OLD MOOR & BROOMHILL AREA YEAR LIST SOFA 2021

The Old Moor & Broomhill Area Year List SOFA 2021, 165 species recorded, not bad considering the reduced coverage due to the pandemic restrictions & the unavoidable disturbance, during habitat creation & protection works at various sites in the area throughout the year. However it was still well below the best ever year list total 179 in 2017. There were no major rarities & nothing new was added to the area list, which remains at 260. More details below.

 Happy New Year & Best Wishes for a bird filled 2022.

 

JANUARY 2021

1)Mute Swan, 2)Pink-footed Goose, 3)Greylag Goose, 4), Canada Goose, 5)Shelduck, 6)Wigeon, 7)Gadwall, 8)Teal, 9)Mallard, 10)Shoveler, 11)Pochard, 12)Tufted Duck, 13)Goldeneye, 14)Goosander, 15)Red-legged Partridge, 16)Pheasant, 17)Little Grebe, 18)Great Crested Grebe, 19)Cormorant, 20)Bittern (BI on 7^th), 21)Little Egret, 22)Grey Heron, 23)Marsh Harrier, 24)Sparrowhawk, 25)Buzzard, 26)Kestrel, 27)Merlin (1 BH on 10^th), 28)Peregrine, 29)Water Rail, 30)Moorhen, 31)Coot, 32)Oystercatcher (1 BH on 22^nd), 33)Golden Plover, 34)Lapwing, 35)Snipe, 36)Green Sandpiper, 37)Black-headed Gull, 38)Common Gull, 39)Herring Gull, 40)Lesser Black-backed Gull, 41)Great Black-backed Gull, 42)Feral Pigeon,  43)Stock Dove, 44)Woodpigeon, 45)Collared Dove, 46)Barn Owl, 47)Tawny Owl, 48)Kingfisher, 49)Green Woodpecker, 50)Great Spotted Woodpecker, 51)Skylark, 52)Meadow Pipit, 53)Water Pipit (1 flushed from WI flew towards BH on 2nd), 54)Grey Wagtail, 55)Pied Wagtail, 56)Wren, 57)Dunnock, 58)Robin, 59)Stonechat, 60)Blackbird, 61)Fieldfare, 62)Song Thrush, 63)Redwing, 64)Mistle Thrush, 65)Cetti’s Warbler, 66)Chiffchaff, 67)Goldcrest, 68)Bearded Tit, 69)Long-tailed Tit, 70)Coal Tit, 71)Blue Tit, 72)Great Tit, 73)Nuthatch, 74)Treecreeper, 75)Jay, 76)Magpie, 77)Jackdaw, 78)Rook, 79)Carrion Crow, 80)Starling, 81)House Sparrow, 82)Chaffinch, 83)Brambling (1 River on 31^st), 84)Greenfinch, 85)Goldfinch, 86)Siskin, 87)Linnet, 88)Lesser Redpoll, 89)Bullfinch, 90)Yellowhammer, 91)Reed Bunting.

FEBRUARY 2021

92)Great White Egret (1 BI on 3^rd), 93)Curlew (1 OM on 5^th), 94)Egyptian Goose (2 BH on 9^th), 95)White-fronted Goose (1 BH on 13^th), 96)Pintail (2 BH on 16^th), 97)Red Kite (1 OM on 18^th), 98)Raven (4 BWP on 22^nd), 99)Mediterranean Gull (2 OM on 25^th).

MARCH 2021

100)Ringed Plover (2 WI on 1^st), 101)Redshank (1 WI on 3^rd), 102)Swallow (1 BH on 3^rd), 103)Little Ringed Plover (1 WI on 5^th), 104)Sand Martin (1 OM on 5^th), 105)Avocet (1 OM on 6^th), 106)Kittiwake (1 OM on 6^th), 107)Dunlin (5 WI on 11^th), 108)Tree Sparrow (TSF), 109)Rock Pipit (1 ‘Scandi’ Fleet on 14^th), 110)Whooper Swan (11 BH + 19 OM on 19^th), 111)Jack Snipe (1 flushed BH on 19^th),  112)Caspian Gull (1 OM on 20^th), 113)Little Owl (1 Park Farm Paddock on 25^th), 114)Osprey (1 BH on 26^th), 115)Wheatear (1 OM on 28^th), 116)Blackcap (3 WW on 30^th), 117)Willow Warbler (1 OM on 31^st), 118)Yellow Wagtail (1 WI on 31^st).

APRIL 2021

119)Common Scoter (1 OM on 1^st), 120)House Martin (1 WI on 2^nd), 121)Common Sandpiper (1 OM on 3^rd), 122)Iceland Gull (1 OM on 4^th), 123)Yellow-legged Gull (1 OM on 4^th), 124)Mandarin (River on 11^th), 125)Sedge Warbler (1 BI on 11^th), 126)Reed Warbler (1 OM on 13^th) 127)Black necked Grebe (2 OM on 14^th), 128)Whimbrel (1 BH on 14^th), 129)Spoonbill (1 over BWP/WI on 15^th), 130)Whitethroat (1 BH Tip on 17^th), 131)Greenshank (1 WI on 18^th), 132)Common Tern (1 OM on 20^th), 133)Garden Warbler (1 BHP on 23^rd), 134)Hobby (1 MM on 24^th) 135)Spotted Redshank (1 WI on 27^th), 136)Swift (4 OM on 27^th), 137)Grasshopper Warbler (1 GM on 28^th), 138)Little Gull (3 WI on 28^th), 139)Wood Sandpiper (3 WI on 28^th), 140)Arctic Tern (11 north OM on 29^th), 141)Lesser Whitethroat (1 WI on 29^th).

MAY 2021

142)Black-tailed Godwit (7 OM on 1^st), 143)Whinchat (1 WI on 4^th), 144)Barnacle Goose (2 OM on 8^th), 145)Sanderling (1 OM on 8^th), 146)Turnstone (1 OM on 8^th), 147)Quail (1 WI/Fleet on 19^th), 148)Curlew Sandpiper (1 WI on 20^th), 149)Grey Partridge (2 GPF on 22^nd).

JUNE 2021

150)Cuckoo (1 WI on 1^st), 151)Ruff (2 WI on 18^th), 152)Willow Tit (1 TPT on 26^th), 153)Crossbill (2 SW Bolton Ings on 29th).

JULY 2021

154)Garganey (1 MM on 4^th).

AUGUST 2021

155)Redstart (1 GM on 12^th), 156)Long eared Owl (2 young calling late August).

SEPTEMBER 2021

157)Little Stint (2 WI on 3^rd), 158)Grey Plover (1 MM on 14^th), 159)Black Tern (1 BI on 15^th), 160)Knot (2 BI on 20^th).

OCTOBER 2021

161)Common Crane (3 south BH/OM on 10^th), 162)Hawfinch (1 BHV + 1 Cyn south over BHP on 18th).

NOVEMBER 2021

163)Hen Harrier (1 ringtail west Bolton Tip on 6^th), 164)Woodcock (1 BI on 6^th), 165)Ring necked Parakeet (Cliff Road on 10^th).

 

Key to Abbreviations

BH = Broomhill Flash, WI = Wombwell Ings, BI = Bolton Ings, OM = Old Moor, BWP = Brickworks Pond, TSF = Tree Sparrow Farm, WW = Warbler Way, BHP = Broomhill Park, MM = Main Marsh, GM = Gypsy Marsh, GPF = Golden Plover Fields, TPT = Trans Pennine Trail, BHV = Broomhill Village, Cyn = Canyon.

 Also Ruddy Shelduck 1 WI on 1^st November.