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Roger Halsey


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My first visit today in a vain attempt to find the Iceland Gull! Of interest though:

2 Little Egret and 9 Gadwall.

1 Green Sandpiper and 2 Lapwing.

1 Great Black-backed Gull.

20+ Skylark with many birds singing.

 



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The adult Iceland Gull was on the flooded area at the north eastern end of the site,behind Kenny Waste depot at 1pm today

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Cetti's Warbler seen and heard again today.

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Around midday today:

 

Little Egret on railway flood at 10am then flew east

Pair of Grey Partridge

Pair of Stonechat

 

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7 Ravens flew over the M61 southish near cutacre this morning

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Covered the entire site today mostly doing WeBS counts;

Adult Iceland Gull was amongst 630 Herring Gulls
1 Short-eared Owl
1 Little Owl
1 Green Sandpiper
3 Woodcock
20 Snipe
Jack Snipe
1 Shelduck
10 Gadwall
27 Teal
26 Mallard
35 Lapwing
17 Moorhen
1 Tufted Duck
3 Raven
1 Peregrine
12 Skylark
11 Stock Dove
40 Meadow Pipit


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Ian McKerchar


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This afternoon:

2 Little Egret circled the warehouses at 3:07pm and possibly landEd in creek between them.

Adult Iceland Gull

Green Sandpiper

pair of Stonechat

32 Lapwing

250 Herring Gull

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11.45-14.00

Good mooch around.

Great for kestrels today, both male and female giving great views.

A flock of redwing 30+

A couple of dogs flushed 7 snipes from the first pool I stumbled upon.

On the higher ground were a few meadow pipits, a skylark, a raven and a buzzard.

I will be back.

Cheers, Jay.

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Ian McKerchar


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Adult Iceland Gull by the recycling area until 12;19 this afternoon, when it then flew to Chanters in Atherton.

 

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Today with Simon Johnson and Phil Rhodes,

returning adult Iceland Gull present around 12.30pm biggrin
Tree Sparrow
Little Owl
Green Sandpiper
21 Skylark
30 Linnet


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WeBS count with Simon Johnson and partly Phil Rhodes;

30 Snipe
1 Green Sandpiper
15 Lapwing
6 Coot
19 Moorhen
2 Tufted Duck
4 Gadwall
6 Teal
17 Mallard
1 Little Grebe
1 Mute Swan
6 Grey Wagtail
2 Grey Heron
137 Herring Gull
3 Great Black-backed Gull

Also 2 Raven, 1 Stonechat, 1 Willow Tit, 40 Linnet, 6 Skylark, 38 Redwings.




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Combined sightings, myself and Phil Rhodes;

Cetti's Warbler heard to give 2 bursts of song but no further sound of it, a first record for the site.
12 Whooper Swans over heading SE
c350 Pink-footed Geese over SE in 4 skeins
90+ Fieldfare over
3 Stonechat
1 Green Sandpiper
500+ Herring Gull
55 Snipe
1 Water Rail
27 Skylark
9 Lesser Redpoll
5 Siskin
1 Little Grebe
12 Tufted Duck
45 Meadow Pipit
23 Linnet



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18 Whooper Swan flew SE at 8:30 over the M61 just to the north of here this morning

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pete berry


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A quick walk round the eastern side produced:-
2 Raven
2 Buzzards
3 Kestrel
At least 12 Skylark
And 5 Meadow Pipits
No gulls on site but they were all in the flooded fields south of the railway behind ,Common Farm



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Record shot of the Ring-necked Duck (seen 11.40 - 11.50). Much better video in the YouTube link.

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The juvenile Ring-necked Duck flew off SW at midday (towards Pennington Flash?).

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Ring-necked Duck still present on the bottom pool at 11:30

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Juvenile Ring-necked Duck on the bottom pool this morning at 10:20.

Walk from the Shackerley lane end near Atherton, through the barrier along Engine Lane for a mile past second railway bridge to view the bottom pool.

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Around 200 large gulls loafing around mid-afternoon but nothing of note in amongst them.



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A quick stroll around the eastern end of the site produced:-
244 large gulls at the top daytime roost,but most interesting bird amongst them was a juv.Greater Black Back gull.
Still at least 35 Swallows still feeding over the area,also a Reed Warbler,Whitethroat,a few Chiffchaff still,a Common Snipe anòd a couple of White Wagtails and a Great Spotted Woodpecker were the pick of the rest of the birds seen.

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Late news for yesterday morning:

Whinchat

4 Wheatear

Sedge Warbler

3 Willow Warbler

13 Snipe

Green Sandpiper

150 Swallow SW 

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A quick look at the gulls on the daytime roost produced the usual juv. Yellow Legged Gull and an adult Yellow Legged Gull in about 150 Lesser Black Backs and and 30 Herring Gull

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3 Green Sandpipers, 1 Whinchat and 2 Wheatear present this evening.

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2 Green Sandpipers present this evening.

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This morning,

6 Green Sandpipers
2 Snipe
1 Whinchat
1 Redstart
1 Water Rail
2 Willow Tit


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Lunchtime with Simon Johnson produced;

1 Little Egret bottom pool
1 juvenile Wheatear
2 Tree Pipit over
1 Yellow Wagtail
1 Little Grebe
60 Swift south

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Friday, 23rd August 2019 11:30 - 15:00 hrs. Dry and Sunny.

Willow Tit x 1
Little Grebe x 1
Whitethroat x 1
Willow Warbler x 1
Wren x 1
Pied Wagtail x 2
Goldfinch x 200
House Sparrow x 40
Buzzard x 3
Kestrel x 2
Swift x 3
Swallow x 40
House Martin x 20
Cormorant x 1
Heron x 2
Robin x 2 (1 adult and 1 juvenile)
Black-Headed Gull x 50
Coot x 7
Moorhen x 1
Starling x 15
Woodpigeon x 20
Magpie x 5
Crow x 10

In addition - south of the railway line:
Collared Dove x 1
Blackbird x 2


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Juvenile Yellow-Legged Gull present this afternoon 



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Juvenile Little Ringed Plover present yesterday evening.

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The usual juv Yellow Legged Gull still present this am in the top roost with about 50 Lesser Black Backs and a few Herring Gulls and a further 100 Lesser Black Backs in the lower roost.

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The usual juvenile Yellow-legged Gull still present this morning (cracking photo of this bird on the website) and a 1st summer Arctic Tern through south at 11:05.

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Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull (image on website), Tree Pipit and 2 Wheatear late morning today.

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3 Ringed Plover this morning.

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Still 2 juvenile Yellow Legged Gulls present at lunchtime in usual place

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2 juvenile Yellow Legged Gulls this am in daytime roost with about 100 Lesser Black Backs and 8 Herring Gulls

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2 Dunlin and a Green Sandpiper present this late evening.

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Juvenile and 2nd summer Yellow Legged Gull this afternoon at daytime roost site.Pic of juv attached(r.h.bird)

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Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull present at 11am today.

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2 juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls present mid-morning today.

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Quail singing from Engine Lane railway bridge at 8am until 8:30 at least, between the bottom pool and the railway line. 

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1 adult Yellow Legged Gull was the only thing of note in the few gulls that were present late morning, early afternoon today.

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One of the usual juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls was present on the new scrapes mid-morning but nothing of note mid-afternoon and gull numbers in the area were low (pers.obs.)

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Just noticed Colin's post from yesterday. The pics of the"caspian" gull are certainly not the bird that was photographed there previously,there are several discrepancies in the plumage.Unfortunately to me it looks nothing like a Caspian Gull,I've never seen one with such a large bill which isn't even the pale colour it should be,primaries are far too short, ,it looks exactly like an Herring Gull which imo it is.Pete

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Mid afternoon 4th calendar year Caspian gull still (see photos) also juvenile yellow-legged gull. The Caspian gull is an impressive looking bird, look at the size of it compared to the lesser black-back in the first photo.

 



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This late morning to early afternoon, with Phil Rhodes:

4th calendar year Caspian Gull; showed very well and was still present when I left some 2 hours after its finding! ('phonescoped photos on the website)

An adult Yellow-legged Gull and 2 juveniles

Juvenile Mediterranean Gull

Around 300 mixed Herring and Lesser Black-backed Gulls roosting at one point 



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3 juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls present late afternoon, also 4 Common Sandpiper.

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Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull present at 08:25 this morning, also a Curlew.

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2 juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls present at 10:30 today, also Green Sandpiper and 3 Snipe.

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2 Garganey and 3 Common Tern present this morning.

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Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull on the recycling plant roof at 7pm this evening for 5 minutes though mobile.

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