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Pretty quiet this morning with the Knot the only thing of real note that I saw.



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Knot still present this evening.

In the gull roost, the usual 2nd and 3rd winter Yellow-legged Gulls and the 2nd winter Iceland Gull.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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Knot still present this afternoon



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The Knot still present this morning.

Also 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls and a single Little Egret

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Highlights so far today:

1 Knot

Dunlin

Redshank

Little Egret

21 Goosander

26 Goldeneye

2 Mediterranean Gulls

29 Redwing along the side of the golf course

 

Info thanks to Barry Hulme 

 



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This morning of note

Little Ringed Plover-1

Redshank-2

Snipe-4

Whooper Swan- 6 Adults

Knot- 1

Little Egret-1

Cetti's Warbler-1

Shelduck- 1 Pair

Adult Mediterranean Gull with a red colour ring H9A4 And for anyone interested it below are its sightings from being rung in 2013

Date of birth: 2013.06.15.
Date: 9:00
Location: Panties (Gravel Union), Pest, Hungary [HG48]

 

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2014.11.06.; 7; 81; Topsham; Great Britain; GBDV; 50.6833; 3.4667; Tim Worfolk;
2016.03.12.; 7; 81; Shawell (A5 Lagoons); Great Britain; 1.2159 GBLE; 52.4146;-; Carl David Baggott;
2016.03.18.; 7; 81; Middleton (RSPB); Great Britain; GBST; 52.5986;-1.702; Steven Pick;
2016.03.28.; 7; 81; Middleton (RSPB); Great Britain; GBST; 52.5986;-1.702; Steven Pick;
2016.06.30.; 7; 81; Willington (Willington Nature Reserve); Great Britain; GBDB; 52.8495;-1.5708; Dave Oulsnam;
2017.04.23.; 7; 81; Kirk Ireton Hung (Carsington Water, Millfields Island); Great Britain; 1.6296-GBDB; 53.0492;; Jonathan Bradley;
2017.05.13.; 7; 81; Woolston (Eyes Nature Reserve); Great Britain; GBCH; 53.3901; 2.5269; David Spencer;
2017.07.17.; 7; 81; Leigh (Pennington Flash); Great Britain; GB-; 53.487;-2.541; Ian McKerchar;
2017.07.24.; 7; 81; Newport (Nevern Hotel Estuary); Great Britain; GBW-; 52.02;-4.83; Sam Baxter;
2018.03.19.; 7; 81; Pennington Flash cp ; Great Britain; GBHA; 53.487;-2.541; John Tymon;




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Knot still present near end of spit at 1.30 p.m.
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Also, today:

1 Dunlin

2 Adult Mediterranean Gull

6 Whooper Swan

Info thanks to Bill Harrison



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So far this morning:

Knot

Redshank

Little Ringed Plover

2 Shelduck 

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In the gull roost this evening:

All the usual second and third winter Yellow-legged Gulls and the second winter Iceland Gull.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

 



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Little ringed plover from Ramsdale hide
2 x Mediterranean gulls from Horrocks



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 18th of March 2018 02:32:51 PM

-- Edited by Keith Williams on Sunday 18th of March 2018 06:36:12 PM

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Knot -1

Redshank-2

Oystercatcher-9

Snipe-5

Goldeneye-24

Cormorant-40

Common Gull -21

plus the usuals

picture Knot Pennington Flash - 18.03.2018



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Ian McKerchar


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In last night’s Gull roost, the highlights were:

Usual 2W Iceland Gull

3 adult Mediterranean Gulls

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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Earlier today there was a smart male goldeneye on the flash c midday. I think the location is marked as 'the point' on the trail maps dotted around the reserve.

It was a good day for ducks, with at least 18 goosander also plus the usual wintering suspects. 



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Highlights so far this today include:

11 Oystercatcher

3 Redshank

1 Snipe

Info thanks to Bill Harrison

 



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This evening:

30 Dunlin landed on the spit at 6:25pm

Usual 2W Iceland Gull present in the roost

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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Of note this Morning

Dunlin-2

Curlew - 2 >N

Redwing -14

 

Also yellow Legged Gull- 1 adult was seen by Craig Higson and Bill Harrison before I arrived.



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Ian McKerchar


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Earlier this morning, birds present included:

1 Dunlin

3 Snipe

1 Little Egret

Info thanks to Bill Harrison 

 



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Of note early this morning

Curlew - 8 flying North (6+2)

Kingfisher-1

Little Egret-1

Oystercatcher-2

Snipe-2

Cormorant-28

plus the usual's



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6 Sand Martin through this morning.

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This morning of note

2 adult Mediterranean Gull displaying on end of spit (digiscoped shot below)

Snipe-3

Oystercatcher-4

Pink footed goose -1

Cormorant-41

Goldeneye-21

 

 



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Decent few hours round the flash this am in what started very wet with poor visibility and ended with warm sunshine. 1st winter Mediterranean Gull bathing and preening with Black Headed Gulls in pool in sheep field South of Byrom lane. Water rail flushed from small stream under slag lane near recycling plant then landed and fed unconcerned on wet reeds.Green woodpecker first heard by Bill Harrison whilst sat in Horrocks hide. Calling loudly for c.5 minutes from large trees in centre of golf course then flushed by magpie and flew west over reserve area. Other birds seen included single Woodcock, c. 130 Redwing, 22 Goosander, and 31 Cormorant.

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Paul Richardson wrote:

Also 3 male Pochard were in evidence on Teal Scrape - an unusual location.


-- Edited by Paul Richardson on Friday 9th of March 2018 10:50:55 PM




Certainly another sign of the species continued decline Paul. Seem to remember when the Canvasback was on Teal Scrape back in 2002 it was associating with quite a number of Pochard.

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Also 3 male Pochard were in evidence on Teal Scrape - an unusual location.
More predictably but nonetheless impressive, 29 Goosander and also 29 Shoveler!

3 Skylark were singing over Ramsdale's Ruck and 4 seen.

Refreshingly, there was a dog walker keeping her dogs off the Ruck because of the Skylarks, and encouraging other dog walkers to do the same. 4 Lesser Redpoll feeding in alder trees near the reedbed viewing screen past Teal Hide.

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A Curlew flew north this morning and five Snipe, two Shelduck were present.

No sign of the Knot though.

Info thanks to Bill Harrison



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In the evening's gull roost again today:

2W and the regular 3W Yellow-legged Gull

2 adult Mediterranean Gull

 

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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Knot still present today and also a single Egyptian Goose.

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In the evening's gull roost:

2W and the regular 3W Yellow-legged Gull

2 adult Mediterranean Gull

 

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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1 knot 1 dunlin 2 little egrets Treecreeper 3 oystercatcher

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Quick mooch on the flash at Lunchtime ,not a lot about ,but saw a few bits including 1 Knot picture below ,1 dunlin ,16 Goosander,and all the normal birds.



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Knot still present this afternoon on the spit.

Other birds round the flash included:

Chiffchaff on the south side

No fewer than seven Treecreeper around the flash

Nuthatch around the first car park off St. Helens Road

Little Egret knocking about the nature reserve area

Plenty of Redwing around the south side, mainly around Whittles Fields but a highest flock of 83 was by Mossley Hall Farm



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So far this morning, highlights include:

1 Knot

1 Ruff

6 Dunlin

1 Little Egret

1 Raven over north

 

Info thanks to Barry Hulme 



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As well as the usual second winter Iceland Gull in the roost, the third winter Yellow-legged Gull and four adult Mediterranean Gulls were also present.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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Day spent around here today; hoping for a Mediterranean gull, but no joy, unfortunately. An extremely productive day nonetheless, with some great species seen; several noted already below, but a full count anyway, fwiw:

3 willow tit
Coal tit, nuthatch, bullfinch, reed bunting, meadow pipit, song thrush, etc, etc
1 fieldfare
77+ teal
79 shoveler
23 gadwall
40+ tufted duck
3 pochard (all male)
36 goldeneye
28 goosander
1 shelduck
39 mute swan (including green darvic CFC7 at Pengy's hide; saw it here last time, too, I think)
1 little grebe
15+ great crested grebe
5 lapwing (never seen so few here before)
6+ dunlin
1 knot
1 redshank
3 snipe
3 oystercatcher
3 little egret
6 grey heron
34 cormorant
00s black-headed gull
c15 common gull
Lesser black-backed and herring gull in good numbers
1 great black-backed gull
1 sparrowhawk

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And 2nd winter Iceland Gull in the roost. It came in relatively early at about  5.15. Also at least adult 2 mediterranean gulls with 1 being in full summer plumage.



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Adult Yellow Legged Gull and the Knot and 8 Dunlin still present down to a few feet at times ,add to that 3 Little Egret,61 Shoveler,26 Goldeneye,10 Snipe ,35 Gadwall, Cetti's Warbler ,Water rail, Shelduck , Redshank and all the regulars :)



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Field north of Byrom Lane held no Golden Plover this morning...but did have 4 Lapwing, 3 Snipe (1 of which was almost certainly a Jack Snipe) and a Buzzard.

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Full adult yellow legged gull just flown from flash north just

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1 knot 8 dunlin sofar this morning

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Other birds seen this aft/eve

Adult iceland gull was having a good clean & preen on the end of the spit from 4pm, I have some photos but my pc keeps switching itself off no
Then seen both iceland gulls in the roost late on.
3 little egrets
6 oystercatcher
Another 2 common snipe in front of ramsdale hide.
1 shelduck
1 water rail at pengys
2 willow tit
2 treecreeper
1 kestrel
2 jays

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This evening's gull roost along with Pete Berry and Phil Rhodes produced:

2 Iceland Gull; an adult and the usual second winter

1 second winter Yellow-legged Gull

3 adult Mediterranean Gull 

Also present:

Jack Snipe accidentally flushed from the shore of the flash by Sorrowcow Farm Pond

c1800-2000 Starlings whizzing about Ramsdales before finally dropping in the reedbed at 6pm

9 Oystercatcher

 



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9 Dunlin at one point today along with the Knot and a few Snipe



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Afternoon visit 2pm-3.45pm produced the following

single Knot on spit

4 Dunlin

2 Oystercatcher

1 snipe

3 Shelduck

2 Little Egret

best area of all was the field directly north of Byrom Lane and east of Slag lane which held c.60 Lapwing, single Ruff, 33 Golden Plover, c.50 Fieldfare, 20+ Redwing, c.40 Starling, 8 Skylark and an immature Common Gull in with a flock of Woodpigeon!



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Knot still present at the end of the spit at 2pm.
Adult Mediterranean gull
6 dunlin
2 common snipe
2 oystercatcher

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No sign of the Ruff for me this morning but did see 46 species including:
- 31 Shoveler
- 28 Cormorant
- 22 Teal
- 21 Gadwall
- 18 Reed Bunting
- 8 Lapwing
- 8 Stock Dove
- 8 Bullfinch
- 6 Goldeneye
- 3 Shelduck
- 2 Oystercatcher
- 1 Snipe
- 1 Willow Tit
- 1 Little Grebe
- 1 Dunlin
- 1 Knot
- 1 Buzzard
- 1 Nuthatch
- 1 Meadow Pipit on the spit


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Ruff on the spit at 09:20.

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Knot still present on the spit this morning, along with seven Dunlin.

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Jeff Gorse wrote:

Earlier this pm in the little inlet next to the steps up to Horrocks - apologies for picture quality but it was pretty nippy - jack snipe?

 

 Jack Snipe indeed and a very nice record for the flash, struggling to find somewhere unfrozen no doubt!



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Earlier this pm in the little inlet next to the steps up to Horrocks - apologies for picture quality but it was pretty nippy - jack snipe?

 



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Dunlin - Another single and another 4 arrived from the east ,the 9 flock departed at 13.15 high NW, giving a grand total so far today of 18 which was more than I saw in the whole of 2017 at the flash.

Knot- 1 still present at 2pm

Oystercatcher -6

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