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John O'Neill


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Gatewarth
4 Chiifchaff
2Grey Partridge
1Kestrel
min 4max 6 Buzzard

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John O'Neill


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Gatewarth

1 Chiffchaff singing near canal

1 Buzzard over

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Gatewarth

2 Bullfinch
6 Buzzards
1 Kestrel



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John O'Neill


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Fiddlers Ferry

Mute Swan on nest. Canal

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Grey Partridge very vocal, late pm. At least 5 heard calling 2 seen.
Buzzard
Kestrel
Jay

Fiddlers Ferry

Lesser Redpoll, 1 showing well in trees round River Pump House

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Gatewarth

1 Bullfinch (f) in hedge

Buzzard and Kestrel up hunting despite light persistent rain

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Gatewarth


Great Spotted Woodpecker calling from trees near canal

Buzzard low over Old Tip

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Gatewarth

Whooper Swan still present at Moss Side Farm fields, south of the river, this afternoon, viewed from top path.

Many thanks to all for posting the first sighting of the bird on the Richmond Bank thread last week.

Gt. Crested Grebe, Shelduck and Cormorant in river.



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Gatewarth

m Great Spotted Woodpecker high in tall tree calling repeatedly.

4 Curlews on river

Woodpigeons on far side of river so numerous when took off noise of wings audible from where I was

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Gatewarth

Big numbers of Woodpigeon (lots lined up on hedges on far side) Corvids and Starlings.

3 Meadow Pipits Old Tip area.

Standing water on fields.


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A short distance away from the south side of the R Mersey, at Oxmoor LNR, Runcorn this afternoon, birds included 1 Cetti's Warbler, 1 Water Rail, 7 Snipe, 2 Gadwall and 1 Siskin



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Fiddlers Ferry
Skein of 40 plus Pink Footed Geese low over.
Vocal Water Rail calling in canalside reeds close to level crossing.

Gatewarth

Buzzard and Kestrel over old tip area

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Gatewarth
Buzzard perched up on fsr bank
Water Rail (poss 2) calling from reedbed on canal
Skylarks over
Meadow Pipit on Old Tip

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30+ Redwing with Blackbirds and Robins feeding in hawthorn hedges and bushes.
First of the winter for me.

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A male and a female Stonechat on Norton Marsh yesterday.



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M Kestrel hunting low over sloping fields

20 plus Gadwall on Canal with Mallard



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A single Ruff with 200+ Lapwing on the Mersey mudflats west of Norton Marsh this morning + Golden Plover, Curlew and Dunlin, also single Stonechat on Norton Marsh and 4 Green Sandpipers on the south bank of the ship canal. Yesterday a female Mandarin Duck on the ship canal.

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Gatewarth
F Sparrowhawk over old tip area

Swallow numbers right down...only a couple seen today

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Excellent views this morning of a juvenile Peregrine hunting over Norton Marsh and the Mersey viewed from Halfway House watchpoint. Also Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Ringed Plover and Redshank.

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Gatewarth
Mixed flocks of tits and warblers moving thru hedgerows , mainly Long Tailed Tits, Willow warblers and Whitethroats.
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50+ Goldfinches, many young birds.
Swallows gathering , many lining up on fences. Clearly preparing for leaving. Couldn't blame them...weather was miserable.

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Gatewarth
Whitethroats inc young birds in hedges.

Common Shrew near Old Hall.

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Lots of fruit / berries in the hedges and bushes. Birds feeding inc Robins, Blackbirds, Blackcap, Whitethroat.

House Sparrows seem to have had a good year, big post breeding flock near the Old Farm.

Despite being quite early (8am-ish) sunny and warm , loads of Gatekeepers on wing.

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Gatewarth
This year's brood of Mute Swans almost fully grown and starting to get white adult plumage. Still cramming onto nest on canal, though. Looked a bit overcrowded.

Buzzard over old tip.



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Gatewarth
Pair of Mute Swans on canal with 7 cygnets

Good display of orchids, lots of Marsh Orchids fully out, 4 Pryamidal spikes starting to flower

F Brimstone and 1 Meadow Brown

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Gatewarth
Buzzard been mobbed by a murder of crows
2 Kestrels

Lots of flowers out inc Marsh Orchids, Southern Marsh type in the main. Couldn't find any Bee Orchids.

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Gatewarth
2 Buzzards over old tip
Sand Martins and House Martins hawking with Swallows over canal

Marsh Orchids just coming out. One Northern Marsh furthest out.

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Fiddlers Ferry - Gatewarth

Warbler numbers up, Reed W, Whitethroat, Willow W & Chiffchaff all present in good numbers.
No sign of Lesser Whitethroat today.

Sand Martin hawking with Swallows .

2 Grey Partridge



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Gatewarth
Big influx of Blackcaps this evening. 20+ in bushes and hedges, all rather skulking.
Lesser Whitethroat singing.

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Gatewarth
8.00pm-ish
1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling from Old Tip
1 Lesser Whitethroat mobile in tall hedge at top of bank

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Fiddlers Ferry to Gatewarth 2.00pm
Really high tide.

Reed Warblers and Whitethroats arrived en masse. Loads of both.
3 Grasshopper Warblers reeling
Single Blackcap seen
Single Lesser Whitethroat rattling from hawthorns at top of bank at Gatewarth.Seen briefly.

2 Buzzards hunting together, low over Old Tip then drifted higher over River. Kept v close to each other .

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At least 2 Grasshopper Warblers reeling including one from Old Tip

Pair Grey Partridge

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My 1st Whitethroat of year skulking in bushes along main track. Singing rather half-heartedly.

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8.00-9.00pm 18th/04
At least two Grasshopper Warblers reeling in reeds/scrub at bottom of field in between reserve and Ferry Pub. One showed briefly
Willow Warblers all over.Easily double figures
1 Chifchaff
1 Reed Warbler singing
Buzzard and Kestrel still flying.


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1 Swallow over old tip
Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler singing
Pair of Kestrels hunting together

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yesterday

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Chiffchaff from wooden bridge just inside reserve 1st of year for me

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 30th of March 2015 09:05:36 AM

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9am ish
2 Whooper Swans high over

2 Bullfinch in bushes

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M Sparrowhawk low over old tip flying down to riverside

2 Buzzards over farm

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No luck for me with seeing or hearing any Firecrests today.
Plenty of Bullfinch about (20+)

1 Glaucous Gull and 1 Iceland Gull on River.

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Now two Firecrests present at Richmond Bank!!

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Firecrest singing and showing superbly well at 11:30 today, flycatching occasionally from the hawthorns along the bank at Richmond Bank, but moves through fairly quickly.

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A Firecrest in the brambles behind where we sit to watch the gulls on Richmond Bank(first heard last week by Ian)

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Two Willow Tits singing today in the bushes by the car park at the wastewater treatment works.

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A pair of Oystercatchers on the mud opposite the Pumping Station this afternoon -same time as last year!

Seven Fieldfare plus singles of Mistle Thrush, Pied Wagtail and Buzzard were at Penketh Hall paddocks.

Both Kestrel and Buzzard were hunting over the old tip area.


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Paddocks past stables- Small numbers of Redwing and Fieldfare
4 Bullfinches in tall hedge at top of bank.
Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming

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Approximately 10,000 gulls on the mudflats to the west of Norton Marsh late morning including 1 juvenile Iceland Gull and an adult Yellow-legged Gull

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Stonechat - 1F
Bullfinch - 1M,2F
Goldfinch - 25
Reed Bunting - 6

Plus Gt. Spotted Woodpecker, Song Thrush and Kestrel were the highlights this morning.

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F Grey Wagtail

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High water at Fiddlers Ferry today was 4.0 metres at 14.56, despite a WNW wind the river didn't come over Norton Marsh, so no small mammal activity but had a good view of a juvenile Glaucous Gull, also an adult Yellow-legged Gull as well as Redshank, Snipe, Lapwing, Curlew, Shelduck and cormorant.

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Gatewarth

1 m Stonechat old tip

Flock c30 Redpoll high in trees near the Water Plant between Gatewarth & Fiddlers Ferry. Mobile but didn't seem to be feeding, I didn't see any go to the alders here.

1 Jay over.

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1000+ Starlings (murmuration) over the old Sewage Pools at dusk today was a great spectacle, and the most I've seen here for ages.

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