Further Little Woolden Moss sightings today:

 

31 Pink-footed Geese over west (09:40)

3 Lesser Redpoll

2 Stonechat

30 Skylark

15 Reed Bunting

3 Snipe

 

Barton Moss:

 

40 Goldfinch

12 Reed Bunting

3 Kestrel

23 Snipe

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart

Little Woolden Moss to Red House Farm:

 

23 Reed  Bunting

7 Tree Sparrow

2 Willow Tit

45 Skylark

3 Kestrel

2 Sparrowhawk

71 Pink-footed Geese over west at 12:10

 

Irlam Moss:

 

2 Grey Partridge

20 Pink-footed Geese

4 Siskin

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel

Further sightings from Little Woolden Moss today,10:00-12:25:

15 Reed Bunting

c300 Pink footed Geese

200+ Skylark (field 56 & over west)

Croxdens:

81 Mallard

5 Snipe  

c2000 Woodpigeon

1 Peregrine

Info thanks to Dave Stewart

Rindle area of Astley Moss this early afternoon:

A Rock/Water Pipit flew fairly low over the old feeding station track (having come from the direction of the east side of Rindle Road) calling several times and headed west just over tree height over Rindle Wood but no further sign including in the fields beyond. A very odd sighting indeed!?

170 Starling in one flock feeding in fields

440 Woodpigeon in one flock in fields behind Rindle Wood

A total of 109 Grey Partridge (releases for shooting) in two coveys, with 31 in fields behind Rindle Wood and 78 in field 67; and a very wary pair in field 69 were much more likely to be local wild birds

7 Buzzards up in the immediate area

In the big hedge by Rindle Wood were:

29 Yellowhammer 

26 Redwing

19 Greenfinch

16 Tree Sparrow

70 Goldfinch (mobile flock around the fields mainly)

4 Lesser Redpoll

Plenty of Chaffinch

9 Jay were in a single flock feeding on acorns along Moss Lane

Little Woolden Moss this morning:

 

1 Wigeon

160 Redwing

5 Fieldfare

6 Lesser Redpoll

300 Pink-footed Geese off the reserve

1 Peregrine

2 Snipe

1 Chiffchaff

2 Stonechat

145 Skylark

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel

Little Woolden Moss today, 10:30-13:00:

 

c220 Pink-footed Geese around field 56

21 Reed Bunting

1 Peregrine

 

Croxdens:

 

73 Mallard

12 Teal

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart

Little Woolden Moss today:

 

7 Lesser Redpoll

2 Willow Tit

1 Grey Wagtail

6 Snipe

280 Pink-footed Geese over and about the reserve

23 Teal

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel

Jason Dulhanty wrote:

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Field behind Rindle barn

An impressive 60 Grey partridge

Cheers Jay

Dont twitch and drive 

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Hi, I was chatting to 'Mr Mosslands' David Steel who told me that there had been releases of captive reared Grey Partridges in this general area recently, so this number may well be part of that release programme. 60 is certainly a very impressive number and gives hope for their survival here long term 

15.00-16.30

Rindle road area

On the way in, fields around Nook lane full of Pheasants

Rindle woods and SSSI

More Pheasants

2 coveys of Grey partridge 5 and12

Various Thrush flocks

Chaffinch

Treecreeper

Corn bunting x4 id by call

 Jayx2

Long tailed titx16

Buzzard

Field behind Rindle barn

An impressive 60 Grey partridge

Cheers Jay

Dont twitch and drive 

Little Woolden Moss today, 09:45-12:30:

 

c120 Pink-footed Geese flew off the peat west at 11:10

c50 Skylark

c30 Meadow Pipit

male and female Stonechat (field 18)

 

Barton Moss, 13:00-14:15:

 

2 Grey Partridge

8 Redwing

c50 Goldfinch

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart

Mike Chorley wrote:

I wonder if we're getting Continental Robins arriving from areas where Cetti's Warbler are common?

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 That possibility also occured to me Mike, as there have been a lot of continental arrivals in the last couple of weeks and Id not heard it before then.

Hi Alan. Your experience mirrors the one I had on Sunday at Strinesdale in Oldham while doing my WEBS survey. A brief bust of Cetti's song, several times, from a Robin! I'm glad it's happened to someone else, I thought I was going mad. I made sure I saw the bird in case it was a Blackcap mimicking both. It was the way the Robin matched the volume which surprised me. I wonder if we're getting Continental Robins arriving from areas where Cetti's Warbler are common?

Little Woolden Moss today, 9:30-13:00:

 

c120 Skylark

c100 Linnet

117 Pink-footed Geese on the peat

2 Stonechat (north path)

2 Tree Sparrow (Red House Farm)

8 Buzzard

2 Sparrowhawk

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart

Little Woolden Moss today, 10:45-14:00:

 

175 Pink-footed Geese over west 11-11:30 and 117 landed on the west pools at 13:40

 

In fields 56 and 19:

 

150 Skylarks

80 Linnets

Sparrowhawk

1 juvenile/female Merlin

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart

Little Woolden Moss today, 09:45-13:00:

 

116 Pink footed Geese in field 20, flew west 11:45

32 Teal

 

On field 56:

 

150 Skylarks

100 Linnets

20 Meadow Pipits

imm/ fm  Merlin

17 Reed Buntings

2 Snipe over west

 

Croxden, 07:20-09:50:

 

12 Lesser Redpoll

1 male Stonechat

4 Snipe

24 Pink-footed Geese over at 09:40

1 Grey Wagtail.

3 Redwing over at 07:56

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel

Sightings from Little Woolden Moss throughout today up to mid-afternoon:

 

7 Snipe

1 Peregrine

4 Golden Plover over (3 morning, 1 afternoon)

1 Ringed Plover

8 Swallow

183 Pink Footed Geese (18 in field 20 in the morning were probably some of the same as the 10 out on the peat mid-afternoon; a single over along with skiens of 24 in the morning and 140 W mid-afternoon)

1 Wheatear

110 Skylark 

5 Stonechat

6 Grey Partridge 

 

Info thanks to the Daves of Steel and Stewart, plus myself.

 

 

Little Woolden Moss today, 9:30-13:00:

 

27 Pink-footed Geese

2 Greylag Geese

c100 Skylarks

c80 Linnets

35 Meadow Pipits

1 Sparrowhawk

1 Raven

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart

Little Woolden Moss and field 56 today, 11:00-13-:45:

 

11 Teal

173 Skylarks

100+ Meadow Pipits

15 Pied Wagtails

1Peregrine

1 Sparrowhawk

1 Raven 

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart

Little Woolden Moss, 09:30-12:30 today:

 

1 Peregrine

1 Sparrowhawk

4  Kestrels

1 Raven

 

Around field 56:

 

150+ Skylarks

91 Meadow Pipits

27 Pied Wagtails

2 White Wagtails

58 Linnets

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel 

In addition to the LWM sightings, Simon Johnson and I had a Yellow Wagtail, 1 Greenshank, 10 Teal and a female Marsh Harrier at Croxdens late afternoon.

Visit this morning, gates on carpark have to be locked now due to vandalism , what a crap world .

Anywho Juvenile Ruff , Ringed Plover still present

Teal 18

Peregrine 1

Kestrel 3 

Sparrowhawk 1

Buzzard 2

Skylarks 100+

Meadow Pipits 20+

Reed Bunting 7

Grey Wagtail 1

Crows 22

Swallows 8+

Chiffchaff 1 

Willow warbler 2

Lots of Dragonflies and Butterflies ,

Keep Birding,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A juvenile Little Stint present at 15:00 flew off south at 15:17. A couple of blurry phonescoped record shots below, plus one showing its size in relation to a Pied Wagtail on the left.

Other birds present included 4 Ringed Plover, 3 of which departed south, White Wagtail, 76 Skylark flushed by a Buzzard from fields on the north side, a flock of 20 Meadow Pipit went south and a flock of 21 Blue Tit moved through with a few Great Tit.

-- Edited by dave broome on Friday 22nd of September 2017 06:23:55 PM

This morning up to 9.00am on Little Wooldon Moss-

2 Ruff
4 Ringed Plover
2 Stonechat still present
hundreds of Meadow Pipits heading south and loads all over the peat.
100+ Skylark
4 Chiffchaff


-- Edited by Simon Warford on Friday 22nd of September 2017 10:49:01 AM

Little Woolden Moss today,  09:45-13:00:

 

12 juvenile Ringed Plovers

2 Dunlins

3 White Wagtails

41 Meadow Pipits

10 Skylarks

2 Stonechats

5 Willow Warblers

3 Whitethroats  

Sparrowhawk

9 Buzzards

93 Swallows

 

On Croxdens:

 

Greenshank

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel