This afternoon:

adult Iceland Gull

2 Caspian Gulls (adult and 1st winter)

adult Yellow-legged Gull

This evening:

3rd winter Caspian Gull

2 Yellow-legged Gulls  (adult and 3rd winter)

2 Shoveler

4 Pochard

9/11/21 Morning visit from 8:15

9 Common Scoter on No3 all fem/imm.
1 Water Rail still in same area of No1
4 Shoveler
8 Teal
Goldeneye numbers alarmingly low for the date, max. 6
4 Snipe

Another regular saw a Green Sandpiper yesterday when there was also a single Wigeon on No1 and 2 Fieldfare entering a garden along the east side No1.

john tromans wrote:

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Snow Bunting showed quite well from 9 to 9.30;on the slope of no 3. About 100 yds west from the hide .

seen to move into the more grassy cover by the wall where it is more difficult to see. Great find and a GM tick for me. 

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Nice one John. I turned up about 11.30am yesterday and it had gone despite the murk and wind. A two hour search with Paul Brewster drew a blank though I did get a Rock Pipit on No.1 res as a consolation prize (though not a GM tick - I've seen a few now)

-- Edited by Tim Wilcox on Monday 25th of October 2021 10:36:37 AM

Snow bunting showed well on the causeway Bank of no 3 around 4.50pm , a couple with a dog managed to spook it & it flew off to no 1 res but eventually came back.

Snow Bunting still present this afternoon feeding along causeway bank of no 3. Can be extremely difficult to see.

This evening:

The Water Rail remains in the NE corner of no 1. Also 10 Shoveler,  c20+ Teal,  1 Wigeon,  1 Little Egret,  2 LIttle Grebes, 1 Dunlin and a Rock Pipit. 

Saw the water rail this morning around 11.30 thanks to a lovely birder (jaz) Lots of shoveler , coots and tufted ducks present, a few wigeon c40 cormorant 16 great crested grebe 1 little grebe 2 teal 1 little egret ( spotted by Jaz) still present when I left at 1pm 7 grey heron 5 lapwing 8 mute swan 3 grey wagtail 1 pied wagtail 1 teal 2 pochard

A couple of hours this morning, only around no 1 res.

The Water Rail put in an appearance at 0825 when it walked across a gap in the reeds in the north east corner.

Other birds seen included

Common Sandpiper
Little Grebe
2 Rook over
12 Goosander
6 Ring-necked Parakeet over
3 Lapwing
5 Snipe
57 Cormorant
Greenfinch over

Cycling past on the main road this afternoon 2 Great Black Backed Gull were over the reservoir. 

Visit with other site regulars this morning.

Highlights included

8 Wigeon
2 Pochard
c12 Shoveler
Sparrowhawk
12 Ring-necked Parakeet over
Common Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Ringed Plover
6+ Snipe
Goldcrest near gate

Lots of vismig this morning including large numbers of Pink-footed Geese, many of these probably included birds seen from Horwich Moors.
Also large numbers of Woodpigeon on the move and smaller passerines, many of which were Meadow Pipits and Pied Wagtails and Skylarks and one Greenfinch over
Apologies for no precise counts on these.

This morning:

1 Pintail

13 Shoveler

c20+ Teal

3 Wigeon

1 Goldeneye

3 Pochard

14+ Snipe

1 Common Sandpiper

12 House Martins

Wheatear

 

21/9/21 Combined sightings from a few regulars this morning

Quite amazing numbers of wildfowl on no1, they continue to build daily.

106 Wigeon (these have built from the 25 Saturday to 54 Sunday and 70+ yesterday)
5 Pochard
12 Shoveler
7 Gadwall
33+ Teal
2 Pintail
1 Goldeneye
120+ Coot
150-200 Tufted Duck across all 3 resers.
10+ Moorhen
25 Mute Swan
3 Little Grebe
6 Goosander (a count of 40 plus was made on Saturday early morning)
25 Great Crested Grebe on No2 plus another 10 or so on Nos 1 and 3
Canada Geese have been counted regularly at first light at over 400, some linger all day on No1.
10+ Cormorant
50+ Mallard
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Common Sandpiper
2 Ringed Plover
1 Dunlin
8+ Snipe
40+ Meadow Pipit
3 Wheatear
8 Reed Bunting
3 Chiffchaff
3 Swallow

This morning:

2 Pintail

21 Wigeon

4 Gadwall

16 Teal

6 Shoveler

18 Goosander

1 Peregrine

2 Ringed Plovers

1 Dunlin

1 Common Sandpiper  

3 Ring-necked Parakeets over no 2

Wheatear

 

Help required:

We have tried unsuccessfully to make contact with anybody at United Utilities regarding permits for Audenshaw. We have tried Ed Lawrence and Ian Leech by email and the widely available phone number over the last five years and have not been able to speak to anybody let alone get on a waiting list.

If anybody out there has an up to date contact we would be grateful

Thank you in anticipation

T & C

4DLC ringed as a female cygnet 7/8/2020 Vulcan Village, Newton-le-Willows

4DIA ringed as a female cygnet 1/12/2019 Salford Quays

4ASZ ringed as a second year male 19/1/2019 King George V Pool, Altrincham

Thanks, Simon

This morning:

1 Pintail

3 Wigeon

2 Shoveler

2 Gadwall

7 Teal

1 Goldeneye

3 Little Grebes

3 Lapwings

3 Dunlin

8 Snipe

8 Moorhens

1 Chiffchaff

2 Wheatears

8 Reed Buntings

4/9/21 some sightings with two other regulars from early morning

Little Gull over no2, settling occasionally
1 Whinchat
2 Wheatear
7 Snipe
1 Pintail
5 Wigeon
4 Shoveler
4 Teal
1 Kestrel
1 Buzzard
1 Sparrowhawk

Quiet this morning 36 species, highlights:

Gadwall 2
Shoveler 4
Teal 1
Little Grebe 1
Ring-necked Parakeet 1
Wheatear 2
Swift 11
Buzzard 1

2 Yellow Wagtails from yesterday had gone through, no sign this morning.

24/8/21 this evening

1 juvenile Ruff
1 Dunlin
1 Common Sandpiper
6 Wheatear
1 Ring-necked Parakeet
13 Mute Swan

Excellent morning, very Autumnal ! a light misty rain starting about 30 minutes after arrival, 37 species today but it was more quality than quantity, highlights being:

Common Tern - 3 juvs
Goosander - 16
Black-tailed Godwit - 19, single first thing, then flock of 18 later in morning, circled and left.
Ruddy Turnstone - 1 flew in and left high.
Dunlin - 9 certainly maybe more.
Common Snipe - 2
Common Sandpiper - 4
Yellow-legged Gull - 1
Chiffchaff - 2
Wheatear - 1, bird of the day as it suddenly appeared on the wall in front of the hide during the rain.

Late news for yesterday morning:

2 Sanderlings

1 Dunlin

1 Ringed Plover

2 Little Ringed Plover

1 Common Sandpiper  

1 Common Tern

21 Goosander

1 Goldeneye

Juvenile Black-necked Grebe on no. 1 reservoir this morning. Also, 1 Goldeneye,  21 Goosander, 1 Little Ringed Plover and 2/3 Common Sandpiper.

Common Scoter very early morning, circled high and went off south west. Other highlights, Redshank 1, Dunlin heard only, Common Sandpiper 4, Oystercatcher 3, Tufted Duck 289, Goosander 20, Ring-necked Parakeet 1.