

2 Buzzard



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Green Sandpiper

1 Snipe

1 Yellow Wagtail

11 Teal

4 Bullfinch

Irlam Moss

19 Chiffchaff

1 Willow Tit

Chat Moss

34 House Martin

1 Marsh Harrier

4 Swallow



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Chat Moss

1 Merlin

2 Wheatear

2 Spotted Flycatcher

1 Sparrowhawk

22 House Martin

35 Swallow

 



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Barton Moss

4 Reed Bunting

1 Willow Warbler in song

Chat Moss

22 Swallow

10 Linnet
20 House Martin

1 Raven

1 Wheatear

70 Greenfinch

Irlam Moss 

1 Willow Tit

24 Rook



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Barton Moss

23 House Sparrow

67 Swallow

31 House Martin

6 Swift

1 Yellow Wagtail

2 Spotted Flycatcher (Steve Nelson Find)

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

36 Swallow

18 Teal

2 Green Sandpiper

10 Chiffchaff

Irlam Moss

4 Swift

22 Swallow

130 Starling

1 Sparrowhawk

Chat Moss

32 Swift

 



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Irlam Moss

58 Swallow

18 Chiffchaff

240 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

150 Starling

25 Herring Gull

22 Linnet

3 Stonechat



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Green Sandpiper

3 Shoveler

23 Teal

35 Swallow

Little Woolden Moss in heavy rain

2 Grey Partridge.



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Barton Moss - am

1 Spotted Flycatcher - in a different location to yesterday so likely a different bird. Didnt see the other two.
1 Wheatear
1 Greenshank
1 Raven
1 Marsh Harrier - female
6 Swift
60+ House Martin
1 Willow Warbler in almost full song !

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Barton Moss / Chat Moss border: Three Spotted Flycatcher. Thanks to Steve N for the tip-off. Also seen on way back to car parked near Barton Moss motorway bridge: Treecreeper, Coal Tit, Long Tailed Tits, Buzzards and Kestrel.

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Barton Moss - am

2 Spotted Flycatcher
2 Tree Pipit
2 Yellow Wagtail
1 Green Sandpiper
3 Swift
4 Sand Martin

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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

5 Teal

1 Grey wagtail

1 Marsh Harrier

1 Raven

1 Snipe

Irlam Moss

220 Starling

2 Stonechat

1 Hobby

70 Rook

40 Swallow

9 House Sparrow

Chat Moss

36 Swallow

32 Swift

 

 



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Chat Moss 

2 Grey Partridge

5 Snipe

16 Stock Dove

1 Wheatear



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5 Teal

1 Peregrine hunting Teal

19 Rook

1 Marsh Harrier

2 Raven



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