600+ black headed gull 29 lesser black backed gull 3 herring gull 5 common gull hundreds of gulls were heading into Trafford park as I arrived, probably getting ready for roost, which have built up massively lately 1 swallow 1 sparrowhawk 1 goldeneye at clippers, resident drake, moulting. 1 moorhen 1 kingfisher 2 pied wagtail
James Walsh said
Fri Sep 5 2:08 PM, 2014
Pomona
Feels almost like being at Spurn at this time of year
1 Tree Pipit & 10 Meadow Pipits 5 Whitethroat 3 Willow Warbler 5 Chiffchaff (3 singing) 1 Kingfisher 2 Lapwing 5 Sand Martin c50 House Sparrow 1 Tufted Duck 1 Common Gull 1 Kestrel
-- Edited by James Walsh on Friday 5th of September 2014 02:09:55 PM
James Walsh said
Tue Sep 2 3:27 PM, 2014
Pomona
1 Wheatear 1 Lapwing 1 Kestrel
Clippers Quay
1-2 Kingfisher 1 Coal Tit 1 Jay
Salford Wharf
4 Herring Gull c30 Lesser Black-backed Gull
steven burke said
Sun Aug 31 8:11 PM, 2014
Pomona 7.45-8.30am.
c80 black headed gulls 5 lesser black backed gulls 7 cormorants 5 mute swans 6 Canada geese 1 sparrowhawk 7 swallows 4 sand martins 1 house martin 2 chiffchaffs 3 greenfinches 2 pied wagtails
James Walsh said
Tue Aug 19 10:22 PM, 2014
Pomona
2 Kingfisher 1 Swift c20 House Martin 5 Swallow c30 Sand Martin 1 Kestrel
James Walsh said
Tue Aug 12 1:46 PM, 2014
Manchester Ship Canal
Kestrel Court/Lange
5 Swift 25 Lapwing 2 Oystercatcher 3 Grey Heron
steven burke said
Fri Aug 8 10:23 PM, 2014
a visit after work from 7pm.
Manchester ship canal at weaste...
21 lapwings 2 oystercatchers
etw...
c40 swallows 1 sand martin 2 swifts 150+ pied wagtails, hard to count as they were moving around a lot & flying over the canal
media city...
3 swallows no signs of the goldeneye
Trafford wharf...
41 mute swans c80 black headed gulls 9 lessser black backed gulls 1 common gull
James Walsh said
Wed Aug 6 1:25 PM, 2014
Manchester Ship Canal
Summer plumage Great Crested Grebe 26 Lapwing 2 Oystercatcher
4 Willow Warbler at least, 2 being very loud and showy 1 Kestrel 1 Little Ringed Plover 2 Grey Wagtail 3 Wheatear (2m, 1f) 1 Lapwing Large numbers of Sand Martin giving great views
Saturday 12th April: 1 juvenile kestrel perched near Pomona 1 lapwing chiffchaff singing near trafford bridge 2 cormorant 15 sand martin 6 house sparrows in scrubland on Pomona 10 lesser black-backed gulls 4 mute swans 1 blackcap heard singing 3 grey wagtail near lowry bridge city centre
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 13th of April 2014 11:45:50 PM
steven burke said
Tue Apr 1 10:38 PM, 2014
an hour after work, similar sightings to zoe's....
1 chiffchaff singing near Trafford road bridge 3 lapwings 1 little grebe 1 coot 20+ sand martins 2 mistle thrushes 1 song thrush 50+ black headed gulls 2 herring gulls 4 lesser black backed gulls 3 cormorants 2 grey herons 1 pied wagtail 2 kestrels
1 chiffchaff singing at weaste etw.
-- Edited by steven burke on Tuesday 1st of April 2014 10:41:22 PM
Zoe Barrett said
Tue Apr 1 9:15 PM, 2014
This evening at Pomona:
8 sand martin 3 lapwing 1 coot 41 black-headed gull 10 canada goose 2 mute swan 1 cornorant flying over lots of scrub near cornbrook cut back where house sparrows were but heard about 10 opposite side of river irwell
Near bridgewater canal:
Goosander pair 6 mallard little grebe heard trilling Singing wren blackbird Robin and dunnocks. Lots of greenfinchss heard
James Walsh said
Wed Mar 26 2:56 PM, 2014
Pomona
c20 Sand Martin 2 Lapwing
steven burke said
Mon Mar 24 6:48 PM, 2014
male & female wheatear on Pomona around 3.30pm, info thanks to phil Kelly.
still there at 5.15pm despite the digger & 3 motorbikes. also...
1 kestrel 1 drake pochard & male & female goosander on ship canal. 1 lapwing 10+ sand martins
James Walsh said
Sun Mar 23 4:57 PM, 2014
Pomona
c25 Sand Martin
James Walsh said
Fri Mar 21 5:31 PM, 2014
MSC @ Weaste
4 Lapwing
Pomona
10 Sand Martin drake Goosander
-- Edited by James Walsh on Friday 21st of March 2014 05:32:31 PM
Peregrine over the junction of Broadway and Trafford Rd today at 12.15...quite low (height of the steeple on the roundabout?) and being mobbed by a crow
MS
James Walsh said
Thu Mar 6 2:12 AM, 2014
5th March
Drake Pochard (on Manchester Ship Canal between Clippers Quay & Pomona) 6 Goosander (3 drakes, 3 female) Gary The Goldeneye 3 Herring Gull 20 Common Gull 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull c100 Black-headed Gull 20 Mute Swan 2 Coot 7 Moorhen 1 Grey Wagtail
-- Edited by James Walsh on Thursday 6th of March 2014 02:15:37 AM
Trafford wharf...
600+ black headed gull
29 lesser black backed gull
3 herring gull
5 common gull
hundreds of gulls were heading into Trafford park as I arrived, probably getting ready for roost, which have built up massively lately
1 swallow
1 sparrowhawk
1 goldeneye at clippers, resident drake, moulting.
1 moorhen
1 kingfisher
2 pied wagtail
Feels almost like being at Spurn at this time of year
1 Tree Pipit & 10 Meadow Pipits
5 Whitethroat
3 Willow Warbler
5 Chiffchaff (3 singing)
1 Kingfisher
2 Lapwing
5 Sand Martin
c50 House Sparrow
1 Tufted Duck
1 Common Gull
1 Kestrel
-- Edited by James Walsh on Friday 5th of September 2014 02:09:55 PM
1 Wheatear
1 Lapwing
1 Kestrel
Clippers Quay
1-2 Kingfisher
1 Coal Tit
1 Jay
Salford Wharf
4 Herring Gull
c30 Lesser Black-backed Gull
c80 black headed gulls
5 lesser black backed gulls
7 cormorants
5 mute swans
6 Canada geese
1 sparrowhawk
7 swallows
4 sand martins
1 house martin
2 chiffchaffs
3 greenfinches
2 pied wagtails
2 Kingfisher
1 Swift
c20 House Martin
5 Swallow
c30 Sand Martin
1 Kestrel
Kestrel Court/Lange
5 Swift
25 Lapwing
2 Oystercatcher
3 Grey Heron
Manchester ship canal at weaste...
21 lapwings
2 oystercatchers
etw...
c40 swallows
1 sand martin
2 swifts
150+ pied wagtails, hard to count as they were moving around a lot & flying over the canal
media city...
3 swallows
no signs of the goldeneye
Trafford wharf...
41 mute swans
c80 black headed gulls
9 lessser black backed gulls
1 common gull
Summer plumage Great Crested Grebe
26 Lapwing
2 Oystercatcher
Viewing from the Lange Car Park
3 Lapwing
3 Kestrel (adult female & 2 juveniles)
4 Swift
1 Whitethroat
26 Mute Swan
17 swallows
4 swifts
12 lapwings
2 grey herons
1 kestrel
1 chiffchaff
1 whitethroat
3 cormorants
1 goldeneye
80+ black headed gulls
4 lesser black backed gulls
63 mute swans
6 cormorants
1 coot
1 moorhen
1 grey heron
female blackcap
Pomona...
c70 sand martins
27 swifts
4 house martins
3 grey herons
3 willow warblers
1 whitethroat
1 kestrel
2 lapwings
1 pied wagtail
3 mute swans
4 song thrushes
c30 house sparrows
1 goldeneye
2 coots
1 moorhen
1 herring gull
7 lesser black backed gulls
52 mute swans
4 cormorants
2 collared doves
Pomona.
30+ sand martins
2 swifts
1 whitethroat
1 chiffchaff
2 willow warblers
4 lapwings
1 skylark
2 stock doves
1 kestrel
2 bullfinches
1 grey heron
2 pied wagtails
1 grey wagtail
1 song thrush
40 Mute Swan
Singing male Lesser Whitethroat
1 Kingfisher
2 Lapwing
2 Tufted Duck
c500 Swift
3 Wheatear
1 singing Skylark
3 Lapwing
4 Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
4 House Martin
c100 Sand Martin
2 Swallow
1 Kestrel
1 Song Thrush
2 Grey Wagtail
North Wharf
Gary The Goldeneye
5 Swallow
Female Whinchat
Pomona.
2 maybe 3 male & 1 female wheatear
2 skylarks
4 lapwings
4 grey wagtails
60+ sand martins
1 house martin
23 mute swans
14 Canada geese
4 cormorants
2 grey herons
2 sedge warblers
5 whitethroats
7 blackcaps
2 chiffchaffs
1 willow warbler
3 mistle thrushes
4 song thrushes
2 collared doves
Trafford wharf.
2 swifts
2 sand martins
1 moorhen
1 grey heron
16 mute swans
9 Canada geese
5 lesser black backed gulls
-- Edited by steven burke on Wednesday 14th of May 2014 10:52:56 AM
1 Skylark
2 Wheatear
2 Lapwing
3 House Martin
c100 Sand Martin
1 Willow Warbler
1 Whitethroat
1 Kestrel
15 Goosander flew onto the Manchester Ship Canal at Pomona at 7pm
2 Wheatear
1 Common Sandpiper
1 Whitethroat
2 Lapwing
1 Kestrel
1 Blackcap
North Wharf
Drake Goldeneye
Broadway
1 Whitethroat
Manchester Ship Canal
c70 Swifts, c50 House Martin, c30 Swallow & c10 Sand Martin Weaste ETW
Drake Goosander
5+ Lapwings
Singing Whitethroat
Two brief sightings of an unidentified wader sp (probably Ringed/Little Ringed Plover) in flight
-- Edited by James Walsh on Tuesday 6th of May 2014 08:23:25 AM
Kingfisher on the Manchester Ship Canal, viewed from Lange
2 male Wheatear
2 Skylark
1 Oystercatcher
1 Oystercatcher
6 Lapwing
reed warbler still present at 1.25pm
other birds around...
1 lesser whitethroat, heard singing on the other side of the msc in the brambles
1 whitethroat
3 blackcaps
1 chiffchaff
1 willow warbler
1 song thrush
Pomona
2 wheatears
3 lapwings
3 willow warblers
50+ sand martins
-- Edited by steven burke on Wednesday 30th of April 2014 02:37:08 PM
15 swallows
2 sand martins
2 house martins
2 grey wagtails
3 white wagtails
8 pied wagtails
2 chiffchaffs
1 whitethroat
3 blackcaps
2 willow warblers
2 chiffchaffs
3 lapwings
1 skylark
1 kestrel
1 grey wagtail
40+ sand martins
media city.
4 swallows
1 goldeneye
1 grey heron
1 oystercatcher heading towards weaste.
yesterday 22nd 4 swallows around the itv studios at media city.
3 Wheatear (1 male, 2 females)
2 Lapwing
Pair of Goosander
4 Willow Warbler
Sand Martins
4 Willow Warbler at least, 2 being very loud and showy
1 Kestrel
1 Little Ringed Plover
2 Grey Wagtail
3 Wheatear (2m, 1f)
1 Lapwing
Large numbers of Sand Martin giving great views
3+ Swallow
2 Lapwing
1 Oystercatcher
1 common sandpiper
1 little ringed plover
1 lapwing
4 herring gulls
3 goosanders
3 cormorants
60+ sand martins
1 swallow
4 willow warblers
2 chiffchaffs
2 blackcaps
1 grey heron
4 grey wagtails
1 kestrel
1 sparrowhawk
3 song thrushes
20/04/14
Feral Pigeon = 37
Carrion Crow = 11
Wood Pigeon = 18
Magpie = 8
Greenfinch = 6
Bullfinch = 2
Wren = 4
Collared Dove = 1
Blackbird = 8
Blue Tit = 4
Great Tit = 2
Starling = 9
Song Thrush = 2
Goldfinch = 2
House Sparrow = 6
Mallard = 4
Cormorant = 2
Black Headed Gull = 13
Mute Swan = 4
Lesser Black Backed Gull = 8
Pied Wagtail = 1
Swallow = 3
Canada Goose = 10
Goldeneye (Gary!) = 1
Female Blackcap
1 singing Skylark
2 Lapwing
c50 Sand Martin
2 Swallow
2 drake Goosander
1 Grey Wagtail
MSC @ Weaste
2 Swallow
2 Lapwing
1 juvenile kestrel perched near Pomona
1 lapwing
chiffchaff singing near trafford bridge
2 cormorant
15 sand martin
6 house sparrows in scrubland on Pomona
10 lesser black-backed gulls
4 mute swans
1 blackcap heard singing
3 grey wagtail near lowry bridge city centre
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 13th of April 2014 11:45:50 PM
1 chiffchaff singing near Trafford road bridge
3 lapwings
1 little grebe
1 coot
20+ sand martins
2 mistle thrushes
1 song thrush
50+ black headed gulls
2 herring gulls
4 lesser black backed gulls
3 cormorants
2 grey herons
1 pied wagtail
2 kestrels
1 chiffchaff singing at weaste etw.
-- Edited by steven burke on Tuesday 1st of April 2014 10:41:22 PM
8 sand martin
3 lapwing
1 coot
41 black-headed gull
10 canada goose
2 mute swan
1 cornorant flying over
lots of scrub near cornbrook cut back where house sparrows were but heard about 10 opposite side of river irwell
Near bridgewater canal:
Goosander pair
6 mallard
little grebe heard trilling
Singing wren blackbird Robin and dunnocks. Lots of greenfinchss heard
c20 Sand Martin
2 Lapwing
still there at 5.15pm despite the digger & 3 motorbikes. also...
1 kestrel
1 drake pochard & male & female goosander on ship canal.
1 lapwing
10+ sand martins
c25 Sand Martin
4 Lapwing
Pomona
10 Sand Martin
drake Goosander
-- Edited by James Walsh on Friday 21st of March 2014 05:32:31 PM
14 Tufted Duck (10 drakes, 4 females)
2 Lapwing
1 drake Pochard
1 Kingfisher
MSC @ Weaste
3 drake Tufted Duck
1 drake Goosander
1 Kingfisher
7 Lapwing
2 Sand Martin
1 Kingfisher
2 Goosander
Peregrine over the junction of Broadway and Trafford Rd today at 12.15...quite low (height of the steeple on the roundabout?) and being mobbed by a crow
MS
Drake Pochard (on Manchester Ship Canal between Clippers Quay & Pomona)
6 Goosander (3 drakes, 3 female)
Gary The Goldeneye
3 Herring Gull
20 Common Gull
5 Lesser Black-backed Gull
c100 Black-headed Gull
20 Mute Swan
2 Coot
7 Moorhen
1 Grey Wagtail
-- Edited by James Walsh on Thursday 6th of March 2014 02:15:37 AM