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Judith Smith


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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

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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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Henry Cook


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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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Henry Cook


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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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Ian Boote


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

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Simon Warford


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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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Ian Boote


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

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Alan Warford


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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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Ian Boote


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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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Ian Boote


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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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Simon Warford


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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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Ian Boote


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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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Ian Boote


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


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Tony Hill


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

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Alan Warford


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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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Keith Mills


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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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Alan Warford


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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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Ian Boote


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

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Ian Boote


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

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Ian Boote


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9 Widgeon Male and Female
1 Goosander female
Kingfisher
Heron
large flock LT Tits
usual

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Ian Boote


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AM
62 Swans
23 Tufted
1 pochard male
1 teal female
GC Grebe
Heron
6 long tailed tits
tree creeper
cormorant
usuals

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Crompton Lodges
2 Wigeon
1 Goosander red head
2 Cormorant

Nob end/ vats
1 Redwing
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Goosander red head on river irwell

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Tony Hill


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2 Wigeon, 1 Pochard, 1 Swallow, 3 Redwing, 3 Coal Tits from the hide.

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Ian Boote


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Not much this AM
Many juvenile tufted duck
Three cormerants on the main lodge.
Heron on the back lodge
and the usual characters swan canada goose coot mallard.....
They appear to have stopped opening the hide in the morning lazy B!!!!!
Which is rather a shame

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Mind you, in my Latics days this was what we used to call Preston North End ! biggrin.gif


I didnt know you once supported Oldham, Mr.Woosey. biggrin.gif

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Rob Thorpe wrote:

Henry Cook wrote:

Nob End NR




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Ha Ha Ha...it could only happen in Bolton couldn`t it ???? disbelief.gif

Mind you, in my Latics days this was what we used to call Preston North End ! biggrin.gif

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Henry Cook wrote:

Nob End NR




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Henry Cook


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14/08/2009 - A Tree Pipit flew over Nob End NR this morning, calling.

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Ian Boote


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Wet morning littlke of note
Pair of common terns were breeding on back lodge one chick hatched last week last seen Saturday and this morning fears from Monday that the the chick is no more is confirmed.
Family of black caps seen in woods and kingfisher near Rock Hall.

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On Crompton lodges, Common Sanpiper, 4 Common Tern and Kingfisher, + Peregrine Falcon on Kearsley mill chimney.

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Ian Boote


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quite day
Usual Characters
Grebe was hanging around a Coots Nest
Juveile Long Tailed and great tits, wagtails.
Jay mobbing male sparrowhawk
Chiff Chaff heard
common tyerns
cormorant

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80 Swans, Common Tern + Kingfisher on the river Croal.

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Judith Smith


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Herring Gulls don't breed in Greater Manchester so not sure what you mean by chicks. Do you mean immatures from 2008?

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Last morning stroll
2 common terns
Bar headed Goose
There was a pair of GC grebes nesting with two eggs
They were displaced in the last 24 hours by a pair of coots who have started tio build a nest on the grebes patch and former home. More strange is they have a large coot chick with them. This does not appear to be the other brood mentioned eaerlier in the week as they are still on their nest which was also a former great crested grebe nest.
Some tufted duck
Heron
Swift Swallow House and Sand martin
two herring gull chicks
All other characters

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Ian Boote


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Last morning stroll
2 common terns
Bar headed Goose
There was a pair of GC grebes nesting with two eggs
They were displaced in the last 24 hours by a pair of coots who have started tio build a nest on the grebes patch and former home. More strange is they have a large coot chick with them. This does not appear to be the other brood mentioned eaerlier in the week as they are still on their nest which was also a former great crested grebe nest.
Some tufted duck
Heron
All other characters

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Another morning Stroll
Teal on main pond
Heron hiding in reeds
Two common terns clearly mates
Family of longtailed and coal tits.
Cormorant near bank on a post
Only two cygnets left

-- Edited by Ian Boote on Wednesday 10th of June 2009 11:19:34 AM

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Three common terns diving through the lilly pads on the fishing lodge.
The comerant is back and a Heron was seen mobbed by gulls
The family of coots seen yesterday seems to have one parenmt incubating a new clutch. The lasrge chick keeps its distance from the others but is still part of this brood.

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Little of note usual characters
Common terns x 2
bull finch coal tit at hide
plenty of young blackbird blue tits etcParent Coot seen with two chicks definately part of the same brood. The largest of the two chicks was continually chased, pushed under water, and attacked by the parent and younger chick. Then parent would occasionally feed it. This carried on for 20 minutes and then they all returned to the nest. confuse.gif

-- Edited by Ian Boote on Monday 8th of June 2009 11:58:31 AM

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Not much of note but counted
65 Mute Swan 5 Cygnets in One brood
12 Tufted duck
Over 30 Mallard 3 ducklings one brood
Over 30 BHgulls
Over 30 Coot with two broods and others sitting
8 Moorhen one brod of two chick
2 GCG
Plenty of Canada Geese two broods
Mistle Thrush
Chaffinch
Hide closed

-- Edited by Ian Boote on Thursday 4th of June 2009 09:17:32 AM

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early morning amble
Tufted duck
2 Coot 1 Moorhen 1 mute swan 1 great tit brood
Jay seen robbing eggshell from, swan nest
Chiff chaff heard

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Common tern on lodge, Swallow, House Martin, and Swifts over main lodge, Moorhen chick seen, Green finch Bulfinch from hide, Chiff Chaff heard GS Woodpecker seen in Woods.

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Common Tern over Crompton Lodges, also Kingfisher on river.

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Not much on a very wet morning
Nothing at all on the lodges most seems to have flown including tufted duck.
From ther Hide Black cap GS Woodpecker Bullfinch pair Greenfinch Chaffinch Great Tit Coal Tit Blue Tit Wren Robin Blackbird ETC.

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Willow Tit + 7 Siskin on Kearsley Park.

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4 Goosander, Kingfisher, Dipper, all on the river Croal. Also a Swallow over Crompton Lodges.

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Green Sandpiper at the Croal-Irwell confluence, Around Crompton Lodges, 70 Swans, 25 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 10 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin, 2 Blackcap,4 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, Treecreeper, Linnet, Bullfinch.

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