a Grey Heron flew over Victoria Station at lunch time
Adam Jones said
Fri Jun 29 8:11 PM, 2012
I was treated to some superb close up views of a Kestrel off Princess Street this afternoon, as it picked over the left overs of a Chinese takeaway. It shocked me at first as I turned the corner and there it was, not 5 metres away on the ground. It stayed for a short while before taking flight.
Roger Hewitt said
Sat Jun 23 6:21 PM, 2012
A Grey Wagtail and a House Martin over the River Medlock by Medlock Bridge (City Road East) 1730 on Thursday 21st June
-- Edited by droflas on Saturday 23rd of June 2012 06:22:19 PM
Simon Johnson said
Sat Jun 23 2:38 AM, 2012
The Mallard pair are back enjoying the puddles on the grass in Piccadilly Gardens past two days
Sean Molloy said
Fri Jun 22 9:33 PM, 2012
Saw 2 mallards sleeping on the grass infront of the portland tower the on saturday night
-- Edited by Sean Molloy on Friday 22nd of June 2012 09:35:31 PM
Simon Johnson said
Thu Jun 14 2:17 AM, 2012
A few sightings from city centre last few weeks
A single Lapwing flew west this eve between Victoria and the Metrolink depot on the Bury line
Kestrel was in this area yesterday 4 Blackbirds on green by emmeline flats
In Piccadilly gardens 3 Mallard present on the grass several dates Ad Lesser Black-backed Gull coming for bread with pigeons
steven burke said
Mon Apr 30 3:21 AM, 2012
pair off goosanders on the river at victoria bridge ,also 1 grey wagtail. pair off mistle thrushes in albert square. blackbird singing on top off building on corner off mosley st/princess st. blackbird singing on top off appartments on corner off blackfriars st/chapel st. pair off mallards sat on the grass in piccadilly gardens.
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Apr 28 3:31 AM, 2012
You can't upload them to this forum I'm afraid Kath but they can be sent to me for inclusion on the extensive galleries on the website
Kath Butterworth said
Sat Apr 28 3:28 AM, 2012
A Red Legged Partridge (I kid ye not -have photographs but not yet sure how to upload them) was on 6th floor window ledge of MMU Chatham in All Saints area at 1045 on Thursday until it flew off at 1345 when it was disturbed by builders renovating the tower block.
Simon Birch said
Mon Apr 9 9:14 PM, 2012
Pair of wheaters feeding on Birley Fields in Hulme. They always pop in on their way up north at this time of year - however this will be the last time as work starts soon on the new MMU campus.
Phil Panton said
Mon Apr 9 2:56 PM, 2012
Mistle Thrush on the grass verge close to Medlock Primary School in Ardwick Green on 8th April at 11.10
Phil Owen said
Mon Apr 9 5:18 AM, 2012
2 Herring Gulls over Great Ancoats Street this evening.
Bill Myerscough said
Fri Apr 6 2:30 AM, 2012
5th April.
This morning two separate pairs of Mistle Thrush. I spent a short while watching one pair collecting and carrying food from an area of mown grass, whilst numerous passers-by walked but within a few feet of them! Was fortunate to be able to see where they flew to, a surprisingly exposed and visible nest and to see at least 1 small nestling pushing its head above the rim of the nest to be fed. Brilliant.
1 Grey Wagtail along the Irwell and pairs of Magpie and Woodpigeon seen too. Small numbers of Goldfinch about.
Cheers,
Bill.
fred fouracre said
Wed Apr 4 11:19 PM, 2012
on the river by trinity way bridge 5 goosanders 4m 1f 2 canadas 1 grey wagtail also blue tits blackbirds and a wren singing
Chris Payne said
Tue Apr 3 11:03 PM, 2012
Grey Wagtail seen on Medlock by Lass O'Gowrie
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Apr 3 4:41 AM, 2012
Originally posted by Len Poxon:
I parked on Sheffield Street car park (close to Piccadilly Station) at lunchtime as I walked from the car towards the street a Magpie disturbed a Sandpiper that presumeably was feeding on the new grassed bank alongside the new tram track.
I think it was a Common Sandpiper as it was a much lighter brown than the Green Sandpiper I saw on the Fylde coast several weeks ago. It had whitish underparts but I do not remember seeing a white rump. It flew off towards the northeast.
Len
Adam Jones said
Wed Mar 28 3:11 PM, 2012
A very nice male Sparrowhawk flew over my head at Piccadilly Station this morning. Flew in the direction of Man City's ground as I walked down Piccadilly approach. Looked fantastic with sun on his chest and belly.
Paul Heaton said
Sat Mar 10 2:13 AM, 2012
Cheers Tony, i am aware of ians list, and to be honest I think my town centre list may be the same, I was just wondering if we had a definitive list of the town centre, and indeed if the China town bird was finally given Reed Warbler status was that the last new bird for the town centre.
I will trawl over the reports and systematic list,
Rob Smallwood said
Sat Mar 10 1:36 AM, 2012
Last new bird was presumably the Chinatown Warbler?
Tony Coatsworth said
Fri Mar 9 11:42 PM, 2012
I've seen 36, Ian has an impressive 61 species
See County Site Lists in the Listing section - there are other useful pages on this website as well as the forum
Paul Heaton said
Fri Mar 9 4:14 PM, 2012
As a kid my dad used to take me to Piccadilly Gardens to see the Starling roost, its a shame that spectacle is no longer with us. Now over the years, working in and around Manchester, I wonder just what the town centre recorded list is ? and how often do we get a new town centre bird.?
Adam Jones said
Fri Mar 9 3:59 PM, 2012
A pair of Greenfinch outside Piccadilly Station this morning.
Not very exciting, but better than the pigeons normally on offer.
steven burke said
Sun Mar 4 4:48 AM, 2012
1 goldfinch singing in piccadilly gardens at 6.35am.
whilst waiting for the bus at the cathedral...
1 cormorant on window ledge off the premier inn 1 grey wagtail on river,victoria bridge 2 mistle thrushes 4 woodpigeons 4 goldfinches 1 wren 3 blue tits 2 blackbirds
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Feb 26 2:20 AM, 2012
Originally posted by Peter Webb today:
On Wednesday lunch time this week I was walking down the road by the side of the old BBC building on Oxford Rd (not sure what it's called). Just past the Lass O' Gowrie, I looked over the wall into the river Medlock and saw a Kingfisher perched on a rock. It spotted me and flew up towards India House and round the bend. Thrilling!
steven burke said
Sat Feb 18 3:41 AM, 2012
this afternoon...
1 pair goosander on river irwell, victoria bridge.
2 mistle thrushes, 5 blue tits, 1 magpie in parsonage gardens.
2 mistle thrushes, 1 goldfinch (singing) next to urbis.
1 blackbird (singing) on top off gap building, st anns churchyard 5.45pm.
and also 1 bat (probably pipistrelle) flying around the ncp car park bridge at 5.35pm. i thought they hibernate til march,must the mild weather
Rob Smallwood said
Thu Feb 16 6:18 PM, 2012
Yesterday a pair of Goosander on Irwell outside the Lowry as wll as Grey Wag and the usual Mallards & Canada Geese.
No Goosander this morning around 9:00 but a fine small and very healthy looking fox in the small garden between the Lowry and riverbank, healthy but agitated and still there at 10:00.
Graham Smith said
Tue Feb 14 3:51 AM, 2012
Chris Chandler wrote:
Quite an odd sight this morning was a single Goldfinch singing its heart out from the trees right in the middle of Piccadilly Gardens
theirs at least 12 goldfinch in the trees in the gardens when im going to work 645am i often stand and watch them fly from tree to tree
Adam Jones said
Mon Feb 13 7:43 PM, 2012
I heard a Goldfinch in Piccadilly Gardens too at 7.30am, going like the clappers it was.
-- Edited by Adam Jones on Monday 13th of February 2012 07:47:01 PM
Chris Chandler said
Mon Feb 13 6:24 PM, 2012
Quite an odd sight this morning was a single Goldfinch singing its heart out from the trees right in the middle of Piccadilly Gardens
Karen Foulkes said
Thu Jan 19 1:38 AM, 2012
Two Grey Wagtails this evening seen flying over the Printworks
John Rayner said
Tue Jan 17 9:11 AM, 2012
A dead Woodcock today on a street in Blackfriars, photographed and possibly a Peregrine kill.
Info from Ray Scally.
Cheers, John
steven burke said
Fri Jan 13 7:33 PM, 2012
4 goosanders over cathedral at 4.38pm heading north/north west.
Chris Mitchell said
Fri Jan 13 7:11 PM, 2012
Lunchtime walk today, saw a kingfisher on the Irwell for the second time in two days. Yesterday (1.55pm) it flew under Bridge Street West and settled on vegetation on the wall of the right bank (viewed from the bridge towards Lowry Hotel).
Today (c.1pm) - one flew under the Lowry Hotel pedestrian bridge, along the bank opposite the hotel, passing within a few feet of a grey wagtail.
It cheered me up on a bad day at the office.
Poolio said
Thu Jan 12 9:30 AM, 2012
Saw a juvenile falcon(at about 2.0m range!!) eating some KFC scraps in the car park between Bloom St and Richmond St (behind queer), tried to get my camera phone out but he flew up to a little ledge in the neighbouring car-park, really made my day!
Graham Smith said
Tue Jan 10 9:39 PM, 2012
Karen Foulkes wrote:
12 Goldfinches feeding outside Boots in Piccadilly at 1620
Hi the goldies are in the trees around Piccadilly every day i see them at 7am and again at 230pm
Karen Foulkes said
Tue Jan 10 8:43 PM, 2012
12 Goldfinches feeding outside Boots in Piccadilly at 1620
steven burke said
Fri Dec 23 7:58 PM, 2011
whilst eating my mcdonalds in parsonage gardens around 3.15pm there was 10 blue tits,happily coming down on the grass about 6ft away from me eating the small pieces off my fries that i was throwing down. also 2 mistle thrush,1 also feeding with the blue tits, 2 magpies, 1 blackbird, 3 greenfinches, 1 wren.
Sarfraz Hayat said
Wed Dec 14 9:15 PM, 2011
2 coromorants flying over irwell at 3pm saturday 10 december
Adam Jones said
Mon Nov 21 6:40 PM, 2011
4 goosander this afternoon on river Irwell, between the Lowry Hotel and Premier Inn at around 1pm.
Nick Patel said
Mon Nov 21 5:06 PM, 2011
female goosander feeding on river irwell near cathedral today, showing well, seemed unphased to my presence (something which i've not experienced with a goosander before).
Ollie Wright said
Mon Nov 14 1:02 PM, 2011
A colleague today saw a crowd of people gathered in Piccadilly Gardens - on investigating, he found that they were crowded around a 'Peregrine Falcon', which was lunching on a pigeon. Some of the onlookers had seen the raptor strike the pigeon in mid-air.
From the photograph my colleague took, I was able to reidentify the raptor as either a female or an immature Sparrowhawk.
Rob Smallwood said
Tue Nov 8 12:44 PM, 2011
Never post when you are hungry!
John Doherty said
Mon Nov 7 6:08 PM, 2011
Steve Suttill wrote:
Rob Smallwood wrote:
when I went pasty at 9:15ish.
following Steven Burke's sausage roll, is there a theme developing here?
And what about the PIEd Wagtails?
Steve
Steve Suttill said
Mon Nov 7 5:35 PM, 2011
Rob Smallwood wrote:
when I went pasty at 9:15ish.
following Steven Burke's sausage roll, is there a theme developing here?
And what about the PIEd Wagtails?
Steve
Rob Smallwood said
Mon Nov 7 4:22 PM, 2011
Last night's frost may well be responsible for the first (for me this winter) red head Goosander on the Irwell outside the Lowry Hotel this morning.
Up to 2 Peregrine roosting on hotel but neither present today when I went pasty at 9:15ish.
steven burke said
Sun Oct 23 7:15 PM, 2011
1 kingfisher on river irwell flying past lowry hotel at 3.55pm,whilst i was feeding the b h gulls some off my sausage roll also in parsonage gardens between 4-4.30pm,1 mistle thrush, 1 blackbird, 3 blue tits, 2 greenfinches & 2 magpies.
Adrian Dancy said
Sat Oct 22 12:22 AM, 2011
Ollie Wright wrote:
Report from my better half - on Friday morning, a Kestrel apparently flew into the road on Portland Street, to steal food from a pigeon. The Kestrel narrowly avoided being hit by a bus, before flying off with its spoils.
She is not a birdwatcher, but was able to identify the bird using Google images (and a stuffed Kestrel at Manchester Museum).
I haven't seen this sort of scavenging behaviour in Kestrels myself?
I dare say that the observation by your 'better half' was correct. Kestrels do scavange in the city. They do also fly worrying low over the streets even when busy.
Sarfraz Hayat said
Sat Oct 22 12:06 AM, 2011
Where in the city centre are there Whitethroat?
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Oct 20 12:27 PM, 2011
From 7:40-8:20 this morning, approximately 160 Woodpigeons flew S/SW over the New Cross area of the City Centre
Ollie Wright said
Sun Oct 16 1:46 PM, 2011
Report from my better half - on Friday morning, a Kestrel apparently flew into the road on Portland Street, to steal food from a pigeon. The Kestrel narrowly avoided being hit by a bus, before flying off with its spoils.
She is not a birdwatcher, but was able to identify the bird using Google images (and a stuffed Kestrel at Manchester Museum).
I haven't seen this sort of scavenging behaviour in Kestrels myself?
-- Edited by droflas on Saturday 23rd of June 2012 06:22:19 PM
-- Edited by Sean Molloy on Friday 22nd of June 2012 09:35:31 PM
A single Lapwing flew west this eve between Victoria and the Metrolink depot on the Bury line
Kestrel was in this area yesterday
4 Blackbirds on green by emmeline flats
In Piccadilly gardens
3 Mallard present on the grass several dates
Ad Lesser Black-backed Gull coming for bread with pigeons
pair off mistle thrushes in albert square.
blackbird singing on top off building on corner off mosley st/princess st.
blackbird singing on top off appartments on corner off blackfriars st/chapel st.
pair off mallards sat on the grass in piccadilly gardens.
This morning two separate pairs of Mistle Thrush. I spent a short while watching one pair collecting and carrying food from an area of mown grass, whilst numerous passers-by walked but within a few feet of them! Was fortunate to be able to see where they flew to, a surprisingly exposed and visible nest and to see at least 1 small nestling pushing its head above the rim of the nest to be fed.
1 Grey Wagtail along the Irwell and pairs of Magpie and Woodpigeon seen too. Small numbers of Goldfinch about.
Cheers,
Bill.
5 goosanders 4m 1f
2 canadas
1 grey wagtail
also blue tits blackbirds and a wren singing
I parked on Sheffield Street car park (close to Piccadilly Station) at lunchtime as I walked from the car towards the street a Magpie disturbed a Sandpiper that presumeably was feeding on the new grassed bank alongside the new tram track.
I think it was a Common Sandpiper as it was a much lighter brown than the Green Sandpiper I saw on the Fylde coast several weeks ago. It had whitish underparts but I do not remember seeing a white rump. It flew off towards the northeast.
Len
I will trawl over the reports and systematic list,
See County Site Lists in the Listing section - there are other useful pages on this website as well as the forum
Not very exciting, but better than the pigeons normally on offer.
whilst waiting for the bus at the cathedral...
1 cormorant on window ledge off the premier inn
1 grey wagtail on river,victoria bridge
2 mistle thrushes
4 woodpigeons
4 goldfinches
1 wren
3 blue tits
2 blackbirds
On Wednesday lunch time this week I was walking down the road by the side of the old BBC building on Oxford Rd (not sure what it's called). Just past the Lass O' Gowrie, I looked over the wall into the river Medlock and saw a Kingfisher perched on a rock. It spotted me and flew up towards India House and round the bend. Thrilling!
1 pair goosander on river irwell, victoria bridge.
2 mistle thrushes, 5 blue tits, 1 magpie in parsonage gardens.
2 mistle thrushes, 1 goldfinch (singing) next to urbis.
1 blackbird (singing) on top off gap building, st anns churchyard 5.45pm.
and also 1 bat (probably pipistrelle) flying around the ncp car park bridge at 5.35pm. i thought they hibernate til march,must the mild weather
No Goosander this morning around 9:00 but a fine small and very healthy looking fox in the small garden between the Lowry and riverbank, healthy but agitated and still there at 10:00.
theirs at least 12 goldfinch in the trees in the gardens when im going to work 645am i often stand and watch them fly from tree to tree
-- Edited by Adam Jones on Monday 13th of February 2012 07:47:01 PM
Info from Ray Scally.
Cheers, John
Today (c.1pm) - one flew under the Lowry Hotel pedestrian bridge, along the bank opposite the hotel, passing within a few feet of a grey wagtail.
It cheered me up on a bad day at the office.
Hi the goldies are in the trees around Piccadilly every day i see them at 7am and again at 230pm
From the photograph my colleague took, I was able to reidentify the raptor as either a female or an immature Sparrowhawk.
following Steven Burke's sausage roll, is there a theme developing here?
And what about the PIEd Wagtails?
Steve
Up to 2 Peregrine roosting on hotel but neither present today when I went pasty at 9:15ish.
also in parsonage gardens between 4-4.30pm,1 mistle thrush, 1 blackbird, 3 blue tits, 2 greenfinches & 2 magpies.
I dare say that the observation by your 'better half' was correct. Kestrels do scavange in the city. They do also fly worrying low over the streets even when busy.
Where in the city centre are there Whitethroat?
She is not a birdwatcher, but was able to identify the bird using Google images (and a stuffed Kestrel at Manchester Museum).
I haven't seen this sort of scavenging behaviour in Kestrels myself?