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Carl Moorhouse


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8th April evening walk produced 3 Little Ringed Plover (one on Swan Lake and two on the flood over the railway), three singing Blackcaps and Willow Warblers back in.

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Ive informed a number of people and theres a strong suspicion as to who it was. Hes being contacted about it directly. Hopefully wont be repeated!

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Report him to the police

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Kristian Wade


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Pretty horrible sight at Cutacre this evening as I had to watch a man commit multiple offences under the Wildlife and Countryside Act upon a Schedule 1 species. Unfortunately the birder knew exactly where to go and what he was searching for.

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Andy Isherwood


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Brief visit to the Swan lake area mid afternoon, highlights were 2 Great Crested Grebe, pair of Oystercatcher, 2 pairs of Tufted duck, female Wigeon, several singing Blackcap and Linnet.

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Colin Broadhurst


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This afternoon 1 x Blackcap, 11 x Chiffchaff, 2 x Willow Tit, 1 x Great Crested Grebe on Swan Lake, 2 x Wheatear M & F, 3 x Redpoll and 12 x Snipe.



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Jill Hogan


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Hi there, could you kindly tell me where the Snipes were please? I presume its not on the big pond know as Swan Lake? Not sure where Railway Flood is. Many thanks

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This morning WeBS count produced Jack Snipe, 55 Snipe, 2 Little Ringed Plover (Railway Flood), 25 Gadwall, 6 Tufted Duck, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Little Grebe, 11 Lapwing, 3 Little Egret.

Also 2 singing Willow Tits, 11 Chiffchaff, 4 Sand Martin, 4 Stonechat, 7 Siskin, 2 Raven.

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Colin Broadhurst


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16x singing Chiffchaff, 10x singing Skylark, also of note 1x Redshank, 2x Oystercatcher, 2x Little Egret,1x Great Crested Grebe on Swan Lake, 3x Stonechat, 1x Willow Tit and 40x Linnet



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Andy Isherwood


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Adult Mediterranean Gull with a partial hood on Swan lake c.8.25 this morning before flying over in the direction of the flood horse paddock south of the railway. Also 2 Oystercatcher on Swan lake.

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Colin Broadhurst


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Male Merlin this am obligingly flew over my head.  60 x Pink footed Geese SE, 1 x Treecreeper, 1 x Oystercatcher, 3 x Stonechat, 1 x Teal, and only 1 x Redwing



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Carl Moorhouse


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8 Siskin in the alders along Engine Lane along with a single Redpoll. Water Rail has been very showy on the stream running from Engine Lane towards the rail line for two days, just on the bend of the stream.

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Andy Isherwood


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Water Rail showing well on the mainly frozen Swan lake this afternoon, only 2 Gadwall present and also 2 Grey wagtail

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Colin Broadhurst


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Female Peregrine on pylon near Amazon this am



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Colin Broadhurst


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Productive walk around Cutacre today. Highlights were 1x Jack Snipe, 3 x Snipe, 6 x Grey Partridge, 1 x Green Sandpiper, 8 x Stonechat, 1 x Teal, 14 x Tufted Duck, 101 x Redwing.



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Carl Moorhouse


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Afternoon wander down Engine Lane produced 2 Willow Tit, 23 Siskin, 4 Bullfinch, lots of Redwing, 2 Buzzards. A first for me on site was a Red Kite drifting east.

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Andy Isherwood


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Swan lake early morning held single Little Egret, 8 Tufted duck, 47+ Coot and 18 Gadwall. 2 Raven flew over heading east

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Colin Broadhurst


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This afternoon 

1 x Kingfisher on Swan Lake, Gadwall numbers down to 6, 1 x male Peregrine again and 1 x Little Egret flyover



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Andy Isherwood


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Female Garganey again on Swan Lake this morning along with 6 Teal, 7 drake Tufted duck and c.25 Gadwall

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Colin Broadhurst


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Birds of note this morning 

1 x male Pochard, 30 x Gadwall, 10 x Tufted Duck, 1 x Peregrine, 1 x Sparrowhawk, 44 x Redwing, 2 x Fieldfare, 3 x Stonechat, 1 x Siskin



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Andy Isherwood


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The female Garganey still present on Swan lake this morning also c.50 Gadwall.

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12 Wigeon, female Garganey, 2 Tufted duck, 54+ Gadwall on Swan Lake this morning. c.60 Redwing south over, as well as 8 Redpoll and 6 Fieldfare

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Andy Isherwood


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Garganey, 54 Gadwall and 7 Teal on Swan lake this morning also 3 Redpoll over and singles of Siskin and Raven

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Ian McKerchar


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Garganey still on Swan Lake at 4:40pm, also 5 Teal, 20 Gadwall and 115 Pink-footed Geese over SE and 49 NW

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Andy Isherwood


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Female Garganey still on Swan lake this morning, also 59+Gadwall and a skein of c 120 Pink footed Geese heading East c.8.45

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Andy Isherwood


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Birds on Swan Lake this afternoon included the female Garganey, a single Wigeon, 51+ Gadwall and the Green Sandpiper still

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Colin Broadhurst


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Birds of note

1 x Green Sandpiper, 1 x female Garganey, 1 x Swallow, 2 x Chiffchaff, 1 x male Stonechat, 1 x Redpoll within a flock of 30 Goldfinch, 55 x Gadwall, 1 x Water Rail (heard) and 5 x Mute Swan on Swan Lake 



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Andy Isherwood


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Female Garganey again on Swan lake with a single female Teal this afternoon, also at least 43 Gadwall and singles of Little Egret and Green Sandpiper

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Mid afternoon in very challenging conditions, 1 Hobby over the farm. Sylvia Warbler or Curruca Warbler possibly Lesser heard briefly but not seen.



-- Edited by Gordon Newman on Tuesday 16th of September 2025 05:18:52 AM

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Colin Broadhurst


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Highlights from this afternoon 

2 x Willow Tit

1 x Kingfisher 

33 x Gadwall

1 x Blackcap

1 x Little Egret

1 x Little Grebe

2 x eclipse drake Wigeon 

1 x female Garganey 



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Colin Broadhurst


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Good walk round Cutacre today. Highlights were 2 x Nuthatch, 1 x Treecreeper, 33 x Swallow, 6 x House Martin, 9 x Swift, 5 x Buzzard, 1 x female Peregrine, 8 x Chiffchaff, 13 x Whitethroat, 1 x Reed Warbler, 3 x Raven, 2 x Snipe, 1 x Little Grebe, 2 x Lapwing and 51 x Gadwall



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30 Gadwall on Swan Lake with 2 x Little Grebe, also 2 x Grey Partridge, 1 x Teal, 1 x Lapwing, 20 x Pied Wagtail in horse field by lake and large flocks of Goldfinch approx 65 birds feeding on the teasel



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Andy Isherwood


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33 Gadwall on Swan lake this afternoon also Kingfisher, 2 Little ringed Plover and Little Egret

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Colin Broadhurst


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This afternoon highlights, 2 x Little Grebe on Swan Lake, 5 x Kestrel, 1 x Sand Martin, 1 x Willow Tit, 27 x Gadwall inc 9 recently fledged, 2 x Linnet and 1 x Little Egret 



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Andy Isherwood


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At least 18 Gadwall on Swan lake early afternoon including a brood of 7 half grown young. Pair of Oystercatcher also here, single Siskin flew over heading low West and a Lesser Whitethroat giving short bursts of song along the railway line.

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Andy Isherwood


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Single Little Egret and at least 11 Gadwall on Swan lake this morning

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Colin Broadhurst


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This afternoon produced 1 x Common Tern (flying west over Swan Lake)2 x Linnet, 12 x Gadwall, 1 x Garden Warbler, 8 x singing Reed Warbler



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This afternoon produced a single Little Egret and at least 12 Gadwall in Swan lake. c.100 Swift feeding over the grass slope

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Colin Broadhurst


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This mornings highlights were 1 x Grasshopper Warbler, 11 x singing Sedge Warbler, 19 x Whitethroat, 5 x Swallow, 1 x House Martin, 1 x Little Egret and Lapwing with fledglings



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Good numbers of Sedge Warbler in this morning, along with Reed and a Garden Warbler in the same habitat as last spring. Grasshopper Warbler, Blackcap and Whitethroat singing constantly, and a single female Wheatear on the concrete blocks. Two groups of two Common Tern flew over towards Walkden. Common Sandpiper on Swan Lake and good numbers of Swallow were the only hirundine.

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The Garganey pair still present on Swan lake at 2pm also at least 14 Gadwall still on site and a female Wheatear around the "middle" pools?

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Colin Broadhurst


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This morning 1 x Whitethroat and 2 x Garganey (m&F) on Swan Lake were highlights



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Two separate Yellow Wagtails were the highlight of a rather windy wander early afternoon today.



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Andy Isherwood


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A loose kettle of raptors this afternoon over the northern side of Cutacre contained 4 each of Kestrel and Buzzard along with singles of Sparrowhawk and Peregrine. Very quiet otherwise.

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Andy Isherwood


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Drake Shoveler and single Little Egret on Swan lake early afternoon today also at least 7 Willow Warbler around the south east side of the area

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No sign of any Garganey this morning in a circuit of the lake. Plenty of gulls on the lake but nothing of interest. A pair of Willow Tits along Engine Lane ,plenty of singing Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and Blackcap.

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The pair of Garganey still present on Swan lake this afternoon also a single White wagtail here and a vocal Raven over heading North

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Both Garganey still here 11am same place 



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Ian McKerchar


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The pair of Garganey still present this evening, also Little Egret, male Wheatear and 250 Herring Gulls

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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The pair of Garganey again on Swan Lake,spending most of their time in juncus on south side of lake. A Yellowhammer and 6 singing Chiffchaff on way in from Atherton side.

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