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Ian McKerchar


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Four Common Scoter present at 09:15 today; 2 males, two females.

Info thanks so Alan Nuttall

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Rob Creek


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The 3 Common Scoter's still present up to 3.50pm when I left.
Showing very well probably within 25-30 yds from the bank just up on the right passed The Wine Press.

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Many thanks for that update.
Rob

...my request wasn't meant to sound funny in any way, some people may not have access to a smart phone or PC until they get home so it could be a while before they post, I was just trying to get a gauge of time.
Much appreciated update anyway as I've managed to get some good shots.
Cheers
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-- Edited by Rob Creek on Sunday 29th of June 2014 04:03:29 PM

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Ian McKerchar


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Common Scoters still present at midday.

Info thanks to Alan Nuttall

From my own perspective, if I post something which says it's present then it means it's present (at the time of posting); if it happened to be a fly through or flew off at a particular time then this is always conveyed in the post at the time of posting. That's been the case for the past eight years anyway wink

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Ian McKerchar wrote:

Three Common Scoter present this morning; one male, two females.

Info thanks to Alan Nuttall




Ian/Alan,
...was this early morning or were they still present at the time of posting?
Cheers

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Ian McKerchar


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Three Common Scoter present this morning; one male, two females.

Info thanks to Alan Nuttall

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house martins, chiffchaff, willow warbler, reed bunting, and blackcap.

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Ian McKerchar


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Seven Common Scoter currently present (six males, one female).

Info thanks to Alan Nuttall

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Hollingworth Lake Visitor Centre Woods- a cuckoo! Heard by Rangers and visitors about 9.30am this morning.
Karen

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An adult Kittiwake on the Lake this morning at 0700 - the only gull present - but flew off east about 0705.

An unusual date - Kittiwakes are pretty much annual in March and April here but I've never had one in May before.

Also late news for last Friday (16th May) when Alan Nuttall had a Spotted Flycatcher in Big Hedge -no sign since though

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Ian McKerchar wrote:

Three adult Little Gulls present at 12:05 today.

Info thanks to Alan Nuttall




The Little Gulls moved off east (towards Ogden Reservoir) at 12:45.

Info thanks to Alan Nuttall

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Three adult Little Gulls present at 12:05 today.

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This afternoon, grey partridge just below Brearley Farm (nice to see being done up), whitethroat and male shoveler in nature reserve.

Regards, C. J-Brown.

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A Greenshank flew north over Shaw Moss calling at around 10 am - possibly the Kingsway bird?

Also here were a drake Teal, 1 Redshank and a singing Whitethroat

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27th April 2014

9am

A pleasant morning visit. Not many people around.

Blackbird
Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Common Sandpiper
Coot
Cormorant
Goldfinch
Great-crested Grebe
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
Jackdaw
Lapwing
Mallard
Magpie
Moorhen
Mute Swan
Pheasant
Ringed / Little Ringed Plover
Robin
Starling
Swallow
Teal
Woodpigeon

Regards

Dave

-- Edited by Davidcaron62 on Sunday 27th of April 2014 12:36:33 PM

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Grasshopper Warbler singing at Shaw Moss this evening.

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4 Great-crested Grebe
2 Teal -Shaw Moss
2 Redshank - Shaw Moss
1 Curlew over
10+ Swallow
1 TREE PIPIT flew north calling
1 Wheatear
1 Lesser Whitethroat
1 Whitethroat -Rakewood
2 Blackcap
1 Chiffchaff
13+ Willow Warblers singing
4 Linnet
2 Lesser Redpoll


At nearby Longden End :-

3 (male, 2 female) RING OUZELS
12 + Wheatear
2 Grey Wagtails
2 Raven
6 Linnets

but sadly no Sand Martins at the colony here which appears to have been deserted as they should be back by nowcry

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2 Common Sandpipers this morning

Ian Kimber had a single Arctic tern through around 9am

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Cheer Simon,

Only just got your reply but by chance on Saturday had a pair of Brambling in the 'Big Hedge' also had 11 Redwing near Shaw Moss, no sign of Garganey here or any waders other than 3 Oystercatcher over and lots of Lapwing.

Also at Shaw Moss 6 Teal, 4 Reed Bunting incl 1 female, pair Bullfinch, 6 Pied wagtails.

Elsewhere Nuthatch have chosen a nest site and are busy taking in material.



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Hi Andrew,

The area we call Big Hedge (in homage to Spurn) is the line of trees in the field over the wall at the nature reserve. It is on the left after you walk past the bird information board and head towards the hide. It used to be just a line of trees and bushes, but the hillside behind it is now also covered in hawthorn scrub. This is usually the best area for passerine migrants at the site.

This morning there was a Pochard, 2 Wigeon and 13 Teal on the lake early morning only, found by Alan Nuttall before he went on to find more exciting things at Watergrove.

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Hi Simon, where is the area you call the Big Hedge?? been hoping for a local Brambling all winter but with no joy.

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6 Great-crested grebe 2 Cormorant
8 Wigeon
27 Teal - 17 in the middle of the lake were certainly migrants
pair Tufted Ducks
pair Goldeneye
3 Goosander
Great-spotted Woodpecker drumming
20+ Redwing- several giving their babbling sub-song
3 Chiffchaff
at least 2 Brambling in Big hedge area including a stonking male moulting into summer plumage
5 Lesser Redpoll over

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Adam

12 House Martins. That's a pretty good record for March!! I'm assuming the loss of as hours sleep has something to do with that probable error.


winkwink



doh yep, it would be if they were House Martins. Sand Martins was in fact what they were.
Sorry about that, and yep I'll use the lack of sleep for my typo smile

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Here from 9.20am, no signs of the garganeys for over an hour so decided to go on a walk around, bumped into Adam Jones, nice to meet you again, we were right in hearing a willow warbler i eventually found it. On my way back past the flood at 12.05pm the pair of garganeys were there feeding along the far bank, only for about 10 mins though before dissapearing into the vegatation smile

other birds...
5 wheatears
1 little ringed plover, feeding near the traffic cone near the edge of the water.
4 redshanks
several sand martins over as were meadow pipits, siskins & redpolls.
1 sparrowhawk
2 grey herons
2 pied wagtails
1 treecreeper
6 reed buntings
2 little grebes
teals & lapwings.
chiffchaff & blackcap singing.
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-- Edited by steven burke on Sunday 30th of March 2014 02:48:32 PM

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Adam Jones wrote:

Eventually I found the right area, where it was nice to meet Steven Burke. Unfortunately no sign of the Garganey, possibly due to the fact there were lots of dogs in the water at the time.I did manage to spot the Redshanks on the far side with many Lapwings and Teal.
Other birds around the lake included:
2 Goldeneye (pair)
3 Goosander (1 male and 2 females)
Plenty of Chiffchaffs
1 Jay
1 Sparrowhawk
3 Meadow Pipits
4 Wheatear
12 House Martins
Pretty sure I heard a Willow Warbler too.
2 Cormorants




Adam

12 House Martins. That's a pretty good record for March!! I'm assuming the loss of as hours sleep has something to do with that probable error.


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Eventually I found the right area, where it was nice to meet Steven Burke. Unfortunately no sign of the Garganey, possibly due to the fact there were lots of dogs in the water at the time.I did manage to spot the Redshanks on the far side with many Lapwings and Teal.
Other birds around the lake included:
2 Goldeneye (pair)
3 Goosander (1 male and 2 females)
Plenty of Chiffchaffs
1 Jay
1 Sparrowhawk
3 Meadow Pipits
4 Wheatear
12 House Martins
Pretty sure I heard a Willow Warbler too.
2 Cormorants

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In relation to the hide, could someone point me in the right direction please of the Garganey?
Many thanks
Adam

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Pair Garganey still present this morning at Shaw Moss - also 2 Little Grebes and 4 Redshank here, and a Chiffchaff singing at Bib Knowl

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Other birds of note today...

On a very windy day hence a very choppy Hollingworth Lake...
Mallard
Canada Geese
Coot
Black-headed Gulls
...and one high speed baby's buggy whizzing through the car park caught by the wind which I retrieved for an embarrassed Mum, luckily the child wasn't in it.

Shaw Moss...
Couple of Raven over
2 courting Redshank (constantly being driven off by the Lapwing)
A handful of Teal
2 Skylark
A small mixed flock...Goldfinch and Blue Tit present

The Garganey pair were on the pools at first but the Horses spooked them and they flew up towards the cottages.
Found them fairly quickly and were ironically a lot closer for a photo. A chap let 2 dogs off right where the Garganey and Mallard were, needless to say they all flew off and disappeared in the marsh grass.


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Gargany pair still showing well on flood from Shaw Moss at 4pm

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A stroll around a very hazy and windy lake this aft' produced:

1. 3 great crested grebes
2. pair of gadwall
3. pair of goldeneye
4. a chiffchaff
5. a few goosander
6. a pair of tufted duck

Regards, Chris

-- Edited by C Brown on Saturday 29th of March 2014 03:38:57 PM

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They were giving good views up near the cottages but are easily spooked by the Horses and Dog walkers, they've just flown down into thigh vegetation (swamp grass) well out of sight.

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Garganey pair still here at Shaw Moss. What a cracking pair of birds.
Many thanks to the lovely couple at one of the cottages pointing out where they were likely to be.

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I know it's not a dead cert but might try for the Garganey this morning.
Shaw Moss...? Not picking it up on any of the maps, I take it this is the area between Wildhouse Lane / Shaw Lane ... and the Lake itself?
Thankyou for any info

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Both Garganey still present this morning.

After a brief fly around both birds actually left the site at 11, flying NNW, but without actually gaining any altitude.



-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Friday 28th of March 2014 12:40:49 PM

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2 Kittiwake,4 Goldeneye, 0630 hrs n the lake this morning. Cheers alan

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4 Great-crested grebe
3 Cormorant
pair GARGANEY still on Shaw Moss this afternoon
pair Gadwall - nature reserve
pair Tufted Duck
4 Goldeneye
3 Goosander
4 Coot
4 Oystercatcher
1 Redshank-Akzo Pond
31 Herring Gulls - appeared as one flock late morning then disappeared
8 Common Gulls
2 Grey Wagtails - Longden End
pair WHEATEAR - Longden End
1 Chiffchaff singing at nature reserve
1 Nuthatch singing at Rakewood
2 Linnets -Longden End
2 Bullfinch



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Both Garganey still present at 09:20am.

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The pair of Garganey are still present in Shaw Moss at 8am this morning.

Info thanks to Rob Adderely

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The garganey were showing well at circa 15:15 this aft'. The female was hidden for a bit, but appeared eventually. Nice to bump in to Alan Nuttall, Pete Sutton and a lady whose name I didn't catch. Earlier, a chiffchaff was singing in the nature reserve at the Lake.

Regards, Chris Jepson-Brown

-- Edited by C Brown on Wednesday 26th of March 2014 04:35:34 PM

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The pair of Garganey still present on Shaw Moss today.

Info thanks to Phil Kelly

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The Garganey were giving stonking views this afternoon - well done Alan for finding them - the first in the Lake area since 1999, although there was a juvenile at nearby Clegg Hall Pools in 2012.

Also today at Shaw Moss were 1 Little Grebe, c20 Teal, 2 Redshank, 2 Oystercatchers and an early White Wagtail.

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A pair of Garganey currently on Shaw Moss, south of Hollingworth Lake; viewed via the track running east from Wildhouse Lane.

Info thanks to Alan Nuttall

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Six Curlew flew over Rakewood Road next to the lake at 14:45 hrs. They called and flew South West.

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9th March 2014

10am

A decent morning visit

Blackbird
Black-headed Gull
Blue Tit
Canada Goose
Carrion Crow (Tearing the branches out of bushes for their nests )
Coal Tit
Cormorant
Goosander
Great-crested Grebe
Great Tit
Mallard
Magpie
Mute Swan
Oystercatcher
Woodpigeon

Regards

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Ha Ha! Thanks for that Mark - I'm very careful not to 'string' Little Grebes anymore!

This morning there were 9 Wigeon and 2 Gadwall on the lake

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Little Grebe? Sure? biggrin

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LAKE
1 Little Grebe - Shaw Moss
2 Great-crested Grebe
5 Cormorant
10 Goosander
4 Coot
22 Teal (2 lake, 9 Akzo, 11 Shaw Moss)
3 Oystercatchers -Akzo Pond
2 Curlew -Akzo Pond
1 Green Woodpecker -Whittaker
1 Great-spotted Woodpecker
1 Reed Bunting




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In a field between Whittaker Golf course and Lydgate c200 Fieldfare and c100 Starlings, 1 female Kestrel.
South of Whittaker golf course 2 Little Owls

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2 Great-crested Grebes
18 Cormorant
6 Goosander
2 Grey Partridge - Ealees Valley
4 Herring Gull
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 Nuthatch near the visitor centre
3 Jay
2 Bullfinches
20+ Chaffinches

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