BTO WeBS count;

Site Name: Salford Quays
Date: Sun, 17 Feb, 2019 Time: 10:40 - 11:30

Black-headed Gull 298
Canada Goose 50
Common Gull 3
Coot 29
Cormorant 5
Domestic Mallard 2
Herring Gull 44
Lesser Black-backed Gull 16
Mallard 3
Mute Swan 17
Total number of species: 10
Individuals: 467

Hour and a half or so on Pomona this afternoon:

1 song thrush
1 mistle thrush
3 moorhen
5 coot
2 tufted duck
3 goosander
2 mute swan
1 snipe
150+ black-headed gull
10+ common gull
10+ lesser black-backed gull
3+ herring gull
9 cormorant (including one absolutely spectacular looking individual in full breeding finery; the cormorant is a much under-rated bird, in my view)

Trafford wharf.

125+ tufted duck on the Manchester ship canal viewed from the lowry outlet at 6.35pm. could not make out any pochard.

BTO WeBS count (& Winter Wetland Bird Blitz 2019)

Site Name: Salford Quays
Date: Sun, 20 Jan, 2019 Time: 08:20 - 09:20

Black-headed Gull 152
Canada Goose 69
Common Gull 5
Coot 18
Cormorant 7
Great Black-backed Gull 1 (2nd Winter)
Grey Heron 1
Grey Wagtail 2
Herring Gull 10
Lesser Black-backed Gull 5
Mallard 1
Mute Swan 10
Total number of species: 12
Individuals: 281

Shannon Llewellyn wrote:

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Hour and a half or so on Pomona this morning, most of it with Steven Burke (though unfortunately I didn't see his waxwings fly over). Pretty productive, though:

4 meadow pipit
1 grey wagtail
1 redwing over
2 song thrush
3 fieldfare (2 over)
2 moorhen
9 coot
2 tufted duck
3 goosander
6 mute swan
2 little grebe
40+ black-headed gull
7 common gull
4+ lesser black-backed gull
6 herring gull
10 cormorant
1 sparrowhawk (at very close quarters)

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nice to see you again Shannon, I cant add anything else apart from the c20 waxwings over & ring-necked parakeet heard only seemed to come from ordsall side.

6 Tufted Duck (5 drakes) and 2 Redshanks on the Manchester Ship Canal west of Mode Wheel Locks

Originally posted today by Stuart Marsden:

Highlights from today (with Pete Berry) and yesterday on Pomona

Jack snipe - 1, Woodcock - 1, Snipe - 3, ring-necked parakeet - 1, reed bunting - 1, tufted duck - 3, jay - 1, meadow pipit - 6, chiffchaff - 1 pale tristis-like yesterday but not seen today

Morning visit, trafford wharf.

4 great black backed gulls, a rare sighting for here, only ever seen them twice before. 3 adults & a 2nd winter which was playing around with a green plastic ball for most of the time I watched it.
400+ black headed gulls
17 common gulls
34 herring gulls
45 lesser black backed gulls
1 tufted duck
2 pied wagtails
18 mute swans
54 Canada goose
5 cormorants
1 peregrine falcon perched on the imperial war museum.


Yesterday on pomona.

2 common snipe
1 jack snipe
1 meadow pipit
1 bullfinch
2 goosander
2 grey heron.

BTO WeBS

Site Name: Salford Quays
Date: Sun, 11 Nov, 2018 Time: 11:00 - 11:50


Black-headed Gull 204
Canada Goose 29
Coot 12
Cormorant 8
Grey Wagtail 2
Herring Gull 28
Lesser Black-backed Gull 26
Mallard 1
Moorhen 1
Mute Swan 12
Total number of species: 10
Individuals: 323

1 Lapwing & 15 Tufted Ducks on the Manchester Ship Canal between Mode Wheel Locks and the Centenary Bridge

James Walsh wrote:

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Martin Loftus wrote:

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There's a female Goldeneye in the basin next to the satellite dishes, next to itv. 

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It could be Gary, the resident drake Goldeneye in eclipse, that is his favourite location, but it would be great if there was a female Goldeneye on The Quays to keep him company

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 That makes sense, I thought it must be female cause of the completely black head, as don't see many eclipse males this time of year this far south. Plus I didn't have my bins. . Can't think of anymore excuses 

There's a female Goldeneye in the basin next to the satellite dishes, next to itv. 

Pomona 12:00 - 13:30

Lesser Whitethroat x1
Common Whitethroat x1
Goldfinch x3
House Sparrow x6
Wren x6
Blackbird x8
Sand Martin +20
Swift x1
Lesser Black-Backed Gull x28
Black Headed Gull x7
Herring Gull x1
Cormorant x6
Moorhen x3
Coot x2
Mute Swan x2
Canada Goose x26

Short potter round Pomona 1:20pm - 2:10pm

• 3 singing male common whitethroats + one or two females carrying food
• 1 singing lesser whitethroat + another, both keeping well under cover
• 4 singing goldfinches
• Singles of singing greenfinch, blackcap dunnock and blackbird
• Small family group of long-tailed tits next to Cornbrook Station
• 10+ sand martins
• 2+ house martins
• 20+ lesser black-backed gulls, 5 or 6 herring gulls, 10+ black-headed gulls (that loafing roost on the big white roof on the Salford side will be worth a good look in a month or so when the post-breeding movement kicks in)
• Just the one cormorant

 

-- Edited by Steven Heywood on Tuesday 12th of June 2018 06:48:09 PM

-- Edited by Steven Heywood on Tuesday 12th of June 2018 06:48:45 PM

Pomona (what's left of it), for a couple of hours plus, late morning to early afternoon:

1 willow warbler
1 chiffchaff
2 or 3 blackcap heard singing
4 whitethroat
2 house sparrow
Goldfinch and greenfinch
1+ bullfinch heard
c10 sand martin
2 swift
3 moorhen (pair mating)
4 coot, one pair with a nest containing six extremely young chicks
7 mute swan, one with blue darvic 4BXY
c10 black-headed gull
Lesser black-backed gulls over
4+ cormorant
1 kestrel

A pair of great crested grebes on the main canal basin this evening - 21.20. Been here for at least an hour.

2 Lesser Whitethroats on Pomona on Sunday 6th May (info thanks to Stuart Marsden)

A walk from National Tyres to Pomona 2 - 4 pm.
No acess under the arches at Woden st. bridge or any of the new aapartments.
Acess found at little bridge by the scrapyard, through a section of fence.

Willow Warbler - 1 (singing away 20m from workmen erecting a large yellow gateway and fencing across the tarmac road, which I was told is only temporary for a film shoot .... phew !!).
Bullfinch - 1.
Blackcap - 1.
Goldfinch - 10.
House Sparrow - c10.
Swallow - 5.
Sand Martin - 10 (none seen at,or near the traditional nesting site ).
Long-tail tit - 6.
Cormorant - 2 on MSC.

Pomona

4 sand Martins
1 stock dove
1 sparrowhawk
2 meadow pipit, over
2 bullfinch
2 mistle thrush

I have made a couple of trips recently and informed GMEU of the veg clearance taking place there, will hopefully find out more soon.

It is a tragedy if the whole site would be lost to development, I agree. That is why we must submit all the records we have as soon as possible, then more chance of saving some from development.

Pomona this afternoon from 1pm.
As people have said, almost the all of Pomona has been been cleared.
The Southern part has been left without any vegetation just topsoil with some large deep holes now filling with water, providing a good Wader habitat (if it gets left for a while) . Unfortunately this won't be the case as it's already fenced off.
The Northern section (where the grey pipes are and where Wheatear / Whinchat turn up on passage ) has been Flailed
to ground level up to and including part of the House Sparrow colony.
Unfortunately for me ,the Fire Brigade where doing a very visible training exercise with lots of machines , pipes and flashing lights over almost the entire length of the site.

Stonechat - 1m.
Kestrel - 1.
Dunnock - 4.
House sparrow - 20 seen but lots more heard.

MSC .........
Mute swan - 20.
Cormorant - 10.
Black-headed gull - aproximately 300.



-- Edited by phillipskelly on Tuesday 6th of March 2018 07:58:41 PM

8 Lapwing 8 Tufted Duck 4 Goosander 1 Goldeneye

Walked down to Pomona south end during dusk this evening and noticed veg clearance. Any idea what is going on? Will contact GMEU and ask. 5 Goosanders on dock 2 singing Song thrushes 1 singing Robin

1 peregrine falcon, possibly the female, perched up at media city this morning.
Shannon, I noticed all the habitat destroyed at the southern end opposite Pomona tram stop whilst going past on the tram, not looking good you still managed a woodcock which is a great bird for there.