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Fairly quiet again around Rindle Wood and Astley Moss SSSI this afternoon but plenty of juvenile Willow Warblers about the SSSI, many trying their first feeble attempts to sing!



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Croxdens:

 

1 Yellow Wagtail

25 Swifts over southeast

1 Green Sandpiper

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

3 Yellow Wagtail

2 Willow Tit

1 Golden Plover

1 Osprey over

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel



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A brief visit to Little Woolden Moss today produced 23 Swift and 1 Hobby.

 

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Late news for yesterday:

Croxdens:

 

4  Green Sandpiper

2 Yellow Wagtails 

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart



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Highlights from today:

 

Chat Moss:

2 Green Sandpiper

2 Snipe

 

Little Woolden Moss:

35 House Martin

2 Snipe

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel

 

 



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Chat Moss:

 

160 Lapwing

7 Yellow Wagtail

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Irlam, Chat, Little Woolden and Barton Mosses this afternoon 16.00-18.00
Very quiet bird wise.

2 Yellow Wagtail
1 Green Sandpiper
6 Grey Partridge- accidentally flushed a family of 2 adults and 4 half-grown young but they could fly a short distance.
50+ Lapwing
3 Jay - including 2 young birds
150+ Starling on telegraph wires
2 Willow Warbler
3 Whitethroat
1 Blackcap - singing
4 Buzzard - including a family party of 3 - 2 fully grown youngsters pestering the adult presumably for food.
1 Kestrel
1 Skylark
7 Linnet
5 Mistle Thrush- family party
A few flocks of Woodpigeons starting to gather.

See other wildlife thread for butterflies and other stuff.


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Croxdens today:

 

3 Yellow Wagtail

1 Green Sandpiper

 

Chat Moss:

 

61 Swift over

 

Barton Moss:

 

5 Yellow Wagtail

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel 



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Late news for yesterday:

 

Croxdens:

 

18 Pied Wagtail

2 Yellow Wagtail

120 Swift over west

1 Hobby

 

Irlam Moss by Olive Mount Farm:

 

12 Yellow Wagtail on the slurry

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

23 Tree Sparrow

1 Yellow Wagtail

2 Raven

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel



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Chat Moss today:

 

1 Hobby

1 Green Sandpiper

1 Oystercatcher

4 Willow Tit

21 Yellow Wagtail

3 Corn Bunting

2 Tree Sparrow

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel 



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Croxdens today:

 

2 Green Sandpipers

 

Barton Moss:

 

8 Yellow Wagtail

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart 



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Single juvenile Yellow Wagtail on muck heap just north of railway crossing along Rindle rd this am also several Tree sparrows

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Croxdens today:

 

1 Green Sandpiper

2 Yellow Wagtail

17 Pied Wagtail

12 Lapwing

1 Oystercatcher

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

88 Lapwing

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart



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Some additional sightings for today:

7 Yellow Wagtail on slurry in field 49 on Barton Moss

24 Linnet and 32 Swift on Little Woolden Moss

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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A quick look at Croxdens this am

3 Green Sandpipers
2 Little Ringed Plovers
1 Oystercatcher
1 Lapwing
20+ Black Headed Gulls
and a 1st summer Hobby mobbing a Kestrel for several minutes

On the way past Olive Mount Farm several Yellow Wagtails on the sewage sludge.

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At Croxdens today:

 

14 Pied Wagtail

11 Willow Warbler

1 Sedge Warbler

2 Tufted Duck

2 Oystercatcher

2 Little Ringed Plover

1st summer Hobby

21 Swifts over west

 

Chat Moss:

 

4 Yellow Wagtail

4 Willow Tit

1 Sedge Warbler migrating through

23 Pied Wagtail

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel



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Rindle woods 2 till 3 ish

Common whitethroat X 2

Treecreeper x3 

Great spotted woodpecker (f) not seen one for about 2 years, so I was quite chuffed

No one raptor

Cheers Jay

Dont twitch and drive



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Chat Moss:

 

29 Yellow Wagtail

2 Singing Corn Bunting with a third bird in alarm

2 Oystercatcher

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

5 Yellow Wagtail

11 Tree Sparrow

3 Oystercatcher

2 pairs of Grey Partridge 

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Croxdens today:

 

20 Pied Wagtail

5 Yellow Wagtail

4 Green Sandpiper

3 Oystercatcher

Sedge Warbler

 

2 Willow Tit

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

4 Buzzard

1 Yellow Wagtail 

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel



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Chat Moss this morning:

 

2 Green Sandpiper

1 Greenshank

2 Oystercatcher

1 Grasshopper Warbler

1 Sedge Warbler

2 Yellow Wagtail

1 Snipe

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

1 Little Ringed Plover

2 Yellow Wagtail

2 Kestrel

157 Lapwings over west

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel



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Croxden this evening after the rain:

1 Green Sandpiper
3 Oystercatcher - 2 adults and 1 half grown youngster
3 Sedge Warbler - 2 together in a small tree (possibly seemed to be young birds) plus another bird singing nearby.
1 Tufted Duck
4 Willow Warbler- 1 singing
1 Blackcap -singing
3 Whitethroat
4 Sand Martin
c.20 Swift
1 Grey Heron
1 Reed Bunting
1 Skylark- singing
1 Kestrel
2 juv Black-headed Gulls
1 Pied Wagtail
1 Yellow Wagtail - heard only

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Highlights from today.

 

Croxdens:

 

1 Yellow Wagtail

12 Pied Wagtail

2 Oystercatcher

3 Snipe

3 Little Ringed Plover

1 Green Sandpiper

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

3 Yellow Wagtail

1 Little Ringed Plover 

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel



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Chat moss this morning:

 

2 Yellow Wagtail

3 Oystercatcher

1 Green Sandpiper

1 Sedge Warbler in song

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

2 Little Ringed Plover

Family party of Willow Tit

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Little Woolden Moss this morning:

1 Curlew

1 singing Corn Bunting

7 Yellow Wagtail

3 Llittle Ringed Plover

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Croxdens this morning:

2 Black-tailed Godwit

3 Oystercatcher

1 Ringed Plover

1 singing Sedge Warbler

1 male Ruff

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Chat Moss today:

 

36 House Martin

1 Nuthatch

16 Swift

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

32 Lapwing

1 Ringed Plover

9 Yellow Wagtail

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel 



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Croxdens today

3 Little Ringed Plover

1 Hobby

15 Pied Wagtail

4 Oystercatcher

 

Little Woolden Moss:

2 Little Ringed Plover

1 Oystercatcher

5 Yellow Wagtail

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart



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Croxdens today:

7 Little Ringed Plover

3 Oystercatcher

1 Yellow Wagtail

5 Stock Dove

1 Willow Tit

Info thanks to Dave Stewart 



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Chat Moss this morning:

36 Lapwing

2 Oystercatcher

2 Yellow Wagtail

3 Tree Sparrow

1 Green Sandpiper

1 Hobby

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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A further sighting from Croxden I forgot to add earlier:
1 Tufted Duck (f) plus a brood of 3 ducklings

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Other sightings from today:

 

Croxdens:

1st Summer Hobby

1 Nuthatch

Family party of Willow Tit

 

Little Woolden Moss:

2 Yellow Wagtail

2 Oystercatcher

2 Kestrel

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel



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13.30-1500
Croxden :

32 Black-tailed Godwit - including a colour ringed bird (left leg:white over yellow, right leg:yellow over green)
1 Green Sandpiper
3 Curlew
2 Oystercatcher
150+ Lapwing
4 Lesser Black-backed Gull
70+ Black-headed Gull
1 Blackcap
4 Willow Warbler
1 Teal
1 Redpoll

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Croxdens today:

30 Black-tailed Godwit

2 Oystercatcher  

1 Peregrine

1 Greenshank

1 Green sandpiper

1 Ringed Plover 

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14.30-16.00

Croxden- rapidly shrinking pools with lots of muddy edges looking promising for passing waders
4 Oystercatcher - 2 adults and 2 young chicks
150+ Lapwing
50+ Black-headed Gull
4 Lesser Black-backed Gull
1 Lesser Redpoll
1 Blackcap
3 Willow Warbler
2 House Martin

Little Woolden Moss NR: very little water left!
4 Yellow Wagtail
2 Oystercatcher
1 Buzzard
3 Meadow Pipit- 1 in display flight



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Today’s sightngs:

Little Woolden Moss;

2 Oystercatcher  

2 Yellow Wagtail

3 Yellowhammer

2 Grey Partridge

 

Croxdens:

190 Lapwing

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel



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Late news for yesterday morning on Little Woolden Moss:

19 Yellow Wagtail  

2 Corn Bunting

1 Oystercatcher  

48 Lapwing

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Litthe Woolden Moss today:

2 Oystercatcher

11 Yellow Wagtail

1 Corn Bunting

8 Tree Sparrow

1st summer Hobby

Nuthatch (!!)

On Chat Moss:

2 Oystercatcher

72 Lapwing

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel



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Little Woolden Moss today:

2 Yellow Wagtail

2 Curlew

1 Oystercatcher

1 Willow Tit

130 Lapwing

Female tufted Duck with 9 small young on the Glaze

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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131 Lapwing present on Little Woolden Moss yesterday, also 4 Oystercatcher.

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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Little Woolden Moss today:

1 Oystercatcher

2 Curlew

2 Yellow Wagtail

Croxdens:

2 Oystercatcher

1 Hobby

c95 Lapwing

Info thanks to Dave Stewart 



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Saturday, 23rd June 11:00 - 15:15 hrs.

New Moss Road - Cadishead Moss - Little Woolden Moss - Croxdens - and return

Yellow Wagtail x 5
Linnet x 4
Yellowhammer x 3
Ringed Plover x 2
Greenfinch x 5
Tree Sparrow x 1
Willow Warbler x 2
Reed Bunting x 1
Oystercatcher x 4
Lapwing x 60
Skylark x 3
Buzzard x 6
Kestrel x 4
House Sparrow x 3
Pied Wagtail x 7
Swift x 10
Swallow x 20
House Martin x 12
Lesser Black-Backed Gulls x 7 (including 2 Juveniles)
Black-Headed Gulls x 10 (including 3 Juveniles)
Coot x 2
Moorhen x 1
Woodpigeon x 40
Collared Dove x 1
Feral Pigeon x 1
Magpie x 3
Crow x 20
Jackdaw x 1
Mallard x 7
Robin x 1
Goldfinch x 4
Chaffinch x 5
Great Tit x 3
Dunnock x 1
Blackbird x 3



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Chat Moss today:

 

2 Curlew

3 Oystercatcher

6 Yellow wagtail

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

2 Raven

16 Yellow Wagtail

24 Tree Sparrow

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel

 



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Croxdens today:

 

1 Green Sandpiper

1 Redshank

1 Curlew

3 Oystercatcher

3 Tufted Duck

45 Swift

2 Kestrel  

 

Barton Moss:

 

13 Yellow Wagtail

17 Skylark

3 Grey Partridge

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel



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Sightings from this morning:

 

Little Woolden Moss:

 

3 Oystercatcher

3 Curlew

2 Teal

 

Croxdens:

 

1 Wood Sandpiper

3 Green Sandpipers  

1 Curlew

3 Tufted Duck

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel 

 



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Wood Sandpiper on Croxdens at 5pm

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Astley Moss today:

 

3 Oystercatcher

6 Sand Martin

3 Tree Sparrow

1 Yellow Wagtail

1 Garden Warbler

 

Chat Moss:

 

6 Yellow Wagtail

9 Oystercatcher

4 Curlew

1 Ringed Plover

36 Lapwing

1 Hobby

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel 



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Little Woolden Moss today:

 

5 Oystercatcher

15 Mistle Thrush

5 Yellow Wagtail

83 Lapwing

 

Croxdens:

 

2 Curlews

3 Oystercatcher

1 Willow Tit

1 Sparrowhawk

 

Info thanks to Dave Stewart and Dave Steel 



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little woolden

Lesser Redpoll, Skylark, Meadow Pipit, quite a few Willow Warbler, Common Whitethroat, Oystercatcher, Swallow, Swift, Sand, and House Martin, Kestrel, Distant Buzzard, Lapwings

Chat Moss Croxdens 4 Curlew, 3 Singing Yellowhammer 1 Singing Corn Bunting, 2 Gadwall, Treecreeper, more of the above 



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Little Woolden Moss today:

 

1 Cuckoo still

1 drumming Snipe

6 Oystercatcher

2 Curlew

7 Yellow Wagtail

 

Chat Moss:

 

6 Oystercatcher

2 Curlew

1 Garden Warbler

1 Hobby

93 Swift

1 Lesser redpoll

 

Info thanks to Dave Steel and Dave Stewart



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Sightings for yesterday include:

 

Chat and Barton Mosses:

1 Garden Warbler

2 Curlew

3 Oystercatcher

106 Lapwing

2 Yellow Wagtail

2 Stock Dove

93 Swift

2 Sand Martin

Info thanks to Dave Steel



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