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070622 am

6 Willow Warbler

4 Swallow

4 Swift

4 Chiffchaff

2 Raven

1 Little Egret.



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190522 mid-afternoon

4 Swallow

2 Chiffchaff in song

6 Willow Warbler in song

5 Whitethroat in song

4 Gadwall

2 Blackcap in song

2 Moorhen with a brood of 5 small young.



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270422 am

22 Blackbird

2 Lesser Redpoll

19 Willow Warbler

9 Chiffchaff

1 Oystercatcher

7 Blackcap

4 Whitethroat

16 Wren

26 Robin

2 Goldcrest.



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170322 am

2 Goosander...pair

1 Nuthatch

1 Treecreeper

2 Woodcock

5 Buzzard

16 Teal

1 Raven

2 Siskin

3 Chiffchaff in song

 



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240222 am

650 Starling

185 Redwing

80 Fieldfare

10 Lapwing

1 Grey Wagtail

1 Treecreeper

17 Teal

 



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10.00 - 11.15am

Of note:-

Bullfinch (M&F)

Siskin 5 with Goldfinches

Treecreeper 2 close together 

Redwing

Buzzard x2



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5 Siskin

8 Teal

2 Woodcock

3 Song Thrush...1 in song

1 Mistle Thrush in song

9 Bullfinch

2 Snipe

110 Fieldfare

19 Reed Bunting

4 Buzzard

3 Willow Tit

1 Nuthatch

18 Robin

15 Redwing

 



-- Edited by Dave Steel on Tuesday 11th of January 2022 08:04:28 PM

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221221 am

3 Snipe

140 Redwing

2 Lesser Redpoll

9 Siskin

1 Nuthatch

38 Blackbird

1 Stonechat...Female

60 Goldfinch

6 Bullfinch.



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091221 am

23 Reed Bunting

28 Blackbird

110 Fieldfare

30 Redwing

2 Willow Tit

1 Stonechat

4 Grey Partridge

14 Teal

3 Yellowhammer



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261121 am

33 Blackbird

200 Goldfinch

2 Woodcock

1 Pink-Footed Goose

6 Song Thrush

10 Reed Bunting

6 Fieldfare

8 Redwing.

 



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111121 am

2 Willow Tit

37 Redwing

19 Reed Bunting

2 Sparrowhawk...Males

3 Pink-Footed Geese

26 Linnet

31 Blackbird

3 Fieldfare

220 Goldfinch

1 Grey Wagtail

35 Siskin

12 Lesser Redpoll

1 Treecreeper.



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041121 PM with the Boss...not 'quite Birdwatching'

220 Redwing

160 Fieldfare

4 Siskin

4 Lesser Redpoll.



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Still at least 6 Brambling in the woods this am feeding on Rowan berries, and 5 Siskin nearby feeding in a Silver Birch.
Also about 25 Redwing around the site,a male Sparrowhawk, single Mistle Thrush and 4 Buzzards in the air together.

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251021 am

2 Raven

82 Redwing

2 Sparrowhawk

14 Siskin

110 Goldfinch

6 Bullfinch

5 Yellowhammer

 



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1+ Brambling on Mountain Ash (SJ 681 972)
4+ Redwing on Hawthorn

3 Raven (pair, then individual being mobbed)
2 Buzzard

4 Jays flew fast over Bents, presumably migrating - there's been an influx

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker

-- Edited by John Watson on Thursday 21st of October 2021 04:40:41 PM

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am with Steve Atkins himself!

1 Pink-Footed Goose on the Glaze

41 Siskin

1 Lesser Redpoll

35 Brambling....feeding on Mountain Ash Berries

1 Willow Tit

1 Treecreeper

2 Goldcrest

23 Redwing



-- Edited by Dave Steel on Thursday 21st of October 2021 04:56:50 PM

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Afternoon wander

1 Garden Warbler in song

8 Willow Warbler in song

7 Blackcap in Song...one which seemed to be duetting with the lone Garden Warbler...forgive my anthropomorphic musings...

2 Tufted Duck...pair

2 Song Thrush in song

7 Bullfinch

6 Whitethroat in song. 



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Afternoon Visit

1 Nuthatch

4 Song Thrush

8 Willow Warbler in song

6 Chiffchaff in song

5 Blackcap in song

1 Goldcrest in song

2 Swallow

22 Swift

 



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Afternoon Visit

1 Garden Warbler in song

1 Willow Tit in song

11 Blackcap in song or Alarm

9 Willow Warbler in Song

7 Chiffchaff in song

3 Song Thrush in song

3 Swallow.



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Afternoon...

7 Chiffchaff in Song

9 Willow Warbler in song

2 Swallow

4 Whitethroat in song

3 Grey Heron

2 Buzzard

3 Song Thrush in song

7 Blackcap in song.

...and and stating 'in my opinion'...of course the picturesque drive along Holcroft Lane through the ever so pretty DESERT FARMLAND LANDSCAPE brimming with colourful hues of green and TOTALLY DEVOID of birds....how my heart aches at what has been done to our farmland birds in the name of 'CHEAP FOOD'....less we forget NOTHING is CHEAP....for down the line something pays heavily for 'cheap'...



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Afternoon

1 Willow Tit in song

1 Nuthatch

6 Buzzard

1 Goldcrest in song

5 Willow Warbler in song

7 Chiffchaff in song

3 Blackcap in song.



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Afternoon Visit

250 Sand Martin feeding up and assumedly held back by the Strong North Wind

12 Swallow

1 Willow Tit

2 Mediterranean Gull

90 Black-Headed Gull

3 Willow Warbler in song

4 Chiffchaff in song

2 Buzzard

1 Mallard with 7 small young

Not sure how this record re-appeared but this was for 050421!!!!

 



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Afternoon Visit

300 Sand Martin

1 Willow Tit in song

2 Nuthatch

2 Oystercatcher...flying over

2 Sparrowhawk

6 Buzzard

9 Willow Warbler in song

4 Chiffchaff in song

1 Mallard with 8 small young.



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Afternoon Visit

250 Sand Martin feeding up and assumedly held back by the Strong North Wind

12 Swallow

1 Willow Tit

2 Mediterranean Gull

90 Black-Headed Gull

3 Willow Warbler in song

4 Chiffchaff in song

2 Buzzard

 



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1 Nuthatch

5 Chiffchaff in song

1 Raven

4 Buzzard

 



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1 Nuthatch

1 Oystercatcher on call

8 Buzzard

5 Chiffchaff in song

8 Teal

9 Robin.



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long walk y'day. New site for me

Singing Chiffchaff, not far from entrance
Nuthatch
Treecreeper
Great Spotted Woodpecker heard drumming
4-6 Oystercatchers hurtling around, and over Bents

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PM Wander

2 Oystercatcher 

132 Redwing

2 Buzzard

3 Moorhen

14 Greenfinch

12 Great Tit

2 Teal

13 Magpie.



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PM Wander

2 Oystercatcher

1 Woodcock...flushed by a wayward dog whose owner was looking 'sheepish'...and no wonder there is livestock in this area!

2 Buzzard

2 Bullfinch

2 Lesser Redpoll

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

 

 

 



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pm wander

5 Song Thrush...4 in song

1 Nuthatch

2 Bullfinch

4 Moorhen

6 Blackbird

12 Robin

15 Jackdaw

 



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late Record 310121

7 Magpie

26 Redwing

15 Goldfinch

3 Moorhen

2 Jay.



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Quick hour & half late afternoon - Even quieter than it usually is.

Singles of Buzzard,  Sparrowhawk  & Kestrel.

A clattering of about 20 Jackdaw over.

A charm of 25 very flighty Goldfinch & equally mobile crowd of 30 Redwing.

Mistle Thrush & 2 Song Thrush.

Single Moorhen on the swollen river Glaze.

Very good numbers of Magpies & Wood Pigeons - which is the case almost everywhere these days!

 



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Late record for Yesterday 170121

2 Buzzard

2 Kestrel

3 Bullfinch

12 Goldfinch

7 Moorhen

75 Woodpigeon

 



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I too as a young lad nearly 50 years ago spent many hours at this site when it was merely just the main wood & other treeless fields, & the scarcity of birds was just the same then.

My own opinion is that Chat Moss railway is largely to blame as about every 10 minutes a noisy train passes along the southern end of this site & it is well documented that meadow birds such as Skylarks & Meadow Pipit's (which I cannot remember ever seeing at this site), along with some Ducks, Geese & Waders will not tolerate such frequent environmental noise.

However there are the odd other bird species that seem to thrive along the embankments that the railway provides, but surely this railway must have an adverse effect on the diversity of not only birds but other wildlife in this area.   



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Many---rather too many moons ago...I used to reach this site on a youthful trek through Bedford Moss...it looked ok but alas I never crossed the Barbwire fences to see as it was private ...years later in my cycle everywhere on the Moss era when the place was taken over by the Forestry Commission I found that it was not necessarily over rich in birds but it did have Siskin and Redpoll in the winter....these seem no longer to visit...ok Nuthatch has been gained...but it now seems even more devoid of life....other than as in the Gogol Novel...full of 'Dead Souls' looking to escape C19....nature has a way to fight back...it may be that it awaits the fate of the Dinosaur to visit its least friendly occupants of the planet....lets hope that this is both avoided and that we can once more be a 'friend' of nature....for ALL of our benefit...



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Isn't there a shooting club next to it, maybe it's the disturbance from that?



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Dave is bemoaning the fact that this area is poor on wildlife,and I have to agree with him. The whole area looks superb with it's different range of habitats,but every time I've visited the site I've come away very disappointed. For some reason it's always had a lack of wildlife,I used to go down regularly before this pandemic, mainly because it was hardly used then, and I could walk the dog without seeing another person. It can't be disturbance that's caused this dearth of wildlife as it's always been the same,very puzzling. !!!

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Afternoon wander...in a way this 'nice' site in its Woodland setting to me sums up the now obvious lack of wildlife in our 'countryside'...yes I am aware of the fact that this is 'woodland' in winter...hence one is to expect a less active spread of birds...yet nonetheless HOW my wandering's about the site seem to underline the LACK of birdlife...yes .it seems to suit the Dog Walkers (there is such 'quality in the variation of the piles of their pets excrement deposited about the site) and others who simply wish to wander in an open air arena...but for those of us who hope that wildlife will continue to persist in the lives of ALL...to me this Forestry Commission site sums up perhaps quite 'clearly' indicates that this will NOT be so...no

6 Blackbird

1 Redwing

1 Goldcrest

19 Mallard

13 Magpie

8 Moorhen

5 Chaffinch

60 Woodpigeon

3 Bullfinch

2 Buzzard

1 Kestrel.



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26 Redwing

12 Blackbird

14 Mallard

3 Buzzard

1 Kestrel

1 Sparrowhawk...male

18 Teal...flushed off the Glaze due to the reverberating thunder from the 12 bore guns from some some nearby ('bores')  BIG GAME HUNTERS...such masculinity (!) displayed by these 'brave warriors' pitting their hand against such fearsome quarry as Woodpigeon.....and in letting their bloodlust flow they were disturbing all and sundry in the world of wildlife which at such times of harsh weather have enough on their plate pitting themselves against nature...never mind the de-natured....

97 Woodpigeon



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41 Redwing

7 Stock Dove

1 Kingfisher

2 Willow Tit

1 Chiffchaff.



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16 Blackbird

1 Buzzard

1 Kestrel

13 Magpie

4 Moorhen

4 Jay

175 Woodpigeon.



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18 Collared Dove

1 Kestrel

5 Moorhen

12 Magpie

11 Jackdaw

3 Bullfinch...

a 'nice area to visit' but one perhaps reflecting the Racheal Carson Book...'Silent Spring'...all is perhaps already lost...

 



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60 Woodpigeon going into Roost

9 Jackdaw

5 Mallard

2 Kestrel

2 Buzzard

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

1 Siskin

1 Woodcock

13 Blackbird

2 Bullfinch.



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1:30pm to 3:45pm.

2 Egyptian Geese at the ornamental pond next to Chennai Restaurant on Warrington Rd.

Also of note :-

                    Goldcrest,  Long-Tailed Tit,  Treecreeper,  Greenfinch,  Bullfinch,  Goldfinch,

                    Song Thrush,  Mistle Thrush,  Pied Wagtail,  Pheasant,  Jay  &  3 Buzzards.

                    2 Woodcocks - 1 flushed from edge of woods & 1 flying low over.

 



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9 Lesser Redpoll

45 Goldfinch moving to Roost

2 Goldcrest

7 Redwing

2 Siskin

300 Pink-Footed Geese Flying east @ 1415

30 Pink-Footed Geese Flying Eat @ 1502.



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6 Jay

2 Siskin

3 Moorhen

2 Stock Dove

7 Redwing

2 Kestrel

10 Chaffinch

 



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Late Record PM Yesterday

4 Blackbird

1 Mistle Thrush

2 Cormorant

14 Jackdaw

4 Stock Dove

13 Goldfinch

2 Redwing

5 Jay

12 Magpie.



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8 Redwing

1 Mallard with three small young!

32 Jackdaw

3 Whooper Swan Flying NW @ 1535

2 Goldcrest

58 Goldfinch.



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118 Fieldfare

8 Redwing

2 Goldcrest

1 Sparrowhawk...male

36 Jackdaw.

 

 



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Late record for yesterday afternoon (221020)

Pink-Footed Geese 105 Flying East @ 1530

Pink-Footed Geese 135 Flying East @ 1540

Pink-Footed Geese 45 Flying North @ 1725

1 Grey Wagtail

14 Pied Wagtail

2 Buzzard

2 Kestrel

1 Little Grebe

28 Redwing

45 Fieldfare

9 Blackbird

12 Jackdaw.



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