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Chris Jackson


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Today around 3pm:

Tufted Duck - 45

Gadwall - 6

Goldeneye - 2 (pair)

Shoveler - 3 (1m 2f)

Goosander - 2 male

Pochard - about 20

The widest range of winter ducks I've noticed here this year

 



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Goldeneye 2m.
Goosander 2m.
Gadwall 10+
Tufted Duck 40+
Coot 50+
Pochard 15+
Mute Swans
Mallards
Moorhens
Grey Wagtail 1...on the banks of the Mersey.
Canada Geese
Nuthatch 1
Redwing 1
Great crested Grebe 2
Rose-ringed Parakeet 2
Common/Black-headed Gulls
Herring Gull 1 1st winter.



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A mixed finch flock of approx 60 birds, mainly Goldfinch with a small number of
Siskins and Redpolls, on the Alders at the south side of the lake this afternoon.

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An murky hour and a half or so late this afternoon yielded:

1 goldcrest
1 nuthatch
1 goldfinch
1 jay
9+ ring-necked parakeet
7 moorhen
c80 coot
16 gadwall
20+ tufted duck
13+ pochard (1 female)
3 goldeneye (all male)
3 goosander (all male)
6 mute swan
1 little grebe (a first for me here)
2 great crested grebe
1 grey heron
3 cormorant (another over)
c130 black-headed gull
12+ common gull
2 herring gull over

Hardy Farm, Barlow Tip and river from Jackson's Boat, early afternoon:

3 goldcrest
1 treecreeper
1 lesser redpoll heard briefly
1 greenfinch (heard singing)
1 bullfinch
2 pied wagtail
2 grey wagtail
4+ redwing
2 song thrush (singing)
3 jay
Jackdaw roost beginning to build late on.
4 ring-necked parakeet
1 grey heron over
1 cormorant over
1 buzzard




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A walk around first thing. Most of the lake was slightly frozen pushing most of the ducks/geese to the Barlow tip end of the park.

Highlights were 

Goldeneye 2

Goosander 1M 1F

Shoveler 2f  

Pochard 6 

Kingfisher 1

Common Gull 7

and all the usual. 

 



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Goosander 2m
Goldeneye 4m 1f
Pochard 6m
Tufted 18
Shoveler 2m 1f
Great Crested Grebe 2
Little Grebe 1
Gadwall 26
Mallards
Coot 100+
Moorhens
Mute Swans
Canada Geese
Cormorant 2
Grey Wagtail 1
Grey Heron 2
Black-headed Gull 100+
Common Gull 10+
Herring Gull 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Rose-ringed/Ringed-neck...whatever Parakeets 4

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 30th of December 2016 05:54:07 PM

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A flock of c50 Golfinches feeding on the Alders at Barlow Tip this afto'.
Couldn't see any other finch sp. amongst them.

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1 Little Grebe
3 Great Crested Grebe
40 Tufted Duck
35 Gadwall
10 Ring-necked Parakeet
7 Goosander

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Noon today:

 

1 male goldeneye (first here for me this season)

1 little grebe (first here ever for me)



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An hour round the lake late this afternoon:

1 goldcrest
15+ goldfinch
1 great spotted woodpecker
4 ring-necked parakeet
6 moorhen
100+ coot
25+ gadwall
25+ tufted duck
2 pochard (one male, one female)
10 mute swan
1 great crested grebe
5 cormorant
120+ black-headed gull
4 common gull
2 lesser black-backed gull

Hardy Farm (including orchard), Barlow Tip and river from Jackson's Boat, earlier in the afternoon:

2 goldcrest
1 nuthatch
3 goldfinch
2 chaffinch
4 bullfinch
1 pied wagtail
2 grey wagtail
c15 redwing
4 mistle thrush
2 jay heard
1 great spotted woodpecker
4 ring-necked parakeet

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Willow Tit on Barlow Tip this afternoon

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This afternoon:

1 goldcrest
1 coal tit
2 nuthatch
c5 house sparrow
30+ goldfinch
1 chaffinch
15+ starling
2+ ring-necked parakeet
10 moorhen
100+ coot
c25 gadwall
c30 tufted duck
3 pochard (two male, one female)
14 mute swan
2 great crested grebe
4 cormorant
120+ black-headed gull
2 common gull
1 kestrel

Along the river from here to Jackson's Boat:

15+ long-tailed tit
1 willow tit
1 greenfinch
1 jay
1 goosander over
1 grey heron over

A lovely day for it, too.

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2.30 this afternoon:  pair of shovelers, 1 male wigeon, 22 tufted duck, c 20 gadwall



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Didn't pay a proper visit here today, but 10+ coot, 4 gadwall, 1 tufted duck and 7 mute swan were of the most interest when looking across the lake from Barlow Tip.

Hardy farm and Barlow Tip, from about 2 until dusk:

1 goldcrest
Lesser redpolls heard, sounded perhaps five or so, so far as I could tell.
4 goldfinch
2 greenfinch
4 bullfinch
c20 redwing
5 jay
6 ring-necked parakeet
1 goosander over
4 cormorant over
17 common gull
1 buzzard heard

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Pretty much the same as Phil's counts from yesterday, would put Coot count at 150 plus, checked them all just in case, nearly went coot blind.

Kingfisher

Nuthatch

Goldcrest

Redwings.

Keep Birding.

 

ps no waxwings here either 



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Afternoon visit. Fairly rough estimates of numbers.

Coot 100+
Gadwall 30+
Tufted Duck 20+
Mute Swan 16
Mallard 20+
Moorhen 20+
Great Crested Grebe 2
Cormorant 1
Rose-ringed Parakeet 4
Siskin 1
Grey Wagtail 1
Jay 2
Black-headed Gulls
Common Gulls
etc.etc.etc.


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1st Pochard of this Autumn/Winter; a very pale looking female.

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Late afternoon:

10+ goldfinch
2 jay
7 ring-necked parakeet
10 moorhen
c90 coot
24+ tufted duck
25+ gadwall
1 wigeon
9 mute swan
1 great crested grebe
c120 black-headed gull

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Amazing impromptu visit today 12.26 - 14.34, highlights as follows:

SKYLARK (9) flew low east over Barlow Tip calling at 13.32. A patch tick!
Willow Tit (1) calling repeatedly and showing occasionally in the area north of the path to the gas station on Barlow Tip. Only my second patch record!
Wigeon (4)
Gadwall (c13)
Tufted Duck (c15)
Common Gull (2)

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Black-headed Gull (abundant)
Coot (abundant)
Tufted Duck (7)
Gadwall (40+)
Great Crested Grebe
Mute Swan (5)
Canada Goose (20)

I went up to look at the feeders - nothing at all!

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4 wigeon on lake this afternoon.



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7 Wigeon and 5 Teal on the lake this afternoon: not common visitors to CWP.


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They are all about collecting acorns at the momentand burying them. So busy at work.

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Today i've seen at least 7 jays, never seen so many in my life. All between the water park & hardys farm. 



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This afternoon, from about 4.20 - 6. Quite quiet, people wise, considering what a nice afternoon it was; a very pleasant stroll around.

1 goldcrest
1 chiffchaff
Lots of long-tailed tit (the most numerous small bird throughout the day)
2 goldfinch
1 kingfisher
Ring-necked parakeet heard
6 moorhen
c80 coot
18 gadwall
3 wigeon (only the second time I've had them here)
2 tufted duck
2 or 3 great crested grebe
7 mute swan
100+ black-headed gull

Usual water birds and an impressive rainbow, too.

Barlow Tip and Hardy Farm (visited earlier) were both pretty quiet; a couple of chiffchaff and a goldcrest were the best I could do here.

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Two ospreys (possibly one osprey and something else - only a brief look at the second bird) seen from Chorlton WP area, circled then headed southwest.  Sadly, out running so no camera gear to get a snap.  



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Cheers Pete, good to hear that they get young off quite frequently.

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Liam_Langley wrote:

Visit this morning 09.10 - 11.04:

Mandarin Duck (1m)
Mute Swan (7, 5juv)
Cormorant (1) over BT
Great Crested Grebe (1ad)
Black-headed Gull (21+)
Ring-necked Parakeet (4)
Reed Warbler (2+, 1+juv)
-the juvenile Reed Warbler was in the reedbed at the eastern end and was very fresh with an obvious gape. This is the first time I've been able to confirm breeding here and I wonder how many other years recently fledged juveniles have been seen.




Young Reed Warblers have been recorded several years in succession this century, though you will have to trawl back through this thread a few a years. I used to watch them from the boat whilst on water safety.

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Visit this morning 09.10 - 11.04:

Mandarin Duck (1m)
Mute Swan (7, 5juv)
Cormorant (1) over BT
Great Crested Grebe (1ad)
Black-headed Gull (21+)
Ring-necked Parakeet (4)
Reed Warbler (2+, 1+juv)
-the juvenile Reed Warbler was in the reedbed at the eastern end and was very fresh with an obvious gape. This is the first time I've been able to confirm breeding here and I wonder how many other years recently fledged juveniles have been seen.


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Visit this afternoon 14.40 - 16.17:

Mandarin Duck (1m) again around the western island.
Tufted Duck (1f) first of the Autumn.
Swift (1)
Swallow (1)

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Wander round this afternoon 12.48 - 14.50:

Mandarin (1m) under the willows on the western island.
Mute Swan (7, 5juv)
Great Crested Grebe (1)
Common Gull (1) over the Mersey
Black-headed Gull (c50)
Stock Dover (1) over Barlow Tip


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Mandarin 1
Tufted Duck 2
Great-crested Grebe 1
Grey Heron 1
Coots
Mallards
Mute Swans
Moorhens
Black-headed Gulls
Lesser black-backed Gull 1
Rose-ringed Parakeet 1
etc.

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Mandarin 1 eclipse drake
Kingfisher 1

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Eclipse drake Mandarin Duck present this afternoon

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Poor quality picture attached of the Wood Duck (i have more but this was the only one that would upload!)



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Originally posted today by Anthony Moore:

A male Wood Duck in eclipse plumage spotted around Kingfisher Island at Chorlton WP this morning. A feral escapee? Or a possible vagrant?

Was very shy and wary, sticking close to the undergrowth and only tentatively joining the mallards.





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Stock Dove 2 on the old tip this afternoon. Site tick :)
also Kestrel at the river
Heron 1

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Brief visit after Platt field park but too busy. Great views of Ring-necked Parakeet though.



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Lovely amble around the Mersey valley yesterday (Friday 3rd June), Kenworthy-Chorlton WP-Mersey-Chorlton Ees-Sale WP and back the same way. Over fifty species seen or heard, the highlights were:-

Reed Warbler - showing well at Chorlton and Sale

Sedge Warbler - singing and showing well on Chorlton Ees

Swifts, Swallows, House and Sand Martins - eye level views along the Mersey

Kingfisher - perched on flotsam around a storm drain for c5 mins near disused bridge

Grey Wagtail - lovely male, same place as Kingfisher

Buzzard - 3 birds over Chorlton Ees area interacting

Sparrowhawk - male soaring over golf course near Jackson's Boat

Kestrel - female hunting over fields behind Broad Ees Dole

Little Grebe - lovely views of 3 adults Broad Ees Dole

Jackdaw - mob of c20 watched at close quarters in paddock, Hardy's farm area

Greenfinch - several on Barlow tip including a smart male wheezing!

Lots of Blackcaps, Whitethroats and Chiffchaffs, 1 Willow Warbler

Stock Dove - 3 of this attractive and underrated bird, 1 of which showed well on the river bank

Reed Bunting - nice male with a beak full of insects Chorlton Ees on return leg

Willow Tit - working the tree line at the edge of Chorlton Ees

Bullfinch - nice male near Willenhall Lane exit of Kenworthy Wood



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Nice to see that the reed bed was being maintained today and that it didn't phase the reed warblers.
1 reed warbler
3 great crested grebes
3 male tufted ducks
2 grey wagtails on river
2 pied wagtails on river

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3 Reed Warblers seen this morning.

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main lake..

adult mute swan with 8 cygnets

barlow tip..

2 blackcap
5 chiffchaff
4 whitethroat
1 willow warbler
1 grey heron

over/on the river Mersey..

12 swift
5 swallow
3 sand martin
c20 house martin
1 kingfisher
3 grey wagtail
2 pied wagtail



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Liam_Langley wrote:

Maybe common is the wrong word but I'm sure they must breed at a low density in the wider area. I often spend long periods sky-watching on the tip in the vain hope of fly-over waders/raptors and this is usually when I pick them up. Might be worth a go for a couple of hours if you're really keen to get them on the list.

 I used to do the same Liam, always hoped for an Osprey following the R.Mersey but always to no avail, but got Stock Doves wink



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Maybe common is the wrong word but I'm sure they must breed at a low density in the wider area. I often spend long periods sky-watching on the tip in the vain hope of fly-over waders/raptors and this is usually when I pick them up. Might be worth a go for a couple of hours if you're really keen to get them on the list.

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Liam_Langley wrote:

Just to add to the Stock Dove discussion, I've been birding the site on and off for the last 10 years and have been giving it a good go this year for Patchwork Challenge (Although sadly not for a couple of weeks). I record Stock Dove pretty regularly on Barlow Tip, often as flyovers but have flushed them from the deck, and have had them over Kenworthy too. I've had them on 4 separate occasions this year so far and according to Birdtrack have recorded them on 22% of my visits. They seem to be a pretty common bird in the Mersey Valley in general so hopefully you should catch up with one on patch soon Tim!

-- Edited by Liam_Langley on Wednesday 11th of May 2016 06:51:06 PM




Thanks Liam Hardly common! They've eluded me at Chorlton WP and in the Mersey valley for 16 years!

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Just to add to the Stock Dove discussion, I've been birding the site on and off for the last 10 years and have been giving it a good go this year for Patchwork Challenge (Although sadly not for a couple of weeks). I record Stock Dove pretty regularly on Barlow Tip, often as flyovers but have flushed them from the deck, and have had them over Kenworthy too. I've had them on 4 separate occasions this year so far and according to Birdtrack have recorded them on 22% of my visits. They seem to be a pretty common bird in the Mersey Valley in general so hopefully you should catch up with one on patch soon Tim!

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Here is a photo of the reed warbler spotted with Paul yesterday. Superb views!

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Joel Tragen wrote:

I usually bird the Mersey valley, stretford ees to kenworthy woods, twice a week. It have gotten out of the habit of posting my sightings. Might have a look for that common sandpiper and still haven't gotten the reed warblers this year as well.

 The Common Sandpiper was on the Parkway side of the kenworthy bridge Joel, flying to both sides on the stones. We last saw it head round the corner in the direction of Princess Parkway! You'll know that the Reed Warbler is in the small reed patch near the playground, singing & showing better than probably any Reed Warbler that I have ever seen before, the group will think they're always like that wink



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I usually bird the Mersey valley, stretford ees to kenworthy woods, twice a week. It have gotten out of the habit of posting my sightings. Might have a look for that common sandpiper and still haven't gotten the reed warblers this year as well.

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Never kept a site list, it's all in old notebooks like we used to do! With full descriptions of stuff I found (inc crappy drawings!) & got accepted like Ferruginous Duck, Ring-necked Duck, Red-crested Pochard & the like! In the halcyon days when the aythya flock was over 1000 regularly. Never got Ring-necked Parakeet though!! Nor Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, but did have the Firecrest there one year. I never in all my walks had a Lesser Whitethroat though, even when birding mates such as Kevin McCabe & good birders like him joined me, so you did really well to get those the other day, but the habitat is perfect now for them & back in the day wasn't as good. The patch (I always have a defined patch rather than do sites)  was from my house too (in West Didsbury) and had Ring Ouzel on it (got piccies!) and Wheatear was regular every year. How times have changed! As Joel says for him & Liam, for Shannon earlier this year & for my group today, we all saw Stock Dove over Barlow Tip, so that seems your best bet I'd say smile

Plenty of Bullfinches about today too, that was always a feature when I was there though, so that's still good smile

 



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