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Wellacre Country Park.

RN Parakeet 20+ towards Wellacre Wood.
Pink-footed Geese 60+ over heading east at 1000.
Willow Tit 2
Goldcrest 5
Skylark 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 male.
Water Rail 1 calling Jack Lane NR.
Treecreeper 1 south-east entrance to Green Hill.
Jay 3
Grey Wagtail 2 (1 Dutton's Pond, 1 near River Mersey).
Chiffchaff 1 singing Green Hill plus 2 elsewhere.

36 species total.



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Wellacre Country Park

Spotted Flycatcher 1 along the main path between Ambleside Road and Vale Avenue east of Dutton's Pond at 53.443629, -2.392035
Pink-footed Goose 24 east at 09.11

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Sorry, forgot to mention a Chiffchaff.

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Flixton ETW and Ship Canal.

Sparrowhawk- 1
Kingfisher- 2
Swallow- 20+
Pied Wagtail- 15+
Cormorant- 8
BH Gull- 80+
GBB Gull- 2 adults.
Mute Swan- 2 adults plus 5 juveniles, plus 1 adult.
Mallard- 30+
Grey Wagtail- 1
Grey Heron- 1
Goldfinch- 20+
House Sparrow- 50+
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Plus an all white Zebra Finch.

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Hobby at the ETW again this morning

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A Hobby this morning close to the ETW

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Just realised, I missed the Common Tern by 24 hours. Oh well, the Hobby and Kingfishers made up for it.

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Must have just missed the Tern this morning but saw 6 juvenile Moorhens and 2 adults.

At Jack Lane were 5 singing Reed Warblers, short songs only of course and 2 singing Reed Buntings. Also 1 Water Rail heard, 6 Swallows, 2 Swifts and a fleeting Kingfisher.

Highlight at the ETW and Canal was a Hobby, interested in the 20+ Sand Martins and 4 Swallows. Also 30+ BH Gulls, 1 Oystercatcher, 5 Cormorants, a Great Crested Grebe and 2 Grey Herons. Other highlights were 2 Kingfishers and a sizeable count of House Sparrows of 60+. Difficult to count though, as they fly in and out of the bushes.

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Common Tern at Duttons Pond at 11am this morning

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This afternoon

2 Common Tern - 1 flying around upstream of the locks and the other mostly just perched on the end of one of the brick structures
1 Sparrowhawk in hunting mode causing mayhem amongst the Swallows and Sand Martins

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Report from Thursday, June 16th, at Woodsend.

House Martin 4...looks like 2 nests under the eaves of shops on the north side of the circle.
LBB Gull 4 adults on Woodsend Park.
BH Gull 30+...as above.
Rook 20+...as above.
Herring Gull 2

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Highlights of Wellacre Country Park:

Blackcap 8 singing.
Chiffchaff 9 singing.
Willow Warbler 2 singing.
Whitethroat 2 singing.
Reed Warbler 3 singing.
Reed Bunting 2 singing.
Song Thrush 12 singing...really good number!
Goldcrest 3 singing.
Chaffinch 1 singing.
Buzzard 1
Swift 4
Sand Martin 10+
Swallow 5
House Martin 2
Tufted Duck 2 males from Green Hill.

ETW/Canal:

Common Tern 1 feeding downstream of locks, then flew upstream.
Oystercatcher 2
Grey Heron 1
Moorhen 2
Mallard 10+
Pied Wagtail 1
Herring Gull 2
LBB Gull 1
BH Gulls, Magpies and Starlings, as usual.




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280522 brief am visit

2 Common Tern fishing below the locks....they then headed east

8 Sand Martin....once more nesting within the locks...hard to check out how many nests were being visited in this short visit but at least 6 noted



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Female Goldeneye , Common Tern & 2 Kingfisher below the locks today

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Common Tern below Irlam Locks at 10:30 , there was a pair of Goldeneye there earlier in the week but no sign of them today. 5 Swifts over the ETW.

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A kingfisher and a male grey wagtail by Flixton Bridge just now.

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Wellacre CP 53sp incl

Gadwall 1
Stock Dove 2
Swift 4
Oystercatcher 2
Lapwing 1
Sedge Warbler 1
Reed Warbler 3
Sand Martin 35
Swallow 9
House Martin 1
Willow Warbler 1
Chiffchaff 14
Blackcap 19
Whitethroat 7
Reed Bunting 2


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Ship Canal/ETW.

Mute Swan- 4 adult, 1 imm.
Great Crested Grebe- 2
Cormorant- 6
Grey Wagtail- 2
Pied Wagtail- 2
Oystercatcher- 1
Mallard- 3
Grey Heron- 1
Swallow- 2
Sand Martin- 4
BH Gull- 20+
LBB Gull- 3
etc.etc.etc.

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Wellacre Country Park. Migrant watch.

Blackcap- 12 singing plus 3 seen only.
Chiffchaff- 14 singing plus 2 seen only.
Willow Warbler- 3 singing Green Hill and 1 behind Stott Drive.
Whitethroat- 3 singing Green Hill.
Reed Warbler- 1 singing Jack Lane.
Sand Martin- 2 Green Hill and 3 Flixton ETW.

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Willow Tit- 1 calling Green Hill.
Reed Bunting- 2 males Jack Lane.
Water Rail- 1 calling Jack Lane.
Nuthatch- 1 in Stott Drive garden.



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Common Sandpiper below the locks on the Irlam side of the canal at 09:30
3 singing Willow Warbler between the reserve and the canal

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An early walk around the patch this morning produced .....

Black-headed Gull
Blackbird
Blackcap
Blue Tit
Carrion Crow
Chaffinch
Chiffchaff
Collared Dove
Cormorant
Dunnock
Feral Pigeon
Gadwall
Goldcrest
Goldfinch
Great Black-backed Gull
Great Tit
Grey Heron
Herring Gull
House Martin
House Sparrow
Jackdaw
Jay
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Long-tailed Tit
Magpie
Mallard
Meadow Pipit
Mistle Thrush
Moorhen
Oystercatcher
Pheasant
Pied Wagtail
Reed Bunting
Robin
Rook
Sand Martin
Starling
Stock Dove
Willow Warbler
Woodpigeon
Wren

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1 Swallow at the ETW at 09:30

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A Willow Warbler singing south of "Jack's Farm" on the main track. Otherwise 18 singing Chiffchaffs, 3 singing Goldcrests, plus 2 Linnets and a Lesser Redpoll over Green Hill. 1 Little Grebe seen from the Hill.
Plenty of etcs.

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Wellacre CP

Water Rail 1 heard Jack Lane NR
Oystercatcher 5 (3 from Fly-ash Hill, 2 Irlam Locks)
Lapwing 1
Sand Martin 1 between Wellacre Wood and Jack Lane
Chiffchaff 18
Blackcap 3
Goldcrest 1
Treecreeper 1
Redwing 3





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Wellacre CP 2:55 - 4:35 Highlights: at least a dozen singing chiffchaffs around; a water rail and a ring-necked parakeet at Jack Lane; a willow warbler on the railway embankment by Dutton's Pond; and a heron fishing by one of the "members only" signs on Dutton's Pond.

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Wellacre CP highlights.

Chiffchaff 9 singing.
Goldcrest 1
Buzzard 4
Kestrel 1 male.
Mistle Thrush 1
RN Parakeet 4
Redwing 1
Rook 20+ in Irlam Road Rookery...possible 14 nests plus 3 on Woodsend Road.

Jack Lane:

Grey Heron 1
Willow Tit 1 calling south side of west reed bed.
Treecreeper 1
Moorhen 2

ETW:

Oystercatcher 2
Herring Gull 4
BH Gull 100+
Pied Wagtail 5+

41 species seen.

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Just after 5pm yesterday the Dipper was on the Mersey, seen from the bridge on Flixton rd/ Carrington rd (Mile rd).

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Wellacre CP...highlights.

Sparrowhawk 3
Raven 1
Buzzard 1
Willow Tit 1 singing extreme east edge of Jack Lane...SJ735 939
Chiffchaff 3 in copse across path, just west of Jack Lane.
Water Rail 1
Coot 2 Dutton's Pond.
Moorhen 6 ditto.
Teal 1 male Jack Lane.
Oystercatcher 2 Irlam Locks.
BH Gull 200+ ditto.
Herring Gull 1 adult.
LBB Gull 2
Grey Wagtail 1 ditto.
Song Thrush 5 singing.
Goldcrest 3 singing plus 2 seen.
Chaffinch 3 singing.
Siskin 4 Jack Lane.
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Wellacre CP

Willow Tit 2 together at 53.441329, -2.399319
Redpoll 3 by Duttons Pond
Siskin 37 ditto
Meadow Pipit 2
Pied Wagtail 31

Wellacre school field

Mediterranean Gull 1 adult with green darvic
Rook 20






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Walk from Stott Drive, behind Arundel Avenue, to Jack Lane only.

Jack Lane NR:

Chiffchaff 2 on the west side.
Water Rail 2 calling.
Reed Bunting 1 male, 1 female.
Song Thrush 1
Magpie 30+
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En route:

Lesser Redpoll 1 behind Arundel Avenue.
Greenfinch 1 as above.
Chaffinch 6 as above.
Goldfinch 6 as above.
Collared Dove 2 as above.
Meadow Pipit 4
Pied Wagtail 8
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Jack Lane 13:50 - 14:15: a snipe was flushed by a passing hedge-trimming tractor, a Cetti's warbler in the reeds by the path through the reserve (a site first for me) and there was a couple of teals whistling from the pool hidden in the reeds on the West site. The mixed tit flock working along the railway embankment included two goldcrests. Just the one willow tit on Fly Ash Hill today.

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Afternoon walk, just the north of Wellacre CP.

Pied Wagtail- 130+ on the sewage beds and the field behind.
Grey Wagtail- 1 Jack Lane.
Meadow Pipit- 2
Greenfinch- 1
RN Parakeet- 2. Oh and the "usual" Superb Parrot.
Jackdaw- 25+
Rook- 20+ on Wellacre College field with the Jackdaw.
Cormorant- 9 on the canal.
Gadwall- 2 male, 2 female on the canal.
Grey Heron- 1 ditto.
BH Gull- 60+ on the sewage beds.
Herring Gull- 1 adult.
Redwing- 5
Moorhen- 10 Dutton's Pond
Chaffinch- 1 ditto.
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240122 am

Old River Irlam to Boysnope

3 Goosander...

45 Mallard

16 Gadwall

8 Mute Swan

11 Little Grebe

4 Goldeneye...3 Male...1 Female

1 Sparrowhawk (Male with Blackbird Prey)

 



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The Superb Parrot was in the trees behind my house at 13:00 today

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Finally got the Dipper at Flixton bridge today & a Woodcock was in the copse down by the canal.

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Not sure what to do about a male Superb Parrot feeding in my garden this afternoon.

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From 2pm Dipper on R.Mersey seen from the bridge on Flixton rd/ Carrington rd (mile rd).
Also Grey Wagtail .

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Pm visit to Irlam Locks/Flixton ETW

Mallard 25+
Gadwall 3
Mute Swan 2
Moorhen 2
Cormorant 14
Grey Heron 1
Grey Wagtail 2
Pied Wagtail 20+
Magpie 20+
Starling 50+
Woodpigeon 20+
BH Gull 250+
GBB Gull 2
Herring Gull 1
LBB Gull 3

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120122...am wander from Higher Irlam Area to Barton Locks

62 Gadwall

1 Goldeneye...Female

17 Little Grebe

2 Willow Tit

109 Mallard

32 Teal

3 Snipe

2 Redwing

1 Sparrowhawk...Male

3 Buzzard

17 Mute Swan

 



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Wellacre Country Park.

Dutton's Pond:

Shoveler 1 male
Moorhen 8

Jack Lane NR:

Grey Heron 2
Siskin 1
RN Parakeet 1

General:

Sparrowhawk 1 male, 1 female. In wood, west of pond.
Buzzard 1
Grey Wagtail 2
Goldcrest 1
Redwing 60+
RN Parakeet 2
Siskin 1
etc.etc.etc.


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Late Record for 231221

Wander from Princess Park to 'Port' Barton (Salford)

Princess Park

1 Nuthatch

12 Blackbird

7 Moorhen

Old River Irwell

35 House Sparrow

4 Goosander...2 Male 2 Female

Old Tip to Boysnope Wharf

2 Goosander...Female

1 Woodcock

5 Teal

13 Mute Swan

3 Goosander

7 Goldeneye...4 Male...3 Female

11 Gadwall

15 Little Grebe

2 Treecreeper

3 Goldcrest

45 Mallard

Boysnope to the now devastated habitat of the 'Port'

39 Gadwall

36 Teal

15 Mute Swan

57 Mallard

3 Snipe

3 Willow Tit....finding a few bits of Bramble in which to search for food...

The site has had most of its Sedge Warbler/Whitethroat/Grasshopper Warbler/Stonechat....etc etc etc habitat ground into the soil ...I had no words to say ...too choked up with this so-called 'progress'....

 



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Princess Park...Old River Irlam...Ship Canal just short of Boysnope Wharf 141221 mid-afternoon

1 Nuthatch

70 House Sparrow

17 Blackbird

1 Water Rail

8 Goosander...5 Male 3 Female

4 Goldeneye...2 Female 2 Male

11 Teal

2 Woodcock

14 Gadwall.

 

 



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Wellacre C P:

Treecreeper- 1 at Dutton's Pond.
Meadow Pipit- 5
Pied Wagtail- 50+...ETW and field behind.
Reed Bunting- 1 at Jack Lane.
Water Rail- 1 at Jack Lane.
Skylark- 2
Mistle Thrush- 3 south of Green Hill.
RN Parakeet- 3
Redwing- 6+
Song Thrush- 1
Chiffchaff- 1 near Harry's Farm. Not sure of proper name but west of Jack Lane NR.
etc.etc.etc.

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Flixton ETW/Ship Canal.

Goosander 1 male, 1 female.
Gadwall 10+
Mallard 25+
Mute Swan 12+
Moorhen 5
Cormorant 8
BH Gull 180+
LBB Gull 4
Common Gull 1
GBB Gull 2
Kestrel 1 female.
Sparrowhawk 1 male.
Grey Wagtail 1
Pied Wagtail 50+
Starling 100+
Magpie 30+
Song Thrush 1
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251121 am Brief Wander towards Boysnope

1 Kingfisher

3 Cormorant

8 Goldeneye



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Some highlights from a morning Wellacre CP walk, with a diversion to the River Mersey.

Dipper 1 flew from under Mile Road bridge, downstream.
Water Rail 3 heard at Jack Lane NR.
Grey Heron 2 at ETW.
Pied Wagtail 40+ at ETW.
Moorhen 8 Dutton's Pond.
Ring-necked Parakeet 5+...not sure if I should call this a highlight.
Lesser Redpoll 1
etc.etc.etc.

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Late morning highlights, Wellacre Country Park.

Siskin 2
Redwing 6
Raven 2
Buzzard 2
Grey Wagtail 1
Cormorant 1
Goldfinch 20+
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20 Whooper Swans over at 09:30



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50+ Fieldfare in trees at "Wellacre Country Park"

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Morning visit to check-out the "mud bath" at Irlam Locks.

Great Black-backed Gull 1 adult.
LBB Gull 2
Herring Gull 2
BH Gull 60+
Mute Swan 2 adults.
Mallard 35+
Moorhen 2
Grey Heron 1
Grey Wagtail 2
Pied Wagtail 6+
Redwing 5
Cormorant 3
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