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RE: Castleshaw Reservoirs


5 Goldeneye present on Castleshaw Lower Reservoir (1 Male, 4 Female). Plus 3 Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe and 2 Little Grebe.

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Saturday 14th May 2022

2 Wheatear
2 Redshank
2 Dunlin
3 Swift
1 Great Crested Grebe
1 Buzzard

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Barnacle Goose on Castleshaw Lower Reservoir this afternoon

Information thanks to Anthony Blake

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Not exactly the reservoirs but close enough, 7 Dotterel (3 females) about 1. 5 miles ENE of Denshaw on Castleshaw Moor from Oldham Way at grid reference SD 999 115, though all have now flown off towards Axletree Edge (after being disturbed by Skylarks!!) and are being looked for.

 

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34 Fieldfare present this evening

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Osprey 4/4/21 @ 13:30 stayed for about 10 mins then flew north

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Fri 2-Apr-21 (9:45-11:45) - Walk around the lower Reservoir and then up the path towards Piethorn

Low Gate Lane & Path to Piethorn
- 2+ Curlew
- c8 Skyark
- c20 Meadow Pipit

Upper Reservoir
- 1 Mallard
- c20 Canada Goose
- 1 Sparrowhawk
- 2 Buzzard

Lower Reservoir
- 1 Cormorant
- pr Great Crested Grebe
- c20 Canada Geese
- c4 Oystercatcher
- pr Mistle Thrush
- 2+ Pied Wagtail
Lots of Corvids - mainly Jackdaw

Carpark
- 2+ Reed Bunting
- 6+ Goldfinch


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Male and female Ring Ouzel today 08:15-09:30

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Upper Reservoir
- 4 Mallards

Lower Reservoir
- 2 Cormorant
- 3 Tufted Duck
- c220 Canada Geese

Carpark
- 1 Reed Bunting
- 6+ Chaffinch
- flock of c10 Goldfinch
- 1 Kestrel

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Castleshaw Lower Reservoir

2 Goldeneye
2 Great Crested Grebe
1 Greylag Goose

Castleshaw Upper Reservoir

2 Little Grebe


Red-breasted Merganser present on Castleshaw Upper Reservoir on Monday 23rd November (info thanks to Kath Butterworth)

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No sign of the White-winged Black Tern this afternoon.



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Late news just received for yesterday when a moulting adult White-winged Black Tern was present.

 

No current information on whether that bird remains on site today though (awaiting clarification).

 

 



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Saturday 28th December 2019

Peregrine Marsden Moor Heritage Trail just north of Castleshaw Reservoirs

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Thurs. 23rd May 2019.

White wagtail
Pied wagtail
Dunlin
Common Sandpiper
Lapwing
Oystercatcher

plus a Garden warbler singing in carpark

-- Edited by Garry Chesters on Thursday 23rd of May 2019 06:41:53 PM

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Monday 6th May 2019

Singing Grasshopper Warbler Castleshaw Valley in the ravine adjacent to Old School House

1 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Common Sandpiper, 2 Oystercatcher, 2 Redshank & 4 Lapwings on Castleshaw Reservoirs

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Male Red-Breasted Merganser, three male and two female Goosanders on the upper reservoir at 2pm. The reservoir was flat calm and they left long wakes as they pooled about.

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Drake Red-breasted Merganser Castleshaw Upper Reservoir, still present at 4:30pm with a pair of Goosander, also 40 Mallard & 2 Little Grebe

A mixed flock of Fieldfare, Redwing, Goldfinch, Starling and Mistle Thrush in the tree-tops briefly

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Images from Castleshaw Reservoirs on 24th November 2018

2 adult Whooper Swans, Pink-footed Goose and Red-breasted Merganser

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2 adult Whooper Swans, drake Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Pink-footed Goose, 1 Greylag Goose, 2 Little Grebe, 47 Lapwing, 1 Goosander

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Upper reservoir:

2 Little Grebe

male Red-breasted Merganser

20+ Lapwing

Peregrine

Lower Reservoir:

female Teal

6 Mallard



-- Edited by Tony Coatsworth on Sunday 18th of November 2018 03:00:05 PM

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Female Smew still present on Eastern bank of top reservoir  at 13.30. Actually on bank preening .

Also male Red Breasted Merganser, female Goosander, 2 Little Grebe.

Little Owl in quarry at junction of A65 and Huddersfield Road North of Diggle.



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Saturday 17th November 11:45

Smew still on top reservoirs. Male Red breasted Merganser still also.
A skein of Pink footed geese over too.

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Smew still on top res quite close in first bay

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Redhead Smew was on the upper reservoir at 2pm today.. fairly distant and watched from the causeway. It was below a small barn with a small coppice behind it. A GM tick for me.

Also present was the drake Red Breasted Merganser.  A stiff cold wind so I didn't linger too long as I'd just been to the barbers!

 



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Redhead Smew flew down to the lower reservoir around 3.15pm Red breasted Merganser still on upper reservoir at 3.20pm.



-- Edited by Neil Collier on Tuesday 13th of November 2018 04:58:49 PM

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Redhead Smew,near causeway and Red breasted Merganser close to two little grebes
on upper reservoir early this afternoon.



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Redhead Smew and drake Red breasted Merganser still on upper Resv this afternoon.

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Two images of the Smew on Castleshaw Upper Reservoir this morning

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Red-head Smew and drake Red-breasted Merganser on Castleshaw Upper Reservoirs this morning, but both flew off together South-West at 11:43am

The Smew was close to the causeway with 3 Little Grebes giving great views

Also 3 drake Tufted Ducks on Hull Mill Lane pool



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Drake Red-breasted Merganser on Upper Reservoir at 1600hrs.

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Vis-mig from Top Bank with Andy Platt produced very little in the way of migration with the following note:-

71 Meadow Pipits
2 Skylark
3 Chaffinch
2 Goldfinch
Stock Dove
21 Woodpigeon
7 Mistle Thrush
Blackbird
7 Pied Wagtail. Lone Pink-footed Goose with 2 Canada Geese flew in and and landed on the field near Redstart hedge. However, at about 8.20 I spotted what I initially thought was a Common Buzzard perched on a fence post but it didnt look quite right through my bins. This was confirmed when I got my scope on it, it wasnt a Buzzard but a female Goshawk. After watching it for a couple of minutes it flew strongly along the far side of the reservoir and was lost to view behind a hill and wasnt seen again.

Other birds of note where:-

3 Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
2 Goosander
4 Little Grebe
58 Lapwing

A flock of 32 Pink-footed Geese flew over and the lone Pinky flew up from the field to join them.biggrin

-- Edited by Mark Rigby on Sunday 7th of October 2018 01:01:11 PM

-- Edited by Mark Rigby on Sunday 7th of October 2018 01:01:56 PM

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Sunday 23rd September

4 Little Grebe 1 Common Sandpiper 1 Goosander on the Upper Reservoir
c50 Lapwing
2 Teal

-- Edited by James Walsh on Monday 24th of September 2018 07:42:13 PM

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This evening

Little Grebe. 1
Great crested Grebe. 1
Lapwing 319
Curlew. 1
Common Sandpiper. 2

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Little Egret still present early afternoon Castleshaw Lower Reservoir

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Little Egret on Lower reservoir this morning at 0930hrs.

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Thursday 12th July 4 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Common Sandpiper, 2 Snipe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Tufted Duck, 10 Lapwing (including 2 chicks), 2 Stock Dove, 2 Sand Martin, 20 Swift, 4 House Martin, 20 Swallow, 1 Kestrel, 1 Canada x Greylag hybrid with c100 Canada Geese

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Good numbers of wading birds on Castleshaw Reservoirs due to low water levels, 4 Little Ringed Plover, 9 Snipe, 2 Common Sandpiper, 40 Lapwing, 3 Oystercatcher, also 2 Great Crested Grebe, 5 Tufted Duck, 20 Swift, 1 Common Gull

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Singing Grasshopper Warbler & male Reed Bunting in juncus marsh between car psrk and the pond

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1 Common Snipe Castleshaw Lower Reservoir

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Singing Grasshopper Warbler in juncus on Millcroft Lane, also c40 Lapwings, 1 Common Sandpiper & 5 Tufted Ducks on the Reservoirs

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2 drake Wigeon & 2 Great Crested Grebes on Castleshaw Lower Reservoir

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Friday 11th May

2 summer plumage Dunlin Castleshaw Lower Reservoir

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11.00.Cold and windy

4-5 swallows...not enough to make a summer tho'

1 House martin

Pair of oystercatchers

Pair of common sandpipers

Nothing else of note. But never the less, the above were my first ones of these species this year.



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Merganser still present 10am today in location described.

No sign of any martins etc.



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15th April 2018

Drake (first-year?) Red-breasted Merganser showing along the north-east shore of the Upper Reservoir, still present at 5:30pm viewable from Castleshaw Top Bank or the adjacent footpath along the north shore of the Upper Reservoir

2 Common Sandpiper
2 Curlew
2 Redshank
2 Oystercatcher
1 singing Skylark
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
6 Tufted Duck



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Red-breasted Merganser (drake) on upper res currently

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Red-breasted Merganser (ecl Drake) still on top res at 1605hrs. Found by B.Stanley this am

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Sunday 8 April

Curlew 5

Skylark singing

Pair wheatear and 1 male near Heights

Swallow (returned to heights on 5th April )  also present at Grange

Redshank 6

Oystercatcher 2

Raven 2

Buzzard

Fieldfare 7

Redwing 1

Chiffchaff



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08:30-10:15
Grey wagtail 2
Pied wagtails
Reed bunting
Redshank 2
Curlew 3
Oystercatcher 2
Grey heron 2
Skylark 2
Lapwing 2
Raven

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08:30-11:00
Grey wagtail
Pied wagtail
Reed bunting
Redshank
Curlew 3
Oystercatcher 2
Grey heron
Skylark
Lapwing 2


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