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Keith Mills


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45 minutes this am.

Goosander..pair
Teal..26
Cormorant..1
Common Gull..5
Lesser Black-backed Gull..4
Black-headed Gull..c40
Mallards..20 plus
Canada Goose..73
Embden Goose..1

I did not see the Slavonian Grebe.


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Neil Southworth


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Slavonian Grebe still present this afternoon (Monday).

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Slavonian Grebe at the Millstone (south west) corner of the reservoir showing well.

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Arrived at about 8.30am and as soon as I got off the bus by the water treatment works I saw 33 lapwings flying around over the reservoir. After about 10 minutes they headed towards Blackrod.
From Dryfield Lane I saw a Pied wagtail, 2 Fieldfares & a Redwing in adjoining trees, and a Buzzard flying in from the direction of Rivington Pike.
Two Great Spotted Woodpeckers & a Mistle Thrush in Lever Park but little else.
Reservoir birds :- 4 Cormorants, 35 Mallards, 130+ Black-headed Gulls, 1 Lesser black-backed Gull, 1 Common Gull.



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Ian McKerchar


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3 adult Whooper Swans present up to 09.25 this morning at least.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

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Ian McKerchar


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Common Sandpiper present at 4pm.

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Rick Hall


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3 cormorants along with a cormorant sized gull with very pale mantle all on float outside boathouse. Could not get leg or bill colour, so hopefully will stick around for someone less feckless to ID.

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Ian McKerchar


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Sunday, 6th February, late afternoon:

Adult breeding plumaged Mediterranean Gull
5000 Black-headed Gull
400 Common Gull
4 LBbGull
1 GBbGull
3 Teal

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Keith Mills


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Walk round this resovoir early this pm. 4.5 mile circuit using roads where necessary.
Still thin ice covering 95% of surface.
4 male Goosander , eventually flew off north over causeway
30 Teal
70Bh Gulls
Circa 50 Mallard
3 Coots
2 Moorhens
1 Jay
1 Collared Dove
1 Nuthatch
12 Blue tit
Small flock Lt Tits
4 Great tit.
12 House Sparrows
Plenty Crows/magpies/Robins
2 Blackbirds
2 wood Pigeons



-- Edited by keith mills on Friday 31st of December 2010 04:29:26 PM

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Ian McKerchar


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Apologies Phil, just realised I didn't post this yesterday

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 23rd of December 2010 09:33:16 PM

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Yesterday 22nd Dec.

A Little Egret flew over the dam heading north west at 4.10pm, certainly came out of Gtr. Manchester.

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Yesterday 17th Dec.
Fem R B Merganser still present and ad Med Gull in the roost.

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Red Breasted Merganser & adult Med Gull Lower Rivington Res this evening.
Late news from last weekend Iceland Gull in the roost.

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A good day for Greater Bolton.

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Present this afternoon, 23rd August 2009

Greenshank
7 Common Sandpiper

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

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