13/5 teatime check to see if any whitethroats have turned up yet, just as the rain decided to take itself seriously.
Blackbird 3, 2 singing
Buzzard 1
Carrion crow 3
Chaffinch 1 singing
Chiffchaff 1 singing
Goldfinch 11, 2 singing
Greenfinch 1
House sparrow 3
Lesser black-back 5
Long-tailed tit 1
Magpie 3
Mistle thrush 2
Robin 1 singing
Song thrush 1 singing
Whitethroat 1 singing
Woodpigeon 8
Wren 1 singing
The buzzard was being mobbed by a carrion crow and four lesser black-backs, The gulls are nesting on the industrial units in Trafford Park.
Steven Heywood said
Mon Apr 22 11:36 PM, 2024
11:35 - 12:15
Unscheduled quick visit
Blackbird 15, 5 singing
Blackcap 4 singing
Blue tits 1 singing
Buzzard 1
Carrion crow 2
Chaffinch 1 singing
Chiffchaff 2 singing
Dunnock 3, 1 singing
Feral pigeon 2
Goldfinch 8, 2 singing
Great tit 6, 5 singing
Greenfinch 3, 1 singing
Herring gull 3
House sparrow 2
Lesser black-back 4 overhead
Magpie 10
Mallard 2
Mistle thrush 2
Robin 8, 4 singing
Song thrush 2 singing
Starling 31
Woodpigeon 26, 3 singing
Wren 7 singing
Steven Heywood said
Wed Mar 20 11:44 PM, 2024
19/3/24 14:25 - 15:05
A touch of Spring in the air.
Blackbird 9, 5 singing
Carrion crow 4
Chaffinch 1 singing
Chiffchaff 2 singing
Dunnock 2 singing
Feral pigeon 2
Goldfinch 1
Great tits 5, 4 singing
Greenfinch 2, 1 singing
Lesser black-back 2 overhead
Magpie 13
Mistle thrush 2
Robin 7 singing
Song thrush 1 singing
Starling 2
Woodpigeon 18
Wren 7, 6 singing
Steven Heywood said
Sat Jan 27 10:14 PM, 2024
1557 - 1620
The first properly productive visit after a long quiet period.
Black-headed gull 11 overhead
Blackbird 1
Blue tit 6
Carrion crow 4
Chaffinch 1
Dunnock 1
Feral pigeon 2 overhead
Goldfinch 27
Great tit 3
Herring gull 1 overhead
Lesser black-back 17 overhead
Magpie 10
Robin 3
Song thrush 1
Starling 1
Woodpigeon 3
The usual crowds of magpies have been preferring the schools to the park lately. We haven't had any redwings here this Winter.
Steven Heywood said
Sat Apr 8 5:39 PM, 2023
Lunchtime stroll 07/04/23
Black-headed gull 1 overhead
Blackbird 10
Blackcap 1
Blue tit 8
Buzzard 1
Carrion crow 1
Chaffinch 1
Chiffchaff 2
Dunnock 1
Feral pigeon 1 overhead
Goldfinch 5
Great tit 7
Greenfinch 4
House sparrow 1
Lesser black-back 1 overhead
Long-tailed tit 2
Magpie 13
Mistle thrush 1
Robin 6
Starling 1
Woodpigeon 14
Wren 3
Steven Heywood said
Sat Mar 25 11:08 PM, 2023
Teatime stroll 1728 - 1604
Black-headed Gull 3 overhead
Blackbird 8
Blue Tit 3
Carrion Crow 3
Chaffinch 2
Chiffchaff 1
Dunnock 2
Goldcrest 1
Goldfinch 4
Great Tit 5
Greenfinch 8
House Sparrow 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 overhead
Magpie 10
Mistle Thrush 1
Robin 4
Song Thrush 1
Starling 3
Woodpigeon 49
Wren 4
Steven Heywood said
Fri Feb 24 9:53 PM, 2023
A lunchtime wander round. I didn't feel that there was much around but managed to find a fair variety. A singing reed bunting was a nice surprise.
Black-headed Gull 1
Blackbird 2
Blue Tit 3
Buzzard 1
Carrion Crow 5
Dunnock 1
Feral Pigeon 8
Goldfinch 12
Great Tit 6
Greenfinch 2
Herring Gull 1
Long-tailed Tit 3
Magpie 15
Mistle Thrush 1
Redwing 2
Reed Bunting 1
Robin 8
Starling 1
Woodpigeon 5
Wren 3
Steven Heywood said
Sun Jan 22 9:22 PM, 2023
A quiet afternoon stroll. The magpies are a-courting, the local buzzard made an appearance and the large charm of goldfinches came as a bit of a relief after thin pickings the last few visits.
Black-headed gull 4 overhead
Blackbird 2
Blue tit 2
Buzzard 1
Common gull 1 overhead
Dunnock 1
Feral pigeon 2 overhead
Goldfinch 32
Great tit 3
Herring gull 2 overhead
Lesser black-backed gull 2 overhead
Magpie 19
Robin 2
Starling 3
Woodpigeon 2
Steven Heywood said
Sun Jan 8 9:02 PM, 2023
A fairly quiet visit save for singing robins and a song thrush. Black-headed gull 5 Blackbird 4 Blue tit 5 Carrion crow 1 Coal tit 2 Dunnock 1 Feral pigeon 2 Goldfinch 5 Great spotted woodpecker 1 Great tit 1 Magpie 19 Redwing 3 Robin 8 Song thrush 1 Starling 5 Woodpigeon 6
Steven Heywood said
Sun Dec 25 9:26 PM, 2022
A quick walk round to build up an appetite for the Christmas dinner:
Black-headed gull 5
Blackbird 4
Blue tit 3
Bullfinch 1
Carrion crow 3
Chaffinch 1
Feral pigeon 4
Goldfinch 9
Great tit 4
Herring gull 3
House sparrow 2
Lesser black-back 2
Long-tailed tit 1
Magpie 21
Redwing 10
Robin 9
Song thrush 1
Starling 2
Woodpigeon 5
Wren 1
Steven Heywood said
Sun Nov 6 8:47 PM, 2022
Forty minutes in the afternoon rain turned out to be surprisingly productive today. Not much in the park but the Lombardy poplar avenue and old cornfields were busy.
Black-headed gull 1 overhead
Blackbird 5
Blue tit 6
Dunnock 1
Pigeon 1
Goldfinch 28
Great tit 3
Herring gull 1 overhead
Lesser black-back 4 overhead
Long-tailed tit 8
Magpie 6
Robin 1
Starling 5
Treecreeper 1
Woodpigeon 1
Wren 1
Steven Heywood said
Sun Oct 9 2:03 AM, 2022
It's continued to be very quiet here lately. An influx of blackbirds today could be a harbinger of Winter. The mistle thrushes haven't reappeared after their usual Summer break.
3:50pm - 4:40pm
13 Blackbird
1 Feral Pigeon overhead
1 Goldfinch
1 Great Tit
5 Lesser Black-backed Gull overhead
9 Magpie
5 Robin
10 Woodpigeon
2 Wren
6:55pm - 7:05pm
1 Blackbird
1 Magpie
7 Robin
-- Edited by Steven Heywood on Sunday 9th of October 2022 02:03:48 AM
-- Edited by Steven Heywood on Sunday 9th of October 2022 02:04:23 AM
Steven Heywood said
Sun Aug 21 9:43 PM, 2022
2:25pm - 3:10pm
Desperately quiet, even by August lull standards:
2 Black-headed Gull overhead
2 Blackbird
1 Blue Tit
2 Carrion Crow
1 Chaffinch
1 Feral Pigeon overhead
1 Goldfinch
1 Greenfinch
3 Lesser Black-backed Gull overhead
4 Magpie
9 Woodpigeon
Steven Heywood said
Tue Jun 7 11:21 PM, 2022
6th June 4:10pm - 5:10pm
Blackbird 12
Blackcap 4
Bullfinch 1
Carrion Crow 3
Chiffchaff 1
Dunnock 1
Feral Pigeon 7 overhead
Goldfinch 15
Great Tit 1
Greenfinch 4
House Sparrow 5
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 overhead
Magpie 9
Mistle Thrush 1
Robin 5
Song Thrush 1
Starling 2
Whitethroat 2
Woodpigeon 13
Wren 4
Steven Heywood said
Sun Apr 3 8:34 PM, 2022
Afternoon potter about: 14:25 - 15:35
Blackbird 13
Blue Tit 6
Carrion Crow 3
Chiffchaff 2
Dunnock 4
Feral Pigeon 10 overhead
Goldfinch 9
Great Tit 6
Greenfinch 7
House Sparrow 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Long-tailed Tit 2
Magpie 15
Mistle Thrush 2
Robin 5
Song Thrush 1
Starling 6
Woodpigeon 24
Wren 5
We seem to be down a chiffchaff this year. Hopefully a latecomer will take advantage of the vacancy.
Steven Heywood said
Sun Mar 20 10:28 PM, 2022
Lunchtime stroll, 12:55 - 13:50
Blackbird 4
Blue Tit 7
Buzzard 1
Carrion Crow 2
Chaffinch 1
Chiffchaff 1
Dunnock 3
Feral Pigeon 13 overhead
Goldfinch 7
Great Tit 2
Greenfinch 5
Herring Gull 1 overhead
House Sparrow 7
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 overhead
Long-tailed Tit 1
Magpie 11
Robin 9
Woodpigeon 13
Wren 2
Steven Heywood said
Mon Feb 21 9:57 PM, 2022
A quick look round once the wind had dropped 16:20 - 16:55
Black-headed gull 9 overhead
Blackbird 4
Blue tit 4
Carrion crow 3
Dunnock 1
Feral pigeon 1
Goldfinch 19
Greenfinch 13
Herring gull 1 overhead
House sparrow 2
Lesser black-backed gull 3 overhead
Magpie 19
Mistle thrush 3
Redwing 20
Robin 6
Song thrush 1
Starling 1
Woodpigeon 8
Wren 2
It's been a long while since I last saw greenfinches in double figures here. The wild edges to the park have been excessively tidied up (razed to the ground). I just hope nobody decides to take a strimmer to the remaining bramble patches or they'll have nowhere left to roost (and the whitethroats won't have anywhere to nest, we lost one pair last year after someone took against the biggest bramble patch). Of course, once the "waste" ground's been turned into a car park the question will be academic.
Steven Heywood said
Sun Feb 6 11:06 PM, 2022
A windy lunchtime nosy round with most of the small birds keeping under cover.
Black-headed Gull 4
Blackbird 5
Blue Tit 3
Carrion Crow 6
Chaffinch 2
Common Gull 2 overhead
Dunnock 1
Feral Pigeon 41 overhead
Goldfinch 29
Great Tit 2
Greenfinch 2
Herring Gull 1 overhead
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 overhead
Magpie 13
Robin 5
Sparrowhawk 1
Starling 30
Woodpigeon 16
Wren 1
Steven Heywood said
Sat Jan 1 7:40 PM, 2022
Back to business as usual in the New Year. 2:10pm 3:00pm
Black-headed Gull 1 overhead
Blackbird 10
Blue Tit 6
Carrion Crow 4
Common Gull 3 overhead
Dunnock 2
Feral Pigeon 9 overhead
Goldfinch 26
Great Tit 1
Greenfinch 5
Herring Gull 5 overhead
Lesser Black-backed Gull 6 overhead
Long-tailed Tit 7
Magpie 22
Mistle Thrush 2
Redwing 1
Robin 12
Starling 1
Woodpigeon 5
Wren 1
Steven Heywood said
Thu Dec 23 6:29 PM, 2021
2:00pm - 3:10pm
Winter's definitely arrived with an influx of redwings and blackbirds, the goldfinches that have been missing all Autumn are back, and a new gang of magpies seems to have joined the regulars.
Black-headed Gull 3 overhead
Blackbird 23
Blue Tit 11
Carrion Crow 2
Chaffinch 1
Dunnock 3
Feral Pigeon 5 overhead
Goldfinch 52
Great Tit 11
Greenfinch 6
Herring Gull 4 overhead
House Sparrow 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 overhead
Magpie 32
Mistle Thrush 3
Redwing 10
Robin 9
Song Thrush 2
Starling 47
Woodpigeon 10
Wren 1
Luke Pickering said
Fri Dec 17 8:55 PM, 2021
2 vocal Mistle Thrushes around 13:00 today.
Steven Heywood said
Sun Nov 21 5:24 PM, 2021
2:10pm - 3:25pm
Black-headed Gull 3 overhead
Blackbird 6
Blue Tit 6
Buzzard 1
Carrion Crow 2
Dunnock 1
Feral Pigeon 9 overhead
Goldfinch 27
Great Tit 1
Greenfinch 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 7 overhead
Long-tailed Tit 17
Magpie 24
Robin 4
Woodpigeon 1
Wren 1
Steven Heywood said
Sat Nov 6 8:05 PM, 2021
Dodging the showers 2:30pm - 3:05pm
Black-headed Gull 6
Blackbird 5
Carrion Crow 4
Common Gull 1
Dunnock 1
Feral Pigeon 29 overhead
Goldfinch 6
Great Tit 1
Herring Gull 1
House Sparrow 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 overhead
Long-tailed Tit 2
Magpie 25
Mistle Thrush 1
Robin 2
Starling 23
Woodpigeon 3
Steven Heywood said
Mon Sep 27 10:36 PM, 2021
Lunchtime visit 1:05pm - 1:35pm, dead quiet so I gave up after half an hour
Blackbird 2
Carrion Crow 2
Dunnock 2
Feral Pigeon 5
Goldfinch 3
Great Tit 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Magpie 14
Robin 1
Woodpigeon 25
Steven Heywood said
Sat Sep 11 10:27 PM, 2021
1:25pm - 2:05pm
Still very quiet. I suspect the birds have read the planning application to turn the 5.14 acres of "waste" ground (the last remnant of the old cornfields) into a car park.
Blackbird 3
Buzzard 1
Carrion Crow 5
Dunnock 2
Feral Pigeon 11 overhead
Goldfinch 1
Great Tit 1
House Sparrow 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 overhead
Magpie 10
Robin 1
Woodpigeon 8
Steven Heywood said
Mon Aug 30 5:14 PM, 2021
Extremely quiet lately.
29/08/21 14:55 - 15:30
Black-headed Gull 1
Chiffchaff 1
Dunnock 1
Feral Pigeon 12
Great Tit 2
House Sparrow 2
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Magpie 7
Woodpigeon 23
Wren 3
Steven Heywood said
Sun Aug 22 10:55 PM, 2021
Quiet teatime nosy round 4:40pm - 5:15pm
Black-headed Gull 1
Blackbird 1
Bullfinch 1
Carrion Crow 1
Chiffchaff 1
Dunnock 1
Feral Pigeon 15 overhead
Goldfinch 7
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 overhead
Magpie 15
Woodpigeon 16
Wren 1
Steven Heywood said
Wed Aug 4 9:20 PM, 2021
2:40pm - 3:25pm
Another quiet afternoon visit.
Black-headed Gull 4 overhead
Blackbird 3
Blue Tit 3
Buzzard 1
Carrion Crow 3
Chiffchaff 1
Feral Pigeon 20 overhead
Goldfinch 1
Great Tit 1
Greenfinch 5
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 overhead
Long-tailed Tit 2
Magpie 11
Mistle Thrush 1
Whitethroat 5, including two young birds
Woodpigeon 21
Quiet on the goldfinch front lately but it's been a bad year for thistles and there's much better pickings over in Trafford Park. On the plus side, numbers should pick up in Autumn: after somebody decided to strim one of the bramble patches last Winter it's going to be a very good year for goldenrod.
Steven Heywood said
Sat Jul 3 10:55 PM, 2021
13:10 - 14:05
Blackbird 12
Blackcap 3
Blue Tit 3
Chiffchaff 1
Dunnock 2
Feral Pigeon 23
Goldfinch 9
Greenfinch 12
House Sparrow 6
Jay 2, including one juvenile
Lesser Black-backed Gull 6 overhead
Magpie 7
Ring-necked Parakeet 1 overhead
Robin 1 juvenile
Song Thrush 3
Swift 3 overhead
Whitethroat 3
Woodpigeon 32
Wren 4
Steven Heywood said
Thu Jun 17 1:24 AM, 2021
18:40 - 19:05
A brief look-in on my way home.
Black-headed Gull 2 overhead
Blackbird 5
Blackcap 1
Carrion Crow 1
Chiffchaff 1
Dunnock 2
Feral Pigeon 10 overhead
Goldfinch 30
Greenfinch 4
House Sparrow 5
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 overhead
Magpie 5
Song Thrush 1
Starling 13
Whitethroat 5, including one juvenile
Woodpigeon 5
Wren 1
Steven Heywood said
Sat Jun 5 1:25 AM, 2021
Friday afternoon potter 13:50 - 14:40
Blackbird 7
Blackcap 1
Blue Tit 2
Carrion Crow 1
Chaffinch 1
Chiffchaff 2
Dunnock 2
Feral Pigeon 10
Goldfinch 4
Great Tit 2
Greenfinch 3
House Sparrow 6
Long-tailed Tit 1
Magpie 9
Mistle Thrush 1
Ring-necked Parakeet 3
Robin 1
Song Thrush 1
Whitethroat 2
Woodpigeon 4
Wren 4
Steven Heywood said
Mon May 24 12:45 AM, 2021
14:20 - 14:55
Black-headed Gull 1 overhead
Blackbird 5
Blackcap 3
Blue Tit 3
Bullfinch 1
Chaffinch 1
Chiffchaff 2
Dunnock 1
Feral Pigeon 8 overhead
Goldfinch 16
Great Tit 2
Greenfinch 4
Herring Gull 1 overhead
House Sparrow 8
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 overhead
Magpie 9
Robin 3
Swift 7
Whitethroat 1
Woodpigeon 4
Wren 4
Steven Heywood said
Fri Apr 23 9:54 PM, 2021
14:30 - 15:10
Blackbird 6
Blackcap 2
Blue Tit 4
Carrion Crow 1
Chiffchaff 1
Dunnock 1
Feral Pigeon 21 overhead
Goldfinch 10
Great Tit 4
Greenfinch 3
House Sparrow 5
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 overhead
Magpie 9
Robin 7
Starling 4
Woodpigeon 7
Wren 5
Steven Heywood said
Sat Mar 27 11:09 PM, 2021
13:35 - 14:30 today
Blackbird 7
Blue Tit 6
Carrion Crow 2
Chaffinch 1
Chiffchaff 2 singing
Dunnock 1
Feral Pigeon 33 overhead
Goldfinch 14
Great Tit 4
Greenfinch 1
Herring Gull 1 overhead
House Sparrow 5
Jay 3
Magpie 8
Mistle Thrush 2
Robin 6
Song Thrush 1
Starling 3
Woodpigeon 32
Wren 4
Steven Heywood said
Sat Mar 20 9:32 PM, 2021
2:05pm - 3:00pm
Black-headed Gull 1 overhead
Blackbird 5
Blue Tit 3
Carrion Crow 3
Chaffinch 1
Coal Tit 1
Dunnock 1
Feral Pigeon 17 overhead
Goldfinch 7
Great Tit 7
Greenfinch 5
House Sparrow 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 overhead
Long-tailed Tit 1
Magpie 12
Mistle Thrush 1
Nuthatch 1
Robin 8
Song Thrush 1
Woodpigeon 20
Wren 3
Steven Heywood said
Sat Mar 13 7:19 PM, 2021
2:25 - 3:15
Windy day keeping most small birds under cover.
Blackbird 6
Blue Tit 4
Carrion Crow 3
Feral Pigeon 21 overhead
Goldfinch 6
Great Tit 7
Greenfinch 2
Herring Gull 2 overhead
House Sparrow 12
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 overhead
Magpie 14
Robin 7
Starling 7
Woodpigeon 7
Wren 1
Also 25 redwings and a pair of mistle thrushes on the playing field by Barton Clough School.
Steven Heywood said
Mon Mar 8 5:54 PM, 2021
14:20 - 15:30
Plenty of paired-up songbirds and both carrion crows and long-tailed tits collecting nesting materials.
Black-headed Gull 1 overhead
Blackbird 9
Blue Tit 6
Carrion Crow 2
Chaffinch 3
Common Gull 4
Dunnock 6
Feral Pigeon 28 overhead
Goldfinch 24
Great Tit 8
Greenfinch 2
House Sparrow 5
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 overhead
Long-tailed Tit 7
Magpie 29
Mistle Thrush 3
Nuthatch 1
Redwing 2
Robin 11
Song Thrush 1
Starling 44
Woodpigeon 20
Wren 3
Steven Heywood said
Sat Feb 27 10:34 PM, 2021
14:40 - 15:20
Black-headed Gull 1 overhead
Blackbird 2
Blue Tit 5
Bullfinch 3
Carrion Crow 2
Dunnock 1
Feral Pigeon 8 overhead
Goldfinch 9
Great Tit 3
Greenfinch 1
House Sparrow 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 overhead
Long-tailed Tit 2
Magpie 16
Mistle Thrush 2
Robin 8
Song Thrush 1
Woodpigeon 13
Wren 2
Steven Heywood said
Wed Feb 24 9:08 PM, 2021
12:45 - 13:40
A lot of starlings and redwings feeding up before moving on.
Black-headed Gull 4
Blackbird 7
Blue Tit 8
Carrion Crow 4
Chaffinch 2
Dunnock 2
Feral Pigeon 30
Goldfinch 30
Great Tit 8
Greenfinch 2
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Long-tailed Tit 1
Magpie 16
Mistle Thrush 3
Redwing 24
Robin 6
Song Thrush 2
Starling 84
Woodpigeon 19
Wren 2
Steven Heywood said
Wed Feb 3 10:11 PM, 2021
14:10 - 14:45
Black-headed Gull 4 overhead
Blackbird 3
Blue Tit 2
Carrion Crow 4
Chaffinch 1
Common Gull 1 overhead
Dunnock 3
Feral Pigeon 81 overhead
Goldfinch 24
Great Tit 4
Greenfinch 1
House Sparrow 4
Long-tailed Tit 2
Magpie 16
Redwing 5
Robin 7
Song Thrush 2
Starling 5
Woodpigeon 9
Wren 1
Steven Heywood said
Thu Jan 21 8:28 PM, 2021
14:10 - 15:15
Black-headed Gull 9 overhead
Blackbird 5
Blue Tit 5
Carrion Crow 3
Chaffinch 1
Common Gull 2 overhead
Dunnock 3
Feral Pigeon 63 overhead
Goldfinch 24
Great Tit 6
Jay 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 1W overhead
Magpie 19
Mistle Thrush 4
Raven 1 overhead
Redwing 16
Robin 9
Song Thrush 2
Starling 10
Woodpigeon 1
Wren 2
Steven Heywood said
Fri Jan 15 10:05 PM, 2021
Late afternoon
Black-headed Gull 9 overhead
Blackbird 8
Blue Tit 1
Carrion Crow 1
Common Gull 1
Feral Pigeon 1
Goldfinch 2
Great Tit 3
Greenfinch 1
House Sparrow 4
Magpie 8
Mistle Thrush 2
Robin 1
Starling 1
Woodpigeon 6
Wren 1
Steven Heywood said
Wed Jan 13 7:32 PM, 2021
1:05pm - 1:55pm in the pouring rain. The birds had more sense than I did.
Black-headed Gull 1
Blackbird 7
Blue Tit 2
Bullfinch 1
Carrion Crow 2
Chaffinch 1
Common Gull 3
Dunnock 1
Feral Pigeon 8
Fieldfare 3
Goldfinch 3
Great Tit 1
Herring Gull 1
House Sparrow 8
Magpie 14
Mistle Thrush 2
Robin 1
Starling 11
Woodpigeon 13
Steven Heywood said
Fri Jan 1 8:42 PM, 2021
13:30 - 14:40
Black-headed Gull 2 overhead
Blackbird 18
Blue Tit 8
Carrion Crow 3
Common Gull 6
Dunnock 3
Feral Pigeon 21 overhead
Fieldfare 4
Goldfinch 15
Great Tit 7
Herring Gull 1 overhead
House Sparrow 8
Lesser Black-backed Gull 6 overhead
Long-tailed Tit 2
Magpie 15
Mistle Thrush 2
Nuthatch 2
Redwing 3
Robin 4
Song Thrush 3, including two singing
Starling 6
Woodpigeon 10
Wren 3
Steven Heywood said
Thu Dec 24 7:17 PM, 2020
13:10 - 14:05
Blackbird 8
Blue Tit 2
Carrion Crow 3
Common Gull 3
Dunnock 2
Feral Pigeon 59
Goldfinch 1
Great Tit 4
Jackdaw 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Magpie 15
Mistle Thrush 3
Redwing 7
Robin 2
Starling 3
Woodpigeon 5
Wren 2
Steven Heywood said
Wed Nov 25 9:15 PM, 2020
14:10 - 14:55
Black-headed Gull 9
Blackbird 3
Blue Tit 1
Carrion Crow 3
Dunnock 2
Feral Pigeon 18
Goldfinch 6
Great Tit 5
House Sparrow 1
Magpie 8
Mistle Thrush 1
Robin 4
Song Thrush 1
Steven Heywood said
Fri Nov 20 9:10 PM, 2020
14:35 - 15:20
Black-headed Gull 20
Blackbird 6
Blue Tit 4
Carrion Crow 2
Chaffinch 1
Common Gull 5
Dunnock 3
Feral Pigeon 76
Goldfinch 38
Great Tit 2
Greenfinch 2
House Sparrow 2
Jackdaw 2
Long-tailed Tit 7
Magpie 13
Mistle Thrush 1
Pied Wagtail 1
Robin 3
Starling 1
Woodpigeon 1
It's nice to have the goldfinches back!
Steven Heywood said
Tue Nov 10 11:14 PM, 2020
14:10 - 14:55
Black-headed Gull 2
Blackbird 4
Blue Tit 4
Carrion Crow 5
Dunnock 1
Feral Pigeon 21
Goldfinch 6
Great Tit 2
House Sparrow 8
Kestrel 1 male
Long-tailed Tit 6
Magpie 14
Mistle Thrush 2
Robin 3
Wren 3
Steven Heywood said
Sat Oct 10 8:45 PM, 2020
Extremely quiet visit 14:45 - 15:15
Black-headed Gull 3 overhead
Blackbird 3
Carrion Crow 2
Chiffchaff 1
Dunnock 1
Feral Pigeon 18 overhead
Goldfinch 1
Great Tit 1
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 overhead
Magpie 7
Woodpigeon 4
Wren 2
Steven Heywood said
Sun Oct 4 10:14 PM, 2020
An almost dead quiet lunchtime visit 13:05 - 13:45
Black-headed Gull 3 overhead
Blackbird 2
Buzzard 3(the new "regular" individual that's adopted the territory this year in the photo) overhead
Carrion Crow 1
Dunnock 1
Feral Pigeon 28 overhead
Goldfinch 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 overhead
Magpie 8
Pied Wagtail 1 overhead
Robin 1
Starling 1
Woodpigeon 7
Wren 3
-- Edited by Steven Heywood on Sunday 4th of October 2020 10:15:31 PM
13/5 teatime check to see if any whitethroats have turned up yet, just as the rain decided to take itself seriously.
The buzzard was being mobbed by a carrion crow and four lesser black-backs, The gulls are nesting on the industrial units in Trafford Park.
11:35 - 12:15
Unscheduled quick visit
19/3/24 14:25 - 15:05
A touch of Spring in the air.
1557 - 1620
The first properly productive visit after a long quiet period.
The usual crowds of magpies have been preferring the schools to the park lately. We haven't had any redwings here this Winter.
Lunchtime stroll 07/04/23
Teatime stroll 1728 - 1604
A lunchtime wander round. I didn't feel that there was much around but managed to find a fair variety. A singing reed bunting was a nice surprise.
A fairly quiet visit save for singing robins and a song thrush. Black-headed gull 5 Blackbird 4 Blue tit 5 Carrion crow 1 Coal tit 2 Dunnock 1 Feral pigeon 2 Goldfinch 5 Great spotted woodpecker 1 Great tit 1 Magpie 19 Redwing 3 Robin 8 Song thrush 1 Starling 5 Woodpigeon 6
Forty minutes in the afternoon rain turned out to be surprisingly productive today. Not much in the park but the Lombardy poplar avenue and old cornfields were busy.
It's continued to be very quiet here lately. An influx of blackbirds today could be a harbinger of Winter. The mistle thrushes haven't reappeared after their usual Summer break.
3:50pm - 4:40pm
6:55pm - 7:05pm
-- Edited by Steven Heywood on Sunday 9th of October 2022 02:03:48 AM
-- Edited by Steven Heywood on Sunday 9th of October 2022 02:04:23 AM
2:25pm - 3:10pm
Desperately quiet, even by August lull standards:
6th June 4:10pm - 5:10pm
Afternoon potter about: 14:25 - 15:35
We seem to be down a chiffchaff this year. Hopefully a latecomer will take advantage of the vacancy.
Lunchtime stroll, 12:55 - 13:50
A quick look round once the wind had dropped 16:20 - 16:55
It's been a long while since I last saw greenfinches in double figures here. The wild edges to the park have been excessively tidied up (razed to the ground). I just hope nobody decides to take a strimmer to the remaining bramble patches or they'll have nowhere left to roost (and the whitethroats won't have anywhere to nest, we lost one pair last year after someone took against the biggest bramble patch). Of course, once the "waste" ground's been turned into a car park the question will be academic.
A windy lunchtime nosy round with most of the small birds keeping under cover.
Back to business as usual in the New Year. 2:10pm 3:00pm
2:00pm - 3:10pm
Winter's definitely arrived with an influx of redwings and blackbirds, the goldfinches that have been missing all Autumn are back, and a new gang of magpies seems to have joined the regulars.
2 vocal Mistle Thrushes around 13:00 today.
2:10pm - 3:25pm
Dodging the showers 2:30pm - 3:05pm
Lunchtime visit 1:05pm - 1:35pm, dead quiet so I gave up after half an hour
1:25pm - 2:05pm
Still very quiet. I suspect the birds have read the planning application to turn the 5.14 acres of "waste" ground (the last remnant of the old cornfields) into a car park.
Extremely quiet lately.
29/08/21 14:55 - 15:30
Quiet teatime nosy round 4:40pm - 5:15pm
2:40pm - 3:25pm
Another quiet afternoon visit.
Quiet on the goldfinch front lately but it's been a bad year for thistles and there's much better pickings over in Trafford Park. On the plus side, numbers should pick up in Autumn: after somebody decided to strim one of the bramble patches last Winter it's going to be a very good year for goldenrod.
13:10 - 14:05
18:40 - 19:05
A brief look-in on my way home.
Friday afternoon potter 13:50 - 14:40
14:20 - 14:55
14:30 - 15:10
13:35 - 14:30 today
2:05pm - 3:00pm
2:25 - 3:15
Windy day keeping most small birds under cover.
Also 25 redwings and a pair of mistle thrushes on the playing field by Barton Clough School.
14:20 - 15:30
Plenty of paired-up songbirds and both carrion crows and long-tailed tits collecting nesting materials.
14:40 - 15:20
12:45 - 13:40
A lot of starlings and redwings feeding up before moving on.
14:10 - 14:45
14:10 - 15:15
Late afternoon
1:05pm - 1:55pm in the pouring rain. The birds had more sense than I did.
13:30 - 14:40
13:10 - 14:05
14:10 - 14:55
14:35 - 15:20
It's nice to have the goldfinches back!
14:10 - 14:55
Extremely quiet visit 14:45 - 15:15
An almost dead quiet lunchtime visit 13:05 - 13:45
-- Edited by Steven Heywood on Sunday 4th of October 2020 10:15:31 PM