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PENNINGTON FLASH.


Thursday pm in roost

Yellow Legged Gull - 1 Adult ( new bird different to Wed nights bird - female type much smaller than the regular bird)

Iceland Gull - 1 x 3rd Winter 

Mediterranean Gull- 1 Adult

Lots of big gulls in roost tonight but mainly when it was too dark 



-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Friday 7th of December 2018 12:45:36 PM

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This afternoon

of note 

Yellow Legged Gull - 1 Adult in roost

Iceland Gull- 1 x 3rd Winter in Roost

Goosander -37



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Yellow Legged Gull - 1 x 4th winter the regular bird that has been around for the past few winter was back in its usual spot on the Buoy opposite the launch area on the north bank all afternoon and also roosted - It was 4 weeks later than last year in its return , also Still showing some of the black marks on the bill it did in the spring.

Mediterranean Gull - 1 Adult late pm and roosted

Little Egret-1

Goosander- 29

plus the usuals :)

Picture the returning 4th winter yellow legged Gull

 

 

 

 

 



-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Monday 3rd of December 2018 06:01:04 PM

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Late afternoon dog walk.
Sparrowhawk hunting the reed bed from Tom Edmondson hide.
Kingfisher from screen opposite Tom Ed hide.
Kingfisher from Ramsdale's hide.
Little Egret in trees near golf course.

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Adult Yellow-legged Gull and the third winter Iceland Gull roosted yesterday afternoon.

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Birds present yesterday (mainly am) included:

Adult Mediterranean Gull

1 Peregrine

1 Dunlin

1 Little Egret

2 Raven

5 Snipe

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The third winter Iceland Gull roosted again this late afternoon.

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The third winter Iceland Gull roosted again this late afternoon.

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3 Little Egrets present this morning, along with 18 Goosander and 14 Goldeneye.

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Late this afternoon 

The 5 Whooper Swan left west at 4pm

Iceland Gull - 1 x 3rd Winter came into the roost at 4.15

The 1st Winter Caspian Gull was not present this evening in the roost.



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5 Whooper Swans present this morning.

Also,

2 Black-tailed Godwit

150 Pink-footed Geese over SE

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Andy Isherwood wrote:

Sorry Pete. Picked up the Caspian c. 4.25 just around the white bouy straight out from the main watching. Drifted slowly left for c.10 minutes whilst trying to get both kids on it then lost in the gloom. Cracking bird and still stood out pretty well.




Oh sugar,that means I'll have to take her indoors down there again for her tarts tickno

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Sorry Pete. Picked up the Caspian c. 4.25 just around the white bouy straight out from the main watching. Drifted slowly left for c.10 minutes whilst trying to get both kids on it then lost in the gloom. Cracking bird and still stood out pretty well.

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The 3rd. Winter Iceland Gull came into the roost late on but no sign of the Caspian,but as the light had more or less gone before a lot of the bigs gulls came into roost it could have been present

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37 Goosander this afternoon, along with 9 Goldeneye.
19 Grey Heron, a Kingfisher, 1 male Sparrowhawk and 1 lonely male Pochard.

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Mooch round with the dog this afternoon.
Horrocks
2 x Snipe
Oystercatcher
Water Rail

On way to Edmondson
Kingfisher
Treecreeper
Goldcrest

Edmondson
Kingfisher
Sparrowhawk
Buzzard

Ramsdale
Kingfisher

Trees near canal
2 x male Bullfinch

River near the golf course
Kingfisher

Penny Park - near the bus stop
Grey Wagtail





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A big thanks to Phil Rhodes for picking out the 1st winter caspian gull this afternoon, I managed to pick out the 3rd winter iceland gull as a thanks smile
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The first winter Caspian Gull roosted again tonight as did the third winter Iceland Gull from Atherton earlier in the day.

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12 Whooper Swans on the flash early this morning, flew of east eventually.

Also, Peregrine west and 130 Pink-footed Geese east.

Info thanks to Richard Belter and Bill Harrison



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The Jack Snipe showed well, briefly just before 3pm. It got spooked by a wandering Carrion Crow, sidled off to the water's edge, bounced a bit, then sidled back one step at a time. It then stood next to a regular Snipe before skulking in the rocks & vegetation

Unfortunately, all other birders in the hide had just left to go & shout at a boating fishing pair who had entered the reserve

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First winter Caspian Gull roosted again this late afternoon.



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Jack Snipe still present near end of spit up to 4.10pm

Left side, near to piece of blue plastic.

Often hidden by Lapwings and a Coot.

Dark central crown finally observed.

Seen to do a short series of bobs.

Looked settled for the night.

Thanks to finder Bill Harrison.

Kingfisher perched on stick at front of hide with a second one about.

 



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Friday, 23rd November 2018: 10:00 - 14:30 hrs. Full circuit of Pennington Flash.

Jack Snipe x 1 at end of spit (thanks to Bill Harrison for tip-off)
Kingfisher x 3 sightings
Little Egret x 1
Goldcrest x 1
Willow Tit x 2
Goldeneye x 5
Goosander x 7
Shoveler x 10
Teal x 12
Gadwall x 25
Bullfinch x 2
Reed Bunting x 4
Coal Tit x 2
Little Grebe x 1
Great Crested Grebe x 4
Mistle Thrush x 4
Goldfinch x 10
Oystercatcher x 1
Grey Heron x 10
Lapwing x 40
Tufted Duck x 200 plus
Coot x 40
Canada Geese x 12
Cormorant x 14
Starling x 35
Woodpigeon x 20
Black-Headed Gull x 70
Herring Gull x 3
Jay x 1
Magpie x 15
Blackbird x 10
Dunnock x 3
Chaffinch x 3
Long Tailed Tit x 1 (unusual - only one solitary bird that I could see!)
Blue Tit x 7
Great Tit x 5
Robin x 8
Mallard x 30
Carrion Crow x 4
Jackdaw x 1




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Jack Snipe found by Bill Harrison this morning well down the spit - giving quite decent 'scope views visually, when it wasn't hiding behind Lapwing or rocks - bobbing frequently. Ridiculously poor record shot through Bill's scope is attached. Bill says he hasn't seen one at Pennington for 20 years.

Otherwise

Teal Hide - 18 Teal, 24 Gadwall, 15 Shoveler, 3 Common Snipe and 1 Little Egret.

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1st Winter Caspian Gull Roosted again tonight -not much else of note in the Roost.



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2 Woodcock flushed unexpectedly late this morning.



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4 Whooper Swans flew east this morning.

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In the Roost tonight at Pennington Flash and some other stuff

Caspian Gull - 1 x 1st Winter bird arrived about 1600 just before dark only me present -it was a very nice bird

Yellow Legged Gull- 1 adult

Mediterranean Gull - 1 Adult

Goosander- 32 came into east bay late on 

picture Caspian Gull -1st Winter

 



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3 adult Whooper Swans currently on the flash.

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Female Common Scoter this morning and 16 Goldeneye.

Additonal to yesterday were 2 adult Whooper Swans.

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Other birds today included:

Little Egret (but no further sightings of the Great White Egret)

15 Goosander

11 Goldeneye 

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Great White Egret flew over Horrocks Hide towards the nature reserve area at 07:45 this morning but had not been relocated yet.

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Ring necked parakeet on south bank last night and 1 adult mediterranean gull in roost .



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A Ring-necked Parakeet flew over the canal this morning.

Also, 450 Jackdaw out of the roost, 2 Raven, 13 Goosander, 9 Little Grebe.

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33 Pink-footed Geese east and another 29 SE this morning.

Also, 41 Redwing, 6 Fieldfare, 6 Goosander and a Buzzard.

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2 adult Mediterranean Gulls in this evening's roost plus a marked increase in large gull numbers which contained nothing out of the ordinary.



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2 Dunlin and a Redshank this morning also.

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This morning so far Yellow legged gull - 1 1st w flew off south at 10a.m Dunlin-1 flew east Fieldfare- 60 flew east Kingfisher- 1 Wigeon- 1male

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Only highlights this morning were 60 Fieldfare and 9 Goosander.

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Same again this afternoon with a fairly large Gull roost but only thing of note was An adult Mediterranean Gull  and again the single boat that now seems to be a daily sail up to dusk covering all the flash ,doasn't help when trying to find something different as the gulls are constantly on the move.Some gulls tonight came in from the North ,so maybe something good will turn up soon . 



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An adult Mediterranean Gull roosted,last night in a fairly decent roost ,but the roost was constantly disturbed by a boat up to half an hour before dark,so difficult to keep tabs on ,also 8 Goosander,2 Kingfisher and 400 Jackdaws came in to roost.

 



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A single Dunlin on the spit this morning, plus 7 Wigeon on the flash.

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Am-pm Little egret - 1 Kingfisher- 4 Goldeneye-8 Snipe-4 Oystercatcher-1 Cormorant-41 Tufted duck-180

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Only birds of note this morning were 8 Goosander, 6 Goldeneye and 2 Wigeon.

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JOHN TYMON wrote:

Ian McKerchar wrote:

Pretty quiet around the flash this morning, nothing out of the ordinary but at least the now resident Oystercatcher was actually probing up and down the spit rather than waddling about the car park with the ducks!


 Not much late on either ,and what Gull roost there was which was really small ,was constantly disturbed by 2 boats going back and too across the flash , 8 Goldeneye,1 Kingfisher, and 10 Goosander were the only things of note. All the Gulls this winter seem to be coming in from the SW in the main so seems out Northern feeding area that they have been coming from the last few years is no longer there,and the gulls are thousands down on previous years in the roost . 





I called up to the Viridor site in Atherton a couple of times last week and there wasn't a single large gull in the area including the roofs of adjacent buildings and Poundstretcher (where there'd been at least a couple hundred large gulls previously),so maybe the reason why gull nos.have dropped off?. Couldn't see any obvious reason why the gulls had disappeared,maybe they're just not bringing any food waste into the site?

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Ian McKerchar wrote:

Pretty quiet around the flash this morning, nothing out of the ordinary but at least the now resident Oystercatcher was actually probing up and down the spit rather than waddling about the car park with the ducks!


 Not much late on either ,and what Gull roost there was which was really small ,was constantly disturbed by 2 boats going back and too across the flash , 8 Goldeneye,1 Kingfisher, and 10 Goosander were the only things of note. All the Gulls this winter seem to be coming in from the SW in the main so seems out Northern feeding area that they have been coming from the last few years is no longer there,and the gulls are thousands down on previous years in the roost . 



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Pretty quiet around the flash this morning, nothing out of the ordinary but at least the now resident Oystercatcher was actually probing up and down the spit rather than waddling about the car park with the ducks!



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This morning:

19 Goosander 

7 Goldeneye 

15 Little Grebe 

Little Egret 

400 Starling flew out of Ramsdales Reedbed roost 

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Little Egret resting in willows in Rammies at 4:30pm this afternoon, then flew west.

 

Also present were 2 Wigeon and an adult Mediterranean Gull roosted.

 

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There is a cattle herd at Lightshaw Meadows placed there by the Lancashire Wildlife Trust as part of the site management. The site was checked and watched for quite a while last Saturday after the Pennington Flash fly-through by the Cattle Egret.

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