A quick walk on the street this evening produced an alarmed Blackbird and a Starling.
Mike Chorley said
Mon Oct 19 10:06 PM, 2009
Craig Higson wrote:
Following your postings, I have taken to watching Corrie with gusto (not) and also witnessed this wonderful display of the birds in the cemetry. Its really whetted my lips for the next time they visit the red rec. I too thought I heard Willow Warbler, but dismissed the idea seeing as we are in October - the producers would never have used a false background tape when there is clearly such a diversity of birdlife in the area.
The clue is in the area's name, Craig. "Wetherfield" is an area which experiences SDS - Seasonal Delay Syndrome. It's an uncommon climatic phenomenon, rather like temperarure inversion, but of longer duration though more limited in extent.
As a result of this process, seasonal effects are delayed by up to three months, causing asynchronous climatic events, such as antipodean style Christmases and over-extended breeding seasons. Though limited to a very small area of Manchester SDS is not unique to this area, also ocurring in, I believe, areas of Chester, rural Yorkshire and the East End of London
Rob Thorpe said
Mon Oct 19 9:00 PM, 2009
Monday 19 October 2009 19:30-21:00
Spent some time in the churchyard this evening with good results: Nuthatch 1st for the wetherfield recording area Great Spotted Woodpecker probably Dave's from last week Willow Warbler Chiffchaff Goldcrest Song Thrush Blackbird Chaffinch Wren Carrion Crow
Geoff Hargreaves said
Fri Oct 16 9:58 PM, 2009
dave broome wrote:
producers? background tape?? I don't understand
Dave i,m in the same boat as you,although i,ve never been there i,m quite content to know that it,s being well watched and if any 'biggies' turn up i,m sure ken will text ian mck pronto.
cheers geoff
dave broome said
Fri Oct 16 9:28 PM, 2009
producers? background tape?? I don't understand
Craig Higson said
Fri Oct 16 8:46 PM, 2009
Following your postings, I have taken to watching Corrie with gusto (not) and also witnessed this wonderful display of the birds in the cemetry. Its really whetted my lips for the next time they visit the red rec. I too thought I heard Willow Warbler, but dismissed the idea seeing as we are in October - the producers would never have used a false background tape when there is clearly such a diversity of birdlife in the area.
dave broome said
Fri Oct 16 8:28 PM, 2009
The darker evenings are upon us, but there was unexpected salvation tonight (I just happened to be in the room), when in the cemetery there was a GREAT SPOTTED WOODPECKER calling, possibly Weatherfield's first record?? Could this be the same bird which Ian McKerchar saw in the city centre a few weeks ago Also heard was an unseasonal singing Song Thrush and Chaffinch. I was fairly sure a Willow Warbler sang. However, due to the date, unless that can be confirmed I won't be sending the record to the county recorder
For anybody wishing to twitch any of the above, Coronation Street returns in half an hour....
-- Edited by dave broome on Friday 16th of October 2009 08:31:12 PM
Bill Myerscough said
Mon Jul 20 8:16 PM, 2009
Dave,
Just a quick post in support of all your wonderful Weatherfield musings! I always look forward to reading your Corrie briefings (far, far better than the actual programme itself!) - they always give me a really good laugh - keep up the good work .... come to think of it, the only thing that's letting you down is that you haven't stretched to Monday, Wednesday and Friday postings on this topic yet!!!
Cheers,
Bill.
dave broome said
Sun Jul 19 11:22 AM, 2009
Craig, I'll sponsor your 'nail walk', all proceeds to the Jack Duckworth Pigeon Appreciation Society
Craig Higson said
Fri Jul 17 9:19 PM, 2009
First time I've read this thread and for at least one nano second I was tempted to start watching Corrie, but then I came to my senses and decided I'd rather walk round pennington with a nail in mi shoe.
dave broome said
Fri Jul 17 9:06 PM, 2009
Being confined to the house this evening due to the awful conditions outside proved worthwhile, when Jack Duckworth made his first visit to his new woman's pad and unearthed a gem of a site for Weatherfield. In the garden there was singing Chaffinch, Blackbird and Woodpigeon. The Weatherfield site guide will have to be re-written, nice one Jack.....
dave broome said
Fri Jul 3 10:21 PM, 2009
There were loads of Herring Gulls calling on tonight's Corry - potentially an awesome Weatherfield record and certainly a record flock for 'the Street'. However, I only caught a couple of minutes of the programme and it appeared to be Formby Point. I don't know whether this was acknowledged in the storyline, or whether they were making out that the Red Rec not only has an extensive dune system, but also the sound of waves and a huge Herring Gull colony (dubbed sounds or otherwise).
I'm confused whether these Herring Gulls can be counted as a Weatherfield tick or not. Should this be in the 'Out-of-County' section of the Forum?? Formby Point, Weatherfield.....reality and fiction are getting confused......the walls are closing in......nurse!!
-- Edited by dave broome on Friday 3rd of July 2009 10:27:10 PM
-- Edited by dave broome on Saturday 4th of July 2009 11:40:33 AM
Geoff Hargreaves said
Sat Jun 6 4:37 PM, 2009
ok it took ages for that penny to drop,i,ve got grandkids that arn,t mine
int registrars office,geoff
Mike Chorley said
Thu Jun 4 11:59 PM, 2009
Rob Thorpe wrote: Dave, can i tick the Robin if i watch it on Virgin's Catch Up TV On Demand?
Of course some of us no longer qualify for that particular service
-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Thursday 4th of June 2009 07:02:41 PM
dave broome said
Thu Jun 4 10:10 PM, 2009
Suppose so Rob. There may have been some other stuff singing - if you manage to pick out anything else I'll be well gripped off!
Rob Thorpe said
Thu Jun 4 7:02 PM, 2009
dave broome wrote:
Robin and Wren singing in Audrey's garden this evening
Dave, can i tick the Robin if i watch it on Virgin's Catch Up TV On Demand?
-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Thursday 4th of June 2009 07:02:41 PM
dave broome said
Wed Jun 3 7:59 PM, 2009
Robin and Wren singing in Audrey's garden this evening
dave broome said
Mon May 4 9:28 PM, 2009
Wren in song down by the canal at Worsley, sorry Weatherfield tonight, plus the Mute Swans still present. A pair of Mallards may be descendents of the ones that used to be on the Ogden's living room wall.
Geoff Hargreaves said
Wed Apr 15 9:31 PM, 2009
I was just wandering through the kitchen and picked up on that story linei reckon It,s the cat that,s in opening credits
cheers geoff
Dean Macdonald said
Wed Apr 15 9:08 PM, 2009
Jack's lost 3 pigeons, bet the Peregrines have ad em
dave broome said
Mon Apr 6 9:08 PM, 2009
Curlews were still calling on Friday down by the canal (along with Great Tit and Carrion Crow). Good that they've stayed around in to April for the breeding atlas.....don't know whether Ken Barlow will have submitted these to the BTO web-site as Roving Records, as he was too busy inside Stephanie Beacham's barge (oo-err missus).
Tonight Norris was making plans to attempt the round the world year-listing record.
Sorry, but the evenings aren't quite light enough yet...
-- Edited by dave broome on Monday 6th of April 2009 08:12:41 PM
Steve Scrimgeour said
Mon Feb 23 9:25 AM, 2009
Kens bit on the side is moored up at Worsley, which i think is the Bridgewater...
Geoff Hargreaves said
Sun Feb 22 2:59 PM, 2009
the canal must be at the bottom of rosamund st,bridgewater or rochdale take your pick,not that i watch corrie at all,if paul gets his van on telly 'again' will he be saving a peregrine or a blackredstart ?
cheers geoff
dave broome said
Sun Feb 22 9:05 AM, 2009
Mark Rigby wrote:
Come on chaps. Do you really thing we have fell for this threads excuse to watch Coronation Street
Just get 'her in doors' told "
......I'm just waiting for the lighter evenings. Also, I, er, just happen to be, like, in the room when it is on. That's my excuse to which I will be sticking.
-- Edited by dave broome at 09:53, 2009-02-22
Paul Heaton said
Sat Feb 21 9:33 PM, 2009
Getting on with my book just fine Mr Riggers, although I have also been birding a little, but back on the local patch, and nothing to report.
sadly i have approached a certain soap programme to see if we can get the RSPCA on in May, I know sad or what!
Keep birding.
Mark Rigby said
Sat Feb 21 8:42 PM, 2009
Come on chaps. Do you really thing we have fell for this threads excuse to watch Coronation Street
Just get 'her in doors' told
Mr Heaton you are excused as you are still on pay back for last year, Mrs Heaton can do what she wants this year
You just get on with your
dave broome said
Fri Feb 20 9:18 PM, 2009
2 Mute Swans (real ones) and calling Curlew (dubious dubbed sounds) down at the canal where Ken Barlow is seeing his bit on the side. Don't know where this canal is, so do they count as Weatherfield ticks??
dave broome said
Fri Feb 13 9:11 PM, 2009
Good numbers of House Sparrows were audible from the Webster's back garden tonight (I was actually in our living room, not the Webster's back garden, you understand). Is anyone covering that tetrad for the wintering atlas??
Paul Heaton said
Tue Dec 9 5:26 PM, 2008
Now how this for a real sighting.
2 Waxwings over Coronation street Ordsall Salford today.
Stay Mad but,
Keep birding.
Mark Rigby said
Wed Dec 3 6:38 PM, 2008
I thought they were Clay Pigeons!!
Mike Chorley said
Tue Dec 2 8:24 PM, 2008
Not entirely sure, but I think Hilda's birds might be Wood Ducks
dave broome said
Mon Dec 1 7:56 PM, 2008
Mark Rigby wrote:
Yes. It consists of 1 bird, Feral Pigeon.
All the other birds get eaten by the 2 fat cats sat on the wall in the title sequence
Unless it can be proven beyond reasonable doubt that your claimed Feral Pigeon wasn't just one of Jack's homing pigeons then I doubt it would be classed as an acceptable record on your Weatherfield list.
Bill Myerscough said
Mon Dec 1 8:58 AM, 2008
Didn't Hilda Ogden used to have some ornamental ducks arranged in a line flying across here living room wall? - on her "muriel" (mural) as she called it!
Were they Mallards? Are we allowed to add them to the Weatherfield list? Did anyone else think one of them looked a little smaller than the others - possibly a Gadwall maybe. Has anyone investigated further? - no I thought not! Very sloppy birding if you ask me!
Bill.
Mark Rigby said
Sun Nov 23 3:18 PM, 2008
Yes. It consists of 1 bird, Feral Pigeon.
All the other birds get eaten by the 2 fat cats sat on the wall in the title sequence
Geoff Hargreaves said
Sat Nov 22 9:02 PM, 2008
Has anyone got a wetherfield list yet ???
cheers geoff
dave broome said
Sat Nov 22 8:14 PM, 2008
-- Edited by dave broome at 20:15, 2008-11-22
Was going to add something here - changed my mind - ignore this!!
-- Edited by dave broome at 20:17, 2008-11-22
Rob Thorpe said
Fri Nov 21 8:14 PM, 2008
Just heard a Skylark calling over the street, at approx. 19:35
Geoff Hargreaves said
Sat Nov 15 3:57 PM, 2008
Dave,no problem just missed it on the 'red rec' ,ken has seen a red kite in rosamund st so i,m off there now.
cheers geoff
dave broome said
Sat Nov 15 11:52 AM, 2008
Geoff Hargreaves wrote: "and i think there,s an a missing"
Sorry, didn't check my A-Z
-- Edited by dave broome at 11:53, 2008-11-15
Paul Heaton said
Sat Nov 15 11:05 AM, 2008
Many moons ago I was actually in an espisode of Cornation Street, as the credits went up at the beginning of the programme The white van bearing the RSPCA logo was driven by yours truely, then as the programme ended and if you were sad, and did the credits on frame by frame you could see the ugly mush of the driver in the said white van.
Will check it out with Ken
keep birding
Geoff Hargreaves said
Fri Nov 14 9:49 PM, 2008
Dave get us a post code i,ll be there a first light.
ever hopefull geoff
and i think there,s an a missing
dave broome said
Fri Nov 14 9:43 PM, 2008
A BLUE JAY was reported in tonight's Coronation Street, by Ken Barlow's grandson, along with "some thrushes and starlings". The location was vague, but I would guess the Red Rec. I know as a category 'D' it wouldn't count on Mr Heaton's year-list, but it could be worth a look.........
19:30-20:00
A quick walk on the street this evening produced an alarmed Blackbird and a Starling.
The clue is in the area's name, Craig. "Wetherfield" is an area which experiences SDS - Seasonal Delay Syndrome. It's an uncommon climatic phenomenon, rather like temperarure inversion, but of longer duration though more limited in extent.
As a result of this process, seasonal effects are delayed by up to three months, causing asynchronous climatic events, such as antipodean style Christmases and over-extended breeding seasons. Though limited to a very small area of Manchester SDS is not unique to this area, also ocurring in, I believe, areas of Chester, rural Yorkshire and the East End of London
19:30-21:00
Spent some time in the churchyard this evening with good results:
Nuthatch 1st for the wetherfield recording area
Great Spotted Woodpecker probably Dave's from last week
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Goldcrest
Song Thrush
Blackbird
Chaffinch
Wren
Carrion Crow
Dave i,m in the same boat as you,although i,ve never been there i,m quite content to know that it,s being well watched and if any 'biggies' turn up i,m sure ken will text ian mck pronto.
cheers geoff
Also heard was an unseasonal singing Song Thrush and Chaffinch. I was fairly sure a Willow Warbler sang. However, due to the date, unless that can be confirmed I won't be sending the record to the county recorder
For anybody wishing to twitch any of the above, Coronation Street returns in half an hour....
-- Edited by dave broome on Friday 16th of October 2009 08:31:12 PM
Just a quick post in support of all your wonderful Weatherfield musings! I always look forward to reading your Corrie briefings (far, far better than the actual programme itself!) - they always give me a really good laugh - keep up the good work .... come to think of it, the only thing that's letting you down is that you haven't stretched to Monday, Wednesday and Friday postings on this topic yet!!!
Cheers,
Bill.
I'm confused whether these Herring Gulls can be counted as a Weatherfield tick or not. Should this be in the 'Out-of-County' section of the Forum?? Formby Point, Weatherfield.....reality and fiction are getting confused......the walls are closing in......nurse!!
-- Edited by dave broome on Friday 3rd of July 2009 10:27:10 PM
-- Edited by dave broome on Saturday 4th of July 2009 11:40:33 AM
int registrars office,geoff
Dave, can i tick the Robin if i watch it on Virgin's Catch Up TV On Demand?
-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Thursday 4th of June 2009 07:02:41 PM
cheers geoff
Jack's lost 3 pigeons, bet the Peregrines have ad em
Tonight Norris was making plans to attempt the round the world year-listing record.
Sorry, but the evenings aren't quite light enough yet...
-- Edited by dave broome on Monday 6th of April 2009 08:12:41 PM
cheers geoff
sadly i have approached a certain soap programme to see if we can get the RSPCA on in May, I know sad or what!
Keep birding.
Just get 'her in doors' told
Mr Heaton you are excused as you are still on pay back for last year, Mrs Heaton can do what she wants this year
You just get on with your
2 Waxwings over Coronation street Ordsall Salford today.
Stay Mad but,
Keep birding.
Unless it can be proven beyond reasonable doubt that your claimed Feral Pigeon wasn't just one of Jack's homing pigeons then I doubt it would be classed as an acceptable record on your Weatherfield list.
Were they Mallards? Are we allowed to add them to the Weatherfield list? Did anyone else think one of them looked a little smaller than the others - possibly a Gadwall maybe. Has anyone investigated further? - no I thought not! Very sloppy birding if you ask me!
Bill.
All the other birds get eaten by the 2 fat cats sat on the wall in the title sequence
cheers geoff
Was going to add something here - changed my mind - ignore this!!
-- Edited by dave broome at 20:17, 2008-11-22
cheers geoff
Sorry, didn't check my A-Z
-- Edited by dave broome at 11:53, 2008-11-15
Will check it out with Ken
keep birding
ever hopefull geoff
and i think there,s an a missing