Little Egret reported back at Chadkirk C.P. 12.30. No further details.

Cheers, John

John Rowland the Manager of the Country Estate spotted a little egret this afternoon. I caught up with him soon after and we had a good view of it in the Pylon field, and then in the stream by the car park. Also saw quite a few snipe again, and a couple of lapwing and a mistle thrush.
John said there had been loads of redwing in the woods as well.

-- Edited by Geoff Walton on Sunday 3rd of January 2010 08:25:56 PM

My first bird of 2010 was a pre-dawn Tawny Owl which brushed the car whilst I was driving past Chadkirk Country Estate.

Cheers, John

I slithered down to the valley, but not a lot doing.
robins,great tit,blackbirds,mistle thrush,flying cormorant, and a couple of snipe visible in the usual place,from the gate overlooking the pylon field.

A quick search for Jack Snipe on the overgrown mill pool by the industrial estate only produced 3 Common Snipe. 1 Cormorant over.

Cheers, John

-- Edited by John Rayner on Saturday 26th of December 2009 02:34:19 PM

Sunday pm

Snipe in the usual place. At least 3, but very hard to find and see.

Buzzard flew over the river towards the chapel 9.30am

Two Grey Wags at the weir tonight

Kennels area, Thursday 12-03-09 4.30-5.30pm

3 Meadow Pipit
Mixed flock of around 25-30 Wagtails, both Grey and Pied...Is this normal?

Anthony

Brief flyby by Dipper on the river this morning.
Species of note was 3 Meadow Pipit in field near kennels.

The female Dipper was colour ringed this morning as follows:-
right tarsus Light green over BTO metal, left tarsus dark pink.
The bird fledged in 2008

John or anyone - if you lost a rain guard yesterday, it is on the table near the weir.


edit - The Dipper was on the stream again behind the car park

-- Edited by Geoff Walton at 07:37, 2009-02-18

No Snipe today, but 7 LT Tit's on the feeder.

Two of us called in on the way to The peak District and counted 17.

I parked my car on the trading estate car park close to the fence that seperates it from the 'mill pond' the other day and when I returned, with my camera equipment, a security bloke who was picking up litter said "You're not thinking of going on that wasteland are you?"
I explained that I was returning to my car and asked him if there was anything on there?
He seemed to take an age to answer and just said "No, but it used to be a nice place before they filled it in"
As I got to my car, I saw a Heron taking off on the land.

Similar expeirence to the one John had the other week and I got the feeling that there is definatly some interesting wildlife in there (you can certainly hear plenty of activity), but alas we're not welcome to take a look...More than likely paranoia over health and safety.

Anthony

tonywilkinson wrote:

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Thanks for the Dipper sightings. Guessing I would suggest that the ringed bird is one of ours and is a dispersing female. The white ring on right tarsus sounds like a shiny BTO metal ring; those of us involved in the project find the colour rings difficult to interpret. How on earth do people involved in long tailed tit colour ringing, yes they do exist, get on?!
Some time in the next couple of months we will attempt to mist net the ringed bird and colour ring it. If we are successful we will post the details on this threasd

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Tony, on closer inspection of the photographs I took today, the ring is indeed metalic.
Good luck with your ringing.

Anthony

This Morning 8-11.30am

3 Dipper...1 in stream by car park and 2 on the dam on the river.
One of the birds on the dam had a white ring on it's right leg.

1 Grey Wagtail
1 Greater Spotted Woodpecker
4 Goosander (2m, 2f on river)
2 Cormorant

Kingfisher, Dipper and Grey Wagtail all busy feeding in the stream by the car park

Cheers, John

Better today
Heron in large field and one cross the weir.
Goldcrest in tree behind the "Water Station" at the weir
Cormorant
Robins
LongTailed Tits
Blue Tits
Great Tits
Blackbirds
Grey Wagtail on at the Inlet on the small stream by the road

Geoff Walton wrote:

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Hi Anthony,
It was far to far away for a newcomer like me to recognize, but it did feel like a Buzzard.
Yes, I see the kestrel fairly often.
Don't know how often you get down there, but I could be available most afternoons Mon-Thurs, and Sat/Sun pm if needs be, and we could meet ?

I can walk there in 15/20 mins, so don't really need a lot of notice, other than availability.


Geoff

-- Edited by Geoff Walton at 23:41, 2008-11-26

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Hi Geoff, I usually get down there on a Saturday or Sunday Morning and a couple of evenings a week in the summer.
I don't think I'll make it there this weekend, but more than likely the week after.
I'll give you a shout next week and perhaps we could meet up there.

Anthony

Geoff Walton wrote:

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2-3pm

4 Robin
Gtr.SW flying
Kingfisher
Song Thrush
Blackbird
Gt.Tit
Mallard
Bird of prey of some sort, on the dead tree at the front of the woods across the weir

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Geoff, I'm guessing the bird of prey you saw would have been a buzzard...Up to three of them have been roosting in that dead tree in the last few months.
There is plenty of Kestrel activity in the area also.

I was down there Saturday and there was a beautiful looking Jay in the field next to the car park by Otterspool road...

Regards
Anthony

9am-11am
2 Goldcrest
3 Goldfinch
1pr Greater Spotted Woodpeckers
2 Grey Heron
5 Mallard in flooded field
1 Grey wagtail
4 Wren
5 Robin
3 Great Tit
2 Dunnock
1 Song Thrush
3 Blackbird
1 Blue Tit
4 Long Tailed Tit
c250 Pink Footed Geese flying over

Saturday 1.pm, all seen from around the weir

1 Common Buzzard
1 Grey Heron
1 Mandarin Duck
8 Swallows
6 Wren (inc juveniles)
2 Grey Wagtail

Just walking down the road last night, and spotted a Mandarin in the field. Had a good look. It was stood up. so had a really good view.it then flew to a pool in the next field. Guess it was one of the "Etherow contingent"

Geoff

As an aside, today at my brothers house near Warrington, we were treated to a tree creeper climbing up the oak tree in his garden.