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

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

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.

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

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

Common Tern over Crompton Lodges, also Kingfisher on river.

Willow Tit + 7 Siskin on Kearsley Park.

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.

Early morning stroll
2 Gt Crested Grebes seen and although the nest in the middle of the main lodge appears to have been taken over by an old coot, the Grebes could be nesting well hidden in the reeds on the south side of the main lodge. The commorant was absent. 30 Tufted duck on all lodges. Large number of usual.
Two old coots are sitting on nests on seperate lodges.
Walking on the board walks surprised a female Goosander out ofthe reeds on the back lodge and she propelled herself at a fast velocity three feet in front of me into the water. Few wrens seen in reeds.
The Hide was quite but the usual Chaffinchs Greenfincest Blue Great and long tailed tits, bull finches still present.
Heard a woodpecker behind the fishing lodge but this was too far away to identify.

-- Edited by Ian Boote on Tuesday 31st of March 2009 08:54:44 AM

Curlew, over Cemetery.

62 Mute Swan, 3 Pochard, 40 Tufted Duck, 8 Goosander, Great Crested Grebe, + Oystercatcher over.

64 Mute Swan, 9 Pochard, 41 Tufted Duck, 5 Goosander, From the Hide, 5 Long tailed Tit, 3 Coal Tit, 6 Chaffinch, 5 Greenfinch, 2 Bullfinch.

Nice male goldeneye this pm plus all the usual.

63 Mute Swan, 80 Mallard, +30 on river Croal, 5 Goosander on river, 2 Coal Tit, Treecreeper, 2 Bullfinch.

65 Mute Swan, 3 Pochard, 45 Tufted Duck, 1 female Goldeneye, 7 Goosander, all on Crompton Lodges, also a Nuthatch behind Farnworth cemetery.

95 Mute Swan, 90 Canada Geese, 162 Mallard, 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe with 3 young, 16 Moorhen, 75 Coot, Kingfisher, Common Whitethroat, 30 Goldfinch at Nob End.N.R. 2 Bullfinch.

90 Mute Swan, 110 Canada Geese, 14 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 3 Grey Heron, 24 Moorhen, 60 Coot, 1 Adult Common Tern, Kingfisher, Great Spotted Woodpecker, One Dipper on River Croal.

86 Mute Swan, 75 Canada Goose, 1 Great Crested Grebe, two pairs of Moorhens with 3 & 4 young,100+ Swift, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Coal Tit, Treecreeper, 2 Bullfinch.