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This morning at the flash:

Garden warbler 1 singing western end

Lesser whitethroat 1 not singing, in the same bush as the garden warbler

Cetti's warbler 4 singing (Sorrowcow, western end, 2 Ramsdales)

Sedge warbler 3 singing western end

Common tern 2

 



-- Edited by colin davies on Tuesday 15th of May 2018 01:25:35 PM

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Of note this morning

9 Common Tern

1 Male Wigeon

1 Cetti's Warbler

1 Garden Warbler

Lapwing with 2 newly hatched young

plus the usuals



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A breathtaking dawn chorus at Pennington Flash today, with at least nine species of warbler including:

Garden warbler 1 singing western end

Cetti's warbler 4 singing (Sorrowcow, western end, 2 Ramsadales)

Sedge warbler (3+ singing western end)

Whitethroat 5+ singing

There's a short video of the singing garden warbler on my blog if anybody is interested. Also a video of the glossy ibis last week. Follow the link at the bottom of the post.

 

Also today

Wigeon 1 drake in the centre of the flash

Common sandpiper 1

Common tern 7 (one looked a bit Arctic tern like but it never came close enough for me to be sure with just binoculars).

 



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This morning:

18 Common Tern

1 Ringed Plover

2 Dunlin

1 Common Sandpiper

Info thanks to Bill Harrison

 



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8 common tern.

2 dunlin.

3 common sandpiper.

1 redshank of note this morning and afternoon.



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No sign between 7.20 and 8pm in a quick look round most areas of the reserve but all hides closed so not that easy to check. Single common Sandpiper, at least 5 common tern and good numbers of swift.

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Glossy Ibis flew off North apparently at 7.10pm info from Karl Bishop whether it came back or not I don't know I haven't been .



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Glossy Ibis still from teal hide at 6.50pm

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Glossy ibis still from Teal hide at 15.40



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Ibis still present at 2:30pm. Constantly feeding.

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Glossy Ibis from Teal Hide, showing well at 14;05.

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Also 10 Common Tern



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Highlights from yesterday evening:
3 common tern
1 cuckoo (Tom Edmondson) - did not call but flew over the water into trees on the far side from hide
2 lesser whitethroat
Plus usuals

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7 Common Tern this morning were the only things of note



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This morning (west side):
6+ Blackcap
5+ Willow Warbler
4+ Chiffchaff
4 Whitethroat
12+ Reed Warbler
2-3 Sedge Warbler
2 Cetti's Warbler (Both seen!!)
5 Common Tern on Flash
1 Oystercatcher, 1 Redshank, 2 Lapwing on spit


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Little Tern flew off west at 8am.



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So far this morning:

1 Little Tern

1 Dunlin

3 Common Sandpiper

1 drake Goosander

2 Redshank 

Info thanks to Barry Hulme



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Min 20 Arctic Tern present this evening and several Common Tern

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Common Tern 10
Common Sandpiper 2
White Wagtail 2
Garden Warbler 1 seen singing just along from Tom Edmondson hide.
Sparrowhawk 1
Swift 100+
Whitethroat 1 singing.
Cetti's Warbler 1 singing.
Reed/Willow Warblers
Blackcaps/Chiffchaffs.
etc.etc.etc.

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7 Common Tern present early afternoon today.



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Originally posted this evening by Jonathan Coombes:

Hobby over the East Bay this evening. 



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Early AM

Common Tern - 4

Swift - 1000+ above boat clubs in swarms

Common Sandpiper- 3

Oystercatcher-2

plus the usuals



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Common Tern -8
Redshank-2
Little Ringed Plover- 1
Common Sandpiper- 3
Swift-1000+ in swarms over the boat clubs
Oystercatcher-2
Great Crested Grebe-26


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1 Garden Warbler
c50 Swift
4 Common Sandpiper
2 Greylag Geese
5 Common Tern
4 Oystercatcher
2 Cetti's Warbler
1 Reed Warbler
3 Willow Warbler
5 Blackcap
2 Chiffchaff

Also a drake Goosander present from Horrocks Hide

-- Edited by James Walsh on Saturday 28th of April 2018 06:49:43 PM

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Additional sightings from midday to early afternoon today:

6 Common Sandpiper

400+ Swift

Good numbers of mixed hirundines over the water, with flocks of Sand Martin also resting on the sailing club roof.



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"I was calling from bushes beyond that on the right, and flew across and back over the road favouring the hawthorn bushes."

This made me laugh Paul. You were calling from the bushes, then you flew across the road into the Hawthorn bushes. You've put some effort in to see that Lesser Whitethroat. wink

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This morning from 8am at the W end before the rain set in:

2 Cetti's Warblers
2 possibly 3 Sedge Warblers
1 Garden Warbler (mobile, very vocal, frequenting trees either side of the small path from the W Car Park to the Flash, about 2/3 along the path)
2 Common Whitethroat
2 Willow Warblers
Several Blackcap

I re-found Bill Harrison's Lesser Whitethroat from 24th, which was in the area where Bill found it - a bit up the road towards Lowton, past the tip entrance, past Hey Brook and the bus stop, and on the right there's a United Utilities installation. I was calling from bushes beyond that on the right, and flew across and back over the road favouring the hawthorn bushes. Easy to pick up the call when there was a lull in the traffic! It didn't stop still enough for a photo.

Main Flash 9.30am onwards in steady rain:
Horrocks Hide
5 Common Sandpipers active up and down the left side of the spit
1 Black Tailed Godwit at the end of the spit and 4 Common Tern including one with dark bill.
1 Kingfisher
Several Swift over the water

Opposite Tom Edmundson Hide - 1 singing Reed Warbler very close to the path in the reeds below the screen. Showed reasonably well occasionally as the reeds are not very dense there.
1 Lapwing and 1 Common Sandpiper on the newly scraped island.





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Today's sightings include:

Wheatear

Lesser Whitethroat (western end)

Whitethroat

2 Sedge Warbler

5 Common Tern

5 Common Sandpiper

22 Swift

Info thanks to Bill Harrison and Barry Hulme



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Today Dunlin-1 Common tern 5+ Common sandpiper-3 Swift-1 Mediterranean gull - 3 - 2 stunnig adults and a 1st summer Lots of swallows . House martin and sand martin when it rained Oystercatcher- 3 Plenty reed warbler in now too.

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Only things to add to previous post. Reed warbler singing from ramsdales reached, whitethroat between here and Ramsdales hide and 4 singing cettis warblers on usual territories.

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So far this morning:

1 Wheatear

1 Dunlin

2 Common Sandpiper

2 Common Tern

2 Shelduck

Info thanks to Barry Hulme



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So far this morning:

Drake Common Scoter

3 Common Tern

1 Common Sandpiper

2 Shelduck

1 Wigeon

2 Curlew through east

Info thanks to Bull Harrison



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2 Wheatear present his morning.

Info thanks to Bill Harrison

 

4 Common Tern present late afternoon today.



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Today

3 common Tern

1 male wheatear -greenland race (picture below)

Sedge warbler-2

Reed warbler-4

Cetti's warbler-1

Common sandpiper-2

Plus the usuals



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12:05 - 3 distant Terns, probably Common Terns. Can anyone confirm that ?

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A circuit around the flash this morning produced the following:

Whimbrel 1 flew over west end calling

Sedge warbler 1 singing west end

Reed warbler 1 singing Ramsdales reedbed

Common Sandpiper 3

Dunlin 1

Cetti's warbler 3 - 4 singing

Blackcap 20+

Chiffchaff 15+

Willow warbler 5+



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Only thing of note this morning 1 common sandpiper

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First post for ages here!

This morning 10am-noon
Highlights:
2 jack snipe (Tom Edmondson Hide)
3 common scoter (2m, 1f; 2f were reported)
2 Mediterranean gull
1 goldeneye (f)
Plus many of the usuals.

Several singing blackcap, 1 willow warbler, 1 goldcrest.

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3 Common Scoter this morning.

Also, a Common Sandpipet and 9 Curlew over (6 north and 3 east).

Info thanks to Bill Harrison



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Of Note AM/PM

Arctic Tern - 1 (Digiscoped picture below)

Redshank-1

Snipe - 7

Osprey - 1 Flew west towards Leightshaw hall Flash over Plank lane end of the flash at 13.10

Goldeneye-8

Plenty Sand Martin and swallow

plus the usuals

 

 



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Of Note this morning

Great White Egret - 1  - gave me a brief view flying from the kidney pond area just before about 9.50 am seemed to go down again but had limited view from were I was and the gulls were going mad over the spit so could have gone over the spit

Blackcap- 8

Swallows, Sand Martin in good numbers

House Martin - 10+

Redshank-2

Redpoll-2

plus the usual's





-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Thursday 12th of April 2018 01:46:15 PM

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Ian McKerchar


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A single Arctic Tern flew north at 08:30 this morning.

Info thanks to Bill Harrison



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A walk round the wooded areas yielded

Chiffchaff (10)

Willow Warbler (5)

Blackcap (2)

Plus the usuals

Didn't see any hirundines over or around the flash

 

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The drake Green-winged Teal (a site first record no less) showed very well from Tom Edmondson hide this evening, with a female Teal in tow to which it displayed to a few times!!

Diabolical hasty digibinned image attached but infinitely better images by the bird's finder Gordon Newman can be found on the Manchester Birding website homepage.

 



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Drake Green-winged Teal from Tom Edmondson hide at 4:15 today.

Info thanks to Gordon Newman



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Of note 10-2

Swallow -200+ > Mainly North

Sand Martin- 700+ > mainly North

House Martin- 8

Willow Warbler-1

Blackcap-1 Male

Snipe-6

Redshank-1

Oystercatcher-3

Goldeneye-15

Goosander-1 Female

plus the usuals :)



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Ian McKerchar


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A single Little Gull now present at 09:50.

Info thanks to Bill Harrison



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Probable Common Tern over high west at 09:05.

5 Swallows.

Info thanks to Bill Harrison



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Also one adult Mediterranean gull this morning. No sign of little gulls after 7:45am.



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7 adult Little Gulls present this morning.

Also, 1 Redshank, 1 Blackcap, 4 Snipe, 3 Shelduck.

Info thanks to Bill Harrison



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Also 5th April 11am to 3pm

From Pengy's hide

Drake shoveler

From Bunting hide

Reed bunting (2m, 3f)

Willow tit

Coal tit

Long tailed tit



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