No sign of egret this morning the pool it favoured appears to have gone, no sign of harrier either, if any one sees this I need it for the year list please let me know asap, cheers,

cracking female merlin at feeding station. poss same one warfy had on sunday when he became the first GM birder to get all the egrets in the same year, well done that man.

keep Birding

Hi all,after taking a brief but satisfying view of the egret on sunday and then returning 'my' car back to mrs h ,i was considering once a gain the virtues of the 'twitch' i,ve read of buckets being passed around at such events for willing donations to suitable
causes,and i would have been unable to contribute a penny on sunday due to a lack of wallet and warm clothes (forgotten in the rush) so there,s a fiver of mine ready to fund the rindle road feeding station just waiting to fly (hopefully electronicly) to the right bucket.can anyone help.

cheers geoff

hi paul, i was in the green 4x4, nice to meet you.

egret still around but spent most of the day at a private farm with no public access, bird refound by judith smith, according to local work men could have been around for a couple of weeks. also today merlin, buzzard, sparrowhawk, red legged partridge, stonechat and loads of fieldfares and redwings.

Hallo all,
I was watching the Great White Egret yesterday morning. I was talking to a local and she said she first saw the bird on Friday and thought it was a Swan. Back in Norway now and it's snowing like mad. Still plenty of Waxwings about though.

Great views of the GW Egret this afternoon, good to see plenty of birdwatchers present and nice to meet up with Dave Evans and Steve Christmas.

Great White Egret - we arrived at about 14:00 to find the bird walking about feeding in the flooded field to the right of the fish pond. It was an excellent view of the bird, in good light, though it was occasionally obscured by brambles. It ate several large worms whilst we watched it. A local woman stopped her car by us and asked what we were looking at. When we told her, she said that it had been present for 4 days, feeding in the drainage ditches. In fact, this morning she had seen it in the ditch at the side of the road, down to about 10m.

At about 14:40 the bird flew over the pond and over the road. At first we thought that it might land in a ditch, but then it went over the trees. It appeared to land, but we didn't see it after this.

Dropped in the on way back from Martin Mere with Tony Darby at 2.50 - no sign then got a Birdguides messsge saying flew off at 14:45 - missed by 5 mins

GREAT WHITE EGRET still present on flooded field 1.40pm at least, and enjoyed by quite a few birders! Also Merlin, Sparrowhawk and Buzzard. A couple of locals said its been there a few days walking up and down the ditches

26/10/08

GREAT WHITE EGRET present in the field next to the small fishing pond by Rindle Road (just before Rindle Farm) at 11:10

Info thanks to Eddie King/Ian McKerchar

-- Edited by Ian Woosey at 12:37, 2008-10-26

7.30-8.15 am
Around Astley moss

100's of RL Partridges and Pheasants walking along Rindle road together this morning waiting to be shot.

Also seen
2 Stonechats
8 Jays
12 Yellowhammers
5 Treesparrows
15 Mistle thrushes
1 Kestrel

55 minutes on track from Rindle Road to Rindle Wood this AM
8+ Yellowhammer
4 Reed Bunting
2 Stonechat
3 Mistle Thrush
1 Song Thrush
2 Willow Tit
6+ Great Tit
20 Chaffinch
10+ Tree Sparrow
2 Pied Wags
3 Red-legs
1 Meadow Pipit
12 Siskin
4 Redpoll
2 Bullfinch
1 GBB Gull
2 Stock Dove
3 Dunnock
3 Jay
5 Greenfinch
2 Collared Dove
1 Blue Tit
2 Skylark
1 GSWoodpecker
+ Robin; Magpie; Woodpigeon; Blackbird;

AND THAT'S WITHOUT SUPPLEMENTARY FEED FROM EDDY

6-7pm

Beautiful evening and a nice hour on Rindle Road feeding station.

Stonechat F67
Great Spotted Woodpecker on telephone pole at top of track.
Yellowhammer
Tree Sparrow
RL Partridge - released for shooting but still a lovely sight.
Grey Partridge

Peregrine low over F69 towards Rindle Wood and tried to hit a flock of Woodpigeon.
Only managed to dislodge a few feathers.

Thanks Ian for spotting it was a Peregrine and not a Hobby as first thought.



-- Edited by Duane Martin at 09:03, 2008-09-21

hobby twice over rindle road this morning around 10.20. 3 buzzards. willow tit calling.

Down Moss Lane tonight a pre roost gathering on the wires of at least 1160 Swallows(probably a lot more,got fed up of counting them!).Nice spectacle,but no Hobbies in attendance.
Quite a lot of the birds were adults,which presumably means they won't be trying for a 3rd. brood,as they are now migrating back south.

8 Swifts this lunchtime over field 2

Its a job well done Ian but I'm five foot ten. Still not much good when its empty though. Which has been the case on my last three visits.

It shouldn't have grown that much as I only cut it a couple of weeks ago but I'll get down tomorrow evening and give it a trim if necessary. It can't be cut too low otherwise the birds (which are very sensitive to diturbance there) flush very easily, though I admit that it's no good for anyone under 5'6" or so.

Hi Dave,

I went up this afternoon at 4pm.

2 Kestrel - F59
1 Heron - F59
2 Mistle Thrush - Just before Boag Farm

Combined Harvester & Tractor on Feeding Station Track when I went up so not much there.

I've printed the map off the website and am raring to go exploring.

Duane

Hi Dave,

Nice meeting you yesterday morning.

2 Kestrel - Nook Lane
1 Sparrowhawk - Bedford Mosses
1 Buzzard - Bedford Mosses
1 Yellowhammer - Nook Lane

Didn't manage to see the flock of Fieldfare you saw at Astey Moss.

Duane.

Dave - could you tell me where the feeding station is using the map/field nos. used on the website Chat Moss Map please?

I also had a Hobby over my garden yesterday evening approx 7.15pm heading northwest in the direction of Irlam Moss (about 1/2 mile away).

Yesterday afternoon a Peregrine was chasing Woodpigeons over field 40 and flew west towards Great Woolden Moss.

spent an hour between jobs this lunchtime at the rindle road feeding station site munchin on a lovely crawfish and rocket sandwich.

4 buzzards circling and calling - great sight and sound!
1 kestrel on the power lines
5 tree sparrow
1 yellowhammer
several gold and greenfinch
1 female blackcap munchin berries
lots of wood pigeon
60 or so swallows, all of which simultaneously stopped feeding and headed calling across the road to mob a sparrowhawk over the crop field - fantastic.

Singles of Whinchat, Stonechat, Peregrine and Canada Goose (!) along Rindle Road this am.

Info thanks to Andy Isherwood.