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Just found this forum. Have walked dogs and ridden my bike all around this area for almost 20 years and never knew these ponds existed. So got my map out and decided to have a good explore, eventually found them

Ponds and round about

11.30 - 3.00


Quail removed ,after speaking with Ian most probably young pheasant
2 Jay
3 Grey Herron
3 Pheasant
3 Bullfinch
approx 15 Coot
4 Mallard
2 Mute swans with 1 cygnet
1 Kestrel
1 Song Thrush
1 Long Tailed Tit


-- Edited by Lee on Wednesday 4th of July 2012 10:30:36 AM

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Brief visit last night

Ponds very full, few camp fires dotted about and fence pulled down all over.

Coot look to be only waterfowl with young
Mute swans have 1 cygnet left
4 gadwall - not one brood of ducklings
3 mallard again as above
Little grebe again as above with no young
4 tufted duck
Buzzard
80 swift

Shame no one will look after this site as it has great potential but it's just so over grown now


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As I left the La Roma restaurant this evening in Ringley and walked to the small bridge opposite which goes over the Irwell a Cuckoo flew over my head and landed in the trees next to the river near the Horseshoe pub. It stayed silent but I got great close up views of this male bird. After 2-3 minutes of preening it flew up river. Also seen were 2 Grey wagtails.

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A brief glimpse of a Kingfisher as it flew down the Irwell, seen yesterday at 14.25pm from the Giants Seat garden centre at Ringley.

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Mid Morning Mooch

highlights were a Male Shelduck NW - site tick and a Lesser Whitethroat

water levels very high

2 pairs of coot with young, Pair of Canada Geese with 5 young and the pair of Mute Swan have at least 3 Cygnets.

10 Gadwall
4 Tufted Duck
12 Mallard
2 Little Grebe
7 Whitethroat
100 Swift
15 House Martin
Kestrel
Buzzard
2 Stock Dove


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later afternoon

Female Redstart - in bushes around the pond north of motorway
6 Blackcap
5 Willow Warbler
4 Chiffchaff
13 Swallow during a hail shower
Peregine flew up valley
Buzzard
23 Gadwall
22 Tufted Duck
4+ Lapwing


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Around the pools this afternoon and the ploughed field above

6 Snipe
15 Gadwall
20+ Mallard
14 Tufted Duck
3 Goldeneye
18 Teal
26 Coot

Buzzard
5 Stock Dove
7 Lapwing
3 Chiffchaff
Coal tit

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Outwood trail and River Irwell
9.10a.m. to 11.50a.m.
Warm and sunny

Canada goose 2
Mallard 12
Goosander 3
Pheasant 1
Grey Heron 2
Great Crested Grebe 2
Kestrel 1
Coot 6
Woodpigeon 4
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Magpie 12
Jay 8
Carrion Crow 6
Blue Tit 6
Great tit 7
Long-tailed Tit 2
Chiffchaff 3
Wren 5
Blackbird 4
Robin 4
Dunnock 2
House Sparrow 6

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Late WeBs today

2 Pintail (pair)
2 Wigeon (pair)
31 Gadwall
40 Mallard
30 Teal
2 Tufted Duck
Female Goldeneye
2 Little Grebe
2 Mute Swan
Woodcock
4 Lapwing
9 Cormorant east

2 Bullfinch, 2 Goldcrest, Sparrowhawk, Raven and 2 Kestrel

-- Edited by Simon Johnson on Saturday 17th of March 2012 07:11:43 PM

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Lunch time

on ponds
30 Gadwall
21 Mallard
22 Teal
26 Goldeneye
6 Tufted Duck
Goosander
2 Mute Swan
2 Lapwing

Buzzard
2 Kestrel
2 Coal tit,
singing Goldcrest
2 Skylark north
3 Stock Dove
Nuthatch

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Ponds frozen again most birds on river

2 mute swan on a very small patch of water
14 gadwall flushed by a buzzard
20 teal
37 mallard
3 goosander
Little grebe
Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
Kingfisher

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Late post from yesterday

Ponds frozen just small patch with 2 Mute swan

30 Redwing
6 Songthrush
10 Blackbird
Treecreeper
3 Coal tit
Willow Tit
50 Long-tailed tit in 3 seperate flocks
Buzzard
Kestrel

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Lunch time visit

Female Pintail
Wigeon
4 Gadwall
37 Teal

(No diving ducks at all - a lot of tree felling has been done around the ponds so may have been pushed off - to Elton!)

2 Goldcrest
Treecreeper
Willow Tit
27 Long-tailed tit
2 buzzard
Kestrel
Bullfinch (male)

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Not much this afternoon

Mute Swan 2
Canada Goose 93
Gadwall 6
Teal 29
Little Grebe 5

few tit flocks

Blue tit 15, Long-tailed tit 12, Chiffchaff and 5+ Goldcrest

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On the pools

Gadwall 39
Tufted Duck 34
Shoveler 3
Teal 26
Moorhen 9
Canada Goose 113
Mute Swan 2

other sightings

House Martin 30 se and 24 knocking about
Blackcap 9 inc 6 together
Chiffchaff 5
Whitethroat
Willow Tit
Siskin 16
Woodpigeon 300+ in stubble fields
Buzzard
Kestrel 2

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Morning visit and a good soaking

Female tufted duck with 8 small ducklings
Gadwall 14 ads & 18 well grown ducklings
Teal 2
Little grebe 3
Buzzard
Stock dove
Willow tit
Bullfinch family party of 4 ad still feeding young
Reed bunting family party of 6
House Martin 104
Swift 100

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Couple of months since last visit

Gadwall 9 adults + 5 broods = 37 ducklings in total (to start with) (10+9+9+7+2)

However the female of the brood of 10 went mad and 9 ducklings went zooming out to the middle. The 10th fell vicitm to a Mink!! the mink then swam off with it followed by a flock of Black-headed Gulls going mad at it.

The mink are breeding up near the treatment works (and need getting rid of)

Little Grebe 5 only one pair nesting (used to be up to 7 pairs and reckon the Mink have something to do with that too)

Tufted Duck 67
Teal
Mallard 40
Mute Swan 2

Mixed tit flock near motorway bridge had
Long tailed tit 15+
Willow tit
Coal tit 3
Garden Warbler
Great spotted woodpecker and a Jay following

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stupidly early

Swallow 92 moving up irwell valley
Sand Martin
House Martin 5
Swift 30
Gadwall 11
Tufted Duck 2
Mute Swan 2 on ponds + 3 west
Mallard + 11 ducklings on irwell
Jay
Great spotted Woodpecker
Buzzard


possible fall of warblers in area

Sedge Warbler 6
Whitethroat 15
Blackcap 20
Chiffchaff 8

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On the ponds

One has small section of mud

Common Sand and a few Lapwing present
Gadwall 27
Tufted Duck 7
Mallard 15
Mute Swan 2
Little Grebe 2
Swift 25
Sand Martin 10
House Martin 2
Blackcap several
Whitethroat 6
Chiffchaff 3

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Birds seen on a walk from the Horseshoe pub, Ringley to the Giants seat garden centre and back again this afternoon;

4 Singing Whitethroat including one collecting nesting material
2 Blackcaps
Lots of Willow warblers singing
2 Chiffchaff
GS Woodpecker seen drumming on a telegraph pole
8 BH Gulls at the treatment plant
4 Tufted ducks flying over
8 Mallard
Kestrel
2 Buzzards over the woods
Heron
Song thrush
3 Canada geese
2 Moorhen
Treecreeper

-- Edited by Dave Thacker on Sunday 17th of April 2011 09:13:41 PM

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good section of the riverbank has been torched down here.

On the ponds

Gadwall 21
Teal 17
Mallard 23
Tufted Duck 20
Coot 18
Moorhen 3
Canada Goose 10 + 5 which flew in from east at dusk
Mute Swan 2.
Lapwing 11

In the woods
Blackcap 6
Willow Warbler 10
Chiffchaff 2
Jay
Willow Tit heard
Buzzard

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2 Kingfishers seen flying down the Irwell this afternoon, viewed from the Giants Seat Garden centre

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Mute Swan 4 (3 ad + Imm)
Gadwall 8
Teal 14
Tufted Duck 20
Goldeneye 3
Coot 4
Lapwing 20
Buzzard 2
Stock Dove 3
Skylark north
Mpipit north

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Gadwall 3
Teal 13
Goldeneye 22
Tufted Duck 32
Pochard (male)
Mute Swan
Cormorant 2
Little Grebe (first of the year on the ponds)
Kestrel (female)

Skylark flew north
Willow tit
3 long tailed tit flocks containing 6,6&7 birds.
Goldcrest 2 fly catching from a bush in the sunshine


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Few ducks on the pools this morning before being flushed by a guy with a fishing net.

Goldeneye 25 - Smashed last weeks highest count
Pochard 1 male
Gadwall 8
Teal 17
Coot 3
Mute Swan 4

Buzzard & 2 Spahawk displaying

Siskin 2
Bullfinch 2
GSW 2
Pheasnt 6
Jay
Jackdaw 33 high flying west
Reed Bunt 2

Only 1 Robin & 3 Wren!! Blackbird & Song thrush numbers also seem down in the area

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Whoopers still on canal.

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Walk round the treatment works -very windy today and lots of big branches being blown down.

Goldeneye 21 on the rectangle pool (highest count have had here) prob pushed on by the high river. Hardly any other wildfowl tho, still no Gadwall or Little Grebe and small numbers of the others : -
Teal 20
Mallard 3
Tufted Duck 5.

3 Tit flocks along the walk
13 Long-tailed tit - Phillips park road
11 Long-tailed tit- works entrance with Treecreeper, Willow Tit and 5 Great tits
& 10 Blue tit by motorway bridge with a single willow tit.

Female kestrel & a single Buzzard which was hovering at times about the wood.

100+ Woodpigeon & 17 Magpie in the fields and that was itdisbelief.gif



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With Iain Johnson this am

Whooper Swans still present in the same place, apparently feeding on bread, according to a dog walker we spoke to!

We didn't try to make them fly though!

Thanks to Iain for the leap of faith!

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The Adult whooper swan was on it own for approx a week then 4 days ago it was joined by the younger one. Both appear OK.

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The 2 Whooper Swans still present 2.30 this afternoon on canal opposite
Stoneclough (also 2 mute Swans in basin by Prestolee locks}

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Might be an idea to give them the once-over to make sure nothing amiss (ie can they fly, (esp. the adult) wings OK?) as it seems a bit of an odd place for 2 Whoopers to winter, if anyone passing that way.

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Judith, im certain these will be the same swans we saw back in December, when we last saw them they had split up with a single adult on the river on its own.

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2 Whooper Swans, adult + young, On canal between Prestolee and Ringley, also Common Buzzard over.

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I wonder if these are the same as the birds on the Irwell at Prestolee back in December- ish?

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today- 1 juv + 1 adult whooper swans on canal at ringley-just north of a667.
must be resting whilst migrating.

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2-4 pm
Not many birds on the pools after the cold snap

Mute Swan 2
Canada Goose 39
Mallard 19
Teal 27
Goldeneye 7
BHG 112
Long-tailed Tit 2 groups of 10


a tit flock worked its way down the hedgerow passed Sedgley Park rugby pitches

Blue tit 26
Great tit 8
Chaffinch 14
Bullfinch 2
GSW
Song thrush 2


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Winter Survey for SD70 W - Ringley still frozen - most ducks on river

Gadwall - Single male on ice
Mallard 44
Teal 5
Goldeneye 4
Goosander 2
Spahawk 2
Kestrel 2
Buzzard 2

In the woods
Nuthatch 4
Goldcrest 3
Blue tit 30
GSW


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2pm

2 Bramblings flew in front of my car near the new treatment plant as I travelled to Giants seat garden centre in Ringley. In trees at the top car park were 2 Goldcrests and a GS Woodpecker

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Buzzard 3 south in the afternoon
Shoveler 10
Gadwall 34
Teal 30
Little Grebe
Mute Swan 3
Willow Tit
Kestrel

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Lapwing 90 on south pool plus 43 flying above the fields above Ringley
Snipe 2
Green Sand
Gadwall 15
Teal 19
Shoveler
Tufted Duck 11
Little Grebe 6
Spahawk
Buzzard

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late post from yesterday eve 3/8

Still some mud south Pool

93 Lapwing, 16 Gadwall, 2 Little grebe, Kestrel, 30 Long tailed tit and 4 Blackcap of any note

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Early morning - wet - didnt cash in on the bit of wader movement other sites have had this morning and the site was disturbed by a gut with waders and a big net.

LRP 3 ad 1 juv, Green Sand (heard) & Lapwing 27

Ducks also down with Gadwall 7, Tufted Duck 26, Mallard 77, Teal 7, Little Grebe 2 (ad + Juv), Cormornat 2 flew West

Kestrel Male and Female - seen taking food towards Pilikington tile factory, female Spahawk hunting fields by cemetry

Swift 110 NW, Swallow 50, House Martin 29, Sand Martin 6.

Stock Dove 5, GSW 2, Jay 6, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, Blackcap and Goldrest all confirmed breeding with young seen begging for food!

Gropper reeling and also Reed and Sedge Warbler singing.

Looks like Mink are also breeding down here with an adult seen walking down the path an off into the vegitation carrying a MOLE - which was still alive!!

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Quick look tonight in the rain

Gadwall are having a good year down here with now 6 broods!! Ducklings were down to 26 but then spotted this further brood of 5 this eve - 31 young!!

Green Sand
LRP Juv
Lapwing 77
Gadwall 10
Teal 6
Mallard 80
Tufted Duck 40
Little Grebe 1ad 1 juv

Juv Kestrel and Bullfinch also

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Quick look with Sean S at lunch time

few more waders on the pools

Greenshank, Common & Green Sandpiper, 4 LRP and 39 Lapwing.

Now 5 broods of Gadwall with another on the south pool total of 29 ducklings (this is the highest number of young have had down here - i thinkhmm.gif)

Mallard 95, Tufted Duck 51, Teal 2, Gadwall 6 (5 female + 1 Male)

Loads of butterlies down here 10+ species!

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Not been down for a while - quick visit after work and the pools have good muddy edges. Lots of birds.

Green Sand, 2 LRP, 15 Lapwing, 80 Mallard + 2 broods, 6 Gadwall + 4 broods total 23 ducklings, tufted duck 20, teal 5. Only 3 coot and 3 Little Grebe - none have young and only 4 young Moorhen seen.

5 Grey Heron and a Cormorant sat on mud.

Swift 26, Swallow 40+ Many young birds sitting on wires, 15 Goldfinch, GSW, Bullfinch male.

Reed Warbler, Blackcap and Whitethroat still singing. Loads of young Blue, Great & Long tailed tit and also a couple of recently fledged coal tit.

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18 Gadwall Still present, plus a male tufted only ducks of note.

Pair of Stock done present. 7 Willow Tit including 5 fledged young - confirmed for the Atlas at long last! Also Tawny Owl and GSW confirmed breeders in this square.

Whitethroats all over, and lots of young Blue and Long-tailed tits.

Also had a Siskin at Whitefield Golf club on the way home.

-- Edited by Simon Johnson on Saturday 12th of June 2010 12:32:08 PM

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Am visit

Femal Pintail still present
Tufted Duck 40
Gadwall 24
Little Grebe
BHG 60

Teal seem to have moved on now

Massive influx of Warblers 18 Blackcap, 20+ Willow Warbler and 3 Whitethroat

Buzzard 2

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17/4 early eve

Female Pintail still present
Teal 43
Mallard 51
Tufted Duck 41
Gadwall 27
Little Grebe 3
Moorhen 8
Chiffchaff 4, Blackcap 5, Willow Warbler 5 - singing
Linnet 15 west
Woodpigeon 92
Stock Dove 9
Kestrel 2
Buzzard 2

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Good numbers of ducks on the ponds :

Female Pintail
Gadwall 38
Teal 34
Mallard 25
Tufted Duck 37
Goldeneye 3
Canada Goose 8.

Also

Willow Tit, 5 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 5 Jay, Kestrel, 2 Buzzard, Nuthatch and 5 Stock Dove

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Quick look this am. Disturbance by 3 guys wading out into the ponds wi big nets and buckets!
Gadwall 29
Tufted duck 26
Teal 22
Little grebe 3
Buzzard
Chiffchaff 3
Bullfinch male
LBBG 15 nort
Meadow pipit 3 north

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