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Great Northern Diver on lower res at 0730hrs

4 Sand Martin through
Great Crested Grebe
2 Oystercatcher
4 Redshank
Lapwing
3 Curlew
3 Cormorant
3 Coot
Moorhen
Goosander
3 Fieldfare
2 Grey Wagtail
3 Pied Wagtail
10 Meadow Pipit
Skylark

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Mark Rigby


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Great Northern Diver on the top res at 0730hrs

5 Redshank
2 Tufted Duck
3 Cormorant

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Mark Rigby


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Great Northern Diver on lower res at 1600hrs

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Mark Rigby


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Brief visit at 1000hrs, then 1100hrs and finally 1730-2000hrs

Great Northern Diver on top res.

Osprey over both lower and top reservoir.

3 Teal
2 Tufted Duck
Goosander
Great Crested Grebe
3 Coot
Moorhen
3 Redshank
2 Oystercatcher
3 Curlew
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
4 Stock Dove
2 Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
600+ Jackdaw




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Ian McKerchar


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Osprey actively fishing over the upper reservoir at 10:55 this morning.

Info thanks to Gary Crowder and Mark Rigby

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Mark Rigby


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The dip in the road after the car park heading to the reservoirs. Where we usually get Grasshopper Warbler, Whinchat etc. It's been named after Dolly the horse who is no longer with us!

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Graham Beverley


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Dolly's dip?confuse

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Mark Rigby


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Great Northern Diver on lower res at 1120hrs

Redshank
Great Crested Grebe
Stonechat (fem) in 'Dollys Dip'

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Great Northern Diver on top res at 1125hrs

Great Crested Grebe
3 Coot
2 Moorhen
3 Redshank
Curlew
Goosander
7 Mallard

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Osprey at 16.25, bird stayed until 17.15 before flying off over the Noddle towards Piethorne. Excellent close views as the bird travelled backwards and forwards hunting above both Reservoirs finally catching a large trout but following a long battle was unable to lift the fish from the water.  Pity as it would no doubt of stayed around for much longer.  Barry Stanley also present.

Curlew

Redshank

Great Northerun Diver 

Oystercatcher

Buzzard to complete a good for raptors

 

 



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Mark Rigby


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1045-1150

Great Northern Diver on lower reservoir

Red Kite over Pennine way at 1110 but drifted off north being mobbed by crows and curlews
3 Coot
Moorhen
Great Crested Grebe
2 Oystercatcher
9 Lapwing


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Graham Beverley


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Great Northern Diver bottom res at 09.50
Snipe
Sparrow Hawk
Song Thrush
500 fieldfare over NE
Pied wagtails
Skylarks
Curlew 4
Lots Meadow pipits

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Great Northern Diver on top res at 0640hrs

2 Redshank
3 Oystercatcher
4 Cormorant
Great Crested Grebe

Otherwise pretty quiet

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Early afternoon

Great Northern Diver on lower res
2 Tufted Duck
2 Coot
3 Moorhen
Grey Heron
3 Cormorant
2 Oystercatcher
Redshank
Curlew
12 Meadow Pipit
Skylark

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Great Northern Diver on lower res

Redshank
2 Oystercatcher
3 Lapwing
3 Cormorant
Great Crested Grebe
3 Moorhen
Coot
25+ Meadow Pipit with singles over north
6 Pied Wagtail
3 Skylark
4 Reed Bunting
4 Fieldfare

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Great Northern Diver on top res at 0645hrs

Redshank on lower
3 Cormorant

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Great Northern Diver still on top reservoir at 0640hrs

3 Oystercatcher
6 Cormorant
2 Mallard
Great Crested Grebe
3 Pied Wagtail
Grey Wagtail

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Great Northern Diver on top res

2 Shoveler flew onto lower res at 0840hrs (pretty rare up here-less than annual)
2 Oystercatcher
6 Cormorant
2 Goosander
Great Crested Grebe

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Great Northern Diver on lower res at 0740hrs

2 Greylag Goose
12 Cormorant
Great Crested Grebe
2 Oystercatcher
Curlew
Moorhen
2 Mallard
2 Stock Dove

-- Edited by Mark Rigby on Tuesday 15th of March 2016 08:37:39 AM

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Great Northern Diver on lower res at 1600hrs

2 Oystercatcher
12 Cormorant
3 Goosander
4 Mallard
Great Crested Grebe

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Great Northern Diver on top res at 0750hrs

2 Oystercatcher
3 Great Crested Grebe
2 Lapwing
2 Curlew
2 Oystercatcher
3 Mallard
Skylark
Meadow Pipit
Pied Wagtail
14 Common Gull
8 Cormorant
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk

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Great Northern Diver on top res then flew to lower at 0915hrs

2 Great Crested Grebe on lower interacting with each other.
4 Oystercatcher
12 Cormorant

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Great Northern Diver on top reservoir at 0750 but had moved to the lower at 1330hrs

19 Lapwing
3 Oystercatcher
4 Goosander
10 Cormorant
3 Moorhen

At the feeders

5 Reed Bunting and a Long-tailed Tit amongst the usuals

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Great Northern Diver on upper reservoir when I arrived at 1500hrs then flew to lower. It seems to be getting more mobile and maybe getting ready for the off?

3 Cormorant
Goosander
4 Mallard

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Great Northern Diver flew onto lower reservoir at 0750hrs

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Great Northern Diver on lower reservoir at 1330hrs

Otherwise very quiet

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1520-1630

Great Northern Diver on lower res

Short-eared Owl quartering fields
8 Goosander
12 Cormorant
2 Oystercatcher
Curlew
32 Lapwing

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Great Northern Diver still on lower reservoir at 1040hrs. It was on the top reservoir earlier.

3 Oystercatcher
2 Curlew
7 Cormorant

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Great Northern Diver on top res at 1040 then flew to lower at 1105hrs

3 Oystercatcher
Lapwing
9 Cormorant
2 Coot
8 Mallard
2 Pied Wagtail

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Great Northern Diver lower 09.10, 10+ mistle Thrush, grey wagtail, Moorhen, Great Crested grebe, 2 Oystercatchers.

-- Edited by Graham Beverley on Thursday 3rd of March 2016 02:26:59 PM

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Great Northern Diver on Lower reservoir at 1540hrs

19 Curlew
2 Oystercatcher
8 Stock Dove
2 Cormorant
3 Mallard

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Great Northern Diver on top reservoir at 0735hrs.



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Mark Rigby


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Great Northern Diver on top res at 0730hrs

Great Crested Grebe on lower
2 Goldeneye on top

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Great Northern Diver on the upper reservoir at 10.30 am. Also; Oystercatcher 2 Curlew 1 Mallard 14 On lower res Cormorant 21

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Great Northern Diver on upper res at 1130

2 Oystercatcher
3 Goosander
Moorhen
10 Cormorant
Coot
3 Mallard
3 Stock Dove

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Mark Rigby


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Great Northern Diver was on the lower reservoir at 0740hrs. Getting more mobile each day!

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Graham Beverley


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Great Northern Diver top reservoir at 11.30

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Great Northern Diver still on lower reservoir at 0720hrs

2 Oystercatcher
6 Tufted Duck
3 Moorhen


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Great Northern Diver on top res at 1000hrs

2 Coot
21 Lapwing
2 Oystercatcher
10 Snipe
3 Tufted Duck
Meadow Pipit
2 Skylark

Usuals at the feeders

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Mark Rigby


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Great Northern Diver initially on top res then flew to lower.

3 Oystercatcher
16 Lapwing
2 Greylag Goose flew south-west at 0830
Little Grebe
2 Moorhen
Coot
2 Pied Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Meadow Pipit
3 Skylark singing


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Mark Rigby


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Great Northern Diver on lower reservoir at 0730hrs

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Great Northern Diver on lower res at 1215hrs. I was on the top res at 0930hrs. Seems to be getting more mobile recently.

3 Oystercatcher
Little Grebe
12 Cormotant
Coot
Moorhen

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Mark Rigby


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Great Northern Diver now on Lower reservoir at 1305hrs

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Great Northern Diver still on upper reservoir at 0920hrs
Thanks (whoever you are!) for the push out of the mud this morning.wink

-- Edited by Mark Rigby on Saturday 20th of February 2016 12:32:52 PM

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Of note

The Curlew seen on 18th Feb is the earliest record for Oldham borough beating the previous earliest record of 21st Feb 2011 (also at Castleshaw)

This follows the earliest ever record of Oystercatcher on 9th Feb beating the previous record of 14th Feb 2015 (again at Castleshaw)

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Mark Rigby


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Great Northern Diver still on upper reservoir

Little Grebe
7 Cormorant
14 Mallard

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Great Northern Diver on top res at 1115hrs

3 Oystercatcher
2 Curlew
Little Grebe
6 Cormorant
4 Mallard


Feeders

5 Reed Bunting
2 Robin
Greenfinch
2 Chaffinch
Blue and Great Tits



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Mark Rigby


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initially there was no sign of the Great Northern Diver this morning but it flew on to the lower reservoir at 1200hrs from the west. Maybe visiting Piethorne or Hollingworth Lake. It also had an excursion yesterday late morning as well!

Oystercatcher
Dipper
5 Cormorant
3 Goosander

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Mark Rigby


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Great a northern Diver flew on to top res at 1220hrs.

2 Oystercatcher
3 Goosander
Little Grebe
11 Cormorant

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Great Northern Diver still on lower reservoir at 1000hrs (15/2)

Little Grebe on top res otherwise pretty quiet!

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