Little Wooden Moss today, 10:00-12:45:

 

1 Ringed Plover

1 Corn Bunting

1 Yellow Wagtail

4 Curlews

2 Redshanks

2 Oystercatchers over north east

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart 

On Little Wooden Moss today:

 

3 Ringed Plovers

1 Wheatear

 

On Irlam Moss:

 

4 Yellow Wagtail

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel

Single Ringed Plover on Little Woolden Moss this early afternoon.

Little Woolden Moss in a brief visit 12:00-13:45 today:

2 Corn Bunting in song

1 Cuckoo

6 Yellow Wagtail

1 Oystercatcher

Info thanks to Dave Steel

Little Wooden Moss today, 10-12:00:

 

1 Ringed Plover

2 Oystercatchers

1 Cuckoo

2 Yellow Wagtails

1st summer Hobby 

 

Croxdens this afternoon, 12:15-13:30:

 

1 Curlew 

2 Oystercatchers

1 Snipe 

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart

Chat Moss today, 07:45-12:15:

2 Oystercatcher

2 Curlew

1 Snipe

1 Sedge Warbler in song

1 Garden Warbler in song

27 Swift

1 Yellow Wagtail

 

Ltitle Woolden Moss today:

2 Ringed Plovers

4 Yellow Wagtails

2 Oystercatchers

1 singing Corn Bunting

Cuckoo calling

1 Dunlin

Info thanks to Dave Steel

Sunday 28th May 2017: 12:30 - 15:30 hrs. Little cooler today and more pleasant for walking and bird watching.

From Rindle Cottages / Rindle Wood - across Railway Line - along Astley Road as far as Twelve Yards Road - Little Woolden Moss and return

Grey Partridge x 1 Female Adult (with four chicks seen)
Corn Bunting x 1
Linnet x 4
Ringed Plover x 1
Willow Warbler x 5
Chiffchaff x 1
Whitethroat x 1
Buzzard x 1
Reed Bunting x 3
Curlew x 2
Lapwing x 25
Oystercatcher x 1
Goldfinch x 5
Swift x 4
House Martin x 10
Swallow x 5
Carrion Crow x 40
Chaffinch x 10
Pied Wagtail x 3
Blackbird x 5
Skylark x 2
Black-Headed Gull x 1
Mallard x 2
Canada Geese x 7
Woodpigeon x 10





-- Edited by Steve Judge on Sunday 28th of May 2017 06:45:10 PM

Sightings from today:

 

1 Dunlin

4 Yellow Wagtails (3 males)

3 Curlews

2 Oystercatchers

1 Wheatear

Pair of Peregrines

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart 

Birds from today at Little Wooden Moss included:

 

2 Dunlins

3 Oystercatchers

2 Curlews

4 Yellow Wagtails

4 Redshanks

1 Sparrowhawk

1 Gadwall

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart

Day spent around here today; usual route around Irlam Moss and then onto Little Woolden. Highlights:

2 goldcrest
6 chiffchaff
3 willow warbler
4 blackcap
14 whitethroat
1 willow tit heard
Goldfinch, greenfinch, chaffinch
1 linnet
2 reed bunting
6 yellowhammer
15+ house martin
c30 swallow
15+ skylark
2 song thrush
14 mistle thrush
c10 swift
30+ stock dove
80+ lapwing, with a couple of chicks
2 oystercatcher
1 curlew
2 - 4 kestrel
3+ buzzard
Fledgling robin and great tit, amongst the usuals.

Little Woolden Moss:

12+ willow warbler
2 blackcap
2 whitethroat
8+ linnet
3+ reed bunting, one carrying insects
5+ meadow pipit, one carrying insects
2 pied wagtail
5+ yellow wagtail
2 skylark
10+ stock dove feeding in an adjacent field
1 ringed plover
20+ lapwing, mainly in adjacent fields
1 redshank
1 oystercatcher, landing in a nearby field
2 curlew
1 buzzard

Late afternoon on Little Woolden Moss today:

3 Ringed Plover

Whilst earlier in the day (thanks to Dave Stewart):

Peregrine

2 Yellow Wagtail

This morning:

7 Ringed Plover

1 Dunlin; looked very good indeed for the race arctica which would possibly be the first reported occurrence of this race in the county (desperately poor and very heavily cropped phones coped image attached, doesn't do the bird justice!)

2 Yellow Wagtail

Late news for yesterday:

14 Ringed Plover

7 Dunlin

4 Redshank

3 Curlew

1 White Wagtail

5 Corn Bunting

12 Stock Dove

2 Hobby

4 Grey Partridge

Whimbrel

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel

Little Woolden Moss:

Ringed Plover 14
Dunlin 7
Whimbrel 1
Curlew 1
Oystercatcher 2
Wheatear 1
Yellow Wagtail 5 (2m, 3f)
Whitethroat 8
Buzzard 2
Grey Partridge (2, F56. But total of 9 seen on the mosses)

Grey Partridge elsewhere: (2, F18. 2, F67. 3, Moss Lane)

Cheers John

Little Wooden and Chat Moss today, 06:30-11:30:

 

10 Yellow Wagtail

1 Channel Wagtail (Little Wooden Moss)

3 Whimbrel

6 Ringed Plover

2 Redshank

1 singing Corn Bunting

4 Wheatear

4 Grey Partridge

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel and Alan Watford

Little Woolden Moss late afternoon, birds included c500 Swift, 3 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Ringed Plover, Sedge Warbler and a Wheatear 

15.45-16.55

Little Woolden Moss:
1 Sedge Warbler - singing and in display flight
1 Blackcap - singing
1 Whitethroat
6 Ringed Plover
1 Curlew - having a good bath!
1 Yellow Wagtail - male
c.80+ Swift - mostly swooping low over the trees (loads of midges around)
2 Sand Martin
1 Swallow
2 Meadow Pipit
1 Reed Bunting
2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls

Irlam Moss:
f16 (newly ploughed)
2 Yellow Wagtail (m & f)
1 Wheatear (f)
6 Linnet
1 Oystercatcher
2 Skylark
A few Lapwing including 1 quite well grown chick
1 Kestrel

Also today the Channel Wagtail was showing well with a male Yellow Wagtail in field 16 on Irlam Moss. Simon Johnson and I also had 2 Hobbies around the mosses today.

Little Woolden Moss 12.30ish to 3.30pm.
Ringed Plover - 2.
Oystercatcher - 2 (never moved all day).
Wheatear - 1.
Yellow Wagtail - 2.
Curlew - 3 (one over , 2 dropped in).
Common Buzzard - 1 (low over).
Perigine - 1.
Swift - 2.
Hobby - 1 ( Great views , up to 10 mins less than 200m. away ).
Nice to meet fellow birder Anthony who spotted the hobby and Peregrine first.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 5th of May 2017 05:26:45 PM

Little Wooden and Chat Moss today, 06:35-12:15:

 

4 Curlew

1 Dunlin

1 Wood Sandpiper (still)

16 Ringed Plover

4 Wheatear

3 Yellow Wagtail

5 Oystercatcher

2 Redpoll

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel

I was one of the lucky few to see the crane, but was also pretty happy with the wood sandpiper which I have never seen as well in the county.

 

Chat and Little Wooden Moss today, 09:20-12:50:

 

1 Snipe

4 Yellow Wagtail

12 Wheatear

1 Reeling Grasshopper Warbler

1 singing Sedge Warbler

5 Ringed Plover

2 Dunlin

1 Wood sandpiper still present

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel

Early visit so that sun was behind me on the wader pool (0545-0700)

Wood Sandpiper still there and showing well.

First sedge warbler and common whitethroat of the year for me also.

2 x dunlin
6 x ringed plover
4 x canada geese
2 x lapwing
10+ wheatear
1 x kestrel
1 x yellowhammer singing
6 x whitethroat including one that wasn't singing like a normal bird, but making a mewling sound, and every time it vocalised it's front neck feathers opened up. At first I thought it was something special, so I took a photo of it, but it's flight was like a
whitethroat and it seemed to be associated with another.
1 x yellow wagtail.
Willow warbler all over, but strangely no chiffchaff

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 3rd of May 2017 12:17:43 PM

little woolden moss

wood sandpiper was still showing well at 7.45pm but with the setting sun straight in front of me I still managed an ok pic, eventually.
6 dunlin
1 curlew