They were there about 9,30am and spent most of the day foraging in the farmers fields towards Walshaw, yet I went back to the reservoirs at 4pm to see if they had come to roost, yet couldn't find them. 

-- Edited by Martin Loftus on Thursday 2nd of March 2017 08:14:25 PM

Lovely shots: please can you advise are they there all day long or is there a specific part of the day they are to be seen.

 

Got up nice and early and had a walk over to the res to try and find these Mediterranean Gulls that Rob had seen yesterday, didn't have to walk very far, as they were foraging in the field off Bentley Hall Rd with approximately 30 black headed gulls. As you said Rob, very good lucking pair. 

First thing this morning..

Pair of Gadwall on Upper Res along with 4 Goldeneye, 7 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe. A single Wigeon, 2 Common Snipe and a Jack Snipe were in the flooded gully above Upper Res.

Pair of Oystercatcher on Middle Res.

2 Buzzard and 3 Kestrel around the upper res 

Walk round middle and upper res this afternoon with the dog. 3.30pm - 4.30pm. Lower reservoir was deserted apart from a single coot, yet the top one was a hive of activity. 

Of note:

x5 Goldeneye (1 male 4 female) 

x1 Barnacle goose amongst the 60+ Canada geese.

x3 female Goosander 

x1 Lesser black-backed gull

x2 Oystercatcher 

x2 Great crested grebe 

-- Edited by Martin Loftus on Friday 17th of February 2017 05:33:07 PM

Oystercatcher returned today on Middle Res.

Wigeon on flooded pond in Upper Gully along with Jack Snipe and 14 Common Snipe 

-- Edited by rob archer on Saturday 4th of February 2017 09:23:43 AM

Scaup on the Upper Res this afternoon.. 3 Barnacle Geese and a Greylag in with the Canada Geese

Rest Home Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 100 Redwing

Knowsley Lane House Sparrow, 4 Jay Goldcrest.

Upper Two Lodges Meadow Pipit, 2 Goosander, 10 Tufted Duck, 3 Mute Swan, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Snipe 

8 Wigeon on Middle Res this morning 

Quick walk around before the weather turned biblical 

x1 Lapwing

x7 Wheatear 

x1 Oystercatcher 

50+ swallows

x2 Curlew (in adjacent field towards Walshaw) 

X4 Linnet 

x1 pied wagtail 

and to my surprise there was a common tern masquerading with a group of black headed gulls  

 

 

Nuthatch and singing Blackcap Christchurch Churchyard.

On Lodges

Great Crested Grebe, Green Sandpiper, Pair Goosander, 2 pair Tufted Duck 4 Cormorants, Redwings, 100 Jackdaws, 2 Mute Swans One dead seems to have been attacked several days ago by something as quite a few white feathers further up the bank rings XX6 ZY6934 Seen several times at Moses Gate in a happier state in 2015

Green Sandpiper and a Jack Snipe in the boggy area above the Upper Reservoir inlet gully

14 Wheatear and 2 Whinchat around the Upper Res this morning early doors..

Three Oystercatcher, female Wheatear, 4 Swallow, Chiffchaff, Pheasant, 12 Meadow Pipit and Nuthatch around the lodges

Green Sandpiper 2 Snipe, 2 Oystercatcher and Pair of Bullfinch

2 Treecreepers, 2 Goldcrest, Ring Necked Parakeet usual spot, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Tufted Ducks, Cormorants, Jay and a large flock or Reedwings.

Walked over this morning from Ramsbottom... Wet..!
Ring-necked Parakeet in its usual spot.. Peter Johnson saw one here in May whilst checking his boxes and I finally saw one here today.. There may be a pair in the area according to a local who has been supplying a fruit dump for them..
Also seen here,
Woodcock
20 Snipe
5 Wigeon
1 Teal
Green Sandpiper in the inlet gully at the top Reservoir..Seen one here for the previous three winters..

Rob

AM Few Meadow Pipits one with nesting material, Oystercatcher, 2 Pink-footed Geese, Kestrel, Family of Rooks with juveniles, Curlew, Linnet, Pied Wagtails, 6 Tufted Duck lots of Swallows 2 House Martins, several Willow Warblers Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Jays, Pheasant, Blackcap and a Chiffchaff.

-- Edited by Ian Boote on Sunday 20th of April 2014 01:13:52 PM

George Wood-Chiffchaff
Rest Home- Great Spotted Woodpecker House Sparrow
Top Lodge- 4 Cormorants Oystercatcher, Meadow Pipits.
Middle Lodge 2 Tufted Duck, 2 Great Crested Grebe
Lower Lodge Chiffchaff and Goldcrest
Cockey Moor, Meadow Pipits, Rooks Pheasant Great Spotted Woodpecker.

In churchyard 2 Nuthatch, Collared Dove, 24 Redwing Song Thrush, Blackbird, Great and Blue Tit, Chaffinch 36 Goldfinch, House Sparrows and 15 Starling
Around Reservoirs
Top Lodge Goosander, Buzzard scavenging bugs on the ground, 2 Kestrel, Snipe, Middle lodge Coots Moorhen, Lower Lodge over 100 Mallards, 15 Tufted Duck 8 Wigeon, Coot Moorhen
around Pied and Grey Wagtail, Jackdaws flock of over 20 Rooks north of middle Res, Redwing Flocks, Large flock of Blackbirds, lots of Goldfinches.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 24th of November 2013 10:30:45 AM

8.00am to 9.20am. Walked down to Lowercroft from the top of Tottington Road (Harwood).

Swallows at High Barn, and on the way down the fields to Asmus Fold I flushed a pair of Grey Partridges. Skylarks and a Mistle Thrush also around there.

The pond at The Height had a Grey Heron on it. Other birds around here included a pair of Mistle Thrushes not at all happy with a couple of Magpies, a Whitethroat, a Willow Warbler, Swallows nesting at the stables, Linnets, & Goldfinches.

More Swallows were at Old Holts, and two Wheatears were at Bentley Hall.

Lowercroft Reservoirs :-
4 Great Crested Grebes, 36 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag, 17 Mallards, 4 Moorhens, 2 Coots, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Lapwing, 1 Black-headed Gull, 2 Common Terns, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 House Martins, 3 Swallows, 2 Willow Warblers, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Reed Buntings.
Someone I have known for over 10 years (originally from Jumbles, but living here now) said she saw a Little Owl flying around near the bottom reservoir yesterday.

House Sparrows Knowsley Rd, 6 Oystercatchers Cormorant, Great Crested Grebe middle res, 4 Tufted Duck Heron 2 Great Crested Grebe Coot Moorhen Nuthatch Lower Res, 2 Rooks Jay, Kestrel Woods Cockey Moor, Long Tailed Tits Pied Wagtail Dam Middle Res.

Ainsworth Churchyard Nuthatch
Around Rest Home Female Sparrowhawk & Jay
In the fiels between Barrack Fold Farm, Bentley Lane and Middle Dam
Two flocks of 25 Pied Wagatils One flock of 30 Goldffinch Eight flocks of between 10-20 Meadow Pipit all heading south
Several Swallows Heron, & Moorhen in field Bentley Lane
On around the Lodges 2 mallard few Black-headed Gulls Cananda Geese Jackdaw Rooks Carrion Crows

O