Two House Martin nests (with young) on Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield.
Roger.
Karen Foulkes said
Sun Jun 19 10:06 PM, 2016
Dukinfield/Ashton border
6+ Sand Martin along Coopers Ride Pair of Grey Wagtail, mobbing Magpie, hopefully with young tucked away out of sight Female Mallard with 7 well-grown ducklings Bullfinch calling Still a fair amount of song including at least 7 Wrens singing along this short stretch
David Walsh said
Sat Jun 18 7:24 PM, 2016
Saturday 18th June 2016, 6.00 - 7.00pm
Besom Lane and Millbrook Dam, Millbrook
1 male Whitethroat, with at least 4 fledglings, plus one other singing male 1 Blackcap singing 20+ Great Tits, at least four groups of fledglings 15+ House Martins Several Swallows
David Walsh said
Thu Jun 16 3:31 PM, 2016
Thursday 16th June 2016, 9.00 - 11.30am
Bottom of country park, and Besom Lane area
4 Whitethroat singing 3 Blackcap Garden Warbler 17 Willow Warblers 3 Chiffchaff Pair of Tufted Duck on Millbrook Dam Reed Bunting singing at Cote Farm 30 House Martins 30 Swallows 5 Swift 31 Goldfinch 11 Linnet 11 Greenfinch 14 Chaffinch 3 Lapwing 23 Collared Doves (together on a single tree) 12 Meadow Pipits 45 House Sparrows
Roger Baker 3 said
Tue Jun 7 6:12 PM, 2016
Tues 7th June. PM.
Stalybridge. R. Tame. Bayley St Bridge.
Sand Martin colony in full swing.
OK but doesn't seem to be as many birds as last year ??
Roger.
David Walsh said
Mon May 30 2:39 PM, 2016
Monday 30th May 2016, 10.00am until noon
Pennine Bridleway, between Shireclough and Besom Lane, Millbrook
Chiffchaff singing at the eastern end of Stalybridge railway station
Karen Foulkes said
Wed May 18 5:46 PM, 2016
60+ Starlings feeding between the bus station and tram stop in the centre of Ashton today, including c15 young.
Roger Baker 3 said
Sun May 8 6:14 PM, 2016
Sunday 8th May. 18.00 hrs.
Mottram Rd. Stalybridge.
Lapwing just flew over my house, very high up, towards Hobson Moor.
Roger.
David Walsh said
Sun May 8 3:49 PM, 2016
Sunday 8th May 2016
My first Swift of the year, two over Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, at the moment.
David Walsh said
Sun May 8 12:39 PM, 2016
Sunday 8th May 2016, 9.30 - 11.30am
Pennine Bridleway, from Shireclough to Millbrook border
Lapwings. At least four territories with noisy, agitated behaviour. Also, an adult with one downy juvenile just over into Millbrook. Brilliant. 1 Lesser Redpoll 2 Linnet singing 1 Willow Warbler singing 4 Greenfinch 1 Chaffinch 6+ Meadow Pipits
David Walsh said
Sat May 7 11:50 AM, 2016
Saturday 7th May 2016, 5.55 am
Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, as I was setting off on my Saturday morning jaunt.
2 Rooks on adjacent lamp posts were a very unusual sighting for this area
Roger Baker 3 said
Fri May 6 10:11 PM, 2016
Fri 6th May.
My first Swift of the year .... screaming and flying over Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield at 17.00 hrs.
Roger.
David Walsh said
Wed May 4 10:11 AM, 2016
Wednesday 4th May 2016, 7.30 - 8.00am
Besom Lane, Millbrook, to the foot of Walkerwood Dam
4 Tufted Duck (2m, 2f) on Millbrook Dam 6+ Blackcap, with 4 males singing 5 Willow Warblers 2 Chiffchaff
David Walsh said
Fri Apr 29 10:29 PM, 2016
Friday 29th April 2016, 8.00am
Printworks Road Pond
3 drake Goosander 12 Canada Geese 1 Coot
Roger Baker 3 said
Mon Apr 18 4:35 PM, 2016
Monday 18th April. 14.00 hrs.
5 Swallow twittering / flying together above river bridge on Grove Rd, Millbrook, Stalybridge. My first in Tameside this year.
-- Edited by David Walsh on Friday 15th of April 2016 10:55:44 AM
David Walsh said
Wed Apr 13 2:52 PM, 2016
Wednesday 13th April 2016, 1.00pm
Printworks Road, Heyrod
2, possibly 3, Blackcap singing. My first of the year. 2 Chiffchaff singing Several Willow Warblers singing
-- Edited by David Walsh on Wednesday 13th of April 2016 02:52:28 PM
David Walsh said
Tue Apr 12 10:35 PM, 2016
Tuesday 12th April 2016, 10.00pm
Tawny Owl calling from Grove Road Woods, Millbrook
David Walsh said
Wed Mar 30 2:28 PM, 2016
Wednesday 30th March 2016, 2.00pm
Bayley Street Bridge, Stalybridge
1 pair of Dipper 1 Grey Wagtail 4 Canada Geese
David Walsh said
Sun Mar 27 2:27 PM, 2016
Sunday 27th March 2016, 10.00 - 11.30am
Pennine Bridleway between Carrbrook and Millbrook - extremely windy up on Harridge, with not much flying.
7 Lapwing in the fields 1 Little Owl 2 Mistle Thrush 4 Meadow Pipits 1 pair of Chaffinch 1 pair of Greenfinch 4 Dunnock
David Walsh said
Thu Mar 24 5:04 PM, 2016
Thursday 24th March 2016, 7.00 - 9.00am
Pennine Bridleway between Carrbrook and Besom Lane, Millbrook. Cold and windy.
3 Lapwing, with two displaying 6 Meadow Pipits, one parachuting 1 Skylark singing further up the moor 4 Redwing 1 Mistle Thrush 1 Song Thrush 2 Dunnock singing 2 Chaffinch singing 3 Goldfinch 3 House Sparrows 1 Long-tailed Tit
Monday 21st, 7pm - good views of a perched Tawny Owl at Shireclough which flew off in the direction of Cowbury Dale. Also 2 Little Owls calling after dark.
David Walsh said
Sun Mar 20 12:26 PM, 2016
Sunday 20th March 2016, 8.30 - 11.00am
Pennine Bridleway, from Carrbrook to Higher Hyde Green, and a wander up onto Harridge, with two species in mind, and both seen.
12 Lapwings, two or three calling and starting to display 1 Little Owl 6 Goldfinch, some singing 2 singing Chaffinch 2 singing Greenfinch 6 Dunnock 1 Skylark singing up on the moor 2 Mistle Thrush 4 Red Grouse Ominous numbers of Magpies and Carrion Crows in the fields with the Lapwing
David Walsh said
Fri Mar 18 11:17 PM, 2016
Friday 18th March 2016, 9.45pm
Pair of Tawny Owls calling from Grove Road woods, Millbrook
Tuesday 15th March, 8.00pm - another pair in the middle of the country park
David Walsh said
Sat Mar 12 12:43 PM, 2016
Saturday 12th March 2016, 6.30am
Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge
1 Grey Heron over in the direction of the country park 1 Curlew over east, towards Brushes, calling
David Walsh said
Tue Mar 8 10:48 PM, 2016
Tuesday 8th March 2016, 4.30pm
Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod
1 pair of Goosander 1 pair of Coot (first time I have seen more than a single bird since last year) 1 Moorhen 2 Mallard
David Walsh said
Thu Mar 3 2:07 PM, 2016
Thursday 3rd March 2016, 10.00 - 11.30am
Around the Pennine Bridleway, Shireclough, Carrbrook
2 Skylark calling 3 Chaffinch singing 2 Greenfinch singing 3 Goldfinch Couple of Bullfinch, calling 3 Mistle Thrush, 2 singing 1 Song Thrush singing 3 Dunnock singing c 25 Redwing in the trees c 50 Black-headed Gulls in the fields 4 Great Tits 2 Long-tailed Tits 6 House Sparrows 3 Red Grouse on the moor
1 Jay
-- Edited by David Walsh on Thursday 3rd of March 2016 02:30:15 PM
David Walsh said
Sun Feb 21 3:52 PM, 2016
Sunday 21st February 2016, 3.30pm
Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge
22 House Sparrows on the fat ball feeders
David Walsh said
Sat Feb 20 2:55 PM, 2016
Saturday 20th February 2016, 10.30am
Printworks Road, Heyrod
6 Goosander, moving as three distinct pairs 3 Canada Geese, one pair displaying 1 Coot
The following singing:
3 Chaffinch 1 Greenfinch 1 Song Thrush
-- Edited by David Walsh on Saturday 20th of February 2016 03:39:28 PM
David Walsh said
Thu Feb 18 12:34 AM, 2016
Wednesday 17th February 2016
Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod, 1.00pm
5 Goosander, 2 distinct pairs, plus one male fishing alone Still only one Coot
Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, last dog walk, midnight
2 male Tawny Owls hooting, one from Grove Road, one from the direction of the country park 1 Mallard calling overhead 2 Robins singing
David Walsh said
Sun Feb 7 10:51 PM, 2016
Sunday 7th February 2016, 1.00pm
Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod
1 pair of Goosander 1 Coot
David Walsh said
Sat Jan 30 2:43 PM, 2016
Saturday 30th January 2016, 1.30pm
Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod
6 Goosander (3 males) 8 Mallard Still only one Coot
John Taylor said
Fri Jan 29 6:19 PM, 2016
2 cormarant on Bendcrete chimney this afternoon. One flew off NW at 3:15.
Flock of c20 siskin in trees on the path to the canal behind Asda (Ashton).
David Walsh said
Thu Jan 28 8:40 PM, 2016
Thursday 28th January 2015, 8.00pm
Tawny Owl calling from the woods at Grove Road, Millbrook
David Walsh said
Thu Jan 28 1:58 PM, 2016
Thursday 28th January 2016, mid-morning.
Harrop Edge, Stalybridge
1 Buzzard 1 Kestrel Mobile flock of 200+ consisting mainly of Jackdaws and Carrion Crows, but with a few Rooks mixed in Several hundred gulls, Black-headed and Common, feeding in the fields towards Dukinfield golf course
David Bramhall said
Mon Jan 25 9:34 PM, 2016
Monday 25th January 2016
Portland Basin
Juvenile Mute Swan (no rings) and a pair of Siskin in adjacent copse.
River Tame
Pair Goosander Plantation Farm
Dipper Coopers Ride
Kingfisher Whitelands Road
-- Edited by David Bramhall on Monday 25th of January 2016 09:35:11 PM
David Walsh said
Sun Jan 24 11:59 AM, 2016
Sunday 24th January 2016, 10.15am
Printworks Road Pond
3 Goosander (1 male) 1 Coot
David Walsh said
Tue Jan 19 9:47 AM, 2016
Tuesday 19th January 2016
Grove Road, Millbrook, 7.00am:
1 Mistle Thrush singing
River Tame, Grove Road, 8.00am:
1 noisy pair of Dipper
Printworks Road Pond:
1 Coot 1 Moorhen Several Canada Geese
-- Edited by David Walsh on Tuesday 19th of January 2016 09:48:30 AM
Karen Foulkes said
Sun Jan 17 7:01 PM, 2016
A dipper was singing on Coopers Ride mid afternoon today.
A Grey Heron flushed downstream.
The regular pair of Goosander was on the Tame on the Dukinfield/Ashton border yesterday.
David Walsh said
Sat Jan 9 11:42 AM, 2016
Saturday 9th January 2016, 10.00am
After a drenching, and a couple of hours seeing nothing at Higher Swineshaw, I decided on a bit of pond watching.
Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod
5 Goosander (3 males) - a lot of posturing males of late 1 Grey Heron 1 Coot
Caught a glimpse of a Kingfisher whizzing up stream as I crossed the River Tame on Bayley Street. This is the stretch alongside the recycling centre.
David Walsh said
Wed Jan 6 7:14 PM, 2016
Wednesday 6th January 2016, 2.00pm
River Tame, downstream of Grove Road, Heyrod
1 pair of Goosander 1 Dipper 1 Cormorant over, upstream 1 Coot on Printworks Road Pond
David Walsh said
Tue Jan 5 11:02 AM, 2016
Tuesday 5th January 2016
Mistle Thrush singing again in the trees at Ditchcroft, Millbrook at 6.30am
1 noisy Coot back on Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod, at 8.00am
David Walsh said
Mon Jan 4 9:15 AM, 2016
Monday 4th January 2015, 8.00am
Printworks Road, Heyrod
1 pair of Goosander 4 Canada Geese
Karen Foulkes said
Fri Jan 1 7:08 PM, 2016
Some sightings from today
River Tame from Dukinfield to Asda
Song Thrush singing in Dukinfield 2 Grey Heron, one a splendid adult and the other looking like a younger bird from last year Pair of Goosander Dipper singing along Cooper's Ride and seemed to fly off high Kingfisher flew a short distance Grey Wagtail flew up towards roof of Tulip Foods A Song Thrush singing near Asda
I was surprised to find a Goldcrest in a few bushes near Asda's delivery area
The residential area of Wood Street in Ashton town centre had a decent selection including a pair of Blue Tit, a singing Robin, numerous House Sparrows and Starlings and a couple of Jackdaws
David Walsh said
Fri Jan 1 12:54 PM, 2016
Friday 1st January 2016, 10.00am until noon.
From Brushes Cottages, along the Pennine Bridleway to Carrbrook, and back.
2 Little Owls 1 Kestrel in a hawthorn at Cote Farm 1 Mistle Thrush singing down in Millbrook 2 Greenfinch Several Bullfinch Several Chaffinch Blackbirds feeding in the fields
Karen Foulkes said
Thu Dec 31 6:42 PM, 2015
Dipper on branch just above the River Tame on Cooper's Ride this morning. Grey Heron flew over Tulip Foods towards the canal.
15 Magpies near Asda
Otherwise quiet
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Thursday 31st of December 2015 06:49:47 PM
Roger Baker 3 said
Wed Dec 30 12:07 AM, 2015
Tues 29th Dec. 15.00 hrs.
Stalybridge.
Printworks Road. Heyrod. 14.30 hrs.
1 Goosander drake.
Was in hunting mode ..... caught 3 small perch in less than 20 mins. ..........................................................................................................................
Leucistic Jackdaw on grass in front of Copley petrol station seen while driving past.
Think this was the same "spangled" bird that I saw on the 4th July ?
Roger.
David Walsh said
Tue Dec 29 9:28 AM, 2015
Tuesday 29th December 2015, 8.00am
River Tame, Grove Road, Millbrook
1 Dipper singing on a much reduced River Tame
Karen Foulkes said
Mon Dec 28 7:09 PM, 2015
A decent selection on the Tame on the Dukinfield/Ashton border today:
Grey Heron - 2 adult birds, one on Cooper's Ride and one near the weir Dipper - 2, one on the bank along Cooper's Ride and another in pursuit of a Kingfisher upstream! Grey Wagtail beside the Dipper on Cooper's Ride Pair of Goosander from bridge at Whitelands Road
A mixed flock of approximately 10 Blue and Great Tits also contained a Goldcrest.
Steve Suttill said
Sun Dec 27 11:07 AM, 2015
Saturday 26th December 2015, 10.00am
pair Goosander on the canal outside Tesco, Stalybridge
Two House Martin nests (with young) on Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield.
Roger.
6+ Sand Martin along Coopers Ride
Pair of Grey Wagtail, mobbing Magpie, hopefully with young tucked away out of sight
Female Mallard with 7 well-grown ducklings
Bullfinch calling
Still a fair amount of song including at least 7 Wrens singing along this short stretch
Besom Lane and Millbrook Dam, Millbrook
1 male Whitethroat, with at least 4 fledglings, plus one other singing male
1 Blackcap singing
20+ Great Tits, at least four groups of fledglings
15+ House Martins
Several Swallows
Bottom of country park, and Besom Lane area
4 Whitethroat singing
3 Blackcap
Garden Warbler
17 Willow Warblers
3 Chiffchaff
Pair of Tufted Duck on Millbrook Dam
Reed Bunting singing at Cote Farm
30 House Martins
30 Swallows
5 Swift
31 Goldfinch
11 Linnet
11 Greenfinch
14 Chaffinch
3 Lapwing
23 Collared Doves (together on a single tree)
12 Meadow Pipits
45 House Sparrows
Tues 7th June. PM.
Stalybridge. R. Tame. Bayley St Bridge.
Sand Martin colony in full swing.
OK but doesn't seem to be as many birds as last year ??
Roger.
Pennine Bridleway, between Shireclough and Besom Lane, Millbrook
3 Lapwing
4 Willow Warblers
1 Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
6 Linnet, including 2 pairs
4 Goldfinch
3 Greenfinch
10+ Meadow Pipits, some carrying food
3 Mistle Thrush
6 Swallows
Sunday evening
Chiffchaff singing at the eastern end of Stalybridge railway station
Sunday 8th May. 18.00 hrs.
Mottram Rd. Stalybridge.
Lapwing just flew over my house, very high up, towards Hobson Moor.
Roger.
My first Swift of the year, two over Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, at the moment.
Pennine Bridleway, from Shireclough to Millbrook border
Lapwings. At least four territories with noisy, agitated behaviour. Also, an adult with one downy juvenile just over into Millbrook. Brilliant.
1 Lesser Redpoll
2 Linnet singing
1 Willow Warbler singing
4 Greenfinch
1 Chaffinch
6+ Meadow Pipits
Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, as I was setting off on my Saturday morning jaunt.
2 Rooks on adjacent lamp posts were a very unusual sighting for this area
My first Swift of the year .... screaming and flying over Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield at 17.00 hrs.
Roger.
Besom Lane, Millbrook, to the foot of Walkerwood Dam
4 Tufted Duck (2m, 2f) on Millbrook Dam
6+ Blackcap, with 4 males singing
5 Willow Warblers
2 Chiffchaff
Printworks Road Pond
3 drake Goosander
12 Canada Geese
1 Coot
5 Swallow twittering / flying together above river bridge on Grove Rd, Millbrook, Stalybridge.
My first in Tameside this year.
Roger.
Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod
15 Canada Geese, 3 sitting
1 drake Goosander
1 Coot
1 Moorhen
4 Mallard
-- Edited by David Walsh on Friday 15th of April 2016 10:55:44 AM
Printworks Road, Heyrod
2, possibly 3, Blackcap singing. My first of the year.
2 Chiffchaff singing
Several Willow Warblers singing
-- Edited by David Walsh on Wednesday 13th of April 2016 02:52:28 PM
Tawny Owl calling from Grove Road Woods, Millbrook
Bayley Street Bridge, Stalybridge
1 pair of Dipper
1 Grey Wagtail
4 Canada Geese
Pennine Bridleway between Carrbrook and Millbrook - extremely windy up on Harridge, with not much flying.
7 Lapwing in the fields
1 Little Owl
2 Mistle Thrush
4 Meadow Pipits
1 pair of Chaffinch
1 pair of Greenfinch
4 Dunnock
Pennine Bridleway between Carrbrook and Besom Lane, Millbrook. Cold and windy.
3 Lapwing, with two displaying
6 Meadow Pipits, one parachuting
1 Skylark singing further up the moor
4 Redwing
1 Mistle Thrush
1 Song Thrush
2 Dunnock singing
2 Chaffinch singing
3 Goldfinch
3 House Sparrows
1 Long-tailed Tit
Monday 21st, 7pm - good views of a perched Tawny Owl at Shireclough which flew off in the direction of Cowbury Dale. Also 2 Little Owls calling after dark.
Pennine Bridleway, from Carrbrook to Higher Hyde Green, and a wander up onto Harridge, with two species in mind, and both seen.
12 Lapwings, two or three calling and starting to display
1 Little Owl
6 Goldfinch, some singing
2 singing Chaffinch
2 singing Greenfinch
6 Dunnock
1 Skylark singing up on the moor
2 Mistle Thrush
4 Red Grouse
Ominous numbers of Magpies and Carrion Crows in the fields with the Lapwing
Pair of Tawny Owls calling from Grove Road woods, Millbrook
Tuesday 15th March, 8.00pm - another pair in the middle of the country park
Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge
1 Grey Heron over in the direction of the country park
1 Curlew over east, towards Brushes, calling
Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod
1 pair of Goosander
1 pair of Coot (first time I have seen more than a single bird since last year)
1 Moorhen
2 Mallard
Around the Pennine Bridleway, Shireclough, Carrbrook
2 Skylark calling
3 Chaffinch singing
2 Greenfinch singing
3 Goldfinch
Couple of Bullfinch, calling
3 Mistle Thrush, 2 singing
1 Song Thrush singing
3 Dunnock singing
c 25 Redwing in the trees
c 50 Black-headed Gulls in the fields
4 Great Tits
2 Long-tailed Tits
6 House Sparrows
3 Red Grouse on the moor
1 Jay
-- Edited by David Walsh on Thursday 3rd of March 2016 02:30:15 PM
Sunday 21st February 2016, 3.30pm
Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge
22 House Sparrows on the fat ball feeders
Printworks Road, Heyrod
6 Goosander, moving as three distinct pairs
3 Canada Geese, one pair displaying
1 Coot
The following singing:
3 Chaffinch
1 Greenfinch
1 Song Thrush
-- Edited by David Walsh on Saturday 20th of February 2016 03:39:28 PM
Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod, 1.00pm
5 Goosander, 2 distinct pairs, plus one male fishing alone
Still only one Coot
Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, last dog walk, midnight
2 male Tawny Owls hooting, one from Grove Road, one from the direction of the country park
1 Mallard calling overhead
2 Robins singing
Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod
1 pair of Goosander
1 Coot
Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod
6 Goosander (3 males)
8 Mallard
Still only one Coot
Tawny Owl calling from the woods at Grove Road, Millbrook
Harrop Edge, Stalybridge
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
Mobile flock of 200+ consisting mainly of Jackdaws and Carrion Crows, but with a few Rooks mixed in
Several hundred gulls, Black-headed and Common, feeding in the fields towards Dukinfield golf course
Monday 25th January 2016
Portland Basin
Juvenile Mute Swan (no rings) and a pair of Siskin in adjacent copse.
River Tame
Pair Goosander Plantation Farm
Dipper Coopers Ride
Kingfisher Whitelands Road
-- Edited by David Bramhall on Monday 25th of January 2016 09:35:11 PM
Printworks Road Pond
3 Goosander (1 male)
1 Coot
Grove Road, Millbrook, 7.00am:
1 Mistle Thrush singing
River Tame, Grove Road, 8.00am:
1 noisy pair of Dipper
Printworks Road Pond:
1 Coot
1 Moorhen
Several Canada Geese
-- Edited by David Walsh on Tuesday 19th of January 2016 09:48:30 AM
A Grey Heron flushed downstream.
The regular pair of Goosander was on the Tame on the Dukinfield/Ashton border yesterday.
After a drenching, and a couple of hours seeing nothing at Higher Swineshaw, I decided on a bit of pond watching.
Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod
5 Goosander (3 males) - a lot of posturing males of late
1 Grey Heron
1 Coot
Carrbrook village pond
4 Goosander (1 male)
52 Mallard
16 Canada Geese
2 Moorhen
Several Bullfinch
Caught a glimpse of a Kingfisher whizzing up stream as I crossed the River Tame on Bayley Street. This is the stretch alongside the recycling centre.
River Tame, downstream of Grove Road, Heyrod
1 pair of Goosander
1 Dipper
1 Cormorant over, upstream
1 Coot on Printworks Road Pond
Mistle Thrush singing again in the trees at Ditchcroft, Millbrook at 6.30am
1 noisy Coot back on Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod, at 8.00am
Printworks Road, Heyrod
1 pair of Goosander
4 Canada Geese
River Tame from Dukinfield to Asda
Song Thrush singing in Dukinfield
2 Grey Heron, one a splendid adult and the other looking like a younger bird from last year
Pair of Goosander
Dipper singing along Cooper's Ride and seemed to fly off high
Kingfisher flew a short distance
Grey Wagtail flew up towards roof of Tulip Foods
A Song Thrush singing near Asda
I was surprised to find a Goldcrest in a few bushes near Asda's delivery area
The residential area of Wood Street in Ashton town centre had a decent selection including a pair of Blue Tit, a singing Robin, numerous House Sparrows and Starlings and a couple of Jackdaws
From Brushes Cottages, along the Pennine Bridleway to Carrbrook, and back.
2 Little Owls
1 Kestrel in a hawthorn at Cote Farm
1 Mistle Thrush singing down in Millbrook
2 Greenfinch
Several Bullfinch
Several Chaffinch
Blackbirds feeding in the fields
Otherwise quiet
-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Thursday 31st of December 2015 06:49:47 PM
Tues 29th Dec. 15.00 hrs.
Stalybridge.
Printworks Road. Heyrod. 14.30 hrs.
1 Goosander drake.
Was in hunting mode ..... caught 3 small perch in less than 20 mins.
..........................................................................................................................
Leucistic Jackdaw on grass in front of Copley petrol station seen while driving past.
Think this was the same "spangled" bird that I saw on the 4th July ?
Roger.
River Tame, Grove Road, Millbrook
1 Dipper singing on a much reduced River Tame
Grey Heron - 2 adult birds, one on Cooper's Ride and one near the weir
Dipper - 2, one on the bank along Cooper's Ride and another in pursuit of a Kingfisher upstream!
Grey Wagtail beside the Dipper on Cooper's Ride
Pair of Goosander from bridge at Whitelands Road
A mixed flock of approximately 10 Blue and Great Tits also contained a Goldcrest.
pair Goosander on the canal outside Tesco, Stalybridge