Am today east pool nearly totally frozen for the first time this winter

of note

Teal -8 

Gadwall- 10

Wigeon - 1 Pair

Pochard - 1 Pair

Shoveler-2

Cormorant-5

Stonechat-3

 Redpoll -10

Linnet -60

Meadow Pipit -20

Grey Partridge-3

Buzzard-1

Fieldfare -50

Redwing-40 

plus the regulars 

Unfortunately has happens every year when the first frost arrives the old farmer decides to come out with his big gun and stands in the middle of the set aside firing at anything that moves. So that area then becomes quieter . 

AM of note

Whooper Swan - 2 > West (record shot below )

Yellowhammer - 10

Siskin -8

Redpoll - 25

Fieldfare - 60

Shoveler- 2 Male 

Pochard - 1 Pair

Stonechat- 7

Reed Bunting - 15

Gadwall -10

plus the usuals 

Best this morning

15 Gadwall, 3 wigeon, 4 teal , 2 Pochard, 130 Black Headed Gull, 65 Lapwing

50 Fieldfare.

Am of note

Stonechat - 7

Fieldfare - 50+ Redwing -50+

Lapwing -120

Mallard- 26

Gadwall -5

Shoveler-2

Siskin- 25

Redpoll -8

Woodcock-1

Yellowhammer-12

Chaffinch -60

Willow Tit - 2

Kestrel-2

Cormorant-3

Meadow pipit-8

Reed Bunting - 11

This morning to early afternoon of note 

Pink Footed Geese - fairly continuous movement East/SE all morning , and strangely from my vis mig point they were coming from the Mersey/Dee , and the Ribble . About 1400 altogether in the movement.

Yellowhammer-8

Reed Bunting - 9

Common Gull -1 adult

Meadow Pipit - 14

Shoveler- 1 Male pic attached 

Gadwall-8

Teal -2

Little Grebe - 6

Tufted Duck -14

Pochard -1 

Stonechat-1 Imm Male

Cormorant-2

Kestrel-3

Buzzard-1

Linnet- 200+

Long Tailed Tit-20

Goldcrest -6

Fieldfare - 500+ around the area feeding 

Redwing - 300+ around the area 

Siskin- 10

Redpoll - 5

Grey Wagtail-2

Apart from the usual this morning 

2 male wigeon 

1 Yellowhammer 

The rest as was ,water levels too high for most things.

1 Male Goosander was new in today, more or less as previous days otherwise.

Am - Good winter Thrush movement again , bodes well for Waxwings locally soon .

of note

Fieldfare - 1700+ SW plus about 300 onsite

Redwing - 600 + plus about 100 onsite

Pink Footed Geese - 270 > NW in 4 flocks 

Stonechat-2

Grey Partridge- 3

Gadwall-7

Shoveler - 4

Pochard - 3

Grey Heron -2

Cormorant - 1

Kestrel - 3

Chaffinch -50

plus the usuals

Am of note

Whooper Swan - 7 > NW

Gadwall - 14

Pochard - 5

Shoveler - 5

Grey Heron - 2

Stonechat -2

Goldcrest - 6

AM/PM

Marsh Harrier - 1 Fem/ imm > NE

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel-2

Shoveler-5

Gadwall - 8

Pochard-6

Teal-2

Cormorant -5

Mute Swan-1

Godcrest-6

Redpoll-10

Linnet-130

Chaffinch- c50

Fieldfare-300

Pink Footed Geese - 40> NE

Long Tailed Tit- 25

Bullfich-5

Reed Bunting -14

Stonechat -4

AM/PM of note 4 mile 3.5 hour mooch same route as last 2 days .

Shoveler - 4

Gadwall- 2

Pochard-3

Kingfisher- 1

Meadow Pipit- 30

Reed Bunting -10

Stonechat - 4

Buzzard-3

Kestrel-3

Cormorant -2 imm 

Skylark -20

Grey Partridge-8

Long Tailed Tit - 30

Goldcrest -6 with the big LTT flock

Redpoll -2

Chaffinch-40

Linnet-20

Woodpigeon - c 1500

Lapwing- 30

plus the usuals

of note today

19 Grey Partridge

16 Teal 

5 Shoveler

5 Pochard 

lots of Fieldfare and redwing

Stonechat -2 

Golden Plover - 1 disturbed from landfill summit

AM-PM

West pool seems to be disturbed at the moment not sure if its being fished at night but there was very little on there today, even the Great Crested Grebe were missing, also the Motorway Service Station seems imminent as some tin buildings and the farm gate into the field at junc 11 have been removed, those tin buildings have probably been there since the 2nd WW, as they looked more like shelters than farm buildings some called them the maggot farm. 

of note 

Fieldfare - hard to count as many were over in all directions but 300+ around the area and similar numbers of Redwing

Pochard-1

Stonechat -4

Buzzard-4

Kestrel 3

Whinchat - 1 Juvenile  -- Nice to still have the Juvenile Whinchat present today on the patch which makes it the equal Latest ever sighting for me and most likely for the site . Amazing to think this would normally be in Africa now for the winter , so its a mega for the site so late in the year, and the only sight record of the species this year for me is this bird. Also amazing is the previous latest in 2019 was in exactly the same spot on the same date and was a Juvenile . 

plus the usuals 

Am of note

Great Black Backed Gull - decent passage NE 53 in total in small groups between 1 and 7 

Whinchat - 1 Juv still present but highly mobile .very late if it stays until tomorrow, it will be the equal latest ever for me.

Stonechat - 3

Fieldfare - 85 West

Peregrine - 1 Juv heading NE

Merlin - 1 Headed NE followed towards  LWM watched  through the bins

Shoveler -4

Little Grebe -9

Pochard -1 

Skylark -20

Redwing - 100+ 

Siskin -8 

Woodpigeon - 800+

Decent morning with one extra special bird

of note 

Shoveler- 5

Cormorant-2

Tufted Duck - 29

Pochard-2

Great Crested Grebe- 2

Peregrine - 1 Big Juvenile hunting Pigeons on the eastern arable

Buzzard-3

Siskin -6

Meadow Pipit - 60

Skylark- 30

Long Tailed Tit-23

Pink Footed Geese - 32 > west

Stonechat - 3

and the special bird 

Whinchat- 1 Juvenile Picture below , a very late bird found on my way back to the car on the east side of landfill, then after about 15 mins flew SW over the entrance pool and seemingly off over the landfill High in the same direction , could not relocate it after looking for another half hour. Not my latest here as I had one on the 18th of October a few years ago but a highlight as its the first I've seen at the site all year.

Of note pm

Fieldfare - 270 West and about 80 down in the area 

Redwing - 380 West and about 100 down in.the area

Shoveler - 3

Gadwall -3 

Stonechat -2

Buzzard - 4

Snipe -1 

Starling -500 On eastern arable

Am

A week after my first at Silver Lane the Redwings started to come through some landing of note this morning

Redwing- 360 West and 85 came down and landed in the SW valley area during low cloud and drizzle (see pic of flocks moving through)

Fieldfare- 4 in with the flock of 85 Redwing that landed

Hobby- 1 Juvenile South (im sure this is the latest I've ever seen )bit crazy on the day Redwings arrive

Siskin - 40 South

Skylark - 100 South + 40 onsite

Meadow Pipit- 55

Pink Footed Geese - 320 around the area in different size flocks , biggest flock about 160

Shoveler- 3

Gadwall-3

Wigeon-4

Grey Heron -2

Cormorant-1

Chiffchaff-1

Goldcrest - 9+

Woodpigeon - 700+ on eastern arable