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Mandarin Duck 2-3 (1 pair)
Gadwall 5
Teal 44 (40+ Stromford Brook)
Goldeneye 1 female on river
Goosander pair
Sand Martin 10
Chiffchaff 18
Blackcap 3
Linnet 1

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Pink-footed Geese 51 over north in 2 skeins, 19 at 09.23 and 32 at 09.35
Mandarin 6
Gadwall 1
Teal 62 (103 on 28th)
Goldeneye 6
Stock Dove 27
Skylark 6 over > east
Chiffchaff 2
Willow tit 1 on 28th


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Goldeneye 11
Goosander 2
Teal 25
Chiffchaff 1

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Yesterday 18th on the river

Goldeneye 1 female
Teal 141
Moorhen 15

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Goosander and Goldcrest fledglings this morning

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Common Sandpiper 1
Whitethroat 7
Goosander 2 drake
Mandarin 3 (2 male and a female)
Gadwall 2
Teal 1
Sand Martin 40+
Linnet pair

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Little Gull an immaculate adult flew east (upriver) in company with 2 adult Black-headed Gulls at 08.20

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12 chiffchaff
3 blackcap
1 willow tit
13 sand martin
5 mandarin
3 goosander
4 buzzard
2 ring necked parakeets
Meadow pipit over

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Green Sandpiper 1
Willow Warbler 3
Chiffchaff 18
Blackcap 5
Sand Martin 11
Mandarin 10
Goosander 1
Linnet 2

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Green Sandpiper 1 flew out from the Stromford Brook culvert under the access road
Sand Martin 4
Blackcap 1
Chiffchaff 20 minimum
Willow Tit singing opposite the Rugby Club 53.432807, -2.356122
Mandarin 2 pairs
Goosander 1 pair
Redpoll 18

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Mandarin Duck pair on river
Gadwall pair on river
Teal 12 on river (didn't check Stromford Brook)
Little Grebe 2 on river
Stock Dove 13
Treecreeper 1
Siskin 9

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Green Sandpiper 1. Super shy, as usual. I managed a couple of distant record shots before it flew towards the Sale Sewage Works pool. Possibly the returning bird from last winter with the red ring on the left tibia which had been ringed at Woolsten Eyes.
Teal 33
Goosander pair
Kingfisher heard
Reed Bunting 1

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Goldeneye 1 female
Goosander 5
Teal 61

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Green Sandpiper 1
Goldeneye pair
Teal 26

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Green Sandpiper 1 heard only
Willow Tit 1 at 53.432763, -2.359677
Raven 1
Teal 99+ (74+ alighting from Stromford Brook)
Goosander 2

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Green Sandpiper 1
Woodcock 1
Pink-footed Goose 242 over west in 3 skeins, 200 2 10.51, 35 @ 11.00 and 7 @ 11.05
Teal 80
Goosander 4
Little Grebe 5
Willow Tit 3, 1 singing at 53.433082, -2.359840 and 2 together at 53.435130, -2.357159
Treecreeper 1
Redwing 49
Meadow Pipit 2
Redpoll 1
Siskin 7
Reed Bunting 1

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Mandarin pair
Mallard 58
Teal 134 (110+ alighted from Stromford Brook creek)
Goldeneye 1 drake on the Mersey
Goosander 1
Little Grebe 11
Snipe 1
Stock Dove 11


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Pink-footed Goose skein of 22 > NW at 09.40
Mandarin 2 (pair)
Goosander 1
Little Grebe 4
Green Sandpiper 1 heard calling 3X
Little Egret 1
Kingfisher 2
Swallow 1
Chiffchaff 2 singing
Redwing 19
Meadow Pipit 24
Bullfinch 8
Redpoll 1
Siskin 2

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Pink-footed Goose 201 in 4 skeins : 50 > E 07.41, 60 > E 07.58, 76 > SE 08.05, 15 > NW 09.32
Kingfisher 1
Mandarin 2
Goosander 2
Cormorant 24

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Dipper 1
Green Sandpiper 1
Mandarin 1
Kingfisher 1
Cormorant 21 together
Raven 5 together

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Mandarin 9
Goosander 1
Kingfisher 1
Swift 44
Sand Martin 4
Swallow 2
House Martin 1

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4 x Goosander (f) fishing together on the Mersey.

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1 x Kingfisher (m) on the edge of the Mersey. (near the area where someone has burnt all that driftwood that piled up after the February high water levels).

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Mandarin Duck 1 male 2 female 6 ducklings
Willow Tit 1 singing at 53.434683, -2.357619

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Mandarin 2 drakes
Gadwall 1 drake
Goosander 3 female
Common Sandpiper 1
Kingfisher 1
Willow Tit 1 singing at 53.435224, -2.358336

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2 x Kingfisher together.

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Yellowhammer 1 male
Green Woodpecker heard
Willow Tit heard

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Ring Ouzel 1 male flew over west at 09.39
Green Woodpecker 1 heard
Willow Warbler 5
Chiffchaff 12
Blackcap 14
Sand Martin 49
Mandarin 3
Shoveler 2
Gadwall 1
Teal 20
Linnet 2

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Mandarin pair
Teal 6
Goosander 2
Green Sandpiper (1) two sightings of an individual, flying high downriver and later swimming on the Sale WTW pond
Sparrowhawk 2
Willow Tit (3) or 3-5. Two together at 53.435093, -2.356867 and 3 together at 53.436485, -2.354321
Sand Martin 2
Chiffchaff 13
Blackcap 2
Goldcrest pair in courtship display
Linnet 4

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Mandarin 5 (3m 2f)
Teal 5
Sparrowhawk 2
Buzzard 1
Chiffchaff 8
Blackcap 4
Linnet 2
Redpoll 1

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also 1 Kingfisher

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Mandarin 2 pairs
Teal 13
Tufted Duck 1
Goosander 1
Green Sandpiper 1 flew downriver
Raven 1
Chiffchaff 13
Redwing 50
Linnet 6-10
Siskin 2


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56 species recorded this morning, including

Mandarin 3 pairs
Shoveler 2
Gadwall 2
Teal 90 (60 alighting from the Stamford Brook creek)
Tufted Duck 1
Goosander 1
Woodcock 1
Kingfisher 1
Green Woodpecker 1 female
Willow Tit 2
Chiffchaff 11
Treecreeper 1
Redwing 42
Meadow Pipit 1
Linnet 3 (singing bird)
Siskin 7
Reed Bunting 1

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35 Plus species this morning highlights 

Green Woodpecker

Willow tits,  meadow pipits Reed bunting , Bullfinch siskins ..

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Flushed a Woodcock off the old tip this morning , Teal numbers high Goldeneye x2 Mandarin x3  several Chiffhaffs singing around Banky meadow Willow tit and Reed bunting .

 

 

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Goosanders 3 pair,  one pair confirmed copulating and a single male all on stretch on Mersey between Ashton on mersey golf club and the green bridge at carrington spur 

Kingfisher, Pied and Grey wagtail along river ,  GS woodpecker drumming on kickerty brook and Several Rooks repairing nests in Rookery ..

Good numbers of song birds in full voice .. 

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Green Sandpiper 1
Snipe 1
Mandarin 2 (pair)
Goosander 4 (2 pair)
Shoveler 3
Teal 54
Goldeneye 3
Redwing 70

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Mandarin 2 (pair)
Shoveler 4 (2 pair)
Teal 66
Goosander 1 male
Redpoll 1
Siskin 28

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Teal 84 (again flock of 70 on Stromford Brook)
Goosander 3
Little Grebe 4
Raven 2
Willow Tit 1 at 53.436301, -2.352298


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Mandarin pair
Gadwall 1 female
Mallard 68
Teal 116
Goosander pair
Little Grebe 5
Redpoll 1
Siskin 20

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The ringers at Woolston place red darvics on the left tibia of Green Sandpipers (info from David Bowman)

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Green Sandpiper 1 again (see 20th December 2021) looks suspiciously like a red ring / flag on the left tibia
Wigeon pair
Teal 46
Goldeneye 6
Little Grebe 5
Willow Tit 3 together at 53.435182, -2.357312

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2 male 2 female Goosanders 

Little Grebe , Kingfisher on river behind old tip,

Snipe in field and Willow tit in hedge 

3 Mandarin ducks on frozen pond Water treatment work 

Redpoll x3 in hedges 

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A Little Egret on the bank of a swollen River Mersey.

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Whooper Swan 3 adults flew low west along the course of the River Mersey at 12.29
Willow Tit 2, both at 53.435233, -2.356406
Brambling 1
Redpoll 3
Siskin 47

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Green Sandpiper 1 at the Mersey
Little Egret 1 flew straight overhead and appeared to descend by the pool adjacent the sewage works (which is difficult to view)
Pink-footed Geese 136 West at 10.45
Teal 10
Little Grebe 2
Raven 1
Redwing 24
Fieldfare 2
Siskin 8

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Willow Tit 1 in the car park at 53.434000, -2.357178
Pink-footed Goose 33 > east at 11.56
Mandarin 1 female flew across field towards river
Teal 14
Little Grebe 2
Rook 3
Redwing 76
Siskin 3

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3 egrets, almost certainly Little though they looked alarmingly large at one point but I was travelling in a rapidly moving vehicle, flew fairly low NE together over the Carrington Spur at 9am this morning, heading the the direction of Sale WP/Broad Ees Dole. 



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Green Woodpecker 1 on Urmston side of river on horse paddock fence post viewed from the Sale Model Flying Club field
Siskin 1 over
Chiffchaff 5 (few singing)

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Peregrine 1 distant, perched on pylon to the NW (as viewed from the Sale Model Flying Club field)
Mandarin 3, drake and two females
Little Grebe 1

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