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Thursday March 10th 2016

Manchester Ship Canal, Mode Wheel Locks - Centenary Bridge

3 Great Crested Grebe

5 Lapwing

2 Oystercatcher

4 drake Tufted Duck

3 Redshank



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Great Northern Diver still present Ontario @1520



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I am sad to say it is the beginning of a development taking place -they are going to build two tower blocks (Peel towers) on that site. Not sure what will happen to the rest of the site as Peel own it

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James Walsh wrote:

Birdguides report the Great Northern Diver today




I reported it and with a new film taken today, 90days@Salford Quays, added to the comments, or hit the link below to view.

-- Edited by Pete Hines on Friday 11th of March 2016 07:38:54 PM

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Birdguides report the Great Northern Diver today



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A neighbour mentioned late today that he saw (from the tram )areas that have been cleared at Pomona.
Is it shrub clearing like last time or is it the beginning of the end ?


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Great Northern Diver still present on Ontario Basin this morning. Very bright light, harsh for photography as it stayed towards centre and MediaCity side. I also will be sad when it goes. So accessible 100mts from tram stop. Green birding!

 

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-- Edited by Phil Hampson on Monday 7th of March 2016 08:59:01 PM

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A very brief visit on sunday between 16:55 and 17:15.
Found on Ontario basin after a quick walk round the other smaller basins. I'll be sad when its gone.

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Great northern diver spent the whole day on st francis basin due to boat activity on the others.still here 2pm

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Pomona 8.30am

1 Greylag Goose 

2 Common Snipe

 



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Great Northern Diver showing very well on Ontario Basin this morning. Initially in the middle asleep and then became very active at the road end continually diving but I didn't see it with any fish. Superb bird and well worth the visit.

 

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great northern diver on Ontario basin at 11am, 20 mins later it was in st peters basin right under my nose, could see the diver swimming under the water looking & probing around on the bottom it surfaced then went back down then returned with a small perch which slipped out of its bill & had to dive again after it, it returned with the perch & positioned it to swallow it whole smile

11 herring gull on Trafford wharf.

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Great Northern Diver is still present  and feeding well Saturday 27-2-16 i saw it take two perch and a large tench in the space of 1 hour.

 

29-2-16

Other birds :

1 Grey Wagtail

1 Lesser Black B Gull

15 Black H Gulls

5 Mallard

2 Canada Geese

1 Herring Gull

2 Cormorants 



-- Edited by David Shallcross on Tuesday 1st of March 2016 09:40:21 AM



-- Edited by David Shallcross on Tuesday 1st of March 2016 09:43:01 AM

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Pomona 3.15-5.30pm

1 jack snipe
2 common snipe
2 meadow pipit
2 song thrush
3 grey wagtail
2 goosander
1 tufted duck on the bridgewater canal.
2 siskin & 2 goldcrest in wood next to Trafford road bridge.
34 pink- footed goose over west/north west at 5.10pm.

-- Edited by steven burke on Monday 29th of February 2016 08:09:32 PM

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Great Northern Diver still present Ontario Basin



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Pomona 8.30am - 10.30am
5 Common Snipe
1 Lapwing
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Sky Lark
4 Goldfinch
1 Blue Tit
1 Greenfinch
5 Cormorant 
3 Goosander 1m 2f
3 Song Thrush
3 Blackbird
1 Wren
3 Dunnock
2 Carrion Crow
c120 Black Headed Gull
4 Common Gull
8 Canada Geese

Clippers Quay 11am
c25  Black headed Gull
2 Herring Gull
3 Lesser Blacked back Gull
10 Cormorant

Ontario Basin - 11.30am - 12.30
1 Great Northern Diver
1 Grey Wagtail

 



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Great northern diver still in usual spots this morning. Nice to see it catch a big perch -picture attached.

-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Saturday 27th of February 2016 06:14:42 PM

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Gervase Cooke wrote:

Nice shot underwater Joel.

Passed through the Quays at about 3.15pm today and sure enough the Great Northern Diver was in St Francis Basin having a kip. 

Was wondering what the prognosis is for this bird. Will it most likely head back down the ship canal come spring and north to breed? Think its interesting that it is so reliably in St F basin. Such a small body of water with so much more available. 

 

 




It's a top predator in a fish tank !


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Nice shot underwater Joel.

Passed through the Quays at about 3.15pm today and sure enough the Great Northern Diver was in St Francis Basin having a kip. 

Was wondering what the prognosis is for this bird. Will it most likely head back down the ship canal come spring and north to breed? Think its interesting that it is so reliably in St F basin. Such a small body of water with so much more available. 

 

 



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Pomona

24th February

1 Skylark

4 Goldcrest

2 Bullfinch

6 Goosander

 

23rd February

1 Chiffchaff

1 Lapwing 

1 Sparrowhawk 

2 Kestrel

8 Goosander



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Lovely views of the Great Northern Diver on St. Francis Basin. Finally photographed it underwater. Still there when I left at 4:15.

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Clippers quay

1 kingfisher
3 herring gull
2 Goosander just past trafford road bridge.

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Chiffchaff Pomona Docks on the scrubland between the Bridgewater Canal and the big green Ship Canal bridge

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Great Northern Diver on St. Francis Basin early pm

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This afternoon, west of Pomona Metro to Lowry area:

2 goldcrest
11 goldfinch
3 greenfinch
Blue tit, long-tailed tit, wren, robin
2 grey wagtail
2 moorhen
6 coot
Mallard & Canada geese
17+ mute swan (including two with blue Darvic rings; 4BDN & 4BDJ)
1 great northern diver (Ontario Basin, as below)
c10 cormorant
Plenty of black-headed gull
20+ common gull
10+ herring gull
c10 lesser black-backed gull (slightly fewer noted than herring)

Pomona Docks:

1 goldfinch
4 long-tailed tit
3 wren, 1 blackbird and greenfinch, robin, house sparrow and dunnock (singing) all heard
2 meadow pipit
2 grey wagtail
12 mallard
3 goosander
5 mute swan (flying low over, where every leathery creak and groan from their wings could be heard; what a sound)
1 lapwing
8 cormorant
c60 black-headed gull
7 common gull
2 lesser black-backed gull
1 herring gull
2 kestrel



-- Edited by Shannon Llewellyn on Sunday 21st of February 2016 06:02:22 PM

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Sunday, 21st February 2016 12:30 - 13:00 hrs.

Great Northern Diver showing well on Ontario Basin

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great northern diver showing really well on Ontario basin from 3.50pm.
I stayed & watched the diver for almost an hour in the dismal weather (brolly keeping me dry) getting some photos & video, when I first arrived it was actually having a bathe & preen & then it decided to flap its wings wildly & almost looked like it was going to take of at one point.
I also heard it calling, it didn't do its wails, bubbling or laughing voice it did 3 hoot like calls which was still nice to hear smile
big numbers of goldfinches building up going to roost in the trees outside the lowry.


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Great Northern Diver on Erie Basin early afternoon

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Great Northern Diver still on Ontario Basin
Siskin - 1 male on alders

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Don't know the names of the basins around the quays, but Great Northern Diver was giving brilliant views from the basin with the waterski ramps, down to around 10 metres away. At one point i watched it dive and could see it swim down about 5 feet before disappearing. Watched it for around 20 minutes before it decided to have a sleep.



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Great Northern Diver Ontario Basin

Drake Goldeneye North Wharf



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Stopped by the Quays on the way home from the city centre late this morning. The Great Northern Diver was giving great views on Ontario basin.  Birding by Metrolink has to be the way forward biggrin



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Great northern diver having a good preen & stretch on ontario basin at 2.25pm.

3 goosander & 5 herring gull on Trafford wharf.

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Great Northern Diver in St. Peter Basin early pm before swimming along Chandler Canal to Ontario Basin

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Great Northern Diver still in St. Francis Basin late morning

-- Edited by Pete Hines on Monday 8th of February 2016 07:13:40 AM

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 9th of February 2016 02:09:25 PM

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Great Northern Diver giving mega views on St Francis @ 1530



-- Edited by James Walsh on Saturday 6th of February 2016 09:22:44 PM

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PS does anyone know the latest regards to Pomona planned development?

Went down today and didn't see any signs of work going on

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Late morning along Pomona to Sam Platts pub. Unfortunately didn't make it any further in this heavy rain:

Clippers Quay/Trafford Wharf:

40 Siskins flew over
1 Chaffinch
1 Common Gull
3 Cormorants
1 Grey Heron
1 Grey Wagtail
11 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
2 Moorhens
1 Robin

Also horrendous amount of rubbish near Sam Platts - cleared many bottles and cans but still lots left
Don't the council ever empty these bins?


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John Watson wrote:

Does it have enough space to take off ? These basins aren't that big ...




They're all interconnected so it only has to swim out onto the main Ship Canal and it's got a fair sized runway available! smile

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Great Northern Diver on Ontario Basin at 11:45am. Luckily it was near the entrance to Chandlers canal so I could shelter under the bridge there to get my bins on it! Also spotted a Grey Wagtail on the canal earlier.

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Does it have enough space to take off ? These basins aren't that big ...

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Great Northern Diver still on Ontario Basin @ 12:30pm. This time with added fish in mouth.

 



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Great Northern Diver on Ontario Basin today @ 12:30pm. 

1 Moorhen and plenty of coots.



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Great Northern Diver was in St Louis Basin at 4pm for a while, swam off into St Peter's eventually and then very quickly and mostly underwater into Ontario. Obviously feeling very much at home and highly mobile. What a cracking bird! smile

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The Great Northern Diver was in St. Francis Basin at 12.15

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Great Northern Diver on the Central bay, watersports centre side at 13.45. Diving about 10 yards out. Unfortunately I only spotted it as I was leaving and the water was rough so will have to go back in calmer weather for a better look.

Moorhen on the platform at the entrance to Ontario bay.

Cormorant flyover and 2 more on the water.



-- Edited by Crawfordian on Tuesday 2nd of February 2016 06:35:27 PM

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Great Northern Diver St Peters viewable from Salford Quays Metro station @1500

Kingfisher & 5 Goosanders on the Manchester Ship Canal



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Great Northern Diver on St. Francis Basin 10.45

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Great northern diver still on Ontario Basin this afternoon, at one point about 10ft from me, and diving frequently.

Also around, from Pomona Metro station to the Lowry area:

2 grey wagtail
Long-tailed tit, goldfinch, greenfinch, wren, robin, blackbird
1 moorhen
11 coot
1 (perhaps two) tufted duck
17 mallard
24 Canada geese
6 mute swan
23 cormorant
200+ black-headed gull (one poor first winter bird getting its head trodden on by a typically lunkish Canada goose, during a quay-side scraps scramble)
30+ lesser black-backed gull
c20 common gull




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Great Northern Diver still present - Ontario basin near waterski jump

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