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Green Woodpecker in F16 alongside MUFC training ground, this morning.

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Lots of species along F2 and F1 including Yellowhammer, Pheasants, Redwing, Pied Wagtails, Starlings, Bullfinch, a bunch of 14 Meadow Pipits most of which were taking a very long time bathing, one Reed Bunting and 3 Fieldfare. A Buzzard landed not 10m away, by Mufc training ground. Several Siskin feeding alongside Goldfinch on an Alder along that road.

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45 sp including

Grey Partridge 9 (F2)
Stock Dove 32
Tawny Owl 1 (old orchard)
Ring-necked Parakeet 10
Raven 1
Skylark 13
Mistle Thrush 7
Redwing 111
Fieldfare 1
Meadow Pipit 19
Linnet 21
Yellowhammer 11


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11.00. Calm glorious sunny morning. F8, 2 x Yellowhammer together, lots of Redwing and Chaffinch in and out of the Hawthorn, 1 × Buzzard, 2 x Great Spotted Woodpecker together on the pylon. F4, 2 x Grey Partridge. F12 Kestrel hovering before landing on the Pylon.

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Field 4
Stock Dove 9
Lesser Redpoll 3
Pink-footed Goose single flew west over Shell Pool NR

Old Orchard area (Field 2)
Whooper Swan 6 flew low NW calling at 09:35 hrs
Pink-footed Geese 18 flew SE shortly after
Grey Wagtail 2 flew over
Goldcrest
Redwing feeding in hawthorns (not counted)

Field 2
Buzzard
Fieldfare 1 only
Grey Partridge 8

Field 10
Buzzard 2 flying together




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Grey Partridge 22 (14 in F2, 8 in F1)
Stonechat 2 together between F12/13
Yellowhammer 16 (13 together in F1, 3 F120
Redwing 156
Mistle Thrush 13
Skylark 33
Tufted Duck 26 flying west over F1

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I think that should be Pink-feet Geese.

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PinkFooted Geese 130+ heading east at 1110, then 25+ heading NE but then turning SW at 1115.
Stonechat 1 male along ride between F4 and F12/13.
Buzzard 3
Raven 2
Skylark 25+
Yellowhammer 8
Kestrel 1 male.
Linnet 10
Meadow Pipit 5+
Jay 2
Chaffinch 6
Mistle Thrush 5
Song Thrush 1
Goldfinch 8
Greenfinch 1
Stock Dove 15+
etc.etc.etc.



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 6th of October 2021 05:20:58 PM

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1.30 p.m. Nothing for an hour. Then in F4, 2 x Kestrel sitting together on the Hay bale in the field, 1 x Mistle Thrush, 1 x Buzzard, and a Mute Swan approached from F13 and completed a very graceful complete circle of F4 before flying south. 5 x Grey Partridge huddled together in F12 which then flew off south to the next field.

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This afternoon from 2:30p.

Buzzard - 4.
Yellowhammer - 3.
Mistle Thrush - 1.
Grey Partridge - 3.
(Also lot's of Woodpigeon about).

F10 stubble field :
Swallow - c50.
House Martin - c 30.


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Two noisy Raven on the pylon by Sale Sharks training ground off Carrington Lane mid-morning today.



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Hobby - 1 adult, Townsend Farm, Sinderland Lane,

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Grasshopper Warbler reeling from the ditch by the road between f22 and f23. Ie the tarmac road from mufc to Sinderland Road. C. 5pm.
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12.30 p.m. Oystercatcher x 1 in F5, Chaffinch x 2 in F4, Yellowhammer on the telegraph wire again between F2 and F1; and in F10 Yellow Wagtail x 1, Yellowhammer x 1, Lapwing x 1



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Isherwood Road to F1/2, then direct to ETW.

Garden Warbler 2 singing just north of solar farm. Good views of one.
Sedge Warbler 1 as above.
Whitethroat 14 singing.
Blackcap 14 singing.
Chiffchaff 5 singing.
Linnet 4
Yellowhammer 2 singing plus 2 seen.
Song Thrush 3 singing.
Greenfinch 2 singing.
Goldfinch 3 singing.
Chaffinch 1
Buzzard 2
Skylark 12+ singing.
Rook 60+
etc.etc.etc.


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3.15 p.m. On Ashton Road, White Wagtail x 2, Pied Wagtail x 2. In the field north, by the very large puddle, Blue Headed Wagtail (plus another duller version accompanying it for 10 mins). Skylark x 1.

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4 or 5 Yellow Wagtails seen yesterday (15/5) in the wet area in field 10 at the junction of fields 10 and 11 and 1 and 2. They were very active and chasing each other moving between the wet area and adjacent tree tops. A blue headed individual was amongst them.

Other notables included a Grey Partridge with some very small young in the SE corner of field 2.

Returned today armed with a camera and some dry weather but only had fleeting glimpses of the Yellow Wagtails. Saw 2 Grey Partridges near the concrete road but no young.

Were approached by 2 people carrying a Harris Hawk looking for another one lost in the past few days.

Too many motorcycles doing circuits today to be able to stick around too long unfortunately.



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Fields north of Ashton Road, 10 a.m - 12.30 p.m. Nothing for an hour, then 2 Yellow Wagtails M + F, landed 7/8 m away and paraded around for 15 mins in the sunshine showing off their beautiful plumage. Then Yellowhammers M + F did the same but from about 15 - 20 m away. Worth the wait!

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12.30 p.m. In the field north of Ashton Road. 2 x Meadow Pipit. 2 x Pied Wagtail juveniles. 1 x Lapwing.

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Sat 08May21. 3 - 6 p.m. In the field north of Ashton Road, in between squally showers, Several appearances of Yellowhammer, Yellow Wagtail, Wheatear, Skylark, Pied Wagtail, Pheasant, Lapwing.

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Fri 07May21 10.a.m to 1 p.m. 2 x Wheatear (M) and Yellowhammer within 20 m of each other in the field north of Ashton Road. 2 Pied wagtails with one feeding a juvenile. 1 x Common Buzzard. 3 x Lapwing.

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I was there 7:30 - 9:00

2 yellow wagtail Field 2 .... I thought White Wagtail also

Saw the 2 Partridge and Whinchat

couldnt find a Blue Headed Wagtail



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Had a look approx. 1000 this morning.

Yellow Wagtail 1 flew over from F2 to F1. Then 2 over F12 to F14 and beyond.
Wheatear 1 male, 1 female F2.

Whinchat 1 female/1st S. directly south of flare, just north of F2 northern track perched on mound of brambles and general rubbish.

Grey Partridge 2 in F2 at northern edge bend in the field, just along from the Whinchat.

Yellowhammer 2 male, 2 female in F2.
Skylark 2 in F2.
Pied Wagtail 1 female plus 1 juvenile F2.

White Wagtail 1 good candidate with clean lines, sharp contrast to grey nape and black collar and grey rump F2.

Willow Warbler 1 singing north edge of F1.
Chiffchaff 1 singing.
Plenty of Whitethroats and Blackcaps singing.
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Had a mooch this evening 1830 - 2030.

I thought I was watching 2 different Blue Headed Birds this evening, 1 in the middle of field 11 had a darker head, and there was another one with a lighter head that preferred the field edge,..
Quick little blighters....

No Whinchat or Wheatears for me.

Field 11 , plenty of Pied Wagtails
FIeld 11, 5 / 6 Yellow Wagtails
Field 2 4 Yellowhammers

No pics as had a 7 year old with me lol..

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Interesting photo Pete of channel wagtail. Definitely not the bird I had this morning which was a bona fide blue-headed with much darker cap. (Im not even sure the whinchat was the same!)

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I had a cycle up in the wind and rain at around 6pm and got soaked! Not great viewing conditions but picked up 4 Yellow Wagtail (including the "blue-headed" bird) in F2.
Supporting cast of a dozen Pied Wagtail and 2 Wheatear. I suspect there were more birds around taking shelter.

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Channel Wagtail type 'Blue-headed' flava mobile between F2 and F11. Unprocessed images attached. The wagtails shelter in the leafy trees along the track between the two fields during the heavy showers.
Yellow Wagtail 6
Whinchat 1 F2
Wheatear 5 F2
Raven - at least 2

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Blue-headed wagtail has just arrived in f2 along the track between f2/f11

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Also in f2 Pair of yellow wagtails plus another male 2 male Wheatear, one was a really colourful Greenland type 4 yellowhammer Family of pied wagtails with fledged young Several skylark

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Female/1st summer male whinchat in f2 on the narrow unploughed area between the new growth and the unploughed section at the west end.

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Highlights of this mornings BTO Breeding Bird Survey on Carrington Moss were 3 Linnet (2 in F23, 1 in F36).

No Tree Sparrow or Grey Partridge recorded and Rook numbers seemed low (I've not seen any nests in Hogswood Covert this year and there are only half a dozen in the small covert adjacent to Brookheys Farm).

Plenty of Common Whitethroat about.

Off survey a Raven flew over F4 and a Wheatear was sat in F25

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Isherwood Road south to main crossroad, then west to concrete-lined lake, and return on same track.

Yellow Wagtail 1 heard only in SW corner of F4.
Whitethroat 15 singing.
Blackcap 4 singing.
Willow Warbler 3 singing.
Chiffchaff 4 singing.
Skylark 5 singing.
Lapwing 10
Swallow 6
Raven 2
Buzzard 1
Pied Wagtail 1
Yellowhammer 4 male, 3 female.
Linnet 4
Little Grebe 1
Coot 2
Stock Dove 8
Goldfinch 6
Chaffinch 1 singing.
etc.

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Walk from Isherwood Road to the ETW.

Yellow Wagtail 1 heard near Swiss Cottage Farm in F5.
Grey Partridge 1 seen on watch in F5. Vegetation too long to see any others.
Skylark 2 singing F5.
Whitethroat 9 singing.
Linnet 4
Blackcap 8 singing.
Chiffchaff 4 singing.
Song Thrush 1 singing.
Bullfinch 3
Greenfinch 4
Mistle Thrush 1 singing.
etc.

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From 1:30 today.

Linnet - 1 f4.
Whitethroat - 2 f4.
Yellow wagtail - 1 f2.
Wheatear - 1 f2.
Skylark - 2 f2.
Yellowhammer - 3 f2.
Buzzard - 2 circling over Brookeheys covert.
Chiffchaff - 1 heard.
Chaffinch - 1.
Wren - 1.
Also several Robins singing .



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A Green Woodpecker called briefly around midday just to the SW of Sale FC's Carrington training facility off Carrington Lane.



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Doh. Should have carried on to the ETW. However, some highlights from a morning visit from Isherwood Road, along Shell Pool fence line to F1 then return between F2 and F11, etc.

Fieldfare 35(F2).
Grey Partridge 2(F2).
Linnet 4
Yellowhammer 1 singing plus 8(F2/10).
Whitethroat 1 singing(shrubs, south of F4).
Skylark 4 singing plus 4.
Mistle Thrush 5(F2).
Meadow Pipit 1
Wheatear 1 male, 1 female(F2).
Blackcap 8 singing.
Chiffchaff 5 singing.
Lapwing 8 in fields and 4 on industrial site.
etc.etc.etc.

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Etw Horse Paddock, Carrington Moss 2:55pm
Yellow wagtail - 1 which flew to top of Concrete tank.
Pied Wagtail - 1.
Oystercatcher - 1 over .

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This afternoon in f2 which was being ploughed the odd group of:

Wheaters 3
Sparrowhawk down with a kill
Fieldfare 30

another Wheatear in f12



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2 Male Wheatears 1 F6 and 1 F7

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On a Willow Tit survey today, that again produced no Willow Tits, I did have;

Isherwood Road/Shell NR area - Chiffchaff 2, Blackcap 1, Jay 2, Great Tit 2
Birchmoss Covert - Chiffchaff 1, Blackcap 1
F22 - Meadow Pipit 1, Lapwing 1
Dismantled Railway line (F28 & 29 north boundary) - Blackcap 1, Chiffchaff 7, Buzzard 1
F25 - Skylark 1
F11 - Skylark 1, Stock Dove 2, Lapwing 1, Meadow Pipit 2
F10 - Stock Dove 2, Lapwing 1, Skylark 1, Mistle Thrush 2, Yellowhammer 1
F2 - Skylark 4, Meadow Pipit 24, Lapwing 6, Buzzard 1
Old Orchard - Chiffchaff 2, Buzzard 1, Blackcap 1
F4 - Buzzard 1, Skylark 1, Canada Goose 3



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Male Wheatear sat in F56 this evening

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On a Willow Tit survey today, that produced no Willow Tits, I did have;

Isherwood Road - 3 Buzzard over.
Birchmoss Covert - 1 singing Chiffchaff, 3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers, 1 Treecreeper, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Buzzard, 1 Blackcap (first singing male of the year for me).
Dismantled Railway (F28&29 north boundary) - 7 singing Chiffchaff, 1 Buzzard and 2 Mallard over.
Hogswood Covert - 1 Buzzard
Brookheys Covert - 2 Nuthatch, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Treecreeper, 1 singing Chiffchaff
F36 - 1 singing Skylark
F13 - 1 singing Skylark and 1 Kestrel


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From 4pm this afternoon.

Buzzard - 2.
Lapwing - 6.
Meadow pipit - 24.
Yellowhammer - 1.
Skylark - 2.
Stock dove - 2.
Pheasant - 2 m.


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Curlew 1 over > north
Meadow Pipit 60+ in F2
Yellowhammer 4

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3 buzzard in the air at the same time

Male sparrowhawk chased off by a magpie

Skylark

Yellowhammer

Curlew heard

lots of gull activity on Shell Pool could be heard across the whole site. Can anybody let me know if/how access can be gained to Shell pool?



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Afternoon walk from Isherwood Road, west to F8/9 and return between F2/11.

Skylark 3 singing.
Redwing 30+
Chiffchaff 1
Lapwing 10+ on Industrial site.
Oystercatcher 2 as above.
Curlew 1 heard over.
Raven 2
Linnet 5
Goldcrest 1
Treecreeper 1
Meadow Pipit 2
Chaffinch 30+
Stock Dove 20+
etc.etc.etc.


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Highlights during walk from Isherwood Road to Altrincham ETW/Pool.

Sparrowhawk 1 male.
Buzzard 1
Kestrel 2 males, 1 female.
Redwing 1
Mistle Thrush 7
Chiffchaff 1 singing.
Oystercatcher 1




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Curlew calling this morning, sounds like it's coming from the direction of Utd as was stood with back towards the solar panels ..



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Whilst at the Shell Pool yesterday, I heard a Curlew calling over the moss some time after 1000. Also had 14 Lapwings, 2 Oystercatchers on the Reserve and there have been reports of Ringed Plovers on the adjoining site. So, all the usual suspects are on the move inland.

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Thanks Dave



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