Simon and l found a Tawny Owl being mobbed and harassed at Bolton Hospice this morning (10.30 am )

The gardener and receptionist were delighted to see it, both couldn't believe their eyes. Owls are the receptionist favorite bird and the gardener exclaimed..'I love you' when he found it in the binoculars !

Dunno if that was aimed at us or the bird

04/01/13 1600; a pair of Raven on the A6144 Carrington opp the new Paper Mill.

Buzzard feeding around mole hills near linnyshaw moss, seen from m60/m61 slip road.

Flock of c.150 Lapwing south over M60 Barton Bridge at 10.40am today. Couldn't be more accurate as driving at the time!

A Grey Heron perched on a chimney pot on a house near Debdale Park, Denton

Originally posted by Ken Dunning today:

Went looking for the Waxwings that Vicky had seen without success.

But just as I was giving up in flew 6 Lapwing to land on the roof of the recycling plant behind Morrisons.

Also had a Buzzard soaring overhead.

300+ Jackdaw roosting this morning on South Manchester Health building on Nell Lane.

12 Redwing showing well within 20ft all morning in the bushes around Morrisons Bredbury.
2 Pied Wagtail
1 Grey Wagtail flew over

1 Lapwing flew over Sharston this lunchtime.

Also over, 2 Fieldfares and 1 Grey Wagtail.

Could be, Jamie - I am referring to an area nearly Collyhurst - although I reckon that there will be a few knocking around - they've been spotted, even by myself, in the city centre, and given the commonness of the species there could be multiple birds. It's a welcome surprise, although - personally I'd prefer they kept out of cities given the multitude of dangers they face here :/ Sparrowhawks have obviously adapted to urban environments well enough, but my opinion is that the Kestrel, so akin to hunting as it famously does, is better off in the countryside!

Not sure where abouts along Oldham road the junction you mention is John, but there in a Kestrel that hangs about in Ancotes beyond Stockport road in the city centre. I wonder if its the same bird...

A welcome 'bump' up of this thread

I never thought I was going to be writing this in my birdlog, but as I walked over Oldham Road at the junction of Queens Road near my house, there's a big swath of mossy, overgrown land - well a F Kestrel swept up onto a telegraph pole and used it as a lookout post, before flying over the road and dropping behind the back of Ladbrokes.
Almost a garden tick

01/12/2012 - Feral Pigeons with young under Altrincham Tesco, bit chilly for them! Also c80 Jackdaws flying NW over the town presumably going to roost on Carrington Moss.

On 1 Nov a Woodcock was found dead in my mate's back garden on Rushford Park, Levenshulme. He just sent me a pic as he didn't know what it was. It probably crashed into the house in the night

A jay in Walker Street cemetery, Rhodes at 7-45 a.m. this morning. A nice find for the location.

-- Edited by Lawson Dauer on Thursday 29th of November 2012 09:51:32 AM

Barn owl on fence post (Tottington Road) between Harwood and Affetside (Watling Street) at 6.30pm

On Monday, a friend of mine found and photographed a dead Water Rail on the corner of Oswald Road in Chorlton. Photo submitted to Ian.

A single Raven drifted East in the wind over Sharston Industrial Estate, Wythenshawe this lunchtime.

70+ lapwing circling Hyde town centre.

Late report from yesterday of a dead goldcrest in a worsley garden, the result of cat kill.

Two Woodcock, collected from Kings street in the town centre yesterday one had to be pts the other one was released in to wild.

Keep Birding.

Woodcock in Castlefield 10am this morning - unfortunately it flew in to our building (Timber Wharf) and died.

Also three grey wagtail on the same stratch of canal.

This is a late post from early last week (Tuesday morning, I think) - a Mistle Thrush going absolutely mental in a tree at the bottom of my road in Northenden, calling ceaselessly at a tree containing two Blackbirds, various tits and an unidentified bird, which I assumed at the time was a Starling.

Now I think back, maybe that Starling was a Waxwing! Certainly, something had ruffled the thrush's feathers and the Blackbirds were also hopping about like mad.

8.00am - female Goosander on R.Mersey at Flixton by the bridge on 'Mile End' road this morning

Two Grey Wagtails this morning in Platt Fields having a fight. At the top of a fir tree! Bonkers

-- Edited by Tim Wilcox on Friday 2nd of November 2012 09:14:06 PM

A male Brambling amongst the Goldfinches, Greenfinches and Chaffinches made a brief visit to the Feeders(sunflower seeds)
in my Whitefield garden.

Werneth Low car park:

2 Woodpigeon
2 Stock Dove
1 Collared Dove
3 Carrion Crow
4 Magpie
1 Jay
2 Blackbird (m + f)
1 Dunnock
2 Robin ( one very confident individual that takes seed by hand)
Small flock of Long-Tailed Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Great Tit.
1 Goldcrest which allowed me to video it about two feet away. (I think it was a male but I'm still researching)

Heard Ravens today over this way (South Manchester) today and report of them near Sharston ties in with that.

Sorry Ian,
I wasn't far from the city centre!

Originally posted by Jamie Dunning today:

A very late report but thought it could be of some interest.
about a week and a half ago (haven't got my note book to hand) an adult Green Woodpecker in the trees that line Mauldeth road towards the station opposite Booth street, watcher for about ten minutes around 6:00pm.

Noted on River Tame at bottom of Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge at 1500;

Four Grey Wagtails and Two Dippers

-- Edited by Michael Wait on Wednesday 17th of October 2012 11:38:49 PM

2 Ravens over Sharston this lunchtime.

-- Edited by Phil Owen on Wednesday 17th of October 2012 06:28:14 PM

Whilst taking kids to pictures this am 2 peregrine and at least 3 grey wagtail seen around middlebrook retail park

Female Sparrowhawk, 3 Grey Wagtails, 3 Meadow Pipits, 6 Jays at lunchtime in Sharston today.

A flock of 20+ Redwings over this morning.

-- Edited by Phil Owen on Thursday 11th of October 2012 06:01:04 PM

Unusual tick list of birds today on my usual walking route to work - instead of the more common blackbirds, robins, starlings....

Carrion Crow 2
Mallard 2
Grey Heron 2
Sparrowhawk 2
Wood Pigeon - many
Plus the usual Black Headed Gulls and feral Pigeons


Bright and beautiful morning, but a distinct lack of small birds - except for singing robins. Maybe it was too cold for them to wake up by 0745.
My route takes me from Lilford area of Leigh across Holden Road and past the top end of Bradshawgate to Tesco/Henry St area. My maximum species count for the route is 16 on one morning, total tick list so far 27.

19 Woodpigeon flew south this morning from Asda at Eastlands.
1 Cormorant also flew towards the canal over the Etihad.

Tawny owl calling from the trees next to the Royal Bolton maternity car park as I type this.

I often see about 100 lapwings on a roof in Royton, where they just seem to sit on the roof and rarely seem to feed.

Also, today (Sat) I was in Bury and saw about 8 or 10 house martins (maybe swallows??) hurtle past. All in the same direction, probably South.
Peter

Got a pleasant surprise today when I had brief views of a chat - probable female Stonechat - on a dirt mount in a building site off Blackley New Road. It disappeared from view into the showhomes and I couldn't relocate it.

Raven over my Irlam back garden at 11.40am heading northeast

On the way to the DW gym Bolton from Swinton east lancs road onto the A666
20+lapwings over wardley industrial estate
6xmagpies
Single Jay
Single buzzard with white chest
Cheers Jay

Hobby heading south near Walmersley Golf Club at 11am today.

Info thanks to Ian Peters

Flock of 50+ lapwing [ not certain they were all lapwing] in field next to slip road between east lancs and m61, close to linnyshaw moss.

5 Buzzards soaring over Houghton Lane, Swinton as I type !!!!

Buzzard low over the A56 in Sale

Buzzard soaring over slip road of the m61 junction 4 this afternoon.

Female Sparrowhawk knocking around the East Lancs Swinton this am.

Female type Mandarin Duck on canal between Butts and Mather lane bridge Leigh this morning

Some superb Peregrine Falcon action this morning at 8am by junction 29 of the M60. At least 2 birds involved, with a food pass just over Tesco's.

Dennis atherton wrote:

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I know anyone that has bird feeders has a good chance of a sparrowhawk making a visit to there garden seeing what they can pick off and i have had one taking prey before, but it is still a superb view to look in your garden as i did this morning and have a female Sparrowhawk actually sat on top of my bird table almost as if teasing anything to come and take food if you dare, superb

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Never get tired of seeing um Dennis, superb.