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ASTLEY, CHAT, LITTLE WOOLDEN AND ASSOCIATED MOSSES


....catch up...280424

Barton Moss

6 Grey Partridge

8 Herring Gull...chased off by Lapwing

8 Whitethroat...in song

3 Yellow Wagtail

16 Lapwing

12 Skylark

Irlam Moss

3 Buzzard

2 Raven flying south

Chat Moss

15 Willow Warbler in song

1 Willow Warbler in alarm

2 Raven @ 0905 flying north

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Curlew

1 Redshank

6 Swift

1 Yellow Wagtail 

 



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 9th of May 2024 08:44:37 PM

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...better late than ever records for 270424

Chat Moss

4 Gadwall....1 Pair + 2 Male

32 Willow Warbler in Song

4 Teal...2 Pair

3 Tufted Duck...1 Pair...1 Male

1 Oystercatcher

3 Herring Gull

2 Coot

7 Lapwing...with unseen young

10 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

1 Swallow

Little Woolden Moss West

10 Willow Warbler in song

9 Swallow

2 Grasshopper Warbler...Reeling

1 Snipe

1 Great Black-Backed Gull

2 Lesser Redpoll

4 Oystercatcher

1 Curlew...in Display

1 Yellowhammer in song

1 Marsh Harrier

Little Woolden Moss 

1 Channel Wagtail

3 Swallow

Irlam Moss

13 Skylark

5 Lapwing

1 Yellowhammer

9 Linnet

2 Swallow

 

 

 

 

 



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2 Hobbies feeding quite high over Little Woolden Moss for about 30 mins late morning when the sun finally came out.
Also a Kestrel feeding on insects high up like the Hobbies,and a couple Swifts over.

-- Edited by pete berry on Thursday 9th of May 2024 02:47:10 PM

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Chat Moss late afternoon

5 Little Egret - my highest ever mossland count. 3 birds in attached phone photo
2 Hobby
2 Little Grebe
1 Coot
1 Sedge Warbler singing
1 Marsh Harrier - female
2 Teal - pair
2 Tufted Duck - pair
5 Swift

-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Wednesday 8th of May 2024 08:27:59 PM

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A couple of Whimbrel in the field by the railway diagonally opposite Rindle Cottages. Also 3 Lesser Black Backed Gulls and a single Herring Gull feeding in the same field.
A leucistic Wood Pigeon just behind Rindle Cottages. It had usual grey head and white collar but the remainder of plumage was white,can't remember seeing a leucistic Wood Pigeon before.
Otherwise pretty quiet, no sign of any Wheatears anyway but nice to see a few juvenile Lapwings along Moss Lane and 2 Oystercatchers on the same field.

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Tuesday 7th quickish evening visit to Little Woolden Moss NR:

  • Lapwing chicks in the "north" fields are growing fast
  • Female or immature Marsh Harrier - quick view, I wasn't well placed to see it for more than a few seconds
  • Loads of Willow Warblers (some seen) and a few Chiffchaff (heard only)
  • 2 Sedge Warblers (1 seen) and another one heard from 12 Yards Road
  • Lots of Mallard, Canada Geese with goslings, and 2 pairs Tufted Duck
  • 2 Common Tern obviously planning to spend the night in the middle of the Eastern pools
  • 5 Mute Swans - not fully mature I think because the bills weren't orange even though the birds were pretty white


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Astley Moss East this afternoon:

Single Dunlin

182 Lesser Black-backed Gulls

13 Herring Gulls

Second summer Great Black-backed Gull

 

Field 67 Astley Moss:

Yellow Wagtail

 

Moss Lane, Astley Moss:

Four singing Yellowhammers

Yellow Wagtail

Pair of Grey Wagtails

 

 



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Good to see you Steve. After moaning about seeing no raptors on the walk in to Little Woolden Moss from Glazebrook a buzzard showed well, a male kestrel fairly distant and both the hobby and the female marsh harrier gave stonking views close overhead. Two common terns on the eastern pools with gadwall, oystercatchers, lapwings and the male shoveler. An abundance of willow warblers and plenty of chiffchaffs, whitethroats and mipits. About a dozen young lapwings on the ploughed barley field immediately North of the reserve (though the carrion crows are thinning the numbers down) with skylarks, mipits and half a dozen yellow wagtails. Male Channel wagtail in the field on your left as you walk past the polytunnels towards Moss Road. Also a yellowhammer and a whitethroat singing from the same tree here.



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 6th of May 2024 08:47:15 PM

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Monday 6th May Highlight was a Hobby above eastern end of Little Wooden Moss NR at 13:30 hrs. Nice to chat with Steve Heywood; and Laura with the horses.

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LWMoss. Sunday early evening quick visit 

2 Grasshopper warbler reeling 

1 Yellow Wagtail

2 Marsh Harrier 

Whimbrel along with 4 Snipe & a Curlew flushed out by a Marsh Harrier in field 20

3 Curlew 

1 Linnet

1 Whitethroat

3 Reed Bunting

loads of Willow Warbler

9 Stock Dove in ploughed field

4 Grey Partridge on 12 Yards Road along with 2 Kestrels 

 



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A cracking morning round Little Woolden area with the highlight being 3 Hobbies catching insects on the wing all morning. At one time had the 3 birds in my bins at same time.
Also seen 2 different Marsh Harriers,Whimbrel, 2 Dunlin on the western pool's,lots of Buzzards,couple Kestrels.



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3 Whimbrel in the field along the driveway to Little Woolden Moss associating with a Curlew this evening. Wheatear fresh in on same field, and at least 6 Grasshopper Warblers across the site. Marsh Harrier, Shoveler, and Gadwall present.

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Little Woolden Moss NR:

1 Channel Wagtail again - east pools
3 Yellow Wagtail
1 Wheatear
6 Grasshopper Warbler reeling
7 Sedge Warbler singing
1 Water Rail heard
2 Coot
4 Curlew
1 Little Ringed Plover
2 Oystercatcher
1 Redshank

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Little Woolden Moss today in strongish wind :

 

4 Yellow Wagtails

2 Wood Sandpipers

Little Ringed Plover

Curlew

Oystercatcher

Marsh Harrier, including display

Kestrels

Buzzard

Whitethroat

Blackcap

Willow Warblers

Chiffchaffs

Lapwing chicks

Wheatears

 



-- Edited by Richard Would on Tuesday 30th of April 2024 06:24:26 PM



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Post for yesterday 28th pm visit.

F24
5 yellow wagtails
8 lapwings
2 swallows

Along Astley Road...

2 blackcaps
3 whitethroats
1 kestrel
2 buzzards

Little woolden moss nr...

Lots of willow warblers
1 whitethroat
3 marsh harriers
2 curlews
2 swifts
1 wheatear
2 grasshopper warblers heard
1 shoveler
2 gadwall
3 Teal
2 snipe

F56
Didn't count the many lapwings & chicks, just lovely to watch.
4 yellow wagtails
6 white wagtails
3 grey partridge





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Irlam Moss

3 Blackcap in song

17 Skylark...9 in song

2 Yellowhammer in song

5 Wheatear

2 Swallow

16 Lapwing...8 agitated---hidden young

3 Yellow Wagtail

90 Starling

2 Grey Partridge

Chat Moss

10 Stock Dove

12 Lapwing

1 Yellowhammer

Little Woolden Moss 

FN56

32 Lapwing...most watching out for their young

23 young noted...a joy to behold

1 Yellow Wagtail

3 Wheatear

1 Whinchat

1 Golden Plover which flew rapidly south @ 1315

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

1 Redshank

2 Tufted Duck

1 Gadwall...Male

1 Shoveler...Male

8 Swallow

1 Curlew

3 Buzzard

3 Oystercatcher

2 Marsh Harrier...one sadly with what appears to be an injured leg...although still actively hunting...

 

 



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Little Woolden Moss NR - am

2 Raven low over reserve but chased off by other corvids
3 Sedge Warbler heard
1 Grasshopper Warbler heard
5 Swift
3 Sand Martin
1 Grey Heron
2 Coot
2 Marsh Harrier
1 Oystercatcher
2 Teal - pair
1 Shoveler
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming

-- Edited by Steven Nelson on Monday 29th of April 2024 08:38:07 PM

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Sunday 28th April 2024. Little Woolden Moss NR, Little Woolden Moss and along section of River Glaze. Sightings included:

Hobby (2) above western section of reserve at 15:30 hrs. First of year for me.
Yellow Wagtail (2)
White Wagtail (1)
Pied Wagtail (4)
Wheatear (1)
Curlew (1)
Grey Heron (1)
Linnet (5)
Shoveler (1)
Chiffchaff (2)
Willow Warbler (3)
Lapwing (25 plus adults, and saw 5 chicks)
Skylark (1 in song)

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Chat Moss

11 Willow Warbler in song

2 Blackcap in song

3 Tufted Duck

3 Coot

1 Jay...imitating Buzzard call...

Little Woolden Moss FN64/57/56 with group from U3A Hale

4 Yellow Wagtail

3 White Wagtail

5 Wheatear

4 Grey Partridge

18 Skylark

26 Lapwing

4 Young Lapwing at Field Edge

Farmer now ploughing fields where a number of Lapwing young had just hatched but the farmer(s) working these fields have always worked at their utmost to avoid/move nests and as in this case because the land has been too wet to plough for spring cereals up to now he explained once more that he had added more time to his job due to moving the young away from the plough...if only this working in harmony with nature whilst still making a living from the land had been more widespread in the UK this  would have resulted as here this spring in a Harvest of young Lapwing....yet to return to try and count these recent hatchlings...

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR viewed from North Path before we retreated from the hail laden showers...

4 Curlew along with 2 Oystercatcher...chasing off a Marsh Harrier

16 Lapwing

1 Shoveler...Male

1 Whinchat (male) 

 

 



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Highlights from the mosses today:

Fields north of Little Woolden Moss NR:
1 Channel Wagtail again
4 White Wagtail
4 Yellow Wagtail
Plenty of Lapwing chicks

Little Woolden Moss NR
1 Whimbrel
3 Curlew
2 Little Ringed Plover
1 Ringed Plover
2 Oystercatcher
2 Marsh Harrier
2 Mediterranean Gulls - pair in full summer plumage landed for a few minutes before flying off north
4 Swift
1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling

Chat Moss:
1 Sedge Warbler singing but not seen
1 Little Grebe
3 Coot
2 Herring Gull
6 Lesser Redpoll
4 Grey Partridge - 2 pairs
8 Swallow
3 Shoveler
4 Gadwall



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Productive morning at LWMoss and some of Twelve Yards Road- 4x Wheatear 3x Grasshopper warbler 2x Whitethroat 1x Marsh Harrier 3x Yellow Wagtail 1x White Wagtail 2x Ringed Plover 1x Little Ringed Plover 1x Shoveler 2x Mediterranean Gull 2x Linnet 2x Curlew 9x Swallow Plus good numbers of Willow Warbler and Lapwings with chicks



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Irlam Moss

8 Lesser Black-Backed Gull taking advantage of recently ploughed field...pity the 'crop' is to be Turf...but at least it's farming of sorts that gives some succour to wildlife albeit transient...

2 Herring Gull

2 Swallow

1 Wheatear

4 Lapwing

1 Skylark in song

1 Shoveler...Male

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR...the start of another year of Breeding Bird Surveys underway since LWT acquisition (in 2012) of this site after its years of Peat Milling destruction...not quite the weather for bird song with the cold North Wind...but it still didn't quite deter them...

5 Lapwing in display

2 Swallow

2 Gadwall...Pair

1 Oystercatcher on nest

3 Teal

34 Willow Warbler in song

21 Meadow Pipit

20 Reed Bunting

2 Sedge Warbler in eclectic song mode---as ever!

1 Wheatear

2 Snipe

1 Redshank

3 Coot...yes the pools are quite extensive to accommodate these 'new' colonisers...

2 Water Rail...calling loud and clear

1 Golden Plover flying over @ 1020

1 Marsh Harrier @ 1242

1 Swift...my first fleeting view of the season...

2 Grasshopper Warbler...testing the 'old' hearing...

1 Shoveler...female



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A productive couple of hours for migrants late afternoon:

Fields immediately north of LWT reserve:
1 Whinchat - male
2 Wheatear
1 Channel Wagtail - male
5 Yellow Wagtail - all males
2 White Wagtail
1 Pied Wagtail
Good numbers of Lapwing chicks running around with protective parents nearby
2 Grey Partridge - pair

LWT reserve:
1 Whimbrel - flew over S constantly calling
3 Curlew - pair + 1
1 Marsh Harrier - constantly harassed by the Curlew pair
2 Oystercatcher
4 Tufted Duck - 2 pairs
3 Shoveler
3 Gadwalll
1 House Martin
5 Swallow
2 Buzzard patrolling low over the reserve

Irlam Moss:
1 Greenland Wheatear - brightly coloured male
1 Curlew
4 Gadwall
4 Herons

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Chat Moss

2 Shoveler...Male

1 Curlew

1 Swallow

Cadishead Moss 4 Lapwing in Display

Carbon Landscape Breeding Bird Survey

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

24 Willow Warbler in song

14 Reed Bunting

1 Grasshopper Warbler in song

24 Meadow Pipit

3 Shoveler

1 Raven

1 Curlew

2 Tufted Duck

1 Wheatear

4 Snipe

Little Woolden Moss

54 Lapwing

3 Wheatear

6 Yellow Wagtail

2 Grey Partridge

1 Golden Plover Flying over @ 1148

 



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Little Woolden Moss 

1 Yellow Wagtail

3 Sand Martin

1 Redshank

6 Stock Dove

2 Grey Partridge

4 Gadwall

1 Nuthatch

Carbon Landscape Breeding Bird Survey Little Woolden Moss + Glaze

1 Marsh Harrier

5 Willow Warbler

3 Redshank

2 Gadwall

1 Whitethroat

17 Lapwing

1 Oystercatcher

8 Stock Dove

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR during Carbon Landscape Breeding Bird Survey

26 Willow Warbler in song

10 Reed Bunting

1 Curlew

1 Sedge Warbler

3 Teal

1 Snipe

2 Coot

4 Grasshopper Warbler

 

 

 

 

 



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Rindle Road area very quiet with 2 Greenland Wheatesr in the horse field being the the best . Also a single Red Legged Partridge and a .Buzzard struggling to get airborne with prey as it was being mobbed by 2 Crows.
Nice to see a few Lapwings holding territory on the horse field and a couple of Yellowhammers calling away.

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Barton Moss including a Carbon Landscape Breeding Bird Survey

5 Blackcap in song

23  Skylark 17 in song

72 Jackdaw

6 Chiffchaff in song

17 House Sparrow

3 Gadwall

4 Yellow Wagtail

10 Greenfinch

12 Linnet

1 Willow Warbler in song

4 Swallow

2 Oystercatcher

3 Lapwing...flying over

1 Whitethroat in song

3 Song Thrush

1 Sedge Warbler in song

1 Curlew

 

 

 



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Chat Moss

4 Shoveler...2 Pair

1 Oystercatcher

10 Willow Warbler in song

1 Yellow Wagtail

2 Swallow

1 Snipe

1 Yellowhammer

1 Whitethroat in song

38 Jackdaw

1 Mistle Thrush in song

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

18 Willow Warbler in song

1 Wheatear

1 Yellow Wagtail

2 Tufted Duck

1 Mallard female with 12 young

2 Oystercatcher

1 Grasshopper Warbler in song

2 Moorhen...the more water the Moss holds the more waterfowl we get....bring it on!

 



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Little Woolden Moss

60 Sand Martin...hawking for insects in the lee of a stand of trees in the rain

2 Swallow

12 Linnet

7 Stock  Dove

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR West

2 Song Thrush in song

11 Willow Warbler in song

5 Gadwall

1 Marsh Harrier @ 0846

2 Tufted Duck...Pair

3 Swallow

1 Mallard female with 7 young

12 Meadow Pipit

2 Snipe

Little Woolden Moss with a group

2 Goldcrest in song

2 Curlew

1 Kingfisher

7 Sand Martin

5 Yellow Wagtail

6 Grey Partridge 

2 Raven

1 Swallow

25 Skylark

3 Wheatear

2 Nuthatch

1 Goosander

22 Lapwing

 

 



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Some sightings from today:

Chat and Irlam Mosses:

5 Coot - 2 pairs plus a single. Considering Coots are not common on the mosses this is a significant count and easily my highest count.
3-4 Little Grebe - pair seen at nest plus and another 1-2 birds seen so probably a second pair.
1 Little Egret
1 Tawny Owl
1 Marsh Harrier
20+ Lesser Redpoll
7 Whitethroat singing
2 Teal - pair
1 Lapwing chick with parents
2 Oystercatcher
2 Curlew
2 Herring Gull
2 Buzzard
2 Grey Heron
2 Yellowhammer
2 Jay

Little Woolden Moss NR:
33 Snipe - flocks of 21 & 12 flew over high east
2 Grasshopper Warbler reeling - 1 seen
2 Water Rail heard
6 Lesser Redpoll
2 Oystercatcher
1 Curlew
2 Gadwall - pair
1 Grey Partridge

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08:00 until c. 11:00 - LWM Nature Reserve + LWM Highlights

Grasshopper Warbler x 2
Corn Bunting x 2
Yellow Wagtail 1m 1f
Little Egret (flew E) - first time I've seen one at LWM
Teal 2m 1f
Gadwall 1m 1f
Shoveler 1m
Wheatear 1m / 2f followed by 1m
Redshank heard
Willow Warbler by the boat load!
Chiffchaff x 3
Song Thrush
Linnet
Oystercatcher x 2
Pied Wagtail
Reed Bunting






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Chat Moss

29 Willow Warbler in song

1 Curlew in Display

1 Little Grebe

1 Little Egret

5 Gadwall

1 Little Ringed Plover

2 Tufted Duck...Pair

2 Snipe

1 Wheatear

2 Shoveler...Pair

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Oystercatcher

2 Gadwall...Pair

13 Willow Warbler i song

2 Curlew

 

 



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11am-2pm walk. First Hobby of the year for me hawking over the East end of Little Woolden Moss LWT. Sedge Warbler singing from same perch as last year on small pools near the burned out containers. Other highlights were Whitethroat, Blackcap, Yellowhammer, Marsh Harrier, Curlew, 3 Grasshopper Warblers reeling in the sunshine.

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Chat Moss - am

10 Brambling
40+ Lesser Redpoll
3 Little Grebe - pair seen together + another heard calling from opposite side
2 Coot - pair
1 Little Egret
1 Swallow
2 Teal
2 Shoveler - pair
Mallard female with 3 young

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Chat Moss

2 Kestrel on the ground having a fight!

5 Willow Warbler in song

1 Chiffchaff in song

2 Wheatear

2 Shoveler...Pair

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

4 Willow Warbler in song

2 Curlew

2 Oystercatcher

2 Gadwall...Pair

1 Herring Gull

1 Redshank

Astley Moss LWTNR....LWT BBS 1 of 3

26 Willow Warbler in song

1 Yellowhammer

10 Wren in song

2 Chiffchaff in song

3 Snipe

2 Bullfinch

5 Teal

1 Siskin

1 Willow Tit in song

10 Meadow Pipit

2 Greylag Geese

Each Visit here haunted by musings of my misspent early youth here when Turtle Dove/Curlew/Tree Sparrow/Lesser Redpoll/Woodcock etc  all bred here whilst Cuckoo roamed in good number....plus the Winter expected Hen Harrier graced the site ...ALL (and much more gone)...it can be a tad depressing to wander where youth and wildlife (in abundance) are now but ghostly apparitions...



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Little Woolden Moss NR - afternoon

Male Black Grouse sat on a bund wall for 20mins before flying off.
6 Sand Martin
2 Swallow
4 Grey Partridge
1 Curlew
1 Oystercatcher

Never thought Id see the day when its more likely to see a Black Grouse on the mosses than a Willow Tit!

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Irlam Moss

1 Swallow

1 Whitethroat in song

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

4 Grasshopper Warbler in song

5 Redshank

4 Sand Martin

1 Swallow 

1 House Martin

10 Linnet

28 Willow Warbler in song

6 Chiffchaff in song

2 Oystercatcher

4 Tufted Duck

1 Black Grouse

11 Lapwing

2 Grey Partridge

Little Woolden Moss

57 Lapwing

8 Wheatear

6 Grey Partridge

6 Yellow Wagtail...Males

26 Skylark

28 Linnet

4 Lapwing...recently hatched...first for year for me...

 



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120424 Brief am Visit

Chat Moss

3 Song Thrush in song

3 Chiffchaff in song

21 Willow Warbler in song

2 Tufted Duck...Pair

2 Gadwall...Pair

1 Little Grebe...in song

2 Bullfinch

2 Grey Partridge

17 Lesser Redpoll

6 Lapwing

1 Whitethroat in song

Irlam Moss

4 Grey Partridge

1 Mallard female with 8 young

3 Willow Warbler in song

1 Yellowhammer.



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Irlam Moss

2 Grey Partridge

10 Lapwing

1 Wheatear...Male

13 Skylark

2 Oystercatcher

1 Whitethroat in song

1 Yellowhammer

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

2 Shoveler...Male

12 Lapwing

2 Gadwall...Pair

13 Willow Warbler in Song

2 Tufted Duck...Pair

1 Redshank

5 Buzzard

1 Wheatear

3 Oystercatcher

2 Lesser Redpoll



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6 Wheatears in the ploughed field south of Moss Lane,also 2 Red Legged Partridge.

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100424....Heavy Rain for the most parts...

Irlam Moss

4 Stock Dove

9 Grey Partridge

1 Willow Warbler in song

1 Blackcap in song

10 Linnet

2 Corn Bunting

2 Snipe

1 Mistle Thrush Nest

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

16 Willow Warbler in song

5 Curlew

2 Siskin

70 Lesser Redpoll

4 Teal

Little Woolden Moss

1 Wheatear

2 Lesser redpoll

16 Lapwing

 



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090424...brief am visit

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

21 Willow Warbler in song

2 Curlew...Males having an Arial display flight challenge

6 Teal

3 Chiffchaff in song

2 Oystercatcher

3 Redshank

1 Grasshopper Warbler in song

1 Water Rail...on call

4 Gadwall

9 Meadow Pipit

2 Shelduck...pair

2 Snipe

1 Song Thrush in song

6 Reed Bunting

Irlam Moss

2 Grey Partridge

 

 

 



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Only a couple of Bramblings left this afternoon (a pal of mine saw 12 there this am)
Also an immature Marsh Harrier over,heading towards the SSSI 3 Buzzards up together and a Swallow feeding over the treetops.

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Astley Moss this afternoon:

3 male Wheatears off Moss Lane, also two Red-legged Partridges (releases for shooting)

Feeding flock of 22+ Bramblings in the hedge by Rindle Wood, also three Red-legged Partridges nearby 



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Chat Moss - am

1 Whitethroat singing
20+ Willow Warbler
5 Chiffchaff
7 Blackcap
2 Coot - pair - not a common bird on the mosses
2 Moorhen
2 Little Grebe - one seen collecting nesting material
1 Little Egret
1 Curlew in display flight
1 Oystercatcher
2 Gadwall - pair
2 Swallow
2 Sparrowhawk - pair in display flight
1 Raven over

.And worryingly still no sign of any Willow Tit in 2024

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Irlam Moss

5 Lawing

450 Woodpigeon

1 Oystercatcher

2 Lapwing on nests

Chat Moss....ahh the further joy of having two large (Greyhound Type) Dogs chasing through an area which once had no such regular (now daily) disturbance...then again it's ONLY an area that hosts ground nesting birds.... 

1 Yellowhammer

4 Lapwing in Display

1 Lapwing on nest

400 Woodpigeon

3 Teal

2 Lesser Redpoll

22 Willow Warbler in song

1 Curlew hoping to nest where dogs rule...yeah right...and we wonder why such as Curlew are on the Red Data List....

1 Oystercatcher

5 Tufted Duck...Male

Barton Moss

8 Lapwing

1 Peregrine (male) chased off by Lapwing

2 Buzzard

1 Mistle Thrush in song

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

13 Willow Warbler in song

4 Gadwall...2 Pair

1 Marsh Harrier chased by Lapwing

2 Oystercatcher

1 Curlew...in display

1 Lesser Redpoll

 



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2 Grasshopper Warbler reeling
1 Yellow Wagtail - male
2 Swallow
2 Sand Martin
8 Teal - 4 pairs
1 Marsh Harrier
3 Curlew
2 Moorhen - pair

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9 Male & female Summer plumaged Brambling in the hawthorn treelined approach track to LWTNR.



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Little Woolden Moss

1 Marsh Harrier

Chat Moss

1 Swallow

8 Willow Warbler in song

2 Blackcap in song

2 Bullfinch

1 Curlew in Display

2 Siskin

5 Meadow Pipit

1 Sparrowhawk

12 House Sparrow

5 Skylark in song

1 Yellowhammer

Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

10 Willow Warbler in song

1 Ringed Plover

4 Teal

2 Buzzard

2 Shoveler...Pair

1 Shoveler....a male interloper which was given short shrift by the male of the aforementioned pair...

2 Curlew

2 Oystercatcher



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Little Woolden Moss LWTNR Thursday 11th afternoon until the rain got bad...

Western end first:

  • Mallard, Teal, Gadwall & Canada Geese on the Glaze (from the bridge)
  • Sand Martin & Swallows above the river and around
  • Redshank on the big "puddles" in the field above the Glaze and several also flying about and landing on the "puddle" in the field beyond the western end
  • 1 Oystercatcher
  • 1 Chiffchaff - I didn't see this one
  • Willow Warbler - lots, I saw some of these
  • 5 Lapwing on the field
  • Mallard duck with 12 or 13 ducklings - bit difficult to count
  • 1 Snipe - which of course I only saw after it had flushed

Then from the Eastern end - walked most of the southern boundary path and back:

  • Sparrowhawk - as I drove round, soaring above Glazebrook "village", actually I'd seen 2 soaring above the East Lancs on the way there
  • Somebody photographing something from the far side of the field next to the track to the Eastern end parking spot - they should have some great photos unless they're totally incompetent
  • Chiffchaff - in 3 different places - saw 2 of them - so that was 4 overall
  • Willow Warbler - lots more, again I saw some of these but from the amount singing there must be at least 10 for every Chiffchaff
  • Curlew - several, lots of calling and flying about - is the bit where they almost stall a display flight?
  • Gadwall - 2 pairs
  • Teal - 1 pair
  • Shoveler - 5, a pair and 3 other males, at one point the male from the pair was getting really aggressive with one of the other males
  • Tufted Duck - 1 pair
  • Lapwing - several
  • Greylag Goose - 2 flying W, landed somewhere in the Western pools
  • And of course several Mallard, Canada Geese, Crows, etc

I've never seen the water level so high, the ditch next to the track to the Eastern end parking spot was almost overflowing. The rain means that there's loads of water in most of the fields and a lot of birds will be on these "puddles" rather than in the more normal wet spots.

I'd forgotten how uplifting it is to have singing Willow Warblers all around, enhanced by the Curlews calling.

 

 



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