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Ian Boote


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AM
12 Tufted Ducks M n F
4 Common Terns at least 1 Juv
3 Pied Wags
Family of LT Tits
Dipper red bridge
heron
female goosander back lodge
GS Woody Woods
Willow Warb

cheers

ian

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Ian Boote


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1 Common Tern
2 GC Grebes
1 Gt Spotted Woody
Heron
pied wagtail
kingfisher
bullfinch
family of wrens in one of the gardens as short as 1metre away

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News on the Terns, I don't think the rafts have been vandalizes, but the one on the main lake may have been hit by a boat, sometimes youth clubs turn up with boats and things. some of the wooden biocks that made a hide-a-way for the chicks have been knocked over. Today there were 2 adults and 3 juveniles flying around , before going on the raft. One was being fed a fish. The 2 young on the raft on the wildlife lodge have gone , they were very small and have probably been taken by the young Heron, it will eat anything that moves. Also about , 83 Swans including 3 cygnets, 1 on the main lake and 2 on the river croal, 130 Canada Geese, 2 Greylag Geese, + 20 Goosanders on the river Irwell at Nob End, same birds from Clifton last week, i think ?.

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family of jays flapping aboput near bird hide
But more sadley both nests of terns appear to have been predated or vandalised. No chicks at all there this am. Just one adult. Raft on main lodge appeared to have been tampered with. Nest on main res 2 chicks were near fledged a week ago so could flown. Nest on back lodge which had three chicks originally were much younger so couild not have fledged. Swan also appeared to have lost chick. Pretty poor visit really.

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ian

-- Edited by Ian Boote on Tuesday 13th of July 2010 05:46:41 PM

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 13th of July 2010 07:36:42 PM

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Tony Hill


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81 Swans, 125 Canadas, 2 Greylag, 150 Mallard, 3 Oystercatcher on side of main lake, must have nested at Shore Top , Or somewhere near, 2 pairs of terns with 2 young each.

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walk along canal Radcliffe to Darcy Lever

Plenty of moorhen and coot chicks
2 Common Tern on canal diving
chiff chaffs sedge warbs
Swan with three chicks below litttle lever
Swan on canal at Nob end appears to have failed to breed was on a nest a few weeks ago with eggs seen further down canal no cygnets today
Jay
Gold finch Green finch usuals Etc

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ian

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Ian Boote


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not much
4 common terns hern gc grebe
Swan with 2 cygnets still doing ok
chiff chaff jay and not much else

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Ian Boote


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All chicks today
Family of Pied Wags 3 chicks
Few families of canada geese
One family of mute swans 2 chicks
Also
Fly over lapwing
Blackcap
Greater Spotted Woodpecker
2 Pairs of Gt Crested Grebes Fighting
4 Common terns
And a yappy dog not in control by some stupid owner that claimed it did n't bite and that I should not kick it. I differed when it tried.
Bigger Dogs parade around the play area most not on leads could be quite scary.
Cheers
Ian

-- Edited by Ian Boote on Tuesday 15th of June 2010 09:28:05 AM

-- Edited by Ian Boote on Tuesday 15th of June 2010 03:05:20 PM

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Tony Hill


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Pochard, 2 Goosander on river Irwell, + Kingfisher.

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Single Common Tern sat on raft in middle of main lodge, 3.45 pm today.
Cheers Ian

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2 Common terns on main lodge
2 Moorhen Chicks hatched
Heron GC grebe lodges Not many tufted
Woods
LT Tit
Bull finch
Blackcap Willow warbler chiff chaff


-- Edited by Ian Boote on Thursday 29th of April 2010 07:28:05 PM

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Tony Hill


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common Tern on main lodge.

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2 Great Crested Grebe, Oystercatcher over, Common Sandpiper, 3 Stock Dove, 2 Kingfisher, 12 Sand Martin, Dipper, 6 Blackcap, 15 Willow Warbler, Treecreeper,Linnet, Bullfinch.

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Kingfisher and 2 Goosander on river Croal, + 4 Linnets on vats.

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Prestolee Aquaduct
7 Sand Martins
1 House Martin flying purposefully towards the sun
1 Linnet
A small flock of finches, frustratingly flew off before I could get my bins on. Looked like Twite but were probably Linnet.
1 Bullfinch
1 Willow Warbler.
1 pheasant
1 singing goldfinch at nob end.

Edit: forgot to had got really excited when I though I spotted an Owl only for it to be a plastic one perching on a fence post!


-- Edited by Steven Astley on Wednesday 7th of April 2010 08:17:33 PM

-- Edited by Steven Astley on Wednesday 7th of April 2010 10:28:51 PM

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nob end:
1 swallow
1 singing goldfinch
1 chiffchaff
1 willow warbler

on the river irwell nr prestolee aquaduct:
1 grey wagtail
3 swallows

Still not seen any sand martins yets blankstare.gif

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Greylag Goose, 35 Tufted Duck, 11 Goosander, 2 Sparrowhawk, + Swallow over canal at Nob End.

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Ian Boote


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steve, fred bridge sounds much better and why not the visiters centre is called rock all and moses seems to have took a left turn on the way to the promised land or is that bolton after all. glad you saw the dipper.

-- Edited by Ian Boote on Friday 26th of March 2010 11:31:17 PM

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Steven Astley


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Nothing do with fred, we don't want to encourage vandals smile.gif. Meant to say red bridge but tbh not sure if it is red these days, its what we used to call it when we were kids.


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crmrnt is without the vowels due to being bone idle.
fred footbridge must have a new owner or remembers that Bolton Son Mr Dibnah?smile.gif

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crmrnt
Let me guess, would that be a cormorant, abbreviated? Of course it would! lol

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1 dipper on river croal.
1 chiffchaff nr fred footbridge that crosses Croal

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Lodges
6 Goosander
1 Pochard
1 Singing Mistle Thrush nr footbridge over river
Looked for Dipper and Kingfisher but couldn't find any. Nice to see that Dipper are about though will have another try.
edit: forgot 2 Sparrowhawk together in flight over lodges

-- Edited by Steven Astley on Tuesday 23rd of March 2010 05:53:04 PM

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lodges
GC Grebe
Female Goldeneye
Crmrnt
Heron
Heard Kestral
Red Bridge
Dipper Grey Wagtails
Coal + LT tit
Jackdaw

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Two female Goldeneye
Male Shovellor
Plenty of Tufted
4 Goosander (2m 2F)
Heron
Kestral
Dipper near weir
Carrion Crows
Pied Wagtails
GT Blue Coal Tits

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Green Sandpiper at the Croal-Irwell confluece, also 4 Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Grey Wagtail.

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am lodges
3 pair goosander
pair gc grebe
2 heron
hide
coal tit
gs woodpecker

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I very recently (18th Feb) asked the chief warden if he could put a surround on the rafts, as one of the regular birders there reported that the tern chicks had fallen off the raft and been lost. His reply is below:
Hi Judith

Your email is very timely as yesterday we went out to the tern raft and, following advice and comments from birders and colleagues, put a wire fence around the edge of it as per the rafts at Doffcocker. There is already a lip and gravel on the raft (frozen solid yesterday!)So hopefully it will deter the coots and other birds from using the raft and allow the terns to breed successfully.



I will be leaving next week but if you have any further comments please contact my colleague Matt Dawson.

Many thanks

Andy

Andy Bailey

Country Park Ranger

Moses Gate Country Park

Bolton

01204 334042

07977548660

But apparently there is another raft?


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Ian Boote


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THats what the worker/warden said today. Last year a pair tried to breed on the ack lodge but were robbed poss by a heron.

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Makes sense now, thanks Steven.

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Steven Astley


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Terns breed on them. Wiring should deter some birds like ducks and geese from using it, makes it easier for the terns.

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Ian Boote wrote:

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4 Goosander Back lodge (3f 1m)
6 Coal tits hide
Wiring on rafts to discourage cormerants





What are those rafts for Ian?

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4 Goosander Back lodge (3f 1m)
6 Coal tits hide
Wiring on rafts to discourage cormerants

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This am, nice flock of 40+ Siskin between Crompton Lodges and Nob End along river also 3 Little Grebe, but no Redpollhmm.gif

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6 Goosandeer 2 Heron back lodge
King fisher wier
Fly over Corm

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Crompton Lodges mid pm

c50 Tufted Duck
1 Pochard (f)
60 Mute Swan
300+ BH Gulls
4 Herring Gull
3+ Common Gull
Grey Heron
Lots of Canada Geese/Coot/Moor Hen/Mallard



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Could not see shoveler am
did see fly over cormerant and six goosander on lodges 4 m 2 f.

-- Edited by Ian Boote on Friday 29th of January 2010 01:17:07 PM

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The pair of Shoveler were still present yesterday, plus around 60 Tufted Duck.

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Ian Boote


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The old coots are the ones to watch

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Ian Boote wrote:



Coots Swans Thrushes all fighting





Separately or together confuse.gif my money's on the Swan'sbiggrin.gif

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66 Mute Swans
30 Tuftend
Fly over Cormerant
Kestral on the trees back of lodges
Shovellor pair quite brazen comming to with 10 feet
Female Goosander on River
Two Male Goosander on back lodge came with 20 feet
large flock LT Tits
Coots Swans Thrushes all fighting

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Still mostly frozen this pm.

Shoveler pair
Pochard 1 male
Teal 3
Dipper 1

Nearby Darcy Lever, 2 Tawny Owls & 1 Dipper.

-- Edited by Simon Warford on Saturday 23rd of January 2010 05:04:38 PM

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Male Female Shovellor Heron
Loads of Coots Swans Tufted Mallard
Male Goosander lodges
Cormerant flyover
Swollen river murkey

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Fly over cormorant
Fly over kestrel
Jay
Shoveller
Heron on lodges
GSWoodpecker
Coal tits and the rest at Hide


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3 Shoveler, Crompton lodges, + 2 Goldeneye on river,

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9-30am

Mute Swans 70+
Tufted Duck 6+
Shoveler Pair
Grey Heron
also lots of Coot, Moorhen and Mallard, BH Gull + 2 LBB Gull.

Difficult to count on small area of ice free water, like a rugby scrum when being fed.

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This morning,
The usual Mute Swans,Canada Geese and Mallard on main pond, plus Tufted duck
and a pair of Shovelers. With the Black Headed gulls were a few Common gulls.
Also Coots and Moorhens.
On the rivers, were 3 Goosander ( 2 male) and a Heron. Plus Mallard and Little Grebes(2) and one Teal
Overhead flying northwest 120 Pink-foots and a few Lesser Black backed gulls. Two Cormorants, one white below, flew accross.
Near Nob End, was a Sparrowhawk and some Long Tail tits and Goldfinches. Plus 2 Collared doves.
There were plenty Great Tits and Blue tits. A few Chaffinch and one Greenfinch.
Around the feeders we added Coal Tit and Dunnock.
Lots of Blackbirds and Robins

With Steve Settle and Paula

-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 9th of January 2010 02:09:32 PM

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Late PM
76 Mute Swan
26 Tufted Duck
Goosander Imm/Fem
GC Grebe
5 Cormorant (flew off SE at 1550)

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Of note
2 Pochard
3 Cormerant
Coal tit from hide no bulfinches for seveal weeks

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Large flock LT tits
3 Cormerant
1 GC Grebe
Gold crest
Usual

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