Male Mandarin 50 yards downstream of Weir. My first here. Female Wood Duck at Weir associating with 6 Mallards. Great Crested Grebe 2 Mute Swan c50 Tufted Duck c35 Canada Geese loads Coot few Found the collapsed boardwalk, looks like a very heavy log was dropped on it from height ! B##### vandals.
Not much Heron, 2 Goosander, Male Mandarin, Wood Duck, flock of Long-Tailed Tits Board Walk reopened and if you want to make a witch's broom you can over the weekend by calling in to an event here.
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Friday 19th of October 2012 09:29:12 AM
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Friday 19th of October 2012 09:29:35 AM
A very foggy morning; I could barely see to the other side of the main lake!
from what i did manage to see on the lake:
200+ black headed gulls 40+ mute swans 60+ coots 60+ canada many tufted ducks a lone goosander 2 LBB gulls male/female pair of mandarins (just above the waterfall opposite the childrens' play area)
Was listening to under the board walk on the radio which is quite apt as the boardwalk around the back lodge has finally collapsed and this path is closed, hopefully not permanently like the one with the burnt bridge. It is undergoing some sort of repair but other areas are rather treacherous with anti slip wire and side boards missing boards, rotten and broken planking and another bridge that sways quite alarmingly when you cross it so take care.
Seen Cormorant, Great-crested grebe, pochard, three goosander, heron and treecreeper.
-- Edited by Ian Boote on Friday 12th of October 2012 09:30:05 AM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 12th of October 2012 09:36:31 AM
Difficult to get exact counts as the birds were mingled together, especially where being fed. Good luck to the WeBS counter. My results are :-
2 Great Crested Grebes 52 Mutes Swans 131 Canada Geese Lots of Mallards 61 Tufted Ducks 1 male Pochard 8 Moorhens 100+ Coots 150+ Black-headed Gulls 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls 3 Common Gulls A few Siskins heard flying around
Female Sparrowhawk, pied wagtail, two great crested grebes, two goosander, ( One posing for pictures to within 3 metres and giving the coots a beak full) one pochard, flock of long-tailed tits, a goldcrest and two mallard stood on the life bouy post thrown into the lodge several months ago and still not removed.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 1st of October 2012 11:40:49 AM
The Egyptian Goose is perhaps the bird from Salford Quays that was last reported on 4th September
That was the first thing that occurred to me yesterday, James. Saved me a trip to Salford anyway! The bird that I observed had pristine body plumage but the head and neck were not as smart. John's checking for it today, after he finishes his voluntary work at the CP.
13.17 hours...John has just text...''no sign of (Egyptian) Goose and far fewer Canada's than yesterday''
-- Edited by keith mills on Friday 14th of September 2012 02:41:55 PM
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
Only things of note Three common Tern (2 Juv) few tufted ducks, and Great Crested Grebe Bird Hide shut at midday, bridge still burnt and sign still thrown in lodge
This place is looking tired with many things not repaired for months or years, litter all over the shop, signs thrown in the lodge, and a bird hide that has spasmodic opening times. Nonetheless family of 4 Sparrowhawks in the woods at least, Oystercatcher, Pied Wagtail, Blackcap, Sand Martin, Grey Heron and two great crested grebes who were nesting last time here but who appear to have been evicted by coots
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 23rd of July 2012 09:45:01 AM
The 3 pairs of Mute Swans that built nests at Crompton lodges all failed to raise any Cygnets, but on a brighter note the pair on Smiths Lodge, Darcy Lever have 6 well grown Cygnets.
Crompton Lodges
67 Mute swan 41 Tufted Duck Fem Wood Duck on river at weekend
Of Note Pair of Shovelor on main lodge, four goosanders each on the two back lodges, Great Crested Grebe, Pied Wagtails, coal tit, fly over cormorant plenty of singing Song Thrushes.
AM Visit Things of note Male Shoveler that proved very adept at moving around to give the impression that it was more than one. Several Goosander mainly Drakes and two pied wagtails usuals.
First Light 6 Goosanders on main lodge, 2 on fishing lodge 2 on river Long Tailed Tits everywhere Heron and Kingfisher on back lodge One possibly two tree creepers high up on tree in woods at back of rear lodge Usuals
First light everything frozen 44 mute swans Lot of canada geese with frost on their back three goosanders on river one drake tree creeper on tree near red bridge and that ws it
A clear frosty morning for the Saturday morning walk with Bolton RSPB.
The best of the usual stuff :
Buzzard...1 in tree near river. Sparrowhawk... 1 over low Goosander... 7 (with 3 drakes) Song Thrush....3 heard with 2 seen. Mistle Thrush...1 Bullfinch...pair Grey Heron...3 or 4 Among the Gulls were at least: Common Gull ...2 Herring Gull ....2 Lbb Gull...1 Cormorants... 2 over.
-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 14th of January 2012 01:19:10 PM
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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.
Only 35 Swans which is a reductio from the usual 50 odd but could be due to nearly 300 Canada Geese flapping about the place. Only thing of note were 8 Goosander (4m 4 fm) and a heron Things look a sad and run down here Toilets and Hide not open at 9.45 some bins not emptied, several board walk side bars missing, the tern raft stil beeched on the bank from several months ago.
1 Cormorant on the smelly and very fast flowing River Irwell 1 Kestrel over and on the trees behind the river. 1 Song Thrush singing high up in a tall tree in front of the locked hide. 15 Goosander on the smaller lodge at the back (7m 8f) 1 Juvenile Heron on smaller lodge 3 Goosander on main lodge (2m 1f)
All the massess of usual regulars (Mutes Swans, Coots, Mallards, Canada Geese, Moorhens) but no treecreepers or Goldcrests that I was hoping to see. A few Tits and Robins were singing and calling the wooded areas along the walkways.
Today I saw no less than 30 goosanders on 2 of the lakes. I dont recall seeing this many before. Also saw a black headed gull with a black head in December. It mustnt realise its winter !
In the bird hide I saw of note, 2 coal tits, 4 greenfinches and 2 chaffinches and a bullfinch.
-- Edited by DAVID KENNEDY on Wednesday 14th of December 2011 02:35:37 PM
Saw this am 5 Goosander (3F 2M Plumage) 3 cormorants, Juvenile Heron, Pied Wagtail Great Crested Grebe, Pair of Bullfinches Coal Tit flock of Goldfinches and Long Tailed Tits, Treecreeper
A Grey Wagtail was on the river pebble banks near the red bridge. Great views down to three or four metres - didn't seem bothered about me. Fantastic colours and long tail. Unfortunately the light wasn't great for photos, but I did try.
The usual waterfowl were present on a walk round the lodges with a flock of long-tailed tits, two great tits, two robins being the highlights in the wooded areas and two different (juvenile?) herons on the river and one on a lodge.
55 mute swans, about hundred canada geese, (Swans seem a lots happier with less of these feathered monsters) 2 Great Crested Grebes,15 tufted ducks a young heron the male goldeneye and a cormerant that was about it.
Quick visit this morning. Usual Goldeneye on the Sunblest shores of Lake Crompton. Few tufted ducks and three common tern, two of which were juvenile. Loads of Canada Geese that have taken over around the car park side to the point that swans are restricted to the other shore and seem to be decreasing in numbers. Even humans are excluded from the area by a mass of the feathered monsters. Time for a cull? Lots of young coots and a juvenile Heron.
Not much really, one common tern, twelve tufted ducks have reappeared, the male goldeneye gets even tamer, female teal on back lodge, two young heron squabbling and a dipper flying up the river towards the weir.