GREAT NORTHERN DIVER

 

 

1926   Diggle Flash no date shot
1945   Pennington Flash 26th Dec  
1948   Pennington Flash 8-10th Nov Juvenile
1977   Audenshaw Reservoirs 16-27th Nov Adult with traces of breeding plumage
1978   Pennington Flash 25th Oct Adult in almost complete breeding plumage
1980   Pennington Flash 6th Jun Immature bird
1980   Rumworth Lodge 25th Oct-11th Nov Adult in almost complete breeding plumage
1983   Hollingworth Lake 21-25th Dec  
1993   Audenshaw Reservoirs 27-30th Jan  
1993   Audenshaw Reservoirs 13th Dec  
1994   Barton Bridge 9th Dec Juvenile found at the side of the M60 and taken into care but died  on the 13th Dec, may have been bird seen at Tatton Mere, Cheshire the previous day
1999   Gorton Reservoirs 29th Oct-13th Nov Juvenile, moved to Audenshaw Reservoirs until the 13th Nov
1999   Pennington Flash 1-30th Nov Adult
1999   Pennington Flash 27th Nov A juvenile briefly joined the adult already present, the same individual was later recorded at Carr Mill Dam, Merseyside
2000   Audenshaw Reservoirs 30-31Oct  
2000   Elton Reservoir 30th Nov-28th Dec 2nd winter
2003   Withins Reservoir 27-28th Oct Adult in breeding plumage
2006   Audenshaw Reservoirs 22nd Nov-2007 Juvenile
2006   Audenshaw Reservoirs 1st Dec- 2007 Adult