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This am, highlights.

Red-breasted Merganser x 1(flitting between No 2 & No 3).
Common Tern x 6.
Common Sandpiper x 4.
Grey Heron x 4.
Sparrowhawk x 1 female, (left a young Lesser Black-backed Gull injured & exhausted, and was finished off by a pair of Carrion Crow).
Goldeneye x 2 ( eclipse male & a female).
Gadwall x 4.
Cormorant x 1.
Tufted Duck x c76.
Female Mallard with 4 chicks.




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Late afternoon until 5:45 today: 

 

1 Red-breasted Merganser on no2

1 Redshank

1 Little Ringed Plover

2 Common Sandpiper



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31 Common Scoter present this morning.



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No sign of the Little Egret mid pm today, presumably flushed by a Grey Heron which appeared to have taken its place!



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Drake Common Scoter present on no.1 reservoir.



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Four Black-tailed Godwits over north around midday too.



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Red-breasted Merganser and also a Little Egret on No.1 reservoir around midday.



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Single Red-breasted Merganser still present in no.1 at 5pm.



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This am 06:45-10:30

Highlights.

Red-breasted Merganser x 1(possibly 2) was originally located on #2, but flew off. Another was located a while later on #1. Unsure if was the same bird or not. Record shots below.

Lapwing x 1 (juvenile).
Ringed Plover x 2.
Common Sandpiper x 2.
Oystercatcher x 2.
Common Scoter x 1 (male).
Goldeneye x 1 (male).
Tufted Duck x c50.
Kestrel x 1.
Raven x 1.
Grey Heron x 3.


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Both Red-breasted Mergansers still present on no.2 reservoir.



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No sign of mergansers or scoters at 3:20pm



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2 Red-breasted Merganser and 2 Common Scoters present today. 



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An immature drake Common Scoter on no2 today, also 1 Tufted Duck and 1 Goldeneye.



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This am of note..Ringed Plover x 4, Goldeneye (male) x 1, Grey Wagtail x 2, Grey Heron x 1, Swift x 150+ âðð¦

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06:50-10:00, quiet morning.

Ringed Plover x 2.
Linnet x 2.
Tufted Duck x 2.

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This morning's sightings, 7-8pm:

3 Turnstone 

Ringed Plover 

2 Dunlin 2

300+ Swift 



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07:30-11:45 .

Accompanied by another site regular. A really quiet morning.

Highlights.

Sanderling x 2.
Bullfinch x 2.(males next to the motorway collecting nesting material)
Blackcap x 1.

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Birds from this morning include:

3 Sanderling

3 Dunlin

2 Ringed Plover

1 Goosander



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Additional to this morning's sighting's

Goldeneye x 1.
Linnet x 2.

Image's of the darker of the two Sanderling attached.

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This morning:

5 Oystercatchers

2 Dunlin

2 Common Sanndpiper

Ringed Plover

Kittiwake briefly at 8am

Yellow Wagtail

2 Sanderling



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This morning up to 08:20-

 

2 Dunlin 

1 Ringed Plover 

3 Common Sandpiper

2 Wheatear

1 male Yellow Wagtail.



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This afternoon's sightings:

 

4 Sanderling still at present, feeding on No.1

3 Whimbrel dropped on to No.2

2 Common Sandpiper



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Audenshaw this morning up to 08:00- 

4 Sanderling 

6 Ringed Plover 

1 Common Sandpiper

1 Wheatear

2 Yellow Wagtail

1 Goldeneye 

400+ Swift



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This morning up to 08:30:

2 Turnstone 

2 Whimbrel

2 Ringed Plover 

1 Wheatear

1 Peregrine 

1 Greylag Goose

1 Goldeneye 

450 Swift



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05:45 to 08:25 this morning:

 

Whimbrel

Black-necked Grebe

Redshank

2 Dunlin

12 Shelduck through and 2 Shelduck down

2 Wheatear

350 Swift

3 Common Sandpiper

1 Yellow Wagtail

2 Raven

1 goldeneye



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Further sightings for this mornings wader fest.

Oystercatcher x 3.
Ringed Plover x 2.
Common Sandpiper x 3.

Also,
Grey Wagtail x 2
Goldeneye x 1 (female).
Linnet x 2.

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Further sightings from this morning:

Turnstone on no. 3

5 Arctic Terns through

Yellow Wagtail

Wheatear



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This morning's highlights so far:

2 single Grey Plovers flew through east

Whimbrel flew through east

Greenshank

Redshank

2 Common Sandpiper

Black-necked Grebe on no. 3



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Sightings from this morning:

 

Turnstone on no. 3

Black-necked Grebe on no. 3

2 Ringed Plover

1 Arctic Tern flew through

3 Wheatear

1 Yellow Wagtail

c30 Swift

2 Lapwing

 

 



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Mid-afternoon today:

1 Sanderling

5 Dunlin

1 Ringed Plover

2 Wheatear

4 White Wagtail

1 Swift



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Mid pm today:

6 Black Terns

7 Arctic Terns

2 Common Terns



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In addition to this morning.

Common Sandpiper x 3.
Ringed Plover x 1.
Wheatear x c4.
Linnet x 3.
Goldeneye x 1.(female).
Reed Bunting x 1(male).
Black Tern x c6.
Arctic Tern x c10.
Swift x c20.
Yellow Wagtail x 1.
White Wagtail x c3.
Grey Wagtail x 1.

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Three Black Tern on no. 1 reservoir this morning.



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So far this morning:

4 Bar-tailed Godwit on no. 2

Sanderling

2 Dunlin

2 Arctic Terns trough

 



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Three Black Terns present at 3pm at least.



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Further sightings from today:

At least 5 additional Arctic Tern

4 Yellow Wagtail

1 Common Tern

Male Whinchat



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Little Tern currently present.



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Early the morning:

Two Bar-tailed Godwit present but possibly left the site

9 Arctic Terns 

7 Wheatear

9 White Wagtail

3 Common Sandpiper

3 Dunlin

Whimbrel

Yellow Wagtail

 



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From very early this morning:

2 Long-tailed Duck

Curlew

Common Sandpiper 

3 Wheatear

10 Swift

6 White Wagtail



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Ian Campbell wrote:

Not a sighting but can someone tell me, are the Long-tailed Duck in Summer plumage?
Cheers Ian




Afternoon Ian, not full summer, but getting there. Very dark but not complete as yet, and still a lot growth required for the tail. Taken last Saturday, not the greatest image, but enough to gauge development

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Not a sighting but can someone tell me, are the Long-tailed Duck in Summer plumage?
Cheers Ian

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Sightings from this morning included:

3 Oystercatcher

2 Little Ringed Plover 

2 Swift

2 Wheatear 

Ringed Plover 

Sparrowhawk

2 Long-tailed Duck



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Late afternoon today:

1 Reed Bunting

1 Wheatear

2 Swift

2 Ringed Plover,

5 Linnet

6 Common Sandpiper,

c50 Swallow

c500 Sand Martin

Both Long-tailed Ducks






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Some sightings from this morning:

Whimbrel seen briefly on ground then flew south

2 Swift

Common Sandpiper 

Little Ringed Plover 

2 Ringed Plover 

White Wagtail 

20+ House Martin

2 Wheatear 

2 Long-tailed Duck



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Up until 8am this morning, 5 Common Sandpiper, 1 Ringed Plover, 4 Wheatear, 2 Long-tailed Duck, c150 Sand Martin, few Swallow, 1 House Martin, 1 Swift.



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Sightings from an hour or so before midday,

11 Wheatear

1 Ringed Plover

2 Common Sandpiper

Shelduck

Both Long-tailed Ducks still present

Willow Warbler singing along railway side



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06:20-10:00 NW , Sunny/Bright/Calm.

Met up with 4 other site regulars.

Highlights.

Long-tailed Duck x 2.
Goosander x 2.
Wheatear x 9+.
White Wagtail x 5+.
Common Sandpiper x 7.
Goldeneye x 2.
Meadow Pipit x 1.
Grey Heron x 1.
Little Ringed Plover x 1.

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06:10-12:00 SW.

Accompanied by another site regular, and another three en passant.

Highlights.

Turnstone x 1.
Long-tailed Duck x2.
Wheatear x 6+.
Ringed Plover x 2.
Common Sandpiper x 2.
Dunlin x 1.
Teal x 2.
Goosander x 2.
Linnet x 2.
Grey Wagtail x 1.



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Highlights from this morning:

2 Long-tailed Duck

Whimbrel - 1 on east bank of no 1 and another 4 north

2 Little Ringed Plover

2 Common Sandpiper

2 Teal

Yellow Wagtail

Curlew

Ringed Plover

Peregrine

Wheatear



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This evening's sightings:

 

1 Ringed Plover

1 Oystercatcher

1 Common Sandpiper

2 Wheatear

2 Long-tailed Duck

1 Whimbrel stood on one of the exposed flat areas on no1.

 

 



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