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Tuesday 25th Feb 2pm
Feeders : Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Willow Tit

Car Park : Robin, Wren, Blackbird

Lake : 5 Goosanders, about 50 Tufted Duck, plenty of Coot, Canada Goose, Mallard, Black Headed Gull, Mute Swan, and Moorhen

-- Edited by Rob Creek on Tuesday 26th of February 2013 02:32:39 PM

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High noon
On the way back from the gym(still can't shift this Christmas weight)
Anyway
Cormorantx2
Mallardx11
Canada geesex51
Gb grebe
Tufted ducksx80
Mute swanx4
Cootx16
Gadwellx2
grey heron
Moorhen
Goosanderx2
Car Park and feeders
Great titx2
Magpiex7
Wren
Blue titsx3
Lt titsx2
Bullfinchx2
Goldfinchx3
Greenfinch
Cheers jay
Don't twitch and drive


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Rob Creek


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Almost forgot...a Buzzard flying quite low overhead and landed on 1 of the pylons just passed the lake towards Farnworth.

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Called in again on lunch break today.

Main lake...50+ Tufted Duck with 1 Great Crested Grebe
Countless Coot, Mallard, Canada Goose
1 Grey Heron and 2 Cormorants on the wooden island.
Further round near the wooden jetty...roughly another 40 Canada Goose, 1 Lapwing, and mixed Common and Black Headed Gulls in good numbers.
3 Mute Swans (1 near full grown Cygnet) the 2 adults readily feed from your hand as they did today.
What annoyed me here was a man and woman with a youngster and a Staffy, encouraging the dog to go for the Swans, not the dogs fault...and I might add...IT DIDN'T GO FOR THEM !!! They soon went when I went over. Idiots!

Feeding Station...the usual Bullfinch, Chaffinch, about 35 Goldfinch, Robin, Blackbird, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, and a lone Willow Tit, very active.

Apparently the Ranger here informs me they do well here, 3 breeding pairs no less last year, great news!

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Weds 23/1/13
Called in on my lunch break.
Plenty of Tufted Duck, Coot, Mallard, Mute Swan.
Walked round to the feeding station at the back of the visitor centre...
Bullfinch, Chaffinch, Blackbird, Robin, Blue Tit, Great Tit, Coal Tit, Long Tailed Tit, and it was either
Willow Tit or Marsh Tit, watched it for a good 10 mins but without binocs or camera I couldn't get a positive ID

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3 Gadwall, 7 Shoveler, 50 Tufted Duck, 2 Goosander,.

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2 Shoveler, Goosander, 40 Siskin.

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6 Shoveler (3 male ), Kingfisher,.

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Originally posted by Bernard Hooley today:

post for yesterday 3pm yellow legged gull in gull roost

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10 Gadwall, Goldeneye, Common Buzzard, 30 Redwing, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Treecreeper, 6 Bullfinch.

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Water Rail in ditch north of reservoir, +10 Gadwall, Common Buzzard on M/ way lamp, 25 Fieldfare, 4 Bullfinch.

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7 Whooper Swans flying east , very low, at 8 15am, 9 Gadwall, 40 Tufted Duck, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Meadow Pipit, 50 Feildfare over, 40 Jackdaw,.

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28th October.

4 drake Pochard here this morning, plus a flock of c40 Redwing.

There were 13 Gadwall and c55 Tufted Duck here last Sunday (21/10). Numbers of both these species appeared to be down somewhat today, with the Tufted Duck count only around half of that noted last week. It was also nice to meet and to have a good natter with Tony Hill at Blackleach last Sunday morning.

Cheers,

Bill.


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1 Teal, Little Grebe, 3 Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel.

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6 Willow Tits together in the nature reserve.

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3 Shoveler, 2 Common Buzzard.

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4 Gadwall, 35 Mistle Thrush, 3 Willow Tit.

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Little Grebe, Common Tern, Kingfisher, 16 Mistle Thrush, 3 Willow Tit,.

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16 Tufted Duck, Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Common Tern, Stock Dove, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, Wheatear, 15 Mistle Thrush, Willow Tit, 150+ Starling, 20 Goldfinch, 8 Bullfinch,.

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8 Teal.

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Common Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 4 Common Tern, Reed Warbler.

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Red Kite over junction of M61 and A666 (Kearsley) at 6pm. Landed in trees to the left of the eastbound carriageway. Circa 1m NE of Blackleach



-- Edited by Ian Keith on Sunday 22nd of July 2012 09:21:38 PM

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Tony Hill


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2 Reed Warblers.

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Reed Warbler singing on reed island.

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2 Wheatear on Linnyshaw Moss, + Lesser Whitethroat on the nature reserve.

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2 Common Tern, Wheatear on Linnyshaw Moss, + Garden Warbler singing on the Linnyshaw Loopline.

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Tuesday May 8th Lunchtime.
Pair Common Tern still present
Pair Great Crested Grebe with 3 chicks ( Grebelets?)

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Wheatear on Linnyshaw Moss.

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2 Grey Partridge, 2 Wheatear,.

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2 Yellow Wagtails feeding briefly on the reservoir dam, also Oystercatcher over, 4 Swift, 25 Swallow, 2 House Martin, 1 Sand Martin,.

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3 Greylag Geese,flew off 8am, 2 Swift, 2 Siskin.

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Common Tern, Common Whitethroat.

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A White Stork flew over north at 09:35 this morning.

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Greylag Goose on Island, + 2 Red Legged Partridge on Linnyshaw Moss,.

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Green Woodpecker, in nature reserve.

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Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff,.

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Quick half hour 11.00ish
2xlittle grebe
1xgc grebe
1xcormorant
3pairs of tufted duck
2xmute swans
2xwrens
2xrobins
loads of blue and great tits
1xblackbird
cheers jay

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 22nd of March 2012 04:26:00 PM

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2 Gadwall, 4 Wigeon,2 Little Grebe,Sparrowhawk, 2 Chiffchaff, 2 Willow Tit, pair Reed Bunting,.

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2 Gadwall, 3 Cormorant, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Tit, pair Reed Bunting,.

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2 Shoveler, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Reed Bunting,.

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male Goosander, 2 little Grebe, 2 Great Crested Grebe, Kestrel, 6 Jay, Reed Bunting,.

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Jack Snipe, in reeds behind the reservoir, then flew off north to the nature reserve.

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7 Mute Swan, 7 Gadwall, 40 Tufted Duck, 6 Bullfinch.

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5 Gadwall, 6 Fieldfare, Goldcrest, 4 Bullfinch,.

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There was a birder called Bill,
Of atlasing he'd had his fill,
He fancied a lark
So went down to the park,
But the lark had flown up to the hill!



Steve

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Jason Dulhanty


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Quick hour early afternoon
Gadwallx2
Moorhen
coot
Canada geese
mallards
Various Tits
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Magpies
Crows
House sparrows
Robin
Sparrowhawk
Deerx3 back of Nature reserve
Cheers Jay

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 13th of February 2012 04:46:34 PM

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12th February am.

Keep looking out for the Water Rail
But efforts to date are to no avail
With the recent spell of cold and ice
A sighting today would have been nice
Still four shoveler plus gadwall female and drake
At least put a little bit of icing on the cake

Cheers,

Bill.

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Pair , Wigeon, 6 Gadwall, 65 Tufted Duck, Great Crested Grebe, Common Snipe,.

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Water Rail on reed Island, at the back of reservoir, 4 Gadwall, 2 Pochard.

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6 Mute Swan, 50 Canada Geese, 4 Gadwall, 12 Teal, 35 Mallard, 2 Pochard, 40 Tufted Duck,.

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