A gentle cycle round from 4pm 1 Buzzard 1 Kingfisher 30 Woodpigeon 7 Magpie 7 Swallow 1 Grey Heron 1 Cormorant 3 Long Tailed Tits (more heard) Young Sparrowhawks heard calling from the wooded area by the large pool. Bullfinch heard
Vegatation all overgrown, unmanaged, visibility poor!
WeBS count 19/11 0915-1000 Moorhen = 6 Mallard = 43 Cormorant = 10 Tufted Duck = 5 Teal = 6 Gadwall = 4 Feral Duck = 3 (2 of the huge farmyard type that are usually at Langworthy Drive and 1 small white call duck type that is paired to a Mallard usually seen on Salford Quays) Black Headed Gull = 151 Lesser Black Backed Gull = 1 Kingfisher = 1 Little Grebe = 3 Mute Swan = 3 Heron = 1 Common Gull = 1
On the rest of the reserve nice to see good numbers (>10) of Bullfinch.
Also on the reserve; 2 Lesser Redpoll, 1 calling Willow Tit, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Bullfinch, Goldcrest, Blue, Great & Long Tailed Tits, Redwing, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Wren, Robin, Wood Pigeon, Collared Dove, Stock Dove, Jay, Magpie, Crow, Starling, H Sparrow, G S Woodpecker
Other birds on the reserve; Chaffinch, Song Thrush, Robin, Wren, Jay, Magpie, Crow, G Tit, B Tit, Goldfinch, Greenfinch, Lesser Redpoll (8), Bullfinch (10), Wood Pigeon, Stock Dove, H Sparrow, Starling.
Also with most of the available water frozen amusing to watch a Buzzard come down to the canal for a drink. In landed on a heavily vegitated bank and sort of half rolled/half flapped its way down to the water - it was lucky it didn't end up head first in !!!!