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Robert Farmer


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Christmas day

2 pairs of Goosander (m & f) and a further single f type flew past.

2 Little egret in the usual horse field.

92 Pink-Footed Geese heading NE around midday.



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Green Sandpiper 1 at the big meander sand bar
Little Egret 2 Cob Kiln Lane still
Teal 23 (several displaying)

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Two little egrets with the horses again in the field by Cob Kiln Lane.

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Little Egret 2
Kingfisher 1
Willow it 1
Chiffchaff 1

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Pink-footed Goose 1 over west at 12.01
Teal 28 (6 males displaying to 2 females)
Water Rail 1 seen and heard at the ox-bow lake
Little Egret 3 together in horse paddocks along Cob Kiln Lane
Redwing 56+

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Saturday 7th during the very strong winds.
Minor Starling murmuration over the grain store next to Ashton on Mersey Cricket club.
Impressive seeing them battle the winds to hold the group together.

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-- Edited by Robert Farmer on Monday 9th of December 2024 09:34:47 PM

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Cronking Raven on top of a pylon at the southern end of the footpath from Cob Kiln Lane.

I expect its the same individual we've seen a couple of times upsetting the Crows and Jackdaws at the ETW off Bradley Lane.

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2 or 3 Little Egret at the ox-bow lake this morning
1 Goosander

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Raven being mobbed by around 30 Crows above the sewage works opposite Trafford MV RFCC.

Female/Juv Goosander on the river nearby.

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Late post for 10th February

Raven - pair on pylon by Cob Kiln Lane

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Cob Kiln Lane am

Little Egret 1
Redwing 65
Siskin 25

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3 Little Egrets back in the same field with the horses to the west of the path at the end of Cob Kiln Lane at 15.00 today.

Male and Female Goosander on the Mersey opposite the MetroVics Clubhouse.

Very large flock (50+) Collard Doves on the roof at the grain store/sheds between Ashton cricket club and MV Rugby Club. I've seen big groups of Collard Doves here before, but never quite this many. Feral Pigeons and Wood Pigeons also in large numbers.

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Pink-footed Geese 52 over east at 11.09
Willow Tit 1 same area as yesterday, though at the riverside at 53.440898, -2.345975
Redwing 66

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Willow Tit 1 Cob Kiln Lane, in bramble, same area as the Waxwing 53.441228, -2.346096
Redwing 84

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Waxwing 1 in hawthorn with Chaffinches before flying across to tree top, then continuing east at 12.25. Cob Kiln Lane, open area with the pylon 53.441018, -2.345745

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No sign of Cattle Egret today in a 30 minute search in rain from 1pm approx.

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I had wondered where the cattle egret had got to when I walked past just after two. The little egret was with the horses at the far end of the field on the other end of the lane and a couple of dozen redwings were flitting about in the treetops by the stables with a handful of parakeets. Cob Kiln Wood was *very* quiet even though it was the only bit of the area not heaving with people and dogs. The cattle egret was back in the same field when I was walking back into Urmston at quarter past three. It seemed a bit more skittish than it was yesterday but it didn't seem to spoil its appetite for earthworms.

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Cattle Egret still present at 13.45pm but had flown up into a tree from the field after being spooked by a couple of barking dogs. But it had to put up with a lot of Magpie attention.

-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Monday 1st of January 2024 05:50:12 PM

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Cob Kiln Lane - very busy with family walks and cyclists.
Cattle Egret still feeding at 1.00pm
1 Stock Dove near Mersey Bridge
2 Wood Pigeons
Female Sparrowhawk
2 singles Grey Wagtails
2 Herring Gulls
2 Lesser Blackback Gulls
Several Blackbirds
1 Robin!
1 Blue Tit!
2 Great Tits!
2 Carrion Crows!
30+ Magpies

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Cattle Egret present now in the field to east of the lane.

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Cattle Egret this morning 10:30 in horse field along Cob Kiln Lane, left hand side after the gate

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Cattle Egret this morning.09.00 in horse field along Cob Kiln Lane left hand side of lane walking away from Urmston and passed horse supplies shop. No sign of Little Egret

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The Cattle Egret was still present at the horse paddock with a Little Egret on Cob Kiln Lane at 11.58. At 13.33 the / a Cattle Egret was at Watery Lane, by Ruby Farm, with a Common Gull when it flew west at 13.37 appearing to drop down behind the trees. No Egrets at cob Kiln Lane at 14.22. Pics of the Cattle Egret from both locations.

Raven 3 over
Siskin 50 (in 3 flocks)
Redwing 250+
Mandarin Duck 2

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Both present at 12.03 but when we returned at 13.20 there was just a Grey Wagtail keeping the Magpies company.

No horses either, whether that has an influence I don't know?

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Cattle Egret and Little Egret still there at 11 in the horse paddock at Cob Kiln Lane 


-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 31st of December 2023 01:10:24 PM



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Cattle egret present with a little egret 9:33am



-- Edited by Keith Rowland on Sunday 31st of December 2023 09:40:51 AM

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The Cattle Egret and two Little Egrets were still present shortly before 1600hrs. 20+ Ring-necked parakeet in the area.


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Glad Pete and others managed to catch up the the Cattle Egret today.

He had a bit more company this afternoon - joined by a fox as well as the gulls, horses and Little Egrets.

Nice to meet you Tony - no sign of your rainguard unfortunately. We will keep an eye out as we are down there most days.



-- Edited by Robert Farmer on Saturday 30th of December 2023 10:13:36 PM



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Cattle Egret and 2 Little Egret pics taken between 12.23 and 12.52

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1 Cattle Egret and 2 Little Egret still in the horse paddock at Cob Kiln Lane 15:05hrs

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Cattle Egret and 2 little egrets urmston meadows  off Cob Kiln Lane



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Interesting that Pete - I wonder if that makes it more likely the group of 5 I saw was either a mixture of Little Egrets and Cattle Egrets, or just Little Egrets with the Cattle Egret the following day being a solo traveller?

The group of 5 I saw Christmas day were too far away to discern without binoculars, but the Cattle Egret the following day was more co-operative. A couple of further pics below.



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Little Egret 1 in Cob Kiln Lane horse field at 13.10 (it wasn't there at 11.25)
Redwing 43

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We went round again today, similar route to Pete but with nothing unusual to note.

River level is well up and the ox-bow lake is now a part of the river again.






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08.14 - 10.56 Cob Kiln Lane to Willow Farm & areas inbetween

Teal 48
Little Grebe 1
Stock Dove 14
Redwing 74
Siskin 28

Woodcock 1 on 22nd Dec.

No Egrets

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No sign of any egrets between 10.15 - 11am this morning.

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Yesterday while walking the dogs we came across what I thought at first were 5 Little Egrets, about 100 yards away in a field of horses. I didn't have my binoculars but took a picture with my phone to remind me to check again later. The birds were a bit too far away to see much detail and I didn't want to disturb them by going too near with my dogs.

Visited again today and had a better look at one which was there again - looked very much like a a Cattle Egret.

Main reasons for this conclusion was a small size compared to a Magpie and imm gull nearby, short yellow bill, head shape and shortish neck, dark but not black legs and no sign of yellow feet. Also the fact they seemed very comfortable amongst a field of horses.

I was able to take a few pictures with my phone through my binoculars and saw enough to be fairly confident this was a Cattle Egret and in all probability, based on size, activity and location, the five we saw yesterday were also.

The five seen yesterday and today's solitary bird all eventually flew off over the trees to the south-west towards the Mersey.

The location is in the horse field to the west of the path immediately after the stables and through the gate at the end of Cobb Kiln Lane.





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Little Egret 2
Teal 17
Goosander 5
Lapwing 49 over
Siskin 28
Redpoll 1

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Peregrine - male carried prey item to pylon for processing
Mandarin 1
Redwing 163
Fieldfare 20
Redpoll 1
Siskin 10 Chiffchaff 1

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2 Yellowhammer along Watery Lane
1 Blackcap singing
2 Mandarin on river
2 Goosander on river
12 Chiffchaff
4 Greenfinch

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Little Egret 1 along Watery Lane
Mandarin Duck pair
Chiffchaff 8
Redwing 60

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Little Egret at Old Eea Brook below the cemetery this morning

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Originally posted today by Barry Brett:

Little Egret in ditch by old football fields.



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Pink-footed Goose 18 > NW @ 11.06, 40 > W @ 12.10, another skein heard only
Mandarin Duck 2 pairs on the River Mersey at Old Ea's Brook
Teal 10
Little Grebe 3
Willow Tit pair at 53.438256, -2.352372
Redpoll 2
Siskin 5

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Little Egret - 1 along Watery Lane at Ruby Farm
Mandarin Duck 5 (2 male and 3 female) on the Mersey at Old Ea's Brook
Teal 17 "
Little Grebe 6 "


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A dozen redwings with the blackbirds feeding on the rowan bushes in Cob Kiln Wood this afternoon.

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Teal 1
Little Grebe 3
Buzzard 3
Chiffchaff 2
Blackcap 2
Redwing 14
Grey Wagtail 3
Pied Wagtail 3
Meadow Pipit 2
Siskin 3


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Dipper again today at 4.05pm near to the Riverside Cafe (as previously).

Kingfisher flew by towards Stretford. Grey Wagtail and 2 Little Grebe on the river opposite the sewage works.

Chiffchaff (at least 2) with the Long-Tailed Tits at Kickety Brook.

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Dipper seen again at the same place.

Seen at about 8.45am and flew off upstream towards Stretford this time.

4x Goosander hauled out on the concrete slab below the footbridge. All female/juveniles.

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Dipper on the 'rapids' near the Riverbank cafe at the entrance to Kickerty Brook at about 12.30 today. Flew off downstream towards the Ashton footbridge.

First I've seen here in many years - aware they have been seen near the Mile Road, but not this far up.

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