Goosander pair on Duttons Pond
Meadow Pipit 10
Pied Wagtail 49+ Jack Lane / ETW
Redwing 76 school field

Mixed tit flock in Wellacre Wood included two goldcrests, a nuthatch and a great spotted woodpecker with a large family of long-tailed tits and a few blue tits and great tits. The mixed tit flock at Jack Lane was goldcrests, blue tits and great tits. A heron was hunting in the reedbeds at Jack Lane and a flock of four fieldfares passed low overhead.

3 Kingfishers seen from Irlam Locks.

Red Kite. Calling from a tree in Willow farm at the end of Southgate off Church Road Flixton. Cross the metal bridge over old Eae brook and it was in the field on the left. Been in the vicinity for at least a week. Very vocal.

Flixton ETW/Ship Canal.

Kingfisher 3
Grey Wagtail 1
Great Crested Grebe 2
Grey Heron 4
Mute Swan 1 adult.
Mallard 40+
Gadwall 2
Moorhen 3
Kestrel 1
Cormorant 8
Pied Wagtails
BH Gull 100+
LBB Gull 4
Herring Gull 1 adult.
GBB Gull 1 immature.
etc.

Morning stroll down to ETW and Ship Canal.

Kingfisher 1
Great Crested Grebe 1
Sparrowhawk 1
Grey Wagtail 4
Pied Wagtail 10+
Moorhen 4
Coot 1
Pinkfooted Geese 40+ heading NE.
Herring Gull 1 adult.
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 adult.
Mallard 40+
Cormorant 10+
Grey Heron 3
Black-headed Gull 200+
Mute Swan 1 adult, 5 juveniles.
Chiffchaff 1 singing plus 1.
House Sparrow 100+...a bit of a guess but probably well over 100.
etc.

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

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+
etc.
Plus an all white Zebra Finch.

A Hobby this morning close to the ETW

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

1 Swallow at the ETW at 09:30

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

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.

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.
etc.etc.etc.

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+
etc.

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
etc.

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.
etc.

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

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