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RE: Flixton, including Lagoons and Barton/Irlam Locks


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Walk from Boundary Road Garage (Irlam) area of Ship Canal to Barton Locks including Salteye Brook

Noting that most of the overwintering Waterfowl had now departed for Spring

 

11 Wren

10 Chiffchaff...in song

18 Cormorant

23 Gadwall

2 Song Thrush in song

6 Mallard

16 Robin

2 Bullfinch

1 Kestrel

2 Linnet in song

1 Mute Swan

Salteye Brook Area

7 Mallard

3 Chiffchaff in song

27 Teal

2 Reed Bunting

2 Ring-Necked Parakeet...flew over to Millennium Park @ 1018

 

 

 



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Very Late Record...220124...Car MOT Day

Walk from Boundary Road Garage (Irlam) area of Ship Canal to Barton Locks including Salteye Brook

Boundary Road up to and including Boysnope Wharf...

27 Cormorant

27 Gadwall

11 Goldeneye

12 Blackbird

33 Tufted Duck

3 Little Grebe

6 Teal

31 Mallard

2 Goldcrest

5 Redwing

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

Boysnope Wharf to Barton Locks

32 Teal

18 Cormorant

6 Great Crested Grebe

74 Tufted Duck

1 Scaup...Male

6 Little Grebe

Barton Locks Area

36 Teal

4 Cormorant

175 Black-Headed Gull

51 Gadwall

2 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

4 Mute Swan

3 Common Gull

11 Mallard

Salteye Brook

46 Teal

2 Grey Wagtail

2 Bullfinch

1 Meadow Pipit

 

 

 

 



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Three swallows over Irlam Locks at 3:30pm and a flock of nine sand martins over the water treatment works just afterwards.

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Common Sandpiper on the fenced off jetty at the locks 10:30

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Female Merlin hunting around the horse paddocks adjacent to the locks/etw at 12:30

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Afternoon visit.

Jack Lane nr / duttons pond..

1 sand martin over
Water rails heard, 2 eventually seen
Cettis warbler heard
1 Reed bunting
12 chiffchaffs
1 goldcrest
2-3 sparrowhawks
2 buzzards
2 stock doves
2 pied wagtails
1 grey heron
4 redpoll

There was a large flock of greenfich & goldfinch along main footpath at green hill, amongst them there was at least 4 chaffinch & 2 siskin.



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Morning visit to ETW and Ship Canal.

Kingfisher 1
Great Crested Grebe 3
Mute Swan 4 adults.
Oystercatcher 2
Cormorant 7
Gadwall 2
Mallard 15+
Pied Wagtail 2
Grey Wagtail 4
Chiffchaff 1
Stock Dove 1
Skylark 1
BH Gull 30+
GBB Gull 1 immature.
LBB Gull 2
Herring Gull 6
Canada Geese 4
House Sparrow 40+

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Morning visit, flixton etw & ship canal...

2 sand Martins at Irlam locks.
Now 3 oystercatchers
300+ black-headed gulls
1 great black-backed gull
3 lesser black-backed gulls
4 Herring gulls
3 cormorants
2 grey wagtails
Only 1 pied wagtail
1 grey heron
5 mute swans
2 stock doves
1 chiffchaff
4 buzzards


-- Edited by steven burke on Saturday 16th of March 2024 03:06:19 PM

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11.15 - 12pm, Flixton etw & ship canal.

600+ black-headed gulls
1 common gull
6 Herring gulls
3 lesser-black backed gulls
4 cormorants
2 mute swans
2 oystercatcher
28+ pied wagtails
4 grey wagtails
1 stock dove
2 chiffchaffs, 1 singing
1 goldcrest

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ETW/Ship Canal:

Buzzard 2
Kestrel 1 male.
Sparrowhawk 1 female.
Grey Wagtail 4
Pied Wagtail 10+
Coot 1
Moorhen 1
Mute Swan 2 adults.
Cormorant 10+
Mallard 15+
Herring Gull 4
LBB Gull 2
GBB Gull 1 2nd cy.
BH Gull 200+

Jack Lane:

Cetti's Warbler 1 seen singing in NW corner.
Water Rail 2 heard.
Goldcrest 2 singing.

General Sightings:

Chiffchaff 1
Willow Tit 1 short song, south of ETW, near pylon.

etc.etc.etc.


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We saw 5 buzzards circling high above Urmston Meadows on Friday - Church Road direction, so very likely the same column you saw Steven.

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Midday visit.

Flixton etw & ship canal...

200+ Black-headed gulls
5 Herring gulls
1 lesser-black backed gull
1 oystercatcher
5 pied wagtails
3 grey wagtails
3 cormorant
1 kestrel
1 great spotted woodpecker
Chiffchaff heard on the Irlam side of the locks.
A dead great crested grebe was along the roadside near townend farm.

Jack Lane...

Cettis warbler heard only as were numerous water rails.
1 Reed bunting
2 bullfinch
2 ravens
8 buzzards, 5 together in the air
1 kestrel
1 meadow pipit
Plus usuals.


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A walk down to the locks this morning

Black-headed Gull
Blue Tit
Bullfinch
2 Buzzard
3 Canada Goose
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
2 Coal Tit
Collared Dove
Cormorant
Dunnock
Feral Pigeon
Gadwall
Goldfinch
Great Tit
Grey Wagtail
Herring Gull
House Sparrow
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Magpie
Mallard
Moorhen
Mute Swan
2 Oystercatcher
Pied/White Wagtail
Robin (
Sparrowhawk
Starling
Woodpigeon
Wren


-- Edited by Martin Whittam on Monday 19th of February 2024 10:03:53 AM

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Flixton ETW/Canal:

Oystercatcher 2
Grey Wagtail 2
Pied Wagtail 20+
Mallard 10+
Mute Swan 2 adults.
Cormorant 5
Gadwall 2
Coot 1
Moorhen 2
Goldcrest 1
BH Gull 20+
LBB Gull 5
Herring Gull 1
Magpie 20+
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Wellacre Country Park...North side only.

Jack Lane NR:
Water Rail 2 heard.

Wellacre College Field:
Common Gull 6
Herring Gull 2 adults, 1 immature.
Black-headed Gull 30+
Rook 18
Jackdaw 19

Dutton's Pond:
Moorhen 6
Mallard 2

General Sightings:
Chiffchaff 4
Song Thrush 4 singing.
Goldcrest 2
Mistle Thrush 1
Magpie 60+

etc.etc.etc.


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Afternoon visit, another area soon to be a local patch. Much the same as phils sightings at the ETW & ship canal.

Oystercatcher on the locks
2 great black-backed gulls
1 great crested grebe
5 gadwall
1 meadow pipit over
1 goldcrest
2 stock doves
Plus usuals.

Jack Lane NR

1 chiffchaff
3 goldcrest
5 chaffinch
4 lapwings over
Water rails & cettis warbler heard only
25+ redwings
2 mistle thrush




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Flixton ETW/Ship Canal.

Oystercatcher 1 has arrived back from it's beach holiday.
Chiffchaff 1
Pied Wagtail 50+ in fields alongside canal.
Reed Bunting 3 males with the Pied Wags.
Grey Wagtail 3
House Sparrow 50+
Starling 10+
Coot 2
Moorhen 5
Mallard 15+
Mute Swan 2 adults.
Gadwall 12
Teal 1
Cormorant 6
BH Gull 250+
GBB Gull 3
Herring Gull 3
Common Gull 1
LBB Gull 1

etc...34 species in total.


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A Common Sandpiper on a jetty at Irlam Locks this morning.

Black-headed Gull 220+
LBB gull 2
Herring Gull 2 at the ETW.
Common Gull 4 overhead.
Cormorant 4
Mute Swan 4
Gadwall 1 male, 1 female.
Tufted Duck 3
Coot 3
Moorhen 3
Grey Wagtail 1
Pied Wagtail 10+
Jackdaw 24 overhead.
Chaffinch 2
Goldcrest 1

etc.etc.etc...29 species.

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48 Lapwing on one of the Jetty's at Irlam Locks 11am

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Late report again, for January 4th. Wellacre CP., North of railway only.

Jack Lane NR:

Chiffchaff 1
Water Rail 1 heard.
Cetti's Warbler 1 heard.

Dutton's Pond:

Moorhen 8
Mallard 6

General sightings:

Meadow Pipits 20+
Pied Wagtail 80+
RN Parakeet 2
etc.etc.etc.

40 species.

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Late report, more for local interest, on 23rd December.

Flixton Park...regular 150+ Black-headed Gulls.

Looking west off Mile Road...70+ Lapwings, 5 Lesser Black-backed Gulls with a few Black-headed Gulls.

Wellacre College...regular Herring Gull adult pair.

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Irlam to Barton Locks 171223

68 Mallard

75 Gadwall

23 Tufted Duck

11 Goldeneye

3 Stock Dove

2 Grey Wagtail

11 Mute Swan

1 Kingfisher

4 Little Grebe...numbers down quite a lot compared to previous years in my experience

2 Siskin

1 Goldcrest

31 Cormorant

8 Common Gull

184 Teal.



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Common Sandpiper at the Ship Canal (from the end of the railway path at Wellacre CP)
Snipe 2 landed on Dutton's Pond island briefly
Pink-footed Goose 70 > NW at 10.59
Tufted duck 1 ship canal
Water Rail 1 Jack Lane

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Irlam to Barton Locks 261123

8 Goldeneye

13 Mute Swan

24 Cormorant

44 Mallard

7 Little Grebe

1 Green Sandpiper

2 Goldcrest

5 Redwing

52 Gadwall

17 Teal

2 Buzzard

1 Kingfisher

2 Kestrel---1 with Prey

 

 



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Jack Lane:

Cetti's Warbler 1 singing at western end.
Lesser Redpoll 1 over.
Goldcrest 3
Jay 1
Sparrowhawk 1 male.

Wellacre School field:

Common Gull 2 adults.

Flixton ETW/Canal:

Grey Wagtail 1
Grey Heron 2
GBB Gull 4adults, 1 juv.
BH Gull 180+
Cormorant 4
House Sparrow 40+

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Goosander 1
Great Crested Grebe 2
Water Rail 1
Great Black-backed Gull 2
Peregrine 2 (pair)
Cetti's Warbler 1
Fieldfare 10


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Wellacre CP / Jack Lane / MSC

Pink-footed Goose 247. 142 > W 2 08.57, 75 > W @ 08.53, 57 > NW @ 09.02 over Green Hill
Water Rail 3 heard at Jack Lane
Great Black-backed Gull 1 MSC / Irlam lock
Kingfisher 1 Jack Lane
Chiffchaff 1 singing at Jack Lane
Cetti's Warbler 1 seen and heard singing at Jack Lane
Treecreeper 1
Redwing 22
Fieldfare 9
Meadow Pipit 11
Redpoll 4
Siskin 3

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A damp Saturday stroll round Wellacre Country Park 1:55 - 3:25. Highlights: dozens of redwings and blackbirds in the hedgerows; pairs of willow tit, goldcrest and treecreeper in a mixed tit flock at Jack Lane, also a couple of sparring water rails and a cameo by the Cetti's warbler; and 300+ starlings on the electricity pylons by the water treatment works.

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Good close up view of Cetti's Warbler from the path in the centre of Jack Lane NR. 8 am

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Wellacre CP, North side only.

Jack Lane:

Cetti's Warbler 1 singing.
Lesser Redpoll 1
Water Rail 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Moorhen 1
Redwings
Mallard 2

Wellacre College Field:

Herring Gull 2
BH Gull 20+
Rook 8
RN Parakeet 1

General Sightings:

PinkFooted Geese 25+ over west at 1110.
Chiffchaff 1
Bullfinch 5+
Goldcrest 3

My garden:

Nuthatch 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1

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Wander round Wellacre Country Park 1:40 - 3:50, highlights: 30+ blackbirds and at least a dozen song thrushes in Wellacre Wood; water rail at Jack Lane, I missed the crowds of redwings but there were still a few with the blackbirds in the hawthorns, a mistle thrush was my first at this site; 32 redwings over Green Hill and half a dozen jays in the oak saplings up top.

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Approx 200 Redwing at Jack Lane NR 11am
Water rail heard, Buzzard & Sparrow Hawk over
Goldcrests mixed in with long Tailed Tits
Little Grebe and Kingfisher below on Canal below locks

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Flixton ETW/Ship Canal.

Swallow 3
Meadow Pipit 1
Grey Wagtail 1
Pied Wagtail 1
LBB Gull 2
Moorhen 2
Grey Heron 2
Mute Swan 12
Cormorant 6
BH Gull 40+
Mallard 30+
Starling 50+


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Cetti's Warbler singing in the reedbeds at Jack Lane NR. 11am

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Wellacre Country Park - Green Hill & Dutton's Pond

Pink-footed Goose 276, 36 > E @ 08.08, 63 > E @ 08.31, 169 > E @ 08.54, 8 > W @ 09.22
Lapwing 1
Willow Tit 1 Green Hill 53.441646, -2.395201
Skylark 1 > S
Swallow 2
House Martin 1
Chiffchaff 2
Cetti's Warbler 1 singing from the lagoons
Goldcrest 3
Meadow Pipit 49 > S
Linnet 2 > S
Redpoll 6 > S
Siskin 14 > S

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Amongst the usual was a Peregrine flying over Irlam locks heading south.

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Some highlights.

Kingfisher 2 downstream, Flixton bank, perched on metal structures.
Grey Wagtail 4
Pied Wagtail 10+
Sparrowhawk 1 male upsetting the Swallows.
Swallow 15+
Grey Heron 1
Cormorant 6
BH Gull 80+
LBB Gull 5
GBB Gull 1
Mallard 20+
Mute Swan 4 adults.
Jay 1
Chiffchaff 2
etc.

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1 Kingfisher this afternoon upstream of the locks flying around and repeatedly shallow dipping into the water. Most likely picking insects from the surface.

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Sorry, that should be 4 Grey Wagtails and also a very good 70+ House Sparrows.

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A few from the Ship Canal/Flixton ETW.

Swallow 15+
Mallard 35+
Coot 1
Gadwall 1
Cormorant 7
Grey Heron 3
Pied Wagtail 15+
Grey Wagtail 2
Mute Swan 2
Common Sandpiper 1...on Irlam bank at the old ferry crossing.
BH Gull 50+
LBB Gull 2 adults, 1 juvenile.
etc.

23 species.

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Hobby at the locks, at 07:50 today

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Wellacre CP.

Nuthatch 2
Willow Tit 1...heard in trees looking west from Green Hill.
Chiffchaff 1 singing plus 7.
Crow 9
Buzzard 1
Goldcrest 1
Ring-necked Parakeet 1
Jay 2
Swallow 4
Gadwall 2...from Green Hill.
Black-headed Gull 16
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Morning walk to Ship Canal.

Goosander 1 female...same place as last Thursday. Perhaps on a lonely moult.
Kingfisher 2...Just further along on Flixton bank.
Mallard 20+
Mute Swan 2 adults.
Coot 1
Cormorant 6
Canada Geese 4
BH Gull 80+...no juveniles.
LBB Gull 4adults, 3 juveniles.
GBB Gull 1 5th CY..some brown in wings.
Herring Gull 1 adult.
Swallow 20+
etc.

Drizzle curtailed walk to Wellacre CP.





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Late report for Thursday, 10th August late afternoon.

Goosander 1 female.
Kingfisher 1

Both on the Flixton bank, downstream of turbine building/locks.

Swallow 20+ over the stables.

Earlier at Woodsend Park:

Rook 30+
Jackdaw 20+


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A female Goosander was the only bird on the canal below the locks this morning, a Common Sandpiper was present on the Irlam side

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Afternoon Wellacre Country Park.

Willow Tit 2
Treecreeper 1
Coal Tit 2
Chaffinch 1
Chiffchaff 8
Blackcap 3
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Sand Martin 5+
Swallow 12+
Gadwall 6...from Green Hill.
Moorhen 2 adults, 1 juvenile...Dutton's Pond.
Herring Gull 4
LBB Gull 3
etc.

Just 27 species.

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Morning visit to ETW and Ship Canal/Irlam Locks:

Common Tern 3
BH Gull 60+
LBB Gull 2
Cormorant 3
Grey Heron 3
Mute Swan 2 adults.
Mallard 10+
Great Crested Grebe 1 adult.
Pied Wagtail 5+ including juveniles.
Grey Wagtail 5+ including 3 juveniles.
Swift 1
House Martin 4
Sand Martin 15+
Swallow 10+ including juveniles.
House Sparrow 80+
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A *very* quiet afternoon's wander round Wellacre Country Park. Even the magpies were few and far between. Two reed warblers singing on Jack's Lane. Also there: a soaring sparrowhawk and a song thrush feasting on a newt.

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Flixton ETW/Ship Canal.

Common Tern 2
Grey Wagtail 1 male, 1 female.
Mute Swan 2 adults, 1 juv.
Sand Martin 10+
Swallow 6
Oystercatcher 1
Cormorant 1
Pied Wagtail 1
Mallard 5
BH Gull 7 adults.
LBB Gull 2 adults.
Herring Gull 1
etc.

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Martin Whittam wrote:

I walked down the railway path to the canal this morning.Lots of birds but I was sad to see and smell hundreds and hundreds of dead fish along the canal bank. This is obviously going to have a knock on effect on the birds - there were no cormorants





I recall the same thing happening there a few years ago. At the time I spoke to the DoE or UU (or similar - can't recall,) who said it was due to lack of oxygen, rather than poison or agricultural/industrial run off.

When I saw it there were at least 20 cormorants on the woodwork on the Eccles side of the locks and a lot of herons too. Presumably whilst the dead fish were still palatable enough.

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