Late report for Thursday, November 24th pm.

Pochard 1 male.
Shoveler 1 male.
Wigeon 1 male.
Tufted Duck 10+
Gadwall 20+
Coot 100+
Mallard 40+
Mute Swan 9
Canada Geese 40+
RN Parakeet 10+
Cormorant 2
Grey Wagtail 1
Nuthatch 1
Redwing 2

Wednesday 11th November, couple of hours in afternoon to near dusk:

Mute Swan     2 ad. + 3 juv.  &  2 ad. + 2 juv.

Mallard     74

Gadwall     20

Wigeon     1 imm. male.

Tufted Duck     3

Great Crested Grebe     1

Cormorant     3

Grey Heron     1

Common Buzzard     1 around area.

Sparrowhawk     1

Moorhen     15

Coot     181

Black-headed Gull   185;               Common Gull   7;              Herring Gull   2

Kingfisher     1

Ring-necked Parakeet     26 in pre-roost.

Nuthatch     1

Goldcrest     1

Goldfinch     c.20                & a few usual species.

Feeders at car park empty, just Long-tailed Tit (7), some House Sparrow and a Chaffinch there.

River, Jackson's Boat to C.W.P. bridge  -  Mallard  (9);  Little Grebe  (1);  Kingfisher  (1).

An hour or so until dusk on 25th October, 30th October & 1st November.

Mute Swan     2ad. + 3 juv. & 2 ad. + 2 juv.

Pink-footed Goose     74 to ESE at 1550hrs. over Jackson's Boat area, 30/10.  260 to ESE at 1700hrs. over C.W.P., 30/10 (& another flock just before this, heard but not seen).

Gadwall     14, 25/10, but just 1, 1/11.

Tufted Duck     31, 25/10, but just 1, 1/11.

Cormorant     2, 25/10.

Grey Heron     1-2.

Great Crested Grebe     2, 25/10 & 30/10.

Moorhen     Max. 16, 25/10.

Coot     159, 25/10 & 170, 1/11.

Ring-necked Parakeet     35 pre-roost, then north at dusk, 30/10.

Kingfisher     1-2.

Tawny Owl     1 calling at dusk from old tip W. of lake, 25/10.

Kestrel     1, 30/10.

Bullfinch     1, 1/11.           & other usual spp.

River, C.W.P. bridge to Jackson's Boat, 1/11:     Mallard (77);  Goosander (1);  Little Grebe (1);  Moorhen (1);  Grey Wagtail (6  -  2 at J.B. & 4 together C.W.P bridge).

Mandarin pair with ducklings photographed on the River Mersey near the Merseybank playing fields on 25th May, info via Chorlton Wildlife Facebook group

Afternoon visit:

Pochard 3 males.
Shoveler 1 male.
Tufted Duck 16
Goosander 1 male, 2 females.
Cormorant 2
Mute Swan 4
Great Crested Grebe 3
Mallard 16
Coot 20+
Moorhen 4
Common Gull 4
Black-headed Gull 100+
Ring-necked Parakeet 2
etc.

Late morning visit.

Kingfisher 1 east reed bed.
Pochard 6 male, 2 female.
Tufted Duck 24
Gadwall 15+
Coot 80+
Great Crested Grebe 2
Goosander 1 female on river.
Cormorant 2
Mute Swan 2
Shoveler 2 male.
Common Gull 5
Grey Heron 2
RN Parakeet 4
Siskin 10+ south side of lake.
Lesser Redpoll 10+ with Siskins.
Redwing 1
etc.etc.etc.

An exciting visit this afternoon!

Pochard 1 male.
Tufted Duck 11
Coot 75+
Moorhen 1
Cormorant 4
Grey Heron 1
Grey Wagtail 1
Redwing 4
Mallard 10+
Gadwall 8
Great Crested Grebe 1
Mute Swan 2 adults.
Little Grebe 1
Common Gull 1
Black-headed Gull 30+
Canada Geese 12
Ring-necked Parakeet 8
Nuthatch 1
Long-tailed Tit 10+

Friday, June 21st:

Mute Swan 1 adult, 8 Juvs.
Coot 12 adults and 5 juvs.
Mallard 15
Great Crested Grebe 2 adults.
Reed Warbler 1 short burst of song.
Jay 2
Grey Wagtail 1
Blackcap 4 singing.
Chiffchaff 3 singing.
Nuthatch 2 heard.
Ring-necked Parakeet 1 heard.

Sand Martins 4 this afternoon
Pair Great Crested Grebe
Singing Goldcrest
Grey Wagtail pair

W/Tony Darby

-- Edited by Tim Wilcox on Thursday 14th of March 2019 03:35:55 PM

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 14th of March 2019 04:51:15 PM

-- Edited by Tim Wilcox on Thursday 14th of March 2019 06:29:55 PM

Originally posted today by Stuart Marsden:

An hour or so this morning at CWP and Kenworthy - male Mandarin flew in, 2 pochard, 3 shoveler, 4 GC Grebe, 1 kingfisher, 10 song thrush singing on Kenworthy, 4 siskin

Goosander 1 male.
Shoveler 3
Gadwall 8
Pochard 9 males.
Tufted Duck 25+
Great Crested Grebe 3
Coot 70+
etc.

A walk around this afternoon to kickstart the year list 11.59-14.06:

Mute Swan (16, 9 ad, 7 2CY - my personal high count for the site)
Shoveler (1f/2CY)
Pochard (6, 5m)
Great Crested Grebe (2, pair displaying at west end)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (1)
Kestrel (1m - Barlow Tip)
Treecreeper (2)
Lesser Repoll (c30 - Barlow Tip, gave prolonged views near the pumping station but sadly no Mealies with them)


-- Edited by Liam_Langley on Wednesday 2nd of January 2019 03:57:37 PM

Pleasant walk around the site today 11.58-13.36:

Mute Swan (7, 2ad, 5 1CY)
Shoveler (2,1m)
Gadwall (20+)
Pochard (6, 2m)
Tufted Duck (c36)
Goosander (3, male on water park and a male and a redhead flew west down the river)
Grey Heron (2)
Sparrowhawk (1, Barlow Tip)
Common Gull (40+, resting on the concrete supports of the sub-station across the river)

No winter thrushes or snipe on the tip sadly!

-- Edited by Liam_Langley on Friday 28th of December 2018 03:07:26 PM

Drizzly afternoon, so not easy with damp equipment!

Goldeneye 1male.
Pochard 2females.
Gadwall 12+
Tufted Duck 30+
Coot 70+
Little Grebe 1
Great Crested Grebe 2
Cormorant 5+
Grey Heron 2
Mute Swan 2A 7J.
R-N Parakeet 4
Sparrowhawk 1
Siskin 20+
etc.

Circuit late this afternoon 3.40 - 4.50:

2 grey wagtail
1 song thrush
1 kingfisher
8 moorhen
110+ coot
1 teal (my first ever record for CWP itself)
10 wigeon
19+ gadwall
39+ tufted duck
8 mute swan
2 great crested grebe
3 cormorant
c140 black-headed gull
1 common gull
2 lesser black-backed gull


Apropos of nothing, but I saw my first ever wigeon at Chorlton Water Park


-- Edited by Shannon Llewellyn on Sunday 28th of October 2018 07:30:32 PM

Tim Wilcox wrote:

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Steve Atkins wrote:

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Tim Wilcox wrote:

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Wigeon 10 today. Tony Darby and me were wondering what the Wigeon high count may have been in the past at Chorlton WP or are Wigeon more recent due to the rafts of weed to graze on.

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Tim,

the highest Wigeon count from CWP in the GMBRG database is 16 on 7th April 1996. These were part of a county wide spring movement which occurred between 3rd and 7th of April that year. The highest recent count submitted is 8 on 14th October 2016.

Steve

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Thanks Steve; very interesting. I shall of course be submitting yesterdays record

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Tony Darby reported 16 Wigeon on this forum on 24th January 2013 

Tim Wilcox wrote:

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Wigeon 10 today. Tony Darby and me were wondering what the Wigeon high count may have been in the past at Chorlton WP or are Wigeon more recent due to the rafts of weed to graze on.

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Tim,

the highest Wigeon count from CWP in the GMBRG database is 16 on 7th April 1996. These were part of a county wide spring movement which occurred between 3rd and 7th of April that year. The highest recent count submitted is 8 on 14th October 2016.

Steve

Wigeon 10 today. Tony Darby and me were wondering what the Wigeon high count may have been in the past at Chorlton WP or are Wigeon more recent due to the rafts of weed to graze on.

Pre sunrise visit. Tawny Owl over car park at 06.05. One calling for 20 minutes near Bailey Bridge until 06.30.

Kingfisher, Drake mandarin and 2 Gadwall were all I could make out amongst the mist, but plenty of wildfowl flying about.

Walk around 10.15 - 11.50:

Mute Swan (9, 2ad, 7 chicks)
Tufted Duck (1 ad)
Pheasant (2, 1f, 1 chick) on the main path on BT
Great Crested Grebe (2 ad)
Whitethroat (2) BT

Walk around today 11.58 - 13.13:

Canada Goose (c150) - the most I've ever seen at the site.
Great Crested Grebe (2 ad)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (1 ad)
Swift (5+)
Whitethroat (1m)
Willow Warbler (1m)

Wander round in the rain today 10.44 - c12.45, highlights as follows:

Swift (1) over Kenworthy Bridge at 12.35 - my earliest patch record by a week!
Mute Swan (5, 3 ad, 2 imm)
Tufted Duck (10, 7m)
Black-headed Gull (1 imm)
Herring Gull (1 imm)
Great Spotted Woodpecker (1)
Treecreeper (1m) singing in trees along the south bank of the river.
Swallow (15+)
Sand Martin (15+)
House Martin (5+)
Willow Warbler (1m) singing on Barlow Tip.
Whitethroat (1m) singing on Barlow Tip.
Reed Bunting (3m)

Wander round in the rain this afternoon 12.39 - 14.11:

Tufted Duck (5, 3m)
Black-headed Gull (1 imm)
Sand Martin (20+)
House Martin
Swallow (10+)
Willow Warbler (1m)

Chris Chandler posted this on another thread earlier but this thread includes Kenworthy Woods so I've copied it across for the continuity:

"Morning walk with Simon Gough along the Mersey (9.30 - 12pm).


Pretty drab conditions - heavy drizzle throughout and mist hanging over the river. We crossed over the river by the Water Park and followed the opposite bank up to Jackson's Boat.

The plan was to check for Common Whitethroat in the area round the electricity substation, as I've seen them here in previous years. After scouring the dense brambles in the area for several minutes, we were surprised by a sudden burst of Lesser Whitethroat song and the bird showed for a few seconds before flying further down the river. We followed it to a cordoned off area with several 'Caution - Japanese Knotweed' signs. The bird stayed in this area, but out of sight for around 40 minutes. By this stage the rain was pretty persistent and only the brief bursts of song let us know it was still there.

Eventually the rain let up and the bird began singing almost continuously and afforded us several much better views. I've seen Lesser Whitethroat on this section of the river before, but it was great to find one ourselves and made up for an otherwise grim morning!

No Common Whitethroat along the river, though we did see one later at Hardy Farm.

Also seen:

Lots of Blackcap
Chiffchaff
Ring-Necked Parakeet
Grey Wagtail
Buzzard
Great Spotted Woodpecker "