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Geoff Hargreaves


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First visit this year

7 mute swans 5 juv
1 cormorant
4 pochard
14 tufted
20 mallard
35 black headed gulls
9 teal
1 shoveler
1 great spotted woodpecker
usual tit flock

in the fields towards HMP
2 song thrush
30 blackbirds
3 skylark over
100+ mixed fieldfare and redwing
15 chaffinch,
cheers geoff

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A Siskin was surprising today, flying from near the Bickershaw Caravan Site in to Low Hall

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Geoff Hargreaves


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midday stroll,to have a look at the new amphibian ponds high lighted in this weeks wigan reporter, very nice although i,m not sure they will survive the floods.Not much around today,swan family still complete,only mallard,tufted,coot,moorhen on the lake small tit flock,six redwings very sparten otherwise

cheers geoffbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif

also rescued a pensioner who.d strayed off the path and got his mobility scooter bogged down,i was tempted to walk away but couldn,t resist ticking him off for cutting up the grass in such a loutish mannerbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Lovely wander around the area this morning

on the lake,mallard,coot,moorhen,little grebe,b h gull,shoveler,gadwall, 2 mute swan with 6 juvbiggrin.gifall the usual garden birds.

Fields and hedgerows ,crammed with redwing,blackbird,lots of fieldfare around the prison fields.

cheers geoffbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif

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Rob Thorpe


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Sunday 22 August 2010

1 Spotted Flycatcher near the lake, late morning. Also:
2 Goldcrest
several Chiffchaff
Nuthatch heard
Great Spotted Woodpecker heard

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Ian McKerchar


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Two eclipse type Mandarins on the main pool today.

Info thanks to Andy Makin.

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Judith Smith


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A female Mandarin there today.

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Rob Thorpe


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Sunday 25 April 2010

Early afternoon:
1 Kestrel
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 Swallow
2 Lesser Whitethroat
4 Whitethroat
4 Blackcap
1 Grasshopper Warbler
a few Chiffchaff and countless Willow Warbler
2 House Sparrow

Also, in the grounds of HMP Hindley:
3 Lapwing
5 Whitethroat

-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Monday 26th of April 2010 09:50:06 AM

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Dusk walk in chilly breeze 20/04/10

6 mallard
2 mute swan
2 coot very few waterfowl infact
willow warbler,blackcap,chiffcaff,crow,all other garden birds,no grasshopper,sedge as hoped but not the best evening for them.No sign of anything nocturnal.

should have twitched the pied fly at penny

cheers geoff

Rob,next winter ask to have a look inside the stablesbiggrin.gif



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Friday 09 April 2010

1 Ringed Teal (female) with 14 Gadwall on the lake this evening. Also Blackcap and several Willow Warbler and Chiffchaff.

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7/3/10 (midday)

Sightings of note included:

2 Grey Partridge
4 Stock Dove
3 Coal Tit
2 Cormorant (over)
3 Gadwall
4 Tufted Duck
6 Mistle Thrush

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Geoff Hargreaves


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There,s a piece in this weeks wigan reporter about the new sign and the bodies involved in managing the site,i,ve sent Ian Mck pictures for the main web site.

An extended and wide ranging search of the site this morning produced a 32 species list
the main lake was somewhat quiet
2 mute swans (1 belly up alas)
1 tufted
9 bh gull
4 shoveler
4 coot
some teal heard

Fields and railway line,usual tits,robins etc 2 raven 30 fieldfare 4 mistle thrush,50 starlings,5 greylag over,surprisingly no gs pecker,or siskin for that matterfurious.gif

Mr Woosey has some gossip on the site he might share with you

cheers geoffbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif

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Ian Woosey


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6/2/10 am

2 Goosander (drk) over
5 Shoveler
8 Tufted Duck
1 Gadwall
3 Teal
1 Little Grebe
3 Siskin
4 Willow Tit
1 Skylark
2 Stock Dove
3 Bullfinch

c130 Pink-footed Geese NW @ 10:00

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Quick check on the way back from bolton

main lake frozen over, 1 mute swan, 6 mallard and 2 tufted keeping a bit of water open

of note, a new information sign has been installed and bears the legend 'please keep dogs on a lead'wink.gif

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After breakfast soaking,all signs of the ice have gone,a bit dull today but with one pair of raven making it a noteable visit

2 Ravenbiggrin.gif
5 tufted
4 mallard
? teal hiding in the inner sanctum
1 coot
the usual tit flock and other garden birds

2 mute swan ,one happy on the lake the other (LLH)was up on the grass well away from the lake but seemed fit and able just 'displacedconfuse.gifI,m guessing the missing birds decamped due to the weather.

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Rob Thorpe


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Saturday 09 January 2010

13:30-14:15
2 Kestrel (one took a mouse from the path no more than 3 metres from me!)
1 Water Rail (great views of it running along the moat)
1 Fieldfare
c15 Long-tailed Tit

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Ian Woosey


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28/12/09 am

Foggy conditions never lifted during a three-hour mooch ~ the only things of note being:

1 Green Woodpecker in the horse field
1 Reed Bunting
3 Bullfinch
1 Coal Tit
2 Redwing
2 Mute Swan (one with blue Darvic SFB)
6 Goldfinch

Heard Willow Tits from six different locations but never saw one.......and heard a fly-over Snipe, also unseen due to the fog.



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Geoff Hargreaves


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Afternoon wander to brighten up a dull mood,

I,m still a novice here but only 2 dog walkers and no motorbikes,30+ tit flock ,lt,blue,coal,great tit.20 teal out in the open giving great views,g s woodpecker all usual waterfowl,with 1 solitary canada gooseconfuse.gifand deep joywink.gif, a water rail dashing between a gap in the rushes.

Wigan Parks look after this site
Its got a few problems
And you need wellies to visit it (axe honed)

cheers geoffbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Another quick check,no suprisesno.gif the moorhens are back from holidaybiggrin.gif

cheers geoffbiggrin.gif

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Geoff Hargreaves


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08/11/09

A quick check this morning, all the usual plus 1 pochard and a distinct lack of moorhensconfuse.gif

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3/11/09 Early afternoon

1 Goldeneye (f)
7 Grey Partridge & 53 Lapwing in the horse paddocks
3 Kestrel
4 Little Grebe
2 Shoveler
1 Reed Bunting
3 Redwing

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Geoff Hargreaves


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After bacon butty strollbiggrin.gif

usual suspects but of note,2 cormorant fishing untill they saw me and took flight,18 mistle thrush in the horse paddock,1 large tit flock with at least 2 tree creeper amongst them(bit scarce in wigan),lots of teal (or one very vocal one) calling from the inner sanctum biggrin.gif only 2 dogs encounteredbiggrin.gif

cheers geoffbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif

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Saturday 24 October 2009

A quick look early afternoon produced... Not much:
7 Siskin
a couple of tit flocks including LT, Blue, Great and Willow
and a Sparrowhawk

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Very nicely put ianbiggrin.gif,it should be noted that there is a second 'hidden' pool that is only visible to those born within the parish boundary.wink.gif

cheers geoff

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My dear Mr Hargreaves, when Mr Thorpe and I had completed the circuit of the site and came back to the pool the Pintails (f) had gone, so it is quite possible that when you first looked thay had not even arrived ! (How`s that for being diplomatic ? biggrin.gif)

Other sightings included:

28 Gadwall
5 Shoveler
41 Moorhen
4 Tufted Duck
3 Little Grebe
12+ Teal
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
18 Lapwings & c200 Starlings in the horse paddock
1 Kestrel
2 Lesser Redpoll
1 Dunnock

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Red letter day for this sitewink.gif

all the usual suspects plus 2 pintail
the pintail were found by ian and rob in a classic tournament manoeuvre nicking 2 points
off my best patch,were the ducks hiding when I looked?did ian and rob import them? or am I just cr** at watching ducks?

cheers geoffbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif

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10/10/09 am in the fog

1 buzzard
2 tree creeperbiggrin.gifa bit special
1 coal tit
plus lots of others in the gloom but already on the list

cheers geoffbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Ooop,s of course it should read 12 gadwallbiggrin.gif,never type stuff when the grandkids are plaugeing you and the beers are kicking in.

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12 Garganey Geoff my, didn't you do well

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Low Hall, 11.00 while 1.00 a walk around this little used site

2 chiffchaff goldfinch,magpie,robin,wren,blackbird,kestrel,chaffinch,swallows,wood pigeon,crow,jackdaw,starling,collard dove,pheasant,blue,great,long tailed and coalbiggrin.gif
2 grey heron
1 g s pecker
20 teal
4 shoveler
5 little grebe,cracking family group
21 coot
32 moorhensbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif
6 b h gulls
2 mute swans
7 mallard
6 tufted
1or2 water railbiggrin.gif
12 gadwall(obvious correction of cock up) not garganeybiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif
only two dog walkerswink.gif page 84 4a,park in church road or at the pub,cheers geoff

-- Edited by Geoff Hargreaves on Sunday 27th of September 2009 09:58:32 PM

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 22nd of October 2009 02:01:48 PM

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 6th of February 2010 11:10:16 AM

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