Gorses quarry.     South end feeders, becoming quiet at these feeders recently,apart from the bullfinch/coal tit battle..many of the birds appear nervous,not lingering on the feeders but darting in grabbing some food and returning to the trees. In contrast the north end feeders are a hive of activity since I relocated them. The long tailed tits were very active as were the house sparrows.

                          Around the quarry,    The rooks were in the trees near Welsby farm again. There are at least 7x great tits singing, spread throughout the quarry, along with coal & blue tits and an increase of bullfinches with 5x males calling.

Gorses quarry,  morning visit.  South end feeders, brilliant time spent watching a bullfinch defending the sunflower hearts from all comers.the coal tit looked like Rob Burrow tormenting the Wigan front row,it was hilarious.the bullfinch would chase it off and it just shot round the tree and back onto the blind side of the feeder.

                                             North end feeders,  long tailed, blue, coal & great tit, chaffinch & wood pigeon. The jay I mentioned yesterday has obviously won as the feeder is on the floor in bits. 

                                            The rooks from Sunday were over in the fields By leeks water along with jackdaws & magpies. 48x Canada geese on the other field.

And after all that one finger typing I forgot 16x redwing flying north east.

Gorses,quarry,    South end feeders,    Quiet.  Singles of blue tit & chaffinch on feeders (even after moving on and returning later) blackbird and robin on floor.

                        Cleared area (for new build houses,but not used) 2x meadow pipits.

                        North end feeders,     4x long tailed tits, blue tit,great tit, coal tit ,bullfinch,chaffinch,wren,robin,blackbird wood pigeon & a jay. The jay removed the cover from the peanuts and helped itself to full peanuts from above. This explains why I have been picking it up every morning!

                        Around the quarry,     Kingfisher(flew in past me from windacre lodge direction) great tit,wren & mistle thrush all singing. 25x rooks in trees by Welsby farm, 5-6 would fly off at a time only to return a few moments later,when another group would go. I have never seen rooks show any interest in the quarry before,the nearest rookeries being summerseat or birtle, here's hoping, but the local carrion crows and magpies didn't look impressed!

                        Walmersley golf club fp   Pairs of coot & mallard(x2) on pond by 4th tee, 3x pied Wagtail black headed gull and a common gull. Kingfisher flew down from quarry,didn't settle on pond and contineed on to windacre

                         Nothing on leeks water but fields around held 75x Canada geese, mixed flock of gulls jackdaws and then the 25x rooks flew down. 

                          Over head throughout a steady flow of large gulls north, herring mainly with small groups Of both great and lesser blackbacks.

that took me bloody ages. Cheers Peter.

Morning walk,    Gorses quarry,       South end feeders,   Quiet, only singles of coal tit, great tit,bullfinch & robin. 2x blackbird and 2x magpie.

                                                    North end feeders, becoming more established. 8x long tailed tits with a treecreeper ( which stayed away from feeders ) and 2x goldcrest, blue,coal & great tits.wren,dunnock & robin around the floor.  

                                                   Around the quarry,   Goldfinch,chaffinch , jay, wood pigeon, heron & carrion crow.

                       Walmersley golf club footpaths.    Black headed gulls, pied wagtail & starlings feeding on fairway 4. coot x3 returned to pond. Fields nearby , jackdaw x24, more black headed gulls & 48x Canada geese feeding.

Wet walk this morning.   No sign of yesterday's kingfisher, but house sparrows noisy & squbbling around the north end feeders was a treat.

south end feeders,  coal, blue & great tits, chaffinch,robin & blackbird.

north end feeders,  house sparrow, chaffinch, goldfinch, blue tit & dunnock

around quarry,       Great tits, wren & dunnock all holding territories . Jay, magpie carrion crow, wood pigeon & a great spotted woodpecker.

windacre lodge,   A lot of mallard activity with males jostling for position around the females. 1x little grebe,coot & moorhen.

Morning walk, following yesterday's nothing.

gorses quarry.    South end feeders,    2x goldfinch, 4x chaffinch, 4x blue tit, singles of coal & great tit,robin & blackbird.

                         North end feeders,    6x long tailed tits, 2x coal tits , singles of blackbird & chaffinch.

                         Around quarry,         7x great tit singing, 4x wren singing, bullfinch,collared dove,wood pigeon & 2x jay. Special visit from a kingfisher on the Delphi (only happens when the river is high in burrs ).

friday 8/1/21 evening walk with dog. Tawny owl from in the quarry.

morning walk    Gorses quarry,    South end feeders .  4x chaffinch,males looking very smart. Blue,coal & great tits

                                                                               Robin,blackbird, dunnock and 2x magpies which only come 

                                                                              Down once I go.

                                                 North end feeders.   Great tit , blackbird & robin.

                                                  Around quarry.       Bullfinch,goldfinch, 12x starlings (sat in tree top),jay,carrion 

                                                                               Crow, wren, song thrush,nuthatch, treeecreeper & great

                                                                               Spotted woodpecker.

                         Walmersley golf club f.p.                   Mistle thrush,long tailed tits, black headed & common gull.

                                                                               Buzzard & 4x magpies near leeks water.

                          Windacre lodge.  70 % open water.   3x cormorants 2x herons, 9x goosander 16x black headed

                                                                               Gulls , 6x Canada geese, moorhen,coot mallard &  little grebe.

Morning walk.  Gorses quarry.  South end feeders. Food all gone, 4x blue tits & a robin waiting for me to fill the feeders ( is it possible for a robin to look at me in the same "tone of voice" as the wife uses? ).soon joined by 2x coal tits and 3x goldfinches .

rest of quarry and north end feeders very quiet. Over head were a group of herring gulls just wandering around but others in a steady but constant flow north, I counted 60+heading north with purpose,not drifting .

Morning walk in foggy and cold conditions.

  Gorses quarry--      Very quiet, feeders with only singles of chaffinch,blue, coal and great tits.

                               Else where in the quparry were longtailed tits,gold rest and coal tits in a loose flock within the conifers bordering Lowes park golf club. Several wrens and robins.

                               Over were jackdaws,Canada geese(about 100 , heading low towards leeks water) and 6 gulls together  1x great blackback and 5x herring.

This mornings walk.

Gorses quarry     Southend feeders.     Blue,great & coal tits, chaffinch,robin  Blackbird & magpie.

                          North end feeders.    Blue & coal tit  Wren & robin.

                          Around quarry.          Goldfinch,bullfinch, house sparrow, jay, wood pigeon, collared dove, dunnock,

                                                          Song thrush,long tail tits &treecreeper.          

        Walmersley golf club fp.                Goldfinch,mistle thrush, carrion crow,linnet,blue & coal tits,blackbirds on 

                                                           What is left of the hawthorn berries and 2x buzzards, one a very pale 

                                                          Individual that has been here regularly over the last few years. I think 

                                                          It also spent time at Elton res.

Walking up to the quarry this morning Iheard a green woodpecker, on arrival at the south end feeders it was on the ground beneath.nothing else was on the feeders but the trees around held lots of the usual birds. The woodpecker flew away but everything else remained wary,and would not approach the feeders.

      North end feeders.   Blue,great & coal tits, robin ,blackbird , chaffinch&dunnock

      Around quarry         Long tail tit flock with tree creeper and nuthatch,wren, goldfinch, bullfinch, jay,magpie & wood pigeon.

       Walmersley golf club footpaths around lower holes   House sparrows in good numbers,first for a good while! Singing mistle thrush. Looking over Leeks water was a buzzard surrounded by 16 magpies.

        Windacre lodge.   7x cormorants  3 goosander coots ,moorhen & mallard.

gorses quarry.  Feeders,south end,   Chaffinch,bullfinch,blue great & coal tits, robin,blackbird.

                      feeders,north end,     Great,blue& coal tits,robin and jay on the ground beneath.

                       Over ,                      Wood pigeon , only 1 herring gull, 2x raven same flight path as other days,

                                                        Heading towards deeply vale area.

            Cheers.  Peter.

Dave , yes it is Gorses quarry. I have only lived here 35 yrs,and didn't know that till now. And I didn't know it was an RIGS site either! Thanks.

todays morning walk- gorses quarry.   Feeders, blue,coal & great tits,dunnock,robin,blackbird,a warbler in &bout in a flash so no idea, magpies,(one with a damaged wing) second feeders had -1x great tit and 1x f sparrowhawk so I moved feeders to a safer spot and was rewarded.By a goldcrest before I had finished hanging them.over were 2x Ravens and several herring gulls(north)

walmersley golf club,footpaths . Jay starlings carrion crow,4 x snipe (over east) chaffinch,bullfinch goldfinch song thrush and a mistletoe thrush singing.

windacre lodge. Mallard,coot,moorhen,Canada geese and goosander 5x m, 2x f.

cheers Peter.

Sorry, ITried to put it on the Walmersley area thread ,but obviously failed.

 Limefield is just north of Bury,near Walmersley. The quarry is just west of lowes park golf club.

 Late afternoon walk produced gulls towards ash worth moor res. Jackdaws south. and a magpie roost in the quarry that I had no idea was there!

this is my first attempt at this so stand by.  The site is a disused quarry dominated by silver birch and aspen with older trees scattered within. It covers approx five acres.        Morning walk with Josh (springer spaniel).                     At the feeders   Robin,blue tit,great tit,coal tit,chaffinch,blackbird,magpie and carrion crow.  

Elsewhere in the quarry.  Goldfinch,bullfinch,wren,song thrush,woodcock(thanks to Josh) wood pigeon and a great spotted woodpecker.

over, 2x raven and a steady flow of big gulls heading north,mainly herring gulls and greater black backed gulls.

hope this makes sense,I m not putting times in as it will be obvious how long it took me to type this.