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Drake Pintail on the pool this afternoon.
155 Canada geese.
43 Mallard, 14 Tufted duck and 3 Little Grebe.

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Highlights.

Sparrowhawk 1
Redwing 20+
Goldcrest 2
Tufted Duck 10
etc.etc.etc.

26 species.


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Nuthatch 1
Reed Bunting 1 male.
Siskin 2
Snipe 1
Woodpigeon 100+
Rook 50+
Jackdaw 100+
Teal 26
Moorhen 10
Canada Geese 60+
Mallard 13
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1 Nuthatch, 1 Goldcrest, 1 Treecreeper and a flyover Meadow Pipit this morning, amongst the more usual species.

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Two Green Sandpiper on this morning, it looks like the long staying bird has been joined by a younger bird Two Snipe actively feeding before flying west mid morning. Greylag goose flew in with three Canada geese, Greylags are an infrequent visitor to the pool.juvenile Pied wagtail and 20+ Teal. Large number of Chiffchaff with tit flocks, several Blackcap calling and a Willow warbler also heard.

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Forty two species this morning including the Green Sandpiper that was present for the fifth day and a snipe feeding along the margins.
Large numbers of Canada Geese and Mallards, and a solitary Mandarin Duck.
At least five Chiffchaff and several Blackcap were calling, with several flocks of Long Tailed Tits.

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Green Sandpiper still present this morning.
Mandarin Duck remains with 50+ Mallard, 9 Teal and 45 Canada Geese.
Large number of Wood Pigeon moving west and 200+ Starling on substation opposite reserve.

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A Green Sandpiper was a nice surprise today.

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It's been a while but 2 Willow Warblers singing, plus 2 Chiffchaffs.

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Two Little Egret and two Grey Heron on pool this morning.
Four young Lapwing feeding on exposed margins.
Two Mandarin duck.
Oystercatcher mobbing Buzzard.
Two adult and three young little grebe, plus seven or eight young Moorhens.
Majority of Black Headed Gull young have now fledged and it has been a good year after the colony was hit by avian flu last year, we estimate that a minimum of seventy to eighty young gulls have fledged this year.


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Common tern on pool this morning- very scarce here. 



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Rather tired Black-Tailed Godwit dropped in this morning, still on pool two hours later.

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Little Egret dropped in very briefly this morning. Great Crested Grebe young still on with four or five Cormorants coming and going.
Two new Tufted Duck broods with Moorhen and Coot broods also noted.
Lesser Black-Backed gull trying to take Black Headed gull young.

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Great Crested Grebe youngster on pool this morning, first seen by Phil Greenwood yesterday. First record for at least 10 years. Reed warbler singing on scrape.



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Red Kite over field F4 Carrington Moss at 11-50 then flew North over reserve towards river Mersey.

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Arctic Tern flew briefly around pool then flew North West.
Male Goosander.
Herring gull and 140+ Black Headed Gull.
Oystercatcher and Lapwing on site.
Kestrel
Buzzard over moss
Peregrine falcon overhead with a possible second bird
Yellowhammer pair on feeders
Song Thrush and Mistle Thrush singing.
Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and Blackcap singing.
Raven heard.

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Goosander 1 male.
Swallow 2
Gadwall 4
Teal 2
Blackcap 1 singing.
Chiffchaff 5 singing.
Willow Warbler 5 singing.
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Common Sandpiper on the pool this morning.
Pair of Yellowhammer coming to feeders and Pied Wagtail pair still on compound.
First Blackcap of the year heard with Four Willow warbler and six Chiffchaff.
200+ Black Headed gulls.

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Ringed Plover again calling and seen on site.
Pied Wagtail pair in same area as the plover.
Single Mediterranean gull in amongst 240+ Black Headed Gulls
Oystercatcher pair flying over reserve onto site.
Willow Warbler and 5+ Chiffchaff.
Three Buzzard and a pair of displaying Sparrowhawk over the moss plus a Kestrel and several Skylark.



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Forty one species this morning, including.

Ringed Plover 1 a previously breeding bird now rare.
Siskin 2
Redwing 8
Stock Dove 3
Raven 1
Buzzard 3 over the moss.
Sparrowhawk 1 also over the moss.
Skylark 3
Black headed gull 150+

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Drake Goldeneye on pool this morning. Sparrowhawk and at least four Buzzard soaring around the reserve and over Carrington moss.

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Drake Scaup on the pool this morning with Tufted Duck flock.
200+ Black Headed gulls and a 2nd winter Herring Gull.
Goldcrest in with Great Tit flock.
Mixed flock of 90+ Redwing and 30+ Fieldfare flew up from are of field F5 on moss.

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Chris Roberts wrote:

2 male and 4 female Goosander on the pool this afternoon, Raven seen and calling around the reserve. 50+ Redwing in trees along the edge of the reserve with field F4.




Nice to meet you today Chris.

Managed to see 4 Goosander (3f 1m) through the fence at the Isherwood Road end.

Linnet/Finch flock not apparent today, although there were 2 motorbikes in the area they usually occupy.



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2 male and 4 female Goosander on the pool this afternoon, Raven seen and calling around the reserve. 50+ Redwing in trees along the edge of the reserve with field F4.

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2m 3f Goosander on the pool this morning. Most likely moved off River Mersey by high water levels. 



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Lesser Redpoll 2
Shoveler 1 male.
Teal 20+
Goldcrest 1
Reed Bunting 1 female.
Coot 14
Moorhen 10+
Tufted Duck 9
Mallard 5
Mute Swan 1
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Still 40% frozen.

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Whooper Swan still present this afternoon.

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Whooper swan on main pool this morning info via Elaine Watson 

who got a good record photo 



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12+ Lesser Redpolls
2 Treecreepers
12+ Skylarks over Carrington Moss.

Little change on the Pool.

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Five little egret dropped in at 11-50 this morning, flew off northwards approximately 25 minutes later.
Little grebe with newly hatched youngster, very late brood for reserve.

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Brief sighting of Lesser Whitethroat this morning. Five Mandarin duck amongst numbers of Mallard and Gadwall, five Shoveler. Black headed gulls have decreased to a few individuals with the last of this years young ready to fledge. Good year for Little Grebe.

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Kingfisher seen briefly plus two house sparrows on feeders. The sparrows are almost certainly a first record for the reserve. Tree sparrow recorded on a couple of occasions but no house sparrows. Apart from that fairly quiet. Large mixed flock of tits accompanied by young warblers. Good numbers of mallard and gadwall and at least three mandarin.

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Common Sandpiper at back of pool this morning. Tufted Duck brood of eight and five well grown Canada goose goslings. Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker, four Little Grebe young and plenty of Coot and Moorhen young.

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Juvenile black-necked grebe still present for its 5th day

Redshank 1 - first here for several years as we dont have much wader habitat these days



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A ridiculously confiding juvenile black-necked grebe gave great views on the pool today and was still present when I left. Sadly now just a throwback to the days when several pairs would breed on the pool (last attempt 2011). Presumably this individual was dispersing from Woolston Eyes. 



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Signs of gull movement this morning with 3 adult and 1 1st summer Mediterranean Gulls on the pool this morning. 



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Adult kittiwake still showing signs of winter plumage on the pool all morning and still present at 12.15 when I left. 



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Woodcock 1
Buzzard 1
Teal 13
Shoveler 8
Gadwall 3
Goldfinch 20+
Lesser Redpoll 10+
Siskin 5+
Redwing 5
Grey Heron 1
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Morning visit.

Woodcock 1
Teal 7
Gadwall 12
Shoveler 5
Mallard 13
Tufted Duck 30+
Moorhen 10
Coot 2
Little Grebe 3
Mistle Thrush 1
Redwing 1
Reed Bunting 1 male.
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 male, 1 female.
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Merlin chased across pool by Carrion crow this morning, possibly hunting over Carrington moss as flock of skylark put up shortly before the bird was seen.
Female pintail on pool.
Three skeins of pink footed geese seen, details on relevant post.


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Pectoral sandpiper on flooded disused trailer park adjacent to reserve at 9.40. Not sure how long it had been there as only just arrived. Flew west at 9.50 so worth looking for on other pools nearby, particularly on the west side of ship canal. 



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Mandarin duck 7 drake and 8 duck flew in mid morning.
Eclipse drake pintail
6 Shoveler
7 Teal
40 plus Skylark over F4 on moss
60 plus Starling on pylons on moss
4 Redwing

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Pintail 1 female.
Gadwall 5
Teal 15
Tufted Duck 27
Coot 6
Moorhen 8
Mallard 14
Mute Swan 2
Little Grebe 2
Grey Wagtail 1
Goldcrest 1
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Tree sparrow on feeders this morning.

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1 Wigeon and a single House Martin, plus 4 Mandarin Ducks, 1 Shoveler, 1 Teal and 16 Gadwall, etc.

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Warbler count:

Whitethroat 1
Willow Warbler 6
Chiffchaff 3
Blackcap 4

plus:

Reed Bunting 2
Stock Dove 4
Sand Martin 2
Swallow 2
Swift 10+
Raven 1
Chaffinch 2
Greenfinch 4
Jay 1
Cormorant 1

Tufted Duck 15
Coot 5
Moorhen 3
Little Grebe 1
Canada Geese 22
Mallard 9
Gadwall 1 male.
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Warbler count.

Chiffchaff 5 singing.
Willow Warbler 4 singing.
Blackcap 1 singing.

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Chris,

fyi

I had Female Brambling, at the junction of the path that runs parallel to the reserve and up past the old orchard on the moss at about 0700hrs yesterday.....

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36 whooper swan flying north west over the reserve at 10.18 this morning.
Female brambling coming to feeders, male and female seen yesterday.

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Red Kite just passed over reserve mobbed by a raven. Drifting roughly north-east from here but if goes more northerly will be heading to winter hill. 



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