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John Rayner


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Adam Jones wrote:

A couple of hours here this afternoon from 2:15pm and a full circuit of the lake. Nice to get out with no wind and rain.


Hi Adam,

I too went to Hollinworth Lake yesterday but didn't see much more than the interior of the Olive and Pickle Deli. Those that know me will not be surprised biggrin

Cheers John

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A couple of hours here this afternoon from 2:15pm and a full circuit of the lake. Nice to get out with no wind and rain.
1 Kingfisher from the hide. Sat on the metal raft.
2 Goldeneye from the hide too.
2 Cormorants
25 Lapwings
5 Great Crested Grebes
4 Coots
1 Moorhen
1 Greenfinch
6 Goldfinch
1 Common Buzzard on a post
1 Pheasant in a field
Plenty of the usual bits and bobs too
Plus a very large gull roost. Roughly 600 birds at the time I left.smile

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Eugene Dillon-Hooper


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Spent a couple of hours at the lake today, my first visit.

1 goldeneye
1 Cormorant
c40 Lapwing
1 gold crest
c5 Long tailed tit
lots of coot
500+ Black headed Gulls
1 Gadwall
3 Great Crested Grebe
Blue tit
20 Starling
1 Heron

Star of the show, 1 Mediterranean Gull mixed in with the black headed gulls

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Karen Clewer


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I remember you coming to collect the manx shearwater. We once had a goosander in our freezer, it died choking on a big fish. It's now stuffed and in the Visitor Centre.

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Wouldn't have thought a Shag provides a tasty Xmas dinner ?  wink



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Simon Hitchen


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Did manage to get it on 'birds I've seen in my freezer' list though - a short list - Manx Shearwater, Shag and Domestic Chicken .....hoping that my wife didn't notice it!

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No obvious injuries Karen - unfortunately I suspect it may have died of starvation, despite the amount of fish in the lake. When I saw it on the 24th it wasn't diving at all. The body has been taken to Manchester museum.

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That's a shame Simon. Did it have any obvious injuries?

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Simon Hitchen


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Unfortunately the juvenile Shag was found dead on Wednesday

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Simon Hitchen wrote:

I was surprised to find that the Shag was still present this morning - there don't seem to be many local birders around here these days, I guess it may have been present throughout and just evaded detection.... strange because nothing else much seems to turn up here!>

 




The few local birders would probably see the Shag in the distance, mutter "Cormorant", shrug their shoulders and leave it at that. Not everyone has had the valuable lesson of overlooking a rare American vagrant wink

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Simon Hitchen


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I was surprised to find that the Shag was still present this morning - I wonder if it might have been on some other local reservoir in the meantime as I had a thorough look for it last Thursday without success. However I've been at work the rest of the time, including the weekend, and as there don't seem to be many local birders around here these days, I guess it may have been present throughout and just evaded detection. Hollingworth Lake seems to have a good record with this species as it's the 5th record that I'm aware of for the site, and the 3rd one I've found here in the last ten years - all juvenile birds in late October or November.... strange because nothing else much seems to turn up here!

Also 3 Gadwall this morning

 



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No sign of the Shag today.... and not much else either - 4 Great-crested grebe, 5 Cormorants and a Goosander with a couple of flyover Siskin was the best I could muster in inclement conditions.

The Shag was still present on Tuesday afternoon but I have not heard of any sightings since then

 



-- Edited by Simon Hitchen on Thursday 19th of November 2015 04:34:14 PM

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Shag still close in near 'The Wine Press'

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Ian McKerchar


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Juvenile Shag present this morning; in front of the boat club.

Info thanks to Simon Hitchen

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No sign of the Scaup this morning.

Info thanks to Dave Ousey

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1st winter drake Scaup this morning.
Also the drake Common Scoter still and the long staying eclipse drake Shoveler

Also 3 Tufted Duck, 30 Teal, 2 Grey Wagtail, 10+ Redwing, a late Chiffchaff and 2 Goldcrest amongst the usual suspects

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Drake Common Scoter (also here yesterday)
4 Wigeon
6 Gadwall
1 Kingfisher
1 Grey Wagtail
2 Siskin

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eclipse drake Shoveler, 4 Gadwall, 7 Cormorant, 1 Grey Wagtail, 40+ Redwings, 2 Lesser Redpolls and a Siskin over were the highlights today

 



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Female PINTAIL - flew off west about 0945

5 Cormorants, 10 Wigeon, 37 Teal, drake Gadwall, 5 Tufted ducks, 35 Coot, 3 Snipe, 1 Little owl, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 Redwing, 1 Nuthatch



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Drake Pochard - now a Rochdale rarity!
Drake Gadwall - becoming more regular in the borough

Also 2 Great-crested grebe, 6 Cormorant, 28 Teal, 34 Coot, 2 Snipe, 1 Sparrowhawk, 3 Pheasant, 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch and 2 Siskin over

Having failed once again with Operation Wryneck this year, Mission Yellow-browed has now been launched here but not going well so far.... but with 22 at Spurn on Monday they must be out there somewhere.....maybe....

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juv Greenshank still present today and showing very well from the hide

also juv Common Sandpiper (and yes I did check for Spotted), 10 Cormorant, 2 Kingfishers, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Green Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch and 3+ Chiffchaff

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The greenshank was spotted my Andrew Hope, I just passed the information on to Rochdale Wildlife.

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Greenshank on nature reserve this morning - first seen yesterday by Simon Harris Also 1 Kingfisher 2 Chiffchaff 2 Siskin over 9 Lesser Redpoll over Bullfinch with begging juvs

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10/9

2 drake Gadwall
1 female Shoveler
18 Teal
2 Tufted Duck
4 Stock Dove
1 Chiffchaff
1 Nuthatch
1 Siskin over

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3 wigeon this morning

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3 Spotted Flycatchers 1 Lesser Whitethroat 1 Little Owl 5 Stock Doves - Bib Knowl 1 Green woodpecker Big movement of House Martins today with 300+ on wires behind Turnough Hill and further 150+ south in 2 hours Also struggling with 'Operation Wryneck'

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Saturday morning, very quiet but did manage Spotted flycatcher and a male Redstart over at Shaw Moss. Also 1 Sparrowhawk, 1 Common Buzzard, 1 Kestrel, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Willow Warbler and a single Chiffchaff.

Sunday morning, 2 Blackcap incl 1 male - between ealees and dipping pond. 1 Sparrowhawk, 4 Common Buzzard together over Whittaker wood, 1 Kestrel, 2 Goldcrest, 5 Lt tit, 1 Chiffchaff.

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3/9

3 REDSTARTS (a male and 2 females) together near Syke Farm - presumably a family group on migration.

Otherwise fairly slim pickings but 3 Buzzards, 1 Tufted duck, 3 Little owls, 1 Green Woodpecker, 2 grey Wagtails, 2 Blackcaps, 4 Chiffchaffs, 1 Willow Warbler, 15+ Linnets and 6 Siskin over were the highlights otherwise

-- Edited by Simon Hitchen on Friday 4th of September 2015 06:33:44 AM

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Been absolute pants here recently, so the appearance of a few migrants this weekend was very welcome.

30th :-

1 Buzzard
1 Lesser Whitethroat
3 Whitethroat
2 Chiffchaff
5+ Willow warblers
1 Spotted Flycatcher

29th :-

male Redstart
1 Spotted Flycatcher


-- Edited by Simon Hitchen on Sunday 30th of August 2015 11:25:23 PM

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Belated report of a little egret for a short time on Sunday 2nd August, in Queen's Bay. The observer, a member of the Rochdale Field Naturalists only informed me this evening.

Regards, Chris J - B


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An adult Green Sandpiper on the nature reserve this morning - I think this is the first one I've ever seen here in June.

Also 1 Common Sandpiper and a few Blackcaps and a Chiffchaff still singing. The two remaining Great Crested Grebe chicks are now getting quite large

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1 Common Tern
1 Sedge Warbler singing at Shaw Moss

Great Crested Grebes have bred successfully here for the first time in aeons - there were 3 chicks initially but could only see 2 today unfortunately

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 14th of June 2015 12:07:45 AM

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Hoping for some tern action with the heavy showers but I was sadly disappointed.
However highlights today were:-

8 Mute Swans
pair Tufted Ducks
5 Oystercatchers
1 Little Owl
30+ Swallows
4 Sand Martins
1 Wheatear - Bib Knowl
Grasshopper Warbler reeling below Shaw Moss Dam
2 Blackcaps
1 Chiffchaff
Nuthatch singing Bib Knowl
2 Linnets

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Bernard McGurrin wrote:

Karen Clewer wrote:

A hoopoe? I like the sound of that. Where was it?
Thank you.



Karen if you read through the Tandle Hill,Royton thread all the info is there,



THANK YOU.

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Karen Clewer wrote:

A hoopoe? I like the sound of that. Where was it?
Thank you.



Karen if you read through the Tandle Hill,Royton thread all the info is there,

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Karen Clewer


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A hoopoe? I like the sound of that. Where was it?
Thank you.

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After successfully twitching the nearby hoopoe, went for a quick wander round the lake and nearby farmland (26/04)

2 Little Ringed Plover
3 Redshank
8 Teal
6 Tufted Duck
2 Great Crested Grebe
6 Willow Warbler
3 Chiffchaff
2 Blackcap
2 Buzzard
Lots of Swallows and Goldfinches about


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Male Whinchat this morning on hill above Big Hedge Also 2 grey partridge 1 little owl 1 blackcap 1 Chiffchaff 1 lesser redpoll

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23/4

A stonking male Ring Ouzel was near Rakewood in fields up from Schofield Hall Lane behind Benny Hill Plantation (yes that is its real name)

Other highlights of a long walk around the Lake and surrounding areas included 1 Buzzard, 2 Redshank, 6 Grey Partridge, 1 Green Woodpecker, 3 Little Owls, 3 Nuthatch, 2 Blackcap, 2 Chiffchaff, c15 singing Willow Warblers, 4 Linnets and song-flighting Lesser Redpoll.



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 24th of April 2015 06:06:58 AM

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16/4 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Buzzard over Shaw Moss

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Pretty dead here recently but a few summer migrants now starting to trickle in:-

1 Greylag Goose
8 Tufted Ducks
1 Little Ringed Plover
2 Redshank
10 Swallows
2 Grey Wagtails - Longden End
2 Wheatears - Longden End
1 Blackcap singing Rakewood
Willow Warblers - first arrived on 9th April but counted 9 singing this morning
2 Chiffchaff
1 Goldcrest
1 Lesser Redpoll
4 Linnets - Longden End

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 15th of April 2015 07:40:05 AM

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A couple of hours this afternoon. Nothing out of the ordinary but plenty of Chiffchaffs in song around the Nature Reserve.


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3/4/15 lunchtime walk between showers

Swallow 2
'Sinensis' southern cormorant 1
Chiffchaff singing by NR

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6 Cormorant
1 Pochard - a Rochdale rarity these days
4 Goosander
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Chiffchaff
1 Lesser Redpoll over

Also Great Crested grebes displaying and prospecting for nest sites. Some floating platforms have been placed in the nature reserve which is excellent. However they have wire caging over them, presumably to protect the water plants growing on them, and I can't see how the grebes are going to climb up onto them with these in place. Does anyone else know whether grebes can climb up onto these structures?


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At least one, and possibly two, chiffchaffs singing in the nature reserve this morning.

Regards, Chris J-B

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20/3 Drake Common Scoter 4 Tufted Duck 4 Goosander 2 Redshank (Shaw Moss) There are still a few pairs of Reed Bunting around the Lake area Martin, and birds have recently started singing at Shaw Moss and at the nature reserve but they have certainly declined over the last few decades - a great bird to get on your feeders though.

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We live near Hollingworth Lake and for a few days this week we have had a reed bunting on our bird feeder. It is years since we have seen any around the lake, so are there anymore around?

2 pairs of Goosanders are still showing well and I wonder whether these are the same ones that turn up on the Little Clegg lodge.

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2 Oystercatchers today were my first of the Spring here.

Also big movement of gulls moving east this morning with 230+ Herring Gulls east in just over an hour heading off over the Pennines (with the largest flock being 140+) - very unusual to get these numbers here.

Late news for Tuesday (10th) when Jim Taylor had 22 Whooper Swans flying east over the Lake late morning


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Had an amble round this morning 9.00-10.30 am

Blackbird x 1
Black Headed Gull x 89
Blue Tit x 6
Canada Goose x 122
Carrion Crow x 6
Coal tit x 2
Coot x 4
Cormorant x 2
Goosander x 3 1m+2f
Great Crested Grebe x 5
Great Tit x 5
Grey Wagtail x 1
Lapwing x 2
Long Tailed Tit x 3
Magpie x 12
Mallard x 45
Mistle Thrush x 1
Moorhen x 1
Mute Swan x 2
Oystercatcher x 2
Pied Wagtail x 2
Robin x 2
Teal x 2
Woodpigeon x 14

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2 Great Crested grebe
5 Cormorant
6 Goosander
1 Coot
1 Dipper on Longden End Brook by the children's assault course
2 Goldcrest
1 Nuthatch - Pavilion Wood

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 6th of January 2015 10:36:42 PM

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