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RE: Cutacre Country Park; north of the railway


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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A Green Sandpiper flew in late yesterday evening.

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Adult Yellow-legged Gull and adult Ringed Plover at midday today.

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Wednesday, 3rd July 2019. 10:30 - 14:00 hrs.

My first visit to this site (from A6 - Rosemary Lane car park entrance). I stumbled across this car park for Cutacre Country Park by accident earlier this week while driving west on the A6 just around the corner from Junction 4 on the M61. I am glad I came back for a a few hours visit - in that time I covered 12,000 steps - and still did not take in many of the the footpaths! Thoroughly enjoyed my visit - and will return again soon; and also look in more detail around the area just north of the railway line - around Engine Lane / Pool area.

Greenfinch x 1
Whitethroat x 3
Reed Bunting x 5
Chiffchaff x 2
Song Thrush x 2
Mistle Thrush x 1
Jay x 2
Long-Tailed Tit x 10
One possible Yellow Wagtail in flight
Buzzard x 1
Kestrel x 3 sightings
Swift x 50
House Martin x 20
Swallow x 25
Skylark x 1
House Sparrow x 15
Robin x 2
Blue Tit x 5
Great Tit x 1
Chaffinch x 6
Goldfinch x 4
Herring Gull x 3
Black-Headed Gull x 4
Lesser Black-Backed Gull x 3
Magpie x 5
Woodpigeon x 10
Crow x 3
Jackdaw x 1

Also, see section under 'Other Wildlife sightings' for this site for the day...






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A Hobby flew SW at 8pm last night.

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Yellow-legged Gull and Greenshank present this morning.

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A quick look at the gulls that use one of the new pond areas produced a 2nd summer Yellow Legged Gull 63 Lesser Black Backs 12 Herring Gull 7 Black Headed Gulls inc one juvenile.

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Cuckoo, Sedge Warbler and Grasshopper Warbler this evening

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Female Whinchat and 3 Wheatear present today.

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7 Wheatear this morning.

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7 Wheatear and a Common Sandpiper this morning.

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12 Wheatear and a Common Sandpiper present today.

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Yesterday afternoon to evening:

Whinchat at 4pm before moving off north

Yellow Wagtail

8 Wheatear

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Adult Kittiwake circling the A6 recycling centre at 8am this morning, then drifted off ENE.

Other birds present included 4 Wheatear, Lesser Whitethroat and Sedge Warbler.

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9 Wheatear, Grasshopper Warbler and Lesser Whitethroat all present up to 10am today.

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 4 Wheatear and a Green Sandpiper present at 10:30.

 

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Other birds today included 6 Wheatear, 14 Fieldfare and Green Sandpiper.

 

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Today with David Rogers. Sunny.

Managed to get around a lot of this big site, even though the map that I had got off the web, was hopelessly out of date.

Birds seen:

Blackcap....1 male seen, and then later sang from cover.

Chiffchaff...1 heard, and then seen down to 10 feet. One more heard only.

Wheatear....2 males

Skylark...2 above seen, but many more heard singing.

Linnet....5

Chaffinch...5 male together.

Reed Bunting....4

Long-tailed Tit....3

Lapwing....3

Pheasant...1 cock.

Jay....1

Buzzard....4 plus, seen more or less continuously over  wide areas.

Kestrel...2 sightings

Grey Heron...1

Mute Swan...1

Gadwall....6

Tufted Duck...6

Little Grebe....1

Herring Gull....9

Photos with thanks from David.

 



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Rumworth List 2019, species to date: 63 Latest: Sand Martin, Reed Bunting, Redshank, Pink-footed Goose, Curlew.

 

 



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A quick visit this afternoon produce 1 Common Snipe, 5 Meadow Pipits with Wheatears everwhere



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1 Snipe
3 Wheatear
Kestrel
Still at least 36 Linnet
Plus all the usuals



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7 Wheatear and a Green Sandpiper present today.

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2 Little Ringed Plover
2 Snipe
1 Jack Snipe
4 Oystercatchers
1 Common Sandpiper
30 Linnet
1 Grey Wagtail
6 Tufted Duck
6 Gadwall
Few singing Skylarks and displaying Lapwing
On the south side of the railway the 3rd w.Iceland Gull in a flooded field



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10 Wheatear, Swallow, the 3rd winter Iceland Gull and a Green Sandpiper all present up to 11am today.

 

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Usual 3rd winter Iceland Gull present on the bottom pool mid-afternoon today and a Curlew over.

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A Little Ringed Plover present today,several singing Skylaeks and Chiffchaff around the site.

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Highlights at midday today were:

3rd winter Iceland Gull

9 Wheatear

Water Rail

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2 Wheatear, Blackcaps and Sand Martin present at midday today.

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Wheatear and 2 Ringed Plover present today.

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A Little Ringed Plover flew over the new scrapes at midday, plus a Curlew preset on the bottom pool.

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Male Wheatear present at 12:20

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Adult and third winter Iceland Gull present at 11:45.

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The third winter Iceland Gull was present around 4pm when it flew off towards Atherton.

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Ringed Plover flew west at 12:25 today.

 

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The 3rd winter Iceland Gull flew towards Atherton at 10:40am

8 Curlew flew NE at 10:57

1 Green Sandpiper

 

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2 adult Mediterranean Gulls flew onto the bottom pool at 11:10am.

 

Also present were 3 Oystercatcher, 20 Lapwing, 10 Teal, 260 Herring Gull.

 

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3rd winter Iceland Gull and Green Sandpiper present on the bottom pool at 1pm today.

 

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My first visit to this site 10.35 to 12.40 today 28 species recorded including:

  • Skylarks 50+
  • Kestrel 2
  • Bullfinch 1
  • Lapwing 3
  • Teal 8
  • Shelduck 1
  • Linnet 40+
  • Meadow Pipit 1
  • Oystercatchers 2


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7 adult Whooper Swans flew SW from the bottom pool at 10:07am this morning.

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With Simon Warford and Phil Rhodes this afternoon

52 Teal
6 Gadwall
36 Mallard
Shelduck
Woodcock
55 Reed Bunting
92 Skylark
100+ Linnet
40+ Meadow Pipt
4 Kestrel
3 Buzzards
2 Tree Sparrow


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Today up to early afternoon:

 

Brambling

Dunlin

Green Sandpiper

3w Iceland Gull

30 Meadow PIpit

2 Shoveler 

 

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Third winter Iceland Gull was on the bottom pool this afternoon with several hundred other large gulls.

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My first visit since 2010 when I saw the Shorelark. What a transformation. Great pathways
throughout the country park. I didn't get all the way round due to lack of time.
There must be at least 3 miles of pathway I didn't get down to the pool near
the railway but still saw some interesting birds. As follows
Pied wagtail x3
Wood Pigeon x6
Blue tit x3
House Sparrow x12 Tree Sparrow x2 in the hedge at the back of the
farm near the Manchester Rd entrance
Magpie x 4
Linnet x 12
Reed Bunting x 10
Skylark x10
Goosander x1 Pochard x6 all on the marshy pool behind the large warehouses.
Meadow Pipit x 2
Blackbird x 3
Carrion Crow x 4
Black Headed Gull x lots
Herring Gull x 3


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Redshank present this morning also Green Sandpiper, 9 Lapwing, 4 Gadwall, 12 Teal, 1 Little Grebe, 35 Skylark and 250+ Linnet.

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