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Undoubtedly Greater Manchester's premier birding site, the current site total list stands at 234, the full species list can be found here and the site guide can be found here.

SPECIES TOTAL	NAME	FURTHER DETAILS

206	Ian McKerchar	Birding there 'seriously' and regularly since 1980 (with only sporadic visits before), moving swiftly into almost daily visits through the early 80's to the early 90's until more 'choice' visits in the mid to late 90's. Back fairly regular this millennium but still no where near as much as the site deserves! Many blocker's from the 80's (which only the original 'moochers' or flash guru's may have), infact far too many to mention but Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Barn Owl, Snow Bunting, Marsh Tit (no...a real one!), Ring Ouzel, Hen Harrier and Ferruginous Duck are some of the best that other may not have managed. Seen nearly all of the rarities that have occurred there over the years but missed Leach's Petrel, haven't seen any of the Skuas there and still need Osprey despite having been on the site 3 times when they have apparently flown over and even watched one flying over towards Pennington but viewed from nearby Hope Carr! (Total includes Feral Pigeon, Mandarin Duck and Ring-necked Parakeet).
194	Barry Hulme	Covering Pennington since 1996 Barry is easily the most regular keen observer there and already has many excellent finds to his name. He has seen most of the recent site 'megas' with the notable exception of Whiskered Tern, although one of his blockers, Fulmar, has only ever been seen there by an extremely small handful of people. His omissions include Spoonbill, Barn Owl and Ring Ouzel.
176	Dave Broome	After covering the site for many years Dave's total includes good site blockers such as Wood Warbler, Marsh Warbler and Nuthatch but amongst his misses is Raven after one flew over Horrock's hide while he was sat inside!
173	Craig Higson	A flash regular for many years now, including a stint working there, Craig has seen the majority of the 'biggies' and his blockers include Arctic Redpoll, Shag, Ring-necked Parakeet and Spoonbill, his omissions however make for an altogether more interesting read ☺! They include Osprey (and several!), despite one actually flying down the shoreline past the burger van whilst he was stood there getting a bacon buttie and another observer sauntering over and asking him "did you see it?", American Wigeon which he missed by 15 minutes, Firecrest, Wood Warbler which have continued to give him something of a run-around but without doubt his most momentous is Black-faced Bunting which was during his longest 'not seriously birding' spell and just before he adopted the flash as his regular haunt but is still nevertheless, extremely painful!
164	Andy Isherwood	His lists includes most of the 'biggies' of the past 10 years, including the Black-faced Bunting which he twitched whilst living in East Yorkshire at the time! Whilst Andy has amassed an impressive list in such a relatively short space of time, there remains a few obvious species which he has yet to catch up with, so there is much more to come.
150	Simon Warford	Simon's best Pennington birds include Black-faced Bunting, Blue-winged Teal, White-winged Black Tern, Hobby, Black-throated Diver, Pectoral Sandpiper, Grey Phalarope, Ring-billed Gull, Spotted Crake and two excellent blockers of Leach's Petrel and Snow Bunting.
145	Rob Adderley	When Rob forsakes his own regular patch of Audenshaw, he can often be found at Pennington and his list reflects this with all the usual rarity suspects (Blue-winged Teal, Canvasback, Lesser Scaup, White-winged Black and Whiskered Tern and of course Black-faced Bunting) with added blockers of Black-throated Diver, Pectoral Sandpiper, Grey Phalarope and Ring-billed Gull.
124	Rob Thorpe	Rob's best flash birds to date are Black-faced Bunting, Little Egret, Merlin, Red-legged Partridge and err, Glossy Ibis!
123	Tony Coatsworth	Tony's list for Pennington includes 5 species of Grebe, Black-faced Bunting, Wood Warbler, Whiskered Tern, and Great Northern Diver.