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Mute Swan, Pennington Flash, 19.01.08 (Trevor Ogden)
taken from Bunting hide, this shows not only how flooded the area is but also the opportunistic nature of this bird! |
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Whooper Swans, Pennington Flash, 17.10.07 (Trevor Ogden)
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Whooper Swans, Pennington Flash, 17.10.07 (Trevor Ogden)
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Whooper Swan, Pennington Flash, 26.10.07 (John Tymon)
the juvenile bird which spent a few days with the Mute Swans around the car park |
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Whooper Swan, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 14.10.08 (Paul Hammond)
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Whooper Swans, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 15.10.08 (Rob Adderley)
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Whooper Swans, Pennington Flash, 19.10.08 (John Tymon)
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Whooper Swans, Pennington Flash, 19.10.08 (John Tymon)
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Whooper Swans, Rumworth, 22.10.08 (Dean MacDonald)
part of a flock of 5 |
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Whooper Swans, Rumworth, 22.10.08 (Dean MacDonald)
the full flock of 5 birds |
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Brent Geese, Pennington Flash, 26.03.08 (Ian McKerchar)
phone-scoped image using a Nokia N95 Mobile phone and Swarovski ATS80HD scope of the wonderful flock of 28 Brent Geese |
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Brent Geese, Pennington Flash, 26.03.08 (Judith Smith)
dark-bellied Brent Geese |
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Brent Geese, Pennington Flash, 26.03.08 (Dean MacDonald)
The whole flock of 28 birds, the largest recorded flock in the county by some margin |
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Brent Goose, Scotmans Flash, 13.09.08 (Judith Smith)
dark-bellied, mobile-phonescoped! |
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Brent Geese, Elton Reservoir, 28.09.08 (Paul Wilson)
the first confirmed county record of pale-bellied Brent Goose and a flock of 5 |
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Brent Geese, Elton Reservoir, 28.09.08 (Paul Wilson)
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Brent Geese, Elton Reservoir, 28.09.08 (Paul Wilson)
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Brent Goose, Ashworth Moor Reservoir, 30.09.08 (David Winnard)
Pale-bellied race |
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Brent Goose, Ashworth Moor Reservoir, 30.09.08 (David Winnard)
Pale-bellied race |
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Brent Goose, Ashworth Moor Reservoir, 30.09.08 (David Winnard)
Pale-bellied race |
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Brent Goose, Pennington Flash, 22.10.08 (David Wilson)
a very short staying pale-bellied bird feeding in front of the yacht club with Coots |
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Brent Goose, Pennington Flash, 22.10.08 (David Wilson)
a very short staying pale-bellied bird feeding in front of the yacht club with Coots |
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Ruddy Shelduck, Pennington Flash, 15.09.07 (Mike Baron)
unfortunately appeared to be 'far from' wild! |
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Ruddy Shelduck, Pennington Flash, 15.09.07 (Mike Baron)
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Ruddy Shelduck, River Spodden at Whitworth, 09.04.08 (Garry Morris)
Whilst it's not even on the official county list, they're still very attractive birds |
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Shelduck, Elton Reservoir, 30.08.08 (Adrian Dancy)
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Mandarin, Pennington Flash, 08.05.08 (Jon Taverner)
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Pochard, Scotmans Flash, 05.10.08 (Jon Taverner)
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Tufted Duck, Elton Reservoir, 14.07.07 (Adrian Dancy)
with chicks |
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Tufted Duck, Crompton Lodges, 25.01.08 (Dean MacDonald)
sporting a terrific 'punk' hairdo! |
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Tufted Ducks, Pennington Flash, 07.09.08 (John Tymon)
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Tufted Ducks, Pennington Flash, 07.09.08 (John Tymon)
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Greater Scaup, Hollingworth Lake, 07.05.07 (Steve Collins)
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Greater Scaup, Hollingworth Lake, 08.05.07 (Simon Hitchen)
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Greater Scaup, Hollingworth Lake, 08.05.07 (Simon Hitchen)
just the female of the pair |
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Greater Scaup, Scotsman Flash, 27.09.07 (Judith Smith)
an immature with just one vermiculated mantle feather moulted |
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Greater Scaup, Scotsman Flash, 27.09.07 (Judith Smith)
the same as the Scotsman Flash bird (just moved!), all the right features expected of a Greater Scaup can be seen in this image |
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Greater Scaup, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 15.10.07 (Roy Travis)
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Greater Scaup, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 04.11.07 (Rob Adderley)
immature drake |
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Scaup, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 17.11.07 (Rob Adderley)
the same first winter drake as had been around for over a week |
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Greater Scaup, Pennington Flash, 16.03.08 (John Tymon)
four birds present, including 3 drakes |
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Greater Scaup, Pennington Flash, 16.03.08 (John Tymon)
four birds present, including 3 drakes |
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Lesser Scaup, Heaton Park Reservoir, 09.06.07 (Rob Adderley)
the regularly returning drake in probably it's best plumage to date, though unfortunately, strict access restrictions on this site prevented the news from being broadcast during it's stay |
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Lesser Scaup, Heaton Park Reservoir, 09.06.07 (Rob Adderley)
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Common Scoters, Castleshaw Upper Reservoir, 07.07.07 (Rob Adderley)
a flock of 7 birds |
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Common Scoters, Scotsman Flash, 08.07.07 (Geoff Hargreaves)
a record shot of the excellent flock of 14 birds there, that consisted of 11 drakes |
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Common Scoter, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 26.08.07 (Paul Hammond)
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Common Scoter, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 20.03.08 (Rob Adderley)
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Common Scoters, Hollingworth Lake, 12.04.08 (Simon Hitchen)
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Common Scoters, Hollingworth Lake, 12.04.08 (Simon Hitchen)
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Common Scoters, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 17.06.08 (Rob Adderley)
a flock of 5 birds |
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Common Scoters, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 17.06.08 (Rob Adderley)
a flock of 5 birds |
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Common Scoters, Pearsons Flash, 13.09.08 (Geoff Hargreaves)
just 2 of the 7 birds present |
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Long-tailed Duck, Pennington Flash, 26.10.07 (Judith Smith)
a juvenile bird |
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Long-tailed Duck, High Rid Reservoir, 29.11.07 (Steve Collins)
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Long-tailed Duck, High Rid Reservoir, 29.11.07 (Steve Collins)
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Long-tailed Duck, High Rid Reservoir, 29.11.07 (Steve Collins)
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Long-tailed Duck, High Rid Reservoir, 05.12.07 (Gary Gorner)
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Long-tailed Duck, High Rid Reservoir, 05.12.07 (Gary Gorner)
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Smew, Chorlton Water Park, 13.02.08 (Rob Adderley)
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Smew, Chorlton Water Park, 13.02.08 (Rob Smallwood)
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Goldeneye, Pennington Flash, 01.01.08 (John Tymon)
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Goldeneye, River Irwell, 11.11.07 (Adrian Dancy)
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Goldeneye, Pennington Flash, 20.01.08 (John Tymon)
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Goldeneye, River Irwell, 10.02.08 (Adrian Dancy)
immature drake |
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Goldeneye, Pennington Flash, 02.03.08 (Jon Taverner)
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Goosander, Springside, 06.05.07 (Adrian Dancy)
mother with 11 chicks, a very good breeding record for the county |
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Goosander, Springside, 06.05.07 (Adrian Dancy)
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Goosander, Springside, 06.05.07 (Adrian Dancy)
all together now...awww, how cute! |
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Goosanders, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 28.08.07 (Paul Hammond)
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Goosander, The Cliff on the River Irwell, 07.10.07 (Adrian Dancy)
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Goosander, River Roch, 22.10.07 (Dave Winnard)
easy to see why they call them 'sawbills'! |
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Goosander, Pennington Flash, 24.11.07 (John Tymon)
a nice drake with a drake Shoveler |
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Goosander, River Irwell, 21.12.07 (Adrian Dancy)
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Wigeon, Pennington Flash, 12.08.07 (JOhn Tymon)
eclipse drake |
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Shovelers, Elton Reservoir, 24.07.07 (Adrian Dancy)
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Shoveler, Pennington Flash, 25.08.07 (John Tymon)
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Shoveler, Pennington Flash, 01.09.07 (john Tymon)
adult male in eclipse plumage |
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Shovelers, Scotmans Flash, 12.10.08 (Adrian Dancy)
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Pintails, Pennington Flash, 15.09.07 (Judith Smith)
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Pintail, Pennington Flash, 06.01.08 (John Tymon)
drake with an assortment of other wildfowl |
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Garganey, Pennington Flash, 06.05.07 (John Tymon)
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Garganey, Pennington Flash, 06.05.07 (John Tymon)
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Garganey, Pennington Flash, 06.05.07 (John Tymon)
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Garganey, Pennington Flash, 08.05.07 (simon Hitchen)
you can't be tired of images of this bird yet surely, well I'm certainly not...it's a cracker! |
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Garganey, Pennington Flash, 08.05.07 (simon Hitchen)
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Garganey, Pennington Flash, 08.05.07 (simon Hitchen)
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Garganey, Pennington Flash, 07.05.07 (MIke Baron)
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Garganey, Pennington Flash, 07.05.07 (Mike Baron)
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Garganey, Pennington Flash, 11.09.07 (Rob Adderley)
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Garganeys, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 13.05.08 (Rob Adderley)
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Garganey, Pennington Flash, 03.03.08 (Mike Baron)
Female/immature |
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Garganey, Pennington Flash, 09.08.08 (John Tymon)
finally flashing it's upperwing, this individual revealed it was infact and eclipse drake bird afterall |
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Teal, Pennington Flash, 12.10.07 (John Tymon)
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Teal, River Irwell, 21.12.07 (Adrian Dancy)
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Green-winged Teal, Pearson's Flash, 13.01.08 (Rob Adderley)
a nice drake and a very rare county bird |
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Green-winged Teal, Pearson's Flash, 13.01.08 (Rob Adderley)
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Green-winged Teal, Pearson's Flash, 14.01.08 (Judith Smith)
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Green-winged Teal, Pearson's Flash, 14.01.08 (Judith Smith)
here with a drake Common Teal |
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Green-winged Teal, Horrock's Flash, 19.02.08 (Judith Smith)
after it's month long gap it reappears, no doubt never having been away but being forced out from it's Horrock's hideaway by the ice! |
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