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RE: Dove Stone RSPB (including Binn Green and environs)


A least 3 Snipe today on the bog near Chew reservoir

Plus still 5+ Meadow Pipits knocking about and a late passage Wheatear on Chew Track.



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Chew Reservoir is in Oldham, GM, You should enjoy it up there .... be like mid-winter but with midges ... so don't forget your wooly hat, gloves and insect repellant !!

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Is chew res in GM, the bird looks to be just south of there on the map



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It needs to come South Pete ... and slightly East.

To get a better idea go on Google Earth maps and put in SK13 1HP (Arnfield Moor) then zoom in and out of the triangle formed by Woodhead / Crowden - Greenfield - Mottram-in-Longdendale ...... when you zoom in the county border between GM and Derbyshire is Ogden Brook ... so where it would cross that is anybodys guess ?

Or best place to view from ???? ...... you pays your money and takes your chance.

By the way the big dark patch above Stalybridge and Mossley is where our beloved moor was burned out .... still pees me off just looking at it.



-- Edited by Roger Baker 3 on Monday 10th of August 2020 05:13:23 PM

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brian fielding wrote:

Bearded vulture reported has North of a628 this afternoon, must be close to the gm border now




Actually the A628 is the same general area the bird has been in for the last couple of weeks, looking at the map on Birdguides it's been much closer to the county border than that, unfortunately,still a chance it'll drift a bit further north ,fingers crossed.

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Bearded vulture reported has North of a628 this afternoon, must be close to the gm border now



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dave broome wrote:

Viewing from east of Chew Reservoir a Red Kite went NW (arriving from over the Crowden area) around 11:40, circling and drifting over the Laddow Moss-Blindstones Moss area, then continued roughly towards Dovestones Reservoir





That same Red Kite was also seen from Alex Lees garden in Padfield, along with Marsh Harrier and Bearded Vulture

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Viewing from east of Chew Reservoir a Red Kite went NW (arriving from over the Crowden area) around 11:40, circling and drifting over the Laddow Moss-Blindstones Moss area, then continued roughly towards Dovestones Reservoir

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The last couple of nights the Bearded Vulture has roosted within the Dove Stone reserve boundary (though back across the valley tonight). Seen flying over Laddow Rocks at times so very close to a Greater Manchester tick!

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Bit of a 'Mad Dogs and Englishmen' visit today 10.45 - 17.00. Not the day I'd planned to visit but delayed deliveries and necessary repairs put paid to earlier attempts.
Greenfield Station-Chew Valley Road (part closed for resurfacing)- brook-side path from Tanner's- Dove Stone car park - Club Field- Binn Green- Ashway Gap- 'Bradbury's Plantation' - the old railway track- Chew Road - Chew res - Chew Road - the old paper dump - the ice cream van(!) and back to Greenfield Station for the bus home. Chew Road was still a bit of a pull despite avoiding the 1 in 1 start but there was a nice easterly to lean on going up and pushing me back down.

Jackdaw large flock(50+) over toward Whamton and several around main carpark
Blue Tit - several heard contact calling
Long-tailed Tit- Brook and edges of Club Field
Swift 2 min Greenfield
Black-headed Gull -on raft - Dove Stone - uncounted
Lesser Black-Backed Gull - on raft Dove Stone 1
Willow Wabler - contact calls at several points inc old paper dump
Pheasant 6 Binn Green(1) Ashway Gap in down flow (3) Chew Road (2) all juvenile/female except 1 bird on Chew Road
Coal Tit 3 Binn Green bottom of steps
Redpoll - several heard in flight but not seen Binn Green
Crossbill -1 flew over Binn Green calling
Goldfinch- heard in larches Binn Green 2 more by Sailing club and below crags
Jay heard Binn Green and near Tanner's
Meadow Pipit - various areas
Kestrel male top of Chew Valley
Wheatear 3 2 female/immature fly-catching from guard rails on Chew Road near small quarry at top, third seen lower down Chew Road on descent
Red Kite 1 over Chew res approx 3 p.m. circled a few times, then off over the valley towards Indian's Head (Oldham tickbiggrin)
Swallow 4 2 over Dove Stone res, 1 over Chew res, 1 heading down Chew valley as I was
Sand Martin 2 over Chew Res with Swallow
Canada Goose 6 on Chew Res (that I could pick out) uncounted on Dove Stone
Mallard 2 old paper dump pond, uncounted on Dove Stone
Wren several heard in different areas of bracken
Robin 1 partial-adult plumage Dove Stone car park
Song Thrush 1 near glamping site
Carrion Crow 2 over Greenfield Station.

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21 Crossbill at 10:05 came off the tops above the east side of Yeoman Hey Reservoir and flew south above the east side of Dovestones Reservoir

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Not a sightings post, but RSPB Dovestone have, via their Twitter account, requested visitors stay away. Does not go into specifics, but suggests that the number of visitors is having a negative effect on wildlife. More vaguely, it also suggests that the recent influx of visitors is ruining the area for locals. I would have thought that the same could be said for a number of areas.

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Well both the main carpark and the carpark at Binn Green were open when we arrived at 6:25AM this morning, though we noticed that the entrance to the main carpark was manned, when we left 2 hours later.

6:30 - 9:00 AM - Lovely clear, bright, dry and still conditions.

Binn Green:
The feeders were not stocked, so there wasn't much around save for a few finches and singing Chaffinch, Goldcrest, Chiffchaff, Blackcap and Song Thrush.

Binn Green to Greenfield Brook
- c12 singing Willow Warblers
- a couple of calling Siskins
- 3 Curlew
- juv Stonechat
- 1 Common Sandpiper
- 1 Dipper
- 6+ Grey Wagtails including some juvenilles
- c10 Meadow Pipit
- 1 possible Ring Ouzel (not seen clearly enough to ID)
- 2 Reed Bunting.
+ usual supporting cast of Woodpigeons, Mallards etc



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 30th of May 2020 05:11:43 PM

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Friday 29th May

Afternoon visit with Michelle and Lucas.

Main car park blocked off FULL, drove on to Binn Green FULL, lay-bys were busy, and traffic police had issued plenty of tickets on cars that were parked on the road, on both sides.
We tried main car park again and got in, busy but social distancing wasnt a problem due to size of the park, wide paths etc.

Of note...
- Plenty of Willow Warbler singing, couple seen
- few Blackcap singing
- Chiffchaff singing
- distant Cuckoo singing
- few Lapwing flying around

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Well both the main carpark and the carpark at Binn Green were open when we arrived at 6:25AM this morning, though we noticed that the entrance to the main carpark was manned, when we left 2 hours later.

6:30 - 8:20AM - Lovely clear, bright, dry and still conditions.

Binn Green:
The feeders were not stocked, but someone had put some feed on one of the Bird Tables, which was being consumed by some Chaffinch and Coal Tit, otherwise that area was fairly quiet.
- 2 Coal Tit
- Pheasant
- 1 singing Willow Warbler.
- distant and quiet singing Cuckoo

Dovestone Reservoir
It was a pretty quiet walk round in terms of encountering other humans and most of the occupants of the cars in the main carpark at least, appeared to b heading off to walk over the moors. Plenty of singing Willow Warbler and a few other species
- c12 Willow Warbler
- 3 Blackcap singing
- 2 singing Chiffchaff
- 1 Swallow around the main dam
- 1 Common Sandpiper on the main Dam
- c6 Pied Wagtail
- Song Thrush
- c4 Mistle Thrush
- Reed Bunting
- Bullfinch
- c6 Meadow Pipit (1 displaying)
- c6 Lapwing displaying (uphill towards the farm from the sailing Club)
- 1 or maybe 2 singing Cuckoo in the plantations uphill from the sailing club - although nothing showed itself

Lots of Chaffinch, Mallard and the usual corvids plus a few Gulls, Cormorants



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 25th of May 2020 01:42:00 PM

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Kingfisher at outlet from bottom reservoir today at 11:45

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Quick visit yesterday - 13/03/20, lovely weather but very quiet on the reservoirs.

Binn Green Feeders:

Lesser Redpoll x2

Siskin x2

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Coal Tit

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Long Tailed Tit

Chaffinch

Goldfinch

Woodpigeon

Pheasant

 

Dove Stone Reservoir and surroundings:

Dipper (on Chew Brook)

Grey Wagtail

Grey Heron

Kestrel

Cormorant

Mallard

Canada Goose



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Hi James, of course it would, thank you.

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Andrea Wilson wrote:

A visit this morning to a very misty Dovestones. But did manage to spot a couple of birds of interest as the fog cleared.

3  Whooper swans (I think) dropped in on the reservoir and an odd looking wagtail (see below) - can anyone let me know what it is.

 


 Hi Andrea! Fantastic sighting. Would it be alright if we posted your photos on the RSPB DoveStone twitter and social media? with credit to you of course.



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Hi Andrea ... it's a first winter Pied Wagtail.

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A visit this morning to a very misty Dovestones. But did manage to spot a couple of birds of interest as the fog cleared.

3  Whooper swans (I think) dropped in on the reservoir and an odd looking wagtail (see below) - can anyone let me know what it is.

 



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Today among the usual:

Cormorant

Skein of about 30 Pink Footed Geese heading south around 2pm

Single Wigeon briefly crossed the reservoir, unusual for Dove Stone!



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On Thursday 9th January around 2pm

A flock of around 100 birds c90 Redwing and c10 Fieldfare on the sheep fields above the sailing club.



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Monday 6th January 2020, 9.00 - 10.00am.

Around Binn Green.

A decent sized finch and tit flock in the trees between the feeders and Holmfirth Road:

c100 Goldfinch
c40 Chaffinch
3 Brambling
Only 2 Greenfinch?
c20 Coal Tit
c20 Great Tit
c20 Blue Tit
2 Treecreeper
2 Nuthatch

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24-Dec-19 (10:10 - 11:40):

A bit misty due to low cloud initially, but gradually clearing

Binn Green Feeders:
- 4+ Blue Tit
- 8+ Coal Tit
- 2+ Great Tit
- 30+Goldfinch
- 6+ Chaffinch
- 1 Brambling
- Robin
- Blackbird
- 6+ Pheasant
- 1 Dunnock
- 2 Woodpigeon

DoveStones Reservoir:
- 1 Grey Heron
- 1 Cormorant
- c40 Mallard
- c20 Black-headed Gull
- 8 Jackdaw
- 1 Meadow Pipit

Many more Jackdaw and Crows on the hillsides above Bradbury's Lane

Yeoman Hay Reservoir:
- 1 Kingfisher
- 1 Cormorant
- 2 Goosander (redheads)


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13:00-15:30 Gentle amble with the family

3 Brambling at Binn Green, 12 Siskin, Kingfisher, Goosander, Common Buzzard, Kestrel, 10 Fieldfare through, Grey Wagtail, Nuthatch, 2 Treecreeper, Redwing.



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While doing a few odd jobs around the site today

Binn Green Feeders:

Blue Tit

Coal Tit

Great Tit

Greenfinch

Goldfinch (the most numerous)

Chaffinch

2 Brambling

Robin

Blackbird

Pheasant

Red Legged Partridge

Siskin

Nuthatch

Dunnock

 

Dove Stone Main reservoir and surroundings:

Mallard

BH Gull

Carrion Crow

Jackdaw

Pied Wagtail

Dipper

Jay

Kestrel

Treecreeper

Long-tailed Tit

Mistle Thrush

Great Tit

Coal Tit

Blue Tit

Goldfinch

Siskin

White Dove (feral pigeon)

GS Woodpecker

Robin

and a lovely Kingfisher along the edge of dovestone res

 



-- Edited by James Minchin on Thursday 21st of November 2019 05:17:35 PM

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8 Whooper Swans on Greenfield Reservoir at 10.30am.

Info from Chris Boyd (UU manager).

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A single Red Kite flew from a NW direction and across the moor in a SE direction almost towards Chew Reservoir (I think) at around 11:30 - 12:00 today

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Day spent around here today; cloud cover low, meaning visibility at the top was terrible. Still, some nice birds found.

Dovestone, mainly around sailing club, Life for a life wood and opposite plantation:

7 willow warbler
4 blackcap
2 spotted flycatcher (one with food, seemed to feed the other)
1+ treecreeper
2 nuthatch
8+ lesser redpoll
1 greenfinch
2 reed bunting
c10 swallow
1 house martin
1 redstart (juvenile, found in plantation opposite sailing club, no sign of adults)
4 meadow pipit
1 pied wagtail
1 grey wagtail
1 oystercatcher

Chew Valley path:

5 willow warbler
1 blackcap
3 reed bunting
3 house martin
5 stonechat (two pairs one fledgling)
10+ meadow pipit
3 or 5 grey wagtail
1 dipper
1 skylark heard
1 or 2 ring ouzel
1 kestrel

Chew reservoir:

Fledgling wrens from 2 broods
19+ meadow pipit
1 pied wagtail
3 skylark
1 raven
1 dunlin
1+ common sandpiper
2 herring gull
1 peregrine




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Saturday 18th May 2019, 5.45 - 10.45am.

Chew Reservoir and surrounding moor. Cold and overcast.

2 Golden Plover
1 Dunlin
2 pairs of Curlew
1 pair of Common Sandpiper
1 pair of Wheatear
Grey Wagtail at a nest site
Pair of Pied Wagtails
Plenty of Skylark singing

Chew Valley path.

7 singing Reed Bunting
2 Cuckoo
Two pairs of Stonechat, one pair feeding at least three very young fledglings
7 singing Willow Warblers
3 singing Blackcap
1 singing Song Thrush
2 Curlew
Dipper feeding young in the brook

Lower down.

Pair of Common Sandpiper on Dovestone Reservoir
Another Cuckoo singing
Spotted Flycatcher

A promising site, ruined for me by its ease of access, resulting in a theme park atmosphere.
Nevertheless, a satisfying morning, until the crowds appeared after 9am


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Around the site yesterday (Friday 10th May)

3 Common Sandpiper

2 Grey Wagtail

3 Pied Wagtail

Cormorant

pair of Wheatear

Curlew

Meadow Pipits

2 Singing Chiffchaff

6 Singing Willow Warbler

Blackcap

Jay

Mistle Thrush

Great Tits

Blue Tits

Goldfinch

Chaffinch

Siskin

Robin

Mallards

Canada Geese

Single Greylag

 



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While conducting a bumblebee survey along Chew Valley today:

2 pairs of Stonechat

pair of Wheatear

Ring Ouzel (male)

Whinchat (male)

Meadow Pipits +++

Curlew

Dipper (2)

pair of Grey Wagtail

at least 4 singing Willow Warbler

Cuckoo calling from near Chew Piece.



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Day off today, so spent around here.

Binn Green:

1 nuthatch
5 siskin
1 lesser redpoll (another over from path leading to res)
Goldfinch, greenfinch, chaffinch
1 bullfinch
1 song thrush
1 jay
1 great spotted woodpecker heard drumming

Yeoman Hay & Dovestone:

3 chiffchaff
c10 willow warbler
2 blackcap
3 siskin
2 lesser redpoll heard
1 reed bunting
2 swallow
1 stonechat
8 meadow pipit
4 pied wagtail
3 grey wagtail
1 song thrush
4 mistle thrush
1 common sandpiper
2 oystercatcher
1 grey heron
2 buzzard

Chew Valley path:

2 willow warbler
1 reed bunting heard
3 wheatear
11+ meadow pipit
1 dipper
1 skylark heard
2 ring ouzel
3+ red grouse

Chew reservoir:

12+ meadow pipit
1 pied wagtail
3 skylark heard
1 ring ouzel (a different individual to those noted on path)
2 common sandpiper
3 curlew


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Sun 14th April:

A quick look at the Binn Green Feeders had just Coal Tit and Pheasant showing, but on our return, it was a little more interesting with

- 3+ Great Tit
- c4 Chaffinch
- 1+ Brambling and
- c6 Siskin

adding to the Pheasants and Mallards making the most of the seed on the ground under the feeders

Along past Yeoman Hay and Greenfield Reservoirs and then up the valley at the end (Is this still Greater Manchester), there were no Dippers but we did see
- 2m Wheater
- 1m Stonechat
- c6 Meadow Pipit
- 1 Grey Wagtail
- 1 Buzzard
- 2 Canada Geese
- 1 Grey Heron

and heard quite a few Coal Tits, Goldfinch etc and a single Willow Warbler.

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Yesterday on site, a sunny busy day (Thurs 28th).

Blue Tit

Great Tit

Coal Tit

Chaffinch

Siskin

Goldfinch

Robin

Blackbird

Pheasants galore

Woodpigeon

Sparrowhawk

Kestrel

Jackdaw

Carrion Crow

Magpie

Mallard

Canada Geese

a pair of Tufted Duck on the main res

2 Cormorant

4 Heron (heading back to Greenfield from a toad and frog feast)

Pied Wagtail

Grey Wagtail

Meadow Pipit

Stonechat

Wren

Goldcrest

 

 



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On an extremely warm February Sunday:

Usual suspects included Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Robin, Goldfinch, Chaffinch (many singing), Dunnock, Blackbird, Black-headed Gulls, Mallards, Canada Geese.

Plus: Female Goosander on Yeoman Hey, Male Reed Bunting singing, Kestrel, Sparrowhawk, Raven, Grey Wagtails in the spillway, several Skylarks singing on the hill.



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Sun 10th Feb: (12:00 - 14:00 ish)
Chilly walk in changeable conditions that ranged from being fairly clear and bright to driving sleet and hail. Generally very quiet around the woodlands and on the hillsides, so not a lot to see birdwise.

- 1 Buzzard over the hillsides
- 1 Dipper - Channel around Greenfield Reservoir
- 1 Pied Wagtail - further along the same channel as the Dipper

At Binn Green Feeders
- 1 Siskin
- 4+ Coal Tit
- 10+ Chaffinch
- 10+ Goldfinch
- 4 Greenfinch
- c10 Pheasant


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Around here today; very windy, so little in evidence, but still a glorious place to wander around. Very atmospheric at the top with the smattering of snow (where the only bird to show itself at all was a single meadow pipit); it was fresh up there, to say the least! Also of note:

Couple of siskin amongst a reasonably sized goldfinch flock in the Life for a Life wood
Dipper in the outflow channel adjacent to Yeoman Hey and on Chew Brook
Grey wagtail over near Ashway Gap
Red grouse heard calling along Chew Brook valley
Kestrel near Life for a Life wood and again at Ashway Gap


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Wed 26th Dec
First visit in ages and the place was busy with both families walking off Christmas excess and blokes with guns laying waste to the local Pheasant population.

Stayed away from the shooting and just walked from Binn Green around Dovestones Reservoir. Plenty of Woodpigeon taking flight but not a lot else.

- 3 Mistle Thrush, inc 1 singing male
- 6+ Siskin - mainly at Binn Green
- 10+ Coal Tit at Binn Green with some Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch and a few other tits
- 100+ Black-headed Gull
- small Falcon flying low over the hillside of the east side of Yeoman Hay Reservoir. It was flying low above the vegetation and I wanted to say Merlin rather than Kestrel, but I didn't see it long enough to be saying one or the other.

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50 Fieldfare flew west over Dovestones Reservoir this afternoon before heading north over Yeoman Hey Reservoir
5 Red-Legged Partridge around Yeoman Hey Reservoir

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Very enjoyable, if very wet, day spent around here today. Didn't head up Chew Valley path today, so Binn Green (which was almost silent, just a couple of coal tit here), Yeoman Hey, Ashway Gap, and various plantations through to the sailing club:

1 goldcrest
2 chiffchaff
2 blackcap
6+ spotted flycatcher (family group, adults carrying food)
3 treecreeper
4 nuthatch
2+ lesser redpoll
6+ siskin (others unidentified in mixed flock)
10+ swallow
7 pied wagtail
2 grey wagtail
1 dipper
1 jay
1 raven
1 or 2 grey heron
4 - 6 kestrel
1 peregrine (extremely briefly, sped through high as I was watching a kestrel)
1 buzzard

What was surely a sparrowhawk trying to take a woodpigeon at Binn Green, too.

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A nice long walk up to and around Chew Res today.

There wasn't much obviously around but I managed 35 species. Highlights were a juvenile Cuckoo and Spotted Flycatcher. Of note were masses of fledged Meadow Pipits, I also had my best ever view of a Red Grouse which popped up about 10 feet from me, and rather than flying away stared back and then trotted off.



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Monday June 17th. 17.00 - 18.30 hrs.

Nice to note Spotted Flycatcher ... first I've seen locally for a number of years.

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Saturday 23rd June 2018, 6.30 - 11.00am.

Chew Valley and Chew Reservoir.

A very late Cuckoo calling from the bottom of Chew Valley path
At least six Reed Bunting territories, with one male seen carrying food
4 Stonechat, a male and three youngsters
5 Golden Plover, showing well out on the moor
Common Sandpiper on the reservoir
2 Grey Heron over
5 Lesser Redpoll
6 Goldfinch
3 Willow Warblers singing
1 Dipper
4 Pied Wagtails

Then back down, fighting my way through the crowds at Dovestone no

1 Spotted Flycatcher
1 alarm calling Common Sandpiper
1 Grey Wagtail
6 Swallows, two parents feeding four fledglings on a wire

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12.30pm - 3pm 5 Mistle Thurshe 4 Chaffinch 7 Mallard Male Stonechat Pheasant heard calling.



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Saturday 19th May 2018, 5.45 - 10.15am.

Around Chew Reservoir.

6 Curlew
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull on the shoreline, causing great alarm amongst the Curlew
4 Dunlin
2 Buzzards, towards Hoarstone Edge, and Blindstones Moss
One pair of Common Sandpiper
Pair of Pied Wagtail
2 Skylark singing
Mallard with 8 ducklings
1 Kestrel

Along Chew Brook.

2 Reed Bunting singing
1 Grey Wagtail
5 Willow Warblers singing
1 Skylark singing
1 Pied Wagtail


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18/05/2018 14.15 - 18.35

Came up here after my visit to Strinesdale.

Long-tailed Tits, Nuthatch collecting food and a Grey Heron along the Brook from The Clarence to the turning to the cottages on Broadbent Lane.

3 Cuckoos in the sheep field by the cottages - all grey birds. Not sure if it was two males trying to court a female or a female trying to see off a courting pair. A male called and flew into one of the hawthorns near the lane as I turned onto it from the footpath by the cottages. While I was failing to digi-bin it a female's bubbling call came from the left, back towards the plantation and the bird flew off. Shortly afterwards a bird flew into a distant tree, there was more cuckoo-ing and bubbling then one bird followed another across to a stone wall where they were joined by the third bird. At that point two birds flew right to a dead tree where one perched normally, with the second bird behind it, facing the opposite way with wings drooped and tail cocked. As I was moving to try to get a better place for a photo the third bird again flew over and two of the birds disappeared behind the sycamores to the right of the track. The remaining bird eventually flew uphill to the southern end of the plantation and cuckoo-ed from there. I'm pretty sure that when the third bird first got involved I'd heard bubbling calls in the direction from which it came, which makes me think the two birds flying behind the sycamore were female.

Also along this stretch 2 male Pheasants, 4 juvenile Mistle Thrushes, a male Sparrowhawk and 9 Lapwings in the fields above Tanner's Business Centre.

Made my way through the obstacle course of the conifer plantation to check on the Bog Beacon. Good showing in its' primary location but only a few specimens in the second spot.

Juvenile Song Thrush in Chew Piece Plantation. Meadow Pipits, Chaffinches, Wood Pigeons, Great Tits and Blackbirds also seen. Several Willow Warblers and 1 ChiffChaff heard.


Followed the old railway bed up Chew Valley, crossing over to the road to head up to Chew Reservoir.
4 or 5 Red Grouse advised against this biggrin but I stuck to it and added a male Ring Ouzel, 2 Common Buzzards and a pair of Teal in the stream bed at the top, which probably explains the single duckling piping away several small waterfalls down stream.

The Teal relocated to the reservoir, joining 2 Canada Geese, 2 Curlews, another Cuckoo, male Grey and Pied Wagtails and a Lesser Black-backed Gull. A Golden Plover and a Wren were heard but not seen. On the way down the only bird of interest between the reservoir and Charnel Clough was a sun-bathing Red Grouse. Lower down the old paper dump had 15 Mallard (4 M 1F 10 ducklings) 10 Teal (1 M 1F 8 ducklings) 1 Magpie and 1 Willow Warbler. A male Cuckoo was still calling somewhere around the conifers as I headed back for the bus.


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Friday 11th May

10 Red Grouse, Common Sandpiper & 1 Curlew in the Chew Valley between Dovestones Reservoir and Chew Reservoir

Singing Cuckoo in the plantation along the lane south of the Sailing Club

Greylag Goose on Dovestones Reservoir

-- Edited by James Walsh on Saturday 12th of May 2018 08:58:28 AM

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Yeah he was up here filming the breeding waders for Springwatch, with the wardens and site manager. I said hello briefly, but wasnât able to make it up top that day sadly.

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