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L.N.Y. Sat 15th Dec:

Male Wigeon still being closely tracked by female Gadwall. Seldom more than a foot apart.
3 Juv Mute Swans still
82 Coot
33 Mallard
2 Goosander overhead

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Main Lake completely frozen except a very small area kept open by 210 assorted water birds (including the Gadwall and Wigeon)

On the river 8 Goosander (4 pairs), 1 Kingfisher and 1 Grey Wagtail.

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8 Dec (09.55 - 11.15)

89 Coot (high count)
19 Moorhens
1 male Tufted Duck (new)
1 male Wigeon
1 female Gadwall
3 juv Mute Swans
1 vocal Green Woodpecker
1 Treecreeper

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7th December: Main Lake 75% iced over.

The female Gadwall is back, closely associating itself to the one male Wigeon that remains.
Male Goosander over.
Common species numbers as on 4th Dec.

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2nd December: Main Lake - 95% iced over

Clear out of unusual species with only female Gadwall remaining + the usual common species


4th December: Main Lake - ice-free

No Gadwall
3 Wigeon (2m, 1f) (new in)
42 Mallard
3 juv Mute Swans
80 Coot
8 Moorhens
6 BH Gulls
1 Cormorant
1 Grey Heron

Cheers, John

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30th Nov:

Some waterfowl on the move:

North Lake:

1 drake Goosander
1 Grey Heron

Main Lake (1/3 iced over):

1 female Goldeneye (new in)
1 female Gadwall (new in)
1 drake Wigeon
1 Little Grebe
3 juv Mute Swans
70 Coot
19 Moorhens

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John Rayner


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Drake Wigeon now joined by 2 Little Grebes. Otherwise as yesterday.

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On Main Lake:

1 Drake Wigeon (new in)
64 Mallard
68 Coots (all Eurasian)
9 Moorhens
3 Mute Swans
28 BH Gulls


Cheers, JOhn



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John Rayner


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Same as yesterday but the Little Grebe is now on North Lake

Cheers, John

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22 Nov:

Little change (no Gadwall) but managed to read all 3 Darvics on the Mute Swans

Blue 7HPV
Blue 7HNZ
Blue 7HJH

I'm told these are not Cheshire or Lancashire codes.

Cheers, John

-- Edited by John Rayner on Thursday 22nd of November 2012 10:36:41 AM

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18 Nov:

A very brief stop at 08.15 to see if anything was new in:

1 female Gadwall

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15th Nov

Little Grebe 1
Juvenile Mute Swans 3 (One preening bird revealed a Blue Darvic: 7HPV )
Pink-footed Geese c300 (2 skeins: c140, west at 11.05 and c160 west at 11.25)

Cheers John

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6th Nov (07.45 - 8.00)

Main Lake:
1 Little Grebe
3 Mute Swan (juvs)
!0 Cormorants (roosting)

North Lake:
1 Goosander (f)

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3rd November AM

North Lake:
1 Cormorant
2 Mallard

Main Lake:
1 Little Grebe
46 Mallard
21 Canada Geese
3 Mute Swans (juvs)
57 Coot
9 Moorhens
15 BH Gulls
4 Goosander (flying upstream, R. Goyt)

Bottoms Hall:
12 Redwings
34 Fieldfares
1 Sparrowhawk

Linnet Clough Res:
2 Little Grebes
23 Mallard
12 Canada Geese (on res)
128 Canada Geese (surrounding fields)
3 Moorhens
6 Bullfinches

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30th Oct (08.30 - 09.45)


A large flock of Siskins (c70)
3 juvenile Mute Swans, 3 Wigeon and 1 Little Grebe still

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Main Lake (07.45 - 08.45)

1 Great-crested Grebe (new in)
1 Little Grebe still
3 Wigeon still
3 Juvenile Mute Swans still
1 Siskin
4 Cormorants
Only 7 Canada Geese
+ Usual Coots, Moorhens, Mallards

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Main Lake (08.15 - 08.30)

3 Wigeon still
3 Juvenile Mute Swans (new in)
15 Siskin
345 Woodpigeons (south)

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Main Lake:

Brief visit at 08.20.

3 Wigeon
1 Siskin
3 Cormorants
11 BH Gulls

Usual Canada Geese, Mallard, Coot and Moorhens

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Main Lake:

One Wigeon (new in) and a Little Grebe were the best today, with usual numbers of Coot, Moorhen, Mallard and Canadas.

Cormorant 3
Siskin 9
LT Tit 31 (2 flocks of 12 and 19)
Blue Tit c10
Great Tit c10
Kestrel 1

Cheers, John



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Main lake:

Much the same as usual but now pair of Teal (drake new in)

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North Lake:

Cormorant 1
Grey Heron 1

Main Lake:

Teal 7 (new in)
A huge influx of Canada Geese. With the flock departing in small groups in all directions it was difficult to get a count - but minimum 179
Mallard 48
Moorhen 11
Coot 65

Cheers, John

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Saturday 29th 10.30 - 12.00

Walk through to Strines station, water levels on the river were the highest i've seen for a while.

5 Jay
1 Buzzard
32 Canada Geese
11 House Martin
34 Coot
7 Moorhen including one on the grass verge struggling to walk on its right foot - hope its not as a result of disguarded fishing line.
Tawny Owl in tree close to railway tunnel being mobbed by Jackdaw & a flock of 7 Goldfinch
Female Sparrowhawk over Windybottom Farm
Plenty of Corvids, Woodpigeon & mixed Tit flock.

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28th Sep:

1 Little Grebe
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Buzzard
14 House Martins south

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L.N.Y. 26th September.

Main Lake to Windybottom Farm

Coot 42
Mallard 38
Little Grebe 1 (new in)
Jay 11

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16th Sep (11.00 - 12 20)

Main Lake:

Coot 47 (including 2 broods of 2 Young)
Mallard 48
Moorhen 12
Canada Goose 19
Barnacle Goose 1 feral
Black-headed Gull 3


Windybottom Farm area:

Chiffchaff 2
Jay 2
Blackcap 1
House Martin 14 (over river)

Cheers, John

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Roman Lakes - Mellor Golf Club (09.15 - 12.45)

A 3 mile linear walk - with a noteable lack of small passerines (eg no finches at all)

Main Lake:

Coot 46
Moorhen 16
Mallard 67
Heron 1
Cormorant 1
Kingfisher 1
Canada Goose 11
(No Great-crested Grebes)

Rest of walk (noting everything that moved except Corvids and Pigeons):

HOBBY 1 (Windybottom Farm)
Goldcrest 2
Robin 11
Blue Tit 4
Great Tit 12
Coal Tit 2
Blackbird 3
Jay 1
Buzzard 1
Wren 6
Nuthatch 3
Blackcap 5
Willow Warbler 4
Swallow 2

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North Lake:

Full of canoeists possibly training for gold in Rio.

Main Lake:

Mallard 103 moulting adults + 2 only young
Coot 40 + 7 young (3 broods)
Great crested Grebe only 1 adult seen (unless the others were lurking under the foliage)
Moorhen 8 adults + 10 young
Grey Heron 1
Swift 1
Stock Dove (song)

Very few other passerines

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Mallard 107 (A large flock in moult plus 4 ducklings)
Great crested Grebe (All 3 chicks continue to survive)
Canada Goose 12 (All adults, didn't see any young)
Grey Wagtail 1
Blackcap 1 (male singing)
Kestrel 1 harrassing ...
Buzzard 1

Cheers, John

-- Edited by John Rayner on Wednesday 11th of July 2012 04:53:39 PM

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Main Lake - Kingfisher & Grey Heron



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Main Lake (9.30 - 10.30)

Canada Goose (28 Ads. plus creche of 16 half grown young guarded by 3 pairs of adults and 2 small goslings with another pair)
Great-crested Grebe (2 Ads. still have all 3 youngsters)
Coot young down to 12
Mallard c35 (no young seen)
Pied Wagtail (1 Ad. + 2 young)
Grey Heron 1
Grey Wagtail 1

Loads of Common Blue Damselflies and a 4-Spotted Chaser

Cheers, John


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Main Lake (6th June):

A day of yougsters

Coot - 5 pairs with 18 young (broods of 5,5,4,2,2)

Canada Goose - 5 pairs with 18 young (6,5,5,2 and 1 still sitting). Plus a non-breeding party of 23

Great-crested Grebe 1 pair with 3 growing young

Mallard - c20 but only 1 pair with 5 young

Moorhen 1 pair with 2 young

Pied Wagtail 1 pair with 2 young

Over the water
12 House Martins, 6 Swifts, 1 Swallow, 1 Grey Heron

In the woods
1 Nuthatch
1 Treecreeper
2 Buzzards mobbed by pair of Carrion Crows

Cheers, John





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Main Lake (31st May)

The Great-crested Grebe pair have 3 young

Cheers, John

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Loads of hirundines:
c40 House Martins
c20 Swallows
c6 Sand Martins
5 Swifts
2 Buzzards
1 Kestrel

48 Canada Geese but only 1 pair with 3 goslings
3 Coot broods (5,5 and 2) with 2 birds still sitting
2 Great-crested Grebes with well hidden young on the female's back, so couldn't count them

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Main Lake:

Pair Great-crested Grebes still sitting
c30 House Martins
4 Swifts
2 Swallows

Linnet Clough Reservoir:

2 Garden Warblers
10 Swallows

Cheers, John

-- Edited by John Rayner on Thursday 3rd of May 2012 08:36:22 PM

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Nice afternoon walk despite a couple of showers

Plenty of Nuthatches, actually got into double figures,
Dipper seen 3 times on different parts of the river, twice watched it collecting moss & on one occasion followed its flight to an opening in the riverbank.
Couple of Grey Wags
1 Kingfisher
Pair of Mandarin
2 Buzzards riding the thermals in between the showers.
Female Blackcap
3 Chiffchaff & 2 Willow Warbler noted
3 Jay
1 Grey Heron
& Mallard with chicks
& 3 Swallows - the first Hirundines of the year for me.

-- Edited by Phil Panton on Tuesday 24th of April 2012 06:53:44 AM

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Main Lake:

No Teal
No Swans

Tufted Duck (pair)
Great-crested Grebes (nesting)
Mandarin 3 (overflying)
Nuthatch 3
Chiffchaff 8
Blackcap 3
Green Woodpecker (calling distantly)
Great-spotted Woodpecker (female)

Cheers, John

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Main Lake:

13 Teal plus usuals

I've not seen the pair of Mute Swans for some time now.

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North Lake
1 Moorhen
2 Mallard

Main lake:
Blackcap singing
c15 Coot
8 Moorhen
44 Canada Geese
2 Tufted Duck (both males)
c10 Mallard
2 Great-crested Grebe
2 Great-spotted Woodpecker
1 Cormorant
Chiffchaff 2

River Goyt
1 Dipper

Cheers, John

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Main Lake:
Almost identical species and numbers as on 21st


Mellor Golf Course:
Male Green Woodpecker
5 Jays
4 Chiffchaff
1 Buzzard
2 Grey Heron

Cheers, John

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Main Lake:

Mallard 25
Canada Goose 55
Coot 18 (5 sitting)
Mute Swan 2
Great-crested Grebe 2
Little Grebe 1
Buzzard 1
GS Woodpecker 1
Nuthatch 2
Coal Tit 4
Chiffchaff 1

And the new Cafe is now open

Cheers, John

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Main Lake

Coot/Moorhen/Mallard - low numbers
Great-crested Grebe 2
Mute Swan 2

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North lake:

Cormorant 1
Mallard 2

Main Lake:

Coot, Moorhens and Mallard - usual numbers
Tufted Duck 2m, 1f
Great-crested Grebe 1 (the second could have been hiding - didn't look too closely)
Mute Swan 2
Cormorant 1

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A quick look over the lakes.

North Lake:
Moorhen 1

Main Lake:
Coot c32
Moorhen c6
Mallard c15
Canada Goose 21
Mute Swan 2
Great-crested Grebe 2
Siskin 1
Treecreeper 1
Great-spotted Woodpecker 1m

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North Lake:
Cormorant 1

Main Lake:
GC Grebe 2
Pochard 1 f
Mute Swan 2
Fewer Coot, but not counted

Cheers, John

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24th Feb: 3rd visit this week and some changes in numbers.

Great-crested Grebe 2 (The male now joined by a female. Head shaking display)
Tufted Duck 1m (Down from max of 8)
Pochard 1f (Had left but now returned)
Coot 44 (Down from max of 65 in December)
Moorhen 8 (Down from max of 26 when iced over)
Mute Swan 2 (Aggressively defending territory)
Goosander (1m over)
Buzzard 1
Usual numbers of Mallard, Canadas and ferals





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Feb 14th

Tufted Duck 6 (all males)
Pochard 1f
GC Grebe 1
Coot 51
Moorhen 11
BH Gull 8
Mute Swan 2
GS Woodpecker (drumming)
Song Thrush (singing)
Siskin 2

and Cormorant 'Orange CIF' is coming into breeding plumage.

Cheers, John





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Feb 12th

Now 2 male Tufted Duck.

Female Pochard
GC Grebe
Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming persistently. Little else of note.

Cheers, John

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Feb 10th

Main Lake: As Feb 3rd - with the addition of 1 male Tufted Duck and 1 female Pochard.

Bottoms Bridge: On Feb 7th forgot to mention the pair of Dippers with the male singing with bill sky-pointing Both were colour ringed. Both had lime green above metal (right leg).

One had red above white (left leg) - this is the male from New Mills, see last year's post.

The other was, I think, white above red but it moved away before I could be sure.

Cheers, John


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Phil Panton wrote:

Where was the Woodcock John ?
was down there on sunday in the hope of maybe bumping into one




Hi Phil,

I've sent you a PM.

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Where was the Woodcock John ?
was down there on sunday in the hope of maybe bumping into one

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