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Quick wander this afternoon in less than ideal weather conditions.

Main highlights:

8 Grey Partridge in F2 with another 3 in F4. The 3 in F4 comprised two males fighting whilst a female watched on. The battle went on for a minute or so before the loser was chased off and the winner was joined by the female, it was a great sight to see!
19 Stock Dove in F11
11 Lapwing in F1
Several Skylarks in F2
50+ Fieldfare and 30+ Redwing in F13.
Raven and Buzzard flew over.

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Wednesday, 2nd February 2022. 11:00 - 14:00 hrs. Circular walk from Isherwood Road side as far south as Brookheys Covert and return.

Little Egret (1) - In Field 29 near Brookheys Farm
Fieldfare (30) - In Field 4
Redwing (7)
Sparrowhawk (1)
Buzzard (5)
Kestrel (1)
Song Thrush (1) - belting out a repertoire of songs in Brookheys Covert
Raven (1)
Bullfinch (1)
Long-Tailed Tit (12)
Teal (8)
Tufted Duck (20)
Herring Gull (1)
Black-Headed Gull (10)
Starling (50)
Woodpigeon (65)
Goldfinch (8)
Wren (1)
Rook (20)
Carrion Crow (40)
Jackdaw (15)
Magpie (10)
Robin (3)
Great Tit (2)
Blue Tit (4)
Blackbird (3)
Chaffinch (35)
Mallard (20)
Moorhen (1)

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Isherwood Road, then between F4/F12, F2/11, F8/9 to concrete-lined lake and return via F24/25, F10/11.

Goosander 1 female/imm.
Gadwall 2 male, 1 female.
Coot 2
Linnet 20+...F9.
Reed Bunting 10+
Chaffinch 50+...most in F9.
Starling 50+
Redwing 70+...field with pylons off Isherwood Road.
Skylark 50+...F11.
Song Thrush 1
Buzzard 2
Stock Dove 4
etc.etc.etc.

No Yellowhammers seen.


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Highlights of a wander around the Brookheys Covert / Dark Lane area this afternoon.

Little Egret - 1 in the brook by Brookheys Farm. (And briefly in the field; see photo attached.)
Peregrine - 1 on pylon beyond the farm. (Too distant for a photo.)
Pink-footed Goose - 44 over, heading NW
Lapwing - 41 landed briefly, before moving SW

Plus the usual supporting cast, including about 40 Fieldfare. (My first of the year.)



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Today Wed 5th Jan in F32

Little Egret 1 feeding around the horses, later flew to Brookheys Farm
Lapwing 70+
Redwing 200+ (could be double, the field is carpeted with them)
Fieldfare 20+

Yesterday 4th Jan

Peregrine circling above the electricity station
Chaffinch 400+ in F9
Linnet 70+ in F9
Reed Bunting 2 in F9

No Yellowhammer on either visit

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Lots of mobile finch activity at south west corner of F1, F9 and F8

Green Sandpiper 1 flew south over F10
Grey Partridge 15 in F2 (coveys of 10 & 5)
Yellowhammer 26 minimum. At least 14 together F1/9/8, 7 F4 others in between
Linnet 200 F9
Redpoll 10 F1
Chaffinch 100+
Greenfinch 5+
Bullfinch 8
Reed Bunting 5+
Redwing 100
Fieldfare 9
Meadow Pipit 1
Skylark 1

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Great Spotted Woodpecker by Man Utd training ground (Yesterday, there were 2 within inches of each other), Buzzard in the tree by the road again and lots of Siskin. About 15 Meadow Pipits together in F4, some sliding on the ice. As you walk to F8, lots of Redwing keep moving to the next tree along with about 8 Fieldfare.

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Green Woodpecker in F16 alongside MUFC training ground, this morning.

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Lots of species along F2 and F1 including Yellowhammer, Pheasants, Redwing, Pied Wagtails, Starlings, Bullfinch, a bunch of 14 Meadow Pipits most of which were taking a very long time bathing, one Reed Bunting and 3 Fieldfare. A Buzzard landed not 10m away, by Mufc training ground. Several Siskin feeding alongside Goldfinch on an Alder along that road.

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45 sp including

Grey Partridge 9 (F2)
Stock Dove 32
Tawny Owl 1 (old orchard)
Ring-necked Parakeet 10
Raven 1
Skylark 13
Mistle Thrush 7
Redwing 111
Fieldfare 1
Meadow Pipit 19
Linnet 21
Yellowhammer 11


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11.00. Calm glorious sunny morning. F8, 2 x Yellowhammer together, lots of Redwing and Chaffinch in and out of the Hawthorn, 1 × Buzzard, 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker together on the pylon. F4, 2 x Grey Partridge. F12 Kestrel hovering before landing on the Pylon.

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Field 4
Stock Dove 9
Lesser Redpoll 3
Pink-footed Goose single flew west over Shell Pool NR

Old Orchard area (Field 2)
Whooper Swan 6 flew low NW calling at 09:35 hrs
Pink-footed Geese 18 flew SE shortly after
Grey Wagtail 2 flew over
Goldcrest
Redwing feeding in hawthorns (not counted)

Field 2
Buzzard
Fieldfare 1 only
Grey Partridge 8

Field 10
Buzzard 2 flying together




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Grey Partridge 22 (14 in F2, 8 in F1)
Stonechat 2 together between F12/13
Yellowhammer 16 (13 together in F1, 3 F120
Redwing 156
Mistle Thrush 13
Skylark 33
Tufted Duck 26 flying west over F1

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I think that should be Pink-feet Geese.

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PinkFooted Geese 130+ heading east at 1110, then 25+ heading NE but then turning SW at 1115.
Stonechat 1 male along ride between F4 and F12/13.
Buzzard 3
Raven 2
Skylark 25+
Yellowhammer 8
Kestrel 1 male.
Linnet 10
Meadow Pipit 5+
Jay 2
Chaffinch 6
Mistle Thrush 5
Song Thrush 1
Goldfinch 8
Greenfinch 1
Stock Dove 15+
etc.etc.etc.



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 6th of October 2021 05:20:58 PM

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1.30 p.m. Nothing for an hour. Then in F4, 2 x Kestrel sitting together on the Hay bale in the field, 1 x Mistle Thrush, 1 x Buzzard, and a Mute Swan approached from F13 and completed a very graceful complete circle of F4 before flying south. 5 x Grey Partridge huddled together in F12 which then flew off south to the next field.

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This afternoon from 2:30p.

Buzzard - 4.
Yellowhammer - 3.
Mistle Thrush - 1.
Grey Partridge - 3.
(Also lot's of Woodpigeon about).

F10 stubble field :
Swallow - c50.
House Martin - c 30.


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Two noisy Raven on the pylon by Sale Sharks training ground off Carrington Lane mid-morning today.



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Hobby - 1 adult, Townsend Farm, Sinderland Lane,

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Grasshopper Warbler reeling from the ditch by the road between f22 and f23. Ie the tarmac road from mufc to Sinderland Road. C. 5pm.
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12.30 p.m. Oystercatcher x 1 in F5, Chaffinch x 2 in F4, Yellowhammer on the telegraph wire again between F2 and F1; and in F10 Yellow Wagtail x 1, Yellowhammer x 1, Lapwing x 1



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Isherwood Road to F1/2, then direct to ETW.

Garden Warbler 2 singing just north of solar farm. Good views of one.
Sedge Warbler 1 as above.
Whitethroat 14 singing.
Blackcap 14 singing.
Chiffchaff 5 singing.
Linnet 4
Yellowhammer 2 singing plus 2 seen.
Song Thrush 3 singing.
Greenfinch 2 singing.
Goldfinch 3 singing.
Chaffinch 1
Buzzard 2
Skylark 12+ singing.
Rook 60+
etc.etc.etc.


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3.15 p.m. On Ashton Road, White Wagtail x 2, Pied Wagtail x 2. In the field north, by the very large puddle, Blue Headed Wagtail (plus another duller version accompanying it for 10 mins). Skylark x 1.

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4 or 5 Yellow Wagtails seen yesterday (15/5) in the wet area in field 10 at the junction of fields 10 and 11 and 1 and 2. They were very active and chasing each other moving between the wet area and adjacent tree tops. A blue headed individual was amongst them.

Other notables included a Grey Partridge with some very small young in the SE corner of field 2.

Returned today armed with a camera and some dry weather but only had fleeting glimpses of the Yellow Wagtails. Saw 2 Grey Partridges near the concrete road but no young.

Were approached by 2 people carrying a Harris Hawk looking for another one lost in the past few days.

Too many motorcycles doing circuits today to be able to stick around too long unfortunately.



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Fields north of Ashton Road, 10 a.m - 12.30 p.m. Nothing for an hour, then 2 Yellow Wagtails M + F, landed 7/8 m away and paraded around for 15 mins in the sunshine showing off their beautiful plumage. Then Yellowhammers M + F did the same but from about 15 - 20 m away. Worth the wait!

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12.30 p.m. In the field north of Ashton Road. 2 x Meadow Pipit. 2 x Pied Wagtail juveniles. 1 x Lapwing.

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Sat 08May21. 3 - 6 p.m. In the field north of Ashton Road, in between squally showers, Several appearances of Yellowhammer, Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, Skylark, Pied Wagtail, Pheasant, Lapwing.

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Fri 07May21 10.a.m to 1 p.m. 2 x Wheatear (M) and Yellowhammer within 20 m of each other in the field north of Ashton Road. 2 Pied wagtails with one feeding a juvenile. 1 x Common Buzzard. 3 x Lapwing.

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I was there 7:30 - 9:00

2 yellow wagtail Field 2 .... I thought White Wagtail also

Saw the 2 Partridge and Whinchat

couldnt find a Blue Headed Wagtail



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Had a look approx. 1000 this morning.

Yellow Wagtail 1 flew over from F2 to F1. Then 2 over F12 to F14 and beyond.
Wheatear 1 male, 1 female F2.

Whinchat 1 female/1st S. directly south of flare, just north of F2 northern track perched on mound of brambles and general rubbish.

Grey Partridge 2 in F2 at northern edge bend in the field, just along from the Whinchat.

Yellowhammer 2 male, 2 female in F2.
Skylark 2 in F2.
Pied Wagtail 1 female plus 1 juvenile F2.

White Wagtail 1 good candidate with clean lines, sharp contrast to grey nape and black collar and grey rump F2.

Willow Warbler 1 singing north edge of F1.
Chiffchaff 1 singing.
Plenty of Whitethroats and Blackcaps singing.
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Had a mooch this evening 1830 - 2030.

I thought I was watching 2 different Blue Headed Birds this evening, 1 in the middle of field 11 had a darker head, and there was another one with a lighter head that preferred the field edge,..
Quick little blighters....

No Whinchat or Wheatears for me.

Field 11 , plenty of Pied Wagtails
FIeld 11, 5 / 6 Yellow Wagtails
Field 2 4 Yellowhammers

No pics as had a 7 year old with me lol..

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Interesting photo Pete of channel wagtail. Definitely not the bird I had this morning which was a bona fide blue-headed with much darker cap. (Im not even sure the whinchat was the same!)

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I had a cycle up in the wind and rain at around 6pm and got soaked! Not great viewing conditions but picked up 4 Yellow Wagtail (including the "blue-headed" bird) in F2.
Supporting cast of a dozen Pied Wagtail and 2 Wheatear. I suspect there were more birds around taking shelter.

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Channel Wagtail type 'Blue-headed' flava mobile between F2 and F11. Unprocessed images attached. The wagtails shelter in the leafy trees along the track between the two fields during the heavy showers.
Yellow Wagtail 6
Whinchat 1 F2
Wheatear 5 F2
Raven - at least 2

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Blue-headed wagtail has just arrived in f2 along the track between f2/f11

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Also in f2 Pair of yellow wagtails plus another male 2 male Wheatear, one was a really colourful Greenland type 4 yellowhammer Family of pied wagtails with fledged young Several skylark

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Female/1st summer male whinchat in f2 on the narrow unploughed area between the new growth and the unploughed section at the west end.

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Highlights of this mornings BTO Breeding Bird Survey on Carrington Moss were 3 Linnet (2 in F23, 1 in F36).

No Tree Sparrow or Grey Partridge recorded and Rook numbers seemed low (I've not seen any nests in Hogswood Covert this year and there are only half a dozen in the small covert adjacent to Brookheys Farm).

Plenty of Common Whitethroat about.

Off survey a Raven flew over F4 and a Wheatear was sat in F25

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Isherwood Road south to main crossroad, then west to concrete-lined lake, and return on same track.

Yellow Wagtail 1 heard only in SW corner of F4.
Whitethroat 15 singing.
Blackcap 4 singing.
Willow Warbler 3 singing.
Chiffchaff 4 singing.
Skylark 5 singing.
Lapwing 10
Swallow 6
Raven 2
Buzzard 1
Pied Wagtail 1
Yellowhammer 4 male, 3 female.
Linnet 4
Little Grebe 1
Coot 2
Stock Dove 8
Goldfinch 6
Chaffinch 1 singing.
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Walk from Isherwood Road to the ETW.

Yellow Wagtail 1 heard near Swiss Cottage Farm in F5.
Grey Partridge 1 seen on watch in F5. Vegetation too long to see any others.
Skylark 2 singing F5.
Whitethroat 9 singing.
Linnet 4
Blackcap 8 singing.
Chiffchaff 4 singing.
Song Thrush 1 singing.
Bullfinch 3
Greenfinch 4
Mistle Thrush 1 singing.
etc.

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From 1:30 today.

Linnet - 1 f4.
Whitethroat - 2 f4.
Yellow wagtail - 1 f2.
Wheatear - 1 f2.
Skylark - 2 f2.
Yellowhammer - 3 f2.
Buzzard - 2 circling over Brookeheys covert.
Chiffchaff - 1 heard.
Chaffinch - 1.
Wren - 1.
Also several Robins singing .



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A Green Woodpecker called briefly around midday just to the SW of Sale FC's Carrington training facility off Carrington Lane.



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Doh. Should have carried on to the ETW. However, some highlights from a morning visit from Isherwood Road, along Shell Pool fence line to F1 then return between F2 and F11, etc.

Fieldfare 35(F2).
Grey Partridge 2(F2).
Linnet 4
Yellowhammer 1 singing plus 8(F2/10).
Whitethroat 1 singing(shrubs, south of F4).
Skylark 4 singing plus 4.
Mistle Thrush 5(F2).
Meadow Pipit 1
Wheatear 1 male, 1 female(F2).
Blackcap 8 singing.
Chiffchaff 5 singing.
Lapwing 8 in fields and 4 on industrial site.
etc.etc.etc.

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Etw Horse Paddock, Carrington Moss 2:55pm
Yellow wagtail - 1 which flew to top of Concrete tank.
Pied Wagtail - 1.
Oystercatcher - 1 over .

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This afternoon in f2 which was being ploughed the odd group of:

Wheaters 3
Sparrowhawk down with a kill
Fieldfare 30

another Wheatear in f12



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2 Male Wheatears 1 F6 and 1 F7

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On a Willow Tit survey today, that again produced no Willow Tits, I did have;

Isherwood Road/Shell NR area - Chiffchaff 2, Blackcap 1, Jay 2, Great Tit 2
Birchmoss Covert - Chiffchaff 1, Blackcap 1
F22 - Meadow Pipit 1, Lapwing 1
Dismantled Railway line (F28 & 29 north boundary) - Blackcap 1, Chiffchaff 7, Buzzard 1
F25 - Skylark 1
F11 - Skylark 1, Stock Dove 2, Lapwing 1, Meadow Pipit 2
F10 - Stock Dove 2, Lapwing 1, Skylark 1, Mistle Thrush 2, Yellowhammer 1
F2 - Skylark 4, Meadow Pipit 24, Lapwing 6, Buzzard 1
Old Orchard - Chiffchaff 2, Buzzard 1, Blackcap 1
F4 - Buzzard 1, Skylark 1, Canada Goose 3



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Male Wheatear sat in F56 this evening

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On a Willow Tit survey today, that produced no Willow Tits, I did have;

Isherwood Road - 3 Buzzard over.
Birchmoss Covert - 1 singing Chiffchaff, 3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Buzzard, 1 Blackcap (first singing male of the year for me).
Dismantled Railway (F28&29 north boundary) - 7 singing Chiffchaff, 1 Buzzard and 2 Mallard over.
Hogswood Covert - 1 Buzzard
Brookheys Covert - 2 Nuthatch, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, 1 singing Chiffchaff
F36 - 1 singing Skylark
F13 - 1 singing Skylark and 1 Kestrel


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From 4pm this afternoon.

Buzzard - 2.
Lapwing - 6.
Meadow pipit - 24.
Yellowhammer - 1.
Skylark - 2.
Stock dove - 2.
Pheasant - 2 m.


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