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Phil Oddy


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2 shoveler today brought the year's total species for the site to 82.



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Phil Oddy


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First ever February record of Chiffchaff seen on 27th Feb



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Rob Creek


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Hi Phil,
the first group circled round over Glastonbury Drive / A523 / Poynton Pool then eventually flew West towards Bramhall, the 2nd group straight over NW towards Stockport.

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Phil Oddy


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Weds 7th Feb.
Afternoon break on Glastonbury Drive.

- 40 then 34 Pink-footed Geese over
- 2 Raven over

 which way did the pinkfeet and ravens fly? ta



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Weds 7th Feb.
Afternoon break on Glastonbury Drive.

- 40 then 34 Pink-footed Geese over
- 2 Raven over

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Rob Creek


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Weds 10th Jan
Stop off at Glastonbury Drive again opposite Poynton Pool.

Possibly same flock (or most of it) as last week.
- 5 Goldfinch
- 1f Chaffinch
- c15 Long-tailed Tit
- 4 Blue Tit
- 1 Great Tit
- 2 Coal Tit
- 2 Treecreeper
- 1 Nuthatch
- 1 Goldcrest

.. also birds in the immediate area but not part of the moving flock
- 1 Song Thrush
- 3 Blackbirds
- 1 Robin
- 1 Wren
- 1 Dunnock

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Rob Creek


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Weds 3rd Jan
Stopped off at Glastonbury Drive opposite Poynton Pool.

Fairly large flock of mixed small birds moving around the trees and bushes near the sheep field. They all hung around the area for approx 5 minutes then moved on.
- c35-40 Goldfinch
- 2 Chaffinch (m+f)
- 1 Siskin (f)
- c10+ Long-tailed Tit
- 6 Blue Tit
- 4 Great Tit
- 2 Coal Tit
- 2 Nuthatch
- 2 Treecreeper


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Phil Oddy


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First Shoveler of the winter appeared today



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Brambling flew over with Chaffinches this morning plus c70 Pink-footed Geese over



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Pochard (first record for nearly two years) and 12+ R.N.Parakeets today also up to six mandarins and up to seven Goosander recently



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17+ Ring necked Parakeets and drake Mandarin this afternoon



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Mega:- 2 Crossbills flew over late afternoon also first returning Common Sandpiper



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Recent highlights:- cetti's warbler (present since October), Water Rail, up to five Little egrets and up to six Mandarins



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Weds 11th Jan
Lake side, around the woody area and the reeds.

- c20 Long-tailed Tits
- 2 Treecreeper
- 1 Nuthatch
- 2 Ring-necked Parakeet
- 2 pr Tufted Duck
- 5 drake Goosander over
- no luck with Cettis Warbler or Water Rail

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Thurs 5th Jan.
Stopped off for break on way back from Buxton.

Lake side.
- Water Rail heard squealing in reeds south end
- 1 Common Gull
- 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
- 1 Great Crested Grebe
- 1 Mandarin Drake
- 1 pr Tufted Duck
- 2 Redwings over
- 1 Nuthatch
- 1 Treecreeper
(Both latter birds part of a small Tit flock with a few Blue Tits, a Great Tit and a couple of Goldfinch)

Glastonbury Drive opposite the lake.
- 1 Little Egret in sheep field
- 1 Common Snipe over
- 1 Goldcrest
- 1 Redwing
- 2 Treecreeper together

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A good lunchtime stroll in the sunshine 

 

8 x Goosanders 3m/3f/2 juveniles

6 x Shoveler Ducks 3m/3f

3 x Tufted Ducks 1m/2f

30ish Greylag geese

20ish Canada geese

1 x Great Crested Grebe

2 x Cormorant

1 x Grey Heron

50ish Black headed gull

 

usual mallard/coot and moorhen



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Glastonbury Drive scrub & field opposite Poynton Pool.

Weds 31st Aug.
- a single Swift
- 1 Nuthatch
- 1 Chiffchaff calling

Thurs 1st Sept
- c17 House Martin
- 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
- 2 Chiffchaff 1 calling & 1 singing nearby
- 1 Grey Heron



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Weds 8th June

Parked up on a break on Glastonbury Drive opposite Poynton Lake.
I was watching a few Swift and House Martin whizzing around when I suddenly heard a bird calling from a tree in the overgrown area at the side of the van.
I knew what it was straight away and got onto it briefly low down in the tree before a Blackbird inadvertently spooked it and it made its way round the other side.

- Spotted Flycatcher
I was quite shocked really because theres hardly been any reported locally this year.

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Weds 30th April

Afternoon break by the field on Glastonbury Drive opposite Poynton Lake.
- 1 pr Stock Dove dropped in
- 1 (palish?) Greylag with Canada Geese
- 1 singing Chiffchaff
- 1 singing Blackcap
- 1 Raven high over
- 1 Grey Heron over



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Presumably Poynton Pool is the small lake just off the main road A523 opposite Glastonbury Drive.
I park up on Glastonbury Dr many a time for a break and had a couple of lakeside walks.

Yesterday - in sheep field at side of the road.
- c25 Redwing, 2 near the van
- 1 Little Egret dropped in for 10 mins
- c10 Goldfinches
- 5 Rook
- 1 Grey Wagtail
- 1 Coal Tit
- 1 Common Buzzard



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Mark Shaw


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Another stroll around the Pool and associated areas around the Inclines

 

The Goosanders are still present in similar numbers to earlier in the week

 

Today also brought6 x Shoveler ducks - 2 x Drakes



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A short stroll around the Pool this afternoon

 

Was very surprised to see 12 Goosanders - 5m 7f

 

 

Never seen that many on the pool before



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Up to thirty Ring-necked Parakeets present in the last couple of weeks



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Had half an hour visit this morning,a pair of Goosander and usual Wildfowl,then a Swallow appeared flying quite low and headed off in the direction of the Garden Centre,a first sighting this year for me.It was also seen by another birder who arrived by bike so it was nice to have it confirmed as quite an early sighting for me.He also saw some Sandmartins but I missed them due to looking at the Goosanders.

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"Common Scoter - Female"
Lunchtime today at Poynton Pool - not the best shot, but since I had only gone for a stroll and a "mess about" with an old lens, I was hardly prepared biggrin - isnt that always the way when there is something out of the interest on your local pool!
No autofocus, no image stabilisation.............................it was a miracle I actually got a shot where you can tell its a bird never mind see what it is blankstare
 
 
Nikon D7100 with Tokina rmc 400mm f/5.6 manual focus lens


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Female Common Scoter at North end at midday



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Chiffchaff calling but no song, and two drake Gadwall along with the regulars today



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This afternoon:

1 Pochard (m)

2 Ring-necked Parakeets

5 Shoveler

9 Tufted Duck

+ Mallard, Canada Goose, Great-crested Grebe



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This afternoon:

1 Chiffchaff

5 Redwing

2 Shoveler

8 Tufted Duck



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Four Wigeon today but no Pochard/Goldeneye. Also three Little Egrets roosting nearby



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The second Goldeneye record of the year, this time an imm drake. Also female Pochard (another site rarity) and the lingering Little Grebe still present



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A fine Drake Goldeneye was present this morning



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c70 Pink-footed Geese circled and looked like they would land nearby but then headed off also two Water Rails squealing



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 25th of December 2019 02:14:32 PM

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Little Egret flew over this afternoon also Drake Gadwall returned



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Drake Wigeon was today's highlight. Other recent sightings include another Peregrine record, Water Rail, Woodcock & Snipe.



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14 Tufted Duck today in very windy conditions but no sign of yesterday's Gadwall



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Pair of Gadwall today (first record since Spring) but little else of note



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Peregrine drifted Eastwards over the pool around 2pm. 10 Tufted Ducks the only other birds of note.



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Phil Oddy


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Brood of 13 Mallard ducklings seen yesterday by another local birder. They had moved nearby this morning. 



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Highlights from the last few days:- two Wigeon, two Shoveler, c50 Pink-footed Geese, 7 Golden Plovers, Little Grebe, Peregrine & the 500+ Canada flock again



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Huge numbers of Canada's today with a near site record of 530+ present. The male Shoveler reappeared.



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Highlights from the last few days - Chiffchaff again, up to 4 Goosanders, 7+ Goldcrests, 60+ Redwings and c130 Pink-footed Geese



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A late Chiffchaff was present ths evening also my first Goosander of the winter



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Belated news from yesterday - my latest ever House Martin, a site record of 39 Pied Wagtails over and a potential Grey Wagtail roost.



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Good passage of Mipits today (c100 per hour) also a few Siskins & a couple of Pied wags over. Two Shoveler reappeared after a few days abscence. 

Yesterday had two Ring-necked Parakeets, so hopefully they will become more regular after being absent since the spring.



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Phil Oddy wrote:

First returning Wigeon of the winter appeared today

 Funnily enough my first returners of the winter were on Newchurch today too smile



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First returning Wigeon of the winter appeared today



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43 species recorded today including singing Chiffchaff, c140 Redwings, 4 Cormorants, 2 Siskins (first of autumn), Little Grebe & eclipse drake Shoveler



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19 Redwings over in an hour this evening. Also a late Chiffchaff. Wildfowl numbers remain low particularly Coot, Mallard & Canada Geese which combined failed to reach 80 birds. 



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First Redwing of the Autumn this morning



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