Kingfisher, a family of Grey Wagtails and Song Thrush showing well on Sinderland Brook by Woodcote allotments
James Walsh said
Fri Jul 17 12:01 PM, 2009
16/07/09 KGV Kingfisher, 3 juv Pochard, 9 Tufted Duck (female and 8 ducklings), 20 Mallard ducklings, 3 Grey Heron (2 ads and a juv), several Moorhen (incl. juvs), juv Robin and Great Tits, SPL 7 Canada Geese (2 ads and 5 juvs)
James Walsh said
Sun Jun 7 12:50 PM, 2009
07/06/09 m and f Pochard and 3 ducklings, m Tufted Duck, 12 Mallard ducklings (7 & 5), 2 Moorhen chicks on KGV, singing Chiffchaff Timperley GC, 2 Mute Swan and 7 Canada Geese (5 goslings) on SPL
James Walsh said
Fri Jun 5 9:47 PM, 2009
05/06/09 2 drake Tufted Duck, Nuthatch and family party LT Tits KGV 05/06/09 2 Mute Swan, 7 Canadas (5 goslings) and 5 Mallard ducklings SPL
After a fruitless hour watching an empty Hobby territory just over the border in Cheshire I came home and as I was lighting the BBQ my son called to alert me to - yes - you've guessed it, a flyover - but clearly hunting Hobby.
It may have been in the area a while as several over flying Swallows had previously alarm called, I assumed it was in response to an unseen Sparrowhawk.
James Walsh said
Tue May 5 10:20 PM, 2009
Common Whitethroat and 2 Song Thrush @ Woodcote Allotments by Sinderland Brook
-- Edited by James Walsh on Monday 4th of May 2009 11:14:04 PM
Rob Smallwood said
Sat Apr 18 11:35 AM, 2009
Bonanza time this morning with first 2, then 3, then 7 and finally 8 Common Buzzard thermalling and displaying over the garden before finally drifting off high to the east.
Local birds or perhaps wintering birds moving out?
Rob Smallwood said
Sun Apr 12 2:00 PM, 2009
lots of action over Timperley Raptor Viewpoint (aka my back garden) with female Sparrowhawk and several Buzzards.
Rob Smallwood said
Wed Mar 25 6:51 PM, 2009
Hmmm.
My sister's garden and I find out on the Website....words will be had!!
Henry Cook said
Tue Mar 24 9:19 PM, 2009
Excellent garden bird Ann! I've been out and topped my nyjer feeder up to try and tempt one in here. Thanks. Henry.
Ann Ribbands said
Tue Mar 24 5:12 PM, 2009
Mealy redpoll with the lessers on the garden niger feeder mid-morning.
sid ashton said
Sun Mar 15 9:35 AM, 2009
Rob
I saw the Mandarin for the last time either on Stamford Park or King Georges in August last year and I walk around both regularly.
Sid A
Rob Smallwood said
Sun Mar 15 12:30 AM, 2009
When was the Manadarin last seen?
James Walsh said
Sat Mar 14 11:36 PM, 2009
WeBS count
King George V Pool
6 Pochard (4 drakes) 2 Tufted Duck (1 drake) 2 Cormorant (1 adult with extensive white on head and neck and 1 juv) 23 Mallard 4 Moorhen 3 Coot 2 Mute Swan 6 Canada Goose 15 Black-headed Gull 1 white farmyard goose
Stamford Park Lake
2 Mute Swan (1 with green ring CX70) 2 Canada Goose 21 Black-headed Gull 6 Mallard 1 Mallard x farmyard duck hybrid
Also 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Goldcrest on Timperley Brook
Peregrine over Altincham College of Arts today at 2.30pm circling and drifting south
Geoff Hargreaves said
Tue Dec 2 9:44 PM, 2008
Mike, i work around alty /timperly and just stop off at likley looking spots to have my lunch break and yesterday was my first vist, had another look today but the weather was bad, and i obviously missed goldfinch and wood pigeon off the list,one of the big pines looks as though a tawny/little owl has a regular perch there so here.s hoping.
cheers geoff
Mike Duckham said
Mon Dec 1 10:21 PM, 2008
Nice selection of birds in a 10 minute stroll! Have you ever had Little Owl along that section? I ask coz i used to live off Alder Drive by Brooks Drive and i used to hear them calling at night. Cheers.
Geoff Hargreaves said
Mon Dec 1 9:00 PM, 2008
Ridgeway rd/brooks drive 1/12/08
2 gs pecker 2 bh gull 6 blackbirds 1 mistle thrush 1 song thrush 12 starling 1 redwing 2 magpie 4 lt tit 2 great tit 1 jay 1 nuthatch 4 blue tit 1 wren 2 robin all in a ten mins leg stretch I half expected to find snow white on the log seat,brooks drive must hold some more, I,ll try to get there more often.
cheers geoff
Rob Smallwood said
Sat Oct 18 10:38 AM, 2008
6 Redwing west over he garden this morning.
Steven Nelson said
Thu Sep 25 9:42 PM, 2008
1 Redwing heading west over Altrincham College of Arts at 9.30am this morning
Geoff Hargreaves said
Tue Sep 23 9:36 PM, 2008
king george v pool 23/09/08 lunch break
1 heron 4 coot 4 moorhens 10 feral pigeon (over) can,t you just see i,m struggling) 2 mallard 2 blackbirds 2 canada,and a nice surprise 1 nuthatch added to the list.it,s a bit quite a the momment, something/one has cleared the place out,but it,s very urban and i suspect a lot of disturbment over the weekend,just hope that whoever keeps the place litter and dog poo free hasn,t tieded up some of the birds as well.
cheers geoff
Henry Cook said
Wed Sep 10 10:08 PM, 2008
Good to hear the pool is being regularly birded Geoff. Great shame about the grebe, was always the highlight of my sporadic visits to the site. Have you still bee getting regular views of Kingfisher? They seem to be doing quite well in the area but maybe it's due to dispersing adults after a failed breeding season, hard to say... Thanks. Henerz.
Geoff Hargreaves said
Wed Sep 10 9:35 PM, 2008
kgv pool 10/09/08
added grey wagtail and kestrel to the site list
cheers geoff
Geoff Hargreaves said
Mon Sep 8 9:45 PM, 2008
kgv pool quick look at lunch 08/09/08
1 grey heron 1 kingfisher,large flock of mixed tits among them 3 goldcrest (or 1 seen3 times)thanks to andy isherwood who gave me a bird watching lesson at penny last year, 1 tree creeper was treat.
sadly the great crested grebe is no more I found it dead tangled up in fishing line some 20 ft out amongst the weeds.
elation turns so quickly to saddness
geoff
Rob Smallwood said
Fri Aug 29 9:21 AM, 2008
Single Hobby over Smith's Fields on Thursday evening, again during football so no optics so I couldn't age it.
It flew low south-west from The Sylvan over the allotments heading roughly in the direction of the Moss
This is the second time I've seen Hobby here this summer - they MUST be somewhere local.....
Geoff Hargreaves said
Tue Aug 26 9:31 PM, 2008
kgv pool mid afternoon,1 great crested grebe,1 grey heron,1 kingfisher,the heron was walking 10ft in front me this afternoon very reluctant to leave its spot,great to see a kingfisher 'fishing' three strikes out of five,the fishermen tell me there are a pair of them but i,ve not been that lucky yet.
cheers geoff
Geoff Hargreaves said
Tue Aug 19 9:38 PM, 2008
kgv pool, quick look mid pm, 1 kingfisher,1 great crested grebe (which needs to undergo the bread/sprat test)very close views on this small urban lake,12 long tailed tits,2 great tits and some lbjs that may have been goldcrest?? .i can feel a site list coming and it,s dead easy flyovers and within the railings ,go on james i,m already at
cheers geoff
James Walsh said
Mon Aug 18 1:56 PM, 2008
Kingfisher showing well on KGV, also 2 Pochard
James Walsh said
Thu Aug 14 12:57 PM, 2008
King George V Pool - 1 Kingfisher, 4 juv Pochard, 3 Common Swift
Sinderland Brook - singing Yellowhammer
Rob Smallwood said
Mon Jul 28 3:44 PM, 2008
My tram navigation was indeed up the pole - they were last seen drifting north over Brooklands station area not Timperley station!
I think it well worth while any South Manchester birders checking out any hawking gull flocks - as well as suitable breeding areas.
I just wish I could have aged them..
Vaughan Evans said
Mon Jul 28 8:47 AM, 2008
Had a Hobby from my garden ( a first) in Hale yesterday evening at 18.00, also in amongst the BHGs and swifts before it left the group and headed south. I was thinking of you Rob as you mentioned you'd likely had one a few weeks back, but I guess your four somewhat trumps my singleton. Also had a single common gull mixing with the BHGs each evening
Mike Duckham said
Mon Jul 28 1:11 AM, 2008
Wow superb! The mind boggles. I remember being ecstatic getting Sprawk and Kessie in Timperley not so many years ago. Used to play for Junior Blues (someone had to) on Smiths Field - north would take the birds towards Brooklands station wouldn't it? Cheers, Mike Duckham.
Rob Smallwood said
Sun Jul 27 6:50 PM, 2008
Helping to clear up at Unicorn Athletic Tournament at Smith's Fields (not in the Slyvan as some have suggested!) I hit the jackpot today with firstly one, then a second, third and ultimately forth Hobby, hawking insects with a flock of Black-headed Gulls and Common Swift.
The Swift kept above the Hobby, and in a fairly close group.
All the birds drifted slowly north, following the canal until I lost them over Timperley Station.
Without optics I couldn't age them, but it seems a couple of weeks too early for any to have been juveniles.
Ironically, yesterday I was watching a breeding pair on the (wrong side of the) county border in the nearby Dunham area . I've been able to confirm that these two birds were at the breeding site at the same time, so they hadn't come from there.
Worth keeping a close eye on the Moss I'd say....
A very pleasant mystery.
Mike Duckham said
Sun Jul 27 11:41 AM, 2008
I remember reading somewhere that Timperley's on a flight line for Shelduck. In fact i seem to recall sightings in the bird reports, this would've been mid '80's i guess! I used to look out for them but don't recall seeing any. However i did see big flocks of Pink Feet from time to time. Cheers, Mike Duckham.
Henry Cook said
Sun Jul 27 12:22 AM, 2008
Nice one Rob. Isn't there some sort of huge post breeding moult over in Germany or something, could well be part of a larger migration?
Rob Smallwood said
Sat Jul 26 11:02 PM, 2008
New garden tick for me this evening in the form of 12 Shelduck that flew fairly low, in a long line, heading due east at about 7:00 p.m.
Henry Cook said
Sat Jul 26 12:32 PM, 2008
The Kingfisher showed superbly on King George V Pool and drat I didn't bother with the camera, although with dog in tow it would have been near impossible even at the range the bird was showing. A few hours here for any of the photographophiles amongst us would reap reward at the moment. No sign of any Pochard but I didn't get a chance to check out Stamford Park Pond.
Also about today:- 1 Bullfinch 2 Goldfinches 1 Blackcap 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 16 Canada Geese (6 well-grown and 1 youngish gosling) 3 Coots 7 Moorhens (3 juvs) 1 Great Crested Grebe 2 Black-headed Gulls
Geoff Hargreaves said
Fri Jul 25 9:52 PM, 2008
king george feeder stream,
1 kingfisher
cheers geoff (on me dinner break)
James Walsh said
Tue Jul 22 9:55 AM, 2008
King George V Pool - at least 12 Pochard, adult female with at least 6 juvs (hard to count as diving/on vegetated island) and adult female with 4 juvs - this adult female made a solo flight to Stamford Park Lake @ 6:15am, before flying back towards KGV @ 6:35am, also 1 GC Grebe and several young Coot and Moorhen on KGV and 3 Canada goslings and 3 Mallard ducklings on SPL
Pete Hines said
Mon Jul 14 11:50 PM, 2008
A report from Birdguides today:
14:37 14/07/08 Mediterranean Gull Manc'r Timperley 10:30 adult with Black-headed Gulls on Altrincham College of Arts school playing field
James Walsh said
Sun Jul 13 7:15 AM, 2008
Pochard situation cleared up this morning - both broods on King George V Pool, adult female with 4 juvs and adult female with 7 juvs, also pair of Grey Wagtail and GC Grebe
Ann Ribbands said
Sat Jul 5 10:33 AM, 2008
Grey Wags are certainly still around - a pair, possibly nesting, underneath the Park Road bridge by the Bridgewater Canal.
Mike Duckham said
Sat Jul 5 2:08 AM, 2008
Hi, would have loved it if this forum had existed when i lived in Timperley, it was lonely not having anyone to swap sightings with! Used to get Grey Wag and Kingfisher on the stream at the end of the platform at Navvy Road station. Timperley Nature Reserve - worked on Park Road near there for a while, would check it from time to time, flushed a load of Snipe once during a snowy spell. Best bird tho was half a dozen Mealies on the way to work (taking a slight detour) on Timperley Golf Course one morning on the deck by the path. Re: rooftop Goldies, i used to walk from Timp into Roundthorn Ind Est to work for a while, and there were some on a roof just near Habitat. Keep it up! Cheers all, Mike.
Judith Smith said
Wed Jul 2 9:28 PM, 2008
It is more likely the Stamford brood has been predated, I would think. Are there any pike/mink there - from what I remember it's very small. Pochard broods would normally all feed together, diving frequently, which makes them difficult to count, but I still don't think they would walk in an urban area.
James Walsh said
Wed Jul 2 7:00 AM, 2008
Hi Judith,
Is it possible the other 3 ducklings were on the nest when I saw 4 @ Stamford ? Or would they all be with the female all the time ? There has been no sign of any Pochard on Stamford in 2 visits so I think there is only one brood.......
I'll spend as much time as I can in the area and if anyone else has the time it would be appreciated if you could have a look to get a fuller picture.......
Judith Smith said
Tue Jul 1 10:14 PM, 2008
Pochard - Have you not got two broods, one at each site? Whilst broods can decrease, they can't increase (from 4 to 7) and given they've bred at KGV for 2 years now, the offspring have probably bred (philopatry is the correct name I think). Having said that, Pochard will walk their young a reasonable distance but I would doubt they would do it in urban areas.
James Walsh said
Tue Jul 1 1:19 PM, 2008
King George V Pool - female Pochard with 7 duckings, Kingfisher, 2 GC Grebe (1 juv), 8 Mallard ducklings, Canada Geese with 8 goslings (6 and 2) also young Coot and Moorhen
it looks like the female Pochard and ducklings must have walked approx 300 yards (including over a road) from Stamford to KGV !
Kingfisher, a family of Grey Wagtails and Song Thrush showing well on Sinderland Brook by Woodcote allotments
05/06/09 2 Mute Swan, 7 Canadas (5 goslings) and 5 Mallard ducklings SPL
03/06/09 drake Tufted Duck, 1 Mute Swan, 1 Grey Wagtail KGV
03/06/09 2 Mute Swans SPL
It may have been in the area a while as several over flying Swallows had previously alarm called, I assumed it was in response to an unseen Sparrowhawk.
SPL - pair of Tufted Duck, 2 Mute Swan, 2 Mallard ducklings
2 House Martin over Brook Way in Timperley
-- Edited by James Walsh on Monday 4th of May 2009 11:14:04 PM
Local birds or perhaps wintering birds moving out?
My sister's garden and I find out on the Website....words will be had!!
I've been out and topped my nyjer feeder up to try and tempt one in here.
Thanks. Henry.
I saw the Mandarin for the last time either on Stamford Park or King Georges in August last year and I walk around both regularly.
Sid A
King George V Pool
6 Pochard (4 drakes)
2 Tufted Duck (1 drake)
2 Cormorant (1 adult with extensive white on head and neck and 1 juv)
23 Mallard
4 Moorhen
3 Coot
2 Mute Swan
6 Canada Goose
15 Black-headed Gull
1 white farmyard goose
Stamford Park Lake
2 Mute Swan (1 with green ring CX70)
2 Canada Goose
21 Black-headed Gull
6 Mallard
1 Mallard x farmyard duck hybrid
Also 1 Kingfisher, 1 Grey Wagtail, 1 Goldcrest on Timperley Brook
King George V Pool
6 Pochard (4 drakes)
2 Mallard
2 Mute Swan
4 Canada Geese
4 Moorhen
3 Coot
1 Grey Heron
25 Black-headed Gull
1 white farmyard goose
Stamford Park Lake
43 Mallard
18 Black-headed Gull
1 Mute Swan
1 Moorhen
2 Canada Goose
1 Mallard x farmyard duck hybrid
cheers geoff
Cheers.
2 gs pecker 2 bh gull
6 blackbirds 1 mistle thrush
1 song thrush 12 starling
1 redwing 2 magpie
4 lt tit 2 great tit
1 jay 1 nuthatch
4 blue tit 1 wren
2 robin all in a ten mins leg stretch I half expected to find snow white on the log seat,brooks drive must hold some more, I,ll try to get there more often.
cheers geoff
1 heron 4 coot 4 moorhens 10 feral pigeon (over) can,t you just see i,m struggling) 2 mallard 2 blackbirds 2 canada,and a nice surprise 1 nuthatch added to the list.it,s a bit quite a the momment, something/one has cleared the place out,but it,s very urban and i suspect a lot of disturbment over the weekend,just hope that whoever keeps the place
litter and dog poo free hasn,t tieded up some of the birds as well.
cheers geoff
Thanks. Henerz.
added grey wagtail and kestrel to the site list
cheers geoff
1 grey heron 1 kingfisher,large flock of mixed tits among them 3 goldcrest (or 1 seen3 times)thanks to andy isherwood who gave me a bird watching lesson at penny last year,
1 tree creeper was treat.
sadly the great crested grebe is no more I found it dead tangled up in fishing line some 20 ft out amongst the weeds.
elation turns so quickly to saddness
geoff
It flew low south-west from The Sylvan over the allotments heading roughly in the direction of the Moss
This is the second time I've seen Hobby here this summer - they MUST be somewhere local.....
but i,ve not been that lucky yet.
cheers geoff
cheers geoff
Sinderland Brook - singing Yellowhammer
I think it well worth while any South Manchester birders checking out any hawking gull flocks - as well as suitable breeding areas.
I just wish I could have aged them..
Cheers,
Mike Duckham.
The Swift kept above the Hobby, and in a fairly close group.
All the birds drifted slowly north, following the canal until I lost them over Timperley Station.
Without optics I couldn't age them, but it seems a couple of weeks too early for any to have been juveniles.
Ironically, yesterday I was watching a breeding pair on the (wrong side of the) county border in the nearby Dunham area . I've been able to confirm that these two birds were at the breeding site at the same time, so they hadn't come from there.
Worth keeping a close eye on the Moss I'd say....
A very pleasant mystery.
However i did see big flocks of Pink Feet from time to time.
Cheers,
Mike Duckham.
No sign of any Pochard but I didn't get a chance to check out Stamford Park Pond.
Also about today:-
1 Bullfinch
2 Goldfinches
1 Blackcap
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
16 Canada Geese (6 well-grown and 1 youngish gosling)
3 Coots
7 Moorhens (3 juvs)
1 Great Crested Grebe
2 Black-headed Gulls
1 kingfisher
cheers geoff (on me dinner break)
14:37 14/07/08 Mediterranean Gull Manc'r Timperley 10:30
adult with Black-headed Gulls on Altrincham College of Arts school playing field
Re: rooftop Goldies, i used to walk from Timp into Roundthorn Ind Est to work for a while, and there were some on a roof just near Habitat.
Keep it up!
Cheers all,
Mike.
Is it possible the other 3 ducklings were on the nest when I saw 4 @ Stamford ? Or would they all be with the female all the time ? There has been no sign of any Pochard on Stamford in 2 visits so I think there is only one brood.......
I'll spend as much time as I can in the area and if anyone else has the time it would be appreciated if you could have a look to get a fuller picture.......
Having said that, Pochard will walk their young a reasonable distance but I would doubt they would do it in urban areas.
it looks like the female Pochard and ducklings must have walked approx 300 yards (including over a road) from Stamford to KGV !
Stamford - 10 Mallard, Grey Heron