She's started a pop career now, apparently doing gigs all over Manchester....
Bill Myerscough said
Sun May 22 3:29 PM, 2011
John Rayner wrote:
Can't Imogen why
Rob,
I think it's something to do with the new blockbuster 'Saving R**n's Privates'
All this talk about super-injunctions is giving me the GIGGLES
John Rayner said
Sun May 22 1:14 PM, 2011
Can't Imogen why Rob,
I think it's something to do with the new blockbuster 'Saving R**n's Privates'
Rob Smallwood said
Sun May 22 8:48 AM, 2011
Ann Ribbands wrote:
I see from the local paper that MUFC have been granted planning permission for a "major revamp" of the Carrington Training Ground. It is not clear if this involves an extension of the site itself.
Can't Imogen why
Andy Bissitt said
Sat May 21 9:02 PM, 2011
Ann Ribbands wrote:
I see from the local paper that MUFC have been granted planning permission for a "major revamp" of the Carrington Training Ground. It is not clear if this involves an extension of the site itself.
That information has probably been blocked by a 'superinjunction'!!!
Ann Ribbands said
Sat May 21 4:01 PM, 2011
I see from the local paper that MUFC have been granted planning permission for a "major revamp" of the Carrington Training Ground. It is not clear if this involves an extension of the site itself.
Adam Jones said
Sat May 21 2:03 PM, 2011
Saturday 21st May 5.30-7.00am Around fields 4, 12 and 13 this morning: 6 Oystercatcher 4 Mistle Thrush 3 Song Thrush 8 Goldfinch 5 Common Whitethroat 3 Chiffchaff 8 Black Headed Gulls 1 Tufted Duck 4 Mallard 1 Canada Goose (over) 1 Yellowhammer 2 Wren 3 Reed Bunting 5 Long Tailed Tit 2 Cormorant 3 Skylark 8 Lapwing 1 Kestrel 2 Willow Warbler 1 Greenfinch
Adam Jones said
Wed May 18 10:00 PM, 2011
Wednesday 18th May 7.15-8.15pm Walk around f4, f12 & f13
18/05/2011 - 5-9am - Walk along Dark Lane round to corner of shell plant, back round to Sinderland Green and over to Partington. Amongst the stuff seen were:
4 Cormorants - over towards Rostherne 1 Peregrine 2 Grey Partridges - f220 10 House Martins 8 Swallows 3 Swifts 8 Skylarks 3 Yellow Wagtails - look quite at home now in the arable fields 8 Willow Warblers - good population along the abandoned railway-line birches 6 Chiffchaffs 6 Blackcaps 16 Whitethroats 1 Grasshopper Warbler - f221 1 Spotted Flycatcher - still in Brookhey's Covert but elusive 2 Nuthatches 3 Treecreepers 3 Tree Sparrows 17 Yellowhammers 1 Linnet 4 Reed Buntings
steven burke said
Sun May 15 7:01 PM, 2011
a long walk around with phil kelly between 8.30am-2.30pm along common lane/dark lane through brookheys covert,up brookheys rd/sinderland rd junction (f60) then onto etw and back to swiss farm and past f11/12 to common lane.
spotted flycatcher (brookheys covert) phil put your glasses on please
garden warbler (etw) now he did see that one
yellow wagtail, little owl, grey partridge, yellowhammers, skylarks lots off whitethroats, blackcaps and willow warblers, sedge warblers heard only buzzards, kestrel, pheasants, lapwings, greenfinchs, chaffinchs, goldfinchs, lots off swifts, swallows, house martins and sand martins blackbirds, robins, dunnocks, house sparrows, starlings, magpies, crows, rooks reed bunting, grey wagtail, pied wagtail, great tit, blue tit, little grebe, teal, gadwall, tufted duck, mallard, coot, moorhen canada goose, b-h-gull, l-b-b-gull good day cheers phil,you will have to go back for the spotted flycatcher though.
-- Edited by steven burke on Sunday 15th of May 2011 07:29:52 PM
Joe Wynn said
Sun May 15 2:06 PM, 2011
Spent the morning trying to photograph Yellow wags, there are definitely 5 (4m 1f); they were all fighting at one point. Spent all the time I was watching them either in f13, f12 or f4 as they were between all of them. Got a decent shot in the end, phew!
-- Edited by Joe Wynn on Sunday 15th of May 2011 02:14:04 PM
Joe Wynn said
Sat May 14 1:20 PM, 2011
Nice walk from sewage works down to swiss cottage along to fields 13/14 and back again with the heavens opening sparadically. This produced:
Fields 13,14, 12 and 11: 3+ Yellow Wagtail (all males seen- could be many more but they kept flying off and coming back again so could only definitely say 3 as I only saw 3 together) c.5 Yellowhammer c.2 Skylark c.5 Lapwing 1 Pied Wagtail No winchat
Sewage works to Swiss Cottage: 2 Sedge Warbler c.5 Blackcap c.10 Whitethroat 3 Lapwing
Also, when talking to a guy, he said he had seen a "white neck", a "bird back from africa". Does anyone know what that would be? I thought maybe Wryneck ( wishful thinking!) or Whitethroat.
Also, a Yellowhammer singing from the pylon alongside field 5.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 13th of May 2011 03:19:55 PM
Ian McKerchar said
Thu May 12 8:04 AM, 2011
Monday 09.05.11
Swallow 11 Lapwing 13 Skylark 8 Whitethroat 18 Reed Bunting 2 Grey Partridge 2 Yellowhammer 7 Buzzard 3 Yellow Wagtail 1 (On path adjacent field 2). Chiffchaff 3 Willow Tit 2 (in hedge along field two in between orchard and flare stack)
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 12th of May 2011 08:06:24 AM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 12th of May 2011 09:31:03 AM
Adam Jones said
Wed May 11 9:13 PM, 2011
My first visit this evening to Carrington Moss. From Isherwood Road, I only managed a samll circuit past the Shell Pond and down to Birchmoss Covert. 2 Bullfinch 2 Oystercatcher (over) 5 Whitethroat 1 Yellowhammer (a first for me) 6 Yellow Wagtail (also a first for me) 1 Pheasant 1 Reed Bunting 5 Chaffinch 3 Mistle Thrush I shall return when I have more time, and hopefully find the Cuckoo
Ian McKerchar said
Wed May 11 1:39 PM, 2011
Cuckoo calling from Birch Moss Covert and Altrincham sewage works from 10.45 - 11.45 today.
Info thanks to Tony O'Mahony
James Walsh said
Wed May 11 11:07 AM, 2011
Tuesday 10th May
4 Swift near Brookheys Covert
-- Edited by James Walsh on Wednesday 11th of May 2011 03:53:13 PM
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Tue May 10 3:26 PM, 2011
Tuesday, 10th May, Isherwood Road to ETW.
Grey Partridge 1 in f12 Yellow Wagtail 1 f4 just south of Shell Pool NR Cormorant 2 over Yellowhammer 3 Lapwing 12+ f15, 2 f4, 1 f16 Missel Thrush 1 f15 GtSWoodpecker 1male across road from Shell Pool NR Swallow 4 near Swiss Cottage Farm Pied Wagtail 1male Swiss Cottage Fram Oystercatcher 1 over to Basell Site Whitethroat 12 singing Willow Warbler 9 singing Chiffchaff 2 singing Blackcap 7 singing Chaffinch 3 singing Goldfinch 5 Greenfinch 4 Sand Martin 1 Collared Dove 1 Swiss Cottage Farm Skylark 3 singing, f4/13/15
In addition to Nick's exemplary recording: Sunday 8 May c.3.30 - 5.00pm Grey Partridge 2 flew from f.71 to f.26 Skylark singing f.25 f Yellow Wagtail bathing in a puddle on track across f.25 until flushed by an inconsiderate cyclist who could see I was watching it and carried on regardless f. 5 Lapwings 8 displaying, Pheasant 1 single Yellowhammers at f.26 and f.10/11
Nick Hilton said
Sun May 8 12:52 PM, 2011
I know, I know, its a bit of over kill !! But I was doing the BBS and thought I'd put the records on !!
Birders fall in to 3 camps, those that don't record anything, those that record only what they consider of interest and those that record absolutely everything !
Early morning walk from ETW across moss to Dark Lane and back.
ETW: 0600 - 0700 Grasshopper Warbler and Garden Warbler about 100m North of ETW. Reed Warbler and Sedge Warbler within ETW. 3 Oystercatchers calling overhead. Gadwall, Shoveller, Tufted, Teal, Grey Lag Goose, and at least 5 Little Grebes. 3 Swifts, no hirundines.
Across Moss: 0700 - 0830 Very windy - Oystercatchers seen several times - never more than 3 together. Yellowhammer, 6+ lapwings and Stock Dove field 5. Yellow Wagtail - 2 females field 11. Partridge - pairs seen in field 1 and 67. Wheatear - male in field 63.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 1st of May 2011 10:19:43 AM
Ollie Wright said
Fri Apr 29 11:05 PM, 2011
Nice to meet you too, Tim.
I also saw a pair of Yellow Wagtails, at Woodcote Farm (big thanks to a fellow birder, who spotted and drew my attention to them).
Other highlights were Oystercatcher on field close to Altrincham Sewage Works, two Stock Doves in fields close to Swiss Cottage and a female Wheatear at Birch Farm.
Tim Wilcox said
Fri Apr 29 10:09 PM, 2011
Primarily a bike road out to the Moss produced 2 nice surprises: Yellow Wagtail f25, Grey Partridge f26 first I've seen out there for ages. Also f25 Lapwing 4 and Stock Dove over, around Swiss Cottage Fm Oystercatcher over, 15 Sand Martins, 100 BH Gulls, 8 Lapwings displaying mm, Bullfinch m. Rooks, Yellowhammers, Skylark etc round and about. Nice to meet Ollie Wright
-- Edited by Tim Wilcox on Friday 29th of April 2011 10:12:08 PM
-- Edited by Tim Wilcox on Friday 29th of April 2011 10:14:32 PM
Vaughan Evans said
Thu Apr 28 7:43 PM, 2011
12 yellow wagtails at the etw 17.30 6 on the bank by the main filter beds and 6 at the western end of the first flooded paddock
steven burke said
Tue Apr 26 9:11 PM, 2011
Vaughan Evans wrote:
Hi Steven,
good to meet you yesterday. Twas I who had to depart, glad you eventually got on to one. I'll have another look again this week no doubt
hi vaughan,nice to meet you too. yes as you left the other chap and i spotted it at the bottom off the tree we were looking in just to the right off us,did manage a few pics but the fence and a few twigs did not help much. also got about 1 minute off footage,good enough for my records. hope they show for you next time you visit.
Vaughan Evans said
Tue Apr 26 12:50 PM, 2011
Hi Steven,
good to meet you yesterday. Twas I who had to depart, glad you eventually got on to one. I'll have another look again this week no doubt
steven burke said
Mon Apr 25 10:47 PM, 2011
f5 1 wheatear 4 lapwing stock doves & wod pigeons plenty off sand martin whizzing around & landing. f4 2 yellowhammers ( more heard ) 1 sedge warbler plenty off whitethroat the path between mufc & f16/f17 1 blackcap 1 chiffchaff lots off whitethroat & brimstone butterflies around the sewage works.. heard 3 reeling grasshopper warblers, after about 45 mins got to eventually see one did have a couple off chaps looking with me but one off them had to leave 10 mins before i spotted it,he might see it next time. also 1 willow warbler 1 reed bunting sedge & reed warbler (heard) lots of whitethroats buzzards 1 kestrel 1 sparrowhawk also 1 little grebe,pair off tufted duck,canadas & 1 greylag, gadwall, coots with chicks.
Jeff Clarke said
Sat Apr 23 5:45 PM, 2011
Visit to Moss and ETW this morning. Not much to report that others havn't already noted in the last day or so, but 3 female Yellow Wagtails in field 13, one of which was a classic Grey-and-white. Only seen for about a minute before flushed by dogs, but upperparts mid-grey with no trace of green or yellow, and underparts dead white except for pale yellowish under tail coverts. Otherwise plumage pattern identical to normal female.
Also a cracking male in trees by crossroads between fields 1,2,10,11.
Paul Dewey said
Sat Apr 23 9:54 AM, 2011
Late post for yesterday. Saw most of birds Phil did except garden warbler, house martin and wheatear, but did have 3 swifts over the sewage works and about 30 sand martins over field 5.
21/04/2011 - 7-11am covering the Sewage Works, Danewell Wood, around the united training ground, past Birch Moss Covert and along the disused railway line by Sinderland Brook to Broadheath via Malljurs Covert. The warblers dominated sightings with 10 species seen!:
2 Lesser Whitethroats - males in scrub north of sewage works 20+ Common Whitethroats - including a couple of females back 3 Sedge Warblers 2 Reed Warblers 5 Grasshopper Warblers - 3 at sewage works and 2 along Sinderland Brook south of recycling plant 1 Garden Warbler - male back at south end of Danewell Wood 7 Blackcaps - including a few females back 6 Willow Warblers 3 Chiffchaffs 1 Goldcrest 1 Greylag Goose - still present at sewage works 1 Kestrel 2 Grey Partridges - f13 2 Yellow Wagtails - 1 at sewage works still and 1 in field 13 1 Linnet
Dave Cropper said
Wed Apr 20 2:05 PM, 2011
Decent walk round to line up a few sightings for the wife later in the week!
Main sightings;
Sewage works: Cuckoo 1 - first I have seen for a few years here. As many as 5 Grasshopper Warbler between here and f18 including one very obliging bird in the broom patch Sedge Warbler 1 Reed Warbler 2 Little Grebe 6 Gadwall 10 Teal 8 Shoveler 1 No Yellow Wagtails. For the benefit of the Stockport birder I met who had come to see them, there were none at Brookheys Farm either!
Wheatear 4 (1 f5, 1f30, 2 private site - all males) Whinchat 1 female also in f30, which looks recently ploughed. Peregrine 1 in flight and then perched on pylon f12 Grey Partridge 2 f41, 2 f2
Lots of Whithethroats but Blackcaps and Willow Warblers down in number. Still a major lack of hirundines - some Swallows but no Sand or House Martins.
Richard Norris said
Tue Apr 19 8:53 PM, 2011
Having got back from a business trip early I popped in to the ETW on the way home and was delighted to find 7 Yellow Wagtail in the paddock next to the stable buildings .
Jeff Clarke said
Tue Apr 19 12:42 PM, 2011
19/4/11 9am to 11am
Alt ETW Green Sandpiper Teal 8 Tufted 4 Gadwall 6 Grey Lag Goose Grasshopper Warbler 2
Wheatear 2 in field 12 Yellowhammer 3 in field 4 Partridge 2 in field 2 Peregrine one over field 10
Sewage works - 3 Yellow Wagtails in the first horse paddock on the left when I first arrived but gone by 08.00. Also of interest several singing Whitethroat and my first Sedge Warbler of the year
Fields 43/57 - a total of 7 Grey Partridge giving really good views for a change - I was amazed at the way they sat down from standing in such a slow way - like a hydraulic ramp going down Lots of Skylark singing and several Yellowhammers but no sign of any Corn Buntings.
-- Edited by sid ashton on Tuesday 19th of April 2011 09:47:14 PM
Vaughan Evans said
Mon Apr 18 6:52 PM, 2011
18/4/11 pm - 17.30-18.00
ETW: 7 Yellow wagtails in the paddock 1 Pied wagtail Green Sandpiper Greylag Goose Canada geese Teal Tufted Duck Shoveler BH Gull Little Grebe Mallard Gadwall Lapwing Oystercatcher Coot Moorhen Swallow - several Sand Martin - many Whitethroat singing Kestrel - m and f together Buzzard
-- Edited by Vaughan Evans on Tuesday 19th of April 2011 04:26:25 PM
Whinchat 1f again on border of f12 and f13. Wheatear 2m field13, 1m 2f field12 and 1f field4. Reed Bunting 1 Skylark 1 singing. Linnet 2 Missel Thrush 4 Yellowhammer 1 singing plus 4 others. Stock Dove 15+ Chiffchaff 8 singing. Willow Warbler 11 singing. Blackcap 6 singing. Chaffinch 3 singing. Greenfinch 2 singing. Buzzard 1 Willow Tit 2 etc.,etc.,etc.
Henry Cook said
Sun Apr 17 1:02 PM, 2011
17/04/2011 - 6-9am walk between Carr Green and Partington on the moss, stuff seen included:
1 Cormorant - flew over from Rostherne 1 Grey Heron - flew over 1 Peregrine - flew over 2 Red-legged Partridges - f202 8 Lapwings 1 Little Owl 3 Stock Doves 5 Swallows 1 Treecreeper 5 Meadow Pipits - flew over 9 Skylarks 2 Wheatears - f202 1 Grasshopper Warbler - f221 c30 Whitethroats - lots now, spread out 19 Tree Sparrows - including pairs at f220, f196, f166 and f152 1 Reed Bunting 8 Yellowhammers
Also at the sewage works, 9-10am were:
1 Yellow Wagtail - in horse paddocks, flew off west 1 Reed Warbler 1 Sedge Warbler 3 Grasshopper Warblers 6 Willow Warblers 8 Whitethroats 2 Blackcaps 1 Chiffchaff 1 Sand Martin 3 Swallows 1 Mute Swan 1 Greylag Goose - pairing up with a Canada... 5 Tufted Ducks 1 Shoveler 6 Teals 1 Lapwing 1 Oystercatcher
Plus two Little Owls back at the Brookheys Site sitting out in the sun, thanks for the tip-off Jeff. I must have checked the trees out at least 20 times this year so far!
-- Edited by Henry Cook on Sunday 17th of April 2011 02:07:12 PM
Tree Sparrow 2 at Swiss Cottage Wheatear 2 in field 12 Sparrowhawk and Buzzard around MUFC training ground Little Owl has returned to Brookheys! (field 32) Note that Brookheys Covert Reserve is now closed until end April
Jeff Clarke said
Tue Apr 12 5:36 PM, 2011
A difficult morning with the wind howling across the moss, and fewer warblers singing (but maybe I couldn't hear them through the wind!). 3 Wheatears field 12, but no sign of the whinchat. Also Linnets and Yellowhammer between Fields 12 and 4. Sparrowhawk, Nuthatch and Great Spot Woodpecker Firs wood, but I couldn't find any treecreepers. Not much else.
Jeff Clarke said
Mon Apr 11 9:26 AM, 2011
Early Monday morning: Altrincham ETW - 1 Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, 5 Lapwing, 3 Oystercatcher, 6 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, Great Spot Woodpecker.
Recycling Centre - Whitethroat and Linnet
Good numbers Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and Blackcap at various points 27+ Stock Dove field 5
Also Grey Lag Goose flying North over West Timperley
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Sun Apr 10 5:44 PM, 2011
Whinchat was seen looking towards the sun, so slightly difficult to tell but on second thoughts, it was a not so bright coloured female. Wheatears were both definitely males but not Greenland race.
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Sun Apr 10 5:35 PM, 2011
Sunday afternoon.
Whinchat 1m border of f12/13, near path. Wheatear 2m f13. Skylark 1 Buzzard 1
etc.etc.etc.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 10th of April 2011 06:00:41 PM
Are we talking about Wag tales?
All this talk about super-injunctions is giving me the GIGGLES
Can't Imogen why
Rob,
I think it's something to do with the new blockbuster 'Saving R**n's Privates'
Can't Imogen why
That information has probably been blocked by a 'superinjunction'!!!
Around fields 4, 12 and 13 this morning:
6 Oystercatcher
4 Mistle Thrush
3 Song Thrush
8 Goldfinch
5 Common Whitethroat
3 Chiffchaff
8 Black Headed Gulls
1 Tufted Duck
4 Mallard
1 Canada Goose (over)
1 Yellowhammer
2 Wren
3 Reed Bunting
5 Long Tailed Tit
2 Cormorant
3 Skylark
8 Lapwing
1 Kestrel
2 Willow Warbler
1 Greenfinch
Walk around f4, f12 & f13
3 Yellowhammer
2 Yellow Wagtail
6 Whitethroat
1 Chiffchaff
2 Oystercatcher
8 Mistle Thrush
1 Lapwing
6 Goldfinch
2 Pheasant
4 Cormorants - over towards Rostherne
1 Peregrine
2 Grey Partridges - f220
10 House Martins
8 Swallows
3 Swifts
8 Skylarks
3 Yellow Wagtails - look quite at home now in the arable fields
8 Willow Warblers - good population along the abandoned railway-line birches
6 Chiffchaffs
6 Blackcaps
16 Whitethroats
1 Grasshopper Warbler - f221
1 Spotted Flycatcher - still in Brookhey's Covert but elusive
2 Nuthatches
3 Treecreepers
3 Tree Sparrows
17 Yellowhammers
1 Linnet
4 Reed Buntings
along common lane/dark lane through brookheys covert,up brookheys rd/sinderland rd junction (f60) then onto etw and back to swiss farm and past f11/12 to common lane.
spotted flycatcher (brookheys covert)
garden warbler (etw) now he did see that one
yellow wagtail, little owl, grey partridge, yellowhammers, skylarks
lots off whitethroats, blackcaps and willow warblers, sedge warblers heard only
buzzards, kestrel, pheasants, lapwings, greenfinchs, chaffinchs, goldfinchs,
lots off swifts, swallows, house martins and sand martins
blackbirds, robins, dunnocks, house sparrows, starlings, magpies, crows, rooks
reed bunting, grey wagtail, pied wagtail, great tit, blue tit,
little grebe, teal, gadwall, tufted duck, mallard, coot, moorhen
canada goose, b-h-gull, l-b-b-gull
good day
-- Edited by steven burke on Sunday 15th of May 2011 07:29:52 PM
Other highlights included:
c.10 Yellowhammers
2 Skylark
c.5 Lapwing
c.5 Goldfinch
c.2 Reed Buntings
4 Whitethroat
-- Edited by Joe Wynn on Sunday 15th of May 2011 02:14:04 PM
Fields 13,14, 12 and 11:
3+ Yellow Wagtail (all males seen- could be many more but they kept flying off and coming back again so could only definitely say 3 as I only saw 3 together)
c.5 Yellowhammer
c.2 Skylark
c.5 Lapwing
1 Pied Wagtail
No winchat
Sewage works to Swiss Cottage:
2 Sedge Warbler
c.5 Blackcap
c.10 Whitethroat
3 Lapwing
Also, when talking to a guy, he said he had seen a "white neck", a "bird back from africa". Does anyone know what that would be? I thought maybe Wryneck ( wishful thinking!) or Whitethroat.
Loads of swifts, house martins and swallows
Whinchat 1 female along "usual" f12/13 hedge.
Yellow Wagtail 1 male.
Pied Wagtail 1 female feeding a juvenile.
Mistle Thrush 1
Also, a Yellowhammer singing from the pylon alongside field 5.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 13th of May 2011 03:19:55 PM
Swallow 11
Lapwing 13
Skylark 8
Whitethroat 18
Reed Bunting 2
Grey Partridge 2
Yellowhammer 7
Buzzard 3
Yellow Wagtail 1 (On path adjacent field 2).
Chiffchaff 3
Willow Tit 2 (in hedge along field two in between orchard and flare stack)
Etw-
Oystercatcher 3
Lapwing 4
Reed Warbler 1
Sedge Warbler 2
Whitethroat 1
White Wagtail 1
Info thanks to Phil Kelly
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 12th of May 2011 08:06:24 AM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 12th of May 2011 09:31:03 AM
2 Bullfinch
2 Oystercatcher (over)
5 Whitethroat
1 Yellowhammer (a first for me)
6 Yellow Wagtail (also a first for me)
1 Pheasant
1 Reed Bunting
5 Chaffinch
3 Mistle Thrush
I shall return when I have more time, and hopefully find the Cuckoo
Info thanks to Tony O'Mahony
4 Swift near Brookheys Covert
-- Edited by James Walsh on Wednesday 11th of May 2011 03:53:13 PM
Grey Partridge 1 in f12
Yellow Wagtail 1 f4 just south of Shell Pool NR
Cormorant 2 over
Yellowhammer 3
Lapwing 12+ f15, 2 f4, 1 f16
Missel Thrush 1 f15
GtSWoodpecker 1male across road from Shell Pool NR
Swallow 4 near Swiss Cottage Farm
Pied Wagtail 1male Swiss Cottage Fram
Oystercatcher 1 over to Basell Site
Whitethroat 12 singing
Willow Warbler 9 singing
Chiffchaff 2 singing
Blackcap 7 singing
Chaffinch 3 singing
Goldfinch 5
Greenfinch 4
Sand Martin 1
Collared Dove 1 Swiss Cottage Farm
Skylark 3 singing, f4/13/15
Just south of Danewell Wood:
Kestrel 1 male
Sedge Warbler 2 singing
Reed Warbler 1 singing
etc.
Sunday 8 May c.3.30 - 5.00pm
Grey Partridge 2 flew from f.71 to f.26
Skylark singing f.25
f Yellow Wagtail bathing in a puddle on track across f.25 until flushed by an inconsiderate cyclist who could see I was watching it and carried on regardless
f. 5 Lapwings 8 displaying, Pheasant 1
single Yellowhammers at f.26 and f.10/11
Birders fall in to 3 camps, those that don't record anything, those that record only what they consider of interest and those that record absolutely everything !
I think I have recording OCD !
F5 = 2 Whitethroat, 1 Chaffinch, 65 BH Gull, 20 Lapwing, 1 Mallard
F4 = 14 Canada Goose, 1 Wren, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Great Tit, 2 Magpie, 1 Mistle Thrush, 4 Crow, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Buzzard, 2 Linnet, 1 Oystercatcher, 1 Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Goldfinch, 1 Pheasant
F13 = 1 Magpie, 1 Crow, 1 Yellowhammer, 3 Robin, 1 Pied Wagtail, 2 Wren, 2 Blackbird, 1 Bullfinch, 1 Skylark
F15 = 2 Pheasant, 2 Mallard, 1 Skylark, 1 Crow, 1 Magpie, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Wren
Birchmoss Covert = 3 Blackcap, 2 Wren, 1 Blue Tit, 1 Chiffchaff, 4 Wood Pigeon, 2 Jackdaw, 1 Robin
F22 = 2 Grey Partridge, 1 Robin 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Magpie, 2 Wood Pigeon, 1 Chaffinch, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Blackcap, 1 WillowWarbler
F63 = 40 Rook, 1 Chaffinch, 1 Blackcap
F67 = 2 Chaffinch, 1 Great Tit, 2 LT Tit
F25= 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Pied Wagtail, 2 Whitethroat, 1 Cormorant (south), 1 Skylark, 1 Lapwing, 1 Crow, 3 Jay
F11 = 3 Wren, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Chaffinch, 1 Robin, 4 Blackbird, 3 Crow, 1 Pheasant, 1 Bullfinch
F3 = 2 Great Tit,2 Robin, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Dunnock, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Wren, 1 Chiffchaff
F23 = 1 Blackcap, 2 Wren, 1 Blackbird, 2 Pheasant, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Malard, 1 Lapwing, 1 Chaffinch
F30 = 1 Whitethroat, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Mallard, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Robin, 1 Great Tit, 3 Wood Pigeon, 1 Pied Wagtail, 12 H Sparrow, 2 Goldfinch
F33 = 1 Blackbird, 1 Swallow, 1 Cormorant (north), 1 Wood Pigeon
F34 = 1 Whitethroat, 2 Wood Pigeon, 1 Crow, 3 Swallow
F36 = 1 Lapwing, 1 Greenfinch, 1 Pheasant, 1 Magpie, 2 Goldfinch, 1 Whitethroat
F31 = 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Magpie, 2 Wood Pigeon
F60 = 3 Crow, 7 Stockdove, 3 Pheasant, 1 Blackcap, 70 Wood Pigeon
F32 = 1 Blackbird, 1 Crow, 3 Wood Pigeon, 3 H Sparrow, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Mallard, 2 GS Woodpecker, 1 Great Tit, 1 Magpie, 3 Jackdaw, 2 LT Tit, 1 Wren
F29 = 40 Wood Pigeon, 1 Jackdaw, 1 Crow, 1 Jay
Brookheys Covert = 5 Blackbird, 2 Blackcap, 1 Blue Tit, 3 Robin, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Chiffchaff, 3 Great Tit, 2 Wren, 2 Mallard, 1 Song Thrush, 1 Whitethroat, 20 Rook
F28 = 4 Whitethroat, 2 LT Tit, 3 Willow Warbler, 2 Blackbird, 1 Blackcap, 2 Chaffinch, 2 Wren, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Wood Pigeon, 1 Magpie, 6 Rook
F20 = 1 Pheasant, 4 Wood Pigeon, 1 Swallow, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Whitethroat
F19 = 7 Wood Pigeon, 1 Magpie, 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Blackbird
ETW: 0600 - 0700
Grasshopper Warbler and Garden Warbler about 100m North of ETW.
Reed Warbler and Sedge Warbler within ETW.
3 Oystercatchers calling overhead.
Gadwall, Shoveller, Tufted, Teal, Grey Lag Goose, and at least 5 Little Grebes.
3 Swifts, no hirundines.
Across Moss: 0700 - 0830
Very windy - Oystercatchers seen several times - never more than 3 together.
Yellowhammer, 6+ lapwings and Stock Dove field 5.
Yellow Wagtail - 2 females field 11.
Partridge - pairs seen in field 1 and 67.
Wheatear - male in field 63.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 1st of May 2011 10:19:43 AM
I also saw a pair of Yellow Wagtails, at Woodcote Farm (big thanks to a fellow birder, who spotted and drew my attention to them).
Other highlights were Oystercatcher on field close to Altrincham Sewage Works, two Stock Doves in fields close to Swiss Cottage and a female Wheatear at Birch Farm.
-- Edited by Tim Wilcox on Friday 29th of April 2011 10:12:08 PM
-- Edited by Tim Wilcox on Friday 29th of April 2011 10:14:32 PM
6 on the bank by the main filter beds and 6 at the western end of the first flooded paddock
hi vaughan,nice to meet you too. yes as you left the other chap and i spotted it at the bottom off the tree we were looking in just to the right off us,did manage a few pics but the fence and a few twigs did not help much. also got about 1 minute off footage,good enough for my records.
good to meet you yesterday. Twas I who had to depart, glad you eventually got on to one. I'll have another look again this week no doubt
4 lapwing
stock doves & wod pigeons
plenty off sand martin whizzing around & landing.
f4 2 yellowhammers ( more heard )
1 sedge warbler
plenty off whitethroat
the path between mufc & f16/f17
1 blackcap
1 chiffchaff
lots off whitethroat & brimstone butterflies
around the sewage works..
heard 3 reeling grasshopper warblers, after about 45 mins got to eventually see one
also 1 willow warbler
1 reed bunting
sedge & reed warbler (heard)
lots of whitethroats
buzzards
1 kestrel
1 sparrowhawk
also 1 little grebe,pair off tufted duck,canadas & 1 greylag, gadwall, coots with chicks.
Also a cracking male in trees by crossroads between fields 1,2,10,11.
Late post for yesterday. Saw most of birds Phil did except garden warbler, house martin and wheatear, but did have 3 swifts over the sewage works and about 30 sand martins over field 5.
Whitethroat 12
Yellowhammer 2 (field 13)
Wheatear 1m
Yellow Wagtail 4
Whinchat 1m
Skylark 1
Grey Partridge 2
Oystercatcher 2 over
Chiffchaff 8
Willow Warbler 3
Blackcap 2
Grasshopper Warbler 4 (field 7)
Garden Warbler 1 (junction of field 17 and ETW)
ETW:
Pied Wagtail 1
Greylag Goose 1
Gadwall 6
Reed Bunting 1
Sedge warbler 1
Reed Warbler 2
Swallow 4
House Martin 3
Info thanks to Phil Kelly
Info thanks to Phil Kelly
2 Lesser Whitethroats - males in scrub north of sewage works
20+ Common Whitethroats - including a couple of females back
3 Sedge Warblers
2 Reed Warblers
5 Grasshopper Warblers - 3 at sewage works and 2 along Sinderland Brook south of recycling plant
1 Garden Warbler - male back at south end of Danewell Wood
7 Blackcaps - including a few females back
6 Willow Warblers
3 Chiffchaffs
1 Goldcrest
1 Greylag Goose - still present at sewage works
1 Kestrel
2 Grey Partridges - f13
2 Yellow Wagtails - 1 at sewage works still and 1 in field 13
1 Linnet
Main sightings;
Sewage works: Cuckoo 1 - first I have seen for a few years here. As many as 5 Grasshopper Warbler between here and f18 including one very obliging bird in the broom patch
Sedge Warbler 1
Reed Warbler 2
Little Grebe 6
Gadwall 10
Teal 8
Shoveler 1
No Yellow Wagtails. For the benefit of the Stockport birder I met who had come to see them, there were none at Brookheys Farm either!
Wheatear 4 (1 f5, 1f30, 2 private site - all males)
Whinchat 1 female also in f30, which looks recently ploughed.
Peregrine 1 in flight and then perched on pylon f12
Grey Partridge 2 f41, 2 f2
Lots of Whithethroats but Blackcaps and Willow Warblers down in number. Still a major lack of hirundines - some Swallows but no Sand or House Martins.
Alt ETW
Green Sandpiper
Teal 8
Tufted 4
Gadwall 6
Grey Lag Goose
Grasshopper Warbler 2
Wheatear 2 in field 12
Yellowhammer 3 in field 4
Partridge 2 in field 2
Peregrine one over field 10
1 Med Gull - flew over
3 Grey Partridges
4 Wheatears
1 Fieldfare - v.late
1 Sedge Warbler
1 Willow Tit
Just south of Dainewell Farm (just north of the Carrington Moss field numbers map):
2 Skylarks
2 Pied Wagtails
4 Whitethroats
6 Swallows
1 Yellowhammer
2 Linnets
1 Reed Bunting
Sewage works - 3 Yellow Wagtails in the first horse paddock on the left when I first arrived but gone by 08.00. Also of interest several singing Whitethroat and my first Sedge Warbler of the year
Fields 43/57 - a total of 7 Grey Partridge giving really good views for a change - I was amazed at the way they sat down from standing in such a slow way - like a hydraulic ramp going down
-- Edited by sid ashton on Tuesday 19th of April 2011 09:47:14 PM
ETW:
7 Yellow wagtails in the paddock
1 Pied wagtail
Green Sandpiper
Greylag Goose
Canada geese
Teal
Tufted Duck
Shoveler
BH Gull
Little Grebe
Mallard
Gadwall
Lapwing
Oystercatcher
Coot
Moorhen
Swallow - several
Sand Martin - many
Whitethroat singing
Kestrel - m and f together
Buzzard
-- Edited by Vaughan Evans on Tuesday 19th of April 2011 04:26:25 PM
ETW:
Green Sandpiper 1
Greylag Goose 1
Canada geese
Reed Warbler 1 singing.
Teal 1 pair.
Tufted Duck 3m 2f.
Shoveler 1m
BH Gull 1
Little Grebe 3
Mallard 12+
Gadwall 12+
Lapwing 4
Oystercatcher 1
Coot 5+
Moorhen 3+
Grey Heron 1
Swallow 1
Sand Martin 2
Grasshopper Warbler 1 short "song".
General Moss sightings:
Whinchat 1f again on border of f12 and f13.
Wheatear 2m field13, 1m 2f field12 and 1f field4.
Reed Bunting 1
Skylark 1 singing.
Linnet 2
Missel Thrush 4
Yellowhammer 1 singing plus 4 others.
Stock Dove 15+
Chiffchaff 8 singing.
Willow Warbler 11 singing.
Blackcap 6 singing.
Chaffinch 3 singing.
Greenfinch 2 singing.
Buzzard 1
Willow Tit 2
etc.,etc.,etc.
1 Cormorant - flew over from Rostherne
1 Grey Heron - flew over
1 Peregrine - flew over
2 Red-legged Partridges - f202
8 Lapwings
1 Little Owl
3 Stock Doves
5 Swallows
1 Treecreeper
5 Meadow Pipits - flew over
9 Skylarks
2 Wheatears - f202
1 Grasshopper Warbler - f221
c30 Whitethroats - lots now, spread out
19 Tree Sparrows - including pairs at f220, f196, f166 and f152
1 Reed Bunting
8 Yellowhammers
Also at the sewage works, 9-10am were:
1 Yellow Wagtail - in horse paddocks, flew off west
1 Reed Warbler
1 Sedge Warbler
3 Grasshopper Warblers
6 Willow Warblers
8 Whitethroats
2 Blackcaps
1 Chiffchaff
1 Sand Martin
3 Swallows
1 Mute Swan
1 Greylag Goose - pairing up with a Canada...
5 Tufted Ducks
1 Shoveler
6 Teals
1 Lapwing
1 Oystercatcher
Plus two Little Owls back at the Brookheys Site sitting out in the sun, thanks for the tip-off Jeff. I must have checked the trees out at least 20 times this year so far!
-- Edited by Henry Cook on Sunday 17th of April 2011 02:07:12 PM
F4 = 2 Linnet, 1 Skylark, 8 Canada Geese, 1 Pheasant, 6 Crow
F3 = 1 Reed Bunt, 1 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 2 Yellowhammer
F12 = 2 Grey Partridge, 5 Wheatear
F2 = 3 Chaffinch, 1 Yellowhammer, 3 Blue Tit, 1 Wren, 1 Blackcap, 4 LT Tit
F11 = 1 Song Thrush, 3 Wren, 4 Chaffinch, 3 Blackbird, 2 Robin, 1 Whitethroat, 12 Stock Dove, 8 Wood Pigeon, 10 Crow
F19 = 3 Wheatear, 3 Yellowhammer, 1 Whitethroat, 4 LT Tit, 1 Robin, 2 G Tit
F20 = 2 Grey Partridge, 1 Mallard, 1 Buzzard
Path adj F20 & 22 (old Rail line) = 3 Blackcap, 1 Willow Warbler, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Jay, 1 Pheasant
F22 = 2 Greenfinch, 1 Song Thrush, 3 Blackbird, 2 Yellowhammer, 4 G Tit, 1 Skylark, 1 Mistle Thrush
F5 = 1 Yellowhammer, 1 Great Tit, 1 Blue Tit, 2 LT Tit
Birchmoss Covert = 1 Chiffchaff, 2 Pheasant, 2 Coal Tit, 3 Great Tit
F15 = 1 Lapwing, 1 Skylark, 2 Mistle Thrush, 2 Magpie, 4 Woodpigeon, 2 Wren
Over MUFC complex = 1 Oystercatcher
Wheatear 2 in field 12
Sparrowhawk and Buzzard around MUFC training ground
Little Owl has returned to Brookheys! (field 32)
Note that Brookheys Covert Reserve is now closed until end April
3 Wheatears field 12, but no sign of the whinchat. Also Linnets and Yellowhammer between Fields 12 and 4.
Sparrowhawk, Nuthatch and Great Spot Woodpecker Firs wood, but I couldn't find any treecreepers.
Not much else.
Altrincham ETW - 1 Swallow, 2 Sand Martin, 5 Lapwing, 3 Oystercatcher, 6 Teal, 2 Gadwall, 2 Little Grebe, 2 Grasshopper Warbler, Great Spot Woodpecker.
Recycling Centre - Whitethroat and Linnet
Good numbers Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and Blackcap at various points
27+ Stock Dove field 5
Also Grey Lag Goose flying North over West Timperley
Wheatears were both definitely males but not Greenland race.
Whinchat 1m border of f12/13, near path.
Wheatear 2m f13.
Skylark 1
Buzzard 1
etc.etc.etc.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 10th of April 2011 06:00:41 PM