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Afternoon visit

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR:-

Only a shallow pool and wet muddy area covering an area the size of a couple of tennis courts remain,

and that is towards the eastern end of the site. Otherwise all the other wetland pools appear to have dried up.

On the remaining pool were 2 Green Sandpipers, 1 Greenshank and what appeared to be a family group

of 7 Pied Wagtails. The wagtails made a quick exit when a Kestrel landed on a post alongside the pool.

Other birds seen around the reserve were 1 Reed Bunting, a pair of Jays and family groups of

Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and Long-Tailed Tit.

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Irlam Moss

16 Pied Wagtail

1 Buzzard Juvenile

Chat Moss

2 Greenshank

1 Green Sandpiper

14 Swift

1 Yellowhammer in song.



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Cadishead Moss

2 Grey Partridge

1 Yellowhammer in song

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Snipe

1 Common Sandpiper

26 Swift

18 Linnet

24 Swallow



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Lesser Redpoll

28 Swallow

2 Snipe

29 Linnet

1 Greenshank

3 Little Ringed Plover

1 Marsh Harrier

1 Sparrowhawk Male

1 Hobby @ 1108

 



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Barton Moss...Brief Visit

140 Starling

20 House Sparrow

14 Swallow

15 House Martin



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260726...Rain Wonderful RAIN!

Chat Moss

1 Quail...Calling within FN19

1 Yellowhammer in song

3 Stonechat

 



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A Moss walk from New Moss Wood for Salford Rangers

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR/Glaze/Little Woolden Moss

1 Hobby

1 Marsh Harrier

58 Swallow

16 Swift



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It was good to see the female Marsh Harrier, with the broken foot/protruding leg whilst in flight, this evening over the west end of Little Woolden Moss LWTNR. My first positive sighting of this individual this year. Also 5 juvenile Stonechat including a male that appears almost entirely black at present. Quite a number of Willow Warbler practicing subsongs along the edges of the reserve.

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Chat Moss

145 Lapwing Flying North

Little Woolden Moss

1 Yellow Wagtail

11 Swallow

8 Swift.



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Irlam Moss

31 Rook

170 Black-Headed Gull

47 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

4 Herring Gull

Chat Moss

1 Calling Quail

5 Stonechat

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

600 Woodpigeon Flying West

16 Swift

7 Swallow

1 Common Gull

3 Snipe



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Irlam Moss

116 Rook

8 Swallow

9 House Martin

Chat Moss

2 Quail Calling

2 Green Sandpiper

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Quail Calling

2 Oystercatcher

12 Swift

 



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Irlam Moss

51 Lapwing

13 Swallow

3 Stonechat

6 House Martin

Chat Moss

1 Quail calling

 



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Irlam Moss

1 Whinchat...Juvenile

2 Stonechat...Juvenile

Chat Moss

1 Marsh Harrier

17 Swift



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Irlam Moss

65 Lapwing

27 Swallow

28 Rook

8 House Martin

4 Whinchat

2 Stonechat

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Oystercatcher

11 Linnet

1 Yellow Wagtail

 

 



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Cadishead Moss

2 Red-Legged Partridge

5 Swallow

2 Oystercatcher

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

38 Swallow

110 Swift

55 Rook

16 Lapwing

1 Teal



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Barton Moss

16 House Martin

11 Swallow

1 Nuthatch

1 Song Thrush in song

14 House Sparrow

1 Yellowhammer in song

1 Grey Partridge

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

22 Swallow

30 Swift

14 Linnet

1 Hobby @ Noon

1 Sedge Warbler



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Irlam Moss

1 Whinchat

13 Swallow

12 Yellow Wagtail

1 Meadow Pipit

2 Yellowhammer in song

59 Lapwing

150 Rook

42 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

2 Stonechat

Cadishead Moss

4 Yellow Wagtail

1 Oystercatcher

4 Skylark...numbers reduced as silage cuts no doubt destroyed their nests....

 

 

 



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On analysis of better photos and further consultation with a couple of other mossland regulars, it seems that 2-3 of the juvenile birds appear to be Stonechats! Confusion seems to have come from some of the birds appearing to show a hint of a pale supercilium and being perhaps a little paler in colour than usual. They are quite mobile and can be a bit distant at times, as well as frequently dropping out of view in the vegetation, so not always easy to get prolonged clear views.

So, it seems were back to 4 (possibly 5) Whinchat after all!

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Irlam Moss
7 Whinchats counted in the mixed family group this morning.
1 Greenshank heard
1 Marsh Harrier female over

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Irlam Moss this afternoon

A family group of at least 5 (6?) Whinchat - m,f & 3 (4?) juvs

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Chat Moss this morning
1 Whinchat juvenile
1 Willow Tit juvenile
1 Garden Warbler
5 Stonechat - m,f, 3 juvs

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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR This evening on the east pool 1 Greenshank, 1 Golden Plover and a handful of Lapwings. 1 Grasshopper warbler reeling by the west pools.

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Irlam Moss

66 Lapwing

126 Rook

6 Swift

15 Swallow

14 House Martin

2 Stonechat

1 Whinchat...Male

 

 



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Irlam Moss

1 Yellow Wagtail

1 Sedge Warbler in song

5 Pied Wagtail

28 Lapwing

135 Rook

6 Swallow

2 Stonechat



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Chat Moss

2 Marsh Harrier

5 Grey Partridge

1 Yellowhammer

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

26 Lapwing

1 Yellow Wagtail

2 Oystercatcher



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Little Woolden Moss

2 Yellowhammer

2 Yellowhammer

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Marsh Harrier @ 1145

 



-- Edited by Dave Steel on Thursday 16th of July 2026 11:37:46 PM

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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Quail Calling

22 Oystercatcher

2 Snipe

1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling

2 Curlew

24 Lapwing

 

 



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Barton Moss

13 Yellow Wagtail including Juveniles

16 House Martin

34 Swallow

Chat Moss

130 Swift

18 Swallow

 



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Walk from New Moss Wood carpark to Little Woolden Moss:

Quail singing east of track

1 Yellowhammer (singing), 2 Grey Partridge, 1 Juvenile Cuckoo being mobbed by swallows

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR:

Marsh Harrier, 3 Kestrel, 50+ Swift (very rough min number), Sand Martin, Swallow, 2 Curlew, 11 Oystercatcher, Lapwing, Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, Redpoll.



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Quail singing in cereal field north of LWMNR this evening

Friday
1 Golden Plover in summer plumage on LWMNR east pool
2 Yellow Wagtail - m and juv

-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Sunday 12th of July 2026 11:51:14 PM

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Chat Moss Including a Dragonfly Survey....31C

4 Meadow Pipit

1 Treecreeper

13 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

2 Oystercatcher

1 Willow Warbler...uttering what I'm sure is the last one in song for this season....ahh well all good things...

140 Swift...insect hatch over a NE Field

34 Black-Headed Gull 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR 29C

1 Grasshopper Warbler

3 Sedge Warbler

1 Teal

60 Lapwing

1 Marsh Harrier...Female

2 Yellow Wagtail

6 Swallow



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

115 Lapwing

7 Oystercatcher

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

182 Lapwing

1 Yellow Wagtail

3 Willow Warbler in alarm

 



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Irlam Moss

1 Sedge Warbler in song

6 Whitethroat

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Little Egret

96 Lapwing

 



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Barton Moss

11 Swallow

6 House Martin

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Curlew

2 Oystercatcher

18 Swift.



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Little Woolden Moss

70 Linnet

4 Skylark

7 Pied Wagtail

7 Yellow Wagtail

17 Swallow

2 Yellowhammer

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

17 Swift

14 Sand Martin

4 Swallow

 

 



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Irlam Moss

7 House Sparrow

1 Yellowhammer

32 Starling

5 Reed Bunting

4 Swift

Cadishead Moss

2 Family Parties of Yellow Wagtail

Chat Moss

1 Stonechat

38 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

16 Herring Gull

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

11 Oystercatcher

58 Lapwing

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss Farmland

21 Skylark

1 Corn Bunting

3 Yellow Wagtail

9 Swallow

1 Yellowhammer

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Marsh Harrier

1 Sedge Warbler

39 Swift

80 Rook flying over



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Chat Moss

2 Little Egret

1 Little Ringed Plover Juvenile

12 Willow Warbler

1 Raven

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

4 Teal

1 Marsh Harrier

14 Oystercatcher

22 Swift

5 Swallow

18 Lapwing

1400 Woodpigeon in numerous flocks flying West.



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Chat Moss

1 Sedge Warbler in song

2 Curlew

1 Yellowhammer

4 Whitethroat

3 Skylark

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

28 Swallow

2 Marsh Harrier

100 Lapwing

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

10 Willow Warbler

5 Meadow Pipit

7 Reed Bunting

3 Snipe

1 Water Rail

55 Lapwing

2 Marsh Harrier...both noted first by Ian Jenkinson

 



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Barton Moss

18 House Martin

14 Swallow

1 Hobby @ 1027

5 Yellow Wagtail

16 Swift

1 Buzzard in alarm

Irlam Moss

Pair of Yellow Wagtail

9 Swallow

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

110 Lapwing

16 Oystercatcher

 

 



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Brief visit to Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

110 Woodpigeon moving west...noted in only 50 minutes...obviously these birds are on the move

1 Hobby @ 1535

6 Oystercatcher.



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260626...29C-32C

Irlam Moss

1 Sedge Warbler in song

Chat Moss

2 Curlew in alarm

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR 

82 Lapwing

9 Oystercatcher

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Sedge Warbler in song

9 Reed  Bunting

8 Willow Warbler

5 Oystercatcher

1 Hobby @ 1120

1 Water Rail



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A Red Kite high over Croxden late morning.
Also 1 Hobby hawking dragonflies.

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Irlam Moss

Pair Yellow Wagtail

66 Lapwing

8 Swallow

2 House Martin

45 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

16 Herring Gull

Chat Moss

3 Sedge Warbler

1 Golden Plover

2 Oystercatcher

9 Skylark

1 Peregrine...Male

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

17 Oystercatcher

2 Curlew

1 Juvenile Black-Headed Gull

1 Marsh Harrier...Female

 

 



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Chat Moss

1 Curlew

9 Lapwing

1 Nuthatch

18 Willow Warbler

2 Teal

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

96 Lapwing

1 Redshank

15 Oystercatcher



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Irlam Moss

45 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

40 Herring Gull

14 Rook

1 Yellowhammer in song

Cadishead Moss

2 Yellow Wagtail

8 Skylark

1 Yellowhammer
 

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR...East

36 Lapwing

1 Curlew

3 Oystercatcher

 



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