Weather: Sunny and mild with a light breeze.

Tue 01/03/2011 12:30-14:00 approx

1 Ring-necked Parakeet
2 Treecreeper (pair?) and Nuthatch at least four great views from a bench amonst the
crocuses.

On the ponds:
1 Coot, Moorhen, Mallard, Canada Geese.

Others noted: Great, Blue, Long-tailed Tit, Robin, Wren, Song Thrush, Blackbird, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Greenfinch. Black-headed gulls and small number of Common Gulls on Football Fields.

A fist visit and a very relaxed chilled out time birding, sat on a park bench in the sping sunshine

Heads up David

Ian's kindly uploaded a couple of photos of the male taken here last month on a rare sunny day!

http://www.manchesterbirding.com/gallery5c.htm

During visit this afternoon between 15.15 to 15.45 :-

A pair of ring-necked parakeets
70 Redwing
45 Starling
30 Woodpigeon
4 Mistle Thrush
1 Nuthatch
Most of the usual parkland/woodland birds.

Rick.

Quick circuit round Fog Lane this afternoon (13.30 to 14.15) did not turn up sight nor sound of ring necked parakeet.
Park was unusually quiet with only:-

Redwing - 20
Starling - 6
Siskin - 12
GSW and Nuthatch heard but not seen.
Mistle Thrush - 1 rattling away
A few Goldfinch, Blue, Great and LT Tits.
Woodpigeon - 40

Rick.

PS. and a fantastic display of Crocuses/Croci (?) etc all around the Park.

-- Edited by Rick Donkin on Thursday 24th of February 2011 03:14:48 PM

A dull drizzly 30 mins at Fog Lane Park 16.15 - 16.45

2 Ring-necked Parakeets - 1 male and 1 female.
Over 100 Redwing
30+ Starling
3 Mistle Thrush
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - female
A few Goldfinch, Blue and Great Tits
20 Woodpigeons
4 Carrion Crows
Rick.

12.20 - 13.20
Fog Lane Park

2 Parakeets - 1 male and 1 female.
Up to 80 Redwing
30 Starling
5 Mistle Thrush
3 Nuthatch
and all usual smaller birds, but not many Gulls.
Rick.

3 ring-necked parakeets in usual area yesterday afternoon. Also 30+ redwing.

Between 12.15 and 12.50 today ;-

90+ Redwing (count disrupted by dog running towards the birds feeding on the grass)
60+ Starling
3 Mistle Thrush
Mixed flocks of Gt, Blue, LT Tit, Chaffinch and Goldfinch around park.
100+ BH Gulls }
20 Common Gulls } on football pitches
20 Woodpigeons }
Nuthatch
Many Magpies and Carrion Crows

No sign of Ring-necked parakeet or Ringed Teal today.

Rick.

Between 12.00 and 12.30 today ;-

1 Ring-necked parakeet
1 Nuthatch
30 ish Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Mixed flock of Gt, Blue, LT Tit and Goldfinch.
50+ BH Gulls
10 Common Gulls
Male and female Ringed Teal - probably the strange pair of ducks mentioned in Richard Walls post under the South Manchester Ring-necked parakeet thread on 17th Jan 2011! The pair were on the island in the pond to the left of the path from the Fog Lane entrance.

Rick.

-- Edited by Rick Donkin on Tuesday 8th of February 2011 01:51:13 PM

In addition to 1 male Ring-necked Parakeet :-

Redwing - 16
Mistle Thrush - 5
Nuthatch - 3
BH Gull - many
Common Gull - 3
Chaffinch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Blue tit, Great Tit, Blackbird and Carrion Crows also present throughout the park.

Rick.

2 ring-necked parakeets and the amazon present at 0945

First visit to Fog Lane Park this afternoon,only saw one ring-necked parakeet,looking rather lonely in a tree near the picnic benches. No sign of any redwings,but all other suspects present,nuthatches everywhere!!! Several magpie-nest construction sites progressing well throughout the park!!

Visited Fog Lane Park a couple of times this week in search of the Parakeets. Its amazing just what can be found in the middle of an urban sprawl. 2 Nuthatch 2 Great-spotted Woodpecker 67 Redwing Blue Tit Great Tit Goldfinch Long-tailed Tit Treecreeper Blackbirds galore Moorhen Coot Mallard Canada Goose Magpie Jay Greenfinch Robin Woodpigeon Collared Dove Just goes to show how important these little pockets of green are!