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markwoodhead


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Hi Phil. It must have been about 2.15-2.30 - between the showers!



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Phil Oddy


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Female Mandarin this afternoon. Mark, what time did you get the Goosander?



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markwoodhead


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juv Goosander (?1st of autumn), 5 Tufted Duck, 3 Buzzard and Chiffchaff in song today



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Phil Oddy


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63 Pink-footed Geese flew east this morning. Quite an early autumn record for here. Now three Shovelers & 8 Tufties. 



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Phil Oddy


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A second Shoveler appeared today. Also two Ring-necked Parakeets flying around noisily. The first here for about four months.



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Phil Oddy


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Female Shoveler this morning was the first of autumn (an early returning date). Yesterday first trickle of Meadow Pipits this autumn.



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Following on from yesterday's MEGA, another appeared this morning. A Tree Pipit was present briefly before flying off. This is my second site record.



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Phil Oddy


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Patch MEGA! Greenshank flew high south over at 11.10am (first site record)



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markwoodhead


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This morning:

3 Goosander (1m)

2 Gadwall

10 Wigeon

39 Tufted Duck



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This morning:

Goosander 3f

Gadwall 3

Wigeon 6

Tufted Duck 19

Siskin 3



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11.30: 2 Kingfisher, 5 Goosander (1m), 2 Gadwall, 5 Wigeon, 30+ Tufted Duck



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Good duck mixture today 15.30 as light was starting to go:

Goldeneye 3f, Goosander 2f, Gadwall 2, Shoveler 4, Wigeon 8, Pochard 3, Kingfisher. Tufted Duck, Canada Goose and Mallard present but didn't count them.



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Today, 14.00

Tufted Duck 15

Wigeon 6

Gadwall 2

Shoveler 1 (drake)

Ring-necked Parakeet 2

Mistle Thrush 4



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markwoodhead


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1 ring-necked parakeet, 8 Wigeon and 16 Tufted Duck today



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30+ Swallows skimming the surface in the rain plus solitary Great Crested Grebe.

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Pair of Shoveler on the Pool on Monday

Info, Chris Done

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On 3rd Jan Tony Broome found a small gull in a flock of 10 Black-heads at Poynton Pool. On the features noted his immediate reaction was Bonaparte's so he tried to photograph it in gale force winds. When he looked up after checking the results on the back of the camera the bird had flown, so the underwing was not seen.

He sent a selection of 10 photos to Bruce McTavish in Newfoundland without suggesting any ID. Bruce has replied and he confidently identified it as a first winter Bonaparte's Gull.

It has been looked for since, of course, but it seems to have passed through. It will be submitted to BBRC.

This is an alert to GM birders to check out their gull roosts carefully.

Cheers, John

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John Rayner


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The Little Egret was back in the field opposite Poynton Pool (off Glastonbury Drive) till 12.30 at least.

Cheers, John

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There is a report on 9th December of a Little Egret in the field by Glastonbury Drive opposite Poynton Pool.

Earlier this year what was probably the Chadkirk bird apparently commuted to this same area and also around Poynton Pool. It might be worth keeping an eye out at Chadkirk.

No sign of LE today but a Kingfisher catching a minnow at Phillip's Bridge was nice to see.

Cheers, John

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A red letter day today.

A Great White Egret flew through north at approx 1.30. Probably the bird that seems to have vacated Holmes Chapel this morning (info thanks to Geoff Lightfoot).

I was searching the area at approx 3.00 when another text arrived from Geoff to say was watching a Little Egret in the northern inflow "now".

As I was virtually on the spot I managed to see this but it was quickly flushed by a walker. This bird also flew north, perhaps back to Chadkirk?

Either, or both, could be found in Greater Manchester tomorrow.

(And before you ask, one had a black bill and the other was twice the size with a stonking yellow bill biggrin.gif )

Cheers, John



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