Ashton Moss

Karen Foulkes · Status: Offline

RE: Ashton Moss

Iain Johnson · Status: Offline

had a wander across part of the moss: greenfinch, goldfinch, chaffinch, blue, great and long tailed tit's, pied wagtail, whitethroat, wood pigeon, blackcap.

Karen Foulkes · Status: Offline

A walk across the Moss this afternoon

Sheldon Pool
Mute Swan
Mallard
Canada Goose

Mockridge Pool
Grey Heron
Moorhen
Coot
Little Grebe
4 Mallard

3+ Lapwing
Linnet
Skylark
2 Whitethroat singing opposite Leisure Park

gary mills · Status: Offline

Good view of a male Wheatear as it landed on the railings by the motorway bridge on Lord Sheldon Way this morning.

nigel charlesworth · Status: Offline

two wheat ear on land in front of garage off turner lane one mute swan two moorhen and one canada goose on sheldon pond jackdaw and wood pigeons didnt go near mockerridge it was like a car park

Steve Suttill · Status: Offline

The path which runs north alongside the motorway should be good for Sedge Warbler and Whitethroat pretty soon.

Steve

Karen Foulkes · Status: Offline

I spent an hour or so on the Moss after work this evening.

Mute Swan still on Sheldon Pool unringed very territorial
Pair of Canada Geese, male bird? chasing man and toddler away after they went close to its mate
3 Mallard

Mockridge Pool

Grey Heron
2 Coot
2 Canada Geese

Also in the area

2 Swallow
10+ Linnet
Skylark
10+ Lapwing
10 Starling
3 House Sparrow
Greenfinch
2 Robin
4 Dunnock
Great Tit
Blue Tit
Blackbird
6+ Collared Dove
25+ Woodpigeon
2 LBB Gull over

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

5.45pm, Sat 10/04/10
m&f mallard & approx 6 ducklings behind Village

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

11.15am
Quick visit
Nothing on Sheldon
100+ starlings & 14 lapwings flew from car people to moss, wish I'd seen what spooked them
Moorhen on lane
Mockridge pond
Grey heron
mute swan
little grebe

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

5.00-5.30pm
50 starlings
20+ lapwings
2 carrion crow
2 skylark

Sheldon pond
1 mute swan
2 canada geese
4 mallard

Mockridge pond
1 moorhen
1 coot
2 canada geese

Alan Turner · Status: Offline

Saturday 27th pm

Northern Wheatear 2 - male, on bank on approach to Mockridges.

Skylark c4 singing

Mistle Thrush 2

Grey Heron 3 over

Coot 1, Mockridge pool

Moorhen 2, Mockridge pool

Lapwing c 30

Karen Foulkes · Status: Offline

A trip to the Moss this evening after work

Pool round corner from Mockridge
pr Moorhen
pr Coot
1 drake Mallard
pr of Canada Geese one of which had apparently got its leg caught on wire during the night and a lady was giving it water, she said she and her husband had rescued it earlier today

Mockridge Pool
pr Moorhen
Little Grebe

Sheldon Pool
Mute Swan (still there)
pr Coot

Slag heaps
10+ Lapwings
1 Skylark

Lanes round pools
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Wren
Robin
Blackbird
Mistle Thrush
Pied Wagtail over

-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Thursday 25th of March 2010 08:26:10 PM

Steve Suttill · Status: Offline

Monday evening - violent rain showers, brilliant rainbow!

Sheldon pool: 1 Mute Swan, 2 Canada Geese, 1 Coot.

Mockridge pool: 1 Little Grebe, 2 Mallard

Car People: 17 Lapwing on roof.

Steve

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Visit 10.15-11.15am
Men working near Sheldon Pond
Sheldon
1 coot
2 canada geese
3 mallard

car phone warehouse
7 lapwing

mockridge pond
1 moorhen
2 coots
1 mute swan

From lane
2 song thrushes
4 blackbirds
9 magpies
60+ starlings
15 wood pigeons
3+ sky lark
2 dunnock
10+ greenfinch
5 goldfinch (feeding on teasels

)
3 robin
6 house sparrows
3 wrens
blue tit
great tit
2 collared doves
2 dunnock
1 carrion crow
2 lapwings

Karen Foulkes · Status: Offline

Visited Ashton Moss on Sunday.

24+ Lapwing including 19 being harrassed by a Peregrine, the Peregrine then lost interest moved away and stooped and then disappeared over a mound
c30 Linnet, finally seen after hearing them practically every time I've visited the Moss!
Mute Swan Mockridge Pool
Pair of Coot on Sheldon Pool
Pair of Coot on Mockridge Pool
3+ Skylark singing
Grey Heron
Mallard

Round back of Travelodge
LT Tit collecting cobwebs from garage

Coal Tit
Greenfinch
Chaffinch
House Sparrow
Blackbird
Great Tit
Blue Tit

-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Tuesday 16th of March 2010 12:34:16 PM

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Quick visit in the car
11.15am
Sheldon Pond
26 black headed gulls
1 mute swan
1 coot
4 canada geese
2 mallard
4 lapwing on moss

Mockridge pond
2 coots

Car people rooftop
18 lapwing

Andrew Newall · Status: Offline

2 curlew over the car people on friday 9.30am ish ( county lifer for me )

cheers

Andrew

Karen Foulkes · Status: Offline

This am

Mute Swan still present
22 Lapwing many displaying later 10 on roof of Car People
pr Tufted Duck
Canada Goose
Coot
3+ Skylark singing (Spring is here!)

pr Mistle Thrush
Grey Heron
4+ Dunnock
Coal Tit
8+ Great Tit
2 Blue Tit
Chaffinch
4 Greenfinch
Mallard
8 Woodpigeon
10 House Sparrow
Crow
2 LT Tit

Cricket Club area

Kestrel perched on mast
GS Woodpecker

Sainsburys Roundabout
42 Black Headed Gull
8 Common Gull
1 LBB Gull

-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Saturday 6th of March 2010 08:03:09 PM

-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Saturday 6th of March 2010 08:07:51 PM

Karen Foulkes · Status: Offline

Went for a quick trip to the Moss this lunchtime, didn't have much time, managed to get the following selection of birds.

Mute Swan
8 Lapwing
Canada Goose
Coot
Moorhen
Mallard
Skylark
Greenfinch
Magpie

I think I've gone mad.............

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Just had a brilliant stroll down the lane with my kids & then up the path on the golf course:
1 ringed plover

4 skylark (at least) flying up & down, singing beautifully
1 mute swan

-you don't want to know how scarce they are in Tameside!!
12 lapwings
2 magpie
4 mallard
4 blackbird
2 wren
6 canada geese
1 moorhen
5 goldfinch
13 woodpigeon
2 jackdaw
2 collared dove
4 greenfinch
1 grey heron
1 dunnock
4 chaffinch
1 song thrush
1 coal tit
4 blue tit
2 great tit
2 carrion crow
Making me very happy

Borough tick of 51 (slowly improving

)

nigel charlesworth · Status: Offline

first visit of year all ponds frozen. topped up feeders by car the home for breakfast then back down to see whats about

mockeridge end the birds where near as damn it perching on us as we watched the feeders then walked up the lane motor way table was empty but pigeons are the animal equivilent of a hoover. the level crossing feeder was empty but evidence of activity could be seen on the way back to sheldon pool we spotted 5 fieldfare and 4 mistle thrush we stopped to watch them another bird appeared and this had a RED breast " American Robin " we both said then the sun went behind a cloud GUTTED has anyone else notice how vivid the breast colour is on Fieldfare we hadnt

just the usual suspencts in small numbers 20 species in all

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Went for stroll down lane passed garden centre, all ponds totally frozen.
10.30-11.10
1 magpie
4 collared doves
1 wren
1 Kestrel

4 blackbirds
8 woodpigeon
1 robin
2 longtailled tits
2 blue tit
1 great tit

Andrew Newall · Status: Offline

few sightings over the last few weeks

15 fieldfare - new manchester bird for me
3 song thrush
2 mistle thrush
30 greenfinch over
2 heron
25 canada geese
2 sawns
10 goldfinch
2 blackbirds

cheers

Andrew

nigel charlesworth · Status: Offline

late report for boxing day

12.00 12.45

no sign of your canadas racheal pool thawing but no wildfowl in sight save two mute swans that just couldnt prick up enough confidence to land if only i had my camcorder with me. stocked level crossing feeder with fat balls flushed a snipe on the wet meadow near the garage.
a mixed flock of 50+ fieldfare and mistle thrushes were on the golfcourse adj to sheldon pool

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

nigel charlesworth wrote:

9.30 - 11.20
canada geese (85+)

AHHH... wonder if these are from Stamford Park boating lake, when I did the WEBS count on Sunday the lake was frozen & I was missing around 100 geese!! Wondered where they got to.
Rae

nigel charlesworth · Status: Offline

9.30 - 11.20

freeding points at motorway bridge, level crossing and paddock gate at mockerridge all topped up with seed and fat balls

all water frozen birds seen

magpie, canada geese (85+), kestrel (2) starlings, blackbirds, greenfinch, carrion crow, B.H.gull, wren, herring gull, collard dove robin, goldfinch, long tailed tit (20+) great tit, mistle thrush.

a merry x-mas to all

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Quick drive by the Sheldon Pond
14.40, 22/11/09
3 moorhen
3 mallard

33 canada geese on embankment across road/track from Sheldon pond
Oh, about 20 jackdaws on by-pass roundabout by cineworld/hollywood bowls

-- Edited by Rachael Hill on Sunday 22nd of November 2009 04:06:47 PM

nigel charlesworth · Status: Offline

saturday

me and the boy (connor) went down to put seed at the feeding areas a few of the dog walkers now drive onto the moss and park near the motorway brdge feeders so we have moved them (not the table) up near the railway line, then walking back down turner lane we threw fat balls into some of the bushes, at the mockeridge end we put fat balls in the trees and seed near the paddock gate.

sunday

been to see the G.N. Diver. then onto the moss

sheldon pool

b.h.gull , common gull, 2 mute swans , coot

motorway table
many magpies

railway feeding station

tits in the trees

not much else weather was awfull

Lesser black on village round about with other gulls

-- Edited by nigel charlesworth on Sunday 22nd of November 2009 11:53:26 AM

nigel charlesworth · Status: Offline

little egret flying low across fields in between newmarket road and the new football ground (curzon ashton) look as if it was going towards the moss

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

10/10 14.30
Lord Sheldon pond
10 mallard
2 coots
1 grey heron
no wigeon- anyone seen it recently?

nigel charlesworth · Status: Offline

11/10/2009 8am-10.30am

cricket ground to motorway bridge

chiffchaff (calling in trees near richmond st entrance),starling,magpie,carrion crow,goldfinch, redwing(6),moorhen,GBBgull,LBBgull,BHgull,herring gull,willow warbler.

golf course, sheldon pool

kestrel,skylark,canada goose (63),coot, lapwing,mallard,cormorant(over),
grey heron,meadow pipit(12+)

mockeridge pool and lane

robin,wood pigeon,pied wagtail,great tit,blue tit,collard dove,wren mistle thrush reed bunting.

village roundabout

common gull(20+),jackdaw

patch total now 63

-- Edited by nigel charlesworth on Sunday 11th of October 2009 10:59:57 AM

Steve Atkins · Status: Offline

Hi Nigel,

I decided to check out your mystery ducks on Sheldon pool this lunchtime and can confirm that they are definitely Wigeon. One is an eclipse male. It stretched one its wings and showed the white forewing. The other is probably a female.
Also heard a Kingfisher calling but was unable to locate it.
A Chiffchaff was singing from a belt of trees on the north side of the track to Mockridge garden centre.
Let me know if you find anything else interesting on the local pools, such as a funny looking grebe

Cheers

Steve

nigel charlesworth · Status: Offline

8.30 - 10.00

cricket ground
Chiffchaff woodpigeon large flock of mixed finch on lane 3 goosander over

golf course
20+ mistle thrush, snipe magpie kestrel grey wagtail

sheldon pool
mallard black headed gull lapwing the wigeon??? still not convinced

mockeridge pool
collard dove tit flock kingfisher

turner lane
jay

patch total for year 59

-- Edited by nigel charlesworth on Sunday 27th of September 2009 11:21:20 AM

Judith Smith · Status: Offline

Juvenile or eclipse Wigeon??

nigel charlesworth · Status: Offline

male and female duck about teal size but look like a wigeon with out the cream head stripe any ideas what these could be i photographed the birds but cant find anything to id them ??????????????

Alan Turner · Status: Offline

14:00 hrs. Generally very quiet but Village Hotel Pond -
2 Little Grebe
2 Mute swan
2 Moorhen
c. 12 Mallard

-- Edited by Alan Turner on Tuesday 15th of September 2009 06:05:33 PM

Andrew Newall · Status: Offline

seen from work this week.

wk comm 24/8
100 + lapwings everyday
100 + starlings everyday
3 pied wags
2 dunnocks
1 little grebe ( see post in general birding )
loads of bh gulls everyday
3 LBB Gull
1 Herring Gull
4 blackbirds
2 robins
18 goldfinch
3 greenfinch
6 swallows
4 house martins
2 swift
40 + canda geese
6 mallards
grey heron ( there seems to be 2 or 3 individuals )

shoud be the build up to gulls coming across soon. last year was getting in excess of 5000+ gulls a night over head .

ill try and remeber to post every week ,

cheers

Andrew

nigel charlesworth · Status: Offline

walked round sheldon pool 9 am 7 mallard, numerous starlings 50+ feral pigeons 106 lapwings on roof of car people gulls flying all over nothing out of the ordinary

nigel charlesworth · Status: Offline

first visit to the area since05/05/09 been busy working decided to walk instead of using the car and will be doing it again as I can use the full length of reyner lane from the cricket ground to the mockeridge plantation.

golf course

skylark, magpie, swift, whitethroat,goldfinch (numerous) 20 housesparrow,

sheldon pool

6 canada geese, 78 lapwing grey heron mallard, b.h.gull starling

mockeridge pool and wooded end of lane

blackbird,house martin, l.b.b gull, swallow,moorhen,green finch,song thrush,wren, little grebe, (field above pool) linnet , ringed plover,G.b.b.gull,
going to put feeders up at this end keep your eyes peeled

turner lane

jackdaw,great tit, long tailed tit, kestrel, have put orange coloured feeder in first bush half way up lane

cricket ground
robin pied wagtail

patch bird total now 52

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Sunday 12.30-12.45
Sheldon Pond
1 grey heron
6 mallard
2 canada geese with 5 goslings

4 wood pigeon
2 magpie
2 house sparrow

Gary Marland · Status: Offline

Sunday 17-5-09 9.00-10.30

Not much showing today. Nothing on the feeders Nigel. The one on the corner is disappearing into the vegetation.

On golf course
Ringed Plover
Lapwing
Skylark

On Sheldon pool
Mute Swan 2 - no leg rings visible as on water
Mallard
Moorhen
Canada Goose
Grey Heron

On Mockridge pool
Canada Goose
Little Grebe (heard)
Moorhen

On Rayner Lane and Moss Lane
Willow Warbler
Swift
Kestrel
Wren
Mistle Thrush
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
House Sparrow
Robin
Magpie
Jackdaw
Woodpigeon
Starling
Blackbird

Gary

-- Edited by Gary Marland on Sunday 17th of May 2009 11:35:32 AM

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

Cunning woodpidgeons Nigel?? There's enough of them!!

Hubby spotted these on walk around 18.00 16/5/09
Buzzard over motorway
greenfinches

Pond behind The Village (what we calling that one then?!)
8 tufted ducks
Mallards
Heron flying over

nigel charlesworth · Status: Offline

7.00am to 8.25am

sheldon pool

5 canada geese, 2 little grebe 4 mallard

golf course/ moss lane/ rayner lane

lapwing, whitethroat (singing on telephone wire near feeding station), skylark, jackdaw, carrion crow, moorhen, magpie, swallow, woodpigeon, 2 lesser black backed gulls (flew over golf course), wheatear (M)

mockeridge pool area

blackbird, greenfinch, starling, wren, swift (over garden centre), goldfinch, robin, collard dove, song thrush, blue tit

patch total is now 49 (what will the 50th bird be answers on a post card)

has any one seen any birds at the feeding station we have only seen 1 great tit but the feed is going some where

nigel charlesworth · Status: Offline

late post from sunday 26 april been working had no time to send in report nice to put a face to a name hi gary after you had left us we had brief views of a reed warbler on mockerridge anyway todays sightings

sheldon pool
3 canada geese 5 mallard, coot,moorhen, grey heron

golf course

lapwings woodpigeon, jackdaw, skylark

topped up feeding station then walked back to mockeridge end

first patch wheatear on golfcourse

song and mistle thrush, blue tit, greenfinch goldfinch dunnock robin collard dove swallow white throat all around mockeridge pool

patch total now stands at 47

Gary Marland · Status: Offline

Sunday 26-4-09 10.00-12.00

Wheatear 3 on golf course
Whitethroat 1 singing on Moss Lane
Swallow 3 over ponds

plus usual stuff

on golf course
Ringed Plover 2
Lapwing
Skylark

On Sheldon pool
Mallard
Canada Goose

On Mockridge pool
Grey Heron
Moorhen
Reed Bunting

On Rayner Lane and Moss Lane
Linnet - at long last
Wren
Goldfinch
Greenfinch
House Sparrow
Robin
Great Tit
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Starling
Blackbird

Gary

nigel charlesworth · Status: Offline

went down to top up feeders been busy over weekend not had chance toget on the patch
sheldon pool

2 canada geese
4 mallard
1 swallow (first of the year on the moss for me)

golf course

lapwing
wood pigeon
skylark
linnet
carrion crow
jackdaw

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

20/4/09
09.30-11.00
Sheldon pond
2 canada geese (still on nest)
3 mallard
3 lapwings
8 house sparrows

along lane towards motorway
5+ skylark (great displays)
grey heron flying
1 reed bunting (around feeding station)
2 starlings
5 jackdaw
10+ carrion crow
7+ lapwing
2 blackbirds
6 feral pigeon
9 woodpigeon
3 magpies
1 mistle thrush

lane past garden centre
8 starlings
1 reed bunting
1 grey heron (from earlier?)
4 blackbird
10+ woodpigeon
6 greenfinch
2 collared doves
2 linnet
1 chaffinch
2 dunnock
1 wren

Mockridge pond
1 canada goose
1 moorhen
2 swallows

plus much more flying too fast in bushes!

Paul Bambroffe · Status: Offline

Just a note to say that I also saw the Peregrine
flying down the side of the new Police headquarters
on Wednesday dinnertimeish. Sat in my car and
it flew right over me, not very high either.
Great to see.

Rachael Hill · Status: Offline

nigel charlesworth wrote:

saw my first peregrine in Ashton let alone local patch

Now I'm jealous! Great spot.
15.20
Briefly checked out Sheldon pond for swans- no sign
2 canada geese (one still looks like on nest & opposite side to where dogs go)
4 mallards
over 30 starlings flew up from bank near pond
over 50 starlings in flock nearer motorway end of lane
very windy & kids were saying rude words!

nigel charlesworth · Status: Offline

driving home down lord sheldon way @ approx 4.15 (dont tell the boss) and starlings jackdaws wood pigeons and lapwings all shot up had to stop at the lights at the turning and saw my first peregrine in Ashton let alone local patch