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Wigeon- 57 (high number for the flash moved off west when the boats came on)5 later on in Ramsdales which could have been additional to the main flock.
Long Tailed Duck- 1 imm Male
Treecreeper-1
Chiffchaff-1 nice to have one of these singing this morning.
Redshank-2
Oystercatcher-7
Goldeneye-38
Great Crested Grebe-21
Cormorant -18


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51 Wigeon present in the middle of the flash at 10:55am today.

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Late visit after work today, nice to bump into Colin Davies.

- 2nd winter Yellow-legged Gull (distant infront of sailing club)
- 1 ad Mediterranean Gull (appeared later near sailing club)
- 1 Long-tailed Duck (immature drake distant infront of car park)

Plenty of other birds incl...
- 4 ad Great Black-backed Gull
- 2 ad Common Gull
- 10+ Goldeneye


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Long Tailed Duck -1 Imm Male
Redshank-2
Oystercatcher-5
cetti's Warbler-2
No yellow legged gull up to 1pm today -so seems to go else ware in the mornings :)

 

 

 



 



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Just a quick visit to the flash just before dusk, the 2nd winter yellow-legged gull was again around the car park and coming to bread. It seems to spend most of the afternoon at the flash these days. I didn't have a really good look at the roost so probably missed birds, but I didn't see any Mediterranean gulls today. There was what I assume was a melanistic black-headed gull, it certainly didn't look oiled but hard to tell in that light and at a distance.



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First Sand Martin of the year today at 08:10.

Also 2 Redshank present.

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2nd winter yellow legged gull looking stunning in the grey light by the spit at the moment and long tailed duck in centre of flash

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The gull roost at Pennington Flash is starting to fade away now, certainly for the big gulls of which there were very few today, probably less than 50. The 2nd winter yellow-legged gull was around for most of the afternoon and roosted. Three stunning, adult Mediterranean gulls roosted, the usual pair plus a new bird (for me at least). No sign of the Iceland gull this evening. Also no sign of the long-tailed duck all afternoon for me. 30 goldeneye were in Ramsdales.



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Early afternoon today:

The first winter drake Long-tailed Duck was showing very well with Goldeneye in Rammies.

The usual second winter Yellow-legged Gull (now with yellow coming though on the base of the bill) was around the spit and eventually flew off west.

Seven Buzzard were soaring around the area.

Great to watch a pair of Great Black-backed Gulls in prolonged display on the spit, getting very territorial towards others gulls and even building a rudimentary nest! Spring is well and truly in the air.

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This morning:

2 Redshank
5 Oystercatcher
18 Goldeneye
8 Little Grebe
5 Skylark

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

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Birds present this evening included:

2nd winter Yellow-legged and juvenile Iceland Gull, plus 2 breeding plumaged adult Mediterranean Gulls in the roost.
Also a pair of Wigeon.

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The 2nd winter yellow-legged gull with the black bill was hanging around the car park area again this afternoon and probably coming to bread, though I was on the far side of the Flash so not very close. It roosted again this evening and the pair of Mediterranean gulls came in again. No sign of the Iceland gull when I left at 6:00pm. Also this evening the long-tailed duck again.



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Earlier on this morning:

10 Redpoll feeding voraciously on a very productive Alder tree near the old Lapwing Hide (now a viewing screen past Bunting Hide)
6 Common Snipe in the remnants of the rushes just below Tom Edmundson Hide
Cetti's calling near Ramsdale's
Unusually, a female Goldeneye in the shallow lagoon in front of Ramsdale's Hide

Ramsdale's Ruck had at least 2 singing Skylarks

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2nd winter yellow-legged gull on various buoys 15.30 to 16.00



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In the gull roost tonight at Pennington Flash, the juvenile Iceland gull again and two stunning adult Mediterranean gulls. Full black hoods with not a speck of white. They looked to be a pair. Also this evening the long-tailed duck still, 5 scaup and hundreds of jackdaws into the roost. At least 500 birds I would say, probably a lot more.



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post for yesterday evening 5th.

2nd winter yellow-legged gull & juvenile Iceland gull in the roost
long-tailed duck
5 scaup
21 goosander
5 oystercatcher


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Brief Visit today  still present
Long Tailed Duck- 1 Male
Scaup-5

 

 



 

 

 



 



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11.00- 4.45

Yellow Legged Gull - 1 x 2nd Winter with retarded bare parts 
Long Tailed Duck- 1 Male
Scaup-5
Cetti's Warbler-3
Redpoll- 6
Siskin-4
Goosander-32
Goldeneye-28
Oystercatcher-9



 

 

 



 



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Pm - Dusk
Long Tailed Duck -1 Male
Scaup-5
Oystercatcher-14
Goldeneye-29
Little Egret-1
Pink Footed Goose-1 on boat club with canada geese
Nothing of note in the Gull Roost that I could see ,but they all were as far away as they could possibly be and the visibility was awful.The Roost contained very few Large Gulls ,but plenty of Black Headed


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I had a walk around the flash before the rain this morning and saw or heard the following:

Pink-footed goose 1 in front of Ramsdales
Scaup 5
Oystercatcher 5 near the yacht club
Cetti's warbler at least 2 singing

No sign of the long-tailed duck for me today.



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Three Curlews over east at 07:15 this morning.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

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Male Stonechat seen in trees at brow of hill on Byrom Lane near gated entrance to Mossley Hall farm - 16.10.



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Some highlights from today:

5 Scaup
1W drake Long-tailed Duck
3 Cetti's Warblers
Male Stonechat alongside the horse paddocks by the railway embankment by Mossley Hall Farm (so presumably a pair about)
2 Shelduck


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2nd winter yellow-legged gull in the roost this evening was the only gull of note that I saw. Also on the flash, 1st winter male long-tailed duck, 5 scaup and 15 oystercatchers.

 

 



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My first visit this morning. Pretty poor visibility but highlights included:

  • 20+ goosander
  • 5 scaup
  • Male long-tailed duck
  • 2W/3CY yellow-legged gull

A lot of goldeneye and tufted duck on the water and the view from the Horrocks Hide included gadwall, teal, oystercatcher, lapwing and cormorants.



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This morning so far:

42 Goosander
4 Curlew over NW

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

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Bit of a dour mooch on the flash today with Karl Bishop but in the end we saw a few bird and a few signs of spring movement of waders ,heres what we saw ...
Long tailed Duck -1
Scaup- 5
Oystercatcher- 4 well down on the last few days ,but they have been roosting on the boat clubs,but they have been busy this weekend
Common Buzzard-2
Cetti's Warbler- 1
Curlew- 3 flying South picture of one of them below
Dunlin - 2 flying South
Common Snipe -2
Goosander-24
Goldeneye- 23
Pochard-3


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A mooch around the south and west sides this am. Highlights being, 3 Curlew circled spit and drifted off west calling, female Stonechat on embankment between flash and Slag lane seen from near stables. 5 Scaup in East bay, several Oystercatcher on spit and 2 near sailing club, at least 8 Bullfinch very vocal in trees around paddocks and a few Siskin flying over.



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Good days birding despite the weather and canoeists with Steve Atkins and Russ Clarke:

1 Long-tailed duck male first winter (main flash)
1 Curlew flew NE
1 Iceland gull (juvenile) in roost
2 Mediterranean gulls (adult breeding) in roost
2 Cetti's warbler heard (Ramsdales)
5 Scaup (imm\fems) Ramsdales
1 Little egret (Tom Edmondson)
13 Oystercatchers on spit
24 Goldeneye
15 Goosander
1 Water rail heard at Ramsdales

Plus usuals


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PM- Dusk of note
Long tailed Duck -1
Scaup- 5
Oystercatcher- 22 (goodly number)
Common Buzzard-2
Iceland Gull - 1 Juvenile
Mediterranean gull - 1 Adult
Cetti's Warbler-1
Jackdaw -c600 went to roost
Goosander-15
Goldeneye-25
Little Egret - 1


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Sightings form this morning included:

46 Goosander
22 Goldeneye
2 Shelduck
5 Skylark
Long-tailed Duck
5 Scaup

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

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An adult Mediterranean Gull roosted tonight.

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The only other birds of note this afternoon were 29 Oystercatchers on the small patch of grass in front of the sailing club.

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Access road to the main car park is closed today as is the small car park just as you turn in off St. Helens Road; due to either fallen trees or the likelihood of.

The view across the flash is impressive though with wind gusts forcing huge amounts of spray sweeping across as the water. Most Black-headed Gulls appear to have not bothered leaving the roost this morning (sensible!) and large numbers are using Ramsdales for some shelter and the now very good looking first winter drake Long-tailed Duck was showing very well, close to the shore off Sorrowcow Farm at 14:10

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The second winter Yellow-legged Gull and an adult Mediterranean Gull roosted this evening.

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Second winter yellow-legged gull stilll around car park and spit until I left at 17:15. Also today adult Mediterranean gull in the roost but I didn't stay to the end so don't know if the juvenile Iceland gull came in again. However what was probably the Pennington bird was on Lyme Pit tip, Haydock today, so likely still around.



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Second winter Yellow-legged Gull showing really well off the car park at 2pm; fighting for scraps with the other gulls!

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Juvenile Iceland Gull on the spit just after 8am this morning.

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Juvenile Iceland Gull roosted again tonight.

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Highlights from this morning were:

1 Curlew
9 Oystercatcher
5 Scaup still
2 Little Egret

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

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Single juvenile Iceland and adult Mediterranean Gulls were present in the gull roost this late afternoon.

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AM/PM 19.02.2017

Curlew - 1 landed just off the spit, so was nice to see on the ground at the flash,which is not annual for me landed.
Long Tailed Duck-1
Oystercatcher- 14
Scaup - 5 were back in rammies today
Common Snipe-15
Goldeneye-51
Little Egret-2
Cettie's Warbler-2


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Pennington Flash -18.02.2017
 

Another crackin spring like day at the flash today 7 Hours Patchin' what more could a man want right up to dark :) I had a really relaxing time ,and finished off doing the Roost with Pete Berry and Phil Rhodes anyway what did I see ...
Long Tailed Duck - 1 x 1st Winter
Iceland Gull- 1 Juv in Roost came in about 5.15 as usual ,just before dark.
Mediterranean gull - 1 Adult with 3/4 hood new bird ,and different from the others ive seen recently
Cetti's Warbler - 3
Shelduck -3
Water rail - 5
Goldeneye-52
Goosander-28
Common Snipe-7
Oystercatcher-16
Lapwing -150
Yellow Legged Gull- A second winter bird that ive been watching for weeks and never had a good shot of until yesterday was present again today ,unfortunately the good shots I had of it yesterday ,I lost when I formatted my card by mistake.
Looks like the Scaup have moved on .
Pictures me at the start of the Gull Roost and I had just picked up the Med Gull record shot here.
 


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Mark Bellew wrote:

Not been to my old stomping ground for a while and really enjoyed it. Bullfinch, Reed Bunting and Brambling were a highlight at Bunting hide alongside Goosander, Oystercatcher and Stock Dove.

Does anyone know which is the best hide to see a Snipe? I've never seen one and I was hoping to get a glimpse after visiting each hide but was unlucky this time.

Thanks

Mark



more often than not Mark when i have seen snipe at Pennington it has been from Horrocks hide, but they can often be seen from Ramsdales as well, i have also seen them from the Teal hide.

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Not been to my old stomping ground for a while and really enjoyed it. Bullfinch, Reed Bunting and Brambling were a highlight at Bunting hide alongside Goosander, Oystercatcher and Stock Dove.

Does anyone know which is the best hide to see a Snipe? I've never seen one and I was hoping to get a glimpse after visiting each hide but was unlucky this time.

Thanks

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pm to dark

Long tailed duck- 1

Oystercatcher- 16 (goodly number) 8 on the shore at boat clubs and 8 on spit
Common Buzzard-2
Iceland Gull - 1 Juvenile
Mediterranean gull - 1 Adult
Cetti's Warbler-1
Jackdaw -c800 went to roost
Goosander-35
Goldeneye-32
Pochard-2

 



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Adult Iceland gull and adult Mediterranean gull in the roost this evening, but no sign of juvenile Iceland or juvenile glaucous gulls. This is probably the Iceland gull that has been in Haydock and Newton-le-Willows today, so there is a good chance that the juvenile glaucous could return as well, since it has spent the day with the adult Iceland.

Info thanks to Neil Gordon.



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Just a quick note which may be of interest, what looks like the same glaucous gull that was at the flash a week or two ago was on Lyme and Woods Pit tip in Haydock yesterday. It's probably been roosting at Prescot reservoirs, but at least we know it's still in the area and a return to Pennington may be on the cards soon.



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In the gull roost this evening, the juvenile Iceland gull again and 2 adult Mediterrranean gulls, one with a complete black hood, the other with a 75% hood.

The adult and Iceland gull and juvenile glaucous gull are still in the area as close as Haydock, so could come in again any day.



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This morning's highlights:

1 Ringed Plover on the sailing club shore
Adult Mediterranean Gull
Long-tailed Duck
8 Snipe
4 Oystercatcher

Info thanks to Bill Harrison



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