On a stroll through the park with my little boy on board on Saturday I saw a small finch in a tree near the stables. It was silhouetted and I din't have binoculars. All I could tell was it had a very deeply forked tail and was singing continuously in a way that I am not familiar with. I don't know my little finch songs well I have to say but to me it wasn't Goldfinch which I know well (my mum calls them the chattering classes). It lacked the intermittent wheeze that I associate with Siskin. I've had a listen to some Linnet song on line but that doesn't sound quite right. Leaves Lesser Redpoll I'm guessing but can't seem to find a decent sound clip to compare. Can anyone help? It's only a 15 second snippet. Little thing just sang and sang.
Still some Redwing in the park last week.
Was full of song on Saturday. Spring is coming. Exciting times.
6 redwing 4 fieldfare 1 song thrush 7 mistle thrush 20+ blackbird only found 1 tree that still has some berries left on it in the old pitch & putt area (as Eugene mentions, now the disc FRISBEE golf ! ) they will soon be gone.
Yeah, it seems like a good area for them! thanks for letting me know that they've been around before. I guess it's just luck sometimes! Is the Old pitch and putt area, what is now the Disc (Frisbee) Golf area? Thanks, Eugene
steven burke said
Fri Nov 27 8:14 PM, 2015
Eugene Dillon-Hooper wrote:
10 + Redwing Song thrush Mistle Thrush c50 Starling 3 Goldcrest c40 Goldfinch Chaffinch Blue tit Great Tit Robin 1 Heron
Still hoping for Waxwing to turn up! Good amount of berries around.
Eugene they are around (not many) but still keep looking, I had a flock of 50+ waxwings in the old pitch & putt area several years ago enjoying all those berries.
Eugene Dillon-Hooper said
Fri Nov 27 7:23 PM, 2015
No Redwing today, sadly.
Mistle thrush Robin Gold crest Pied Wagtail chaffinch Starling Blackbird
A new one for me in Longford, 1 Cormorant flying over, headed towards Chorlton Ees.
Fairly quiet day all in all.
Eugene.
Eugene Dillon-Hooper said
Thu Nov 26 3:32 PM, 2015
10 + Redwing Song thrush Mistle Thrush c50 Starling 3 Goldcrest c40 Goldfinch Chaffinch Blue tit Great Tit Robin 1 Heron
Still hoping for Waxwing to turn up! Good amount of berries around.
Eugene Dillon-Hooper said
Fri Nov 20 3:28 PM, 2015
Yesterday:
1 Heron 1 chaffinch Large flock of Starling small flock of Goldfinch couple of Thrushes, most likely Song.
Eugene
Eugene Dillon-Hooper said
Tue Nov 17 6:29 PM, 2015
A single Sparrowhawk this afternoon! A lovely sight as always.
Spotted annoying pigeons and magpies on the Stretford side of Rye bank road entrance to the park.
Cheers, Eugene.
Ian McKerchar said
Sat Nov 14 4:27 PM, 2015
Originally posted today by Eugene Dillon-Hooper:
Recent sightings include:
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Goldcrest 10-20 Long tailed tit 10 Song Thrush, also possible missile thrush Blue tit Great tit Coal Tit Greenfinch Goldfinch Jackdaw
Plus many more of the usual suspects.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 14th of November 2015 04:27:45 PM
Joel Tragen said
Mon Oct 12 5:32 PM, 2015
Bernard McGurrin wrote:
Gervase Cooke wrote:
Never sure where to put sightings from my own house. Don't feel it warrants a topic of it's own
Anyway I'm just east of Longford park.
A skein of Geese (maybe 50 or so) passed over due west on Saturday around 5pm. Quite high and silhouetted. Honking was not Canada, much higher pitched. My assumption was Pink foot but my Dad says there are a lot of Brent at Southport which is due west from here.
Anyone got any thoughts.
Hi Gervase
There is a county garden birds thread for birds seen in or over the garden, that may be the best bet, but Ian will know for sure
I (personally) have never heard of lots of Brent geese being at southport, however one thing they haven lot of over there, especially now, is pink-footed geese. Hope this helps Joel.
Bernard McGurrin said
Mon Oct 12 12:54 PM, 2015
Gervase Cooke wrote:
Never sure where to put sightings from my own house. Don't feel it warrants a topic of it's own
Anyway I'm just east of Longford park.
A skein of Geese (maybe 50 or so) passed over due west on Saturday around 5pm. Quite high and silhouetted. Honking was not Canada, much higher pitched. My assumption was Pink foot but my Dad says there are a lot of Brent at Southport which is due west from here.
Anyone got any thoughts.
Hi Gervase
There is a county garden birds thread for birds seen in or over the garden, that may be the best bet, but Ian will know for sure
Gervase Cooke said
Mon Oct 12 9:47 AM, 2015
Never sure where to put sightings from my own house. Don't feel it warrants a topic of it's own
Anyway I'm just east of Longford park.
A skein of Geese (maybe 50 or so) passed over due west on Saturday around 5pm. Quite high and silhouetted. Honking was not Canada, much higher pitched. My assumption was Pink foot but my Dad says there are a lot of Brent at Southport which is due west from here.
Anyone got any thoughts.
steven burke said
Sun Sep 13 1:45 PM, 2015
11-12.45pm mainly around the scrubby area to the east of the park.
Male & female sparrowhawk seen on several occasions being harassed by the crows & magpies. 5 Jay 1 blackcap 2 Chiffchaff, 1 singing 2 bullfinch A tit flock held, long tailed, great, blue, coal tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 nuthatch. 1 swallow through south.
Kristian Wade said
Mon May 4 7:35 PM, 2015
Whilst running at Longford Stadium, I managed to sneak in a small loop of one of the paths in the park.
Not particularly busy (bird wise) but the following was seen:
4+ Blackbirds 2+ Robins 1 Blue Tit 2 Great Tit 4+ Magpie 1 Jackdaw (overhead) 8+ Woodpigeon 3 Feral Pigeon 1 Chiffchaff and the stars of which were 2 Treecreepers chasing each other round an Oak Tree.
Also, a Hobby gliding along the motorway on the way home was the first for me this year.
steven burke said
Wed Apr 15 8:39 AM, 2015
Currently 1 male ring ouzel on playing fields next to the old pitch & putt
-- Edited by steven burke on Wednesday 15th of April 2015 10:43:50 PM
steven burke said
Tue Apr 14 12:09 PM, 2015
4 chiffchaff 1 willow warbler 2 blackcap 1 great spotted woodpecker 2 jay 5 goldcrest 2 sparrowhawk 4 stock dove 1 song thrush 1 grey heron 3 treecreeper 2 nuthatch
Pete Hines said
Tue Apr 7 10:20 AM, 2015
A cut through the park this morning without bins
43+ Meadow Pipit 1 Chiffchaff 1 Great spotted woodpecker
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 7th of April 2015 12:58:34 PM
Paul Wilkins said
Thu Nov 20 2:25 PM, 2014
Short walk around the park turned up:
Wood Pigeon (in numbers) Magpie (in numbers) Carrion Crow (4) Robin (4) Blackbird (7) House Sparrow (5) Starling (2) Black-headed Gull (1) Common Gull (5)
and a mixed foraging group comprising:
Long-Tailed Tit (7) Blue Tit (6) Great Tit (5) Nuthatch (1)
steven burke said
Mon Apr 14 6:02 PM, 2014
from 12pm
2 swallows 4 blackcaps 2 chiffchaffs 1 nuthatch 1 great spotted woodpecker 4 mistle thrushes 1 song thrush 2 goldcrests plus usuals around.
steven burke said
Mon Dec 9 7:44 PM, 2013
10.30-12.40pm
2 bullfinches 1 chaffinch 9 goldfinches 1 nuthatch 2 treecreepers 1 great spotted woodpecker 3 goldcrests 2 coal tits 5 jays 2 pied wagtails 15 mistle thrushes 4 song thrushes plenty of redwings around, they have now almost devoured all the berries on the trees around the old pitch & putt course. several of them bathing in a small pool of water with goldfinches
steven burke said
Sun Dec 1 8:29 PM, 2013
1 chiffchaff, now been seen in every month this year 5 goldcrests 6 chaffinches 13 goldfinches 1 greenfinch 1 bullfinch 1 jay 2 pied wagtails 2 great spotted woodpeckers 1 sparrowhawk 2 song thrushes 5 mistle thrushes plenty of redwings & several fieldfares.
steven burke said
Mon Nov 25 3:29 AM, 2013
1 chiffchaff 6 goldcrests 1 treecreeper 1 nuthatch 1 great spotted woodpecker 8 chaffinches 5 mistle thrush again large numbers of redwings, several blackbirds & starlings on the old pitch & putt course.
steven burke said
Sat Nov 16 3:44 AM, 2013
2.30-4.45pm.
another 2 chiffchaffs seen this afternoon, a single one calling then seen, another was in with a mixed tit flock. 6-7 goldcrests 1 treecreeper 2 great spotted woodpeckers 2 pied wagtails 1 sparrowhawk, almost catching a blackbird. c100 starlings 7 common gulls large numbers of redwings around, mostly at the old pitch & putt course feeding on the berry trees with several blackbirds, mistle thrushes, chaffinches & goldfinches. tawny owl heard
Sarfraz Hayat said
Fri Nov 8 2:36 AM, 2013
7 cormorants flying over Stretford area, twice yesterday and also a mistle thrush in song
steven burke said
Fri Nov 1 5:37 PM, 2013
3.15-4.30pm
glad I came here after the rain had stopped, 2 chiffchaffs which now makes it every month this year I have seen a chiffchaff here"s hoping for a December one 5-6 goldcrests 1 nuthatch 2 mistle thrushes 1 song thrush lots of redwings around c70 starlings 3 chaffinches 12 goldfinches 1 sparrowhawk couple of tit flocks best one being with 15+ long tailed tits, blue tits, great tits, 1 chiffchaff & 1 goldcrest.
-- Edited by steven burke on Friday 1st of November 2013 05:38:43 PM
steven burke said
Fri Oct 11 2:34 AM, 2013
2.30-5.30pm
105 pink footed geese, over east. 15 redwings, more heard. 13 mistle thrushes 1 buzzard 1 jay 1 great spotted woodpecker 1 nuthatch 4 goldcrests several tit flocks around consisting long tailed, great, blue & coal tits nothing else with them apart from chaffinches.
amcoffey said
Sun Jul 21 4:06 AM, 2013
Hi,
We saw the ibis on the single storey roof of Robin Hood Beds, behind Stretford Mall and opposite Robin Hood pub. I wasn't sure if it was a glossy ibis or bald ibis - I have a photo but I'm not sure how to post it on here. It was ringed, so it's probably not the Hattersley ibis spotted July 2012!
Thanks,
Alex
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Jul 19 11:46 PM, 2013
Rob Smallwood wrote:
Not sure where but a Bald Ibis, presumably the Hattersley bird, was seen today on a building in Stretford (per BG's)
-- Edited by Rob Smallwood on Friday 19th of July 2013 11:24:00 PM
BG's got their information from the 'bits, bobs, odds and sods' thread of this forum
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 19th of July 2013 11:47:28 PM
Rob Smallwood said
Fri Jul 19 11:23 PM, 2013
Not sure where but a Bald Ibis, presumably the Hattersley bird, was seen today on a building in Stretford (per BG's)
-- Edited by Rob Smallwood on Friday 19th of July 2013 11:24:00 PM
Pete Hines said
Wed Apr 17 4:10 AM, 2013
2 Cormorant over
didn't see the Redstart 3.30 - 3.50
steven burke said
Tue Apr 16 11:06 PM, 2013
for some reason I think I am being followed today, by common redstarts after leaving one at chorlton ees, and relocated the one at turn moss, and then on my way back through Longford park I have only gone and found another, located on the pitch and putt course. first seen around 2.30pm but then lost it and relocated at 3.10pm but elusive. no signs of the ring ouzel.
Ben Smart said
Tue Apr 16 5:24 AM, 2013
Thanks for the directions Steve. i'll head down tomorrow am and see if I can meet up with the Ring Ouzel or the Redstart. Cheers Ben
steven burke said
Tue Apr 16 5:18 AM, 2013
Ben Smart wrote:
Great find Steven I went to look for it but couldn't locate the pitch and putt, let alone the Ring Ouzel!
hi ben sorry you could not find the pitch and putt, I should mention though that it is not in use, so there is no flags or fairways, but you can make out the bunkers and a few greens. best way to get to it if you are travelling by car is through the entrance off Cromwell rd off edge lane and drive right into a car park just past the cottages and the pitch and putt is to the back off the cottages. good luck if you try again tomorrow.
Ben Smart said
Tue Apr 16 2:41 AM, 2013
Great find Steven I went to look for it but couldn't locate the pitch and putt, let alone the Ring Ouzel!
steven burke said
Tue Apr 16 1:26 AM, 2013
Ring ouzel still present as i left just before 6pm, it had a little scrap with a blackbird a few minutes earlier. Still in the same area, pitch and putt course, but did fly out over the field and returned 10 mins later.
also 1 Willow warbler, 6 mistle thrushes.
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Apr 16 12:15 AM, 2013
steven burke wrote:
Forgive the misspelled word still present
Ring Ouzel's spelled fine
steven burke said
Tue Apr 16 12:06 AM, 2013
Forgive the misspelled word still present
steven burke said
Tue Apr 16 12:01 AM, 2013
Yet another mega for here, this time a male ring ouzel it was located on the pitch and putt course at 4.35pm still preset despite several dog walkers.
Pete Hines said
Mon Apr 15 10:21 PM, 2013
This is mental !.3rd year in a row the car is in for an MOT in Old Trafford and I walk through Longford Park twice in a day and Steve finds something !. Last year the Redstart on Turn Moss, previous year a Pied Flycatcher in the Park. I Didn't see the Ring Ouzel or Pied Flycatcher by the way
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Monday 15th of April 2013 10:25:28 PM
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Monday 15th of April 2013 10:26:15 PM
steven burke said
Wed Feb 27 3:57 AM, 2013
afternoon visit.
6 goldcrest 1 siskin 2 chaffinch 1 greenfinch 30+ goldfinch 3 song thrush 2 mistle thrush 8 redwing 1 jay plus usuals
Paul Wilkins said
Fri Nov 16 9:57 PM, 2012
Quiet in the park this morning. Species list:
Robin (6 singing) Blackbird Magpie Carrion Crow Mistle Thrush Black-headed Gull Wood Pigeon Common Gull Chaffinch
Gerry Flanagan said
Sat Jun 2 5:06 AM, 2012
6.30 - 8am
Treecreeper 2 Stock Dove 2 Bullfinch 2 (1m 1f) Song Thrush 1 Mistle Thrush 3 Robin 2 Goldcrest 1 singing Goldfinch 4 Greenfinch 2 Common Whitethroat 1 Swallow 3 Swift 25+ Woodpigeon 7 Magpie 5 Carrion Crow 3 Heron 1 over Great Tit 1 adult 3 fledgings Blue Tit 3 House Sparrow 6 Starling 12
Ian McKerchar said
Sat May 26 7:32 PM, 2012
Gervase Cooke wrote:
Maybe someone saw it further east.
G
The county rarities committee ultimately verifies such county rarities Gervase and would warmly welcome a submission.
Gervase Cooke said
Sat May 26 6:56 PM, 2012
Hi
It was floating eastwards. Just had time to run inside and grab my bins to verify.
Maybe someone saw it further east.
G
Henry Cook said
Sat May 26 6:00 PM, 2012
Is it lingering Gervase or did it fly off in any particular direction? Thanks.
Gervase Cooke said
Sat May 26 5:18 PM, 2012
Red Kite flying high of my house just east of Longford park!
Gervase Cooke said
Mon May 7 3:01 AM, 2012
Again not actually in the park but just a couple of hundred yards to the east.
After an afternoon in the garden today I heard a familiar croak and looked up.
Heron doing battle with a crow high up. They were both having a go....
Then I heard a wee screeeeeeech
Right over my head a hundred feet up 30+ swifts feeding and chasing eachother!!
First of the year for me. Took my breath away. Every year the joy of seeing them increases.
Summer is trying to come.
steven burke said
Thu Apr 19 4:08 AM, 2012
a surprise day off, so another long walk started here from 12am..
2 nuthatches 4 goldcrests 2 jays plus all usual birds around the park.
steven burke said
Sat Apr 14 4:43 AM, 2012
another walk through from 4pm
1 buzzard soaring over at 4.10pm 1 great spotted woodpecker 2 nuthatches 2 goldcrests 1 mistle thrush 2 jays plus usual birds around.
steven burke said
Fri Apr 13 5:15 AM, 2012
evening walk started here at 5.15pm.
2 swallows over heading south/west 1 treecreeper 2 stock doves 1 mistle thrush 2 coal tits blue/great & long tailed tits greenfinch,goldfinch & chaffinches plus all usual birds.
On a stroll through the park with my little boy on board on Saturday I saw a small finch in a tree near the stables. It was silhouetted and I din't have binoculars. All I could tell was it had a very deeply forked tail and was singing continuously in a way that I am not familiar with. I don't know my little finch songs well I have to say but to me it wasn't Goldfinch which I know well (my mum calls them the chattering classes). It lacked the intermittent wheeze that I associate with Siskin. I've had a listen to some Linnet song on line but that doesn't sound quite right. Leaves Lesser Redpoll I'm guessing but can't seem to find a decent sound clip to compare. Can anyone help? It's only a 15 second snippet. Little thing just sang and sang.
Still some Redwing in the park last week.
Was full of song on Saturday. Spring is coming. Exciting times.
6 redwing
4 fieldfare
1 song thrush
7 mistle thrush
20+ blackbird
only found 1 tree that still has some berries left on it in the old pitch & putt area (as Eugene mentions, now the disc FRISBEE golf ! ) they will soon be gone.
great spotted woodpecker heard calling
2 nuthatch
2 treecreeper
6 goldcrest
1 coal tit
8 chaffinch
3 starling
Thanks,
Eugene
Eugene they are around (not many) but still keep looking, I had a flock of 50+ waxwings in the old pitch & putt area several years ago enjoying all those berries.
Mistle thrush
Robin
Gold crest
Pied Wagtail
chaffinch
Starling
Blackbird
A new one for me in Longford, 1 Cormorant flying over, headed towards Chorlton Ees.
Fairly quiet day all in all.
Eugene.
Song thrush
Mistle Thrush
c50 Starling
3 Goldcrest
c40 Goldfinch
Chaffinch
Blue tit
Great Tit
Robin
1 Heron
Still hoping for Waxwing to turn up! Good amount of berries around.
1 Heron
1 chaffinch
Large flock of Starling
small flock of Goldfinch
couple of Thrushes, most likely Song.
Eugene
Spotted annoying pigeons and magpies on the Stretford side of Rye bank road entrance to the park.
Cheers, Eugene.
Recent sightings include:
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker
1 Goldcrest
10-20 Long tailed tit
10 Song Thrush, also possible missile thrush
Blue tit
Great tit
Coal Tit
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Jackdaw
Plus many more of the usual suspects.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 14th of November 2015 04:27:45 PM
I (personally) have never heard of lots of Brent geese being at southport, however one thing they haven lot of over there, especially now, is pink-footed geese.
Hope this helps Joel.
Hi Gervase
There is a county garden birds thread for birds seen in or over the garden, that may be the best bet, but Ian will know for sure
Never sure where to put sightings from my own house. Don't feel it warrants a topic of it's own
Anyway I'm just east of Longford park.
A skein of Geese (maybe 50 or so) passed over due west on Saturday around 5pm. Quite high and silhouetted. Honking was not Canada, much higher pitched. My assumption was Pink foot but my Dad says there are a lot of Brent at Southport which is due west from here.
Anyone got any thoughts.
Male & female sparrowhawk seen on several occasions being harassed by the crows & magpies.
5 Jay
1 blackcap
2 Chiffchaff, 1 singing
2 bullfinch
A tit flock held, long tailed, great, blue, coal tit, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 nuthatch.
1 swallow through south.
Not particularly busy (bird wise) but the following was seen:
4+ Blackbirds
2+ Robins
1 Blue Tit
2 Great Tit
4+ Magpie
1 Jackdaw (overhead)
8+ Woodpigeon
3 Feral Pigeon
1 Chiffchaff
and the stars of which were 2 Treecreepers chasing each other round an Oak Tree.
Also, a Hobby gliding along the motorway on the way home was the first for me this year.
also...
2 sparrowhawk
2 great spotted woodpecker
3 mistle thrush
2 nuthatch
2 chiffchaff
1 willow warbler
-- Edited by steven burke on Wednesday 15th of April 2015 10:43:50 PM
1 willow warbler
2 blackcap
1 great spotted woodpecker
2 jay
5 goldcrest
2 sparrowhawk
4 stock dove
1 song thrush
1 grey heron
3 treecreeper
2 nuthatch
43+ Meadow Pipit
1 Chiffchaff
1 Great spotted woodpecker
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 7th of April 2015 12:58:34 PM
Wood Pigeon (in numbers)
Magpie (in numbers)
Carrion Crow (4)
Robin (4)
Blackbird (7)
House Sparrow (5)
Starling (2)
Black-headed Gull (1)
Common Gull (5)
and a mixed foraging group comprising:
Long-Tailed Tit (7)
Blue Tit (6)
Great Tit (5)
Nuthatch (1)
2 swallows
4 blackcaps
2 chiffchaffs
1 nuthatch
1 great spotted woodpecker
4 mistle thrushes
1 song thrush
2 goldcrests
plus usuals around.
2 bullfinches
1 chaffinch
9 goldfinches
1 nuthatch
2 treecreepers
1 great spotted woodpecker
3 goldcrests
2 coal tits
5 jays
2 pied wagtails
15 mistle thrushes
4 song thrushes
plenty of redwings around, they have now almost devoured all the berries on the trees around the old pitch & putt course. several of them bathing in a small pool of water with goldfinches
5 goldcrests
6 chaffinches
13 goldfinches
1 greenfinch
1 bullfinch
1 jay
2 pied wagtails
2 great spotted woodpeckers
1 sparrowhawk
2 song thrushes
5 mistle thrushes
plenty of redwings & several fieldfares.
6 goldcrests
1 treecreeper
1 nuthatch
1 great spotted woodpecker
8 chaffinches
5 mistle thrush
again large numbers of redwings, several blackbirds & starlings on the old pitch & putt course.
another 2 chiffchaffs seen this afternoon, a single one calling then seen, another was in with a mixed tit flock.
6-7 goldcrests
1 treecreeper
2 great spotted woodpeckers
2 pied wagtails
1 sparrowhawk, almost catching a blackbird.
c100 starlings
7 common gulls
large numbers of redwings around, mostly at the old pitch & putt course feeding on the berry trees with several blackbirds, mistle thrushes, chaffinches & goldfinches.
tawny owl heard
7 cormorants flying over Stretford area, twice yesterday and also a mistle thrush in song
glad I came here after the rain had stopped, 2 chiffchaffs which now makes it every month this year I have seen a chiffchaff
5-6 goldcrests
1 nuthatch
2 mistle thrushes
1 song thrush
lots of redwings around
c70 starlings
3 chaffinches
12 goldfinches
1 sparrowhawk
couple of tit flocks best one being with 15+ long tailed tits, blue tits, great tits, 1 chiffchaff & 1 goldcrest.
-- Edited by steven burke on Friday 1st of November 2013 05:38:43 PM
105 pink footed geese, over east.
15 redwings, more heard.
13 mistle thrushes
1 buzzard
1 jay
1 great spotted woodpecker
1 nuthatch
4 goldcrests
several tit flocks around consisting long tailed, great, blue & coal tits nothing else with them apart from chaffinches.
BG's got their information from the 'bits, bobs, odds and sods' thread of this forum
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 19th of July 2013 11:47:28 PM
-- Edited by Rob Smallwood on Friday 19th of July 2013 11:24:00 PM
didn't see the Redstart 3.30 - 3.50
i'll head down tomorrow am and see if I can meet up with the Ring Ouzel or the Redstart.
Cheers
Ben
hi ben sorry you could not find the pitch and putt, I should mention though that it is not in use, so there is no flags or fairways, but you can make out the bunkers and a few greens. best way to get to it if you are travelling by car is through the entrance off Cromwell rd off edge lane and drive right into a car park just past the cottages and the pitch and putt is to the back off the cottages. good luck if you try again tomorrow.
I went to look for it but couldn't locate the pitch and putt, let alone the Ring Ouzel!
Ring Ouzel's spelled fine
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Monday 15th of April 2013 10:25:28 PM
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Monday 15th of April 2013 10:26:15 PM
6 goldcrest
1 siskin
2 chaffinch
1 greenfinch
30+ goldfinch
3 song thrush
2 mistle thrush
8 redwing
1 jay
plus usuals
Robin (6 singing)
Blackbird
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Mistle Thrush
Black-headed Gull
Wood Pigeon
Common Gull
Chaffinch
Treecreeper 2
Stock Dove 2
Bullfinch 2 (1m 1f)
Song Thrush 1
Mistle Thrush 3
Robin 2
Goldcrest 1 singing
Goldfinch 4
Greenfinch 2
Common Whitethroat 1
Swallow 3
Swift 25+
Woodpigeon 7
Magpie 5
Carrion Crow 3
Heron 1 over
Great Tit 1 adult 3 fledgings
Blue Tit 3
House Sparrow 6
Starling 12
The county rarities committee ultimately verifies such county rarities Gervase and would warmly welcome a submission.
It was floating eastwards. Just had time to run inside and grab my bins to verify.
Maybe someone saw it further east.
G
Thanks.
After an afternoon in the garden today I heard a familiar croak and looked up.
Heron doing battle with a crow high up. They were both having a go....
Then I heard a wee screeeeeeech
Right over my head a hundred feet up 30+ swifts feeding and chasing eachother!!
First of the year for me. Took my breath away. Every year the joy of seeing them increases.
Summer is trying to come.
2 nuthatches
4 goldcrests
2 jays
plus all usual birds around the park.
1 buzzard soaring over at 4.10pm
1 great spotted woodpecker
2 nuthatches
2 goldcrests
1 mistle thrush
2 jays
plus usual birds around.
2 swallows over heading south/west
1 treecreeper
2 stock doves
1 mistle thrush
2 coal tits
blue/great & long tailed tits
greenfinch,goldfinch & chaffinches
plus all usual birds.