Looks like 18 nests now on Irlam Road and Woodsend Road.
fredford said
Wed Apr 3 6:53 AM, 2024
Thirty five in lower rookery at Birtle . Highest number since it started about six years ago . Have not yet done a precise count of the higher rookery but seems to be seven .
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Sun Mar 24 8:01 PM, 2024
14 nests so far on Irlam Road, Flixton.
Nick Hilton said
Sun Mar 24 2:58 PM, 2024
No nests in the small wood between Brookheys Covert and Brookheys Farm this year.
New rookery by the A6144 Manchester Road, just prior to the Saica paper mill Carrington, about 10 nests
Rod Harrison said
Sat Mar 16 9:18 AM, 2024
Noticed last few years how, over the border in Calderdale, sadly, how many rookeries have disappeared and those that remain have generally reduced in size. Mind you around Whitefield and Haywood the same is true and no doubt about other areas on the edge of the city.
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Mar 15 11:22 PM, 2024
Originally posted today by Brian Shuttleworth:
St James Shuttleworth
Plenty of activity over the last few days, between 20 and 26 nests look to be occupied or being rebuilt, lots of sticks being stolen and fought over, 44 individual birds counted but lots of coming and going so difficult to count.
Regards Brian
dave broome said
Wed Mar 6 7:40 PM, 2024
Four nests so far at St Johns Church, Mosley Common, at various stages of construction (just the one nest over the weekend of 24th/25th Feb, one which had largely survived the winter storms). Six pairs were actually present this morning. One of the pairs without a nest were sat in the canopy while one intermittently preened the nape of the other. One of the highlights of the year is this burst of activity before the foliage appears. Elsewhere in Tyldesley nests are also under construction at the Elliott Street/Castle Street estate - initially appeared to be an outlier from the Tyldesley Cemetery rookery - a site which now seems to be abandoned.
-- Edited by dave broome on Thursday 7th of March 2024 06:41:25 AM
fredford said
Fri Mar 1 7:04 AM, 2024
Yesterday much excitement and joy . Three nascent nests appeared in Birtle lower rookery and two a little further up the road , in a tree not used previously . Rejoice !
Mike c cooper said
Sun Apr 9 1:41 PM, 2023
Birch on heywood/middleton borderSun 9/4/23 114 nests
fredford said
Tue Mar 28 7:47 AM, 2023
Last evening , i counted twenty four nests in Birtle lower rookery . Hurrah !
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Sun Mar 26 4:00 PM, 2023
Looks to be 14 active nests in 3 trees, in the Irlam Road area, Flixton. The main tree from last year does not appear to be in use.
fredford said
Thu Feb 23 8:54 AM, 2023
Just seen the first twigs being brought to Birtle lower rookery . Hurrah !
fredford said
Fri Jan 27 2:57 PM, 2023
Birtle . Lower rookery . Birds becoming noisier , more talkative and moving around the site more . Perhaps building will begin , soonish .
Mike c cooper said
Wed Apr 27 10:06 PM, 2022
Birch on heywood / Middleton border 27/4
92 nests
Roger Baker 3 said
Tue Apr 19 12:14 PM, 2022
19th April.
Eight active Rook nests at Hattersley roundabout .. M67 terminal.
Roger.
Paul Carroll said
Sun Apr 3 10:47 PM, 2022
Rooks are back again nesting at the top of the car park light cluster at Asda Ashton under Lyne.
fredford said
Sun Apr 3 2:06 PM, 2022
Birtle . Lower rookery 25 nests . Middle rookery 5 nests . Top rookery 25 nests . These started six years ago with the lower , then the top , then the middle . Distance between lower and top is about six hundred yards with the middle slightly nearer to the lower . Is this to be counted as one rookery ?
Mike Horwood said
Tue Mar 29 10:00 AM, 2022
Possible nine nests in Holcombe Church
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Mon Mar 28 10:28 PM, 2022
Possible 20 nests on Irlam Road, Flixton, with a further 3 in a tree round the corner off Woodsend Road, behind DeBrook Lodge care home..
dave broome said
Mon Mar 7 7:07 PM, 2022
Four nests have been built at St Johns Church, Mosley Common
fredford said
Wed Dec 22 1:10 PM, 2021
Birtle lower rookery . Rooks starting to eye up last years nests and trying them for size .
George Warburton said
Sat Dec 11 12:28 PM, 2021
Back in March 2021 fredford noted that there were Jackdaws associating with Rooks at a local rookery. I have read that in Autumn Rooks perform a display called Stooping when they climb to great heights on thermals and then plunge vertically, obviously pulling out of the dive before they would hit the ground. They are accompanied on their ascent by Jackdaws that do not stoop but presumably go up just for kicks.
dave broome said
Sat Dec 11 11:05 AM, 2021
4 birds at the nests in Tyldesley Cemetery this morning. A pair were at the nests in St Johns Church, Mosley Common yesterday
Paul Samuels said
Wed Apr 21 10:07 PM, 2021
Location in upper Norden with around 10 nests
Roger Baker 3 said
Tue Apr 20 4:05 PM, 2021
Tues 20th April.
Broadbottom.
c 5 nests at junction of Hill-end Lane and Broadbottom Road ... I was driving so possibly more ??
Roger.
fredford said
Sat Apr 17 12:23 PM, 2021
Birtle . Twenty-three nests in original place , started in 2013 , eighteen in the one four hundred yards to the east which was establihed one year later and this year there is an additional site between the two , with ten nests . Is this one rookery or three ?
Roger Baker 3 said
Fri Apr 16 6:39 PM, 2021
Friday 16th April.
Counted 16 active nests at Grange Farm Feeds, Hattersley roundabout, Mottram in Longdendale.
Roger.
-- Edited by Roger Baker 3 on Friday 16th of April 2021 09:35:20 PM
Rod Harrison said
Sun Apr 4 7:54 PM, 2021
Called in at Birch services twice this week and loads of activity at the rookery in Birch. Loads of nests from one end of village to other.
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Sun Apr 4 6:50 PM, 2021
I demand a recount!
18 nests on Irlam Road, Flixton and also 4 more in a tree behind De Brook Lodge care home.
Steven Heywood said
Mon Mar 29 5:23 PM, 2021
11 nests in use at Tyldesley Cemetery
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Mon Mar 29 5:10 PM, 2021
Probably final count, looks like 17 nests on Irlam Road, Flixton.
fredford said
Mon Mar 22 7:47 AM, 2021
Birtle . 23 nests , they have been busy . The annexe , quarter of a mile to the north east , has about seven nests. Most interesting and amusing to watch the rooks swinging on twigs to break them off . The former magpie nest has been requisitioned . There are always a good number of jackdaws with the rooks . Why is this ? Do they nest amongst the rooks ?
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Sun Mar 21 8:37 PM, 2021
Now 16 nests on Irlam Road, Flixton.
Paul Carroll said
Sun Mar 21 12:57 PM, 2021
Not sure how many nests make a rookery but there are at least three nests at Asda, Ashton under Lyne, the birds are using the very tall lights that illuminate the main car park. Also a further nest in the trees on the edge of the car park near the by pass. These birds were nesting there last year.
Steven Heywood said
Wed Mar 17 9:04 PM, 2021
7 nests being redecorated by residents on the rookery at Kickety Brook yesterday.
Kevin Cook said
Wed Mar 17 5:20 PM, 2021
4 nests opposite Aldi in centre of Tyldesley.
Cant believe never noticed them in the past but they were very vocal today.
Rod Harrison said
Tue Mar 16 10:50 AM, 2021
I live over the border in West Yorkshire and the rooks are behind Manchester in returning and rebuilding their nests. Rastrick rookery down from 47 to one (last year) in ten years. The last pair visited yesterday (female has deformed foot so easy to recognise). Rookeries in Ripponden, Greetland and others locally have reduced significantly over past 10-15 years. Mind you, when I lived in Prestwich, I can remember large rookeries in Whitefield, Heywood, Middleton and Heaton Park but they're either long gone or much reduced also. Very unlikely that the trend will change. Birch is the only one which has appeared in the meantime in that area. Jackdaws have increased substantially though around Manchester in the meantime.
brian kirkwood said
Mon Mar 15 7:07 PM, 2021
St Johns & St James Shuttleworth, 27 active nests, with 19 birds perched in the trees and 31 birds feeding in surrounding fields.
Regards Brian.
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Mon Mar 15 5:37 PM, 2021
Actually 14 nests on Irlam Road, Flixton today.
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Sun Mar 14 2:41 PM, 2021
Looks like it could be 12 on Irlam Road, Flixton.
markwoodhead said
Sun Mar 14 2:01 PM, 2021
There's a small rookery (6 nests today) in an oak on Church lane near Barr Green Farm in Woodford
fredford said
Fri Mar 12 11:21 AM, 2021
Only nine nests , so far , at Birtle . Rather concerned .
fredford said
Tue Mar 2 2:15 PM, 2021
Shuttleworth and Birch off to a good start . Birtle slow this year .
Rod Harrison said
Sat Jan 23 3:51 PM, 2021
Thats early considering the weather too!
fredford said
Sat Jan 23 2:18 PM, 2021
Birtle Rookery . Hurrah ! First rook seen , this morning , carrying twig to the lower rookery .
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Sun Apr 19 8:02 PM, 2020
Final Irlam Road score is 14 nests, 12 in 1 tree and 2 in another.
Rod Harrison said
Sun Apr 19 12:46 PM, 2020
Are there any rookeries in the Oldham/Rochdale area?
Mike c cooper said
Fri Apr 17 4:30 PM, 2020
Birch on heywood/Middleton boundary 17/4 afternoon exercise stroll
Now 93 nests, probably last count as trees now beginning to leaf
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Thu Apr 9 7:22 PM, 2020
12 nests on Irlam Road, all in 1 tree.
Mike c cooper said
Tue Mar 31 4:43 PM, 2020
Birch heywood/Middleton boundary 31/3
87 nests occupied with a new ones being built so number may increase but way down on 117 from April 2016
New rookery by the A6144 Manchester Road, just prior to the Saica paper mill Carrington, about 10 nests
Originally posted today by Brian Shuttleworth:
St James Shuttleworth
Plenty of activity over the last few days, between 20 and 26 nests look to be occupied or being rebuilt, lots of sticks being stolen and fought over, 44 individual birds counted but lots of coming and going so difficult to count.
Regards Brian
Elsewhere in Tyldesley nests are also under construction at the Elliott Street/Castle Street estate - initially appeared to be an outlier from the Tyldesley Cemetery rookery - a site which now seems to be abandoned.
-- Edited by dave broome on Thursday 7th of March 2024 06:41:25 AM
Three nascent nests appeared in Birtle lower rookery and two a little further up the road , in a tree not used previously . Rejoice !
Lower rookery . Birds becoming noisier , more talkative and moving around the site more .
Perhaps building will begin , soonish .
92 nests
Eight active Rook nests at Hattersley roundabout .. M67 terminal.
Roger.
Rooks are back again nesting at the top of the car park light cluster at Asda Ashton under Lyne.
Lower rookery 25 nests . Middle rookery 5 nests . Top rookery 25 nests .
These started six years ago with the lower , then the top , then the middle . Distance between lower and top is about six hundred yards with the middle slightly nearer to the lower . Is this to be counted as one rookery ?
Possible nine nests in Holcombe Church
Back in March 2021 fredford noted that there were Jackdaws associating with Rooks at a local rookery. I have read that in Autumn Rooks perform a display called Stooping when they climb to great heights on thermals and then plunge vertically, obviously pulling out of the dive before they would hit the ground. They are accompanied on their ascent by Jackdaws that do not stoop but presumably go up just for kicks.
Location in upper Norden with around 10 nests
Broadbottom.
c 5 nests at junction of Hill-end Lane and Broadbottom Road ... I was driving so possibly more ??
Roger.
Is this one rookery or three ?
Counted 16 active nests at Grange Farm Feeds, Hattersley roundabout, Mottram in Longdendale.
Roger.
-- Edited by Roger Baker 3 on Friday 16th of April 2021 09:35:20 PM
Called in at Birch services twice this week and loads of activity at the rookery in Birch. Loads of nests from one end of village to other.
18 nests on Irlam Road, Flixton and also 4 more in a tree behind De Brook Lodge care home.
There are always a good number of jackdaws with the rooks . Why is this ? Do they nest amongst the rooks ?
Not sure how many nests make a rookery but there are at least three nests at Asda, Ashton under Lyne, the birds are using the very tall lights that illuminate the main car park. Also a further nest in the trees on the edge of the car park near the by pass. These birds were nesting there last year.
4 nests opposite Aldi in centre of Tyldesley.
Cant believe never noticed them in the past but they were very vocal today.
I live over the border in West Yorkshire and the rooks are behind Manchester in returning and rebuilding their nests. Rastrick rookery down from 47 to one (last year) in ten years. The last pair visited yesterday (female has deformed foot so easy to recognise). Rookeries in Ripponden, Greetland and others locally have reduced significantly over past 10-15 years. Mind you, when I lived in Prestwich, I can remember large rookeries in Whitefield, Heywood, Middleton and Heaton Park but they're either long gone or much reduced also. Very unlikely that the trend will change. Birch is the only one which has appeared in the meantime in that area. Jackdaws have increased substantially though around Manchester in the meantime.
St Johns & St James Shuttleworth, 27 active nests, with 19 birds perched in the trees and 31 birds feeding in surrounding fields.
Regards Brian.
There's a small rookery (6 nests today) in an oak on Church lane near Barr Green Farm in Woodford
Thats early considering the weather too!
Are there any rookeries in the Oldham/Rochdale area?
Now 93 nests, probably last count as trees now beginning to leaf
87 nests occupied with a new ones being built so number may increase but way down on 117 from April 2016