RED-NECKED GREBE

 

The largest group of this species recorded in Greater Manchester is of 3 birds at Pennington Flash on the 25th March 1979.

 

The longest staying individual was the juvenile bird moulting into first winter plumage that arrived at Audenshaw Reservoirs on the 14th October 2003 and remained there for 119 days!

 

 

1924   Oldham late Mar An exhausted bird was picked up from a street on the outskirts of Oldham
1963   Pennington Flash 30th Nov-1st Dec Two birds
1971   Pennington Flash 28th Mar  
1977   Audenshaw Reservoirs 9-15th Dec  
1979   Heald Green 1st Mar An exhausted bird found in a hedge was later successfully released at Rostherne Mere, Cheshire.
1979   Trafford Wharf 5-20th Mar  
1979   Pennington Flash 25th Mar Three birds
1980   Pennington Flash 18th Apr  
1981   Pennington Flash 18th Apr  
1982   Chorlton Water Park 6th Jan Coincided with the onset of a spell of particularly severe weather
1983   Blackstone Edge Reservoir 21st Aug  
1983   Rumworth Lodge 13th Jan  
1985   Sale Water Park 30th Jan-3rd Feb  
1985   Sale Water Park 9-15th Feb A different individual to the above, it departed when the water froze
1986   Delph 9th Feb  
1987   Audenshaw Reservoirs 15-16th Jan  
1988   Chorlton Water Park 20th Oct  
1988   Pennington Flash Feb A single bird stayed for several days
1989   Elton Reservoir 25th Oct  
1990   Pennington Flash 2/3rd Feb A first winter bird
1990   Pennington Flash 3rd Feb-8th Mar An adult
1990   Pennington Flash 24-25th Nov An adult
1991   Audenshaw Reservoirs 25th Mar A bird in breeding plumage
1991   Elton Reservoir 5th Oct  
1993   Hollingworth Lake 30th Nov-6th Jan 1994 1st winter
1993   Pennington Flash 20th Dec-16th Jan 1994 1st winter
1994   Audenshaw Reservoirs 15-24th Oct 1st winter
1994   Castleshaw Reservoirs 18th Apr-1st May Adult, non-breeding plumage 
1994   Horrock's Flash 23rd Jul Juvenile
1994   Pennington Flash 11th Dec-30th Jan 1995 1st winter
1995   Elton Reservoir 17-25th Dec  
1995   Shell Carrington NR 29th Jan-4th May Had attained full breeding plumage at the end of it's stay
1996   Hollingworth Lake 11th Feb 1st winter
1996   Pennington Flash 28th Apr  
1996   Pennington Flash 26th Mar Adult
1997   Elton Reservoir 21st-22nd Dec  
1997   Hope Carr NR 16th Feb  
1997   Scotmans Flash 12th Aug  
1999   Audenshaw Reservoirs 24-25th Aug Juvenile
2001   Pennington Flash 9th Nov  
2002   Pennington Flash 10-11th Apr In breeding plumage
2003   Audenshaw Reservoirs 14th Oct-22nd Apr 2004 juvenile moulting into 1st winter plumage
2005   Elton Reservoir 3rd-18th Dec 1st winter
2005   Pennington Flash 2nd-19th Nov 1st winter
2006   Audenshaw Reservoirs 29th July-6th Aug Breeding plumaged adult, also seen at Pennington Flash on the 7th August
2006   Elton Reservoir 29th Sep Adult in non breeding plumage