Friday, 25 March 2011

More.......................about Moore

Where are we?
Moore Nature Reserve is a lovely place to visit. Encompassed by the Manchester Ship Canal a Railway Line and the River Mersey it also has a disused canal bed running through it (a section of which still holds water).

The Pochard is one of the many waterfowl seen at Moore N.R.
The reserve is alongside a Landfill Site which is a great attraction for gulls (rarer gulls are often recorded at Moore). Scarce birds seen here include the Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, Bitterns and Kingfisher. I also got to see my first Little Egrets last year. 

Reed Buntings on one of the feeders
Nest boxes are placed around the reserve
Treecreeper...can you spot it?
Gulls a plenty on the adjacent Landfill Site




A clip of the Little Egrets taken last August

The last two images are of an unknown species spotted stuck up a tree
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8 comments:

  1. grammie g26 March 2011 at 04:22

    HI Andrew..I glad you said there was a Creeper there because I wouldn't have seen it!!
    Lovely picture of the Pochard, with the beads of water on it!
    I wish I could help you out with a ID on the unknown spices, but you got a good picture of it!! hahaha!!
    Have a enjoyable weekend!!

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  2. Unknown26 March 2011 at 14:25

    Another good tour, and the unknown is interesting!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  3. jeanlivingsimple26 March 2011 at 22:40

    Andrew, Guess you would have to have a boat to fill the feeder on the stump in the water...eh?

    I really had to look but found the Creeper. As for the unknown critter in the tree....as least it looks happy to be there. Hehehe

    Seriously, Loved the birds and sights!

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  4. James Longshaw27 March 2011 at 10:31

    Hi Andrew,
    I think it is a ballfinch!

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  5. Bob Bushell27 March 2011 at 19:42

    A nice post, and, you have an eye for it, the last one.

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  6. theconstantwalker29 March 2011 at 23:02

    James I think you have got it spot on....

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  7. Sallie (FullTime-Life)30 March 2011 at 15:44

    Back to browse a bit after visiting the above post yesterday from WBW.... well, actually I just wanted to look at your daffodills again ;>)...

    Seriously, you have a lovely lovely blog. Thanks for sharing these beautiful birds (and funny ones too.)

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  8. Unknown31 March 2011 at 08:24

    Love the images and the nature around there.
    Hehe, the last two remind me of a doll I once found sitting in a tree in the middle of nowhere :D

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