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This morning:

1 Great White Egret at the western end along with two Little Egrets

21 Great Black-backed Gulls around the flash, remnants from the night’s roost 

A flock of 14 Meadow Pipits feeding on the ruck

1 Chiffchaff along the shore of the ruck

 



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Additional to Ian's evening post 30th, 2 Great White Egret were in Ramsdales reed bed/lagoon area with 4 Little Egret. On my way back from doing the Gull roost after dark, 6 Little Egret were on the island in Ramsdales and presumably 1 of the 2 Great White Egret flew up from the ditch below the canal footbridge!

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This late afternoon:

230 Pink-footed Geese flew over west at 16:49 which veered off SW as they passed over the flash

12 female/immature Goosanders at the western end

1 Great White Egret around the western inflow as usual

3 Little Egrets, one at the western end and two on Ramsdales Scrape

Excellent sized gull roost, though I couldn’t pick out anything scarcer (though I was counting much of the time!)

71 Great Black-backed Gull (many leaving SW towards dusk as usual)

2920 Herring Gulls

6 Redwings west over Sorrow Cow Pond at 15:45

 

Late news forgotten about for yesterday afternoon when a Tawny Owl was singing around Sorrow Cow Pond prior to dusk



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Late afternoon today:

1 Pink-footed Goose over S/SE at 14:55

2 female/immature Wigeon

3 female/immature Goosanders

2 Great White Egrets

3+ Little Egrets

63 Great Black-backed Gulls, though at least 17 flew off SW before dusk

3 Yellow-legged Gulls in the roost, with two adults including at least one new bird (the other bird probably one of the visiting adults of late) and a third calendar year bird; records photos of all on the website

Usual adult Mediterranean Gull

2 Kingfishers around Sorrow Cow Pond

Cetti’s Warbler around the shore by Sorrow Cow Pond

 



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Late evening today saw the juvenile Garganey still present, Great White Egret at the western end, Little Egret by the spit and the adult Mediterranean Gull roosted again. 

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This morning, with a visible migration watch from Ramsdales Ruck only until 8am:

3 Greylag Geese west at 07:55

184 Pink-footed Geese SE in 5 skeins from 07:25 to 07:50

1 drake Wigeon

2 Great White Egrets

3 Little Egrets

1876 Woodpigeons SE in 40 flocks but no doubt many missed due some flocks being very high and tight and disappearing against the sky

388 Redwings W/SW in 30 flocks

27 Chaffinches over south in mainly two and threes

4 Bramblings over south together at 07:13

 



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This late afternoon/evening:

1 Great White Egret

3 Little Egrets

Adult Mediterranean Gull roosted

4 Wigeon still present

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Early this morning, 22 Fieldfares over, 4 Wigeon, 2 Goosanders, 1 Great White Egret and two Little Egrets.

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This late afternoon and early evening:

83 Great Black-backed Gulls (75 of which were adults)

Adult Yellow-legged Gull (same individual as the 22nd)

1850 Herring Gulls

402 Lesser Black-backed Gulls

130+ Starlings in their own ‘mini murmuration’ around Ramsdales eventually roosted in the reedbed there.



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This morning:

43 Greylag Geese with 41 flying straight through west at 07:37 and two more west at 07:58

Garganey still present

Great White Egret flew in from the west early morning and stood preening on the spit

2 Little Egrets

3777 Woodpigeons flew over SE in 79 flocks from 07:50 to 08:45

141 Redwings over SW in 13 flocks

5 Ravens over low east together at 07:54

17+ Reed Buntings down around Ramsdales Ruck alone

 



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Also late afternoon today:

2 Little Egrets at the eastern end and 7 Goosanders on the spit.

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This late afternoon/evening:

257 Tufted Ducks

1 female/immature Goldeneye

Juvenile Garganey still present on the north side of the spit (info thanks to Phil Rhodes)

1 Great White Egret

1 adult Mediterranean Gull

1390 Herring Gulls

46 Great Black-backed Gulls (all adults)

1 adult Yellow-legged Gull, one of the individuals from the 13th

 



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First light this morning to just after 10am:

4 Whooper Swans (at least one an immature) flew SE at 08:16

744 Pink-footed Geese over, with 524 SE in six skeins and 220 W in two skeins

2 Greylag Geese over W

2 drake Pochards off the car park

3 Goosanders, including a drake, off the car park

1 Little Egret flew in from the west early morning

6+ Snipe on the spit

11 adult Great Black-backed Gulls remaining from the gull roost at first light

6819 Woodpigeons over SE in 123 flocks from 08:10 to 09:50

4 individual Skylarks over south and two still down on the ruck

8+ Meadow Pipits down on the ruck and a small handful over south

77 Redwings over S/SW in 9 flocks

1 Chiffchaff on the ruck

33 Goldfinches over south in small flocks

17 Chaffinches over south in ones and twos mainly

4 individual Greenfinches over south

Many more finches in small flocks over south, probably into three figures and many with the bulk of the Woodpigeon movement/flocks but all way too distant to identify!

1 male Linnet down on the ruck

1 Lesser Redpoll north over the ruck



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38 Great Black-backed Gulls in the roost this evening, 35 adults and three second winter birds.



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A morning of high disturbance with ducks flying everywhere. Virtually no usable shore anywhere for waders due to water levels, swimmers and sailing club. One particular member of the sailing club seems determined to flush everything, constantly taking her canoe right into every nook and cranny and seemingly only happy when everything flies off. This is despite reassurances from the person in question and the sailing club that it will not happen again, it just doesn't seem to sink in. Oh well, despite the best efforts of people to disturb everything, I managed to see the following at this "National Nature Reserve" between 8:00 - 11:00;

Pochard 5 inc. 4 males

Wigeon 2 females / 1st winter off the remnants of the spit

Mandarin 1 female on what's left of Ramsdales scrape

Egyptian goose 1 adult at the sailing club

Teal 20 Ramsdales scrape

 



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This morning's highlights:

5 Greylag Geese through east at first light

1 female/immature Wigeon flew straight through west at 08:31

3 Great White Egrets, one with a secondary missing on the left wing illustrating how much and how quickly they move around the flash

5 Little Egrets flew in from the west at 08:05 and dropped in

3 Sparrowhawks

1 Peregrine over SW at 08:06

3 Water Rails calling from Ramsdales Reedbed

1251 Woodpigeons S in 37 flocks from first light to c08:30

2 Skylarks down on the ruck

Still 9+ Meadow Pipits on the ruck

29+ Song Thrushes around Ramsdales Ruck, with 10+ in the reedbed by The Point

822 Redwings SW in 52 flocks, some still moving through as I was leaving at 9am

1 singing Willow Tit on the ruck

8 Bullfinches in a flock at the Western end

 



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The birds I just reported as black-necked grebes are being put out on the birding apps as Slavonian, which I must admit I thought they might be when I first saw them. In the photos, the right hand bird especially seems to have the head shape.

Please excuse the quality of the photos. I was battling with pouring rain, mist and soaked optics.



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This afternoon, 12:30 - 14:30 in pouring rain,

Great white egret 4 all in view at the same time from Green Lane. One in the western reedbed, two on the spit, one at the entrance to Ramsdales scrape.

Black-necked grebe 2 juvs at the western end.

 



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Highlights from this morning:

Female/immature Pintail with Wigeon flock

4 Wigeon, including two males

Drake Mandarin circled the ruck before flying off back towards the canal basin. Judging by the amount of Mallards flying around at that point too it would seem they'd all been disturbed off there.

2 Great White Egrets

4 Little Egrets

53 Snipe circled the ruck at 08:25 before flying off NW. There were a few Snipe visible on the mini spit earlier but it is unknown if this flock was disturbed off the Ramsdales area or came in from elsewhere

24 (all adult) Great Black-backed Gulls, with 14 down on the water and the rest flying over NE

22 Meadow Pipits down on the ruck

748 Redwings over east in 24 flocks up to 09:30 (record shot of one of the flocks attached)

1 Linnet NE over the ruck at 08:12



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This late afternoon/early evening, two Great White Egrets, 3 Little Egrets, female Mandarin and an adult Mediterranean Gull roosted.

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Bittern flew out of Ramsdales reedbed and over the trees along the edge of the ruck at 13:35, before doubling back towards the same reedbed.

 

Info thanks to John Dixon



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This late afternoon/early evening:

3 female/immature Wigeon at the western end

Great White Egret fishing at the western end until dark

Common Sandpiper on the sailing club shore

A fairly remarkable (for here) three adult Yellow-legged Gulls in the roost (all present at the same time and photographed etc)

1180 Herring Gulls

443 lesser Black-backed Gulls

38 (all adult) Great Black-backed Gulls

2 Treecreepers together in shoreline bushes by Sorrow Cow Farm



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This morning's highlights:

2 Greylag Geese over east

Juvenile Garganey still on Ramsdales Scrape

Drake Pochard in Ramsdales

202 Tufted Ducks

2 Great White Egrets (one of which perched on the very top of the tallest tree by the lagoon on the eastern side of the ruck for some time)

2 Little Egrets

1 Chiffchaff on the ruck

5 Bullfinch in a flock feeding on western end of the ruck



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Friday 11th October 2024 11:00 - 14:00 hrs. Full circuit of Pennington Flash. Sightings included:

Great White Egret (2)
Little Egret (3)
Grey Heron (5)
Egyptian Goose (4)
Kestrel (1)
Willow Tit (2)
Bullfinch (2)
Nuthatch (1)
Coal Tit (1)
Reed Bunting (1)
Dunnock (3)
Goldfinch (15)
Shoveler (20)
Great Crested Grebe (7)
Little Grebe (4)
Oystercatcher (1)
Lapwing (1)
Cormorant (50 plus)
Jay (3)
Gadwall (12)



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This early morning:

11 Whooper Swans flew over east at 07:30 (very record shots attached!)

62 Pink-footed Geese east in 2 skeins from the Mersey flightpath, with 26 at 08:20 and 36 at 08:30

11 adult Great Black-backed Gulls on the spit

1098 Woodpigeons S/SE in 32 flocks from first light to 08:30

23 Skylarks, with two singles high north over the ruck quickly followed by a flock of 21 low north at 09:08

14+ Meadow Pipits down on the ruck

15 Redwings in four flocks, all dropped into trees on the top of the ruck and most of which were still present around 09:30

Cetti's Warbler alarm calling and showing well in shoreline bushes around The Point

9 Linnets in a single flock low south over the ruck at 08:20



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Juvenile Garganey still present on Ramsdales Scrape this late afternoon.

Also the adult Yellow-legged Gull roosted again.

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This morning:

314 Tufted Ducks

1 Goosander flew through north 

2 Great White Egrets

1 Little Egret

36+ Snipe feeding on the spit, probably many more I couldn't see

6+ Chiffchaffs around Ramsdales Ruck

2 Redwings on the ruck



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This evening including the gull roost:

172 Tufted Ducks

2 Great White Egrets, with one at the Western end and one on the south shore by Sorrow Cow Farm simultaneously 

1+ Little Egret

2 Sparrowhawks

Adult Mediterranean Gull

First winter Caspian Gull roosted again

707 Herring Gulls

424 Lesser Black-backed Gulls

4 Redwings flew low east over Sorrow Cow Pond at dusk

Cetti's Warbler very active and vocal around Sorrow Cow Pond and the flash shoreline there

300+ Starlings swirling around the north side of Ramsdales Ruck towards dusk, seems to head of to Bickershaw to roost



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This evening:

Great White Egret fishing close to Sorrow Cow Farm, then flew across to the south shore of the ruck and then flew back across to the south shore of the flash, all within the space of 10 minutes!

Adult Yellow-legged Gull

First winter Caspian Gull (more photos and videos, taken at dusk, on the website)

36 Great Black-backed Gulls

1 Cetti's Warbler calling and briefly in song around the shore by Sorrow Cow Pond

1 Chiffchaff by Sorrow Cow Pond 



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2 Great White Egret this morning, 1 was on the Rucks at dawn and then flew over to the South side a 2nd bird flew in from the West just after 8am and landed on the South side where both them fed c.25 Metres apart. Other birds seen were at least 2 Little Egret, 8 Siskin south over in flocks of 5 and 3. 209+ Woodpigeon South, 29 Redwing in 4 flocks, the largest of 11 headed East the rest South. 8 Song Thrush west in 2 flocks, 11 Meadow Pipit south and at least 4 lingering on the Rucks. 2 Swallow south at 8.55 and 2 Greylag Geese West.

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This morning:

Great White Egret on the south shore of the flash just east of Sorrow Cow Farm at first light

2 Kestrels hunting over the ruck, as was a Sparrowhawk

1543 Woodpigeons moved SE in 51 flocks up to just after 8am when they abruptly stopped again

11+ Meadow Pipits down around the ruck

45 Redwings over in 10 small flocks, mainly east but some birds west and a few dropping in around the ruck

26 Song Thrushes around the ruck, with four dropping in high out of the sky from the north and another two heading directly over south



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This morning from first light, saw the first 'proper' visible migration watch of the season from Ramsdales Ruck up to just after 9am:

1006 Pink-footed Geese in five skeins all moving south of the flash heading east and coming from the direction of the Mersey; c60 at 07:55, 140 at 08:05, 310 at 08:20, 56 at 08:30, c440 at 08:41

407 Canada Geese, with 364 coming in from the east in a single flock at 08:47 and dropping down off the main car park, then a further 43 flew in from the NW at 09:15

2 female/immature Wigeon on the main flash

1 female/immature Pintail flew straight through NW at 09:15

1 redhead Goosander

1 immature drake Goldeneye (associating with the Goosander!)

1 Great White Egret flew south over the ruck, from the direction of Bickershaw, at 09:25 and dropped onto the south shore of the flash somewhere

2631 Woodpigeons SE in 74 flocks up to just after 08:30 when they abruptly all but stopped moving

41 Skylarks in a single flock once again flew in from the SW at 07:56 and low north over the ruck; a roosting/feeding area movement? A further 2 birds flew high west at 09:17

21 Pied Wagtails in a single flock flew south over the ruck at 07:52

79 Meadow Pipits flew over south in 20 small flocks

345 Redwings flew over mainly E/SE in 33 flocks, the largest of 33 (which was also the latest at around 09:30 just as I was making my way off)

27 Song Thrushes on the ruck, including four dropping high out of the sky and into cover on the top of the ruck and another couple calling amongst the grass on the side of the ruck itself

 



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This evening, a second winter Caspian Gull was in the roost, along with 41 Great Black-backed, 84 Herring, 107 Lesser Black-backed and almost 3000 Black-headed Gulls. A flock of 27 Pied Wagtails flew S/SE over Sorrow Cow Farm near dusk and a single Chiffchaff was around the pond there in a tit flock, along with a single Treecreeper.



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This early morning's highlights and a couple of nice surprises included:

252 Canada Geese in a single flock flew in from the west at 08:32 and landed on the flash

Juvenile Garganey still present on Ramsdales but could not be relocated a little later

316 Tufted Ducks

814 Woodpigeons over mainly S/SE in many flocks up to 9am, though their generally low altitude and rather long straggly flocks would indicate more local(ish) movements perhaps 

A remarkable (for here at least) 73 Skylarks in two wonderfully noisy flocks very low (barely tree top height) north up and over Ramsdales Ruck, with the first of 56 at 08:46 very closely followed by a further 17

4 Redwings together west over Ramsdales Ruck at 08:17, great to hear their calls once again

5 Chiffchaffs around the ruck, including one singing in shoreline bushes

4 individual Jays very high south over the ruck through the early morning

Goldfinch flock feeding on the ruck has increased to 54 birds

Water levels around the flash now expectedly very high

 



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Garganey still present on Ramsdales Scrape this afternoon, also Great White Egret, Little Egret and 27 Great Black-backed Gulls in the pre-roost.

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Last afternoon today, a female Mandarin was in Ramsdales, juvenile Garganey still, 26 Shoveler, 18 Teal, 6 Snipe, Common Sandpiper, plus adult Yellow-legged Gull and adult Mediterranean Gull roosted

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This morning:

188 Tufted Ducks

1 female/immature Goldeneye

1 Great White Egret, flew from the ‘nature reserve’ area And dropped in to the western end

1 Common Sandpiper on the sailing club shore

14 Great Black-backed Gulls (one juvenile and the rest adults) on the water and moving through N/NE

9+ Meadow Pipits down on the ruck

23 Song Thrushes around the ruck

2 Chiffchaffs on the ruck

24 Goldfinch feeding in the ruck

1 Yellowhammer flew high west over the ruck at 08:22



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Early afternoon, 

Goosander 1 drake on the spit 

Great white egret 1

Little egret 2

 



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Adult Mediterranean Gull roosted

5 Wigeon

Great White Egret flew off towards Bickershaw at dusk

Water Rail on the sailing club shore

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This afternoon, a juvenile Garganey was on Ramsdales Scrape (video on the website), five Wigeon flew west and the Great White Egret (or one of them anyway) was still present.

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Adult Yellow-legged Gull and 26 Great Black-backed Gulls roosted on Tuesday evening (24th).

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Sailing club to the ruck and back this morning,

Common sandpiper 1 at the sailing club

Great white egret 1 western reedbed

Little egret 1

 



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A very enjoyable visit this morning, 7:30-10:30;

Stonechat 1 first-winter on the ruck. My first at the flash since 29/11/1981!

Great white egret 2-3. Two in view at the same time on the south side and at the western end reedbed. A few minutes later probably a third bird flew in high from the north and landed on the side of the ruck. By that time I couldn't see the other two.

Little egret 2

Common sandpiper 1 at the sailing club

Swallow 2

Great black-backed gull 1 adult

Pink-footed geese 10 heading east

Shoveler 28 including 18 at the western end.

Chiffchaff 2 on the ruck.

Skylark 1 on the ruck.



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This evening:

Great White Egret

2 Little Egrets

2 Wigeon

5 Snipe

Adult Yellow-legged Gull and 26 Great Black-backed Gulls roosted

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Highlights this morning included:

1 Wigeon flew in from the west

214 Tufted Ducks

2 Little Egrets

1 Redshank flew in from the west and then lost to view behind trees so no idea if it landed at all

1 Common Sandpiper

1 adult Great Black-backed Gull

1 Swallow very low west over the ruck

Only a handful of Meadow Pipits south 

24 Song Thrushes around Ramsdales Ruck was a large increase in numbers and the first real sign of their migration here, which included five birds (a two and a three) dropping high out of the sky from the north and into cover on the top of the ruck

13 Chiffchaffs around the ruck

8 Jays around the ruck alone 



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This morning 7.00-8.45,

Common sandpiper 1 still at sailing club

Great white egret 1 south side reedbed

Little egret 1 on the spit

 



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Common sandpiper still at the sailing club early afternoon and a single little egret on the side of the ruck.



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This morning 10.30 - 11.30

Common sandpiper 1 in front of Horrock's hide

Gadwall 38 Penghy's

Shoveler 24 Penghy's



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Generally a lot quieter this morning than of late with not one egret of any species. Main highlight for me was also a Hobby, this one an immature which appeared to be hunting dragonflies , c.9.05 -9.15 over the grass fields along Slag lane which were sheltered from the brisk Easterly. Other birds of note, Common Sandpiper on the sailing club shore then later on the main spit. 2 Siskin over south, 78 Meadow pipit alos south and at least 25 Goldcrest. A female Wigeon was sat on one of the islands at the entrance to Ramsdales.

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