08/03/18 - Greenfinch singing in  Winfields Car Park

09/03/18

I spy with my little eye a big gull at top.  Took a long range shot of it with my camera and looking at the photographs - it looked pale and had a pink and black bill.  Russell told me he was coming from Quarry side.  I phoned him and before I could open my mouth "Is that a Glaucous Gull?" he asked a bit gobsmacked.  I think so but it flew off with a Great Black Backed Gull westwards - not seen at Ogden or Calf Hey sadly.   Could it be the Hollingworth Lake bird which has not been reported today?  There has been a bit of an increase in inland sightings this season.  It might be worth checking in morning when Great Black Backed Gulls loaf around. 

Holden Wood:- 

1 Glaucous Gull

3 Great Black Backed Gulls minm - 1 adult and 2 immatures.

lots of Black-headed Gulls

1-2 Snipe

min 10 Lapwing

1 Reed Bunting

2 Dunnock

2 Mistle Thrush

2 Wren

2 Song Thrush

8 Teal min

2 Moorhen

1 Coot

3 Goosander

a few of the common tit species

1 Meadow Pipit

2 min Pied wagtails

Ogden:-

black-headed gulls galore

Calf Hey:-

1 Grey Wagtail

2 Nuthatch

1 Treecreeper

Chaffnches and Tits

Green Woodpecker yaffling

Quarries:-

1 Nuthatch calling incessantly in 7-8 trees at far quarry- never had one here before.

3-4 Stock Dove

1 Mistle Thrush

 min 1 Linnet

min 1 Meadow Pipit

Duckworth Clough Lodge:-

1 Moorhen of note

 NO Skylarks or Birds of Prey noted....no Curlew ..

-- Edited by sarfraz on Friday 9th of March 2018 04:03:02 PM