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Common Scoter still present

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Common Scoter still present

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Female Common Scoter still - 11.45
also female Goosander

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Common Scoter still present

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Common Scoter female still present at 17.05
Goosander 1
Tufted Duck 36

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Woodcock 1
Tufted Duck 21
Goosander 2
Cormorant 9
Heron 4

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Goosander 6

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Goosander 5, one drake coming to bread
Great Crested Grebe 1
Tufted Duck 37
Mute Swan 1

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It's not a cackling goose in my opinion, the bills too big and the bird doesn't look small enough, especially in the photo with the regular Canada. I also don't think it's Todd's for various reasons but the short looking neck for one. I can't say why but it looks to be sitting a little oddly to me. It would be good to see some photos of it standing out of the water.

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Definitely not a Todd's Canada, the neck's stocky rather than thin (when I made my first attempt at an ID I remembered there was something about the neck of a Todd's but I remembered it dead wrong). The more I look at my photos and the more I read round the more baffled I am by it.

  • Body the same size as the other Canada geese but neck very short
  • More evenly brown upperparts
  • No pale back collar between black neck and brown bank
  • Reduced white cheek patch black of neck nearly meeting black of chin
  • Round head, large bill

Frankly, I don't even know this isn't a cackling goose rather than a Canada goose, some variation of feral Canada or a hybrid of some sort. One of "them" birds.

Is this the same mystery goose that was at Elton Reservoir last month?



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Possible Todd's Canada goose on the lake this lunchtime. Very short neck and even brown upperparts. Will put up photos later.

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Meadow Pipit 55 over south 08-30 to 09-30
Pied Wagtail 3 over
Siskin 1 over

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Black-headed Gull with green darvic 229A on 18th August. I'm not getting any feedback from Cr ringing or Ringmerking which says it must start with the letter J




Got a reply from Dean Trenam. Ringing and recovery data attached.

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Hi Pete.
looks like one of Dean Trenams, its on cr-birding.

dean.trenam1@gmail.com

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Pete Hines wrote:

Black-headed Gull with green darvic 229A on 18th August. I'm not getting any feedback from Cr ringing or Ringmerking which says it must start with the letter J



Try Euring Pete

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Black-headed Gull with green darvic 229A on 18th August. I'm not getting any feedback from Cr ringing or Ringmerking which says it must start with the letter J

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400 Parakeets in the pre-roost yesterday evening between 8.30 and 9.00pm.


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Peregrine 1 over the Thai festival
Tufted Duck 15

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Ring-necked Duck female still present this afternoon
Tufted Duck 44
Great Crested Grebe 1

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Ring-necked Duck 1
Tufted Duck 55 and 31 at Alexandra Park. Yesterdays counts were 75 and 11. Both total 86
Great Crested Grebe 1
Chiffchaff 1 singing

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Ring-necked Duck still here on the lake.

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Ring-necked Duck 1 female back again
Tufted Duck 75
Great Crested Grebe 1

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No sign of the Ring-necked Duck at either Alexandra or Platt Fields Parks this morning

Tufted Duck 62 (PFP), 48 (AP)
Goosander 1 (PFP)
Great Crested Grebe 2 (PFP)

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Ring-necked Duck female relocated roosting on the island.

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Ring-necked Duck - female present at Alexandra Park, Manchester, 18th -22nd February relocated here. Roosting on the island facing the building.
Tufted Duck 71 (34 counted at Alexandra Park earlier this morning, down from 43 yesterday)
Pochard 1 drake
Goosander 1 redhead

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Tuesday 08.30 Ring-necked Duck female relocated from Alexandra Park

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Pochard 2(1m & 1f)
Tufted Duck 76
Gadwall 1 drake
Goosander 2

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Pochard 2 (1 m & 1 f)
Tufted Duck 73 (accurate count)
Goosander 2 redhead
Redwing 47 in song

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34 Tufted Duck

1 Goosander pinching bread off the Canada Geese

Treecreeper

Goldcrest, Blue Tit and Long-tailed Tit

 



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Goosander - just one redhead, coming to bread, scoffing whole slices and attacking Mallards
Tufted Duck 60
Redwing minimum of 26 foraging on the ground
Fieldfare 1 noisy bird calling from tree tops
Mute Swan 10 still
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 female drumming
Grey Wagtail 1

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No. But easily be there still unseen

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Long-tailed Tit, Blue Tit and Goldcrest in a loose flock

Bullfinch

 

No sign of Firecrest - anyone seen it this week or has it moved on?



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Pochard 1 drake flew in at 13.00
Tufted Duck 58
Goosander 1
Cormorant 1
Great Crested Grebe 1
Mute Swan 10
Heron 5

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Tufted Duck 35
Goosander 3
Great Crested Grebe 1
Goldcrest 2

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No sign of the Firecrest this morning. A fair flock of local birders though!

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Male Firecrest showed on and off 15:35-15:37 on north side of Platt Brook, alongside the footpath past the fenced all-weather pitches, in edge of Ivy-covered trees near two dead standing Poplar trunks, also 2 Goldcrest Approx 80 Ring-Necked Parakeet were on the island pre-roost and 71 Magpie

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Firecrest 1 seen well from the footbridge over Platt Brook at 53.446889, -2.226324, at c5m range hovering infront of and in holly below bridge height NW of bridge, between approx 12.30 and 12.34 when lost to view in the holly. Not associating with tit flock.

Goldcrest 3 among tit flocks.
Goosander 1 redhead
Tufted Duck 34
Mute Swan 10
Common Gull 17
Herring Gull 6
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
Heron 6

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4 Grey heron

Good number of Black-headed Gulls, couple of Lesser Black-backed as well

1 male Goosander

Usual Coots, Moorhens and Mallards

About 6 Ring-necked Parakeets -  a few juveniles with short tails.



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Pochard 1 drake roosting on the island
Tufted Duck 31
Teal 1 drake
Great Crested Grebe 2
Goosander 2 redhead
Cormorant 2

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Dusk visit

Goosander 6 flew out SW at 16.34
Ring-necked Parakeet 170+ at the pre-roost gathering dramatically all departed SE at 16.45
Magpie 100
Jackdaw 65

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Pochard 1 drake roosting on the island
Tufted Duck 30
Goosander 6 redhead
Great Crested Grebe 1

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Coot AAS was ringed at Platt Fields on 9/10/2011 and resighted there regularly since.

Many thanks for the record, Tony. 



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Coot chicks still present. One Coot was ringed AAS

A pair of Grey Heron, one was stood on the nest for a while but I didn't see a chick.

Good numbers of Starlings feeding and flying back into the housing estate



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4 Swallow yesterday afternoon. Also Coot with chicks and a few Mallard ducklings.



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A Little Egret on the Island opposite the kiddies playground this morning.

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Pochard 3 (2 male, 1 female)
Tufted Duck 54
Goosander 1 redhead

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A Stock Dove was near the church on my way back from town. It was so unbothered I was able to take a pic on my iPhone but it wasnt injured and flew off. Site first too for me and great to see one so close to the city centre

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No sign of the Red-breasted Merganser this morning. Goldfinch c40

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Red -breastead Merganser was active and showing well when I left at 12 noon. it never ventured far from the island. Also a Grey Wagtail on one of the small islands and the also the usual noisy Ring- necked Parakeets flying around and in the tree  tops.



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Red-breasted merganser active and showing well up to 9.30 this morning.

Rest:

2 goldcrest
1 coal tit
2 nuthatch heard
2 redwing heard
1 jay heard
1 great spotted woodpecker
5+ ring-necked parakeet
11 moorhen
17+ coot
14+ tufted duck
3 mute swan (2 juvenile, one adult with blue darvic 4APF)
2 great crested grebe
3 grey heron
4 cormorant
5 common gull




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