an amazing sight, 50+ in one flock over sandy lane at 8:20 heading towards chorlton wp, chorlton park and chorlton ees. Maybe heading from a roost
andrewslack said
Sun Dec 11 12:17 PM, 2016
11/12/2016 approx 11:30am 1 flying roughly north and calling, over Bowler Street in Levenshulme. First I've seen north of London, hence googling and finding this thread.
Dan Brown said
Thu Dec 8 3:26 PM, 2016
15:20 - 1 calling from the trees behind the Fujitsu buildings at Central Park, Newton Heath/Moston
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 8th of December 2016 04:59:52 PM
David Morris said
Sun Dec 4 1:25 PM, 2016
One flew over Withington Road by St. Margaret's Primary School in Whalley Range approx 10am today, heading towards Chorlton.
steven burke said
Sat Dec 3 7:06 PM, 2016
12 over hardy farm, chorlton ees this afternoon.
Rob Smallwood said
Sat Dec 3 12:32 PM, 2016
3 over my garden in Timperley heading south towards Altrincham 01/12/16.
Melvyn Betts said
Tue Nov 29 8:21 PM, 2016
Flock of 8 on Chorlton ees @ noon near Jacksons Bridge 29/11/16
Michael Davis said
Mon Nov 28 3:33 PM, 2016
28/11/2016 15:10 - One green parrot type bird with with red bill in my Walkden garden apple tree tucking into a couple of Bramleys......Ring-necked parakeet no doubt...!
Copland Smith said
Fri Nov 25 7:10 AM, 2016
Flock of 18 flew NE over Wythenshawe Park metro station at 4:10pm yesterday.
Barry Collison said
Thu Nov 17 7:11 PM, 2016
Always see or hear Ring- necked Parakeets in Heaton Mersey Common every time I walk there.
Tony Coatsworth said
Thu Nov 17 6:37 PM, 2016
Approximately 20 heading south at 07:30 this morning Lloyd St/Claremont Rd
Melvyn Betts said
Mon Nov 7 8:19 PM, 2016
1 Flew over Manchester crematorium this afternoon at 3-10pm.
Chris Harper said
Mon Nov 7 8:05 AM, 2016
14 in Chorlton Park this morning
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Nov 2 7:35 PM, 2016
52 birds flew out of Platt Fields Park at 4:30pm today (mainly as one flock with only a few stragglers), heading out to their nightly roost.
steven burke said
Tue Nov 1 6:57 PM, 2016
6 over chorlton ees this afternoon.
Tim Wilcox said
Mon Oct 31 9:55 PM, 2016
3 flew over Stretford Ees at 3pm this afternoon
Shannon Llewellyn said
Mon Oct 31 2:03 PM, 2016
Three in Whitworth Park just.
paul shaw said
Sat Oct 29 4:03 PM, 2016
1 in my Bredbury garden just now feeding on sunflower hearts.
Vaughan Evans said
Thu Oct 27 12:55 PM, 2016
2 over Hale heading N - 9.50
Charlie Schouten said
Tue Oct 25 8:27 AM, 2016
At least 20 flew over Powerleague in Ardwick last night around 18:30.
Cheers, Charlie
Scott robinson said
Sun Oct 9 8:46 AM, 2016
Seen two while out running this morning on Old Hall Mill Lane, Leigh.
Andy Isherwood said
Fri Oct 7 8:36 AM, 2016
4 over Leigh road in Boothstown at c. 6.25 on Wednesday evening. Very low over rooftops and heading southeast. Possibly the Tyldesley/leigh birds of recent months heading to a south Manchester roost?
Chris Harper said
Wed Oct 5 8:18 AM, 2016
Seems to be a lot of movement this morning. 16 over Manchester college on Barlow Moot Road, 2 in Southern Cemetery, 1 each over Chorlton Park N Chorlton School.
Mark Whalley said
Mon Sep 12 1:24 PM, 2016
My first sighting, 3 individuals eating horse chestnuts in a tree in Chorlton-cum-Hardy Golf Club car park late Sunday evening
Paul A Brown said
Mon Sep 5 9:15 PM, 2016
Late news one in trees near Apple Wood Farm pub Chaddock Lane Astley Saturday 3rd sept.
nice bonus on the way to work!
Charlie Schouten said
Mon Aug 29 1:20 PM, 2016
Watching Altrincham FC slide to yet another defeat on Saturday, and spotted a pair of ring-necked parakeets in the tree behind the Popular Side terrace at Moss Lane stadium.
Cheers,
Charlie
Gervase Cooke said
Tue Aug 16 11:22 AM, 2016
Increased presence on the chorlton stretford borders. I'm just west of Longford park and one flew low down our road yesterday morning. A pair feeding in a pear tree just round the corner. I suspect there may be a roost in Longford park as there is a lot of toing and froing from there morning and evening.
Mike Chorley said
Sun Aug 14 4:22 PM, 2016
Late report for 13/08
1feeding in willows on Block Lane in Chadderton, Oldham near the Freehold tram stop.
Lizzie Forrester said
Tue Aug 9 9:40 AM, 2016
Hello again
I'm currently getting together all the nest sites people know of, current or old ones. If anyone knows of any nest sites, if you could private message me i'd really appreciate it
thanks a lot
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Aug 3 3:17 PM, 2016
pete berry wrote:
There,s a photo of a pair in trees on Garrett Lane Tydesley in our local free paper,the houseowner reckons he gets up to 6 on his garden feeders.First ones I've heard of in this area.
See the 'Tyldesley Loopline' thread Pete
pete berry said
Wed Aug 3 10:31 AM, 2016
There,s a photo of a pair in trees on Garrett Lane Tydesley in our local free paper,the houseowner reckons he gets up to 6 on his garden feeders.First ones I've heard of in this area.
john tromans said
Wed Aug 3 10:27 AM, 2016
Single over the leisure centre on Jacksons Lane Hazel Grove calling loudly at 10.04 today. Follows on from two seen on 13 July by Ted Ralph.
Chris Harper said
Tue Jul 19 8:20 AM, 2016
4 over Chorlton Park this morning
Tony Darby said
Mon Jul 18 9:57 PM, 2016
Approximately 90 birds over my Rusholme house this evening at around 9.00PM heading from Platt Fields to their roost. There were 2 main bunches, one comprisiing around 60 birds, which is the largest group I've seen flying from the pre-roost.
Paul Heaton said
Wed Jul 13 3:36 PM, 2016
3 in Southern Cemetery today at 11.30.
keep birding
Ted Ralph said
Wed Jul 13 9:31 AM, 2016
A couple have appeared in the gardens of Hazel Grove.Very vocal.
Chris Harper said
Fri Jul 8 7:51 AM, 2016
4 over Traveller's Call pub in Bredbury at 07.15
dave broome said
Tue Jun 28 7:35 PM, 2016
2 at Garret Lane, Astley today
Chris Harper said
Thu Jun 16 8:13 AM, 2016
At least 3 birds around Chorlton Park and flying up Chorlton Brook at 7.30am
Nick Hilton said
Sat Jun 11 10:47 AM, 2016
Whilst doing the Breeding Bird Survey in Sale this morning there were at least four birds (poss eight) in the area of Priory Gardens and the playing fields off Broad Road, Sale
JamieDunning said
Sun May 15 10:22 PM, 2016
Tim Wilcox wrote:
Lizo wrote:
Hi
I'm currently studying the Manchester parakeet population with Manchester Met Uni and Prof Stuart Marsden a specialist on the illegal trade of parrots in the tropics.
The first of a few studies on the south Manchester parakeets will start with a nest cavity comparison of nuthatches and parakeets, species of tree used & height of nest cavity etc, for my Msc dissertation in conservation biology.
I've currently found about half of the nest cavities i need to run the study, I'd be really grateful if anyone is able to help me find cavities for this season, or share the location of ones they know, they are proving elusive.
Thanks
Lizzie
-- Edited by Lizo on Saturday 14th of May 2016 08:29:40 PM
I hope your professor is sufficiently conversant with Manchester's Ring-necked Parakeets to know that they have nothing whatsoever to do with any trade in parrot species and have been self-sustaining for well over 30 years. PM me with what exactly you are doing and I'm sure I will know who to contact or where to look provided this does not involve disruption of any breeding birds. NB Parakeets and Nuthatches can use holes just less than a FOOT apart!
Having mapped the available data for GM a couple of years ago now it would seem that they did in fact fluctuate quite dramatically prior to 2010(ish). It has been proved genetically that populations across Europe and even inside the UK are from a number of different genetic sub groups (as in they are from wild populations from across their range) - it's therefore not unlikely that some of the re-establishments within the county were after wild flocks were bolstered with escaped birds. This is just now becoming clear (and the work being published), there is a european working group studying affects of invasive parakeet species (Parrotnet), run by Hazel Jackson at the university of Kent, well worth following for those interested..
Lizzie Forrester said
Sun May 15 6:25 PM, 2016
I've messaged you Tim, thanks
James Walsh said
Sat May 14 11:04 PM, 2016
http://stuartmarsden.blogspot.co.uk
Tim Wilcox said
Sat May 14 8:39 PM, 2016
Lizo wrote:
Hi
I'm currently studying the Manchester parakeet population with Manchester Met Uni and Prof Stuart Marsden a specialist on the illegal trade of parrots in the tropics.
The first of a few studies on the south Manchester parakeets will start with a nest cavity comparison of nuthatches and parakeets, species of tree used & height of nest cavity etc, for my Msc dissertation in conservation biology.
I've currently found about half of the nest cavities i need to run the study, I'd be really grateful if anyone is able to help me find cavities for this season, or share the location of ones they know, they are proving elusive.
Thanks
Lizzie
-- Edited by Lizo on Saturday 14th of May 2016 08:29:40 PM
I hope your professor is sufficiently conversant with Manchester's Ring-necked Parakeets to know that they have nothing whatsoever to do with any trade in parrot species and have been self-sustaining for well over 30 years. PM me with what exactly you are doing and I'm sure I will know who to contact or where to look provided this does not involve disruption of any breeding birds. NB Parakeets and Nuthatches can use holes just less than a FOOT apart!
Lizzie Forrester said
Sat May 14 8:29 PM, 2016
Hi
I'm currently studying the Manchester parakeet population with Manchester Met Uni and Prof Stuart Marsden a specialist on the illegal trade of parrots in the tropics.
The first of a few studies on the south Manchester parakeets will start with a nest cavity comparison of nuthatches and parakeets, species of tree used & height of nest cavity etc, for my Msc dissertation in conservation biology.
I've currently found about half of the nest cavities i need to run the study, I'd be really grateful if anyone is able to help me find cavities for this season, or share the location of ones they know, they are proving elusive.
Thanks
Lizzie
-- Edited by Lizo on Saturday 14th of May 2016 08:29:40 PM
Fiona Moate said
Wed Apr 27 11:54 AM, 2016
Heard several in the Lime Avenue in Alexandra Park, Whalley Range on 20th April about 1pm.
Chris Harper said
Wed Apr 27 8:15 AM, 2016
One over Elizabeth Slinger Road in West Didsbury at 7.40
Simon Gough said
Mon Mar 28 7:14 PM, 2016
1 calling flying over the river at Parrs Wood, heading across the motorway, at about 1830. Seemed to drop in somewhere around the Bupa Hospital.
Chris Porter said
Wed Mar 23 1:00 PM, 2016
3 Ring-necked Parakeets in Hulme this morning (first I've seen here). Seen at 9.15am in a tree close to the Epping Walk footbridge (at the end of the bridge close to Martenscroft nursery, where Upper Medlock Street meets Poynton Street)
4 on wood lane whally range midday today .
15:20 - 1 calling from the trees behind the Fujitsu buildings at Central Park, Newton Heath/Moston
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 8th of December 2016 04:59:52 PM
3 over my garden in Timperley heading south towards Altrincham 01/12/16.
Flock of 8 on Chorlton ees @ noon near Jacksons Bridge 29/11/16
28/11/2016 15:10 - One green parrot type bird with with red bill in my Walkden garden apple tree tucking into a couple of Bramleys......Ring-necked parakeet no doubt...!
Always see or hear Ring- necked Parakeets in Heaton Mersey Common every time I walk there.
Approximately 20 heading south at 07:30 this morning Lloyd St/Claremont Rd
1 Flew over Manchester crematorium this afternoon at 3-10pm.
14 in Chorlton Park this morning
2 over Hale heading N - 9.50
At least 20 flew over Powerleague in Ardwick last night around 18:30.
Cheers,
Charlie
Seems to be a lot of movement this morning. 16 over Manchester college on Barlow Moot Road, 2 in Southern Cemetery, 1 each over Chorlton Park N Chorlton School.
My first sighting, 3 individuals eating horse chestnuts in a tree in Chorlton-cum-Hardy Golf Club car park late Sunday evening
Late news one in trees near Apple Wood Farm pub Chaddock Lane Astley Saturday 3rd sept.
nice bonus on the way to work!
Watching Altrincham FC slide to yet another defeat on Saturday, and spotted a pair of ring-necked parakeets in the tree behind the Popular Side terrace at Moss Lane stadium.
Cheers,
Charlie
Increased presence on the chorlton stretford borders. I'm just west of Longford park and one flew low down our road yesterday morning. A pair feeding in a pear tree just round the corner. I suspect there may be a roost in Longford park as there is a lot of toing and froing from there morning and evening.
1feeding in willows on Block Lane in Chadderton, Oldham near the Freehold tram stop.
Hello again
I'm currently getting together all the nest sites people know of, current or old ones. If anyone knows of any nest sites, if you could private message me i'd really appreciate it
thanks a lot
See the 'Tyldesley Loopline' thread Pete
There,s a photo of a pair in trees on Garrett Lane Tydesley in our local free paper,the houseowner reckons he gets up to 6 on his garden feeders.First ones I've heard of in this area.
Single over the leisure centre on Jacksons Lane Hazel Grove calling loudly at 10.04 today. Follows on from two seen on 13 July by Ted Ralph.
4 over Chorlton Park this morning
There were 2 main bunches, one comprisiing around 60 birds, which is the largest group I've seen flying from the pre-roost.
3 in Southern Cemetery today at 11.30.
keep birding
A couple have appeared in the gardens of Hazel Grove.Very vocal.
4 over Traveller's Call pub in Bredbury at 07.15
2 at Garret Lane, Astley today
At least 3 birds around Chorlton Park and flying up Chorlton Brook at 7.30am
Having mapped the available data for GM a couple of years ago now it would seem that they did in fact fluctuate quite dramatically prior to 2010(ish).
It has been proved genetically that populations across Europe and even inside the UK are from a number of different genetic sub groups (as in they are from wild populations from across their range) - it's therefore not unlikely that some of the re-establishments within the county were after wild flocks were bolstered with escaped birds.
This is just now becoming clear (and the work being published), there is a european working group studying affects of invasive parakeet species (Parrotnet), run by Hazel Jackson at the university of Kent, well worth following for those interested..
I've messaged you Tim, thanks
I hope your professor is sufficiently conversant with Manchester's Ring-necked Parakeets to know that they have nothing whatsoever to do with any trade in parrot species and have been self-sustaining for well over 30 years. PM me with what exactly you are doing and I'm sure I will know who to contact or where to look provided this does not involve disruption of any breeding birds. NB Parakeets and Nuthatches can use holes just less than a FOOT apart!
Hi
I'm currently studying the Manchester parakeet population with Manchester Met Uni and Prof Stuart Marsden a specialist on the illegal trade of parrots in the tropics.
The first of a few studies on the south Manchester parakeets will start with a nest cavity comparison of nuthatches and parakeets, species of tree used & height of nest cavity etc, for my Msc dissertation in conservation biology.
I've currently found about half of the nest cavities i need to run the study, I'd be really grateful if anyone is able to help me find cavities for this season, or share the location of ones they know, they are proving elusive.
Thanks
Lizzie
-- Edited by Lizo on Saturday 14th of May 2016 08:29:40 PM
One over Elizabeth Slinger Road in West Didsbury at 7.40