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Irlam Moss

16 Collared Dove

21 Magpie

150 Fieldfare

2 Skylark in song

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

12 Reed Bunting

6 Snipe

1 Lesser Redpoll

4 Herring Gull

2 Siskin

2 Grey Partridge

24 Lapwing

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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

10 Skylark

1 Siskin

9 Stock Dove

3 Snipe

15 Reed Bunting

5 Fieldfare

Irlam Moss

200 Fieldfare

160 Starling

260 Linnet

45 Stock Dove

1 Sparrowhawk...Female

650 Pink-footed Geese

33 Collared Dove

1 Marsh Harrier

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Irlam Moss

240 Fieldfare

50 Redwing

3 Song Thrush...1 in song

8 Grey Partridge...Courtship Fighting

75 Starling

Chat Moss

160 Jackdaw

7 Reed Bunting

20 Stock Dove

1 Sparrowhawk...Female

8 Teal

4 Snipe

115 Redwing

115 Chaffinch

Hopefully to close the Thread/Not Thread posted by Steve Nelson on Saturday wrt Pink-Footed Geese Decoys on FN56 (Little Woolden Moss)

...well you live and learn....

Had a chat to the Farmer who had planted the Winter Barley on this section of FN56 and to my surprise he HAD asked someone to investigate with a view to 

scaring off Pink-Footed Geese on his land on Saturday...

It transpires that later last week he had noted up to 500 PFG feeding on the Barley and later discovered that they had eaten about 3 acres worth...I pointed out that in 

the past when this has occurred on Chat Moss (winter wheat) that farmer was more sanguine about such occasional occurrences as  his crop eventually recovered---now although he agreed this to be true he stated that the crop is set back too much to suit his harvesting operations on his fields as he purposely sows both winter and spring barley...the former REALLY helpful to Lapwing Breeding the latter great for Yellow Wagtail Breeding (and also in winter giving much needed stubble before he ploughs it)....I still maintain that he has no intention of allowing PFG hunting on his land rather that if he feels it necessary he will bring in occasional measures to scare them off....

Dave

Not sure if this is one of those Thread Topics that Ian would prefer to run WRT the Pink-Footed Geese Question raised by Steve Nelson but...

The Farmers on Little Woolden Moss do not encourage Shooting on their land unless something has changed since last week when I was talking to one of them??????

There are exceptions to this though but these are restricted to...

1 Woodpigeon Shooting when the crops are ripe...the shooting carried out as and when the Farmers deemed it necessary to 'protect their labours'

2 There is a small Shoot who have a few pheasant feeders dotted about---but these few 'only' shoot' on I believe Boxing Day....the Farmer does NOT allow them to shoot

Grey Partridge or Snipe

3 on the Cheshire Side if the Pink-Footed Geese take to the Farmers Fields there the farmers have used 'Bird Scaring Devices' but I haven't heard these in fairly recent times as to whether they on the Cheshire side may shoot them....well I haven't witnessed this myself.

To sum up I believe that the LWM Farmers have no need/desire to have Pink-Footed Geese Shot on their land BUT I will check tomorrow.

Dave.

It's closed season since 31st Jan, so it's illegal. The farmer will have given permission for access, so they're part of it

Shooting Season UK Dates | Pheasant Shooting Season | Grouse Shooting Season | Partridge Season | Woodcock Season - Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust (gwct.org.uk)

Does GM Police have a wildlife contact?

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Chat Moss

1 Golden Plover---Flying South @ 0937

1 Song Thrush in Song

38 Reed Bunting

14 Skylark

16 Yellowhammer

5 Grey Partridge

1 Corn Bunting

110 Stock Dove

12 House Sparrow

3 Bullfinch...Males

1 Stonechat

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

6 Reed Bunting

1 Pink-Footed Goose

7 Snipe

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Irlam Moss

620 Pink-Footed Geese

16 Rook

180 Fieldfare

75 Starling

1 Merlin...Male with Prey...flew onto fence and proceed to devour its prey...not a drop wasted...

Chat Moss

230 Linnet

30 Chaffinch

1 Snipe

8 Pink-Footed Geese...Flying east @ 1225

120 Linnet

200 Fieldfare

Barton Moss

40 Starling

4500 Woodpigeon flying East to North @ 1250

2 Grey Heron

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Brief Circuit of Moss late afternoon...

Chat Moss

450 Pink-Footed Geese....Feeding on Stubble Field

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Chat Moss

1 Stonechat

6 Skylark

Cadishead Moss

350 Starling

150 Fieldfare

80 Redwing

20 Meadow Pipit

320 Black-Headed Gull

14 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

45 Herring Gull

4 Common Gull

Irlam Moss

65 Meadow Pipit

4 Snipe

135 Fieldfare

260 Starling

230124 Carbon Landscape Winter Bird Count 3 of 3 SJ6995...in Perpetual and Heavy Rain for the most parts!

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

72 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East @ 0845

3 Lesser Redpoll

10 Snipe

Chat Moss

1 Marsh Harrier

25 Skylark

40 Stock Dove

Little Woolden Moss

22 Lapwing

250 Jackdaw

270 Skylark

135 Linnet

4 Song Thrush

Friday 26th pm...

Very quiet, very windy.

On the eastern end of LWTNR nothing, not even a Mallard - unless you count Crows & Wood Pigeons.

• Kestrel M, in the trees between fields 19 &20
• Stock Doves (<10) in Field 52
• Buzzard in tree next to Twelve Yards Road until it flew away (field 14) - nice close view 
• Fieldfares in field 2 (>50 when I drove in but only approx 20 when I drove out)
• Redwing, a few in with the Fieldfares
• Pink-footed geese - probably - flock (100-200) flying around somewhere near the easternmost bit of Twelve Yards Road seen from next to field 2 but not a good enough view to positively identify

And one lost spotting scope - see temporary thread in For sale/wanted.

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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

7 Reed Bunting

14 Skylark

Chat Moss

70 Skylark

160 Jackdaw

Irlam Moss

220 Starling

150 Linnet

1 Stonechat

13 Reed Bunting

9 Yellowhammer

29 Magpie

1400 Starling

75 Fieldfare

250 Woodpigeon

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Little Woolden Moss + The Glaze

2 Little Grebe

44 Teal

80 Mallard

23 Fieldfare

180 Canada Geese

175 Starling

1 Goosander...Male

12 Lapwing

13 Wigeon

28 Meadow Pipit

1 Merlin...Male

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Little Woolden Moss

80 Linnet

Chat Moss

4 Great Black-Backed Gull---flying North

16 House Sparrow

135 Reed Bunting

90 Yellowhammer

10 Corn Bunting

7 Grey Partridge

1 Stonechat

300 Jackdaw

130 Starling

12 Redwing

2 Bullfinch---Male

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Irlam Moss

62 Lapwing

52 Fieldfare

2 Stonechat

1 Common Gull

11 Grey Partridge

60 Black-Headed Gull

15 Meadow Pipit

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Irlam Moss

19 Rook

850 Woodpigeon Flying Southeast

Barton Moss

550 Jackdaw

320 Woodpigeon

55 Chaffinch

60 Stock Dove

110 Redwing

60 Starling 

18 Linnet

2 Stonechat

50 Mallard---Guns A blazing on Astley Moss!

75 Teal12 Fieldfare

54 Pink-Footed Geese Flying NE @ 1117

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Little Woolden Moss and the Glaze

56 Teal

52 Mallard

28 Fieldfare

30 Redwing

2 Buzzard

85 Starling

3 Goosander....1M 2F

30 Chaffinch

2 Brambling.

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Lesser Redpoll

6 Snipe

260 Fieldfare

2 Reed Bunting

Little Woolden Moss this afternoon 1 x Stonechat, 1 x Yellowhammer

Late afternoon circuit from the bottom of Astley Road to Cutnook Lane.

Irlam Moss highlights

• 100+ fieldfares
• 2 buzzards
• Covey of 12 red-legged partridges

Little Woolden Moss

• 19 carrion crows coming in to the poolside

Chat Moss

• 300+ starlings at Trophy Lawn, also a grey wagtail amongst the pied wagtails
• 2 marsh harriers, both female/immature
• Pair of stonechats at Four Lanes End

-- Edited by Steven Heywood on Wednesday 10th of January 2024 11:55:58 PM

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Irlam Moss

500 Fieldfare

160 Starling

6 Redwing

7 Blackbird

all above flushed by a Dog Walker who freely wandered this field whilst he was on his phone the whole time completely unaware/uncaring about the disturbance caused to these birds...no permission to roam this field by the way...to say I despair would be an understatement....

Chat Moss

85 Skylark

250 Jackdaw

90 Reed Bunting

2 Grey Partridge

47 Yellowhammer

50 Stock Dove

3 Snipe

5 Lesser Redpoll

2 Raven

1 Marsh Harrier

2 Bullfinch

22 Magpie.