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Phil Oddy


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Oystercatcher, pair Shoveler, c70 Canada Geese this morning



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Church Lane Flood.

A bit of birding from the car to see what the storm might have blown in...

1 male Wigeon
2 Shoveler (pair)
1 Oystercatcher
2 ad. Cormorants
Usual numbers and mix of the commoner gulls

Cheers John

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John Rayner wrote:

7 Shovelers (4m, 3f)
3 Teal (2m, 1f)

 Wonder if they are from Adlington? I had a similar number of Shoveler there last week



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7 Shovelers (4m, 3f)
3 Teal (2m, 1f)
1 Oystercatcher
c300 Black-headed Gulls
4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls

All flushed when model aircraft flyers landed 2 model seaplanes in the middle of the flood. Oystercatcher and 2 Shovelers returned.

Cheers John

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Adam Jones wrote:

Friday 31st January 15.30

Church Lane flood:
An unusual sighting this afternoon in the shape of a pair of Shoveler. Think this may be a new bird for me on this bit of water.

 Don't think I've ever seen any there either. Pair still present this afternoon.



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Friday 31st January 15.30

Church Lane flood:
An unusual sighting this afternoon in the shape of a pair of Shoveler. Think this may be a new bird for me on this bit of water.


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Rob Thorpe wrote:

John Rayner wrote:

But the star was an adult Greater Black-backed Gull, a scarce bird on my local patches and my first since 2013.




So scarce you forgot how to spell it winkbiggrin



Welcome back to the forum Rob, even if it is to point out my errors smile. I will correct my post before Ian gets on my case.

Cheers John.

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John Rayner wrote:

But the star was an adult Greater Black-backed Gull, a scarce bird on my local patches and my first since 2013.




So scarce you forgot how to spell it winkbiggrin

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Church Lane Flood:
Plenty of water and plenty of gulls. Mostly Black-headed Gulls (560) with a few Lessr-black Backs (7) and Common Gulls (2). But the star was an adult Great Black-backed Gull, a scarce bird on my local patches and my first since 2013.

Old Hall Lane:
Pair of Stonechats still opposite Golf clubhouse.

Cheers John

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Sunday 5th January 1pm

Old Hall Lane:
Male and female Stonechat on the airfield side, opposite the Avro golf clubhouse. Could be the same that over-wintered last year.
46 linnets
c100 Lapwings flew onto the airfield side
1 Skylark
2 Common Buzzard
152 Redwings
57 Fieldfares
1 Goldcrest by the church
26 Goldfinch
2 Mistle Thrush
Lots of the usuals too

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Red kite flying over eastwards, quite high, surrounded by 9 jackdaws

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Sunday 13th October 4pm
Church Lane Flood

c350 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag/Canada hybrid
c70 Black headed Gulls
1 dark juvenile Lesser black-backed Gull
35 Jackdaw

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369+ Canada Geese (probably closer to 400 as some birds were hidden from the road)

4 Cormorants (3 roosting by side of pool+ one over) 

Ad Common Gull

8 Lapwings

20+ Rooks

c90 Black-headed Gulls

 Church Lane flash



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Church Lane Flood:

Is full again. Lots of birds on and around the flood of predominantly 4 species.

Canada Goose a superflock of 317
Black-headed Gull 122
Jackdaw 92
Rook 7

Old Hall Lane:

Chiffchaff in full song
Buzzard 1
Skylark 1
Lapwing 16

Cheers, John

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Church Lane pool - 2 Little Grebes, Moorhen family, 30+ Pied Wagtails, 15 Canada Geese this afternoon



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Thursday 29th August 13:40
Church Lane flood:
3 Little Grebes at the cricket club end
C40 Pied Wagtails around the perimeter of the flood.
37 Black headed gulls

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Harassed by a pair of Robins, the Redstarts move along to the hawthorns in the field with the big crater (opposite airfield evacuation gate) at 10:15am
There were 3 all together. 1 Male, 1 female and 1 juvenile One returned to its original position about half an hour later and stayed there until I left at 11.15. Other birds of note off Old Hall Lane: 6 Lapwings (5 juveniles) 1 Reed Bunting

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A Male and female Common Redstart currently in the tress at the back of the golf course off Old Hall Lane


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c360 Canada Geese on flood but no sign of Egret early afternoon



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Church Lane:

Went to photograph a Little Egret found this morning by Mark Walsh.
Also c210 Canada Geese.

Cheers John.

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Church Lane Flood:
Not surprisingly it's flooded. But the only birds were 4 Greylags and 4 Mallards

Old Hall Lane:
1 Peregrine
2 Buzzards

The River Dean has burst its banks near Green Bridge

Cheers John



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Church Lane:

Now empty of water but a female Yellow Wagtail was feeding on the residual mud.

Cheers John

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Little Ringed Plover 2
Curlew 2

Cheers, John

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Saturday 13th April

1 Little Ringed Plover
1 Grey Heron
1 Mandarin (Male) on the river Dean
Curlews heard
2 Skylark
C45 Wood pigeon feeding in field
3 Linnets

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12 April:

Little Ringed Plover 1
Rooftop gulls consisted of a minimum 13 Herring Gulls and c90 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Many nesting.
Skylark and Curlew heard

Cheers, John

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Saturday 30th March 8am

Further sightings Church Lane:
3 Curlew
2 Mistle Thrush

Old Hall Lane:
A very large and vocal flock of Fieldfare, I'd estimate 75-100 birds.
2 Chiffchaff gave a nice contrast between the winter and summer birds
3 Lapwing on the golf course
4 Linnets
Curlews heard on the airfield
2 Mandarin flushed by the golf course
Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming

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Saturday 30th March 06:30
Church Lane
2 Oystercatchers
2 Mandarin
2 Teal
1 Sand Martin
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming

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Wed 25 March

2 Mute Swan, 4 Wigeon, 6 Teal (5m, 1f), 6 Mallard, 5 Lesser=black backed, 4 Black-headed and 1 Herring Gulls, 2 Little Owls. No Gadwall or waders.

 

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23rd March: Church Lane Flood.

Changing every day at the moment. Today the Gadwall seem to have left but a Little Grebe and a second Coot have appeared.
The 2 Wigeon and 2 Oystercatchers remain.

This is small beer perhaps but Church Lane Flood, when full of water, has held plenty of local rarities/scarcities in the past few years (notably: Shelduck, Pintail, Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Greenshank, Ruff and Little Ringed Plover with Little Egret, Marsh Harrier, Red Kite and Common Tern as flyovers).

Cheers John

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Church Lane Flood:

Wigeon 2 (both drakes)
Gadwall 4 (2 pairs)
Mallard 5
Coot 1
Oystercatchers 2
Black-headed Gull 202
Common Gull 5
Herring Gull 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Buzzard 3
Raven 1 over calling
Rook 2 (3 nests)
Stock Dove 2

Cheers John


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Church Lane Flood is holding as much water as I have ever seen. Birds today were:

Redshank 1
Coot 1
Oystercatcher 4
Black-headed Gull 460
Common Gull 14
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1

Old Hall Lane:

Chiffchaff 1
Stock Dove 26
Curlew 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 59

Cheers John






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Church Lane:
5 Oystercatchers
95 Black-headed Gulls
3 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
1 Common Gull

Old Hall Lane:
2 Stonechats (m, f)
c90 Linnets in one flock
2 Skylarks (singing from the ground)
52 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (on BA roofs)
1 Herring Gull (on roof)

Cheers John


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Church Lane

2 Oystercatchers on the flood (2 days later than last year).

Cheers John

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Old Hall Lane

Large Starling feeding flock c700
Wintering Stonechat still
Lapwings 21
Redwing 20
Fieldfare 14

Cheers John

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Church Lane Flood

Is back in business. Quite a lot of standing water and loads of common species around. Worth a glance if anyone is passing by.

Canada Goose 225
Greylag Goose 1
Hybrid Canada x Greylag (I think) 4
Black-headed Gull 67
Common Gull 4
Herring Gull 5
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
Starling 130
Jackdaws c100 feeding
Redwing 8

Cheers John

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Saturday 2nd February 2pm

Old Hall Lane:

c50 Fieldfares
3 Redwings
3 Treecreepers
7 Linnets
1 Sparrowhawk
1 Common Buzzard
6 Bullfinch
4 Skylark
1 Lapwing

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Old Hall Lane (best bits):

The overwintering Stonechat still
Skylark 13 (single flock)
Buzzard 1
Herring Gull 2
Starling 120
Fieldfare 70
Redwing 15

Cheers John


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Saturday 5th January 2:30pm

Church Lane:
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 Nuthatch
4 Mistle Thrush
c100+ Redwing in the field (with the white geese in) adjacent to Bramhall Cricket Club. The ground looked like it was alive with them. No Fieldfare though. c70 Pink footed Geese over flying West

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Stonechat still in the same area ass described previously by John.
c150 Pink Footed Geese from the airfield, over the Golf clubhouse.
2 Skylark
6 Lapwings holed up on one of the mud mounds .

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Stonechat on the same bramble patch as 14th Nov.

Not much else around in brief visit. 1 Fieldfare, 1 Skylark.

Cheers John.

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Stonechat still - flycatching from brambles just inside airfield perimeter fence opposite AVRO golf course.
Skylark 1
Raven 2
Fieldfare 25
Redwing 6
Buzzard 2-3
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Kingfisher 1 (R. Dean)
Goosander 2f (R. Dean)

Cheers John

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My first local Stonechat on the year was the highlight.
Fieldfare c100
Redwings c20
Woodpigeon c130
Buzzards 2
Skylark 1

Cheers, John

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Saturday 27th October 1pm

Old Hall Lane:

Redwings moving over regularly and also in the hedgerow along the lane by the houses.
Around the church, a couple of Goldcrests in the conifers.
Large roving Tit flock consisting of Long tailed, Blue and Great Tits, working it's way along the lane. I was hoping for a Brambling in amongst them, but I didn't see any.
Other birds seen:
1 Meadow Pipit
1 Jay
1 Common Buzzard
1 Grey Heron
12 Goldfinch
Lots of activity on a cold afternoon.

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Saturday 19th: a Hobby flew through the former Aerodrome site nr Avro Golf Course and continued in to Cheshire

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Church Lane :
Lesser Whitethroat still singing

Od Hall Lane (AVRO G.C.)
Probably Channel Wagtail still
7 Wheatears

Cheers John

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Tried AVRO Golf Course again this morning and the Blue-headed-type Wagtail was commuting between the airfield and the freshly mown fairways.

It appeared to have light-ish powder blue tones to the head (which was not a photographic artefact) and rather too much white in the face for pure Blue-headed. It is probably a 'Channel Wagtail' hybrid. I confess I had to resort to Ian's excellent article on the main website for additional information.

Also on the Golf Course and nearby Airfield:

Wheatear 4
Linnet 4
Curlew 2
Tree Sparrow 2 (mating)
Sand Martin 4 (over river)

Cheers, John



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8 Wheatears on the golf course

1 skylark
1 curlew on the airfield

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Old Hall Lane - Woodford Airfield - AVRO Golf Course.

Golf Course:
Possible Blue-headed Wagtail (bluish-grey head, reasonably sharp, white supercilium, appeard to have all yellow throat) but couldn't clinch the ID at distance and it flew before I could get scope views.
3 Wheatears
1 Oystercatcher
1 Tree Sparrow

Airfield:
1 Little Ringed Plover
2-3 Skylarks
Many Lesser-black Backed Gulls paired and roof nesting
No Curlews heard

Cheers John






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Sunday 29th April 08:30

Church Lane:

Lesser Whitethroat singing from roadside hedge near cricket club, then gave good views. Possibly a second heard nearby. smile

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Late post for afternoon of Friday 23rd.

Old hall Lane:
9 Fieldfares
2 Redwings
3 Common Buzzards
1 Mistle Thrush

Church Lane:
5 Oystercatchers
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker (drumming)


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