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Tom Morton


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Afternoon - at least 27 Yellowhammers and 7 Reed Buntings in ploughed field by railway line along with Linnets and an immaculately plumaged White Wagtail; perhaps 40 Yellowhammers in the area. Also Lapwing (4 pairs); Gadwall (1 pair); Tree Sparrow, Skylark; Willow Warbler; Chiffchaff; Grey Heron and Mute Swan.



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Tom Morton


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This Morning 11 Teal; pair Gadwall;  pair Mute Swans; 2 Snipe: 1 Little Grebe; 3 Coot; 20+ Mallard; Linnets flock of c.30; Fieldfare; Tree Sparrow; Yellowhammer; Pied Wagtail;Buzzard



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Tom Morton


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19.15 - 20.15 Greenshank; Green Sandpiper; Grey Partridge and Yellowhammer all present in the vicinity of the pools



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flock of 39 Lapwing at Platt Lane



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Tom Morton


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In near Arctic conditions from 15.30 until 16.45, 19 Yellowhammers, 12 Linnets, 2 Reed Buntings , 1 Wheatear and 10 Stock Doves feeding on recently tilled field near railway bridge; also in flooded field pair Gadwall and several Mallard; two distinct areas for Lapwings with 12 in one and 14 in the other; Kingfisher (new species for me here) on a flooded but flowing ditch; singing Grasshopper Warbler and Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Whitethroat; at least 4 singing Skylarks; others birds included Curlew, Buzzard, Swallow, House Martin, Goldcrest and Tree Sparrow (2)



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On stubble at Platt Lane today approx 60 Skylark and 50 Linnet, also 13 Yellowhammer, 1 Tree Sparrow and 7 Lapwing



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A pm stroll

43 snipe,1 buzzard,1 kestrel,9 grey partridge,17 reed buntings,12 yellowhammers.worringly no lapwings.

 

 



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Very large mixed flocks of rooks and jackdaws.
2 buzzards,1 kestrel,little grebe calling,8 snipe,1 jacksnipe,14 yellowhammers,8 reed bunting,3 skylarks,
around 20 lapwings some displaying.no sign of pintails.





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Tom Morton


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3 drake Pintail still present; at least 12 pairs of displaying Lapwings on surrounding farmland; 2 Buzzards; Kestrel.12 Yellowhammers. 2 Reed Buntings; 3 singing Skylarks; c.100 Black headed Gulls following ploughing tractor

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After the rain! 15.30 - 16.40 3 drake Pintails; 1 drake Teal; 1 drake Gadwall; 5 drake and 1 duck Mallards; Little Grebe; 5 Stock Doves; 12+ Yellowhammers; 2 Grey Herons; 1 Snipe plus supporting cast of Reed Bunting; singing Skylark; 6 Lapwings on territory; Pied Wagtail; Tree Sparrow; Goldcrest; Buzzard; Kestrel; several Jays; 100+ Rooks and a similar no, of Black Headed Gulls feeding on the fields, 2 Lesser Blacked Back Gulls; and 2 pairs of Coot.

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Bradley Hall to Hib Bibi today; originally posted by Mike Berry:

An excellent morning walk with the highlight being 30+ yellowhammers in one flock feeding on ground
Skylarks numerous and singing
Two buzzards
Three Kestrels
Small flock [12] Fieldfare
Male pintail on large pond near railway



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fred fouracre


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A postprandial stroll gleaned
100 + redwings
67 lapwings
2 grey partridge
1 heron
2 kestrel
7 yellowhammer
3 reed bunting
2 wren
12 snipe
2 jacksnipe

-- Edited by fred fouracre on Monday 16th of February 2015 04:17:56 PM

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13 snipe 1 of which i think was a jacksnipe.it looked smaller and got down quite close
around 40 yellowhammers.difficult to count accurately but at least they were in manchester side of the brook.
150 ish redwings
143 lapwings.they were static in the field so easy to count.
13 reed buntings
3 chaffinch
3 wrens
1 kestrel
1 buzzard
100 + rooks and jackdaws
no tree sparrows which is a concern





-- Edited by fred fouracre on Tuesday 27th of January 2015 05:34:38 PM

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10 reed buntig
100 plus rooks
2 buzzard
3 wrens
1 kestrel
large flock of lapwings around 100 birds
3 grey partridge
Large flock of redwing 150 ish
at least 60 yellowhammer.
the redwings and yellowhammers were on the far bank of hic bibi brook.so i think this puts them in lancs.but so near the border i think they are worth a mention.

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Sotted a chiffchaff in a garden on bradley lane this morning .

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fred fouracre


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Pm walk
12 snipe
1 buzzard
2 bullfinch
1 kestrel
1 jay

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fred fouracre


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120 lapwings 150 plus rooks and jackdaws 7 pheasant 2 jays 2 kestrel 12 skylarks 10 yellowhammers 2 brown hares

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pm walk
3 buzzard
1 kestrel
1 snipe
4 yellowhammer
60 + flock of skylarks
100s of corvids mainly rooks and jackdaws
2 jays
covey of 14 grey partridge.most ive seen at once for yonks


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fred fouracre


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afternoon walk round the ponds
10 snipe
2 gadwall
3 jay
2 kestrel
2 buzzard

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fred fouracre


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tree sparrows using 2 nest boxes.busy feeding young this am.

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Jimmy Meadows


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Early AM
pr of Oystercatchers with 2 youngbiggrinbiggrin

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fred fouracre


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an afternoon stroll
swans have 3 cygnets.they have moved them from the marshy pond onto the bigger fishing pond.these cygnets cant be more than 3 days old so how they got maybe 200 yards uphill through kneehigh lush grass I don't know.also there appears to be at least 3 eggs still in the nest.
also 3 linnets
1 tree sparrow
7 yellowhammer
4 reed bunting
4 skylarks
2 sedge warbler
3 willow warber
1 curlew over
1 oyster catcher over
1 kestrel

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fred fouracre


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pm walk
10 yellowhammer
8 reed bunting
I buzzard
1 wheatear
2 grey partridge
7 skylark
9 lapwing
heard willowarbler,chiffchaff,blackcap
6 curlew over

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Tom Morton


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This am - 11 Yellowhammer, 6 Tree Sparrow, 2 Mandarin, 2 Sedge Warbler, 1 Little Grebe, 4 Grey Partridge, 3 Oystercatcher, 6 Skylark, 4 Wheatears, 2 Lapwings, 11 Willow Warblers

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fred fouracre


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pm walk today
2 mute swan (female sitting on the nest)
30+yellowhammer
10reed bunting
1curlew
7 skylarks
2grey partridge
1kestrel
8 lapwings
2 wheatear
very big flock of rooks and jackdaws
1 brown hare

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Can you please tell me where the feeding station and pond are around here please

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fred fouracre


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lunchtime walk
2 mute swan
12 snipe
4 grey partridge
2 pheasant
12 yellowhammers
6 reed bunting
11 lapwing
huge flock of rooks and jackdaws feeding on freshly ploughed field
lots of woodpigeon with the corvids
3 skylarks
2 brown hares

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an afternoon visit produced
big flock 200+ fieldfare.they were very restless despite the area being very quiet.and eventually flew off calling loudly.
11 lapwings
2 kestrel
1 buzzard
30+ yellowhammers
7 reed bunting
1 pheasant
4 grey partridge
3 skylarks
5 meadow pipit
12 snipe
2 mute swans
2 curlew over

-- Edited by fred fouracre on Monday 17th of March 2014 06:25:45 PM

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Sat 15th 07.15 - 08.15

First visit here - bit of "lost sheep" syndrome

Yellowhammer
Fieldfare
Pheasant
Blackbird
Lapwing
Carrion Crow
Magpie
Skylark
Grey Heron
Starling
Pied Wagtail
Dunnock
Blue Tit
Great Tit

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-- Edited by Karl Bishop on Saturday 15th of March 2014 09:29:30 AM

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20 minute stroll this morning from the road to the railway bridge.

8 Goldfinch
3 Buzzards (overhead)
14 Yellowhammers
11 Reed Buntings
5 Chaffinch
9 Lapwings
2 Canada Geese
2 Mute Swans
4 Great tit
2 Blue Tit
3 Blackbirds

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fred fouracre


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pm stroll today
27 lapwings....some displaying
3skylarks singing
12 reed buntings
10 yellowhammers
2 grey partridge
4 snipe
lots of corvids mainly rooks and jackdaws
and 1 brown hare

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Afternoon stroll to look for the Yellowhammers and came across circa. 50 birds near the entrance to the clay pigeon shoot.
Got a few nice photographs, cheers Fred.

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afternoon stroll
40+flock of lapwings near main road
7 lapwings in second field over the railway.calling and displaying
20+yellowhammers
2 reed buntings
1 kestrel
11 snipe in the pond margins

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Fred,
Could I also have a few details re the Bradley Hall area regarding bird spotting as per Stuart Mackay's post today.
Re : "Can someone tell me where `the pool` is,and the feeding station. Im well aware of Bradley Hall trading estate but am unsure where is the best place to go to find all these yellowhammers" etc.
I read your posts and it certainly seems a very good area for bird watching.
Much appreciated. look forward to visiting.
Regards
Les Walton

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a pm walk today.
42 lapwings in field near the main road
20+yellowhammers
9reed bunting
12fieldfare
2grey partridge
1snipe
10meadow pipits
7goldfinch
lots of mixed flock rooks and jackdaws

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fred fouracre


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stuart.......I have sent you a pm regarding this area

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Can someone tell me where `the pool` is,and the feeding station. Im well aware of Bradley Hall trading estate but am unsure where is the best place to go to find all these yellowhammers etc.

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Thirty seven Yellowhammer in hedgerow today with two Chaffinch, two male Reed Bunting and a flock of around 25 Fieldfare over.

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Tom Morton


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Bradley today - Birds included 50+ Yellowhammers; 40 Linnets 12 Reed Buntings; 2 Tree Sparrows; 10 Skylarks; c. 100 Fieldfares; c.40 Redwings; 2 Grey Partridge; 1 Willow Tit.

-- Edited by Tom Morton on Monday 20th of January 2014 05:55:05 PM

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a pm visit today produced
1 buzzard
2 wren
100+ redwing
38 skylark(3 flocks)
18 reed bunting
15 yellowhammers
44 lapwings over
wood pigeons abundant

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birds of note I a pm visit
on the pond
3 mute swan
2 shoveler
6 teal
elsewhere
9 reed bunting
7 yellowhammer
5 meadow pipit
7 grey partridge
huge flock of corvids around 300 birds mainly rooks and jackdaws
1 kestrel

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Jimmy Meadows


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Early morning visit birds of note
1 Kingfisher
3 Grey Partridge

Jimmy

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fred fouracre


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pm walk around the pond area
5 oystercatchers
1 green sandpiper
1 lapwing
swans nest deserted and no swans.i was informed by tom Morton the eggs were infertile.
3 reed bunting
7 yellowhammer

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Early AM
1 Buzzard
6 Yellowhammers
2 Sedge Warblers
3 Bullfinch
4 Whitethroat
2 Chiffchaff
3 Willow Warblers.

Jimmy

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Tom Morton


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9 Whimbrel this morning by the pool at 08.00, later flying off to the NW. Also singing 4 Skylarks, 2 Whitethroats, 3 Willow Warblers, 1 Chiffchaff, 5 Yelowhammers. Two pairs of Grey Partridge and a pair of Mute Swans nest building.There were also at least 3 pairs of Lapwings displaying in the windy conditions.

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a pm walk yesterday
2 grey partridge
4 wheatears
large flock of meadow pipits
lapwings in most fields including 3 incubating
lots of yellowhammers scattered throught the area
4 reed buntings
quite a few singing skylarks
too many rooks to count they were mostly in the fields on the main road opposite the rookery
2 buzzard
1 kestrel
1 sparrow hawk.
but the best was a flock of 30+curlew.they landed in the field below hic bibi.when i tried to get closer they took off and vanished towards winter hill.
no tree sparrows(this is worringly third visit without seeing any)
all in all it cant be a bad day when you hear the singing of skylarks,yellowhammers and the plaintive curlew call

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Chiffchaff singing nr Bradley lane railway bridge this AM

Jimmy

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pm walk today produced lots of birds
24 meadow pipits
8 skylarks
15 lapwings
400-500 woodpigeon
100+ rooks
40+ jackdaws
12 carrion crows
1 kingfisher
1 snipe
1 jay
2 grey partridge
14 tree sparrows
23 yellowhammers
8 reed bunting
2 brown hares(saw 5 last week including 2 boxing)


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AM Visit
12 Yellowhammers
10 Tree Sparrows
8 Reed Bunting
3 Buzzards
pr Mute Swans
pr Canada Geese
2 Skylarks singing.

Jimmy

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large flock 40plus mixture of yellowhammers and reed bunting.buzzard and a great spottrd woodpecker over.large flock of woodpigeon on the stubble.no sign of treesparrows though.

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