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Ian McKerchar


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This afternoon, a 3W Yellow-legged Gull was feeding above the reservoir and a Brambling flew west.

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Female Common Scoter present this morning.

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Up to late morning today:

52 Swallow

House Martin

28 Snipe

5 Grey Wagtail

10 Little Grebe

22 Tufted Duck

Raven

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4DIB was ringed as a cygnet on 4/12/2019  at Blackleach Reservoir, Walkden.

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Afternoon visit.

Female common scoter
47 tufted ducks
13 little grebes, no sign of the black necked grebe.
2 mute Swan, one with blue darvic 4D1B
8 pied wagtails
40+ swallows
1 common buzzard
1 sparrowhawk
1 chiffchaff



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The juvenile black-necked grebe was still on the reservoir at lunchtime.

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Ian McKerchar


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Fourth calendar year Yellow-legged Gull present around midday.

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Black-necked Grebe still there 4pm, 4 swift over also.



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Juvenile Black-necked Grebe still present this AM.



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Juvenile Black-necked Grebe still present mid-afternoon today.

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Juvenile Black-necked Grebe, Whinchat, Wheatear, Dunlin flew west, 2 Curlew flew south and a juvenile Mediterranean Gull all present evening,

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Two drake Common Scoter present early afternoon today.

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Drake Common Scoter present this afternoon

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Ian McKerchar


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Single Arctic Tern present this late morning.

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Single Yellow Wagtail, four White Wagtails and three Common Sandpipers present this evening.

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A male Blue-headed Wagtail was present with two Yellow Wagtails at 11:50 this morning but was flushed by walkers. Also a singing Grasshopper Warbler, two White Wagtail, three Common Sandpiper and three Common Sandpiper.

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A Common Sandpiper was the highlight of a very wet and windy walk around the Res earlier this afternoon.

Plenty of Swallow with smaller numbers of House Martin and Sand Martin hawking over the water.

Tufted Duck, Mallard, Great Crested Grebe, Pied Wagtail, Meadow Pipit, Common Buzzard, Black Headed Gull, Herring Gull and Lesser Black-backed Gull present.


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Wander around the reservoir and footpaths surrounding between 10 - 11 this morning.

Small numbers of
House Martins
Sand Martins
Swallows

2 Swifts

Good numbers of warblers including
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff

2 Whitethroats

Lots of gulls of the res. Didn't spot anything unusual but didn't have a scope with me

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Thursday 15th - sorry a bit late.

Pair of willow tit in the trees on the golf course side of the lane at the Eastern corner of the reservoir.

Willow tit calling from the pond area to the West of the Western dam.

Jack snipe flew in to the pond area to the West of the Western dam.

 

Good numbers of Black-headed Gull and at least 4 pairs of tufted duck.



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Singles of Sand Martin and Swallow this morning
500+ Black-headed Gulls
Fly over Little Egret

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Short visit today 650 approx black-headed gull,2 lesser black backed gull ,2 mediterranean gulls,little grebe ,great crested grebe, sand martin,swallow, buzzard 4 over,tufted duck,mallard with 14 chicks

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Pair of Common Scoter still present at 4pm (were also present yesterday), with 2 Common Sandpiper and 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls 

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A Rock Pipit was present on the north shore this morning, also 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls and a male White Wagtail in a ploughed field on the east side.

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5 Goldeneye present yesterday morning.
The footpath round the reservoir is closed for repairs but viewing is still possible from the gate near the portacabins.

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Two second winter Yellow-legged Gulls this afternoon.

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Adult Yellow-legged Gull showing well again this early afternoon.

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Adult Yellow-legged Gull at 1:30pm today.

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This morning:

Stonechat pair
Goldeneye 1 female
Tufted Duck 37
Little Grebe 9

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This morning:

Little Grebe 12
Stonechat 1
Buzzard 1
Lapwing 28

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This morning:

25 Swallow

15 House Martin

15 Little Grebe

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Late news for yesterday afternoon:

Adult Mediterranean Gull

9 Wheatear

35 Skylark

32 Rook

5 Swallow

400 Black-headed Gull

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Three Common Scoter landed briefly this morning before continuing on westwards.

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Crossbill west at 11:34 today and a Yellow Wagtail also west at 11:54, plus a feeding Common Sandpiper.

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Black-necked Grebe still present when I left at 5 ish



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Ian McKerchar


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Juvenile Black-necked Grebe present at midday.

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Adult Yellow-legged Gull at 5:50pm which then flew off west.

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Wednesday 27th May 2020

The Black-necked Grebe was found at 10am and was still present at 8:30pm

Also a Common Tern fishing in the morning

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1st summer Little Gull at 14.00. Thought I had discovered it, damn.



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1st summer Little Gull still this morning.
Also lots of hirundines of all 4 species.

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Ian McKerchar


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First summer Little Gull present and a Sandwich Tern flew north.

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Mid-afternoon today:

3 Sand Martin

2 Oystercatcher

9 Goldeneye

2 Peregrine

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Early afternoon today:

Adult Yellow-legged Gull

8 Oystercatcher

8 Goldeneye

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Mid-afternoon today:

 

Adult Mediterranean Gull

10 Goldeneye

100+ Redwing 

 

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Today:

11 Goldeneye

2 Goosander

29 Tufted Duck

Oystercatcher

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Oystercatcher still present
4 Goldeneye
100+ Redwing
80+ Fieldfare

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This late afternoon:

2W Yellow-legged Gull briefly bathing then flew NW

97 Pink-footed Geese flew over NW

Oystercatcher feeding

98 Fieldfare

4 Goldeneye

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Midday today:

5 Goldeneye

200+ mixed Fieldfare and Redwing flock feeding stubble

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Undoubtedly a peregine

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I agree...a Peregrine. Possibly a juvenile?

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Hi Paul Admittedly Ive only looked at your images on my phone but the raptor looks more like a Peregrine to me. The head pattern looks too strong for Merlin and whilst the tail feathers look damaged, the wingtips stretch beyond the tail whereas in Merlin the tail exceeds the wingtips. In addition the picture showing the bird side by side with a Carrion Crow shows only a small size difference. Anybody else any thoughts?

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