SWANS

Bewick's Swan, River Irwell at Agecroft, 16.11.03 (Adrian Dancy)

this juvenile bird stayed until the 19th of November

Bewick's Swan, Rumworth, 25.02.07 (Paul Hammond)

one of the flock of 16 (15 adults and a single immature) found by Phil Rhodes the preceding day.

Whooper Swans, Ashworth Moor Reservoir, 30.10.06 (Steve Collins)

Whooper Swans, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 02.11.06 (Tom McKinney)

Whooper Swans, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 02.11.06 (Rob Adderley)

all 8 together!

Whooper Swan, Horrock's Flash, 10.04.07 (Geoff Hargreaves)

Tundra Bean Goose, Astley Moss, 09.01.05 (Ian McKerchar)

one of 5 birds found by Andy Isherwood which attracted much attention during their stay

Tundra Bean Geese, Astley Moss, 09.01.05 (Ian McKerchar)

2 of the 5 birds

Bean Geese, Chat Moss, January 2005 (Phil Rhodes)

videograb from a digital camcorder of 2 of the 5 birds

Bean Geese, Chat Moss, January 2005 (Phil Rhodes)

videocrab from a digital camcorder of 2 of the 5 birds

White-fronted Goose, Hollingworth Lake, 25.11.04 (Simon Hitchen)

adult Greenland race bird

White-fronted Goose, Hollingworth Lake, 25.11.04 (Simon Hitchen)

adult Greenland race, one of the remaining truly wild and wintering birds

White-fronted Geese, Pennington Flash, 25.01.06 (Ian McKerchar)

the 2 European (albifrons) race birds together on the 'spit'

White-fronted Goose, Pennington Flash, 25.01.06 (Ian McKerchar)

one of two European (albifrons) race birds which only stayed for afew hours

White-fronted Goose, Pennington Flash, 25.01.06 (Ian McKerchar)

one of two European (albifrons) race birds which only stayed afew hours

Greenland White-fronted Goose, Akzo Pond, 02.11.06 (Rob Adderley)

ignore the accompanying Canada's or the fact of where it is- this is a genuinely wild bird!

Greenland White-fronted Goose, Akzo Pond, 02.11.06 (Rob Adderley)

Red-breasted Goose, Pennington Flash, 14.02.07 (Judith Smith)

a nice bird with accompanting Barnacle Geese but unfortunately the long staying and widely wandering escapee from Martin Mere/Marshside/Presott Reservoirs to name but afew of it's sites!

Red-breasted Goose, Pennington Flash, 14.02.07 (Judith Smith)

escapee it may be, but it's still a cracking looking bird all the same!

Brent Goose, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 09.03.91 (Roy Travis)

Mandarins, Marple, 26.01.06 (Rob Adderley)

Mandarins, Marple, 07.02.06 (Rob Adderley)

Aythya hybrid, Pennington Flash, 10.04.04 (Rob Adderley)

drake Pochard x Tufted hybrid

Aythya hybrid, Pennington Flash, 10.04.04 (Rob Adderley)

drake Pochard x Tufted hybrid

Aythya hybrid, private site, 30.08.06 (Judith Smith)

Tufted x Pochard hybrid, also visited Pennington Flash

Aythya hybrid, Pennington Flash, 02.09.06 (Judith Smith)

Pochard X Tufted Duck (?), been around for afew years this bird also visiting Lightshaw and Hope Carr

Red-crested Pochard, Wigan Flashes, 19.12.06 (Rob Adderley)

slightly leucistic female, origins on a postcards please :-)

Red-crested Pochard, Wigan Flashes, 19.12.06 (Rob Adderley)

Red-crested Pochard, Wigan Flashes, 26.03.07 (Gary Gorner)

answers to this bird's origins still on a postcard please! Is this bird getting paler or what?

Canvasback, Pennington Flash, 12.07.02 (Chris Batty)

Ferruginous Duck, Chorlton Water Park, February 1991 (Pete Berry)

a nice drake, back in the days when Chorlton was aythya capital of the world! (scanned image from a conventional film photo)

Ferruginous Duck, Chorlton Water Park, February 1991 (Pete Berry)

(scanned image from a conventional film photo)

Ring-necked Duck, Chorlton Water park, March 1994 (Pete Berry)

a drake and another from Chorlton's champion aythya era. (scanned image taken from a conventional film photo)

Ring-necked Duck, Rumworth, 16.04.06 (Rob Adderley)

a just rewards find for patch regular Phil Rhodes

Ring-necked Duck, Rumworth, 16.04.06 (Rob Adderley)

Ring-necked Duck, River Mersey, 25.05.06 (Rob Smallwood)

taken on the mersey adjacent to Sale Water Park, this bird was the same individual which visited Rumworth

Greater Scaup, Rumworth, 29.09.04 (Ian McKerchar)

with Tufted Duck above

Greater Scaup, Chorlton Water Park, 2006 (Tim Wilcox)

Greater Scaup, Heaton Park Reservoir, 24.06.06 (Rob Adderley)

an unusual summer record for the county

Scaup, Chorlton Water Park, 27.11.06 (Pete Hines)

Scaup, Chorlton Water Park, 28.11.06 (Rob Adderley)

Scaup, Chrolton Water Park, 30.11.06 (Tom McKinney)

Greater Scaup, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 24.12.06 (Paul Hammond)

an admittedly little blurry image of two 1st winter male birds, which were part of a flock of 3, including a female

Lesser Scaup, Pennington Flash, July 2003 (Rob Adderley)

it's first year summering in the county and a great find by Lancs birder Tony Disley

Lesser Scaup, Pennington Flash, July 2004 (Rob Adderley)

Lesser Scaup, Heaton Park Reservoir, 22.08.05 (Rob Adderley)

the usual retruning eclipse drake

Lesser Scaup, Heaton Park Reservoir, 22.08.05 (Rob Adderley)

Lesser Scaup, Heaton Park Reservoir, 04.07.06 (Rob Adderley)

the returning eclipse drake and persistance paying off for finder, Rob Adderley!

Lesser Scaup, Heaton Park Reservoir, 05.07.06 (Rob Adderley)

typically very similar plumage state to previous years

Lesser Scaup, Heaton Park Reservoir, 23.08.06 (Rob Adderley)

a nice open winged shot, showing the diagnostic upper-wingbar

Lesser Scaup, Heaton Park Reservoir, 23.08.06 (Rob Adderley)

that distinctive upper-wingbar again, with bright white across the secondaries and a clear demarkation against the dusky across the primaries

Eider, Castleshaw Reservoir, 12.11.93 (Neil Calbrade)

a real county 'blocker', from a scanned conventional image

Common Scoter, Elton Reservoir, 2004 (Adrian Dancy)

conventional film image digitally scanned

Common Scoter, Elton Reservoir, 24.06.06 (Rob Adderley)

Common Scoter, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 29.04.06 (Paul Hammond)

Common Scoter, Rumworth, 05.08.06 (Rob Adderley)

Common Scoter, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 22.03.07 (Rob Adderley)

a rather 'blotchy' first summer male bird part of a flock of 15 present at the time, consisting of 10 1st summer males, 4 adult males and a single female.

Common Scoters, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 22.03.07 (Rob Adderley)

male and female

Common Scoter, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 22.03.07 (Rob Adderley)

the only female present out of the flock of 15

Velvet Scoter, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 01.11.83 (Roy Travis)

Long-tailed Duck, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 03.12.83 (Roy Travis)

an adult male

Long-tailed Duck, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 04.01.84 (Roy Travis)

drake

Long-tailed Ducks, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 12.04.84 (Roy Travis)

the long staying drake now joined by a female individual

Long-tailed Duck, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 18.11.89 (Roy Travis)

a cracking adult male

Long-tailed Ducks, Pearsons Flash, 10.01.05 (Judith Smith)

the 2 long-staying birds

Long-tailed Duck, Loonts Lake, 08.11.05 (Rob Adderley)

a cracking drake

Smew, Piethorne Valley, 28.02.95

a cracking drake, from a scanned conventional photograph

Smew, Heaton Park Reservoir, 19.12.05 (Rob Adderley)

Smew, Chorlton Water park, 03.02.06 (Rob Adderley)

Smew, River Mersey, adjacent to Chorlton Water Park, 06.02.06 (Rob Smallwood)

Smew, The Cliffe, River Irwell, 18.02.06 (Adrian Dancy)

Smew, Horrock's Flash, 05.02.07 (Judith Smith)

a nice shot of the long-stayer!

Bufflehead, Astley Moss East Pools, 11.04.04 (Rob Adderley)

a suprising find for Alan Rowley and addition to the county list

Bufflehead, Astley Moss East Pools, 11.04.04 (Rob Adderley)

drake with Mallard

Goosander, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 21.08.05 (Rob Adderley)

Goosanders, Pennington Flash, 31.12.06 (Gill Houghton)

Red-breasted Mergansers, Hollingworth Lake, 29.03.07 (Simon Hitchen)

a record shot of a very scarce species in the county, but which were 2 of 5 that passed through the county on this date

Shovelers, Pennington Flash, 26.12.06 (Gill Houghton)

Pintails, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 23.12.06 (Rob Adderley)

Garganey, Pennington Flash, 06.09.05 (Rob Adderley)

Garganey, Moses Gate Country Park, 03.04.06 (Rob Adderley)

Garganey, Pennington Flash, 21.08.06 (Rob Adderley)

Garganeys, Pennington Flash, 02.09.06 (Judith Smith)

Garganeys, Pennington Flash, 05.09.06 (Rob Adderley)

the trio together!

Garganeys, Pennington Flash, 21.04.07 (Rob Adderley)

Garganey, Pennington Flash, 21.04.07 (Rob Adderley)

the drake with drake Mallard above

Garganey, Pennington Flash, 21.04.07 (Paul Hammond)

Garganey, Pennington Flash, 21.04.07 (Judith Smith)

Teal, Pennington Flash, 12.11.06 (Paul Hammond)

Teal, Pennington Flash, 31.12.06 (Gill Houghton)