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Tuesday 12th October 2021

Drake North American Wood Duck still present on Alexandra Park lakes

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Drake North American Wood Duck, un-ringed and fully-winged, commuting between the two lakes

Also 15 Tufted Ducks on the lakes and c50 Pink-footed Geese east

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Wednesday 18th August 2021

The Tufted Ducks seem to be doing ok with several females and juveniles on-site

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Tuesday 20th July 2021

Three female Tufted Ducks with youngsters - broods of five, two and two - on Alexandra Park Lakes on the top lake

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Tuesday 13th July 2021

Tufted Ducks have bred successfully on Alexandra Park Lakes - two brief counts suggested up to four females with broods of seven, four, two and one (might need a proper count for exact numbers), also 1 Swift

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Snipe Clough 07/06/21

Coot with 2 chicks.
Sparrowhawk
Chiffchaff, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Blackbird, Song Thrush, Robin all in song
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Wren
Long-tailed Tit
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Saturday 22nd May 2021

8 Tufted Ducks (5 drakes and 3 females) on Alexandra Park Lakes

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Singing Grasshopper Warbler still present on Snipe Clough

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Tuesday 18th May

10 Tufted Ducks on Alexandra Park Lakes

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1 Whitethroat on Snipe Clough

8 Tufted Ducks on Alexandra Park Lakes

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8 Swallows on the lakes, also 10 Tufted Ducks

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10 Tufted Ducks (6 drakes) on Alexandra Park Lakes

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International Dawn Chorus Day 2021

Singing Grasshopper Warbler Snipe Clough in the juncus marsh near the pond just south of Alexandra Park, also 1 singing Whitethroat, 10 singing Willow Warblers and 5 singing Chiffchaffs

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22 Tufted Ducks - Alexandra Park Lakes

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Up to 5 singing Chiffchaffs on Snipe Clough

23 Tufted Ducks - Alexandra Park Lakes

1 singing Blackcap on Snipe Clough on Friday 2nd April

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Singing Chiffchaff - Snipe Clough

30 Tufted Ducks - Alexandra Park Lakes

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3 Goosanders (2 drakes) and 33 Tufted Ducks on Alexandra Park Lakes also 2 Buzzards from the Snipe Clough viewpoint

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1 Goosander
33 Tufted Ducks
2 Mute Swans

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5 Goosander
28 Tufted Ducks
2 Mute Swans

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The drake Gadwall still present on Alexandra Park Lakes on the upper lake early afternoon, plus 4 Goosander, 26 Tufted Ducks and 2 Mute Swans

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Drake Gadwall still present on Alexandra Park Lakes at 3:18pm

Information thanks to Gary Crowder

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Drake Gadwall
2 Goosander
26 Tufted Ducks

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Took my walk this way today as a change from Werneth Park. Fishing lake 3/4 frozen, 'duckpond'2/3rds. Reasonably busy but managable, although more people were arriving as I left.

Grey Heron sharing a tree on the duck pond islands with the most adventurous of 8 Moorhens. 2 of the 3 Coot were on the 'duck pond' as well, as were the majority of the C200 Black-headed Gulls. Mixed in were 8 Common Gulls, 3 Herring Gulls (1x3rd Winter and 2x1st Winter) and 1 adult Lesser Black-backed Gull.

100+ Canada Geese on the fishing lake, with the majority of c50 Mallard and 14 Tufted Duck.

Also 2 Mute Swans. Elsewhere 1 Mistle Thrush in song, 1 Blackbird and several each of Blue Tits, Great Tits and Robins in the shrubbery

-- Edited by Mike Chorley on Sunday 10th of January 2021 11:10:32 AM

-- Edited by Mike Chorley on Sunday 10th of January 2021 11:11:07 AM

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Alexandra Park Lakes

2 Mute Swan
23 Tufted Ducks

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Alexandra Park Lakes

5 Goosander
11 Tufted Duck
2 Mute Swan

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Late sighting for 3pm on Thu 26-Nov-20

Not exactly Alexandra Park, but was being driven along Oldham Way on the way back from Dovestones when I saw a flock of two of Feral Pigeons scattering from the Spindles shopping centre. I suspected that there might be a Peregine might be around, when a sizeable female (somewhat bigger than the pigeons it was chasing) flashed over Oldham way in pursuit.

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Female Wigeon
6 Goosander (1 drake)
17 Tufted Ducks
4 Mute Swan

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Female Wigeon
3 Goosanders (1 drake)
16 Tufted Ducks
4 Mute Swans

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4 Mute Swans and 13 Tufted Ducks on the Park Lakes

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Another visit to Snipe Clough, where the effects of this dry weather are clear from the fact that the small pool has dried out in just under a week. At least 4 Chiffchaff singing, 2 Willow Warblers, 8 Blackcap (one doing Robin and Yellowhammer) including a pair in what looked like a courtship chase, which sounded like it might have been successful biggrin, plus Jay, Blackbird, genuine Robins, Wrens, and Song Thrush. On the way back I saw male Bullfinch, adding to the sightings list of Magpie, Jackdaw, Wood Pigeon, Dunnock, Goldfinch and Collared Dove.

I popped in to Alexandra Park as well and noted 2 Adult and one juvenile Grey Heron around the lakes along with uncounted Mallard, Tufted Duck and Canada Goose, with a few Black-headed Gulls. One of the Mallard had around 6 ducklings in tow.

One Peacock butterfly and a couple of Large Whites seen around Snipe Clough.

-- Edited by Mike Chorley on Tuesday 2nd of June 2020 10:22:26 PM

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Walked over to Snipe Clough - adjacent to the park - last night to check for Grasshopper Warbler. None heard and a walk round the area suggests that the habitat has dried out quite a bit since I last visited, which would explain why there was no sound of any on what would have been a perfect night. Other species seen
Bullfinch 1M
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Wood Pigeon
Blackbird
Jackdaw
Starling
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Wren
Robin
Song Thrush
Blackcap
Chiffchaff
Blue Tit
Willow Warbler
Jay

nearby 3 Swift over the trees to the north of the Clough, bringing my total for my evening walk to 11

Also 1 Fox

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2 Mute Swans and 11 Tufted Ducks - Alexandra Park Lakes

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Singing Chiffchaff - Snipe Clough

2 Mute Swans and 20 Tufted Ducks - Alexandra Park Lakes

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Monday 9th March 2020

2 drake Goosander
18 Tufted Ducks

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22 Tufted Ducks

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Recent highlights on-site, drake Goosander (Feb 28th), 2 Mute Swans (Feb 24th), a maximum of 20 Tufted Ducks (Feb 27th) and 27 Redwings also on Feb 27th in trees around the tennis courts

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Monday 3rd February

Drake Goosander and 17 Tufted Ducks

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1 Mute Swan
6 Goosander
22 Tufted Duck
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker
3 Nuthatch

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Wednesday 27th February 2019

1 Mute Swan
31 Tufted Ducks
8 Redwing in Donnelly's Hollow

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Red-head Goosander on the main lake, also 30 Tufted Ducks

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Drake Goosander giving superb views on the Upper Lake (aka "The Duck Pond")
8 Tufted Ducks on the Lower Lake
Also 1 Grey Wagtail and 4 Grey Heron

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9 Tufted Ducks, 1 Grey Wagtail and 4 Grey Heron

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30/05/18 Lunchtime

'Duck Pond'
Tufted Duck 6M 2F
Mallard 2M 1F
Coot 3 inc nesting pair
Moorhen nesting pair
Black-headed Gull 2 - adult and juvenile
Herring Gull 6 -of various sub-adult ages
Lesser Black-backed Gull C.60 of various ages up to adult
Canada Goose - lots!

Boating/Fishing Lake
Tufted Duck 7M 6F
Mallard 3M 2F
Canada Goose 6 including 1 pair keeping a watchful eye on 5 quite small goslings in the presence of
Grey Heron 2 (who have three well-grown but unfledged young of their own)

4 Swifts, in two pairs were over the park

Blackcap. Chiffchaff, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin and 2 Wrens were all singing around Donnelly's Hollow

Elsewhere
Goldcrest
Long-tailed Tit
Nuthatch
Jackdaw
Wood Pigeon
Feral Pigeon.



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Friday 11th May

5 Swift & 1 singing Chiffchaff Snipe Clough just south-east of the park
Singing Blackcaps & Willow Warblers Donnelly's Hollow
2 Herring Gulls on the duck pond islands with 20 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
10 Tufted Ducks

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2 Peregrines displaying over the Lions Den 2 Swallows 35 Tufted Ducks

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Drake Goosander present on the top lake (aka the duck pond) 11:50am also 35 Tufted Ducks, plus singing Goldcrest around the boardwalk area adjacent to the Boathouse Cafe

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35 Tufted Ducks on the duck pond & boating lake, also Goldcrest & Treecreeper around the boardwalk adjacent to Boathouse Cafe

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35 Tufted Ducks on the duck pond and boating lake

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30 Tufted Ducks on the duck pond and boating lake

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Fishing Lake and 'Duck Pond'

Grey Heron 2 - adult and juvenile
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 - 1 x 2nd Summer, 2 x1st Summer
Herring Gull 1 adult
Black-headed Gull 6
Mallard 20
Tufted Duck 15
Canada Goose 77
Moorhen 3

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Mike Chorley wrote:


Pink-footed Goose 1 - unringed, unclipped wings, quite wary




Maybe it's the Mossley/Greenfield bird on its way back to Iceland (well, it's got the direction roughly correct smile)

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