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040126

Barton Moss

16 House Sparrow

2 Great Black-Backed Gull

1 Great White Egret...Flying High and heading South

Chat Moss

125 Chaffinch

60 Linnet

 

and in reference to Pete Berry sightings on Tyldesley sewerage Farm...what memories that invoked from my teenage wanderings in the 60's with my friend

Les Colley...Pied Wagtail Nests  within the structures of the circular filer beds...These filter beds were built with bricks which had spaces for nests...the Man in charge saying yes the birds like the farm for feeding as the deposit beds have 'Globular Fat'...???? The Green Sandpipers that 'always appeared in late July early August along the adjacent brook...and the time Les encouraged me to join him in wading through the settling beds...NOT a safe thing to do EVER...to prove that the Black headed Gulls were breeding at the time on the Farm...sadly Les a brilliant naturalist has now gone...but such positive memories of days when birds really were plentiful!!!



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At Tydesley sewage works(which is in Astley) at least 5 Chiffchaff feeding on the circular beds. Also several Meadow Pipits and Pied Wagtails feeding there as well. Nearby about 20 Fieldfare,a flock of 9 Grey Partridge,a Buzzard and a single Common Snipe

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Chat Moss

14 Blackbird

120 Chaffinch

300 Linnet

3 Redwing

12 Stock Dove

70 Skylark

3 Snipe

 



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Little Woolden Moss + Glaze

18 Teal

28 Starling

1 Little Grebe

450 Pink-footed Geese

200 Skylark

64 Linnet

240 Lapwing

160 Chaffinch

12 Reed Bunting

2 Tree Sparrow

10 House Sparrow

Irlam Moss

340 Linnet

80 Chaffinch

 

 



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Irlam Moss

1 Sparrowhawk...Female

9 Meadow Pipit

6 Snipe

36 Starling

9 House Sparrow

450 Starling

Little Woolden Moss

400 Pink-Footed Geese

 



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Highlight today around Astley Moss East Sand Quarry Lake were four Cattle Egrets which came in from the west and veered S/SE across the railway and off out of view.

Also present on the lake were 266 Great Black-backed Gulls, 214 Herring Gulls, 282 Mallard, 13 Shoveler, 64 Teal and a Little Grebe.

Around Rindle, c170 Meadow Pipits were in a flock feeding in the grass of field 67, 121 Greylag Geese were loafing in field 68, a Snipe was flushed from the ditch along field 67 and 2 Treecreepers were also along the edge of the field there. A further c15 Meadow Pipits were feeding in fields behind Rindle Wood though there were probably many more.



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Barton Moss including a Carbon Landscape Winter Bird Count

8 House Sparrow

10 Meadow Pipit

1 Snipe

1 Stonechat...Male

60 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West

23 Lapwing

Chat Moss

1 Marsh Harrier

26 Lapwing



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Little Woolden Moss 

130 Chaffinch

1 Raven

80 Linnet

7 House Sparrow

1 Tree Sparrow

2 Grey Partridge

180 Skylark

600 Pink-Footed Geese

1 Goosander---Male

8 Teal

 



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Including a Carbon Landscape Winter Bird Count again!

Little Woolden Moss/Glaze/Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

250 Pink-Footed Geese

2 Marsh Harrier

20 Teal

1 Merlin...Male

1 Grey wagtail

90 Skylark

2 Stonechat

 



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Including a Carbon Landscape Winter Bird Count onLWM

Chat Moss

1 Grey Wagtail

90 Chaffinch

Little Woolden Moss/Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Grey Partridge

2 Lesser Redpoll

4 Snipe

16 Pink-Footed Geese

150 Skylark

40 Linnet

 



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Great White Egret was a nice surprise on field near Barton Aerodrome this afternoon

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Sorry to hear about your accident, Dave. 

Best wishes for a speedy recovery.

Steve



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Barton Moss

90 Jackdaw

90 Pink-Footed Geese

Chat Moss

19 Chaffinch

2 Stonechat

3 Song Thrush

46 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East

36 Linnet

Irlam Moss

350 Starling



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Little Woolden Moss

13 Herring Gull

2 Great Black-Backed Gull

19 Stock Dove

70 Starling

130 Chaffinch

200 Linnet

170 Pink-Footed Geese

 



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A tentative drive round moss after an enforced 'rest' from it...causation a deep unseen hole filled with water to chest which also involved a broken right fibula...its a tad unsafe out on the Moss...only taken me a great number of decades to discover this fact!

Irlam Moss

80 Goldfinch

16 Black-Headed Gull

1 Buzzard

Chat Moss

25 Linnet

20 Chaffinch

3 Skylark

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR - Fri 26th December, middayish

On the reserve extremely quiet, hardly anything about besides Robins, Crows, party of Long-tailed Tits and a Goldcrest

BoP seen from the reserve (or the "car park" at the east end) - Kestrel & Marsh Harrier (M)

Over a month since last post from Dave Steel which is unusual - is he away? or unwell?



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Chat Moss

2 Lesser Redpoll

2 Snipe

1 Marsh Harrier...Male

 



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Irlam Moss

23 Chaffinch

1 Lesser Redpoll

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Snipe

7 Skylark

Little Woolden Moss

300 Skylark

120 Starling

200 Linnet

1 Stonechat...Male

 

 



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Astley Moss

75 Redwing

80 Fieldfare

2 Willow Tit

6 Snipe

1 Raven

22 Stock Dove

13 Blackbird

 



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Irlam Moss

70 Starling

65 Lapwing

1 Stonechat

16 Meadow Pipit

5 Snipe

250 Starling

Cadishead Moss

50 Skylark

6 Grey Partridge

9 Meadow Pipit

Chat Moss

150 Starling

140 Fieldfare

12 Redwing

 

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss

28 Teal

2 Woodcock

4 Gadwall

70 Mallard

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

4 Snipe

4 Meadow Pipit

 



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Barton Moss

2 Bullfinch

12 Chaffinch

1 Stonechat

5 Lapwing

75 Jackdaw

Chat Moss

10 Meadow Pipit

2 Lesser Redpoll

7 Skylark

75 Starling

 



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Chat Moss

44 Skylark

46 Collared Dove

Irlam Moss

2 Great Black-Backed Gull

47 Black-Headed Gull

Astley Moss

6 House Sparrow

220 Redwing

300 Fieldfare

 

 



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Irlam Moss

10 Stock Dove

150 Fieldfare

22 Pied Wagtail

110 Chaffinch

1 Grey Wagtail

1 Goldcrest

16 Redwing

Chat Moss

7 Grey Partridge

1 Chiffchaff



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Chat Moss

7 Skylark

5 Grey Partridge

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Peregrine

1 Marsh Harrier

4 Snipe

Irlam Moss

90 Chaffinch

23 Magpie

6 Linnet



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Chat Moss

3 Redpoll

50 Fieldfare

10 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East @ 0955

14 Redwing

Astley Moss

360 Fieldfare

25 Chaffinch

65 Starling

1 Grey Wagtail

5 Snipe

2 Siskin

2 Bullfinch



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Barton Moss

18 Meadow Pipit

2 Stonechat

2 Snipe

20 Skylark

10 Linnet

 



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2 Short Eared Owls hunting over field 19 this afternoon, showing well all afternoon . I was the only birder watching them,however there were at least 24 paparazzi there taking photos!!!.Fortunately all well behaved and keeping the edges of the field.
Also a flock of approx 30 Skylark in the field and 2 Stonechats down near the car park,and several Kestrel around the fields.
Unfortunately the owls were fairly distant when I decided to take a few pics !!!

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Flock of c.100 chaffinches with the pigeons, magpies and pied wagtails on Cutnook Lane opposite the Oxcheek entrance included at least one male brambling (the flock was very skittish) plus linnets. Also a female white wagtail on this field.

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Little Woolden Moss

1 Ring-Necked Parakeet

130 Pink-Footed Geese...Flying West

120 Chaffinch

250 Linnet

90 Fieldfare

4 Yellowhammer

150 Skylark

1 Brambling 

65 Lapwing...Flying South

220 Starling

4 Grey Partridge

2 Tree Sparrow



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Irlam Moss

21 Chaffinch

3 Reed Bunting

135 Pink-Footed Geese Flying West 

Chat Moss

6 Snipe

8 Skylark

18 Redwing

3 Stonechat

4 Lesser Redpoll

1 Little Egret

 

 



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Irlam Moss

12 Magpie

3 Snipe

8 Grey Partridge

16 Skylark

3 Stock Dove

8 Meadow Pipit

30 Starling

200 Black-Headed Gull

7 Herring Gull

8 Great Black-Backed Gull

Chat Moss

1 Marsh Harrier...Male

58 Fieldfare



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Little Woolden Moss

50 Chaffinch

300 Linnet

S6 Stock Dove

4 Stonechat....2 Pair

6 Yellowhammer

6 Meadow Pipit

3 Kestrel

7 Grey Partridge

250 Skylark

6 House Sparrow

4 Tree Sparrow

 

 



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Irlam Moss

5 Snipe

1 Siskin

14 Meadow Pipit

10 Redwing

1 Goldcrest

Cadishead Moss

1 Stonechat

1 Sparrowhawk...male

8 Skylark

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

6 Snipe

1 Woodcock

1 Pink-Footed Goose

5 Meadow Pipit

11 Skylark.



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Chat Moss 1230 - 1330 2 x Woodcock in the boundary edge of Chat Moss today. First of the season for me. Also 9 Snipe throughout the Moss, 1 x little Egret

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Barton Moss

55 Starling

35 Linnet

25 Skylark

Chat Moss

10 Linnet

6 Skylark

12 Chaffinch

65 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East

65 Fieldfare

8 Blackbird

25 Linnet

1 Snipe

5 Grey Partridge

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

13 Fieldfare

7 Meadow Pipit

1 Marsh Harrier

6 Skylark

3 Snipe

 



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Irlam Moss

1 Cetti's Warbler

55 Chaffinch

4 Bullfinch

19 Redwing

28 Fieldfare

1 Chiffchaff

Chat Moss

4 Stonechat

1 Woodcock

5 Snipe

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss

14 Redwing

2 Siskin

1 Grey Wagtail

42 Pink-Footed Geese flying West

2 Bullfinch

120 Fieldfare

18 Teal

95 Chaffinch

55 Linnet

26 Skylark

5 Yellowhammer

Chat Moss

Pair Kestrel sat side by side in a birch...domestic bliss!

 



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Chat Moss

2 Stonechat

2 Great Black-Backed Gull

1 Marsh Harrier...Male

70 Fieldfare

Irlam Moss

48 Black-Headed Gull

1 Stonechat



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Chat Moss

5 Grey Partridge

16 Pink-Footed Geese

5 Mistle Thrush

2 Stonechat

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

4 Snipe

120 Pink-Footed Geese Flying over

 

 



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Chat Moss

4 Stonechat...2 pair

10 Lesser Redpoll

 



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Irlam Moss

20 Chaffinch

Chat Moss

2 Snipe

80 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East @ 1310

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

3 Snipe

1 Brambling flying South

70 Pink-Footed Geese Flying west @ 1125

 

 



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Chat Moss

26 Chaffinch

34 Linnet

48 Fieldfare

1 Snipe

1 Sparrowhawk...male

4 Lesser Redpoll

1 Raven

13 Meadow Pipit

2 Bullfinch

3 Whooper Swan flying west @ 1145



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Little Woolden Moss

125 Linnet

4 Redwing

35 Chaffinch

25 Fieldfare

28 Lapwing

15 Stock Dove

7 Meadow Pipit

2 Stonechat

2 Grey Partridge

12 Skylark

 



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

284 Pink-Footed Geese Flying over in a total of 6 Skeins

16 Skylark

21 Meadow Pipit

4 Reed Bunting

2 Stonechat

6 Snipe



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Little Woolden Moss

1 Golden Plover Flying South 

40 Starling

3 Lesser Redpoll

60 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East @ 1220

9 Skylark

1 Stonechat

1 Merlin....Male

1 Sparrowhawk...Male



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Little Woolden Moss NR
3 Whooper Swans on east pools at midday but flew off west at 12.09pm

Chat Moss
1 Brambling over

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Chat Moss

15 Whooper Swan circling over F52 10.28-10.30 before flying SE (later seen over Irlam Locks by Martin)

-- Edited by Pete Hines on Thursday 23rd of October 2025 12:37:43 PM

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Little Woolden Moss

32 Redwing

7 Grey Partridge

125 Skylark

230 Fieldfare

2 Stonechat

160 Starling

40 Greenfinch

90 Chaffinch

87 Stock Dove

 



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