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18/09/16 0920 - 1000: BTO WeBS Survey (low count noted due to high disturbance levels, rowers and open water swimmers were out in force).

Black-headed Gull = 62
Common Gull = 1
Herring Gull = 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull = 13
Moorhen = 1
Coot = 6
Cormorant = 8
Mallard = 10
Great Crested Grebe = 1
Grey Wagtail = 3
Canada Goose = 27
Mute Swan = 3
Domestic Duck = 1


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Pomona late afternoon before dusk:

Wheatear immature male - certainly different bird to yesterday
Kingfisher
Lapwing
20 Starlings
3 Cormorants
Dunnock
2 Chiffchaff
2 Robins

Very quiet though overall and difficult to get good views of birds

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12,40pm : Single Ring-necked parakeet flying around Exchange Quay ... Can't tell wether it's a wild one or an escaped captive, as its flying into all the windows trying to perch.

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1 hour round Pomona mid afternoon today:

Wheatear female on south Marsh area
Meadow pipits heard over
5 Mistle thrush
Great spotted Woodpecker on trees by canal a first for me here
Chiffchaff
Lapwing
Plus usual waterbirds (Mute Swan, Mallard, Cormorant, Black headed gull, lesser black-backed gulls)

-- Edited by Zoe Barrett on Friday 9th of September 2016 03:07:20 PM

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A few hours round here today.

Pomona:

3 chiffchaff
1 or 2 whitethroat
4 sand martin
1 house martin
1 kingfisher
1 moorhen
11 mute swan (two with blue darvics 4ADI & 4BXH)
1 lapwing
1 grey heron
c10 cormorant
60+ black-headed gull
9 lesser black-backed gull
1 kestrel (multiple views, but always of a female)
1 sparrowhawk

From Trafford Road Bridge to Media City:

1 grey wagtail
7 mute swan (including three full grown juveniles)
2 grey heron
16 cormorant
c300 black-headed gull
40+ lesser black-backed gull
c10 herring gull
4 common gull
1 peregrine (fabulous views of it circling low overhead)


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2 great crested grebes on Trafford wharf this afternoon.

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Pomona

1 Lapwing

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There was a semi leucistic Crow in Furness Quays car park today at approximately 12 noon, that just had two white wings, it looked quite extraordinary. As I was in work I didn't have my camera handy no



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The summering drake Northern Pochard still present on Pomona Docks

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at Pomona this morning - drake Pochard, 20 Sand Martin, 1 House Martin, 2 Swift, 4 Whitethroat inc 2 singing, Willow Warbler feeding young, Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Song Thrush, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, 8 juv House Sparrow

1 Common Sandpiper flew from side of Sam Platts in to South Bay

 



-- Edited by dave broome on Saturday 23rd of July 2016 10:43:58 AM

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This evening at Pomona:
Pochard drake
Lapwing
Kingfisher
15 Sand Martins
Goldfinch
Blue tit
Greenfinch
Blackcap
Whitethroat singing
3 Cormorant
2 Grey herons
5 Mallard
c.30 Black-headed Gull
30+ House sparrow

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Pochard still at Pomona dock at 18.00 this evening

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Drake pochard still present when I left at 19.30 this evening probably blown in from these strong winds

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Pochard drake at Pomona dock this evening Also Kestrels active Lapwing Mute Swan

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Quick nip around on my bike this afternoon, Pamona and the Quays. Not too much about, but I wasn't around for long.

Several Willow Warbler
Blackcaps
Garden Warbler Singing
4 House martins
Cormorants
All the usual Gulls
Mute Swans, some with cygnets
Grey and Pied Wagtails
Collard Dove
Grey Heron

Sand Martin Goldfinches

-- Edited by Eugene Dillon-Hooper on Monday 4th of July 2016 06:00:30 PM

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3 Stock doves this evening at Pomona. Unusual sighting here

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Not sure why my post didn't appear but Wednesday evening:

Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
3 Willow Warbler
2 Whitethroat

Monday evening:

Kestrel
4 Willow Warbler
Lapwing
Bullfinch
20 Starlings
Mistle Thrush


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Couple of hours at Pomona this morning, until the rain turned heavy and chased me away:

3 willow warbler
1 blackcap
6+ whitethroat
Goldfinch and greenfinch
30+ sand martin
1 grey wagtail
1 song thrush
4 swift
mallard with small brood
8 mute swan
5+ cormorant
c30 black-headed gull
4 lesser black-backed gull (others over)


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Sunday 29th May

Peregrine, Kestrel & Sparrowhawk at Pomona

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Saturday 28th May

A superb day showing more people around on the Return To Pomona event

Pomona Docks

c10 singing Willow Warblers & c10 Whitethroats on territory

The Sand Martins & Kestrels put on a good show

Also 1 Sparrowhawk, 2 Swift & 1 Goosander

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1 Lapwing, 1 Goosander & 3 Swift on Pomona, also Blackcap, Willow Warblers, Whitethroats & Song Thrushes singing in the rain!

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Gorgeous today on Pomona, decent numbers of singing Willow Warblers & Whitethroats, always a pleasure to see in the urban environment, also plenty Sand Martins

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Peregrine at Salford Quays

Pomona:

1 Kestrel
1 Common sandpiper
1 Bullfinch
2 Linnets
2 Swifts
plus good numbers of Whitethroat, Willow warblers, Sand martins

MSC at Weaste

50+ Swifts
25 House martins
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Oystercatcher
3 Lapwings displaying

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Trafford wharf.

9 herring gulls
2 grey wagtail
1 sand martin
1 grey heron

Pomona.

2 blackcaps
5 whitethroats
7 willow warblers
2 common sandpipers
1 kestrel
1 grey heron
2 grey wagtail
c40 sand martins
2 swift
2 goosander
3 mistle thrush
4 song thrush






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Common Sandpiper Pomona

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James Walsh


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Yes you can access from Pomona Metrolink Station

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I keep meaning to check the area out- it is the area by the canal by the Pomona tram stop?

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Pomona - great Spring birding with 10 male Common Whitethroats and 8 male Willow Warblers on territory, displaying Lapwing, Sparrowhawk, 1 Swallow, a pair of Bullfinch and Sand Martins buzzing around in large numbers, I'm surprised more birders don't visit the site, especially on days like this!

-- Edited by James Walsh on Sunday 8th of May 2016 01:39:58 PM

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Evening visit to Pomona. Nice to bump into James again.

1 Wheatear
1 Grey heron
1 Common sandpiper
2 Coot
2 Long-tailed tits
4 Song thrushes
4 Goosanders
8 Starlings

I tried to alert you to the wheatear but you had vanished by then. It was in between the dockks 1 and 2




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Pomona

Influx of Willow Warblers (c10), Whitethroats (c8) and Sand Martins (up to 150)



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Originally posted today by Fred Ford:

Building work near Hulme bridge seems to have scared off the sand martins which usually nest there. Hope they are nesting elsewhere along thr canal.

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10.15am Trafford wharf

1 common sandpiper
3 sand martin
1 swallow
7 herring gull

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Pomona

1 Whitethroat
4 Willow Warbler
c100 Sand Martin
c30 House Sparrow on north side (area adjacent to the building site)
2 Goosander


South Bay

Up to 50 hirundines, Swallows and Sand Martins, feeding around the big ship with the greenhouse onboard

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Tuesday 26th April

Common Sandpiper Clippers Quay

Info Tony O'Mahoney

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Tuesday 19th March

Pomona

1 Lapwing
5 singing Willow Warbler
c100 Sand Martin

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A tram stop and walk around the area this afternoon ;

Castlefield - Old Trafford  (along the Bridgewater Canal) = Mute Swan x2, Canada Geese, Mallards, Greenfinch, Grey Wagtail x2, Sand Martin x2,Willow Warbler, Magpie, Black Headed Gull, Woodpigeon, Feral Pigeons.

Trafford Swing Bridge - Media City (along the Ship Canal) - Cormorant x2, Great Northern Diver, Herring Gull x3, Lesser black backed Gulls, Coot x2, Mute Swan x21, Black Headed Gulls, Carrion Crow x2, Magpie, Goldfinch, Long Tailed Tit, Canada Geese.

Great to see the Diver again, in Central Bay, diving twice during sighting.

Superb walk and trams.

 



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Great Northern Diver - juvenile still present


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Pomona

1 Little Ringed Plover
1 Lapwing
c100 Sand Martin
5 singing Willow Warbler
1 singing Chiffchaff

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this morning, great northern diver on Trafford wharf.
peregrine falcon, over
sparrowhawk, over



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Great northern diver still on Trafford wharf.

15 sand martin
3 willow warbler, 2 singing & feeding along trafford wharf another singing over on merchants quay.
1 Chiffchaff
Thought I may of heard a garden warbler along trafford wharf but only heard the once.
1 goosander
4 grey wagtail
1 herring gull
5 meadow pipit, over.

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A tram stop tour of the area today.

Castlefield = Mallards, Canada Geese, Goldfinch, Blue Tit.

Cornbrook - Mute Swans (pair), Black Headed Gulls, Greenfinch.

Pomona - Kestrel x2, Wren, Sand Martin x15, Black Headed Gull x3, Cormorant, Coot.

Salford Quays - Mute Swan x21, Coot, Cormorant, Canada Geese, Lesser Black Backed Gulls.

Anchorage - Coot, Starlings, House Sparrows, Goldfinches, Mallards.

Media City - Great Northern Diver, Cormorant, Herring Gull, Pied Wagtail x2, Canada Geese, Lesser Black Backed Gull.

Broadway - Woodpigeon.

Superb walk and trams.

 



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Great Northern Diver - juvenile still present this morning
Swallow 1
Sand Martin 1
Chiffchaff 1

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Great Northern Diver - juvenile still present

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1 Swallow
2 Kingfisher
1 Great Northern Diver
4 Goosander
2 Chiffchaff

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no sign of the great northern diver along Trafford wharf between 4-5pm.
2 willow warblers were a nice surprise in the birch trees about halfway along Trafford wharf ( my first of the year) feeding with a couple of blue tits.
2 peregrine falcons over media city struggling in the high winds but one did have a kill in its talons, they both disappeared & were not seen again.
7 herring gulls.

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great northern diver, diving, close to the wall on Trafford wharf (Samuel platts side) just after 2pm.

Shannon, Trafford wharf is that stretch of the ship canal, not sure if it is from the locks to Trafford road bridge or just from the lowry bridge to Trafford road bridge, but I am sure james walsh can clarify this for you.

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Great Northern Diver preening in front of the Lowry Shopping Mall at 08.00 this morning. He's (?) been on or around The Quays now for the better part of four months.

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Great Northern Diver Salford Wharf viewable from the promenade in front of The Lowry Shopping Centre present @2000

Drake Tufted Duck South Bay (associating with Mallards)

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No sign of the great northern diver, but some nice species spied.

Lowry area:

1 peregrine drifting over the Lowry Outlet building, heading in the direction of Old Trafford.
1 common gull with the more numerous black-headed, lesser black-backed and herring gulls.
25 mute swan (including two with blue darvic rings, 4BDP & 4BUV, and one with a small metal ring, ZY7805)

From Media City bridge (is it Trafford Wharf you're looking down onto from here?):

1 grey wagtail
1 goldeneye
1 greylag goose
8 cormorant

Pomona:

2 singing chiffchaff
Sand martins in good numbers
Lots of greenfinch, one displaying
2 bullfinch
2 meadow pipit
1 grey wagtail
2 lapwing
3 goosander
3 cormorant (others over)
2 kestrel


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Pomona

Singing Willow Warbler
1 Lapwing
c50 Sand Martin
Singing Chiffchaff
3 Goosander

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