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Water Rail showing well in small reed bed at the far North-West corner of the Reservoir. Kingfisher , 12 Gadwall , 9 Siskin.

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Water Rail showing well on ice 20/01/2024



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3 Ring necked Parakeet flying west toward Walkden Town Centre. Also around were 75 Lapwing and 150 Starling on Linnyshaw Moss, + 60 Siskin feeding in Alders by the Reservoir.

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1 Water Rail in reeds near visitor centre 



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A Water Rail and a Great Black backed Gull were there today. 



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One Raven on Linnyshaw Moss at 1230pm and one cronking low overhead at 4pm, in a similar area.

 

 



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Peregrine Falcon on a pylon in the Nature Reserve eating pray.

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Spotted Flycatcher with a flock of Long tailed Tits in the Nature Reserve, also in the flock were 2 Juvenile Goldcrest, 2 Coal Tit, Willow Tit, Nuthatch and Treecreeper. + 3 Shoveler on the Reservoir.

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2 Ravens being harassed by crows and magpies on Linnyshaw Moss next to the garden centre

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18 Common Tern , some are two pair to a raft and some sat on eggs. Garden Warbler singing in the wood on Linnyshaw Moss and a Pheasant calling.

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4 Common Terns (2 pairs) on rafts



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1 Common Term

1 Reed Bunting

Good number of Swallow and Sand Martin over the water 



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Two Bramling behind the Visitor Centre with four Bullfinch.

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Little Gull flew through at 10.15am, heading West.

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Cetti's Warbler singing in small reed patch at back of Reservoir this morning .

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A Water Rail in reeds under the wall on Visitor Centre side of Reservoir. Showed quite well and was calling a lot. Shoveler numbers which reached 46 in January, down to 9.

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Spotted Flycatcher in trees on the loop line by the cross roads.

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Redstart in the nature reserve just behind the second ponds.

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31 Common Tern on the Reservoir which included 14 juveniles, some weren't quite fully fledged but getting there. Also 2 Reed Warbler and a Sedge Warbler.

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Red Kite over Blackleach Reservoir moving slowly to the East toward Clifton, at 10 50a.m..

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Late post for yesterday 10am.Over40 swifts above the reservoir with10
Sand Martins and 2 house Martins.

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Willow Tit fledglings around Linnyshaw Garden centre area was a nice sight to see. Hopefully they were from the adults that came to the garden feeders over winter.

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17 Common Tern . Six pairs bred last year, but there could be more this year, some are two pairs to a raft.

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Common Tern on one of the rafts this morning.

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Two Curlew flew over Nature Reserve, heading North-East. Also 3 Chiffchaff and a pair of Reed Buntings.

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Peregrine Falcon on pylon on Linnyshaw Moss, looked like a one year old female, going off plumage and size. Also 2 Skylarks, 3 Linnets and 35 Chaffinch feeding on the ground. On the Reservoir were 16 Shoveler and a drake Wigeon. There were also 7 Gadwall on the flooded part of the allotments.

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A male Brambling and two Skylark feeding on the ground on Linnyshaw Moss with around 20 Chaffinch, 40 Goldfinch and 4 Linnets , they were 50 metres West of Linnyshaw Garden Centre, I could only spot them with a cope. Also 25 Shoveler on the Reservoir.

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Woodcock flew up just 3 feet in front of me on the loop line by the Reservoir, it flew into the Nature Reserve. Two adult Great Black backed Gulls landed on the water with an Herring Gull. 14 Shoveler, 10 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe and 27 Mute Swans.

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3 Common Gulls amongst the Black Headed Gulls yesterday.

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Walk from Linnyshaw garden centre to the reservoir and back.

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2x singing Willow Tits

2 flocks of Siskin, one containing around 20 and the other 10

1 Greenfinch calling

Bullfinch pair

2x Song Thrush singing

1 Goldcrest 

Sparrowhawk over 

On the reservoir was 5 Gadwalls, a great crested grebe, around 8 cormorants plus usuals.

I saw a post on Facebook that a swan had died of suspected bird flu at Blackleach. There are around 30 swans on the reservoir now so hopefully this does not spread to the others. 



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A walk around the country park around midday.
Grey Wagtail x 1
Starling x 5
Feral Pigeon x 8
Magpie x 4
Black Headed Gull x 40+
Moorhen x 3
Tufted duck x 21
Little Grebe x 1
Coot x 50+
Canada Goose x 12
Mute Swan x 16
Mallard x 10
Herring Gull x 2
Gadwall x 4
Shoveler x 1
Blue Tit x 3
Wood Pigeon x 4


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Short visit this morning around 10.00 am
Wren x 1
starling x 5
Black Headed Gull x lots
Feral Pigeon x 5
Carrion Crow x 3
Magpie x 7
Collared Dove x 1
Blackbird x 8
Wood Pigeon x 4
Robin x 6
Song Thrush x 1
Great Black Backed Gull x 1
Mute swan x 9
Coot x lots
Tufted Duck x 6
Cormorant x 2
Wigeon x 1
Moor hen x 1
Gadwall x 4
Teal x 4
Bullfinch x 3 (m)
Chaffinch x 2

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Water Rail at the back of Reservoir this morning, also on there were. 3 Teal, Wigeon , 3 Shoveler, 23 Gadwall and 29 Mute Swans. There was also a male Mandarin on a flooded field on Linnyshaw Moss two weeks ago, only just found out.

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7 Whooper Swans, 6 adult and one juvenile, were on the reservoir this morning, but they flew off to the west at 10 20a.m.. A Peregrine Falcon on a pylon on Linnyshaw Moss, near the Garden Centre.



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15 Brambling feeding together in a Rowan tree on the loop line near the cross roads of paths, 200 metres east of the reservoir. Also 2 Whooper Swans flew over the reservoir to the south-west. 20 Redwing around and a Swallow flying south.



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Female Stonechat on Linnyshaw Moss east of the Garden Centre, near the long M/Way bridge. On Black Leach Reservoir , 27 Gadwall , 5 Wigeon .

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Originally posted today by David Loftus:

Raven harassed by 2 carrion crows over woods East of the lake 4.00pm to 4.10pm.



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12 Common Tern on the reservoir today.

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A Garden Warbler in trees by the wooden benches behind the Visitor Centre. It wasn't doing much warbling, but was showing really well. Also a Yellow Wagtail on a raft, Oystercatcher and 6 Common Tern.

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1:35 - 2:45 Two knot flying about the reservoir during the downpour, occasionally landing on one of the rafts then taking flight again. Fifty or so sand martins and swallows hawking low over the water, which helped enormously to get a sense of scale! Also three common terns.

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4th May 6 Common Tern and approx 50 each of Sand Martin and Swallow were present in the evening

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The Ranger told me that someone saw a Little Egret this morning at the back of the reservoir, which later flew off.

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A Brambling was with a large flock of finches on Linnyshaw Moss, half way between the Garden Centre and the reservoir. On the reservoir there was a Greylag Goose, 12 Shoveler, and 2 Oystercatchers that have been around for a month.

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Birds today included
7 Shoveler
12 Gadwall
1 Little Grebe
141 Coot
Jay
Bullfinch

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Visited this morning. Nothing special.
Starling x 8
Blackbird x 2
Grey Wagtail x 1
Pied Wagtail x 2
Coot x 40 +
Feral Pigeon x 7
Mallard x 4
Mute Swan x 7 (1.m 1.f 7 imm)
Little Grebe x 1
Gadwall x 4
Great Crested Grebe x 1
Cormorant x 1
Tufted Duck x 22
House Sparrow x 2
Tree Sparrow x 1
And strangely only 2 Black Headed Gulls .
But I was only there for about 10 minutes .
Moorhen x 3

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Visited here this morning between 11 and 12:
All the usuals, but no sign of the Red Crested Pochard .

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Drake Red-crested Pochard present this morning with 8 Pochard on the western side of the lake.

Social distancing is easily possible if you should happen to go to see it but please use common sense.

Info thanks to Tony Hill



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A male Stonechat on Linnyshaw Moss. On the Reservoir there were 48 Gadwall, 2 Shoveler, 1 Wigeon, and 1 Teal. Also two Swallows still around.

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Redstart in the nature reserve, in a clearing to the left of the second ponds as you enter from the main path by the two tall wooden posts. It was in juvenile type plumage.

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Walked over to Blackleach yesterday.
Birds seen:
House Martin x 2
Goldfinch x 7
Starling x 4
Great Crested Grebe x 1
Mute Swan x 8
Canada Goose x lots
Mallard x 6
Tufted Duck x 8
Coot x lots
Black Headed Gull x lots
Herring Gull x 1
Lesser Black backed Gull x 2
common Tern x 1
Feral Pigeon x 7
Robin x 7
Reed warbler x 2
Carrion Crow x 2
Magpie x 4
House Sparrow x 8
Blackbird x 6
Swallow x 4
Wood Pigeon x 3




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