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Ian McKerchar


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Hi Shannon,

the Greylag Goose with a neck band sounds interesting, pleased try robert.swann@homecall.co.uk for information as it sounds possibly like one of theirs?

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Ian



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Hour here before dark today. No red-breasted merganser for me, but here's what I did note:

1-2 or more grey wagtail, plenty of activity around the little reed bed, where I've sen them congregate before, but never more than one at a time.
8 moorhen
33+ coot
17 gadwall
18+ tufted duck
12 pochard (one female)
2 goosander
1 greylag goose (with a red / dark orange neck-ring, SCZ)
10 mute swan
4 great crested grebe

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Red-breasted Merganser redhead still present Lesser Redpoll 1 Barlow Tip Siskin 1 Barlow Tip Redwing 40 Barlow Tip

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13.20-14.50

Red-breasted Merganser 1 redhead
Goosander 2 male, 1 redhead
Goldeneye 1
Pochard 12 male, 2 female
Tufted Duck 19
Pink-footed Geese 33 flew over west at 14.24
Kingfisher 1

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Mallard 25+
Tufted Duck 30+
Gadwall 10+
Coot 35+
Mute Swan 10
Cormorant 2
Pochard 10m 2f.
Goldeneye 1m.
Moorhen 2
Herring Gull 2


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Same as Pete Hines post, plus a couple of Siskin in a mixed flock of Tits feeding on the Alders at Barlow Tip and a Kestrel on the boundary with the golf course.
No Merganser .
Nice to see Steve Almond.

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Pochard : 11 male, 1 female
Tufted 14
Goldeneye 3
Great Crested Grebe 5
Cormorant 5
Mute Swan 10
(No Gadwall !)

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Film of the Red-breasted Merganser recorded on Chorlton Water Park at 2pm Monday 29th January 2018 https://youtu.be/5mye2dNVjyo


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At 4pm a pair of Goldeneye but no sign of the Red-breasted Merganser and Goosanders, they presumably roosted elsewhere, perhaps Sale Water Park

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Fem/imm Red-breasted Merganser with 5 Goosander (3 adult drakes) 1:55pm also 30 Tufted Duck 3 Great Crested Grebe

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This afternoon 

B H Gulls 200+

Common Gull 18

Great Crested Grebe 7

Pochard 6

Tufted duck 17

Kingfisher 1

plus the regulars 

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A quick lap of the lake with David Morris from around 12-13.00 today

We had the same stuff as Joel on the water, where a fair bit of ice was keeping the waterfowl from the northern shoreline. No small finches or similar seen but the highlight for me at least was a Woodcock whooshing by overhead, heading for Barlow Tip. Presumably it had been rudely disturbed by one of the seven million or so dogs being walked by the good burghers of Chorlton...

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2:15pm - 3:00pm. A short scroll around the lake, very busy with people so not many birds seen other than what was on the lake.
6 pochards (all males)
a pair or goldeneye
17 tufted ducks
2 cormorant
4 great crested grebes
~100 black-headed gulls
~15 common gulls
3 lesser black-backed gulls
what looked like a dead gull on the ice around the reed bed

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Today, early-mid afternoon. Fire brigade testing equipment (presumably) at one end, so overall numbers perhaps a little down:

2 goldcrest
8+ house sparrow
5+ goldfinch
2 chaffinch
1 bullfinch
1 grey wagtail
4+ redwing
1 collared dove
4 ring-necked parakeet
4 moorhen
53+ coot
2 gadwall
24+ tufted duck
11 pochard (sex ratio as below)
10 mute swan
6 great crested grebe
1 cormorant
c80 black-headed gull
4 common gull



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Walk around this afternoon 14.02 - 15.12:

Mute Swan (10, 2 ad, 8 1w)
Pochard (11, 9m)
Tufted Duck (20, 14m)
Great Crested Grebe (5, 1 ad, 4 1w)
Kingfisher (1)

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Siskin 50+ Kenworthy Woods this morning

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Quick walk around this afternoon 14.38 - 15.41:

Mute Swan (10, 2 ad, 8 1w)
Gadwall (2, 1m)
Pochard (2m)
Tufted Duck (c8m)
Cormorant (4)
GC Grebe (2)
Herring Gull (2 ad) west over.
Lesser Black-backed Gull (5 ad) four west and one south over.
Stock Dove (3) west over the water park.
Grey Wagtail (1)

-- Edited by Liam_Langley on Thursday 21st of December 2017 05:07:37 PM

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Mid afternoon for an hour and a half or so; snow coming down quite heavily, so visibility was pretty poor.

6 house sparrow
10+ goldfinch
2 collared dove
2 ring-necked parakeet
2 moorhen
60+ coot
6 gadwall
2 shoveler
18+ tufted duck
1 pochard (male)
9 mute swan
2 or 3 great crested grebe
2 cormorant
c130 black-headed gull
10+ common gull
2 herring gull

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Decent number of finches this morning on Alders on the south side. c100 Siskin and Goldfinch in equal numbers.

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Pochard 2 ( 1 male & 1 female)
Kingfisher 2
Siskin 10+ (possibly more in the area)
Lesser Redpoll 2+ (possibly more in the area)
Herring Gull 1
Lesser Black-backed gull 2


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A stroll round this morning.

Pochard 

Great Spotted woodpecker x2

Kingfisher x3

Siskin x2

All the regulars present nice stroll 

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pm visit.

Wigeon 1f.
Pochard 1m.
Tufted Duck 34
Gadwall 20
Mallard 30+
Cormorant 1
Great Crested Grebe 1ad 1juv.
Mute Swan 2ad 8juv.
Canada Goose 1
Ring-necked Parakeet 2
Black-headed/Common Gulls.
Redwing 3
Siskin 2
Grey Wagtail 1
Goldcrest 2
etc.



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 9th of November 2017 05:13:22 PM

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This morning 11.00 to noon:
1 male pochard, first of the season
1 wigeon

Friday morning (3/11):
1 male shoveler
2 wigeon
4 or 5 redwing



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 9th of November 2017 05:13:39 PM

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Here for an hour late afternoon, as dark descended; nothing like the number of species found as post below, but counts were:

1 goldcrest
4+ grey wagtail (making a tremendous racket from the reed bed end, great to hear)
3 moorhen
61+ coot
13+ tufted duck
16+ gadwall
3 great crested grebe
10 mute swan
60+ black-headed gull, mainly over or departing
4 cormorant

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9.30-11.30am

24 gadwall
17 tufted duck
1 teal
1 wigeon
3 great crested grebes
3 cormorant
3 grey wagtail
82 coot
6 common gulls
70+ black headed gulls
10 mute swans
1 ring-necked parakeet on the feeders
1 goosander, over
1 kingfisher
9 siskin
1 sparrowhawk
7 goldcrest
2 bullfinch
1 kestrel
1 meadow pipit, over

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Tufted Duck 5
Gadwall 29
Mallard 70
Canada Goose 18
Mute Swan 10
Coot 106
Moorhen 6
Great Crested Grebe 2
Cormorant 4
Common Gull 2
Herring Gull 1
Black-headed Gull 129
Buzzard 1
Ring-necked Parakeet 2
Redwing 1
Goldcrest 6
Siskin 1 heard



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 21st of October 2017 05:32:26 PM

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Morning Visit.

Tawny Owl 1

Mute swan 2 adults 7 cygents

Canada Geese 26

Cormorants 5

Ring necked parakeets 5

Nuthatch 2 

Goldcrest 4

BH Gull 120

Coots 100 +

Moorhen 30 +

 Jay 3

Blue Tit 9

Great Tit 11

Long tailed Tit 15

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2-6pm

pair of mute swans with 8 cygnets
pair of great crested grebe with 4 juveniles
10 gadwall
2 tufted duck
1 kingfisher
15 chiffchaff
2 nuthatch
2 chaffinch
5 jay
5 bullfinch
1 cormorant
1 sparrowhawk
15 ring-necked parakeets.

on/over the river, 4 grey wagtail, c40 swallows & 10 house martins.


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Hobby circling high above the water park/River Mersey. In association with Black-headed Gulls but often above them. It looked as if they were all feeding on flying insects.

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Morning stroll around. All the normal residents on the water, and Warblers finches and buntings at Barlow tip.

Mandarin duck 

Kingfisher 

two best birds on a very quiet day.

 

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A pair of Raven circled the water park at circa 1930 this evening, before heading off SE

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Willow tit seen and warning calling at Barlow tip on Sunday afternoon.

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Quick visit this afternoon 13.47 - 15.20 with the following highlights:

COMMON SANDPIPER (1) flushed from the north shore at 14.03 and circled the lake calling although I didn't see where it went to. Only my third CWP record!
Mute Swan (1)
Tufted Duck (5, 3m)
Buzzard (1)
Swift (c15)
House Martin (2+)
Sand Martin (2+)
Swallow
Reed Warbler (1m) singing in the reed bed at the east end.
Whitethroat (2m)
Willow Warbler (1m)

-- Edited by Liam_Langley on Monday 8th of May 2017 05:54:57 PM

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Nice wander round this afternoon 13.42 - 14.56 with the following highlights:

LESSER WHITETHROAT (1m) singing along the river adjacent to Barlow Tip - a patch tick for me!
Whitethroat (2+ m)
Willow Warbler (2m)
Swift (8+) my first of the year over Barlow Tip
House Martin (2) over Barlow Tip
Swallow
Great Crested Grebe (3ad)



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2.30 this afternoon:

1 common sandpiper on river bank
Mallard with 6 one day old chicks on river

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12.30 through early afternoon:

2 chiffchaff
2 blackcap
1 nuthatch
3 goldfinch
1 chaffinch (with no lower legs; was able to shuffle along the branch with what he had left whilst belting out his song)
4+ house sparrow
1 swallow
1 jay
1 moorhen
23 coot, a few carrying nesting material around
13 tufted duck
Mallard & Canada geese
8 mute swan
1 great crested grebe
1 black-headed gull

Kenworthy Woods:

1 goldcrest
4 chiffchaff
7 blackcap
1 whitethroat
1 greenfinch
1 song thrush
1 stock dove over
1 buzzard


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Great to hear Grasshopper Warbler reeling from close to children's play area on parkway playing field at 7am. 



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English Nature do issue a licence to remove Buzzards, but it is very complicated and you cannot just take any, the licence holders needs to prove the birds are doing damage to property livestocks or crops, in fact that goes for any removal or taking or wild birds.

It is a very difficult area of legislation and one that causes a  lot of debate, the main thing here, is that the licence holder may be able to do it, but they cannot ask family or friends to help.

it is illegal to take or possess any wild bird or part of a wild bird, its eggs or nest, however if you have a general licence then as long as you apply the strict rules , you may be able to do so, but you may also fall foul of the law, if you stray from the conditions of licence.

It is a extremely complicated area.

Best just to watch, mother nature does a good job of keeping order.

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Ian Keith wrote:

Just met a dark haired young lad circa 16yrs who was out looking for Buzzard nests. Apparently his Dad had got a licence to take a young bird. Fortunately he's in totally the wrong area. Really surprised thought this kind of thing had died out years ago.

Take a young bird for what I wonder? I'm not aware of the existence of such a 'licence' (maybe someone on here is) though of course, while one may now be obtained to 'control' them, Chorlton WP would be extremely unlikely to meet the criteria for one of those! All around very 'fishy' to me hmm



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Just met a dark haired young lad circa 16yrs who was out looking for Buzzard nests. Apparently his Dad had got a licence to take a young bird. Fortunately he's in totally the wrong area. Really surprised thought this kind of thing had died out years ago.

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Large flock of Redpoll Siskin and Goldfinch feeding on the trees around the lake. The Mersey side of the lake.  

2 Goosander flying towards Jackson boat along the Mersey. Good numbers of Chiffchaffs singing. 

And all the usual stuff. 



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Singing Chiffchaff present this morning

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Chiffchaff singing from trees on north shore of lake 10:50 4/3/17, first of the year for me.

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Mid morning visit.

Shoveler 1m 2f.
Pochard 8
Tufted Duck 15+
Gadwall 8
Goosander 1m.
Mallard 20+
Coot 30+
Moorhen 10+
Great Crested Grebe 4
Common Gull 20+
Rose-ringed Parakeet 2
Mute Swans
Canada Geese
Cormorant 2
etc.etc.etc.

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Also 5 Redpoll at the Barlow Tip end of the water park. Feeding with a flock of Goldfinch.  



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About 12:00 today:

  • 5 pochard
  • 26 tufted duck
  • 16 gadwall
  • 2 shoveler
  • 4 great crested grebe
  • 30+ mallard
  • 3 cormorant, including a very striking sinensis type
  • 3 ring-necked parakeet

Possible water rail near the gangway near to the entrance



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1.30 this afternoon:

1 oystercatcher - first here for me

1 little grebe - same one as here for several weeks

Pair shoveler

1 male goldeneye

1 male goosander

20 pochard

25+ tufted duck

4 gadwall



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2.30-5pm

23 pochard
17 tufted duck
27 gadwall
5 great crested grebe
5 mute swan
1 grey heron
9 ring-necked parakeets
4 bullfinch
7 chaffinch
1 greenfinch
3 goldcrest
1 redwing
60+ black headed gulls
3 common gulls
2 lesser black backed gulls
4 goosander over
plus all the usuals around.

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As I had an emergency dental appointment in West Didsbury today I combined it with a visit to my old local patch and have a lovely, shortish, visit in the bright sunshine.

Highlights were up to 8 Ring-necked Parakeets, at least two of them 'singing' territorially from trees which they left but kept returning to to carry on repetitively 'singing'. I only checked out the eastern end of the lake but still picked up 3(2 drake) Goosanders and a female Goldeneye amongst the commoner waterfowl. Plenty of Tufted Ducks and a pair of Gadwall too as well as a female Pochard. A Great Spotted Woodpecker was calling on Kenworthy Fields and a few Redwings were flying about. At least 5 Nuthatches were seen, several visiting the feeding station.

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From around 2 - 3.45 today:

25+ goldfinch
7 house sparrow
2 redwing
1 great spotted woodpecker
2 ring-necked parakeet
8 moorhen
30+ coot
8+ gadwall
4 shoveler
44+ tufted duck
19 pochard (one female)
2 goldeneye
4 goosander
6 mute swan
1 little grebe
4 (possibly 6) great crested grebe (two in an almighty scrap)
5 cormorant
c130 black-headed gull
6+ common gull
1 lesser black-backed gull

Also what sounded very much like a linnet over the Barlow Tip end; only heard very briefly, and no chance of an ID on sight, so not 100% certain, but still, a pretty distinctive call.




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