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No sign of Lesser Scaup this morning.

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Drake lesser scaup still north lagoon this morning.

 



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dave broome wrote:

Drake Lesser Scaup still present on the north lagoon this evening

 Located at ///oils.shot.scare



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Drake Lesser Scaup still present on the north lagoon this evening

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Drake Lesser Scaup present on the north lagoon of the old ETW settling beds at midday.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes



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bernard hooley


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A Merlin atop a lampost in Hulme Road were the new houses
are at the side of the river, near were the old club was.

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bernard hooley


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Walked down Fishbrook to Ringley bridge and along the canal
to Prestolee and back home via Fishbrook .
Birds on the canal:
Starling x 4
Robin x 4
Feral Pigeon x 6
Goldfinch x 3
Carrion Crow x 5
Wood Pigeon x 4
Blackbird x 5
House Sparrow x 10
Blue Tit x 3
Tree Sparrow x 1
Great Tit x 2
Common Buzzard x 1
Mallard x 6
Canada Goose x 2
Moorhen x 2
Magpie x 3
Lesser Black Backed Gull (over) x 2
Birds on the river:
Goosander x 4 (2m 2f)
Canada Goose x 3
Black Headed Gull x 4
Dipper x 1
Kingfisher x 4
Grey Wagtail x 1

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bernard hooley


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My wife and I walked along the brilliant new towpath constructed by the
Canal Rivers Trust on the Bolton - Manchester canal from Ringley to Nob End.
22 birds seen:
Long Tailed Tit x 2
Cormorant over x 1
Yellowhammer x 1 (my first here)
Herring Gull over x 1
Goldfinch x 4
Common Buzzard over x 3
Starling x 4
Blue Tit x 5
Feral Pigeon x 12
Chaffinch x 3
Magpie x 7
Canada Goose x 2
Grey Wagtail x 1
Carrion Crow x 6
Mallard x 4
Wren x 2
Moorhen x 2
Great Tit x 2
Wood Pigeon x 12
Blackbird x 6
Black Headed Gull over x 7
Collared Dove x 1


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bernard hooley


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At least 8 Sand Martins flying around Ringley bridge this morning.
2Cormorants on the river also.

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Stuart Marsden


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Quiet at Pilkington pit and adjacent areas of Waterdale Meadows - 1 snipe still, lapwings breeding, pair of tufted duck and several Gadwall. 2 pairs Stock doves at 13 arch viaduct



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7.15-8.30 am - pair of adult Mediterranean Gulls flew low over SW around 8 am, 1 common Sandpiper on the river (no sign of Little ringed plovers), 7 lapwing, gadwall, 1 Sand Martin, several each of whitethroat, willow warbler, chiffchaff and Blackcap, no Acros or Locustella which surprised me a bit



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Ian McKerchar


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Originally posted today by Pete Berry:

A visit to the pool on the south side of the M60 with Stu Marsden was interesting with the following birds seen
On the river:
2 Little Ringed Plover
Several Teal,Gadwall,Mallard and 2 Goosander
On the pool
6+Snipe
With small numbers of Teal,Mallard ,Tufted Duck,Black Headed Gulls,Lesser Black Backed Gulls
In the general area:
4 Buzzard,2 Swallow,several Sand Martin,Willow Warbler and singing Blackcap



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4 Goosander (2m 2f).All four chasing about.The males not showing any
preference for a single female , chasing each female alternately ,but having little
success. 10am today.

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bernard hooley


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Lone Meditteranean Gull at Ringley Bridge yesterday morning 11 a m

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bernard hooley


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3 Goosander (1F +2 Juv) at Ringley Bridge On the opposite side of
the bridge was a single Cormorant

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bernard hooley


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Late post for yesterday.
Two Jays screeching warning calls to each other on the
perimeter of the old football pitch in Ringley Woods.
Both seen briefly flying above the tree canopy

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Simon Johnson


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Looked like there was a Black Tern hawking over the rectangle pool this evening seen from rubber necking from the passenger seat whilst driving past!

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Two kingfishers flying under Ringley Bridge this morning

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bernard hooley


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4 goosanders near the packhorse bridge this morning (2m 2f)
the males were having a bit of a battle

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Belinda


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Flock of thirty to forty lapwings over fields seen Sunday 17th and Monday 4th July fields at Ringley and near pilkington tiles.

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bernard hooley


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redstart in the trees next to Ringley bridge at 2.30 pm

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bernard hooley


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Ringley bridge this morning 11 a m
1 male goosander
1 female goosander
5 mallards
10 Canada geese
1 moorhen
1 kingfisher
4black headed gulls over
1 kestrel on electricity pylon

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two kingfishers at Ringley bridge this morning at 11am

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bernard hooley


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Cheers Ian
thanks for your reply I will take them off my list now

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Hi Bernard,

what you count on any personal list is quite rightly up to you and that's absolutely right but although Black Swans do indeed breed in small numbers in the UK they are all from captive stock and their population is too low and too scattered to suggest that it is self-sustaining. As, when and if, that population grows and does become genuinely self-sustaining their official status may very well change but currently at least they are not truly 'wild' and proving if they're captive birds or indeed off spring from feral breeding pairs is not possible.

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Hi Mark consulted the BOUlist it
told me nothing I didn't already know
in the statement I made I was alluding to whether the birds I saw were
birds that had bred in the wild or birds that had escaped from a bird sanctuary




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Have a look at the BOU definitions Bernard

http://www.bou.org.uk/british-list/species-categories/

Cheers

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bernard hooley wrote:

hi Ian
could you please explain to me how many generations of birds it takes to become accepted as a non escapee
as in the case of the little owl



Well from what I understand is that little owls were mostly introduced but most exotic ducks were escapees. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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hi Ian
could you please explain to me how many generations of birds it takes to become accepted as a non escapee
as in the case of the little owl

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Ian McKerchar


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bernard hooley wrote:

late post for yesterday
2 black swans flying N W over ringley bridge at 10 .30
possible escapees but who knows




Not in any way meaning to sound sarcastic Bernard but I doubt they'll have flown all the way from Australia. I think we can be certain they're from captive origins smile

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late post for yesterday
2 black swans flying N W over ringley bridge at 10 .30
possible escapees but who knows

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Carters hill farm - above Ringley wood - yesterday morning 26th July

9 Siskin south plus 4 in the hedgerow
60 swallow
Sand martin
309 swift sw
500 Lesser Black-backed Gulls sw

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this afternoon

3 Buzzard
2 Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
2,250 Feildfare south/se in lots of flocks
54 Snipe - plus 9 south in flock of Fieldfare
39 Mute Swan
7 Wigeon
27 Gadwall


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A Kingfisher flying first down and then upstream the river at Giants Seat.

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Two Dippers seen flying acoss the Irwell this morning from the Giants seat nursery.

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A Green woodpecker was in the trees just before the entrance to the Giants seat garden centre this morning at 9.15am.

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16 Gadwall, 6 Goldeneye, 18 Tufted Duck, 2 Mute Swan, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, Pheasant, and Kestrel.

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on the ponds
20 Tufted Duck
13 Goldeneye
4 Lapwing
Water Rail (heard)

On the river
2 Dipper

23 Siskin feeding around the pond edges

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5 raven early afternoon

65 gadwall
7 shoveler
50 teal
wigeon

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Today:

2 Wigeon
19 Tufted Duck
5 Shoveler
35 Gadwall
Kingfisher
6 adult Mute Swan
38 Teal
11 Little Grebe
4 Grey Heron
52 Mallard
122 Black-headed Gull
2 Common Gull
10 Coot
23 Moorhen
78 Lapwing south
8 Chiffchaff
2 Treecreeper
67 Woodpigeon
4 Stock Dove
6 Wren
4 Robin
7 Dunnock
3 Nuthatch
2 Willow Tit
10 Blue Tit
20 Long-tailed Tit
5 Great Tit
2 Coal Tit
3 Blackcap
3 Bullfinch
1 Chaffinch

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

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Ian McKerchar


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Yesterday (11th): -

On south lagoon:

23 Lapwing
1 Teal
8 Gadwall
14 Tufted Duck
3 pair of Little Grebe
1 juvenile Willow Tit

Pilkington Tiles roof:

47 Lapwing

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

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Buzzard, Kestrel, Gadwall, Shoveller , Tufted Duck, Willow Warbler, Pheasant, House Martins, swift, swallow, cormorant

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 11th of August 2013 10:13:43 PM

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no sign of long-tailed duck this morning

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Thanks, Keith. Glad it stayed around!
Steve

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Female Long-tailed Duck still present at 2:35pm today on the pool on the south side of the motorway. Park along Philips Park Road and follow the track south past the farm to view the pool from the public vantage point.

Info thanks to Mike Passant

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Long-tailed Duck still present at 7:15pm

Info thanks to Gary Crowder (via Iain Johnson)

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 25th of May 2013 08:27:50 PM

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Long-tailed Duck (f) still present at 5.40pm. Good views from the slightly elevated open land
to the southeast of the Lagoon. Fortunately the duck was at the eastern end of this lagoon too.
Accesed via Philips Park Road, and continuing track, and then left over the Motorway footbridge, which carries
the Outwood cycle Trail.
Nice to meet Tony O'Mahony and Gary Crowder,
Thanks to Steve Christmas and Ian for the info


-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 25th of May 2013 07:24:27 PM

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Female long-tailed duck with 6 tufted duck on the smaller pool south of the M60 at 0800 this morning. May be the recent bird from Silver Lane Pools. Really brightened up my BBS count!

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This place really has had it

The adult female mute swan has been killed feathers all over the place and the carcass eaten a lot! Lucky fox or unfortunately poachers dogs which have been there last few times - who knows!

Great crested grebe - good record
2 Little Grebe
30 Gadwall
42 Mallard
52 Teal
5 Goldeneye
3 Siskin
Willow tit



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Dog walkers now going into Ringley so not many ducks on the pond
10 Teal (over 100 used to winter here)
15 Goldeneye
7 Gadwall
2 Raven
2 Buzzard

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