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Steven Nelson


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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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150726

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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11/07/26

Barton Moss

13 Yellow Wagtail including Juveniles

16 House Martin

34 Swallow

Chat Moss

130 Swift

18 Swallow

 



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15/07/26

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 



-- Edited by Dave Steel on Sunday 12th of July 2026 05:39:53 PM

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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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160626 Glaze Dragonfly Survey + a quiet LWMNR West

Glaze Area

1 Yellow Wagtail

18 Meadow Pipit

14 Swallow

3 Skylark

3 Oystercatcher

1 Kingfisher 

6 Raven 

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

4 Reed Bunting

2 Sedge Warbler

2 Kestrel

3 Oystercatcher



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150626...happily yesterdays Birthday can now be forgotten about...I've been told by Mrs S that its only a number!

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR...BBS 3 0f 3

46 Willow Warbler

39 Reed Bunting

21 Meadow Pipit

1 Family Party of Stonechat

2 Sedge Warbler

1 Grasshopper Warbler

1 Curlew

7 Linnet

 

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss

6 Yellow Wagtail

1 Channel Wagtail

2 Mediterranean Gull Flying North @ 1107

1 Marsh Harrier

2 Yellowhammer

2 Grey Partridge

1 Curlew

16 Skylark



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Irlam Moss

33 Lesser Black Backed Gull

21 Herring Gull

Chat Moss

2 Stonechat

2 Oystercatcher

1 Yellow Wagtail

1 Red Legged Partridge

1 Tawny Owl

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

12 Swift

5 Oystercatcher

7 Willow Warbler.



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR  in Heavy Rain

21 Willow Warbler

8 Oystercatcher

1 Lesser Redpoll

1 Water Rail

2 Swallow

1 Curlew.

 



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Irlam Moss

32 House Martin

4 Swallow

Barton Moss

2 Grey Partridge

1 Buzzard eating Prey

8 Swallow

2 Bullfinch

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

17 Lapwing

1 Curlew in alarm

18 Swift



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Marsh Harrier

14 Willow Warbler

16 Swift

Little Woolden Moss

2 Yellow Wagtail

23 Swift

8 Swallow



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Barton Moss

2 Yellow Wagtail

19  Skylark

7 Swallow---family party

4 House Martin

 



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Little Woolden Moss

22 Swift

1 Oystercatcher

14 Stock Dove

1 Yellow Wagtail

2 Sand Martin

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Sedge Warbler

3 Marsh Harrier---1 Male---2 Female

5 Meadow Pipit in display

3 Oystercatcher

37 Swift

1 Buzzard hovering 

24 Willow Warbler



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Chat Moss

21 Willow Warbler several in alarm

2 Little Egret

2 Bullfinch

6 Lapwing in alarm

1 Reed Warbler

1 Red Legged Partridge

1 Yellowhammer

6 Swallow

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

44 Swift

1 Marsh Harrier

33 Lapwing

2 Shoveler

1 Stonechat

 



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Little Woolden Moss.

 

A circular walk from the Raven Inn in Glazebury on the Salford Trail footpath this morning. 

 

4 Yellow Wagtails.

Grey Partridge. 

Stonechat.

2 Oystercatchers.

2 Curlew.

Kestrel.

Shoveler.

2 Gadwall on the River Glaze.

 



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Little Woolden Moss

22 Skylark

2 Yellowhammer

4 Grey Partridge

13 Lapwing

2 Lapwing Young

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR West

1 White Tailed Eagle...immature @ 1240...it checked out the Reserve then gained Height and flew North



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Astley Moss

3 Yellowhammer

14 Willow Warbler in song

6 Reed Bunting

13 Meadow Pipit

 



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Irlam Moss

2 Yellow Wagtail...Pair

2 Stonechat...Pair

1 Curlew

1 Oystercatcher

1 Raven

1 Cetti's Warbler

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

7 Oystercatcher

27 Lapwing

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss

33 Skylark

3 Grey Partridge

2 Yellowhammer 1c sat Adjacent to a Yellow Wagtail atop a Conifer

4 Yellow Wagtail

7 Mistle Thrush

19 Lapwing

1 Corn Bunting in song

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

45 Swift

1 Marsh Harrier...Male

24 Lapwing

 



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Immature White-tailed Eagle flew low north over Little Woolden Moss at 12:50 today and continued gaining height.

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Chat Moss

1 Snipe

15 Lapwing

29 Willow Warbler

1 Yellowhammer

2 Bullfinch

 

 



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