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Rob Creek


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Mon 11th May
Behind Reddish works yard.

- Cettis Warbler back in usual location singing away near the yard. Interesting if one is reported at Secret Lake today ??

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Rob Creek


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Sun 10th May

Secret Lake.

- Cettis Warbler still present but was singing at the far end towards Nelstrop Rd path.
It did make its way round past the fishermen and through the shrubbery where it was yesterday, but it didnt stop long and kept moving round towards the far end again.

Wont be long before it crosses Barlow Rd Z bends and into Highfield CP.

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Rob Creek


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Just for clarification - the heard only, close up but not seen was just on my part, it was seen well before I got there.

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Sat 9th May.

Loop path behind Reddish works yard.

- Cettis Warbler now moved slightly west to Secret Lake, heard only, close up but not seen.
Last few days I have suspected it was getting a bit adventurous as I heard it sing near the tarmac cycle paths but it always came back to behind the works yard.

Good to see John Raynor, thanks for the info update.

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Off the west end of Station Road, Reddish today (at Secret Lake on the west side of the Loopline and the smaller waterbody on the east side of the Loopline):
A mobile Cettis Warbler singing
Chiffchaff singing
Coot pair with four juveniles
Canada Goose pair with five downy juveniles
male Reed Bunting


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Rob Creek


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Sat 9th May
Behind Reddish works yard.

- Cettis Warbler singing early morning, seen briefly
- male Reed Bunting showing well on reed tops
- 1 singing Willow Warbler
- 2 singing Blackcap
- 2 Chiffchaff
- 1 Song Thrush
- 1 f Bullfinch

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Rob Creek


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Fri 8th May
Behind Reddish works yard.

- Cettis Warbler singing early morning, not heard late afternoon when I got back from Liverpool.

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Rob Creek


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Thursday 7th May
Behind Reddish works yard.

- Cettis Warbler singing most of the day, seen briefly a few times moving through the scrub whilst on my breaks


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Rob Creek


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Weds 6th May
Behind Reddish works yard.

- Cettis Warbler heard only early am
- Sedge Warbler heard only early am
- Bullfinch pair gathering nesting material
- usual Chiffchaffs & a Blackcap

Got back from Cheshire route late afternoon.
- Cettis Warbler singing and seen
- Common Whitethroat heard further up the Loop path but not seen
- Coot family still coming to say hello, chicks getting big now

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Rob Creek


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Tues 5th May
Behind Reddish works yard.

- Sedge Warbler new in, singing away early morning
- Cetti's Warbler singing and seen briefly
- Reed Warbler singing not seen
- male Reed Bunting seen briefly

Plus usual suspects..
Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Bullfinch, etc

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Bank Holiday Mon 4th May.
Working overtime in the morning, took my lad in doing a bit in the warehouse and we went for a walk after.

- Cetti's Warbler singing and seen
- Reed Warbler singing and seen
- male Reed Bunting singing and showing well
- 3 Chiffchaff
- 1 Blackcap
- 1 Greenfinch
- 1pr Bullfinch


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Rob Creek


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Called a couple of times briefly over weekend.
Early Saturday morning, Saturday teatime, and early Sunday morning before my lads cup final.

- Cetti's Warbler heard singing on all 3 occasions.

Incidentally his team won their cup final at Curzon Ashton, Lucas scored the winning goal beating AFC Stanley 2-1

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Thurs 30th April

- Cettis Warbler singing in usual area again early morning until I had to go out delivering, then heard throughout most of the afternoon.
- Great Spotted Woodpecker over
- 1 Willow Warbler
- 2 Chiffchaff


Fri 1st May

- Cettis Warbler singing again usual area early morning.
Got back from Liverpool mid afternoon and still singing on and off
- 2 pairs of Bullfinch
- 1 m Chaffinch

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Tuesday 28th
Behind Reddish works yard.

- Cettis Warbler singing early morning then from late afternoon

Weds 29th April

- Cettis Warbler singing again early morning up to 9am then again at 5pm when I got back from Cheshire.

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Mon 27th April
Behind Reddish works yard

- Cettis Warbler singing most of the day again

Talking to someone this afternoon who informed me hed heard the Water Rail about half hour before I nipped out for a break. Ive only heard it once so that was good to know.

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Sun 26th April
Behind Reddish works yard.

- Cettis Warbler still singing at 8.45am before I had to go to my lads footy match.
- Blackcap and Chiffchaff singing

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Sat 25th April
Behind Reddish works yard.

- Cetti's Warbler still singing this morning around 7.45am, and another quick check around 7.30pm revealed it was still there singing.
- Great Spotted Woodpecker flew over early morning too


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Fri 24th April
Behind Reddish works yard.

- Cettis Warbler singing around 6.30am, singing most of the morning, and still as I was leaving the depot around 1pm


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Thurs 23rd April

- Cettis Warbler singing early on and most of the day
- Reed Warbler heard only distantly near cycle paths
- 1 Willow Warbler
- 3 Chiffchaff
- 1 Blackcap


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Rob Creek wrote:

Weds 22nd April

- Cettis Warbler singing early morning from behind the warehouse, Reddish works yard.

Still singing as we speak 8.40am




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and was singing most of the day, seen briefly mid-afternoon.

Also a Common Snipe flushed from the marsh and came flying low out over the Loop path and lost to view.

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Rob Creek


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Weds 22nd April

- Cettis Warbler singing early morning from behind the warehouse, Reddish works yard.

Still singing as we speak 8.40am

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Tues 21st April

- Cettis Warbler singing from reeds behind works yard 6.10am.

Could still hear it singing at 7.15am as I got in the van parked on the road, and its still singing (seen briefly) now Im back from Liverpool.
No sign of the Reed Warbler, but to be fair bird song is reduced due to the strong winds here.

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Mon 20th April
Marsh at back of Reddish works yard.

- Reed Warbler singing away and seen briefly a few times just yards away from works yard early afternoon
- Cettis Warbler singing most of the day, seen briefly early afternoon
- 2 Willow Warblers
- 3 Chiffchaff
- 1 Blackcap
- 1 Ring-necked Parakeet

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Sun 19th April

- Cettis Warbler still singing early morning, seen briefly behind Reddish works yard approx 8.30am

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- Cettis Warbler singing this morning around 7.45am behind Reddish works yard

Also..
- Willow Warbler
- Chiffchaff
- Blackcap
- 6+ Long-tailed Tits on yard feeders

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Fri 16th April

- Cettis Warbler singing around 6am to 7.15am behind Reddish works yard.

Still singing around 1.30pm when I got back from Liverpool, right through to when I went home at 3.45pm



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Thurs 16th April

- Cettis Warbler singing most of the day today from the marsh behind Reddish works yard.
Early afternoon I was on my lunch sat listening to it, it showed briefly a few times, then went quiet, the next thing it sounded like it was sat on my shoulder singing but despite that - it was invisible!

Again plenty of birds singing including ..
Willow Warblers
Chiffchaffs
Blackcaps
Song Thrush
Wrens


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Weds 15th April.
In the depot all day, in Reddish.

- Cettis Warbler singing most of the day, seen a few times briefly.
- Willow Warblers singing, seemingly everywhere, 5-6 ??
- Chiffchaffs again singing all round
- Blackcaps singing all round too, a nice female appeared
- Great Spotted Woodpecker calling then flew over
- female Bullfinch
- Coot family


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Tues 14th April
Marsh behind Reddish works yard.

- Cettis Warbler singing early morning 6.15am until around 7.10am
Still singing when I got back from Liverpool at 2.30pm and then on and off until 5pm
Showed briefly but then mainly moving through low scrub.

Also lots of other singing birds including..
- Willow Warblers
- Chiffchaffs
- Blackcaps
- 1 Song Thrush
- 1 Greenfinch
- 1 Bullfinch
- Wren

..most of which showed intermittently

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Mon 13th April
Marsh behind Reddish works yard.

- Cettis Warbler singing on and off most of the day this time showed well for kind enough to get a good photo opportunity, then disappeared again.
Was still singing in bursts late afternoon, could hear it when I was leaving work.
- Nuthatch over too


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Sat 11th April
Early morning visit to rear of Reddish works yard before Michelle went to work.

- Cettis Warbler singing again and showed briefly
- Few Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and Blackcap around.

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Just to clarify- the 2 posts below both stating Thurs 9th is correct, one for when I first got in work, the other when I got back early afternoon.



Fri 10th April
A significant influx of Warblers overnight, or at least I think so for this little marsh and its surrounds at the back of my works yard, Reddish.

- Cettis Warbler singing 6.10am
- min 5 Willow Warbler in the vicinity, 2 singing near cycle path bridge
- prob 6 Chiffchaff, again some near cycle path bridge
- 4 Blackcap singing, 1 seen in tree overhanging yard

- Thought I heard a Lesser Whitethroat early this morning, but I couldnt be sure. I came back from Liverpool and went for a walk with the Merlin app recording. Well it picked up Lesser Whitethroat, but Im still not 100% convinced its the bellowing of LW, I think it could be same bird from this morning (Blackcap or Robin) using mimicry. Or even a natural overlap in song variation and frequency.

- Cettis Warbler showed a few times in the afternoon.


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Thurs 9th April
Afternoon mooch around the back of Reddish works yard on my lunch.

- Cetti?s Warbler still giving a few bursts of song (seen briefly)
- 2 singing Willow Warbler (1 seen)
- 4 singing Chiffchaff (2 seen)
- 3 singing Blackcap (2 seen)
- Great Spotted Woodpecker heard
- 2 male Bullfinch
- 1 Song Thrush
- c8 Long-tailed Tits in one group
- 1 Jay

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Marsh at rear of Reddish works yard.

Thurs 2nd April
- Cettis Warbler singing between 7am and 9.45am

Good Friday 3rd April
- Cettis Warbler singing approx 6.20am to 6.45am.
Singing again mid afternoon when I returned from Southport.

Tues 7th April
- Cettis Warbler singing early morning and late afternoon when I got back from Liverpool

Weds 8th April
- Cettis Warbler singing early morning then around 4pm when I got back from Cheshire route.

Thurs 9th April
- Cettis Warbler singing at 6am this morning

Other birds include
- singing Chiffchaff, Blackcap, and a distant Willow Warbler

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Rob Creek wrote:

Weds 1st April

- Cettis Warbler singing away mid morning quite close to the yard perimeter railings but I couldnt see it.

Also
- 2 singing Blackcap in immediate area
- at least 2 singing Chiffchaff
- singing Greenfinch
- around 10 Lesser Black-backed Gulls flying around




Cettis Warbler quite vocal throughout the day fairly close to our Reddish works yard.

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Weds 1st April

- Cettis Warbler singing away mid morning quite close to the yard perimeter railings but I couldnt see it.

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- 2 singing Blackcap in immediate area
- at least 2 singing Chiffchaff
- singing Greenfinch
- around 10 Lesser Black-backed Gulls flying around


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Fri 27th March
Got back from Liverpool and had a good mooch around the marsh at the back of our Reddish works yard mid afternoon.

- Cettis Warbler singing away in the middle of the marsh, brief sighting moving through the reeds
- 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
- 3 Chiffchaff singing in the area
- 2 Blackcap singing
- 1 Treecreeper
- 1 Greenfinch singing
- 2 m Bullfinch
- 4 Raven over cronking together

Im stood there looking for the Cettis when I suddenly felt a pair of eyes watching me, I turned round and theres a Chiffchaff sat in the bushes looking at me, then it started preening for a around 10 seconds then moved to the top of the bush and started singing. Took the image with my iPhone it was that close.

The yards feeders were busy too.
- 6 Long-tailed Tit
- 2 Great Tit
- 2 Blue Tit
- 1 Robin
- Dunnock on the ground below

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Fri 27th Feb

- Treecreeper up close around Reddish works yard, it didnt bat an eyelid despite people around in the yard

Weds 11th & Thurs 12th March

- Cettis Warbler singing again, heard briefly am and pm but not seen

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23/02/2026 at 10.48

Cetti's Warbler singing at 53.4469738, -2.1690303 (near the Secret Lake).



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- Cettis Warbler heard throughout the week (only once or twice a day) behind Reddish works yard.

I actually saw it briefly on Thursday in the reeds close to the yard railings after a quick burst of song.

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Thurs 29th Jan
Interesting mooch around the wetland at rear of Reddish works yard.

- Cettis Warbler heard then seen briefly (not since Nov)
- 4 Goldcrest moving around together
- Chiffchaff tagging along with them
- Ring-necked Parakeets heard only

Put new feeder up in works yard and its an instant hit with both feeders constantly busy with the usual stuff. The birds listed below mainly come all together.

- Long-tailed Tits sometimes c10+
- few Great Tits
- few Blue Tits
- 2 Coal Tits (never had more than 2)
- Robin


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Little Egret and Kingfisher along Platt Brook east of Princess Road

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Mon 1st Dec
Reddish works yard.


- 1 Sparrowhawk over
- 1 Redwing over
- 3 Ring-necked Parakeets over

Tues 2nd Dec
Reddish works yard

- Blue Tits, Great Tits and a Coal Tit all visiting the yard feeder and a small group of Long-tailed Tits in surrounding trees. One of the feeders has disappeared over weekend.


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Weds 19th Nov
- Cettis Warbler heard again mid morning


Thurs 20th Nov
- Cettis Warbler heard mid-afternoon

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Sun 16th Nov

- Cettis Warbler heard then seen briefly at side of Reddish works yard. Managed a photo as it was moving through the undergrowth and reeds but it is just a small chestnut brown blur with a head and leg, a Cettis nonetheless


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Weds 12th Nov

- Cettis Warbler heard again but not seen
- Eurasian Teal still (image from Sunday)
- fem Bullfinch


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Sun 9th Nov

The 1st w Caspian did a disappearing act at Redgate so I decided to have a mooch around the wetland area behind our Reddish works yard.

- Cettis Warbler vocal but elusive, seen a few times in flight and moving thru the reeds
- Water Rail vocal but not seen, sounded like a piglet then whistling
- 1 Eurasian Teal totally unexpected
- 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
- 2 Ring-necked Parakeets
- 9 Redwing
- 1 Chiffchaff
- 1 pr Bullfinch
- 2 Coal Tit
- 1 Grey Heron
- 2 Moorhen

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Weds 29th Oct
Having a job done on my car so I couldnt nip out to Redgate on my dinner, I explored behind the works depot, Reddish.

- Cettis Warbler mustve been in the mood as it was very vocal indeed, a burst of song every 30 seconds or so. Decent bins view every so often but trying to get a photo was impossible, it was mainly moving through the low scrub at the side of the marsh then in the bushes near the cycle track.

Also of note..
- 1 Meadow Pipit over (certainly sounded like one)
- 2 Lesser Redpoll over
- 1 Redwing over
- 5 Ring-necked Parakeets over

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Not heard the Cettis Warbler last few days.

Today 4 Swallows flew over Reddish works yard towards Stockport mid afternoon

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Tuesday 14th

- Great Spotted Woodpecker in one of the trees surrounding Reddish works yard, elusive! 2nd one in 2 days

Weds 15th Oct
Bit of a mixed bag around Reddish works yard.

- Cettis Warbler burst of song early morning
- 4 Redwings over calling
- 3 Ring-necked Parakeets
- 1 Grey Wagtail

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