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Kath Butterworth


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11 March

Meadow Pipit and Reed Bunting calling

Skylark singing .4 present  in field at Oxhey

Oystercatcher 3

Crows collecting mud

Tufted Duck - pair on Eagle Lodge

Goldeneye female on top res

Male Stonechat on noddle

40 Fieldfare and 1 Redwing in field at Oxhey

Cormorant 4

Canada Goose 84

 

 



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c100 Fieldfares
1 female Kestrel
9 Goosander (5 drake)
2 Tufted Duck
c50 Canada Geese


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1 Common Snipe - Pennine Way in field adjacent to Marsden Moor Heritage Trail above Castleshaw Reservoirs

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2 Goosander
2 Tufted Duck
20 Lapwing
10 Cormorant
1 Buzzard

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Kath Butterworth


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Wildfowl count day

Reed Bunting 5 - below Hull Lodge

Cormorant 3

Mallard 23

Tufted duck 4m 2f

Moorhen

Kestrel 2

Little Grebe 1

Snipe 3

Dunnock 5 - feeding in channel between reservoirs

Stonechat - feeding in channel between reservoirs

Stock Dove 3

Grey Partridge 4 (behind Wood Farm - going to check if released birds)

 



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Wildfowl count  day

Kestrel 2

Grey Heron 1

Moorhen(on fishing pond)

Little Grebe(one on Eagle Lodge also)

Grey Wagtail 1

Canada Goose 5

Black Headed Gull 44

Common Gull2

Goosander 14(3 male 11 female)

Cormorant 2

Mallard 49

Meadow Pipit 1

Pied Wagtail 1

Little Owl (behind Wood Farm)

 

Woodcock and Stonechat reported by two birders met on site 



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Sunday 8 October

8 Stone chat on fence posts  adjacent house on top reservoir. Also one present on Slackgate Lane .

Cormorant 7

Canada Geese 302

Lapwing 17

Mallard  41

Little Grebe 1

Great Crested Grebe 1

Black Headed Gull 16

Buzzard 1

Kestrel 1

Little Owl on nearby Slackgate Lane

Pied Wagtail 3

Song Thrush 1

 



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Sunday 24 September

Upper reservoir

Cormorant 4

Little Grebe 2

Raven

Buzzard 2

Lapwing 143

Kestrel 2

Chiffchaff singing in Hull brook valley

Two Swallows over Th'Heights

Tufted Duck - 2 on Hull Dam

Coot - 3 on Hull Dam

 



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Mark Rigby


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This morning sightings

Merlin
Sparrowhawk
2 Buzzard
Kestrel
1 poss 2 Redstart
4 Stonechat
3 Whinchat
Wheatear
3 Pied Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Jay
Great Crested Grebe
7 Cormorant
35+ Lapwing
100's House Martin, Swallow and Meadow Pipits streaming through



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Weds 13/9/17 - 11.30-13.00

Lower Resr:
5 Cormorant
7 Common Gull
30+ Lapwing
60+ Canada Geese
12+ Mallard
1 Great Crested Grebe
flock of 60+ Swallows (with a few House Martins included)

Upper Resr (full circuit - rather muddy!):
1 Little Grebe
4 Cormorants
60+ Lapwing
4 Meadow Pipits
2 Kestrels
+ several dead sheep...

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Gary Crowder


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Spotted Flycatcher this morning. Greenshank on Upper Res yesterday morning.

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A male and juvenile Redstart were between Low Bank and the Farm this morning. Yesterday a fem/juv Marsh Harrier flew over heading west at about 0830.

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Osprey at 0950hrs over Lower reservoir (Found by B.Stanley) and eventually flew off towards Hollingworth Lake at 1030hrs

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Turnstone (summer plumage) on lower reservoir late afternoon. Still present at 1830hrs

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Brief midge-ridden visit yesterday evening.

One juvenile Ringed (or Little Ringed) Plover at Lower Resr. Couldn't get close enough for a definite ID and wasn't hanging around to get bitten any longer!

Also: one juv. Lapwing, one Cormorant, several Mallards, Tufted Ducks and Common Gulls.

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Evening visit 20.00 to 21.30. Quail calling loudly from the field at the south end of the road between the two reservoirs. Hobby passed through and attempted to catch a Common Sandpiper without success. 4 Oystercatcher, 118 Lapwing, 3 Common Sandpiper and 1 Teal. Also of note on the lane towards the A62 a Grasshopper Warbler was reeling at around 21.35.



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Mark Rigby


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0900-1130

Common Sandpiper
2 Oystercatcher
Dunlin
Curlew
Lapwing
2 Black-headed Gull
Mallard with 2 chicks out of the initial 11 left.
30 Swift
2 House Martin
Swallows
2 Grasshopper Warbler

Late news-Ringed Plover present over the weekend and was still present yesterday morning but no sign today


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A couple of Grasshopper Warblers down the valley and my first swifts of the year.



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Yesterday evening - still very quiet...

3 Oystercatchers, 1 Redshank, 1 Lapwing and about a dozen Swallows.

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Grasshopper warbler up near the Roman Fort, otherwise fairly quiet.



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6 Wheatears
1 Grey wagtail
3 Lapwings
1 Jay in flight in the open
1 Meadow pipit.
1 Willow warbler in song

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Late evening visit. 2 (m and f) Ring Ouzels, 1 Fieldfare and a f Wheatear in field below Low Bank. At least 2 Common Sandpipers, 3 Redshank and 2 Oystercatchers on Lower resolution 



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Mark Rigby


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Full circuit with B.Stanley 0915-1215

Ringed Plover
4 Dunlin
2 Common Sandpiper
2 Oystercatcher
Curlew
3 Redshank
4 Coot
Heron
2 Sand Martin
12 House Martin
Swallows
2 Stock Dove
Kestrel
Ring Ouzel
Reed Bunting
Willow Warbler

And all the other usual Common species


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Osprey this morning at 8.20am unfortunately bird was harassed away over the Noddle by a gang of corvids, lapwing, curlew and buzzard.  



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First Sand Martin, for me at least!

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2 singing Willow Warbler, c30 Swallow, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 male Reed Bunting, 2 Redshank, 2 Curlew, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 singing Skylark

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Approx. 10:00 am

1 common sandpiper
2 pied wagtails
1 grey wagtail
Ca.8 swallows on lower res.
1 house Martin in midst of the swallows.
1 goosander in flight over lower res. Flew up to higher res.

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This mornings highlights from 5:30 1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling behind the car park 2 Ravens 3 Common Sandpipers 3 Redshank 2 Oystercatchers 3 Curlew 2 Willow Warblers

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This morning around 10:30

1 Common Sandpiper
1 Swallow , my first here this spring.
1 Lapwing

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Around lunchtime on the lower reservoir,

2 little ringed plovers flying and calling.

Also on the shoreline near wood farm/water inlet.

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One swallow

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09:30-10:45
2 Redshank
2 Oystercatcher
Shoveler
Curlew
Skylark
Pied Wagtails

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10:00-11:30
Two Buzzards
Skylark
Wheatear
Fieldfare
Two Redshank
Mistle Thrush
Grey Wagtail
One Coot chick

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skylark over carpark Thursday

-- Edited by Graham Beverley on Sunday 12th of March 2017 12:43:42 PM

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At 11am, 2 Common Buzzard, 2 Oystercatcher, 1 Redshank, Great Crested Grebe and 5 Wigeon.

At the feeders, Reed Bunting, Greenfinch, Chaffinch and Goldfinch.

Yesterday about 30 Fieldfare with a couple of Redwing.



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7/3/17 0900-1200

2 Little Grebe
Redshank
2 Oystercatcher
15 Lapwing
Curlew (heard)
Coot
4 Goosander
3 Common Gull
3 Stock Dove
10 Fieldfare
Goldcrest

9/3/17 0830-1000 and 1200

Great Crested Grebe
13 Curlew
2 Oystercatcher
Redshank
2 Lapwing
Sparrowhawk


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11.15 - 12.25: overnight snow melting rapidly, though still very cold.

Little Grebe
2 Goosander (pair)
7 Cormorant
78 Canada Geese
1 Greylag Goose
2 Kestrel
small numbers of Mallard, Common & Black-headed Gulls
Pair Reed Bunting, Chaffinch and Coal Tit at feeders

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Mark Rigby


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Late morning

2 Oystercatcher
2 Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
4 Goosander
8 Mallard
7 Cotmorant
Kestrel

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Both reservoirs with B.Stanley 0930-1200

2 Little Grebe
3 Goosander
2 Oystercatcher
37 Lapwing
6 Cormorant
4 Stock Dove
2 Pheasant
Kestrel
2 Common Buzzard
Grey Wagtail
3 Pied Wagtail
Coal Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
3 Dunnock
Robin
3 Blackbird
3 Reed Bunting



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Brief visit to lower reservoir.

3 pied wagtails feeding
2 Oystercatchers feeding on exposed bank near old bank,later flew to the other side of res.
Flock of Ca. 40 Lapwings], very flighty and unsettled.
Chaffinch in song.
Reed Bunting on feeders.


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Early afternoon

Little Grebe
4 Goosander
13 Cormorant
10 Mallard
20 Fieldfare
Sparrowhawk
Pheasant

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0930-1130 with B.Stanley

2 Little Grebe
18 Mallard
7 Cormorant
150+ Black-headed Gull
30 Common Gull
110+ Lapwing
30 Fieldfare
Stock Dove
2 Raven

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Mid morning to 1300hrs

2 Teal
4 Goosander
2 Tufted Duck
Goldeneye (fem)
47 Mallard
2 Little Grebe
18 Cormorant
Coot
Heron
Lapwing

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1045-1200 very foggy

With visibility down to a few yards viewing was difficult. Pink-footed Geese could be heard passing over with some perhaps grounded but couldn't see them.

When fog lifted slightly

2 Little Grebe
2 Teal
12 Cormorant
72 Lapwing

When I arrived home, I got a call from B.Stanley who had located 271 Pink-footed Geese in fields to the south of the lower reservoir. When I arrived back, some had been flushed by a van but c200 still remained. There was nothing in amongst them and they were all flushed by a dog walker and they flew off down the valley at 1250hrs.



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11.10 - 12.10 sprinkling of snow on the hills - small blizzard started at noon.

6 Cormorants
2 Teal (pair)
13+ Mallard
2 Goosander (pair)
3 Lapwing
Kestrel hunting over Top Bank
few gulls - mainly Common

Reed Bunting at feeders
No Canada Geese


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Mark Rigby


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Been very quiet recently

5 Teal
Tufted Duck
32 Mallard
2 Little Grebe
12 Cormorant
20 Lapwing
Kestrel
Coal tit
Mixed flock of Fieldfare and Redwing

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10.20 - 11.20

260+ Canada Geese
5 Cormorants
1 Teal drake
24+ Mallard
13 Common Gull
25 Lapwing

2 Fieldfares and 2 Redwing
12 Starling

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10.20 - 11.15

6 Cormorants
1 Teal
20+ Mallard
1 drake Goosander
30+ Black-headed Gull
28 Lapwing
Heron
just 5 Canada Geese

50+ Fieldfares and 1 Redwing
9 Starling

Around car park - 20+ Chaffinches. Also Greenfinches, Goldfinches, Reed Buntings, House Sparrows and Meadow Pipit.

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0900-1300 with B.Stanley

Woodcock flew from behind Low Bank
38 Lapwing
11 Goosander (3m)
11 Cormorant
3 Wigeon (1m)
6 Teal
23 Mallard
Tufted Duck (m)
2 Little Grebe
Buzzard
2 Kestrel
3 Stonechat
4 Chaffinch
3 Reed Bunting
Meadow Pipit
6 Blue Tit
4 Great Tit
3 Coal Tit
12 Goldfinch
2 Goldcrest
Wren
3 Robin
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Dunnock
Jay

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A photo of the Whooper Swans

Good to meet some of the local birders today

Also 2 drake Tufted Ducks on the mill pond just south of Castleshaw

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