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RE: ASTLEY, CHAT, LITTLE WOOLDEN AND ASSOCIATED MOSSES


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Irlam Moss

25 Pink-Footed Geese Flying South @ 0901

35 Pink-Footed Geese Flying South @ 0904

Chat Moss

8 Herring Gull flying North

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

40 Redwing flying West @ 1005

4 Snipe

60 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West @ 1250

8 Grey Partridge

1 Marsh Harrier---Attacked by Carrion Crows...which the MH brushed off with aplomb....

Little Woolden Moss (This being FN56/57/64)

7 Grey Partridge

65 Skylark

70 Starling

90 Redwing

16 Fieldfare

1 Yellowhammer

 

 



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Irlam Moss

90 Black-Headed Gull

250 Starling

1 Buzzard with Prey

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

76 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West @ 1044

1 Lesser Redpoll

9 Skylark

15 Reed Bunting

19 Meadow Pipit

6 Snipe

1 Stonechat

1 Kingfisher

2 Grey Partridge

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Great Egret

2 Kestrel

14 Reed Bunting

1 Water Rail

3 Snipe

Irlam Moss

1 Buzzard---quite Pale

22 Redwing

7 Mistle Thrush

160 Starling

1 Stonechat



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

5 Snipe

21 Skylark

1 Chiffchaff

16 Teal

1 Marsh Harrier

6 Buzzard in a Thermal

650 Lapwing 

1 Sparrowhawk

15 Meadow Pipit

Irlam Moss

2 Stonechat...Pair

18 Pied Wagtail

22 Linnet



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Chat Moss

26 Redwing

18 Skylark

1 Snipe

1 Buzzard Chased by flock of Jackdaw

90 Pink-Footed Geese

6 Yellowhammer

 



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Chat Moss

4 Snipe

1 Siskin

Irlam Moss

2 Goldcrest

2 Lesser Redpoll

250 Starling

14 Mistle Thrush

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

65 Jackdaw

22 Pink-Footed Geese

1 Marsh Harrier attacked by Carrion Crows

3 Snipe



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Chat Moss...brief late Morn Visit

36 Pink-Footed Geese Flying South @ 1140

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

56 Jackdaw

2 Pink-Footed Geese

 

 



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A (reluctant) walk taking in Field Numbers 1-10 covering parts of Irlam/Barton and Chat Moss

It was perhaps a self imposed Hair-Shirt wander of three hours for it confirmed, nay exceeded, my extremely low expectations of encountering much if ANY farmland birds and merely illustrated how the wider countryside (especially Farmland habitat) in the UK is bereft of Birds....

FN1 Grass/Silage emerging crop....2 Wren/4 Carrion Crow/2 Magpie

FN2 Paddocks...29 Black-Headed Gull/1 Kestrel/2 Great Tit/1 Lesser Black-Backed Gull/1 Carrion Crow/1 Buzzard

FN3 Turf but presently hosting a flock of sheep...32 Magpie/2 Carrion Crow/4 Jackdaw

FN4 Grass/Silage emerging crop...1 Blackbird/2 Bullfinch/2 Robin/1 Jackdaw/2 Great Tit/2 Blue Tit/1 Wren

FN5 Grass/Silage emerging crop + one section of 'mature' Maize Crop...25 Woodpigeon/2 Wren/5 Robin/2 Blue Tit/3 Carrion Crow

FN6 Silage (long established) 1 wren/2 Magpie/1 Buzzard

FN7 Potato! (an actual for real food crop!!!!!!!)...7 Jackdaw/17 Meadow Pipit/27 Chaffinch

FN9 Grass/Silage emerging crop...5 Carrion Crow/2 Woodpigeon/2 skylark....now don't get excited they were overflying!

FN10 Grass/Silage emerging crop + one section of 'mature Maize Crop...1 Pied Wagtail/32 Woodpigeon/1 Robin/4 Carrion Crow

 

and there you have it a perfect illustration of how DIRE our British Modern Farmland has become...



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Pink Footed Geese - 2500 in massive flocks heading towards Manchester from the NW and headed over the mosslands (LWM, Irlam Moss, Astley Moss), they seemed to not want to go into the mist and fog that way and most turned SW and headed over me towards the Mersey .



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Irlam Moss

68 Jackdaw

25 Mallard

1 Sparrowhawk

2 Snipe

10 Meadow Pipit

1 Stonechat

12 Skylark

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Water Rail

2 Bullfinch

1 Lesser Redpoll

23 Meadow Pipit

1 Merlin...Male @ 1210

10 Reed Bunting

2400 Pink-Footed Geese in (rather than Skeins) what I would felt I wanted to say....in waves between 1105-1115...there is still wildlife to give a chance to stand in awe...a rare treat in these days of such dreadful loss of the natural world especially in the UK...



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Irlam Moss

25 Redwing

11 Reed Bunting

1 Yellowhammer

4 Skylark

Chat Moss

3 Pink-Footed Geese

2 Marsh Harrier

1 Snipe

130 Starling

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Mute Swan

46 Pink-Footed Geese

2 Marsh Harrier

1 Shoveler

2 Greylag Geese

2 Bullfinch

4 Snipe

11 Meadow Pipit

1 Chiffchaff

Little Woolden Moss

34 Teal

2 Red-Legged Partridge

75 Lapwing

47 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

4 Great Black-Backed Gull

 



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Barton Moss

1 Lesser Redpoll

3 Great Spotted Woodpecker

27 Meadow Pipit

7 Reed Bunting

4 Stonechat

4 Snipe

 

 



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Irlam Moss

3 Siskin

29 Lapwing

218 Black-Headed Gull

1 Grey Wagtail

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Willow Tit

294 Pink-Footed Geese in several Skeins

2 Marsh Harrier

2 Lesser Redpoll

5 Reed Bunting

12 Skylark

3 Snipe

Little Woolden Moss

205 Skylark

1 Marsh Harrier

6 Redwing

5 Yellowhammer

2 Lesser Redpoll

5 Raven

180 Pink-Footed Geese Feeding on Stubble

240 Linnet



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Irlam Moss

5 Snipe

10 Grey Partridge

6 Skylark

185 Black-Headed Gull

12 Pied Wagtail

5 Herring Gull

Chat Moss

142 Pink-Footed Geese

1 Pink-Footed Goose with Satellite Tracker ----discovered (thanks to Dan Owen) that it was ringed as an adult female on 240317 near Carsethorn  Dumfries and Galloway 



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Chat Moss

230 Redwing

26 Mistle Thrush

95 Starling

122 Pink-Footed Geese

21 Stock Dove

70 Jackdaw

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Ringed Plover...Flying over @ 1215

2 Marsh Harrier

10 Meadow Pipit

3 Snipe

Irlam Moss 

2 Grey Heron

1 Great White Egret.

 



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Chat Moss

146 Pink-Footed Geese

20 Skylark

22 Mallard

1 Marsh Harrier

29 Mistle Thrush

54 Redwing

62 Meadow Pipit

1 Chiffchaff

1 Siskin

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Snipe

14 Meadow Pipit

2 Stonechat

Little Woolden Moss

200 Skylark

170 Linnet

37 Lapwing

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

4 Snipe

2 Marsh Harrier

2 Whooper Swan

1 Stonechat

Chat Moss

140 Pink-Footed Geese

 



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Chat Moss

16 Chaffinch

1 Yellowhammer

25 Linnet

2 Whooper Swan Flying East @ 1038

1 Raven

3 Snipe

1 Chiffchaff

Barton Moss....Most of the fields I checked today have of late been sown with Silage...these fields have traditionally been Lapwing Breeding Territory...and such a 'crop' is

tantamount to eradicating breeding for these and other farmland birds that also nested here (Yellow Wagtail/Skylark)....I recognise that farmers need to survive and grow the 'crop that pays' it's not incumbent on them to provide nesting sites for endangered birds (and boy are Lapwing and most Farmland birds in freefall) but what I do recognise that a large proportion of Barton/Chat Moss are becoming Farmland birds deserts...YET the UK Government is aware that the UK is one of the most nature depleted countries in the WORLD...and I think I know why....don't you???

2 Great Black-Backed Gull Flying North 

1 Chiffchaff

2 Snipe

 



-- Edited by Dave Steel on Tuesday 15th of October 2024 09:03:54 PM

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Late post: Little Woolden Moss NR yesterday:

2 Whooper Swans

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Irlam Moss

10 Rook

 



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Chat Moss

192 Pink-Footed Geese

200 Jackdaw

6 Skylark

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

50 Jackdaw

5 Teal

1 Water Rail

2 Marsh Harrier



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Chat Moss

3 Snipe

1 Marsh Harrier @ 1215

1 Stonechat

3 Chiffchaff

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

4 Snipe

1 Wheatear

6 Reed Bunting

Little Woolden Moss

2 Yellowhammer

28 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West

170 Skylark

5 Grey Partridge

170 Linnet

1 Wheatear



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13/10/24 14.30-1730 approx

Some good birds about on a still afternoon on and around Little Woolden Moss NR

Merlin 1 - skimming over Field 20 and seen to perch right by one of the houses on Astley Road
Peregrine 1 - high over F20 heading west
Marsh Harrier 2-3 - 2 birds seen on the reserve, 1 hunting over F20, flushed 2 Snipe
Whooper Swan 2 - on the reserve, showing superbly on the closest water from the south path

The Swans and the Merlin were only my second GM sightings of each species, somehow I've never seen a Merlin at Little Woolden before

I walked back to Irlam for a 18.15 train that was cancelled, a series of buses, got home at 20.05. Don't use public transport on a Sunday unless you enjoy suffering!

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Irlam Moss

6 Swallow (including adults feeding young)

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Snipe

1 Marsh Harrier

Chat Moss

250 Jackdaw.

 



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Irlam Moss

12 Skylark

1 Sparrowhawk...Male

7 Grey Partridge

4 Snipe

165 Starling

1 Stonechat

16 Mistle Thrush

13 Blackbird

5 Song Thrush

3 House Sparrow

16 Swallow

16 Pied Wagtail

120 Linnet

7 Meadow Pipit

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Marsh Harrier

13 Skylark

4 Chiffchaff

2 Bullfinch

2 Reed Bunting

 

 



-- Edited by Dave Steel on Wednesday 9th of October 2024 08:18:13 PM

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051024...with a Group on behalf of Salford Rangers

Cadishead Moss

2 Willow Tit

14 Lapwing

50 Starling

3 Buzzard

1 Wheatear

7 Grey Partridge

9 Pied Wagtail

1 Marsh Harrier

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Peregrine...found by Dave Stewart....

11 Meadow Pipit



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Little Woolden Moss with a Group

1 Nuthatch

34 Starling

140 Skylark

7 Grey Partridge

12 Linnet

2 Sparrowhawk

2 Buzzard

1 Marsh Harrier

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

5 Snipe

9 Meadow Pipit

5 Stonechat

1 Marsh Harrier

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Chiffchaff

9 Skylark

4 Snipe

11 Meadow Pipit

Chat Moss

1 Little Egret

1 Swallow

1 Sparrowhawk...Male

Little Woolden Moss

170 Skylark

22 Linnet

 



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Chat Moss

2 Peregrines in a spectacular noisy mid-air skirmish above me. A large juvenile female, which had earlier been seen sat on the bare peat, was repeatedly harassed by a smaller male bird before both flew off.

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Saturday 5th October 2024 11:30 - 13:00 hrs.

Nice to have brief chat with Dave Steel who was conducting a guided tour for volunteers. Also good to speak with Dave Stewart and Ken Jones.

Started at west end of Little Woolden Moss NR - did anti-clockwise circuit of reserve - through north gate - past Poly tunnels - past Red House Farm and Whitegate Farm along Moss Lane - and return via River Glaze. Sightings included:

Fieldfare (5) in ploughed field to north of Moss Lane
Wheatear (1)
Peregrine (1)
Marsh Harrier Immature / Female (1)
Buzzard (4)
Kestrel (2)
Greenfinch (3)
Jay (2)
Skylarks and Meadow Pipits


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Irlam Moss

38 Mallard

Chat Moss

12 Skylark

1500 Woodpigeon

250 Jackdaw

1 Little Egret

3 Chiffchaff

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

4 Snipe

8 Grey Partridge

Little Woolden Moss

70 Jackdaw

17 Skylark



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

10 Pink-Footed Geese Resting on the West Pool

11 Lapwing

3 Marsh Harrier

3 Snipe

58 Teal

3 Kestrel

Little Woolden Moss

14 Pied Wagtail

11 Meadow Pipit

1 Little Egret

 



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Afternoon stroll 2:25 - 5:35, Astley Road, Little Woolden Moss then back into Irlam via Twelve Yards Road and Cutnook Lane. Highlights: Irlam Moss, 12 grey partridge; turf fields immediately South of M60, 30+ pied wagtails and a buzzard; turf fields immediately North of M60, c.50 pied wagtails and 100+ black-headed gulls; three kestrels (2m, 1f) and a buzzard by Four Lanes End; female marsh harrier being given a hard time by the resident carrion crows on Little Woolden Moss, also 39 pink-footed geese on barley stubble North of the reserve; juvenile grey wagtail having a bath in a pothole on Twelve Yards Road, also 5 swallows, 54 pink-footed geese and a barn owl in stubble by the road, 2 ravens overhead.

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Tuesday 1st October AM. Walk from M62 Motorway bridge on Barton Moss along Twelve yards road and part circuit of Chat Moss Marsh Harrier (1) Little Egret (1) Stonechat (2) Buzzard (1) Kestrel (1) Chiffchaff (1) Long Tailed Tits (5) Pied Wagtail (7) Lots of Mallard who were enjoying all the flooded fields!

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Chat Moss today

1 Whinchat still
3 Stonechat
2 Marsh Harrier
28 Pink-footed Geese landed for a few minutes
1 Raven
7 Swallows
3 Snipe

Little Woolden Moss NR
1 Whooper Swan - east pools then flew off west

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Chat Moss yesterday

1 Whinchat
2 Stonechat - pair
1 Marsh Harrier - imm male
2 Raven over
1 Kingfisher - heard only
1 Little Egret
8 Buzzard
5 Chiffchaff
18 Teal
9 Snipe
c.60 Pink-footed Geese over east

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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR East partly with Ian Jenkinson

9 Reed Bunting 

25 Linnets over west 

7 Buzzards

3 possibly 4 Marsh Harriers 

2 Kestrels

2 Sparrowhawks 

50+ Teal

c500 Woodpigeons

1 Chiffchaff in song

5 Pied Wagtail

Irlam Moss

7 Grey Partridge

2 Kestrels

2 Chiffchaff



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Irlam Moss

2 Buzzard

1 Marsh Harrier @ 1050

1 Grey Wagtail

45 Swallow

17 Rook

Chat Moss

24 Swallow

2 Rook

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Marsh Harrier @ 1155



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Irlam Moss

55 Starling

95 Black-Headed Gull

Chat Moss

7 Meadow Pipit

1 Grey Wagtail

1 Nuthatch

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

9 Buzzard (7 in one Thermal....also noted by Dave Stewart)

2 Snipe

11 Linnet

2 Hobby...Dave Stewart identified one of these as a Juvenile bird

7 Meadow Pipit



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Irlam Moss

16 Swallow

22 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

10 Reed Bunting

8 Chiffchaff

11 House Martin

Chat Moss

1 Whitethroat

1 Marsh Harrier @ 1110

10 Yellowhammer

8 Chiffchaff

2 Raven

1 Little Egret



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Irlam Moss

220 Starling

80 Jackdaw

210 Black-Headed Gull

15 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

8 Swallow

10 House Martin

1 Great Black-Backed Gull

Cadishead Moss

12 Skylark

200 Starling

Little Woolden Moss

10 Grey Partridge

750 Woodpigeon

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

68 Teal

1 Dunlin

6 Snipe

1 Greenshank

1 Water Rail

850 Canada Geese

1 Marsh Harrier

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1000 Canada Geese @ Dawn

130 Jackdaw...rose from a Roost on Cadishead Moss.

3 Marsh Harrier

68 Meadow Pipit

1 Greenshank

1 Dunlin

1 Hobby

2 Snipe

2 Grey Wagtail

Irlam Moss

70 Swallow

26 House Martin

1 Hobby

12 Pied Wagtail

Chat Moss

1 Willow Warbler

1 Greenshank

450 Woodpigeon

2 Whinchat (first noted by Steve Nelson on 130924)



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Irlam Moss

14 Swallow

8 House Martin

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

11 Chiffchaff

1 Little Egret

17 Meadow Pipit

2 Marsh Harrier

1 Greenshank

 



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Irlam Moss

55 Starling

230 Black-Headed Gull

16 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

15 Swallow

16 Collared Dove

1 Marsh Harrier



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Irlam Moss

135 Black-Headed Gull

14 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

11 Swallow

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

7 Chiffchaff

48 Swallow

1 Great Black-Backed Gull

Chat Moss

18 Chiffchaff

3 Bullfinch

1 Sparrowhawk...Male

4 Snipe

30 Jackdaw

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss + The Glaze

13 Swallow

12 Skylark

1 Yellow Wagtail

14 Meadow Pipit

70 Mallard

6 Mute Swan

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Greenshank

20 Chiffchaff

22 Meadow Pipit

 



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Irlam Moss

9 Grey Partridge

1 Grey Wagtail

1 Sparrowhawk...Male

11 Swallow

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

5 Chiffchaff

1 Marsh Harrier @ 1540



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Irlam Moss

13 Grey Partridge

1 Whinchat

1 Wheatear

23 Starling

2 Buzzard

60 Swallow

25 House Martin....These and the Swallow in 'Hobby' alarm @1052...they saw the raptor...I didn't!

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

12 Chiffchaff

2 Bullfinch

44 Swallow

1 Wood Sandpiper

1 Greenshank

8 Teal

5 Snipe

2 Ringed Plover...Flushed by a male Sparrowhawk @ 1150

 

 



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