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Along with this morning's Red Kite, other birds on Little Wooden Moss included:

1 Hobby perched in birch

1 Greenshank

3 Oystercatcher

1 Yellow Wagtail

260 Swift

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel

 

Images of today's Hobby, Greenshank and Red Kite plus Little Egret on the 2nd all thanks to Dave Steel



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Red Kite over Little Wooden Moss at 10am this morning, following the course of the Glaze north towards Windy Bank Wood area.

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Little Woolden Moss today, 07:10-09:45:

 

3 Yellow Wagtail

1 Golden Plover flying over

1 Peregrine

2 Ringed Plover

1 Little Ringed Plover

1 Corn Bunting sat out on the bare peat for quite a while

 

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Little Wooden Moss today:

 

Hobby

 

Croxdens:

 

2 Greenshank

c50 Mallard

7 Teal

 

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Little Woolden Moss today, 08:15-13:00:

 

4 Raven

1 Greenshank that didn't land just came in then off south

1 Ringed Plover

12 Grey Partridge

along Astley Road between field 70 and field 20, a Hobby after the Hirundines

 

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Ltitle Woolden Moss this morning:

3 Little Ringed Plover

2 Snipe

3 Yellow Wagtail

1 Corn Bunting

Croxden:

Juv Shelduck still

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Sightings from today:

 

Croxdens, 08:30-11:45:

 

1 juvenile Shelduck

90 Goldfinch

5 Teal

1 Common Tern

 

Little Wooden Moss, 11:55-13:15:

 

4 Little Ringed Plover

1 Little Egret stayed for only 10 minutes

 

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Little Wooden Moss today, 10:00-11:45:

 

1 Ringed Plover

2 Little Ringed Plover

1 juvenile Dunlin

 

Croxdens, 07:50-12:30:

 

1 juvenile Shelduck

1 Oystercatcher

1 Lesser Redpoll

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel



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Little Woolden Moss and The Glaze today, 07:55-12:25:

 

2 Raven

4 Little Ringed Plover

1 Ringed Plover

1 Green Sandpiper

3 Yellow Wagtail

5 Little Grebe

1 Kingfisher

76 Mallard

1 Tufted Duck with 2 young 1 Tufted Duck with 9 young

2 Grey Partridge

 

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Little Woolden Moss today, 10:00-12:00hrs:

 

1 Ringed Plover

2 Little Ringed Plover

1 juvenile Dunlin

3 Yellow Wagtail

75 House Martin

150 Swift drifting south

1 Hobby 

 

Twelve Yards Road:

 

25 House Sparrows

 

Croxdens:

 

many juvenile Goldfinches and Willow Warblers

 

Late news for yesterday when a Corn Bunting was singing from wires along field number 20

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss today, 1200-1330.:

 

2 Raven

6 Little Ringed Plover

3 Ringed Plover

1 juvenile Dunlin

1 Oystercatcher

 

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Ltitle Woolden Moss today, 12:00-14:00:

2 Ringed Plover

2 Little Ringed Plover

100+ Swifts through southwest

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Little Woolden Moss today, 13:15-15:00hrs:

 

3 Ringed Plovers

3 Little Ringed Plover

c60 Swifts through southwest

 

Croxdens:

 

1 Little Ringed Plover

1 Dunlin

 

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New Moss Wood today 0800-1330, taking in Little Woolden Moss also:

 

2 Ringed Plover

1 Little Ringed Plover

2 Oystercatcher

3 Yellow Wagtail

80 Swallow

 

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Croxdens this morning:

 

1 Green Sandpiper

1 Ringed Plover

 

Little Wooden Moss late morning to early afternoon:

 

5 Little Ringed Plover

2 Ravens.   

 

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Croxdens today:

 

2 Little Ringed Plover

1 Green Sandpiper

3 Willow Tit

1 Lesser Redpoll

2 Ringed Plover

1 Treecreeper

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

6 Little Ringed Plover

 

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Little Woolden Moss today, 12 - 3.15:

6 willow warbler
2 whitethroat
c10 linnet
2 reed bunting
4 swallow
2 meadow pipit
10+ pied wagtail
1 yellow wagtail
c15 swift
7 little ringed plover
16 lapwing
2 - 4 kestrel
1 peregrine
1 sparrowhawk
1 buzzard

Along Astley Road, there and back:

3 whitethroat
2 yellowhammer
70+ swallow
c40 house martin
14 pied wagtail
2 skylark
6 mistle thrush
1 kestrel

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Little Woolden Moss today:

 

7 Little Ringed Plover

2 Willow Tit

1 juvenile/female Marsh Harrier driven off by 3 Raven

 

Peregrine took a Lapwing

 

Irlam Moss:

 

over FN 70 a Hobby after 30 plus Hirundine

 

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A family party of five Yellow Wagtails around the manure pile at the southern end of Rindle Road just before the level crossing this afternoon.



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This morning:

 

Little Woolden Moss

 

1 Common Sandpiper

5 Little Ringed Plover

1 Curlew

52 Swift

2 juv Yellow Wagtail

1 juv Grey Wagtail

1 Raven

 

Croxden

 

3 Little Ringed Plover

1 Green Sandpiper

plus a movement of Juvenile Willow Warblers

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel 



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Little Woolden Moss today:

 

2 Raven

3 Little Ringed Plover

1 Ringed Plover

63 Pied Wagtail

2 Oystercatcher

7 Yellow Wagtail

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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The farmer has put out a massive pile of manure on the left before the train crossing. This is attracting lots of birds and especially yellow wagtails (see picture) worth a visit if you are down there.

-- Edited by Carl Fletcher-Poole on Friday 21st of July 2017 08:46:57 AM



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 21st of July 2017 09:28:19 AM

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Croxdens today:

 

5 Little Ringed Plover

1 Green Sandpiper

3 Lesser Redpoll

2 Oystercatcher

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

8 Little Ringed Plover

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Barton Moss today:

 

c50 Lapwings

male Yellowhammer with food

3 Kestrels

2 Grey Partridges  

 

Whilst on Little Woolden Moss:

 

4 Raven

 

And on Croxdens:

 

1 Peregrine

1 Little Ringed Plover

2 Lesser Redpoll

 

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Little Wooden Moss today:

6 Yellow Wagtail

5 Little Ringed Plover

1 Hobby being tackled by 3 Kestrel, ended with the Hobby dropping its prey which looked like a large Dragonfly

Croxdens:

5 Little Ringed Plover

1 Ringed Plover

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Little Woolden Moss today:

 

15 Little Ringed Plover

4 Raven

2 Yellow Wagtail

2 Oystercatcher

50 Lapwing

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart



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Little Woolden Moss around midday today:

 

12 Little Ringed Plover

2 Ringed Plover

1 Siskin

66 Swift

2 Green Sandpiper

2 Oystercatcher

 

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Circuit of Croxdens, Irlam, Little Wooden and Cadishead Mosses this morning produced the following highlights:

 

46 Lapwing

18 Little Ringed Plover

1 Dunlin

3 Oystercatcher

1 Curlew

8 Yellow Wagtail

1 Corn Bunting

 

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Little Wooden Moss today, 12:15 to 13:30:

1 Green Sandpiper

3 Little Ringed Plover

1 Yellow Wagtail

1 Hobby and another near to the George and Dragon pub in Glazebury

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Little Woolden Moss today:

 

5 Little Ringed Plover

1 Ringed Plover

1st summer Hobby hawking Dragonflies then flew west at 10:50hrs

4 Yellow Wagtails

2 Corn Buntings

2 Grey Partridges  

 

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Little Wooden Moss today, 08:30-13:00:

 

5 Little Ringed Plover

13 Oystercatcher with 11 of these in a single flock

230 Swift

9 Yellow Wagtail including a pair still feeding young in a field that was only harvested last night

1 Corn Bunting in song plus 2 adult in alarm with  2 juveniles

4 young Grey Partridge

 

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Little Wooden Moss today:

 

10 Little Ringed Plover

3 Ringed Plover 

10 Yellow Wagtails (Including a male Channel Wagtail paired to a female Yellow Wagtail!)

1 singing Corn Bunting 

 

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Little Wooden Moss today:

 

5 Little Ringed Plover

1 Yellow Wagtail

 

Croxdens:

 

1 Yellow Wagtail

2 Oystercatcher

1st summer Hobby over South (14:35hrs) 

 

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Little Wooden Moss today, 09:45-12:15:

 

10 Little Ringed Plover

1 Ringed Plover

2 Yellow Wagtail

Female Kestrel + 3 juvs

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart

 

Whilst on Croxdens:

 

1 Curlew

2 Oystercatchers

1 Green Sandpiper

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Little Woolden Moss (14.10)

Little Ringed Plover 20 
Yellow Wagtail 4



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Little Woolden Moss today, 10:00-13:00hrs:

16 Little Ringed Plover

5 Ringed Plover

1 Common Sandpiper

1 Dunlin

1 juvenile Wheatear

1 Yellow Wagtail

1st summer Hobby  

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Little Woolden Moss mid-morning to early on today

9 Llittle Ringed Plover

1 Ringed Plover

6 Yellow Wagtail

1 Corn Bunting

1 Redshank

male Sparrowhawk

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Sightings for yesterday:

 

Little Woolden Moss:

6 Llittle Ringed Plover

1 Ringed Plover

5 Yellow Wagtail

1 Corn Bunting

1 Peregrine

1 Sparrowhawk

 

Croxdens:

1 Curlew

3 Oystercatchers

 

Barton Moss:

12 Yellow Wagtail

Pair of Grey Partridge with 1 small young

 

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LLittle Woolden Moss today:

1 Ringed Plover

3 Yellow Wagtails

1 Redshank over (north) 

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Ltitle Woolden Moss this morning:

2 Ringed Plover

5 Oystercatcher

1 Singing Corn Bunting

4 Yellow Wagtail

8 Herring Gull

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Irlam Moss and Croxdens this morning:

2 Yellow Wagtail

1 Curlew

1 Green Sandpiper

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Little Woolden Moss 13-16:00hrs today:

2 Ringed Plovers

3 Yellow Wagtails

1 Corn Bunting

3 Oystercatchers

1 Redshank  

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Three and a half or so hours on Little Woolden Moss from early afternoon today:

11+ willow warbler (including a ringed individual collecting insects)
1 blackcap
4 whitethroat
8+ linnet
3 reed bunting
1 yellowhammer
1 corn bunting
5+ sand martin
20+ house martin
5 swallow
5 meadow pipit
6+ pied wagtail (mainly juveniles)
5 yellow wagtail
c15 swift
1 cuckoo
3 lapwing
2 kestrel
1 buzzard

Walking through Irlam Moss, a couple of singing yellowhammer around the margins of field 25, and lapwing and stock dove in this field, too; also a single oystercatcher over and a whitethroat gathering insects on the road leading to Little Woolden Moss.

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Little Wooden Moss today, 07:45-13:00hrs:

 

2 Corn Buntings

4 Yellow Wagtails

1 Curlew

Juvenile Sedge Warbler in the car park (good bird here)

1 Redshank

 

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On Little Wooden Moss today:

 

2 Curlews

5 Yellow Wagtails

2 Oystercatchers

2 Corn Buntings

 

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Quail calling from the NE edge of field 52 on Chat Moss around midday today.

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Highlights from this morning on Little Wooden Moss:

2 Curlew

Hobby

 

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Little Wooden Moss today, 10-13:30:

 

6 Yellow Wagtails

1 singing Corn Bunting

 

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A Tawny Owl called from Black Wood on Barton Moss last night

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Little Wooden Moss today:

 

1 Sedge Warbler

15 Yellow Wagtail including juveniles

3 Curlew

2 Corn Bunting in song

5 Oystercatcher

1 Ringed Plover

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart

 

 

 



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