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JOHN TYMON


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this morning

Great Crested Grebe - 5

Mallard - 160 



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Four Ring-necked Parakeet (m, f, 2juv) by the Dam today.



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Lunchtime walk - 13:00

2 Bullfinch, 13 Goldfinch eastern side by golf course.

5 Green parakeets over

1 Red Breasted Goose field SW (escape from zoo down the road apparently - being heared as we walked past)

3 Great Crested Grebes

14 Black-headed Gulls

17 Mallards (9m, 8f)

4 Tufties (2m, 2f)

1 Siskin on walk down to Walton Hall via Golf course

6 Redwing in bushes on west, 2 Fieldfare chasing them

1 Kingfisher by South West feeder stream

Tawney Owl in woods on footpath back to Red Lane from Reservoir.



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10.30-13.30

Appleton Reservoir : 4 Great Crested Grebes, 4 Tufted Ducks, a flock of 7 House Sparrows,

and 1 Grey Heron. Also a group of 40 Mallard, and with just 3 females amongst them most of the

drakes may well have been releases from the nearby shooting estate.

Delamere Way footpath from Park Lane to Hatton : 3 Mistle Thrushes, a flock of 12 Tree Sparrows,

1 Kestrel, 1 Sparrowhawk (Being chased by 2 crows), 1 Grey Heron, 1 Cormorant and 1 Nuthatch.



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09.30-13.00

Appleton Reservoir :

2prs Great Crested Grebes ( 1pr with 1 youngster the other with 2, all resting on their parents back).

Also 1 other adult, so there well be another bird brooding and hidden away around the reservoir.

Here too were, 1 Gadwall, 1 Cormorant, 2 Grey Herons and a family of Chiffchaffs wth 5 youngsters.

A Garden Warbler was in the SW corner, and a family of 7 Long Tailed Tits by the golf course.

A Mistle Thrush was on the Pitch & Putt coarse at Walton Hall.

Along the Delamere Way track across to Hatton were :

2 Red Legged Partridges (Shooting estate along here), 1 Buzzard, 1 Raven, 4 singing Blackcaps and 1 Treecreeper.



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17.30-20.00

Appleton Reservoir

3prs Great Crested Grebes, 2 of which have young, but I'm unsure how many youngsters there are, and they will need to take care as a large mink was seen nearby.

Around the edge of the reservoir were : 1m Bullfinch, 2m Blackcaps, 3 singing Chiffchaffs, 1 Willow Warbler and 1 Grey Heron.

Just to the South of the reservoir, a footpath leaves Park Lane and leads onto the "Delamere Way" path.

This track is well worth exploring in the direction of Hatton, not just for birds, but on sunny days it's great for butterflies too.

Although it passes through a game shooting area, so is best avoided on Saturdays in autumn and winter.

Seen along the path this evening were : 1 singing Yellowhammer, 3 Buzzards, 2 Common Whitehthroats, 2 Red Legged Partridges, 3 singing Song Thrushes and a singing Chiffchaff.

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5.30-6.45pm

2prs of Great Crested Grebes but no sign of young, 1pr of Tufted Ducks, 1 Mallard brood with 4 tiny young.

1 Blackcap and a couple of Willow Warblers singing in the surrounding hawthorns and a couple of Swallows and a Swift above the reservoir.

Plus lots of Crows, Rooks and Jackdaws.

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08.30-11.30

3prs of Great Crested Grebes, one of the these adults having two tiny young on it's back. Also 10 Tufted Ducks, 1 Gadwall, 1 Kingfisher, 3 Grey Wagtails and 1 Buzzard.

There were 3 broods of Mallard, one with an all white mother and a family of 8 small young, 3 of which were pale yellow, the others as normal ducklings.

A Coot family have 5 tiny young. Masses of Swifts and House Martins over the reservoir, with just a few Swallows amongst them.

Along the "Delamere Way" footpath just South of the reservoir were 2 singing Yellowhammers and a single Mistle Thrush.

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Thanks chaps. That's a good Warrington tick for me!

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Nick Isherwood wrote:

JOHN TYMON wrote:

Ian Coote wrote:

Noon today: 30.08.2013

Single "small" Tern hawking for flying insects over the water.

Size between that of a Swallow and Black-headed Gull. Ash grey upper wings with no visible markings. White under-body with a short tail. Black bill, white forehead with small black crown.

I am familiar with all the usual Tern species, but this just seemed different. Anybody got any ideas?




sounds like a Juv Black Tern to me, I have seen them on Appleton Res in the past, and its the same date that one turned up last year at Houghton Green pool, and it felt like black tern weather to me today,so that's my guess :)



A mate of mine has just been down there. It's a juvenile Black Tern just like you said John.



could be a good place for anyone who wants to photograph one, as its fairly small and there used to be a decent car park just before the Res :)

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JOHN TYMON wrote:

Ian Coote wrote:

Noon today: 30.08.2013

Single "small" Tern hawking for flying insects over the water.

Size between that of a Swallow and Black-headed Gull. Ash grey upper wings with no visible markings. White under-body with a short tail. Black bill, white forehead with small black crown.

I am familiar with all the usual Tern species, but this just seemed different. Anybody got any ideas?




sounds like a Juv Black Tern to me, I have seen them on Appleton Res in the past, and its the same date that one turned up last year at Houghton Green pool, and it felt like black tern weather to me today,so that's my guess :)



A mate of mine has just been down there. It's a juvenile Black Tern just like you said John.

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Ian Coote wrote:

Noon today: 30.08.2013

Single "small" Tern hawking for flying insects over the water.

Size between that of a Swallow and Black-headed Gull. Ash grey upper wings with no visible markings. White under-body with a short tail. Black bill, white forehead with small black crown.

I am familiar with all the usual Tern species, but this just seemed different. Anybody got any ideas?




sounds like a Juv Black Tern to me, I have seen them on Appleton Res in the past, and its the same date that one turned up last year at Houghton Green pool, and it felt like black tern weather to me today,so that's my guess :)

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Was the tail deeply forked?




Not noticeably, appeared more gull like than that of a Tern.

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Was the tail deeply forked?

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Noon today: 30.08.2013

Single "small" Tern hawking for flying insects over the water.

Size between that of a Swallow and Black-headed Gull. Ash grey upper wings with no visible markings. White under-body with a short tail. Black bill, white forehead with small black crown.

I am familiar with all the usual Tern species, but this just seemed different. Anybody got any ideas?

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late post for yesterday:

part of the full cheshire daysmile.gif

fair few tufted
coot
GC grebe on eggs, with others displayingsmile.gif
2 aylesbury duck
2 greylag over
comerant
pheasant heard
little grebe
possible kingfisher heard

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Thanks for that John.

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NO NOT REALY MUCH GOOD ANY MORE,GREAT CRESTED GREBE USED TO NEST,AND IVE HAD OVER 300 POCHARD IN WINTER A LONG TIME AGO.IT IS MORE DISTURBED NOW AS ITS NOW A COURSE FISHERY.IT USED TO BE TROUT ONLY,SO YOU WOULD ONLY GET THE ODD ANGLER THEN.ALSO IN THE SUMMER I WOULDNT GO NEAR IT AT WEEKEND AS ITS A AREA WERE TEENAGERS GATHER IN GREAT NUMBERS,DRINKING /SWIMMING ETCcry.gif

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Hi all, Has anyone been here, and if so is it OK? Thanks Geoff



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 13th of November 2021 07:02:42 AM

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