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RE: Brun Clough Reservoir, Oldham
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Wheatear above Standege Foot Road along the Oldam Edge path to the NW of the reservoir this afternoon

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Mark Rigby


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Mike Chorley wrote:

Mark Rigby wrote:

1000-1140


10 Woospigeon




Even easier to scare than usual?biggrin


Or faster than usual!

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Mark Rigby wrote:

1000-1140


10 Woospigeon




Even easier to scare than usual?biggrin

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Mark Rigby


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1000-1140

300+ Starling flew east.
3 Curlew
15 Lapwing
Skylark
3 Chaffinch
5 Magpie
10 Woodpigeon
Moorhen
Steady passage of Meadow Pipits and some already on teritory displaying.

-- Edited by Mark Rigby on Saturday 6th of April 2013 09:09:50 PM

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Andy Platt


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4.30 pm

12 lapwing
C30 Starling

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Mark Rigby


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1145

2 Lapwing
Starling
3 Woodpigeon

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Steve W Johnson


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14.45-15.45

2 Oystercatcher
8 Lapwing
4 Stock Dove
Moorhen




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Mark Rigby


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1100

2 Oystercatcher
Lapwing

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Steve Suttill


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Steve Suttill wrote:

2.30pm - 3.30pm (admittedly not the best time of day)

NOTHING apart from a Moorhen with young chick, on the pond by the ruin, and half a dozen Meadow Pipits.

Lots of insect life though, including the most Craneflies I've seen for ages. I'm no expert in creepy-crawlies but there is a theory that Golden Plover and Dunlin are declining due to a fall in the number of Craneflies on the moors. They are valuable food for the recently-hatched chicks. From my experience today, there's no lack of the insects but they appear to have hatched two months late!




Have just learned from Derek Yalden that the craneflies I saw in August were not the moorland species (Tipula subnodicornis) that normally sustains moorland chicks in late May. Apparently there's a difference in seasons between the peat-dwelling species and those that emerge from mineral soils. I seem to have encountered the latter.

I did say I was no expert - will stick to birds in future

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Steve W Johnson


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1500-1600 Cold!

Little Owl
3 Fieldfare
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Magpie

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Mark Rigby


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1410-1500

Merlin hunting Meadow Pipits over the moor then had a right go at a Carrion Crow for 10 minutes
2 Kestrel
Carrion Crow

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Steve W Johnson


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4.30-5.20pm
4 Mallard
Moorhen
18 Starling
20 Black-headed Gull (over west)
3 Carrion Crow
3 Magpie

A walk down to Brun Lane produced
Little Owl
Chaffinch
2 Robin
Blue Tit








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Mark Rigby


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2 Jay still. Otherwise very quiet

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Steve Suttill


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Friday 5.45pm:

pair Mallard (at that was it )

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Steve W Johnson


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Saturday, 7.40-8.30am

1 Raven
2 Jay
42 Jackdaw (w)
2 Magpie
8 Carrion Crow
Kestrel

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A break in the weather before the rain came again!
1030-1130hrs

81 Meadow Pipit (s-sw)
7 Chaffinch (sw)
10 Alba Wagtail (s-sw)
Kestrel
8 Carrion crow

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2 Buzzard
50 Meadow Pipit
2 Mallard


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Mark Rigby


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5 Raven over at 1100hrs

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Lunchtime

Little Owl on wall below Brun Clough
Raven over
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
6 Tufted Duck on reservoir
No Wheatear
Small passage of Swallow and Meadow Pipit
20 Starling
4 Rook

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Mark Rigby


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Early evening

Male Merlin through south at 1900hrs
Whinchat
6 Wheatear
15 Goldfinch
2 Magpie
6 Jackdaw
5 Carrion Crow
8 Rook

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09.45
Wheatear 3
Whinchat
Swallow
Moorhen

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Mark Rigby


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From 1000hrs

Whinchat
8+Wheatear
20+Meadow Pipit
Tree Pipit south-east over calling and landed with Meadow Pipits at 1020hrs

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Friday 24th August PM

1 Whinchat
5-6 Wheatear
10 Goldfinch
1 Brown Hare

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Mark Rigby


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1000-1100 this morning

5 Wheatear in NW corner of field on walls.
4 Goldfinch
Reed Bunting

Otherwise as Steve says, very quiet!

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2.30pm - 3.30pm (admittedly not the best time of day)

NOTHING apart from a Moorhen with young chick, on the pond by the ruin, and half a dozen Meadow Pipits.

Lots of insect life though, including the most Craneflies I've seen for ages. I'm no expert in creepy-crawlies but there is a theory that Golden Plover and Dunlin are declining due to a fall in the number of Craneflies on the moors. They are valuable food for the recently-hatched chicks. From my experience today, there's no lack of the insects but they appear to have hatched two months late!


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late evening

Whinchat
6 Wheatear
2 Goldfinch
Woodpigeon
3 Mallard
Moorhen

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late afternoon

Little Owl
6 Wheatear
2 Goldfinch
Swallow (flew south at speed)
Sparrowhawk

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V quiet at Brun Clough reservoir, but good sighting of a red grouse as we walked up into the moorland opposite the car park.

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1845-1945

2 Little Owl (1juv)
26 Swift
Linnet


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1130-1300

11 Mistle Thrush
15 Goldfinch
2 adult Wheatear with 4 juvs from 2 broods
25 Starling
2 Reed Bunting
25 Swallow
2 Mallard duckling
2 Magpie inc a juv being fed

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20 swift
8 swallow
1 adult female wheatear
1[ juv wheatear]
1 kestrel
1 hobby flying towards the derelict house

but no wading birds anywhere too be seen

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2 oystercatcher
2 lapwing
1 curlew
1 common sandpiper
3 wheatear [one of which was a juvenile]
2 meadow pipit
1 pied wagtail
aprox 8 swifts
1 swallow

Oh and a mountain hare

On july 4th. Sorry for the late post my computer was being repaired at the time.

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 18th of July 2012 11:02:01 PM

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[tues 27th 13.00-16.00 ]a day late in posting

4 curlew
2 common sandpiper
4 wheatear[3 juv]
6 mallard
1 lapwing
2 raven
4 oystercatcher
1 male tufted duck
6+swift
12+swallow
plus a buzzard being seen off by
4 mistle thrush just past the old house

decent day all in all

-- Edited by MARK HULSE on Wednesday 27th of June 2012 09:21:03 PM

-- Edited by MARK HULSE on Wednesday 27th of June 2012 09:22:55 PM

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1130-1530hrs

8 Golden Plover
Snipe
Common Sandpiper
6 Curlew
9 Lapwing
6 Oystercatcher (4 flew over south-west)
3 Wheatear
20+ Swift
3 Mistle Thrush
2 Moorhen
4 Mallard
2 stock Dove

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0900-1345 Very wet!

Some good birding given the weather

3 Oystercatcher
Common Sandpiper
2 Snipe
9 Curlew
2 Lapwing
3 Wheatear (1 juv)
9 Mistle Thrush
Reed Bunting
Pied Wagtail
Skylark
Meadow Pipit
4 Woodpigeon
Black-headed Gull
2 Mallard

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14.20 - 15.00 Sunshine & showers

8 Lapwing
2 Curlew
2 Common Sandpipers
pair Mallard
Meadow Pipits
Skylarks
Swifts

left when I saw the next heavy shower approaching

Steve

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12.30am -14.30am

lots of meadow pipit
4 swift
6 house martin
6 swallow
1 common sandpiper
6 lapwing
a pair of wheatear
a pair of mallard
1 pied wagtail

quite a nice day all in all

-- Edited by MARK HULSE on Thursday 14th of June 2012 08:10:15 PM

-- Edited by MARK HULSE on Thursday 14th of June 2012 08:40:44 PM

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Late evening

2 Oystercatcher with 3 young
Common Sandpiper
2 Redshank
5 Curlew
18 Lapwing
Swift
2 Swallow

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mid-afternoon - in glorious sunny weather

Oystercatcher pair
3 or 4 Lapwing
1 Redshank
1 Curlew
no sandpipers

walked over to Black Moss & Little Black Moss Resrs:
Canada Goose pair with goslings
1 Redshank
1 Golden Plover
no sandpipers here either

Steve

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Meadow pipits (plenty)
Oystercatcher (looks like one has taken up residence on the far wall)
Common Sandpiper
Wheatear
Lapwings (5)
Mallard (pair)
Red Grouse (heard not seen)

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 13th of May 2012 07:08:16 AM

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Friday 11th 5.45-6.15pm

Cold and showery
Very little about!

4 Mallard
7 Lapwing
1 Curlew
2 Carrion Crow


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6-6.30pm VERY windy

3 Redshank
2 Curlew
8+ Lapwing
1 Oystercatcher
2 Canada Goose
2 Mallard
3 Swallow
Stock Dove
2 Wheatear
5 Meadow pipit
Carrion Crow


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Couldn't get internet access last night to put news on...

Bar-tailed Godwit on Res shore at 6.45pm seen for few minutes then watched as it flew off over dam wall and down valley - thanks to helicopter flying over!

It was very windy up there and I'd just been thinking how quiet it had been ...

Also in area:
2 Redshank
2 Curlew
Moorhen
2 Canada Geese
1 Oystercatcher
1 Carrion Crow
3 Pied Wagtail
4 Meadow Pipit

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Bar-tailed Godwit on reservoir at 1845hrs (different to the Castleshaw bird) flushed by a helicopter and flew down the valley. (info thanks to Steve Johnson)

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1800-1900

2 Oystercatcher
5 Lapwing
Curlew
2 Wheatear
Canada Goose
2 Pied Wagtail
2 Mallard
Meadow Pipit

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Yesterday 5-6pm

Pretty quiet, similar to Saturday

1 Snipe
8 Wheatear
4 Reed Bunting
15+ Meadow Pipit

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First time up there for 2 weeks

5.30-6pm. Sunny, very cold breeze, few patches of snow still!

6 Mallard
2 Canada Geese
2 Curlew
8 Lapwing
3 Meadow Pipit
2 Pied Wagtail
5 Wheatear
8 Starling
1 Stock Dove

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After the bizarre mid-week sighting of 3 youths shovelling sheep 'dung' out of the ruined house , this morning I was looking forward to a bit of peace at first light. However, I arrived in light drizzle to find about 15 large hounds (from a local hunt I assume) being excercised on the site. Plenty of strartled sheep, not many birds! Eventually, they departed, birds slowly began to re-appear...

6.55-7.45am
2 Oystercatcher
2 Redshank
3 Curlew
4 Lapwing
2 Mallard
1 Canada Goose
1 Wheatear
2 Reed Bunting
10+ Meadow pipit
10 Carrion Crow
Mapgie

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lunchtime:

3+ Curlew
1 Redshank
4+ Lapwing
3 Mallard
16 Starling
10 Carrion Crow
1 Skylark
4+ Meadow Pipit
1 Sparrowhawk

Steve

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Mid morning

3 Wheatear (2m)
2 Raven
2 Oystercatcher
8 Lapwing
2 Curlew
2 Stock Dove

Late pm

27 Golden Plover
2 Redshank

No sign of this morning Wheatear.

-- Edited by Mark Rigby on Tuesday 27th of March 2012 07:26:07 PM

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