I live in Middleton and during the last two weeks I have had four separate sightings flying over my house (always in the evening).The latest two days ago was a flock of 7.
Ian
JamieDunning said
Fri Aug 22 10:49 PM, 2014
Me to Tony! It looked to me like it was only around 1/9 was an adult male - a good breeding season obviously!
Tony Darby said
Fri Aug 22 10:35 PM, 2014
A count of 81 is an astonishing number Jamie. It's well over double the number I had about this time last year.
-- Edited by Tony Darby on Friday 22nd of August 2014 10:38:42 PM
JamieDunning said
Fri Aug 22 9:35 PM, 2014
I've sent you a pm Steve, keep counting!
81 to roost this evening for those interested.
J
Steve Greenhough said
Fri Aug 22 8:31 AM, 2014
We have a small flock of up to 8 ring-necked parakeets visiting our feeders several times a day. They are some or maybe all of a breakaway group which seem to have taken up residence on Heaton Mersey Common.
Steve
JamieDunning said
Thu Aug 21 3:49 PM, 2014
Hello all,
I wondered if anybody posting on here has Parakeet visting feeders in their garden or knows anyone that does? a Flock of 43 from the pre-roost at Plattfields yesterday evening!
Cheers!
John Rayner said
Fri Aug 8 8:42 PM, 2014
8th August:
2 Ring-necked Parakeets near Beaumont Road, Rumworth Lodge (info from Mike Passant)
Cheers John
Chris Harper said
Tue Jul 8 8:22 AM, 2014
4 Near Fletcher Moss Gardens, Didsbury at 7.30 am
Peter Johnson said
Mon Jul 7 10:30 AM, 2014
10 flying around Chorlton Golf Club this morning.
dave broome said
Tue Jul 1 8:08 AM, 2014
One was at Skitters Wood, Ashton-in-Makerfield this morning. I had heard a Parakeet flying over one morning last week without seeing it to confirm the species. Don't know what the origins of this bird are likely to be. There was a small population nearby in the vicinity of Haydock Park Racecourse 15-20 years ago I was told by a resident there.
marvin lewis said
Mon Jun 30 8:09 PM, 2014
About 5 in Fog Lane Park this morning.Also a cronking Raven and lots of common Passerines.
marvin lewis said
Wed Jun 18 7:37 PM, 2014
I live in Prestwich also,but have never seen any.
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Jun 18 9:09 AM, 2014
Originally posted today by Delia Koczwara:
Has anyone seen/reported seeing ring-necked parakeets on the North side of town yet? I live in Prestwich and have been told that a mini-group of three have been seen in a couple of large adjacent gardens nearby.
Tim Wilcox said
Wed Jun 4 8:48 PM, 2014
Opened my Moss Side front door at 8.30pm and c.25 flew ovet north. Given the time of year this was probably the entire population of younger, non-breeding birds
Chris Harper said
Wed Jun 4 8:59 AM, 2014
At least one off Nell Lane by Siemens at 7.50
Paul Rafferty said
Wed May 14 12:40 PM, 2014
One on Heaton Mersey Common this morning around 6am.
Pete Share said
Mon May 12 2:27 PM, 2014
One Parakeet in the tree right outside our bedroom window in Burnage at 7am this morning. I have a rough photo if required.
Jon Beckett said
Mon Feb 24 3:24 PM, 2014
2 at Heaton Moor golf course this morning in trees by the first green.
John Rayner said
Tue Feb 18 4:05 PM, 2014
Just realised I forgot to put a location on my post below (now corrected). I was at Heaton Mersey Common about 10.00 this morning but missed you there. The pair I found were quite vocal.
Cheers John
-- Edited by John Rayner on Tuesday 18th of February 2014 04:05:56 PM
Scott Reid said
Tue Feb 18 2:06 PM, 2014
Yeah that's the right place Tony. They have been in the large beech trees on your left as you head down towards burnage lane, however I was there this morning and didn't hear or see any. Over 150 redwing though which is my highest ever count there.
John Rayner said
Tue Feb 18 11:12 AM, 2014
Heaton Mersey Common 18th Feb:
A pair of Ring-necked Parakeets appeared to be prospecting a nest hole.
Cheers John
-- Edited by John Rayner on Tuesday 18th of February 2014 04:01:23 PM
Paul Rafferty said
Tue Feb 18 7:17 AM, 2014
Hi Tony, sounds like you've got the right place. You can access it from that corner of a Priestnall and Mersey Rd and if you walk straight down it brings you to Burnage Lane. The common is really the grassy bit on the left hand side as you walk down.
Walked my dog their last night but didn't see any parakeets, although pretty sure I could hear one. Be interested to know the best way to see them.
Tony Darby said
Mon Feb 17 8:56 PM, 2014
Hi Scott, I'm not quite sure where Heaton Mersey Common is. Is it the area between Mersey Rd./ Preistnall Rd. and west towards Burnage Lane, which is where the old tip used to be?
Scott Reid said
Mon Feb 17 1:28 PM, 2014
At least 9 birds appear to have taken up residence on Heaton Mersey Common in Stockport as of early Jan. Before this I have never seen one on the common in 15 years birding there.
Tony Darby said
Mon Feb 17 12:34 PM, 2014
!0 at Fletcher Moss/ Stenner Woods this morning.
Simon Gough said
Sun Feb 9 3:10 PM, 2014
2 pairs in Stenner Woods between 12 and 1 today. Showing well, good views in the bare trees, quite vocal as they moved around the wood
Tim Wilcox said
Sat Feb 8 4:00 PM, 2014
3 in Chorlton WP car park at 2.20pm this afternoon. Site tick :)
Jon Beckett said
Sat Feb 8 11:14 AM, 2014
2 flew past my house in Heaton Mersey yesterday coming from the common heading back to Didsbury.
Rob Smallwood said
Sat Feb 8 6:27 AM, 2014
At least 44 left a pre-roost site at dusk on Friday.
Rob Smallwood said
Sun Feb 2 9:42 PM, 2014
About 12 - 16 in Stenner Woods, Fletcher Moss this afternoon.
Chris Harper said
Fri Jan 31 12:25 PM, 2014
2 over Princess Parkway towards Darley Ave at 7.55am
Adam Jones said
Wed Jan 29 9:00 PM, 2014
One calling in the trees by Hulme bridge on Princess Road tonight at 5pm.
-- Edited by Adam Jones on Wednesday 29th of January 2014 09:00:33 PM
Jon Beckett said
Wed Jan 29 5:53 PM, 2014
2 on Heaton Moor golf course late this morning
Chris Harper said
Tue Jan 28 10:25 PM, 2014
2 over junction of barlow moor road and palatine road at 3.15
Paul Heaton said
Fri Jan 10 7:20 PM, 2014
12 at Chorlton Golf club today.
keep birding
Neil McCall said
Fri Jan 10 6:36 PM, 2014
3 flew into Fog Lane Park at 15:10 today from the Didsbury direction, also further 4 flew over West Didsbury Metrolink at 15:30.
Tim Wilcox said
Sun Dec 22 10:32 PM, 2013
As I parked up, returning from an unsuccessful trip to The Wirral for the Buff-bellied Pipit, all 40+ birds flew over my house, 5 stragglers doing a squaking loop-the-loop literally over my roof as if to say 'twitching? ha ha! That'll learn ya!'
steven burke said
Mon Dec 16 4:20 PM, 2013
12 in fog lane park this afternoon, very vocal & mobile, but 4 were just sat preening and chewing on the bark of the trees around near the ponds
Rob Smallwood said
Sun Dec 15 11:27 AM, 2013
Well within a Sparrowhawk's capability to take a Parakeet - I think there is reference to a similar incident further back in this thread.
Enjoy your visitors!
-- Edited by Rob Smallwood on Sunday 15th of December 2013 11:27:19 AM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 15th of December 2013 02:34:53 PM
Duncan McGugan said
Sun Dec 15 10:53 AM, 2013
I was watching the birds on my feeders this morning and a couple of ring necked parakeets came in and started feasting on the peanuts. There were also three pigeons pecking away on the ground picking up the scraps and numerous tits nipping in and out.
Suddenly the one of the parakeets screeched and all the birds took flight and a sparrowhawk zoomed past the feeders just missing one of the parakeets.
Later four parakeets turned up and just sat in a tree for a while, occasionaly hopping from branch to branch. They looked quite wary and then all four shot off screeching again. I guess the sparrowhawk is still around.
Has anyone else seen a sparrowhawk trying to take a parakeet?
Duncan McGugan said
Fri Dec 13 10:07 PM, 2013
Now have multiple parakeets in the garden on a daily basis. Have counted 10 at a time, 6 on the feeders regularly
Martin Cuthbert said
Sun Dec 1 9:32 AM, 2013
Two parakeets, (not the usual three) seen at Chorlton Golf club yesterday. The noise they were producing later out of my view sounded like more than that
Duncan McGugan said
Sat Nov 30 1:34 PM, 2013
There have been a pair of ring necked parakeets regularly visiting the peanut feeders in my garden over the last couple of weeks. The garden is beside Wilmslow Road in Didsbury and backs onto Simon's Fields next to Fletcher Moss park.
Four there now.
-- Edited by Duncan McGugan on Saturday 30th of November 2013 03:11:17 PM
Chris Harper said
Wed Nov 27 4:21 AM, 2013
8 over Didsbury village at 3.15 pm today.
Tim Wilcox said
Mon Nov 11 1:37 AM, 2013
Tony Darby and I counted 42 out of the pre-roost and there were two stragglers left behind calling to each other when I went to count the Magpies a new record maxima of 44
Fiona Moate said
Thu Nov 7 1:27 AM, 2013
Flock of around six on Saturday 3rd November seen from the path between Stenner Lane & the Rock Garden. They were flying between Stenner Woods & the avenue of silver birches.
Tim Wilcox said
Mon Nov 4 12:54 AM, 2013
Tony Darby and myself counted the biggest ever departure from the Platt Fields pre-roost up to 4.25pm. A new maxima of 40 left in groups of 13, 20 and 7. Last winter's maxima was consistently 34 plus the Amazon (not with them lately). This possibly indicates 6 successfully reared young within the south Manchester population this year.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Oct 31 3:28 AM, 2013
Tim Wilcox wrote:
Ian McKerchar wrote:
Some great records of the species on this thread but (as with many posts) these all go officially unrecorded and I would urge observers to please submit them formally via one of the many methods of submission. If anyone's unsure of the process or want advice on it them please do contact either myself or Steve Atkins.
All records by myself and Tony Darby will be formally submitted
Never doubted it Tim . Tony's count of 34 the other day was superb!
Tim Wilcox said
Thu Oct 31 3:11 AM, 2013
Ian McKerchar wrote:
Some great records of the species on this thread but (as with many posts) these all go officially unrecorded and I would urge observers to please submit them formally via one of the many methods of submission. If anyone's unsure of the process or want advice on it them please do contact either myself or Steve Atkins.
All records by myself and Tony Darby will be formally submitted
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Oct 31 12:55 AM, 2013
Some great records of the species on this thread but (as with many posts) these all go officially unrecorded and I would urge observers to please submit them formally via one of the many methods of submission. If anyone's unsure of the process or want advice on it them please do contact either myself or Steve Atkins.
It looked to me like it was only around 1/9 was an adult male - a good breeding season obviously!
-- Edited by Tony Darby on Friday 22nd of August 2014 10:38:42 PM
81 to roost this evening for those interested.
J
Steve
I wondered if anybody posting on here has Parakeet visting feeders in their garden or knows anyone that does?
a Flock of 43 from the pre-roost at Plattfields yesterday evening!
Cheers!
2 Ring-necked Parakeets near Beaumont Road, Rumworth Lodge (info from Mike Passant)
Cheers John
Has anyone seen/reported seeing ring-necked parakeets on the North side of town yet? I live in Prestwich and have been told that a mini-group of three have been seen in a couple of large adjacent gardens nearby.
Cheers John
-- Edited by John Rayner on Tuesday 18th of February 2014 04:05:56 PM
A pair of Ring-necked Parakeets appeared to be prospecting a nest hole.
Cheers John
-- Edited by John Rayner on Tuesday 18th of February 2014 04:01:23 PM
Walked my dog their last night but didn't see any parakeets, although pretty sure I could hear one. Be interested to know the best way to see them.
Is it the area between Mersey Rd./ Preistnall Rd. and west towards Burnage Lane, which is where the old tip used to be?
-- Edited by Adam Jones on Wednesday 29th of January 2014 09:00:33 PM
2 over junction of barlow moor road and palatine road at 3.15
12 at Chorlton Golf club today.
keep birding
3 flew into Fog Lane Park at 15:10 today from the Didsbury direction, also further 4 flew over West Didsbury Metrolink at 15:30.
Enjoy your visitors!
-- Edited by Rob Smallwood on Sunday 15th of December 2013 11:27:19 AM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 15th of December 2013 02:34:53 PM
Suddenly the one of the parakeets screeched and all the birds took flight and a sparrowhawk zoomed past the feeders just missing one of the parakeets.
Later four parakeets turned up and just sat in a tree for a while, occasionaly hopping from branch to branch. They looked quite wary and then all four shot off screeching again. I guess the sparrowhawk is still around.
Has anyone else seen a sparrowhawk trying to take a parakeet?
Four there now.
-- Edited by Duncan McGugan on Saturday 30th of November 2013 03:11:17 PM
Never doubted it Tim
All records by myself and Tony Darby will be formally submitted