Mandarin Duck 2-3 (1 pair) Gadwall 5 Teal 44 (40+ Stromford Brook) Goldeneye 1 female on river Goosander pair Sand Martin 10 Chiffchaff 18 Blackcap 3 Linnet 1
Pete Hines said
Tue Jan 30 1:58 PM, 2024
Pink-footed Geese 51 over north in 2 skeins, 19 at 09.23 and 32 at 09.35 Mandarin 6 Gadwall 1 Teal 62 (103 on 28th) Goldeneye 6 Stock Dove 27 Skylark 6 over > east Chiffchaff 2 Willow tit 1 on 28th
Common Sandpiper 1 Whitethroat 7 Goosander 2 drake Mandarin 3 (2 male and a female) Gadwall 2 Teal 1 Sand Martin 40+ Linnet pair
Pete Hines said
Wed Apr 19 12:33 PM, 2023
Little Gull an immaculate adult flew east (upriver) in company with 2 adult Black-headed Gulls at 08.20
steven burke said
Fri Apr 7 6:51 PM, 2023
12 chiffchaff 3 blackcap 1 willow tit 13 sand martin 5 mandarin 3 goosander 4 buzzard 2 ring necked parakeets Meadow pipit over
Pete Hines said
Wed Apr 5 12:23 PM, 2023
Green Sandpiper 1 Willow Warbler 3 Chiffchaff 18 Blackcap 5 Sand Martin 11 Mandarin 10 Goosander 1 Linnet 2
Pete Hines said
Fri Mar 31 1:15 PM, 2023
Green Sandpiper 1 flew out from the Stromford Brook culvert under the access road Sand Martin 4 Blackcap 1 Chiffchaff 20 minimum Willow Tit singing opposite the Rugby Club 53.432807, -2.356122 Mandarin 2 pairs Goosander 1 pair Redpoll 18
Pete Hines said
Thu Mar 9 9:58 AM, 2023
Mandarin Duck pair on river Gadwall pair on river Teal 12 on river (didn't check Stromford Brook) Little Grebe 2 on river Stock Dove 13 Treecreeper 1 Siskin 9
Pete Hines said
Thu Feb 23 1:12 PM, 2023
Green Sandpiper 1. Super shy, as usual. I managed a couple of distant record shots before it flew towards the Sale Sewage Works pool. Possibly the returning bird from last winter with the red ring on the left tibia which had been ringed at Woolsten Eyes. Teal 33 Goosander pair Kingfisher heard Reed Bunting 1
Green Sandpiper 1 heard only Willow Tit 1 at 53.432763, -2.359677 Raven 1 Teal 99+ (74+ alighting from Stromford Brook) Goosander 2
Pete Hines said
Sat Jan 21 1:54 PM, 2023
Green Sandpiper 1 Woodcock 1 Pink-footed Goose 242 over west in 3 skeins, 200 2 10.51, 35 @ 11.00 and 7 @ 11.05 Teal 80 Goosander 4 Little Grebe 5 Willow Tit 3, 1 singing at 53.433082, -2.359840 and 2 together at 53.435130, -2.357159 Treecreeper 1 Redwing 49 Meadow Pipit 2 Redpoll 1 Siskin 7 Reed Bunting 1
Pete Hines said
Sun Dec 11 2:41 PM, 2022
Mandarin pair Mallard 58 Teal 134 (110+ alighted from Stromford Brook creek) Goldeneye 1 drake on the Mersey Goosander 1 Little Grebe 11 Snipe 1 Stock Dove 11
Pete Hines said
Sun Oct 2 12:00 PM, 2022
Pink-footed Goose skein of 22 > NW at 09.40 Mandarin 2 (pair) Goosander 1 Little Grebe 4 Green Sandpiper 1 heard calling 3X Little Egret 1 Kingfisher 2 Swallow 1 Chiffchaff 2 singing Redwing 19 Meadow Pipit 24 Bullfinch 8 Redpoll 1 Siskin 2
Pete Hines said
Fri Sep 16 11:20 AM, 2022
Pink-footed Goose 201 in 4 skeins : 50 > E 07.41, 60 > E 07.58, 76 > SE 08.05, 15 > NW 09.32 Kingfisher 1 Mandarin 2 Goosander 2 Cormorant 24
Pete Hines said
Fri Aug 26 12:46 PM, 2022
Dipper 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Mandarin 1 Kingfisher 1 Cormorant 21 together Raven 5 together
Pete Hines said
Tue Jul 26 11:10 AM, 2022
Mandarin 9 Goosander 1 Kingfisher 1 Swift 44 Sand Martin 4 Swallow 2 House Martin 1
Ian Howarth said
Mon Jul 18 7:00 PM, 2022
4 x Goosander (f) fishing together on the Mersey.
Ian Howarth said
Sat Jul 9 7:20 PM, 2022
1 x Kingfisher (m) on the edge of the Mersey. (near the area where someone has burnt all that driftwood that piled up after the February high water levels).
Pete Hines said
Thu May 26 7:33 PM, 2022
Mandarin Duck 1 male 2 female 6 ducklings Willow Tit 1 singing at 53.434683, -2.357619
Yellowhammer 1 male Green Woodpecker heard Willow Tit heard
Pete Hines said
Tue Apr 12 11:22 AM, 2022
Ring Ouzel 1 male flew over west at 09.39 Green Woodpecker 1 heard Willow Warbler 5 Chiffchaff 12 Blackcap 14 Sand Martin 49 Mandarin 3 Shoveler 2 Gadwall 1 Teal 20 Linnet 2
Pete Hines said
Fri Apr 1 12:13 PM, 2022
Mandarin pair Teal 6 Goosander 2 Green Sandpiper (1) two sightings of an individual, flying high downriver and later swimming on the Sale WTW pond Sparrowhawk 2 Willow Tit (3) or 3-5. Two together at 53.435093, -2.356867 and 3 together at 53.436485, -2.354321 Sand Martin 2 Chiffchaff 13 Blackcap 2 Goldcrest pair in courtship display Linnet 4
Flushed a Woodcock off the old tip this morning , Teal numbers high Goldeneye x2 Mandarin x3 several Chiffhaffs singing around Banky meadow Willow tit and Reed bunting .
Keep Birding.
Paul Heaton said
Wed Mar 9 9:17 AM, 2022
Goosanders 3 pair, one pair confirmed copulating and a single male all on stretch on Mersey between Ashton on mersey golf club and the green bridge at carrington spur
Kingfisher, Pied and Grey wagtail along river , GS woodpecker drumming on kickerty brook and Several Rooks repairing nests in Rookery ..
The ringers at Woolston place red darvics on the left tibia of Green Sandpipers (info from David Bowman)
Pete Hines said
Thu Jan 20 4:43 PM, 2022
Green Sandpiper 1 again (see 20th December 2021) looks suspiciously like a red ring / flag on the left tibia Wigeon pair Teal 46 Goldeneye 6 Little Grebe 5 Willow Tit 3 together at 53.435182, -2.357312
Little Grebe , Kingfisher on river behind old tip,
Snipe in field and Willow tit in hedge
3 Mandarin ducks on frozen pond Water treatment work
Redpoll x3 in hedges
Keep Birding
Ian Howarth said
Fri Dec 31 2:30 PM, 2021
A Little Egret on the bank of a swollen River Mersey.
Pete Hines said
Tue Dec 28 3:21 PM, 2021
Whooper Swan 3 adults flew low west along the course of the River Mersey at 12.29 Willow Tit 2, both at 53.435233, -2.356406 Brambling 1 Redpoll 3 Siskin 47
Pete Hines said
Mon Dec 20 2:23 PM, 2021
Green Sandpiper 1 at the Mersey Little Egret 1 flew straight overhead and appeared to descend by the pool adjacent the sewage works (which is difficult to view) Pink-footed Geese 136 West at 10.45 Teal 10 Little Grebe 2 Raven 1 Redwing 24 Fieldfare 2 Siskin 8
Willow Tit 1 in the car park at 53.434000, -2.357178 Pink-footed Goose 33 > east at 11.56 Mandarin 1 female flew across field towards river Teal 14 Little Grebe 2 Rook 3 Redwing 76 Siskin 3
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Oct 28 9:09 AM, 2021
3 egrets, almost certainly Little though they looked alarmingly large at one point but I was travelling in a rapidly moving vehicle, flew fairly low NE together over the Carrington Spur at 9am this morning, heading the the direction of Sale WP/Broad Ees Dole.
Pete Hines said
Fri Sep 24 11:49 AM, 2021
Green Woodpecker 1 on Urmston side of river on horse paddock fence post viewed from the Sale Model Flying Club field Siskin 1 over Chiffchaff 5 (few singing)
Pete Hines said
Tue Sep 7 11:41 AM, 2021
Peregrine 1 distant, perched on pylon to the NW (as viewed from the Sale Model Flying Club field) Mandarin 3, drake and two females Little Grebe 1
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Tuesday 7th of September 2021 11:54:51 AM
Gadwall 5
Teal 44 (40+ Stromford Brook)
Goldeneye 1 female on river
Goosander pair
Sand Martin 10
Chiffchaff 18
Blackcap 3
Linnet 1
Mandarin 6
Gadwall 1
Teal 62 (103 on 28th)
Goldeneye 6
Stock Dove 27
Skylark 6 over > east
Chiffchaff 2
Willow tit 1 on 28th
Goosander 2
Teal 25
Chiffchaff 1
Goldeneye 1 female
Teal 141
Moorhen 15
Whitethroat 7
Goosander 2 drake
Mandarin 3 (2 male and a female)
Gadwall 2
Teal 1
Sand Martin 40+
Linnet pair
3 blackcap
1 willow tit
13 sand martin
5 mandarin
3 goosander
4 buzzard
2 ring necked parakeets
Meadow pipit over
Willow Warbler 3
Chiffchaff 18
Blackcap 5
Sand Martin 11
Mandarin 10
Goosander 1
Linnet 2
Sand Martin 4
Blackcap 1
Chiffchaff 20 minimum
Willow Tit singing opposite the Rugby Club 53.432807, -2.356122
Mandarin 2 pairs
Goosander 1 pair
Redpoll 18
Gadwall pair on river
Teal 12 on river (didn't check Stromford Brook)
Little Grebe 2 on river
Stock Dove 13
Treecreeper 1
Siskin 9
Teal 33
Goosander pair
Kingfisher heard
Reed Bunting 1
Goosander 5
Teal 61
Goldeneye pair
Teal 26
Willow Tit 1 at 53.432763, -2.359677
Raven 1
Teal 99+ (74+ alighting from Stromford Brook)
Goosander 2
Woodcock 1
Pink-footed Goose 242 over west in 3 skeins, 200 2 10.51, 35 @ 11.00 and 7 @ 11.05
Teal 80
Goosander 4
Little Grebe 5
Willow Tit 3, 1 singing at 53.433082, -2.359840 and 2 together at 53.435130, -2.357159
Treecreeper 1
Redwing 49
Meadow Pipit 2
Redpoll 1
Siskin 7
Reed Bunting 1
Mallard 58
Teal 134 (110+ alighted from Stromford Brook creek)
Goldeneye 1 drake on the Mersey
Goosander 1
Little Grebe 11
Snipe 1
Stock Dove 11
Mandarin 2 (pair)
Goosander 1
Little Grebe 4
Green Sandpiper 1 heard calling 3X
Little Egret 1
Kingfisher 2
Swallow 1
Chiffchaff 2 singing
Redwing 19
Meadow Pipit 24
Bullfinch 8
Redpoll 1
Siskin 2
Kingfisher 1
Mandarin 2
Goosander 2
Cormorant 24
Green Sandpiper 1
Mandarin 1
Kingfisher 1
Cormorant 21 together
Raven 5 together
Goosander 1
Kingfisher 1
Swift 44
Sand Martin 4
Swallow 2
House Martin 1
Willow Tit 1 singing at 53.434683, -2.357619
Gadwall 1 drake
Goosander 3 female
Common Sandpiper 1
Kingfisher 1
Willow Tit 1 singing at 53.435224, -2.358336
Green Woodpecker heard
Willow Tit heard
Green Woodpecker 1 heard
Willow Warbler 5
Chiffchaff 12
Blackcap 14
Sand Martin 49
Mandarin 3
Shoveler 2
Gadwall 1
Teal 20
Linnet 2
Teal 6
Goosander 2
Green Sandpiper (1) two sightings of an individual, flying high downriver and later swimming on the Sale WTW pond
Sparrowhawk 2
Willow Tit (3) or 3-5. Two together at 53.435093, -2.356867 and 3 together at 53.436485, -2.354321
Sand Martin 2
Chiffchaff 13
Blackcap 2
Goldcrest pair in courtship display
Linnet 4
Teal 5
Sparrowhawk 2
Buzzard 1
Chiffchaff 8
Blackcap 4
Linnet 2
Redpoll 1
Teal 13
Tufted Duck 1
Goosander 1
Green Sandpiper 1 flew downriver
Raven 1
Chiffchaff 13
Redwing 50
Linnet 6-10
Siskin 2
Mandarin 3 pairs
Shoveler 2
Gadwall 2
Teal 90 (60 alighting from the Stamford Brook creek)
Tufted Duck 1
Goosander 1
Woodcock 1
Kingfisher 1
Green Woodpecker 1 female
Willow Tit 2
Chiffchaff 11
Treecreeper 1
Redwing 42
Meadow Pipit 1
Linnet 3 (singing bird)
Siskin 7
Reed Bunting 1
35 Plus species this morning highlights
Green Woodpecker
Willow tits, meadow pipits Reed bunting , Bullfinch siskins ..
met Pete Hines and put the world to rights ..
Keep birding local
Flushed a Woodcock off the old tip this morning , Teal numbers high Goldeneye x2 Mandarin x3 several Chiffhaffs singing around Banky meadow Willow tit and Reed bunting .
Keep Birding.
Goosanders 3 pair, one pair confirmed copulating and a single male all on stretch on Mersey between Ashton on mersey golf club and the green bridge at carrington spur
Kingfisher, Pied and Grey wagtail along river , GS woodpecker drumming on kickerty brook and Several Rooks repairing nests in Rookery ..
Good numbers of song birds in full voice ..
Keep Birding and remember Nature cures.
Snipe 1
Mandarin 2 (pair)
Goosander 4 (2 pair)
Shoveler 3
Teal 54
Goldeneye 3
Redwing 70
Shoveler 4 (2 pair)
Teal 66
Goosander 1 male
Redpoll 1
Siskin 28
Goosander 3
Little Grebe 4
Raven 2
Willow Tit 1 at 53.436301, -2.352298
Gadwall 1 female
Mallard 68
Teal 116
Goosander pair
Little Grebe 5
Redpoll 1
Siskin 20
Wigeon pair
Teal 46
Goldeneye 6
Little Grebe 5
Willow Tit 3 together at 53.435182, -2.357312
2 male 2 female Goosanders
Little Grebe , Kingfisher on river behind old tip,
Snipe in field and Willow tit in hedge
3 Mandarin ducks on frozen pond Water treatment work
Redpoll x3 in hedges
Keep Birding
Willow Tit 2, both at 53.435233, -2.356406
Brambling 1
Redpoll 3
Siskin 47
Little Egret 1 flew straight overhead and appeared to descend by the pool adjacent the sewage works (which is difficult to view)
Pink-footed Geese 136 West at 10.45
Teal 10
Little Grebe 2
Raven 1
Redwing 24
Fieldfare 2
Siskin 8
Pink-footed Goose 33 > east at 11.56
Mandarin 1 female flew across field towards river
Teal 14
Little Grebe 2
Rook 3
Redwing 76
Siskin 3
3 egrets, almost certainly Little though they looked alarmingly large at one point but I was travelling in a rapidly moving vehicle, flew fairly low NE together over the Carrington Spur at 9am this morning, heading the the direction of Sale WP/Broad Ees Dole.
Siskin 1 over
Chiffchaff 5 (few singing)
Mandarin 3, drake and two females
Little Grebe 1
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Tuesday 7th of September 2021 11:54:51 AM