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Sightings from yesterday (1st June) from the Old Hall woods and fishing pond (between Old Hall Clough and Old Hall Lane) at 5.30am

Grey Heron x2
Mallard
Blackbird
Mistle Thrush x2
Song Thrush x1
Robin
Wren
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Coal Tit x3
Blackcap x2
Goldcrest x2
Nuthatch x4
Treecreeper x2
Willow Warbler x1
Chiffchaff x1
Greenfinch x2
Chaffinch +20
Carrion Crow
Magpie
Jackdaw
Jay x2
Wood Pigeon
Collard Dove
Great Spotted Woodpecker x1






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Jon Bowen


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single swallow this morning
3 Goldeneye
1 Common Gull
Treecreeper near gate at lower end of res

were birds of note on a 30 minute visit this morning

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In the fields on the reservoir side of Old Kiln Lane at 10.15 today:

C 200 Starlings with c30 Redwing mixed in. Also 18 Carrion Crows in proximity.

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Visit this morning 8.30 - 9.30
7 Goldeneye (2 males displaying)
2 Little Grebe
2 Cormorant
3 Canada Geese
12 Coots
8 Mallard
3 Common Gull
45 Black Headed Gulls
1 Great Black Backed Gull
6 Carrion Crow

along the lane
30c Redwing
1 Coal Tit
2 Collared Dove
2 Dunnock

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David Lumb


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12.30 to 13.30

7 Little Grebes
13 Mallards
6 Tufted Ducks
21 Coots
1 Kestrel
50+ Black-headed Gulls
1 Woodpigeon
2 Grey Wagtails
1 Pied Wagtail
1 Meadow Pipit
5 Wrens
12 Robins
4 Blackbirds
60+ Redwings/Fieldfares. A chap who I presumed to be the farmer was walking across the fields with a gun. Even though he wasn't shooting at anything he flushed a mixed flock from bushes as he approached them. They were as expected mostly Redwings, but there were a few Fieldfares mixed in.
Long-tailed Tits, Blue Tits, and Great Tits.
1 Jay
5 Magpies
6 Carrion Crows
1 Rook
11 Jackdaws
Numerous House Sparrows
5 Chaffinches
2 Greenfinches
1 Goldfinch
1 Bullfinch


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David Lumb


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12.20 to 13.15. Old Hall, High Rid, & Wilson Fold.

5 Little Grebes
18 Mallards
8 Tufted Ducks
1 male Pochard
1 female Goldeneye
1 Moorhen at Wilson Fold
26 Coots
40+ Black-headed Gulls
1 Pheasant
1 Woodpigeon
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 Grey Wagtail
2 Pied Wagtails
3 Meadow Pipits
3 Wrens
1 Dunnock
5 Robins
3 Blackbirds
1 Redwing
Blue Tits & Great Tits
2 Jays
5 Magpies
3 Carrion Crows
6 Jackdaws
A flock of House Sparrows at High Rid Farm
4 Chaffinches
30+ Goldfinches
3 Bullfinches


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Bill Myerscough


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Hi David,

Many thanks for that. I have visited the areas around Wilson Fold both this year and last year and they look interesting. I spotted a Green Woodpecker there in the earlier part of this year which was nice and small numbers of Lesser Redpoll too. Good luck in your quest!

Best wishes,

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Hi Bill, I saw a Willow Tit in May at Wilson Fold, west of the reservoir, after seeing none at Doffcocker for a few weeks. My idea a few days ago was to see if they are at both sites. The rain stopped me then, but I am planning to check again soon.


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7th October.

Brilliant sunny conditions at High Rid early this morning in sharp contrast to the thick fog in Oldham and Rochdale.

A Willow Tit was heard calling from a scrubby area just below the embankment at the western end of the reservoir. Good views were eventually had of this bird and indeed I suspect there may well have been two of them. I had a quick look through earlier posts on this thread and can't find this species as being mentioned here before.

Also 1 drake Pochard loosely associating with the flock of c20 Tufted Duck. I notice that the growth of aquatic weed along the northern edge of the reservoir is considerably less here this year than in the corresponding period in 2011. This possibly accounts for a count of only c30 Coot, when there were 47 here 2/10/11 and 54 on 9/10/11. I have also noted similar at Blackleach CP where the current count of Coot is I would guess somewhat less than half the c140 counted on 16/10/11.

Plus 3 Grey Wagtail (5 here 16/9), 2 Swallow, 8 Little Grebe and with c50 Meadow Pipit down and feeding along the paths and embankments in the south-east corner of the reservoir.

Nuthatch, Jay, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Bullfinch and Coal Tit in the golf course woodland.

Cheers,

Bill.

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Ian McKerchar


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1 Dunlin with a Lapwing flock flew SW today.

Info thanks to Andy Makin

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Ian McKerchar


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Today up to 2.10pm:

2 Redstart (male and female)
3 Wheatear
Peregrine
50 Swallow
Goldcrest
Meadow Pipit
7 Little Grebe
9 Tufted Duck

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

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3pm to 5pm 1 Common Sandpiper 6+ House Martin 4+ Sand Martin 20+ Swallow 6 Reed Bunting (all males) 8 Linnet 12+ Pied Wagtail 2 White Wagtail 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Wheatear

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12th Feb.

am in the low cloud/mist/drizzle.

c25 Coot, c10 Tufted Duck, 4 drake Pochard, 7 Goldeneye, 6 Little Grebe, 1 adult Herring Gull amongst the flock of c110 gulls.

3 Nuthatches - a pair and a singleton in the woodlands next to the golf course.

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Circuit with the dog around 3pm, very wet, but the reservoir virtually ice free:

Circa 200 Bh Gulls with a smattering of Common and LB-B.
Little Grebes...7
Goldeneye 2
Tufties 4
Lots of Coots
A Pheasant.
The Dunlin remained invisible!

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Dunlin feeding near the jetty at 3:55 today and also 4 Goldeneye, 2Pochard, 4Tufted Duck and 6 Little Grebe.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

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Chiffchaff singing along the track to the reservoir this morning.

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20th November.

8.00 to 9.20 am. Visibility at best 200m, more often considerably less.

Fair selection of wildfowl - 1 Shoveler, 1 Wigeon, 2 Gadwall, c60 Mallard, 1 Goldeneye (also here 6/11), 1 Canada Goose, c55 Coot, 6+ Little Grebe, 5 Tufted Duck, 8 Common Gull, c55 Black-headed Gull, 2+ Pied Wagtail and 1 Grey Wagtail.

In the woodlands adjacent to the reservoir and golf course, - Jay (heard), 1 Treecreeper and least 2 Nuthatch.

7 Teal on the reservoir on 6/11.

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Bill.

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A female Scaup flew in today just before dinner but was flighty.

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7 Wigeon flew in at 13:34 today.

Also present, 34 adult Mute Swan, 6 Tufted Duck and 6 Little Grebe.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

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9 male Pochard & 3 male Wigeon on res @ 8.00 am.

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Single Swift south at 3:10 today

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Lunch time

3 Goldeneye (1 male)
9 Tufted duck
a few coot

4 Chaffinch
5 Greenfinch
4 Goldfinch
1 Redwing

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This pm.

Still 99% frozen. Very small free area against north bank being used by Mallards(15)

Fair size Gull roost , circa 200. Quite nervous and coming back to middle of ice,
which made it difficult to sort the 2 larger gulls within the Black heads,especially as
the wind was eye-watering cold.
Nothing else moved except dog walkers and 2 moorhens in the field.

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High Rid was awash with kids in canoes this lunchtime, which with innumerable dog walkers and the sound of golf balls being struck, made it seem more like Penny flash on a Sunday morning, rather than an isolated moorland edge reservoircry.gif

I thought for a second that the Common Scoter was still present but it turned out to be a female Pochard. One advantage of the canoeists was that the wildfowl were all concentrated in one corner, which made it easier to count the 28 Coot, 7 Littlle Grebe and 4 Common Gull.

One or two Redwing were feeding in Fall Birch Road.

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Female Common Scoter still present today, per Andy Makin.

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Went up to see the Common Scoter.
This female bird is still there but well out towards the middle at 5.0PM
I was suprised how white the cheeks and throat appear in sunlight and that the underparts appeared quite rufous and slightly barred
The Peterson field guide gives a better likeness than Collins.
Also 8 Little Grebes, pair mallards and 2 Cormorants flying in

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Female Common Scoter still present at 1.30 pm

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Female Common Scoter still present at 10am.

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Scoter still present 1pm, right out in the middle. I was a little disappointed when I arrived because there was a remote control speedboat being zoomed around when I arrived but I needn't have worried - it didn't seem to bother the scoter at all!!!!

-- Edited by Holly Page on Saturday 16th of October 2010 02:55:44 PM

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Female Common Scoter still present at 5:30 with also 6 Little Grebes.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

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FEMALE SCOTER STILL PRESENT AT HIGH RID RES THIS MORNING @10AM.
EASY TO SEE.
OVER AT PUMP HOUSE END.biggrin.gif

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Female Common Scoter still present at 1.30 pm, diving frequently.

Also min 6 Little Grebe, 3 Tufted, 24 Coot, 12 Redwing, plus 2 Nuthatch in adjacent golf course woodland.

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Scoter still present at 1pm

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

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Common scoter present 12pm, scoped from Montcliffe!

-- Edited by Simon Warford on Thursday 14th of October 2010 12:22:32 PM

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Yellow Wagtail this morning with 5 Meadow Pipit, eventually flew west at 7:58am

Also single Wigeon, 7 Little Grebe and 3 Swallow

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Sunday 19 September 2010
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1 Hen Harrier (ring-tail) flew over heading north
1 Common Tern (juv) feeding then flew high east
lots of Swallow and House Martin

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Monday 30 August 2010
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1 Curlew (over)
2 Pied Wagtail
1 Grey Wagtail
3 Spotted Flycatcher in the hedges that run down to the north shore, along with...
2 Willow Warbler

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Wednesday 11 August 2010
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12 Little Grebe
4 Tufted Duck (1 adult, 3 young)
14 Mistle Thrush
lots of hirundines (mainly Swallow), and quite a few Swift.

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20-30 Redwing twittering in the tree-tops overlooking Bolton Golf Course. Also GS Pecker'

On the water:-

Little Grebe 1
Canada Goose 5
Tufted Duck 16
Goldeneye 8
several each of Mallard and Coot
Moorhen 3
BH Gull ca 30

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Yesterday, 10th Feb, afternoon:

4 Goldeneye
2 Little Grebe

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I can't imagine it waddling over to Lower Rivington Reservoir either way

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Just a thought but High Rid didnt freeze totally until last week, upto New years day at least it was totally free of ice, ive never known it freeze over totally before, so this particular bird found dead on the 29th Dec may not be our summering individual, there were 5 males on at one point towards the end of Dec(see my earlier post), clutching at straws I know, as when it did eventually freeze over there was probably only one end for our individual. hmm.gif
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So there was some validity to the story i heard after all, i just hope it is not our infamous friend, very sad news cry.gifno.gif

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Thanks for the specific details Pal, no.gifcry.gif

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JOHN TYMON wrote:

Ian McKerchar wrote:

On the 29th December 2009 Roy Ganley found a couple of Crows feeding on a dead drake Goldeneye at High Rid. There wasn't much of the Goldeneye left but although Roy couldn't confirm it was the injured winged long-staying drake one has to assume that it probably was cry.gif

We live in hope though and Roy for one will be regularly checking to see if the injured little fella turns back up. Thanks very much to Roy for this information.




daupt it would walk to anywere elseconfuse.gifwas it capable of flying?cry.gif

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You and your Daupting no.gif
I doubt it could fly looking at the photos, altough it may be able to fly in circles...

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Ian McKerchar wrote:

On the 29th December 2009 Roy Ganley found a couple of Crows feeding on a dead drake Goldeneye at High Rid. There wasn't much of the Goldeneye left but although Roy couldn't confirm it was the injured winged long-staying drake one has to assume that it probably was cry.gif

We live in hope though and Roy for one will be regularly checking to see if the injured little fella turns back up. Thanks very much to Roy for this information.




daupt it would walk to anywere elseconfuse.gifwas it capable of flying?cry.gif

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On the 29th December 2009 Roy Ganley found a couple of Crows feeding on a dead drake Goldeneye at High Rid. There wasn't much of the Goldeneye left but although Roy couldn't confirm it was the injured winged long-staying drake one has to assume that it probably was

We live in hope though and Roy for one will be regularly checking to see if the injured little fella turns back up. Thanks very much to Roy for this information.

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Yep that sound about right, probably just misread rumours, maybe we could start a rumour about Britain not being in recession, petrol prices are dropping and everyone has lots of money and taxes actually went down and not up again biggrin.gif

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You'll probably find that the 'rumour' originates from someone misinterpreting the posts on this thread and you know how Chinese whispers go from there. If the bird has met it's end (and it may seem likely ) then we'd most probably have confirmation one way or the other by now. We live in hope, what little we have left

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Simon Warford wrote:

Where did you hear that Dennis? cry.gifworry.gif
Gutted, Mr Woosey was right condemned to die in Boltoncry.gif

-- Edited by Simon Warford on Sunday 10th of January 2010 09:59:13 PM





I heard this today from someone i was chatting to at pennington flash, it was not someone i had met before so i was wondering if someone else could confirm?

Very sad news if it turns out to be true cry.gif

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