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Ian McKerchar


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RE: Blackleach Country Park
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Originally posted by Bernard Hooley today:

post for yesterday 3pm yellow legged gull in gull roost

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10 Gadwall, Goldeneye, Common Buzzard, 30 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 6 Bullfinch.

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Water Rail in ditch north of reservoir, +10 Gadwall, Common Buzzard on M/ way lamp, 25 Fieldfare, 4 Bullfinch.

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7 Whooper Swans flying east , very low, at 8 15am, 9 Gadwall, 40 Tufted Duck, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Meadow Pipit, 50 Feildfare over, 40 Jackdaw,.

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28th October.

4 drake Pochard here this morning, plus a flock of c40 Redwing.

There were 13 Gadwall and c55 Tufted Duck here last Sunday (21/10). Numbers of both these species appeared to be down somewhat today, with the Tufted Duck count only around half of that noted last week. It was also nice to meet and to have a good natter with Tony Hill at Blackleach last Sunday morning.

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Bill.


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1 Teal, Little Grebe, 3 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel.

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6 Willow Tits together in the nature reserve.

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3 Shoveler, 2 Common Buzzard.

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4 Gadwall, 35 Mistle Thrush, 3 Willow Tit.

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Little Grebe, Common Tern, Kingfisher, 16 Mistle Thrush, 3 Willow Tit,.

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16 Tufted Duck, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Common Tern, Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wheatear, 15 Mistle Thrush, Willow Tit, 150+ Starling, 20 Goldfinch, 8 Bullfinch,.

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8 Teal.

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Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 4 Common Tern, Reed Warbler.

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Red Kite over junction of M61 and A666 (Kearsley) at 6pm. Landed in trees to the left of the eastbound carriageway. Circa 1m NE of Blackleach



-- Edited by Ian Keith on Sunday 22nd of July 2012 09:21:38 PM

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2 Reed Warblers.

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Reed Warbler singing on reed island.

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2 Wheatear on Linnyshaw Moss, + Lesser Whitethroat on the nature reserve.

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2 Common Tern, Wheatear on Linnyshaw Moss, + Garden Warbler singing on the Linnyshaw Loopline.

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Tuesday May 8th Lunchtime.
Pair Common Tern still present
Pair Great Crested Grebe with 3 chicks ( Grebelets?)

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Wheatear on Linnyshaw Moss.

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2 Grey Partridge, 2 Wheatear,.

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2 Yellow Wagtails feeding briefly on the reservoir dam, also Oystercatcher over, 4 Swift, 25 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Sand Martin,.

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3 Greylag Geese,flew off 8am, 2 Swift, 2 Siskin.

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Common Tern, Common Whitethroat.

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A White Stork flew over north at 09:35 this morning.

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Greylag Goose on Island, + 2 Red Legged Partridge on Linnyshaw Moss,.

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Green Woodpecker, in nature reserve.

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Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff,.

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Quick half hour 11.00ish
2xlittle grebe
1xgc grebe
1xcormorant
3pairs of tufted duck
2xmute swans
2xwrens
2xrobins
loads of blue and great tits
1xblackbird
cheers jay

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 22nd of March 2012 04:26:00 PM

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2 Gadwall, 4 Wigeon,2 Little Grebe,Sparrowhawk, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Tit, pair Reed Bunting,.

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2 Gadwall, 3 Cormorant, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Tit, pair Reed Bunting,.

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2 Shoveler, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Reed Bunting,.

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male Goosander, 2 little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Kestrel, 6 Jay, Reed Bunting,.

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Jack Snipe, in reeds behind the reservoir, then flew off north to the nature reserve.

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7 Mute Swan, 7 Gadwall, 40 Tufted Duck, 6 Bullfinch.

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5 Gadwall, 6 Fieldfare, Goldcrest, 4 Bullfinch,.

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There was a birder called Bill,
Of atlasing he'd had his fill,
He fancied a lark
So went down to the park,
But the lark had flown up to the hill!



Steve

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Jason Dulhanty


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Quick hour early afternoon
Gadwallx2
Moorhen
coot
Canada geese
mallards
Various Tits
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Magpies
Crows
House sparrows
Robin
Sparrowhawk
Deerx3 back of Nature reserve
Cheers Jay

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 13th of February 2012 04:46:34 PM

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12th February am.

Keep looking out for the Water Rail
But efforts to date are to no avail
With the recent spell of cold and ice
A sighting today would have been nice
Still four shoveler plus gadwall female and drake
At least put a little bit of icing on the cake

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Bill.

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Pair , Wigeon, 6 Gadwall, 65 Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Common Snipe,.

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Water Rail on reed Island, at the back of reservoir, 4 Gadwall, 2 Pochard.

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6 Mute Swan, 50 Canada Geese, 4 Gadwall, 12 Teal, 35 Mallard, 2 Pochard, 40 Tufted Duck,.

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pair Gadwall, 2 Pochard, Great Black backed Gull, 20 Herring Gulls over, 2 Coal Tit, Willow Tit, 2 Treecreeper, Lesser Redpoll, 7 Bullfinch,.

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Quick half hour around 14.00
Comorant
mute swan
mallard
canada geese
Tufted duck
Coot
Moorhen
Lots of Crows and Magpies
Cheers Jay


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Originally posted by David Campbell earlier today:

A Chiffchaff there too. Nice medium sized reservoir with reedy & shrubby edges, a nice little island and a few good viewpoints. I'll be visiting again next time I'm up

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Originally posted by David Campbell earlier today:

2 Ravens on pylons viewable from the platform midday. Also 2 Gadwall. Like this site - only just discovered it even though it's a 5 min walk from where I stay when I visit Manchester. Nice habitat, it 's got potential...




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Pair Gadwall, 6 Fieldfare, Willow Tit, 4 Bullfinch.

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Water Rail, one showing well at reedbed on the south side of the reservoir, best to view it from the dam side, also 3 wigeon, 3 Shoveler, 2 Willow Tit, 4 Bullfinch, Reed Bunting,.

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2 Wigeon, 3 Shoveler, 4 Lesser Redpoll, 8 bullfinch.

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Yesterday (19th):

No sign of the Red-crested Pochard
Coot 134
Mute Swan 3
Tufted Duck 12
Moorhen c10

On the playing field nearr Moss Lane end of resr.

Black-headed Gull 50
Herring gull 4
Common Gull 10

Info thanks to Phil Kelly

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