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Tree Pipit (4 Sep 2010)
by Alan Hitchmough

Sightings during ringing session
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Overhead - Tree Pipit, Yellow Wagtail, 6 Grey Wagtail, 100 Swallows, 10 House Martin and 4 Sand Martin all heading south.
Fall of at least 15 Goldcrest on Pumphouse pool paddock, along with Whitethroat and several Chiffchaff . Also 2 Green Woodpecker in the mist net. Single Wigeon on PHP.
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Common Redstart (3 Sep 2010)
by Mark Feltham

Redstart pick of woodland bunch at Half Way House, Dunlin, R.Plover there too. Elsewhere Green Woodpecker, Kingfisher, Green Sandpiper
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Moore stuff on the move...

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Woodpeckers (30 Aug 2010)
by Joy & Carol Mitchell-Lisle

Green and great spotted woodpeckers
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Lagoon - Buzzard x 2, sparrowhawk, grey heron, green and great spotted woodpeckers, coal tit, chiffchaff heard, bullfinch, little grebe, shoveler, gadwall, grey heron, goldfinch, jackdaw, crow, kestrel, long tailed tit, blackbird and reed warbler.
Pump house pool – moorhen, pied wagtail x 11, little grebe, black headed, herring and lesser black backed gulls, coot, tufted duck,, mallard, shoveler, teal, magpie, crow, kingfisher, mute swans, wood pigeon, long tailed tits, 6 swallows overhead and a wren heard.

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Garganey (26 Aug 2010)
by Mike Mulholland

Female Garganey still on php early this morning.
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Also 2 Green Sandpipers and I Common Snipe
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Herons (26 Aug 2010)
by Peter Haslam

We have just visited Moore Nature Reserve. Whilst there at the middle lake we saw 10 (TEN!) grey herons plus a fox asleep on the northern shore. We've never seen so many herons at one time before.
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Quick visit-worthwhile (25 Aug 2010)
by warwick lowe

Mallard,Little Grebe,Heron,Green Sandpiper(2)Pied Wagtail(2)Little Egret,
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Mallard-Gulls-Canada Geese-Little Grebe-Herons-Mute Swans-Green Sandpipers-Pied Wagtails-Little Egret
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Little egret (23 Aug 2010)
by Paul Cassidy

Little egret on Lapwing Lake
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Single bird in silver birch tree at western end of Lapwing Lake - the same tree the cormorants use at night.
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A Kingfisher fishing (23 Aug 2010)
by Kevin Worthington

Great lengthy view of Kingfisher from high hide overlooking lapwing lake (only second time ive seen one)
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Spotted around 5.30pm sheltering in trees during heavy rain on the small island directly in front of the hide. Clear view of swooping for food from lake and back to tree three times before flying at low level. Great lighting for a good view if only I had a camera lens the size of a cooling tower.
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green day (21 Aug 2010)
by steven john o'connell

green woodpecker and green sandpiper today at php/colins meadow
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green woodpecker and green sandpiper today at php/colins meadow
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Dawn stint (21 Aug 2010)
by David Wilson

Little owl(big hand ranch)
pair green sandpipers(PHP)
Kingfisher(over Phoenix hide)
Green woodpecker( nr colins hide)
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Also aftanoon of prev. day.
Peregrine on railway bridge
kestrel+buzzard over reedbeds
fox nr lagoon
common darter+southern hawker
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Female Garganey on php (20 Aug 2010)
by Mike Mulholland

Sill there this morning with 21 Teal
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Female Garganey -php
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moore birds (20 Aug 2010)
by malcolm roach / denn kelly

pumphouse pool garganey green sandpiper green woodpecker lapwing lake little egret bh ranch 2 little owls buzzard kestrel
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Mo(o)re Sandpipers (19 Aug 2010)
by Mark Feltham

4 Green Sandpiper, 4 Shoveler, 1 Garganey - Pumphouse Pool
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4 Green Sandpiper, 4 Shoveler, 1 Garganey - Pumphouse Pool
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Colins Meadow (19 Aug 2010)
by Joy & Carol Mitchell-Lisle

Female sparrowhawk, buzzard, herring gulls and 25 Canada geese overhead. Long tailed tits, coal tit and robin in the meadow.
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Pumphouse Pool (18 Aug 2010)
by Mark Feltham

Garganey, Green Sandpiper, Green Woodpecker
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female Garaganey feeding with Teal from east hide. Green Sandpiper in 'pool' left by receding water levels and Green Woodpecker calling from meadow area. 2 Shoveler back too. On ERB Kingfisher and on Lapwing Lake 2 L.Egrets and 15 Cormorants in trees. Little Owl on pill boxes at Big Hand Ranch as getting dark...
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green woodpecker (15 Aug 2010)
by dennkelly/malroach

green woodpecker seen to the left handside of colins hide , pumphouse pool
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green woodpecker seen to the left handside of colins hide , pumphouse pool
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Nuthatch (15 Aug 2010)
by Kevin Worthington

7pm not far from feeding station
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heard and then spotted half way up tree from the footpath between the two ponds on route to feeding station watched it as it cracked stuff with its beak. never seen one before.
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Black tailed godwit (12 Aug 2010)
by Duncan MacNaughton

just before the high tide this afternoon
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Black tailed godwit in front of the Norton Hide, UMS, just before this afternoons high [spring] tide ~ typically went into hiding before a father and daughter made a brief visit. Tide not high enough to go over hide [tonights should at 4.2m].
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owls (11 Aug 2010)
by neil gallimore

3 little owls and 2 barn owls
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On the farm land to the left of the road as you approach the reserve at around 9pm. Also few bats
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Common Sandpiper (10 Aug 2010)
by John Williams

2 Common Sandpipers by ship canal
2 Little Egrets on Mersey sandbank
1 Sand Martin mobbing a Buzzard at Halfway House
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2 Common Sandpipers on ship canal bank near Stobart warehouse. 2 Little Egrets on Mersey mudflats and 1 Sand Martin mobbing a Buzzard at Halfway House
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little egrets (8 Aug 2010)
by david strath

more little egrets
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five little egrets on trees by lapwing lane lake
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Litte egrets (8 Aug 2010)
by Helen Patrick

3 Egrets in tree and later on dead tree in Lapwing Lake. First time I have seen them at Moore.
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first spotted at about 1pm in trees on first path away from Lapwing lake. When walked to other site of lake at about 3pm saw 2 , one on top of dead tree. First time I have seem them here. Very exciting to see they are here now.
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Green woodpecker (31 Jul 2010)
by Paul Cassidy

Spotted during the bird ringing event.
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Single bird seen on Colin's Meadow, SW of Pump House Pool. Reported by Keiran when checking the ringing nets.
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Bird ringing demonstration (31 Jul 2010)
by Joy & Carol Mitchell-Lisle

Rings placed on 14 species
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We met the bird ringers Alan and Kieran on Colin's Meadow. Willow, reed and sedge warblers, robins, chiffchaff, whitethroat, wren, blackcap, goldfinch, great spotted woodpecker, long tailed, blue and coal tits and a bullfinch were ringed. Very interesting and enjoyable few hours. Thanks. Overhead we saw swifts, sand martins, two buzzards and jackdaw. Later on Birchwood Pool - 2 little grebe families with six young between them. Lesser black backed, herring and black headed gulls, five grey herons, pied wag x 3 adults with 7 young. Tufted duck, mallards, moorhen, coots, mute swans, canada geese, great crested grebe and crows. Lapwing Lake more coot, swans, 2 great crested grebe, wood pigeon, mallards, buzzard and just as we were leaving a little egret
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little egret (25 Jul 2010)
by p.mellor

on island on lapwing lake
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one only spotted
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43 species seen. (8 Jul 2010)
by neale rowley

Feeding Station.Male Great Spotted Woodpecker with two young.Nuthatch,Song Thrush.

Eastern Reed Bed - Green Sandpiper, Chiffchaff,A pair of Mute Swans with 9 young.

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Feeding Station.Male Great Spotted Woodpecker with two young.Nuthatch,Song Thrush.

Eastern Reed Bed - Green Sandpiper, Chiffchaff,A pair of Mute Swans with 9 young.

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1 Hobby over lorry depot side of Birchwood Pool. (18 Jun 2010)
by P Greenwood

1 Hobby over lorry depot side of Birchwood Pool.

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1 Hobby seen over lorry depot side of Birchwood Pool at approx1150, 11th June.
Also, a distant Cuckoo. 1 male Shoveler, 12+ Sand Martins and a female Kestrel amongst plenty of other stuff. 53 species in total.

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Raven chased by crow. (11 Jun 2010)
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Raven chased by crow high over track leading to lagoon and eastern reedbed from Warrington side.Swans on lagoon with 9 cygnets - most sucessful brood I've ever seen.

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Raven chased by crow.

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25th May - Cuckoo Day (25th May 2010)
Hawthorn wood - mistle thrush, greenfinch, robin, kestrel, magpie, chaffinch, goldfinch. Birchwood pool - 3 great crested grebe, lesser black backed and black headed gulls, gadwall, coot, little grebe, sand martins, tufted ducks, crows, Canada geese, mute swans, pair shelduck and nesting oystercatchers at water's edge grey wagtail, robin, wren and blue tit. Jackdaw, and woodpigeon overhead. Near boardwalk wren and chiffchaff. Feeding Stn Jay, nuthatch, mallard, moorhen, male greater spotted woodpecker, long tailed and great tits. Lapwing Lake 2 great crested grebe with one chick, tufted ducks, mallards, gadwall, coot and greylag goose. Hillcrest quarry cuckoo calling, 2 collared doves, dunnock, willow warbler, chiffchaff, whitethroat, swallow, grey heron, buzzard and cormorant overhead, song thrush, fledgling magpie and peacock butterfly. Reed warbler on lapwing lake viewed from Hillcrest.
By Joy & Carol Mitchell-Lisle

20th May - 2 Dunlin, 1 Sanderling at HWH (21st May 2010)
See new blog post - Misty May Morning... for details
By Mark Feltham

20th May - Soprano Pipistrelle Bats (20th May 2010)
4 Soprano pipistrelle bats feeding on the edge of Lapwing lake by hide on lapwing lane, Thurs PM.
By Denny Foster

20th May - Moore Blog (20th May 2010)
If you visit Moore for the birds you might be interested in this blog. Nothing too serious, just stuff about birds and birding at Moore really... might give you a flavour of what's about if you don't visit often.

http://moorepatcher.blogspot.com

By Mark Feltham

20th May - 1 Knot, 2 Curlew at Halfway House first thing (20th May 2010)
1 Knot, 2 Curlew at Halfway House first thing
By Mark Feltham

15th May - Black Fox (15th May 2010)
Black fox seen at bird feeding station at 10am Sat. Also seen by another chap next to us. Anyone heard of this before? Great spotted woodpecker showing on dead tree at eastern reedbed, shelduck on lagoon.
By Tom Holden

13th May - Little Egret (13th May 2010)

Lagoon area top end near eastern reedbed hide. Feeding in shallows. Still there when leaving 16.15pm

By Daniel Eustace

13th May - Black Necked Grebe + Canada Chick Death (13th May 2010)
BLACK NECKED GREBE STILL ON BIRCH POOL AROUND TEA TIME. AT THE SAME TIME AN IMMATURE GULL SNATCHED A CANADA GOOSE CHICK AND FLEW OFF PURSUED BY MORE GULLS. TOO FAST FOR PARENTS TO HELP IT. I FEAR FOR THE COOT CHICKS ON THE ISLAND TOO.
By DAVID KENNEDY


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