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Chat Moss

95 Linnet

45 Chaffinch

1 Yellowhammer

3 Siskin

2 Lesser Redpoll

2 Raven

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

65 Lapwing

2 Curlew...1 in Display Flight

1 Redshank

1 Marsh Harrier...Female

 



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Chat Moss

56 Skylark

55 Lapwing

110 Linnet

7 Grey Heron

1 Raven

1 Marsh Harrier---Female

1 Little Egret

1 Great Egret

2 Lesser Redpoll

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Water Rail Calling

120 Lapwing

2 Oystercatcher

1 Curlew

1 Redshank

 

 



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Friday 6th March PM

Of note...

Off 12 Yards Road

  • Chaffinch/Linnet flock ~100
  • Also contained 1 Redwing

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

  • 15-20 Fieldfares with Starling Flock 
  • 3 Curlew
  • 1 Snipe
  • 17 Whooper Swans on the East pools (4 immature) - still there when I left just after 4


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Chat Moss

130 Linnet

70 Chaffinch

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

16 Meadow Pipit with 4 in Display Flight

6 Snipe

1 Raven

2 Oystercatcher

22 Lapwing

1 Marsh Harrier...Female @ 1320

2 Curlew



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Astley Moss

2 Marsh Harrier

1 Sparrowhawk...Female

1 Snipe

25 Lapwing

2 Yellowhammer

1 Tawny Owl

6 Buzzard

30 Fieldfare

2  Goldcrest

Chat Moss

80 Starling

2 Bullfinch

2 Stock Dove



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Barton Moss

13 Lapwing

2 Willow Tit

2 Raven

4 Skylark

950 Starling



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Chat Moss

180 Chaffinch

220 Linnet

5 Lesser Redpoll

1 Great White Egret

1 Little Egret

26 Lapwing

2 Grey Partridge

45 Skylark

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR...Brief Visit

22 Lapwing

1 Marsh Harrier

4 Oystercatcher

2 Shoveler

2 Rook

 



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Astley Moss

1 Yellowhammer in song

2 Stonechat

12 Meadow Pipit

4 Buzzard

1 Marsh Harrier

6 Teal

13 Fieldfare

1 Siskin

 



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Irlam Moss

18 Fieldfare

70 Starling

5 Snipe

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

4 Oystercatcher

28 Lapwing

 



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Little Woolden Moss

2 Grey wagtail

260 Skylark

2 Grey Partridge

65 Linnet

2 Tree Sparrow

35 Fieldfare

55 Pink-Footed Geese

4 Stock dove



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Chat Moss

11 Skylark

8 Lapwing in Display

70 Chaffinch

1 Great White Egret

1 Little Egret

6 Teal

2 Snipe

1 Reed Bunting in song

1 Peregrine

 



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Barton Moss

13 Skylark

5 Snipe

1 Stonechat....Male

4 Redwing

300 Lapwing

3 Buzzard

 



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Irlam Moss

39 Fieldfare

2 Redwing

95 Lapwing

220 Starling

34 Chaffinch

Chat Moss

160 Linnet

3 Kestrel

70 Chaffinch

1 Stonechat....Male

2 Grey Partridge

3 Snipe

1 Great White Egret

1 Little Egret



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Snipe

1 Golden Plover...Flying over

4 Oystercatcher

190 Lapwing

Little Woolden Moss Farmland

160 Linnet

1 Peregrine

170 Linnet

Irlam Moss

60 Stock Dove

130 Linnet

 

 

 



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Chat Moss

80 Linnet

20 Lapwing

25 Chaffinch

80 Starling



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR + Little Woolden Moss

1 Lapwing in display (first for year)

4 Snipe

2 Oystercatcher

9 Rook



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Little Woolden Moss

2 Grey Wagtail

8 Redwing

4 Fieldfare

1 Nuthatch

18 Blackbird

4 Tree Sparrow

5 Stock Dove

150 Skylark

9 Teal

110 Starling



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7 Curlew roosted this evening at Little Woolden Moss

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Barton Moss

190 Starling

180 Lapwing

2 Golden Plover



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Irlam Moss

25 Meadow Pipit

3 Snipe

2 Skylark

Chat Moss

7 Redpoll

70 Stock Dove

1 Curlew Flying Over

150 Linnet

120 Chaffinch

1 Great White Egret

19 Skylark

9 Reed Bunting

Little Woolden Moss

1800 Pink-Footed Geese...most heading East

90 Skylark



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Six lesser redpolls came in to roost in the willow plantations on Twelve Yards Road at dusk.

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2 Short Eared Owls showing well this afternoon hunting over field 19 all afternoon.


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Saturday 14th February 2026. 09:30 - 12:00 hrs.

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

No binoculars so quite pleased with 'naked eye' sightings which included:

Lapwing (6)
Curlew (1)
Goosander (2)
Stonechat (2)
Oystercatcher (2)
Buzzard (2)
Kestrel (2)
Dunnock (1)
Cormorant (1)

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Birds today, late afternoon at Astley Moss included:
54 Fieldfare and 170 Starling feeding in a mixed flock
28 Pheasant
20 Red-legged Partridge
3 Buzzard
13 Chaffinch

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Late morning/early afternoon today.

Astley Moss East Sand Lake:

64 Wigeon

13 Shoveler

1 Oystercatcher

1 immature (2CY) Peregrine through

Croxdens:

Great White Egret flushed and chased off west by Crows at 12:05

1 Little Egret

1 Woodcock

Astley Moss:

60 Redwings in the edge of field 68

3 Red-legged Partridges in field 68, recent releases for shooting



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Early afternoon on Astley Moss East Sand Lake:

8 Shoveler

48 Wigeon

11 Tufted Duck

2 Goldeneye

2 Little Grebes

47 Great Black-backed Gulls

11 Lesser Redpolls together

56 Chaffinches

 



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Chat Moss

180 Linnet

27 Skylark

1 Marsh Harrier

1 Little Egret

3 Snipe

450 Pink-Footed Geese flying West

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Marsh Harrier...Female



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Little Woolden Moss

80 Fieldfare

50 Redwing

2 Tree Sparrow

14 Stock Dove

500 Pink-Footed Geese

75 Linnet

130 Skylark

3 Grey Partridge



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Astley Moss

2 Raven

4 Snipe

500 Pink-Footed Geese

Chat Moss

200 Jackdaw

2 Stonechat

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss + LWT Little Woolden Moss Nature Reserve + Glaze

10 Teal

9 Stock Dove

1 Little Grebe

15 Mallard

2 Tree Sparrow

10 House Sparrow

3 Gadwall

75 Fieldfare

3 Great Black-Backed Gull

30 Redwing

31 Skylark

3 Snipe

1 Marsh Harrier

 



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Chat Moss

1 Marsh Harrier

20 Linnet

3 Grey Partridge

45 Chaffinch

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

4 Snipe

1 Marsh Harrier

Little Woolden Moss

165 Skylark

70 Linnet

7 Pink-Footed Geese



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Chat Moss

200 Chaffinch

12 Stock Dove

35 Goldfinch

 



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Irlam Moss

1 Snipe

2 Stonechat

Chat Moss

150 Chaffinch

1 Marsh Harrier (Male) Chased by Carrion Crows

8 Meadow Pipit

 

 



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2 Short Eared Owls hunting over field 19 on Little Woolden Moss mid afternoon today.

 



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On the Astley Moss East Sand Lake this late morning were 67 Wigeon, 244 Teal and 3 Goldeneye.



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Little Woolden Moss

115 Skylark

4 Grey Partridge

4 Tree Sparrow

2 Great Black-Backed Gull

2 Grey Partridge

200 Fieldfare

65 Redwing

120 Starling

4 Stock Dove

 



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Barton Moss

2 Raven 

70 Teal

115 Lapwing

2 Wigeon

7 Great Black-Backed Gull

Chat Moss

2 Lesser Redpoll

5 Stock Dove

5 Snipe

 

 



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170126...with Dave Stewart/Steve Nelson/Steve Atkins....

A 'survey/check of the NE NNR on Irlam + Chat Moss

Birds Noted...a basic list 

150 Chaffinch

55 Skylark

35 Meadow Pipit

2 Kestrel

1 Stonechat...Male

12 Linnet

8 Stock Dove

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss + Glaze

23 Mallard

2 Teal

10 Fieldfare

400 Pink-Footed Geese

22 Rook

3 Snipe



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Chat Moss

5 Grey Partridge

70 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Marsh Harrier...Male

1 Snipe

Chat Moss

4 Bullfinch....Male

175 Chaffinch



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Irlam Moss

19 Skylark

Chat Moss

250 Chaffinch

350 Linnet

2 Bullfinch

90 Skylark

900 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West

2 Fieldfare

1 Marsh Harrier....Male

 

 

 



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130126...brief visit

Chat Moss

200 Chaffinch

Irlam Moss

135 Starling

 

 

 



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Irlam Moss

14 Stock Dove

2 Grey Partridge

34 Meadow Pipit

5 Redwing

6 Snipe

 



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Astley Moss East Sand Lake this early afternoon:

364 Teal

7 Shoveler

14 Gadwall

51 Wigeon

1 Little Grebe

166 Great Black-backed Gulls

161 Herring Gulls

1 first winter Caspian Gull, bathing until it flew off west at 13:25

1 Raven over east



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New Moss Wood

12 Great Tit

1 Treecreeper

11 Blackbird

2 Nuthatch

7 Siskin

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

3 Redwing

Cadishead Moss

75 Lapwing

3 Grey Partridge

75 Chaffinch



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Little Woolden Moss + Glaze

1 Nuthatch

1 Marsh Harrier

3 Goosander...1 Male 2 Female

9 Teal

11 Lapwing

2 Grey Partridge

170 Skylark

200 Starling

4 Redwing

1 Merlin...Female

4 Tree Sparrow

9 House Sparrow

LWTNR

135 Lapwing 

3 Pink0-Footed Geese

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss

21 Linnet

95 Chaffinch

2 Raven

16 Reed Bunting

110 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West

2 Jay

10 Grey Partridge



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Chat Moss

75 Chaffinch

45 Linnet

5 Redwing

4 Grey Partridge

1 Grey Wagtail

 

 



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Approx 80 Greylag Geese feeding in the grassy field just east of Rindle cottages. Had a good look through them with the scope unfortunately nothing rarer with them. Also a small mixed flock of Fieldfare and Redwing in the area.

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