-- Edited by keith mills on Friday 3rd of March 2017 11:31:39 AM
Jon Bowen said
Sat Feb 25 6:06 PM, 2017
single bird heading North over garden in Horwich yesterday afternoon
Barry Corless said
Mon Feb 13 1:00 PM, 2017
About 25 SW over Norden, Rochdale c. 11:30am
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Feb 6 12:49 PM, 2017
60 west over Alexandra Park at 10.35am today.
Info thanks to Tony O'Mahony
steven burke said
Sun Feb 5 10:36 PM, 2017
2 skeins north west over dunham massey, 61 at 9.40am & 131 at 11.20am.
Simon Johnson said
Sun Feb 5 7:53 PM, 2017
4 skeins NW over simister this afternoon between 13.30 & 16.30 pm
32, 88, 145 & 52
Simon Warford said
Sun Feb 5 6:45 PM, 2017
Two skeins of 100 and 170 north-west over Winter Hill mid-afternoon.
Mike Cooper said
Sun Feb 5 1:24 PM, 2017
Hopwood heywood 5/2 at 11:45
Skein of c 300 West over my house not very vocal
Tim Wilcox said
Sun Feb 5 1:05 PM, 2017
91 West over Sale WP at 11.35am
Jimmy Meadows said
Sun Feb 5 12:30 PM, 2017
Gidlow12:10
76 Pink footed geese west over Beech Hill
Keith Mills said
Sun Feb 5 12:24 PM, 2017
12.15 today: 65 Pink-footed Geese over Beaumont Road Bolton. Heading SW. Seen and heard from my back Garden.
Tom Morton said
Sat Jan 21 2:19 PM, 2017
500+ in 3 skeins over Wigan Flashes between 11.00 and 11.20
Steven Nelson said
Sat Jan 21 12:49 PM, 2017
c.120 west over Irlam at 11.20am
Paul Heaton said
Sat Jan 21 11:08 AM, 2017
C150+ going west over Ashton On Mersey at 10.45
Keep Birding
Bernard McGurrin said
Fri Jan 20 7:35 PM, 2017
c170 SE over Bickershaw rucks @09-40 followed 10mins later by 6 stragglers, also heard a flock @ 10-10 am but couldn't see them but presume they were the same birds that Gordon saw.
Gordon Newman said
Fri Jan 20 10:29 AM, 2017
Approx 50 NNW flying over between Pennington Flash and Bickershaw Rucks @ 10.10
Richard Hart said
Tue Jan 17 8:20 PM, 2017
Approximately 105 flew west over the Pennington Flash car park at 12.30
David Lumb said
Tue Jan 17 7:42 PM, 2017
Skein heard flying over Bromley Cross at 15.45 heading W. Unable to see them through the drizzly gloomy conditions.
Steven Nelson said
Tue Jan 17 6:13 PM, 2017
c65 west over Green Lane, Timperley at. 15.45 today in the gloom!
David Gornall said
Mon Jan 16 7:13 PM, 2017
approx 90 heading east(ish) at 1145am today over Westleigh
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Sat Jan 14 8:54 PM, 2017
60+ heading NW over Flixton.
Simon Johnson said
Sat Jan 14 6:47 PM, 2017
Wigan flashes 130 SE 9ish followed by 30 and 140 east around 11ish 200+ also flushed from fields distantly to the SW (I think) of Scotmans by 3 Buzzards and headed south
Heaton Park 60+ west at dusk over the moors towards Bury
Peter Nolan Woolley said
Sat Jan 14 1:42 PM, 2017
C 150 over Audenshaw Reservoir @ 10:50 this morning, heading SE.
Steve Collins said
Tue Jan 10 4:18 PM, 2017
110 in field to right of track up to Little Woolden Moss around lunchtime today.
Keith Mills said
Sat Jan 7 12:18 PM, 2017
Noon today, heard only due to fog: Guess about 50 judging by sound level; moving NW up the Middlebrook Valley. Heard from Rumworth Dam path
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Jan 7 11:08 AM, 2017
c130 very low (no higher than 250 feet) NW over the New Cross area of Manchester City Centre at 10:50 this morning; heard coming through the gloom of the fog and appeared low enough to be endangered by the CIS tower as they flew past!
Paul Heaton said
Sat Jan 7 9:53 AM, 2017
3 huge skeins over Whally range school, Friday afternoon at 15.30 rough estimate of c400 .
keep birding
Chris Harper said
Fri Jan 6 6:37 PM, 2017
Approximately 200 East over Marple at 12.45 today.
David Gornall said
Fri Jan 6 4:25 PM, 2017
about 150 heading north west over plank lane, Leigh about 12.30pm today
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 6th of January 2017 06:46:54 PM
Tim Wilcox said
Fri Jan 6 12:36 PM, 2017
80 East over Moss Side at 12.28pm in the rain. First of the year from my house!
dave broome said
Sat Dec 31 5:18 PM, 2016
Steve Judge wrote:
Saturday, 31st December 2016 14:45 hrs.
15 Pink-Footed Geese in ploughed field next to Little Woolden Moss. Could be same ones that were headed SE over Ashton-in-Makerfield mentioned below by Dave Broome.
See poor photo attached taken in gloomy conditions.
Could well be and as I counted them with naked eye as they flew quickly over our house I may have mis-counted
Steve Judge said
Sat Dec 31 4:32 PM, 2016
Saturday, 31st December 2016 14:45 hrs.
15 Pink-Footed Geese in ploughed field next to Little Woolden Moss. Could be same ones that were headed SE over Ashton-in-Makerfield mentioned below by Dave Broome.
See poor photo attached taken in gloomy conditions.
65 feeding in a field at Warburton Lane/Moss Lane, Partington this morning
vic chatterton said
Thu Dec 29 3:02 PM, 2016
late posting from yesterday.
90 through NW over Etherow CP
Nick Hilton said
Wed Dec 28 5:10 PM, 2016
The flock of >350 birds were in the field adjacent to Heathlands Farm, off the A6144 Warburton Lane just outside Partington, at around 11am this morning and still there at 1pm.
dave broome said
Wed Dec 28 2:09 PM, 2016
Approx 370 relatively low NW over Manchester City Centre at 11:36 today. Possibly the birds feeding at Partington yesterday?
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Dec 28 1:09 PM, 2016
80 west over Clarendon Road, Whalley Range at 11.55 this morning.
Info thanks to Tony O'Mahony
Joel Tragen said
Wed Dec 28 12:34 PM, 2016
84 over firswood tram stop at 12:03, heading west, possibly the same birds that simon saw
Simon Johnson said
Wed Dec 28 11:56 AM, 2016
90+ West at 11.44 over the atrium - whitefield possibly the last bird sightings from this place as packing to move house at the time
Nick Hilton said
Tue Dec 27 8:25 PM, 2016
A flock of >350 birds in the field adjacent to Heathlands Farm, off the A6144 Warburton Lane just outside Partington this pm.
Ian Campbell said
Thu Dec 22 12:23 PM, 2016
135 heading East over Elton at 8.40 a.m. Cheers Ian
dave broome said
Thu Dec 22 9:18 AM, 2016
115 NW over Skitters Wood, Ashton-in-Makerfield 09:16, then approx 130 E at 10:03
-- Edited by dave broome on Thursday 22nd of December 2016 10:05:03 AM
Steven Nelson said
Tue Dec 20 5:37 PM, 2016
Small flock heard but not seen heading west over Timperley at 4.35pm this evening.
Simon Johnson said
Tue Dec 20 12:11 PM, 2016
140 followed by a further 25 west over Prestwich at 11.15 this morning
dave broome said
Mon Dec 19 1:51 PM, 2016
105 NE over Hawkley Hall and the Wigan Flashes at 13:50 today
marvin lewis said
Mon Dec 19 12:03 AM, 2016
A skein of 30-40 briefly seen flying northwards over the M60 near to Prestwich Junction at about 9.15am.
Chris Roberts said
Sun Dec 18 3:58 PM, 2016
42 flying south south east over shell pool at 9-40 this morning, with a solitary bird calling repeatedly heading north west at 10. Several other skeins heard calling but not seen in the vicinity of Carrington Moss.
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sat Dec 17 7:37 PM, 2016
Heard twice today; about 9.30 this morning over Chorlton Park area, and then mid afternoon over where I ride near Daisy Nook. None seen due to fog / low cloud, though neither sounded a large skein.
Steve Costa said
Sat Dec 17 6:12 PM, 2016
Flock heard over Heywood in heavy mist at 12:45. Couldn't see a single bird but from direction of sound they were moving East.
-- Edited by keith mills on Friday 3rd of March 2017 11:31:39 AM
Info thanks to Tony O'Mahony
32, 88, 145 & 52
Skein of c 300 West over my house not very vocal
Gidlow12:10
76 Pink footed geese west over Beech Hill
65 Pink-footed Geese over Beaumont Road Bolton. Heading SW. Seen and heard from my back Garden.
500+ in 3 skeins over Wigan Flashes between 11.00 and 11.20
C150+ going west over Ashton On Mersey at 10.45
Keep Birding
also heard a flock @ 10-10 am but couldn't see them but presume they were the same birds that Gordon saw.
130 SE 9ish followed by 30 and 140 east around 11ish
200+ also flushed from fields distantly to the SW (I think) of Scotmans by 3 Buzzards and headed south
Heaton Park
60+ west at dusk over the moors towards Bury
110 in field to right of track up to Little Woolden Moss around lunchtime today.
Heard from Rumworth Dam path
3 huge skeins over Whally range school, Friday afternoon at 15.30 rough estimate of c400 .
keep birding
Approximately 200 East over Marple at 12.45 today.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 6th of January 2017 06:46:54 PM
Could well be and as I counted them with naked eye as they flew quickly over our house I may have mis-counted
15 Pink-Footed Geese in ploughed field next to Little Woolden Moss. Could be same ones that were headed SE over Ashton-in-Makerfield mentioned below by Dave Broome.
See poor photo attached taken in gloomy conditions.
16 SE over Ashton-in-Makerfield 13:02
65 feeding in a field at Warburton Lane/Moss Lane, Partington this morning
late posting from yesterday.
90 through NW over Etherow CP
Approx 370 relatively low NW over Manchester City Centre at 11:36 today. Possibly the birds feeding at Partington yesterday?
Info thanks to Tony O'Mahony
Cheers Ian
115 NW over Skitters Wood, Ashton-in-Makerfield 09:16, then approx 130 E at 10:03
-- Edited by dave broome on Thursday 22nd of December 2016 10:05:03 AM
105 NE over Hawkley Hall and the Wigan Flashes at 13:50 today
Several other skeins heard calling but not seen in the vicinity of Carrington Moss.