Drake Mandarin present on one of the fishing lodges at Crompton Lodges yesterday evening.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

87 Mute Swans,, Great Crested Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Dippers, Grey Wagtail, 2 Jays, 2 Goosander, and a Chiffchaff.

3 Goosander on river, Greast Crested Grebe, Nuthatch near the closed bird hide, at least 2 Goldcrest in the woods and a fly over Cormorant. Butterbur and Blackthorn inflower.

76 Mute Swans (three established pairs) 3 Goldcrest, Mandarin, Treecreeper and a Comorant.

2 Dippers chasing each other on river, 3 Goosanders, 2 Goldcrest, Great Crested Grebe and Two Swans setting up territory on River.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 6th of January 2014 05:21:24 PM

Scaup 1 adult female on most southerly lodge with a single Tufted Duck until 11am at least.
Goosander 1 pair
Mandarin 1 male




-- Edited by Antony Wainwright on Thursday 26th of December 2013 01:13:59 PM

63 Mute Swans 7 Goosanders Mandarin and a flock of Long Tailed Tits.

67 Mute Swans, Heron, Pochard Male, Wigeon female, 5 Goosander two were successful catching fish, 2 Treecreepers, 2 Goldcrest, Coal Tit, and a Cormorant.

First ever visit here 12.07 to 14.25. - (walked the pools and boardwalk sections only):

Great creasted grebe - 1
Cormorant - 1
Grey heron - 2
Canada geese - approx 75,
Mute swan - min. 60
Mallard - many
Tufted duck - approx 40
Goosander - 13 (5 obvious ad.males; 1/2 1st cal. yr. males; 5/6 females)
Coot- many
Moorhen - 6/7
Mandarin - 1 drake
Lesser black-backed gull - 1
Common gull - 5
Black-headed gull - approx 200
Feral pigeons - present
Few passerines about, though Pied wagtail (2), Dunnocks, Blackbirds, Songthrush (3), Robins, Blue tit, Magies, Carrion crows, with Wrens, (as "heard only").

- A pleasant change and big improvement on the toxic Chromium waste tip which I used to drive past here during the 1960 s!

60 Mute Swans 7 Goosander, 8 Teal 2 Wigeon, 2 Pied Wagtail 2 Cormorant, 2 Heron, ots of Blue Tits and at least 2 Goldcrest.

66 Mute Swans many being chasede by someones alsatian, two flocks of Redwings, Male Mandarin and 1 Goosander.

Male Sparrowhawk being chased by a Carron Crow, Cormorant, Goosander, Heron 63, Mute Swans, lots of Great Tits and several flocks of long-tailed Tits.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 1st of November 2013 10:31:55 AM

-- Edited by Ian Boote on Friday 1st of November 2013 02:58:31 PM

Goosander, Male Mandarin with blue ring, Dipper Heron Pied Wagtails 70-Mute Swans one looking quite subdued and more usual characters

-- Edited by Ian Boote on Friday 25th of October 2013 09:44:58 AM

Fairly quite 71 Swans, Great Crested Grebes, Heron, several ringed coots, Long Tailed Tits, GoldFinches and a Treecreeper.

Among all the usual birds there was a female Mandarin Duck on the angling lodge at Crompton Lodges at 2.30pm today. It was a bit skulky, hiding under the overhanging trees and shrubs at the car park end of the lodge.

61 Tufted Ducks 76 Mute swans, 2 Great Crested Grebes, 6 Swallows, Raven over, Cormorant, pied wagtail, and treecreeper near the boardwalk.

Although Mute Swans are reducing some are still arriving like KB6 and W21736 both new records for moses

-- Edited by Ian Boote on Wednesday 18th of September 2013 08:43:39 PM

Mute Swan ZY 6042 was seen at Heaton Park Boating lake with one other Adult and a young Cygnet on Saturday. It was also seen here at Moses Gate 31/07/2013 presumably while the other was still looking after the family at Heaton Park. Not seen at Moses before or since and could indicate breeding pairs are quite mobile and individual. The other one of the 'pair' was ZY2235 Darvic ring VN4 so ZY 6042 could be a previous cygnet. There were no other Swans on the boating lake.

-- Edited by Ian Boote on Monday 9th of September 2013 10:35:30 PM

93 mute swans, 23 tufted ducks 2 great crested grebes, nuthatch far side of main lodge, heron, and great spotted woodpecker. Bird Hide closed for some time.

94 mute swans, 9 tufted duck, great crested grebe, common gull, common tern, grey wagtail sand martin, house martin and swallow.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 16th of August 2013 04:28:09 PM

93 Mute Swans, 12 Tufted Ducks, 3 Great Crested Grebe (The nest of a pair of these that they were sitting on last week has been destroyed) 2 Common Terns, Family of Blackcaps, Heron, 2 Jays, the Coot nesting in the life buoy aslo has failed, and Nutharch near closed bird hide.

91 Mute swans, 3 Great Crested Grebes, Tufted Duck, Chiffchaff, Blackcaps, Heron, Swallow, House and Sand Martin, Nuthatch arund hide and a group of fledged Goldcrest.

-- Edited by Ian Boote on Tuesday 9th of July 2013 11:04:47 AM

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 9th of July 2013 02:20:19 PM

92 Nute swan 5 unringed. Coot sitting on a nest on a floating lifebuoy that some one threw in the lodge months ago. Blackcal Herons, 3 common Tern, Swift, Swallow, House & Sand martin and a Great Crested Grebe

86 Adult Mute Swans, Second pair of Swans on a nest apear to have sadly failed to produce cygnets,
Great Crested Grebes, families of Long and Great Tits, Swallows Pied Wagtail Heron, Common Tern and 3 families of Canada Geese

91 adult mute swans (Pair on River appeared today with 5 cygnets) , 3 Great Crested Grebe, Blackcap Chiffchaff, Oystercatcher Common Tern, Herring Gull Coal tit & Hide open 8.30


-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 11th of June 2013 11:44:15 AM