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Ian McKerchar


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Midday today:

5 Goldeneye

200+ mixed Fieldfare and Redwing flock feeding stubble

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Undoubtedly a peregine

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I agree...a Peregrine. Possibly a juvenile?

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Hi Paul Admittedly Ive only looked at your images on my phone but the raptor looks more like a Peregrine to me. The head pattern looks too strong for Merlin and whilst the tail feathers look damaged, the wingtips stretch beyond the tail whereas in Merlin the tail exceeds the wingtips. In addition the picture showing the bird side by side with a Carrion Crow shows only a small size difference. Anybody else any thoughts?

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9.20am to 11.20am. 35 species recorded including:

  • Kestrel 5
  • Long-tailed Tit 4
  • Redwing 1
  • Mistle Thrush 4
  • Skylark 40+
  • Peregrine 1 (originally posted as a Merlin edited after advice from Phil Greenwood & Dave Cropper Thanks for the help gents) 
  • Rook 15+
  • Tufted Duck 30+
  • Goldeneye 1 (female)
  • Herring Gull 1
  • Lapwing 5
  • Meadow Pipit 1 (heard only)
  • Common Gull 4
  • Buzzard 2
  • Snipe 1
  • Grey Wagtail 3



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-- Edited by Paul Thompson on Friday 15th of November 2019 08:24:34 PM

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No sign of Little Gull this morning. 15 Tufted Duck, 6 Little Grebe, 2 Mallard, 1 Coot, 1 Moorhen and around 30 Black Headed Gulls.

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The 2W Little Gull again the afternoon.

 

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2W Little Gull remains today!

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2w Little Gull still present this morning, showing very well

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A pair of Red-breasted Merganser present 11:30 at least today.

Also the 2w Little Gull still and a Redshank.

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2W Little Gull still present late morning though feeding around the fields.

64 Fieldfare, 44 Redwing and 2 Goldeneye also present.

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2W Little Gull still present around midday today.

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2W Little Gull still present today 

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2W Little Gull flew off NE at 6:05pm with a small group of Black-headed Gulls, presumably to roost at Delph Reservoir.

 

11 Pink-footed Geese flew SW, plus 8 Redwing and a Chiffchaff.

 

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2W Little Gull still present this early afternoon, 3 Swallow and 2 Redwing.

 

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From Fall Birch road 12:30pm to Res.
Kestrel - 2.
Buzzard - 2.
Jay - 1.
Dunnock - 1.

At the Res :-

Pied wagtail - 12 at least.
Reed bunting - 1.
Meadow pipit - 12.
Buzzard - 3 .
Little Grebe - 10.
Little Gull 2W - 1 giving great close up views over the
boathouse path.
But a other birder said the Scaup was scared off by the boats at 12: 45 Doh !

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Up to midday today:

 

1W Scaup

2W Little Gull

32 Pink-footed Geese over west

7 Swallow

5 House Martin

50 Meadow Pipit

3 Redwing 

 

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2:15pm - 3:20pm, including a nice bit of hail storm:

  • 8 grey wagtails
  • 80+ pied wagtails
  • 60+ meadow pipits
  • 20 swallows
  • 4 house martins
  • 3 kestrels, a male and two juveniles
  • 14 dabchicks
  • 2nd Winter little gull still
  • 1st Winter scaup still

Also a very close encounter with a female sparrowhawk which put the pipits in a panic about my head and nearly knocked my cap off!



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First winter Scaup and 2W Little Gull still present, 31 Swallow, 2 House Martin and 3 Redwing at midday.

 

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First winter Scaup and 2nd winter Little Gull both still present today.

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First winter Scaup and 2nd winter Little Gull both present today.

Also, Merlin through SW, 2 Ring Ouzel 26 Redwing, 5 Chiffchaff,  40 Swallow, 15 House Martin, 60 Meadow Pipit, 50 Pied Wagtail and a Whinchat (latter Andy Makin).

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2w Little Gull still present this afternoon, 4 Wigeon, 8 Swallow and 15 House Martin also.

 

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2nd winter Little Gull still present yesterday.

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A Red Kite flew low NW at 1:35pm towards the mast on Winter Hill, plus the second winter Little Gull still present.

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First summer Little Gull still present and correct this evening.

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Little gull still showing exceptionally well all afternoon biggrin



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First summer Little Gull still remains today.

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1st summer Little Gull still present this morning, also:

 

Swift

200+ mixed hirundines

60 Meadow Pipit

3 Chiffchaff

 

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Noon 13:20 today

Little gull still present and showing very nicely.

Other highlights:

  • Forty-odd meadow pipits
  • Thirty-odd pied wagtails
  • 1 female white wagtail
  • 11 grey wagtails
  • 2 buzzards
  • 1 merlin trying to chase a meadow pipit while being mobbed by jackdaws
  • 9 dabchicks


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This morning:

 

juvenile Yellow Wagtail

Wheatear

4 Swift

1s Little Gull

2 juvenile Goosander

250 Swallow

80 House Martin  

50 Meadow Pipit

 

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At midday today:

Leucistic House Martin with 100 House Martin (photos of this striking bird on the website)

1s Little Gull

Swift

200 Swallow 

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Late news for yesterday afternoon:

Couple of Chiffchaff

Little Gull still present

Flock of 100+ Linnet

Large numbers of hirundines dropped in during heavy rain with over 1500 Swallow, 1000 House Martin, a Sand Martin and a Swift.

Info thanks to Andy Makin

 



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Late morning today, highlights included:

1st summer Little Gull still present

Juvenile Yellow Wagtail

60 grounded Meadow Pipit

250 Swallow

50 House Martin

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

 

 

 



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1st summer Little Gull still present yesterday, also a Spotted Flycatcher

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1st summer Little Gull still present at 5pm, also 300 Swallow.

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6 Swift, a Yellow Wagtail flew in at 5:15pm, and the 1st summer Little Gull was still present.

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First summer Little Gull present at midday again.

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1st summer Little Gull still present this evening, also 4 Swift.

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1st summer Little Gull again from 5pm to 6:15pm, then flew SW over the golf course (photos of the tatty thing on the website).

Hobby hunting at 6:03pm, plus Wheatear, 30+Swift and 350 Swallow.

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1 juvenile Yellow Wagtail feeding at the west end this morning

19 Swift, 400+ Swallow, c100 House Martin and c40 Sand Martin



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1st summer Little Gull present again at 5:55pm to 6:39pm, then flew SW over the golf course

 

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Little Gull seen again at 7:30am then disappeared and appears again at 9:15am before moving off again.

 

2 juvenile Yellow Wagtails were feeding along the west dam, 70+ Swift and 32 Cormorant flew NW.

 

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First summer Little Gull present late morning today.

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9.30am to 10.55am. 24 species recorded including:

  • Swallows 200+
  • Pied Wagtails 15+
  • House Martins 150+
  • Reed Buntings 15+
  • Whitethroats 4
  • Linnets 30+
  • Sand Martins 6
  • Little Grebes 6
  • Kestrel 1
  • Yellow Wagtail 1 (juvenile)
  • Grey Wagtails 5
  • Swifts 4
  • Buzzard 1
  • Herring Gull 1


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Juvenile Yellow Wagtail present and a juvenile Dunlin flew NW this early afternoon.

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2 Yellow Wagtails (female and a juvenile) present late yesterday afternoon.

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4 common Scoters at 2pm.

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Four drake Common Scoter present late evening.

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Juvenile Mediterranean Gull at 2:30 tpday

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drake Common Scoter present this evening.

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