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RE: AUDENSHAW RESERVOIRS


This morning, the redhead Smew was initially on no 1 reservoir then flew onto no 2. Also 1 drake Pintail,  26 Teal, 12 Shoveler, 7 Pochard, c10 Goldeneye, 3 Goosander,  187 Lapwings and 12+ Snipe. Also a first winter Caspian Gull again on no 3 for about 10 mins and 41 Great Black-backed Gulls



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31/12/22 morning visit
Smew still on no2
1st winter Caspian Gull in briefly at about 10am
1 Green Sandpiper
1 Dunlin
28 Lapwing
c60 Snipe
1 Wigeon
10 Pochard
8 Shoveler
13 Teal
c20 Goldeneye
4 Goosander
20+ Great Crested Grebe
7 Mute Swan
20+ Tufted Duck
50+ Coot
c10 Mallard
3 Moorhen
1 Heron
2 Meadow Pipit
2 Grey Wagtail
2 Ring-necked Parakeet over

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1st-winter Caspian Gull roosted this evening, redhead Smew also still present.



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Today's highlights included c85 Brent Geese flew over NE at 09:30, with c70 quickly followed by 15 and the redhead Smew remains.



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Late am/early pm today;- the redhead Smew continues on no 1. Other birds included 2 Gadwall, 39 Teal, 12 Shoveler, 16 Pochard, c15 Goldeneye, 10 Goosander, 19 Lapwings, 4 Snipe and 12 Great Black-backed Gulls. Also 3 Pintail were seen earlier but had departed by late morning



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Redhead Smew on no. 1 early this morning. 



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Redhead Smew on no 2 reservoir.

Other birds included 1 male Pintail, 10 Shoveler, 2 Gadwall, 25 Teal, 2 Pochard, c15+ Goldeneye, 3 Goosander, 73 Lapwings and a Redpoll. 

Please note that access to this site is strictly by permit only via key holder only accessed gates.



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This morning, c35 Teal, 2 Pintail, 2 Gadwall, 4 Shoveler, 1 Pochard, c10 Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, 96 Lapwings, several Snipe, 1 Green Sandpiper, 1 Redshank and 1 Chiffchaff. 



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This afternoon, 3 Caspian Gulls in the roost (1 1st winter and 2 x 2nd winter birds), also the regular adult Yellow-legged Gull. Other birds included the Black Swan, 20 Teal, 10 Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 4 Pochard, 242 Lapwings. at least 8 Snipe and 1 Little Grebe. 



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This afternoon, the Black Swan, 25 Teal, 6 Gadwall, 15 Shoveler, 9 Pochard, 9 Goldeneye, 5 Goosander, 2 Little Grebes, 244 Lapwings, 6 Snipe, 2 Yellow-legged Gulls (adult and 1st winter) and 1 Redpoll. 



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Glossy Ibis not seen after 11:20am

Other birds present included the Black Swan, c30 Teal, 8 Gadwall, 3 Pintail, 17 Shoveler, 1 Pochard, several Goldeneye, 2 Little Grebes, c250 Lapwings, 1 Oystercatcher, 10+ Snipe and 2 Redpolls. 



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Glossy Ibis on number 1 reservoir this morning.

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Highlights this morning were the Black Swan, c15 Teal, 2 Pintail, 8 Wigeon, 6 Gadwall, 11 Shoveler, 6 Goldeneye, 3 Little Grebes and a singing Chiffchaff. 



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This evening, the Black Swan, 164 Teal, 71 Wigeon, 18 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 6 Pintail, 1 Goldeneye, 2 Goosander, 4 Little Grebes, 1 Little Egret, 5 Lapwings and an adult Yellow legged Gull. 



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23/10/2022 some sightings from yesterday morning with other site regulars.

6 Whooper Swan came in with 3 1st year birds that turned out to be Mute Swans. The Whoopers left east after about an hour on site.
With the additional young birds a final count of 54 Mute Swans
Black Swan
1 Rock Pipit
7 Pintail
Other ducks similar to Fridays count, minus Goldeneye and Pochard.
1 Dunlin
12 Lapwing
c10 Snipe seen
A few Redwing over
1 Skylark over
1 Kestrel


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This morning the Black Swan, c100 Teal, 10 Gadwall, 6 Pintail, 18 Shoveler, 73 Wigeon, 4 Goldeneye, 1 Little Egret, 3 Little Grebes, 70 Lapwings, 1 Dunlin. 2 Snipe, 39 Redwings, 2 Fieldfares and a Lesser Redpoll



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This morning some good counts of duck with 13 Pintail, 94 Wigeon, 29 Shoveler, 12 Gadwall, 163 Teal, 2 Pochard and the Goldeneye. Other sightings from this morning included c70+ Lapwings, 5 Snipe, a brief Little Egret, the Black Swan, 2 Little Grebes, a Stonechat, c10+ Meadow Pipits, and 2 Sparrowhawks. 



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Highlights from this morning included first Rock Pipit of the autumn, 1 Black Swan, 1 Goldeneye, 67 Wigeon, 10 Gadwall, 3 Pintail, 141 Lapwing, 3 Skylark, 1 Chiffchaff, 6 Meadow Pipit.

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This morning 10 Whooper Swans, 5 Pintail, 70 Wigeon, 1 Pochard, 1 Goldeneye, plus several Gadwall, c20 Shoveler, c80 Teal, c75 Lapwings, 26 Snipe and a Peregrine. 



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This morning, 1 Black Swan, 49 Mute Swans, 67 Teal, 24 Shoveler, 11 Gadwall, 46 Wigeon, 8 Pintail, 1 Goldeneye, 4 Goosander, 5 Little Grebes and 36 Lapwings. 



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Late am/early pm today, the Black Swan, c50 Teal (although more could have been hiding in the vegetation on the island), c20 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 8 Pintail, 68 Wigeon, 2 Pochard, 1 Goldeneye, 6 Little Grebes, 80 Lapwings and a Swallow. 



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This morning- the Black Swan, c40 Pink-footed Geese E, c100+ Teal, c20 Shoveler, 6 Pintail, 86 Wigeon, 1 Goldeneye, 1 Black-necked Grebe, 2 Little Grebes, 61 Lapwings, 1 Ruff, 1 Dunlin, 1 Little Egret and 4 Chiffchaffs. 



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Good movement of Pink-footed Geese this morning with 11 skeins of approx 1093 birds, Ruff still present though elusive, 6 Pintail, 1 Goldeneye, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Dunlin, 14 Ring-necked Parakeet, 40 Meadow Pipit being the highlights.

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Ruff on No.1 this morning but elusive, Ringed Plover (heard only) 5 Pintail, 1 Black Swan, 2 Black-necked Grebe, 1 Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper, 11 Ring-necked Parakeet and the welcome start of the Autumn with my first 13 Skylark, 30 Meadow Pipit, 4 Linnet, 10 Chiffchaff.

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Juvenile Curlew Sandpiper on no 1 briefly this morning, flew up from the spit with Lapwings and lost to view. Also the Black Swan, 139 Teal, 9 Gadwall, 20 Shoveler, 65 Wigeon, 6 Pintail, 5 Little Grebes, 2 Black-necked Grebes, 104 Lapwings, 3 Common Sandpipers, 1 Dunlin, 3 Snipe, 1 Peregrine, 1 Kestrel and 9 Swallows. 



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This morning/early afternoon, an increase in duck numbers with 110 Teal, 9 Gadwall, 2 Pintail, 21 Shoveler, and 51 Wigeon. Also the Black Swan, 45 Mute Swans, 7 Little Grebes, 2 Black-necked Grebes, 66 Lapwings, Green and Common Sandpipers, 1 Ringed Plover, 3 Snipe and 3 Dunlin. 



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8.45a.m. - 11.30 a.m. 

1 garganey, 1 great egret, 2-3 common sandpiper, 9 black-tailed godwits, 2 swifts, c20 house martins, 5 wheatear (possible 7), 2 yellow wagtails, a possible tree pipit with c20 meadows (seen by G. Hughes), 64 wigeon, uncounted numbers of teal, gadwall, shoveler, pintail (I was told 3, but saw only 1), 2 kestrels, and a distant sparrowhawk. Plenty of the usuals too.



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Red-necked Phalarope, Pectoral Sandpiper and Great White Egret all present at 5pm, all on No1.
I had 2 visits today 10am - 2pm and 4-5 pm.
I didn't see the Red-necked Phalarope during the first visit and may have been elsewhere possibly on site. Grateful for a message from Andy Bissitt that it was back on No 1 and went back to find it!

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Red-necked Phalarope and Pectoral Sandpiper both still present this morning.



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Sun 28th Aug.
Morning visit after Ians texts and it turned out to be a decent hours birding, and nice to see some familiar faces.

All birds listed were on No.1 reservoir.

- juvenile Red-necked Phalarope
- 1 Pectoral Sandpiper
- 2 Black-necked Grebe
- 1 Great White Egret
- 1 Green Sandpiper
- 1 Common Snipe
- 1 Black Swan
- 3 Common Gulls


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12:45-14:15

Red Necked Phalarope and Pectoral Sandpiper both now on number 1 reservoir. As was Great White Egret and Black Swan.

Also 3+ Common Sandpiper, Gadwall, Ringed Plover and 100+Lapwing. 



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A decent morning on the reservoirs so far, with a Red-necked Phalarope found on no.3 and a short time later, a Pectoral Sandpiper found on no.1!

Info thanks to Ray Scally



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This morning the Black Swan, 30 Teal , 3 Gadwall, 19 Shoveler, 9 Wigeon, 2 Shelduck,  1 Black-necked Grebe,  4 Little Grebes,  1 Great White Egret,  1 Kestrel,  1 adult Hobby,  the breeding plumaged Grey Plover,  up to 16 Black tailed Godwits,  1 Green Sandpiper,  3 Common Sandpipers,  2 Little Ringed Plovers,  1 Snipe,  1 Ring-necked Parakeet,  18 Swifts,  2 Sedge Warblers,  2 Chiffchaffs and a Wheatear. 



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24/8/2022 up until 11.45

A breeding plumaged Grey Plover was found early morning by another regular.

A Great White Egret was also present (assumed returning bird, first seen again on Monday evening) a second bird had joined it by 10.30

In addition
2 Oystercatcher
3 Ringed Plover
3 Little Ringed Plover
2 Common Sandpiper
1 Green Sandpiper
2 Snipe
1 Dunlin


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A very decent morning (9.00 - 11.15). A 1st Winter Little gull was on No.2 straight away, followed immediately by an Osprey quite high over No.1. It was battling into a stiff breeze, so was in view for quite a while before it was lost to the West. Walking round to the north end of No1 brought the 2 greenshanks into view, and whilst looking at these, and 4 dunlin, a Ruff was picked up. Other highlights were a fem. kestrel, seen twice, and seeing a Great Crested Grebe with 3 recently hatched young. The Little gull was still present as I left.



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No sign of the Great White Egret by 8.30am this morning but only 3 Grey Herons too. Otherwise the Black Swan,  9 Teal,  8 Gadwall,  4 Shoveler,  15 Goosander,  1 Little Grebe,  1 Oystercatcher,  1 Ringed Plover,  3 Little Ringed Plover,  2 Dunlin,  1 Redshank,  2 Greenshank,  2 Green Sandpipers , just 1 Common Sandpiper,  11 Snipe,  2 Swifts and a Wheatear. 



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This morning the Great White Egret remains on no 1. Also the Black Swan,  4 Gadwall,  4 Shoveler,  13 Teal , 3 Wigeon, 16 Goosander,   1 Little Grebe,  1 Greenshank,  2 Green Sandpipers,  8 Common Sandpipers,  2 Dunlin,  2 Little Ringed Plover,  3 Snipe,  1 Ring-necked Parakeet,  12 Swifts and a Wheatear.



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This morning the Great White Egret continues to show well on no 1 along with a Little Egret. Other birds included the Black Swan,  8 Teal,  7 Shoveler, 3 Wigeon,  1 Goldeneye,  18 Goosander,  2 Little Grebes,  juvenile Peregrine,  just 3 Lapwings,  7 Black-tailed Godwits,  1 Redshank,  2 Snipe,  Common Sandpiper, 1 Green Sandpiper , 1 Great Black-backed Gull,  c20 Swifts and a Yellow Wagtail. A Dunlin was also seen earlier. 



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The Great Egret and the Australian Black Swan still present at 8pm

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Great White Egret and 2 Little Egrets along east side on No1 reser. at about 7:30 this morning.

Some ringing info received recently regarding a colour ringed Little Egret seen on 17th July together with 3 other Little Egrets.
Left leg White (6), Right leg Green (K).
It was ringed in the nest, one of a brood of three in a colony near Hale Cheshire on 2/6/22

Ringed by Merseyside RG


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Great White Egret still present at 6:30pm



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Great Egret on no 1 reservoir 10.45 -12 noon at least

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This morning the Black Swan,  14 Teal,  4 Gadwall, 3 Shoveler,  1 Goldeneye,  1 Little Grebe,  pair of Great Crested Grebes with at least 2 chicks,  6 Lapwings,  1 Little Ringed Plover, 2  Snipe, 4 Common Sandpipers,  1 Green Sandpiper,  c40 Swifts and 10 Grey Herons.  



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Early afternoon today, an Arctic Tern arrived on no 2 reservoir and remained for c20 mins before departing south. Otherwise Black Swan,  1 Shoveler,  3 Teal,  15 Lapwings,  several Little Ringed Plovers,  3 Snipe,  Green Sandpiper, 3 Common Sandpipers. 



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14 black-tailed godwits dropped into No. 1 reservoir during a squall this morning. They stayed for about 20 minutes before flying round for another 5 or so, then gained height above the waters until almost beyond the human eye (just shows you what might be up there at any time!). Also 2 redshank, green sandpiper, common sandpiper, little ringed plovers (2), and a few lapwings made up the wader scene.



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This morning, similar to yesterday with the Black Swan,  1 Teal,  1 Goldeneye,  17 Goosander, 4 Little Grebes,  1 Lapwing , 1 Green Sandpiper,  6 Common Sandpipers,  1 Dunlin and several Little Ringed Plovers. 



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Early afternoon today saw the Black Swan,  c200 Mallard,  1 Teal,  31 Goosander,  3 Little Grebes,  Green Sandpiper,  3+ Common Sandpipers,  1 Little Ringed Plover and 1 Dunlin. 



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Ian McKerchar wrote:

Full list of this mornings on-site birding:

Black Swan,  3 Gadwall, 4 Avocets  (adult and 3 juvenile), 4 Little Grebes, 2 Oystercatchers,  3 Common Sandpipers,  1 Green Sandpiper,  1 Dunlin,  1 Knot,  a moulting adult Black Tern, and  1 Common Tern.


 There was also one yellow wagtail, and one wheatear, as well as willow warbler and chiffchaff being heard.



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Full list of this morning’s on-site birding:

Black Swan,  3 Gadwall, 4 Avocets  (adult and 3 juvenile), 4 Little Grebes, 2 Oystercatchers,  3 Common Sandpipers,  1 Green Sandpiper,  1 Dunlin,  1 Knot,  a moulting adult Black Tern, and  1 Common Tern.



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Black Tern and Knot also present this morning.



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