In the fields just behind the 1st farm off Common Lane mid afternoon 236 Herring Gulls 8 Lesser Black Backs 7 Great Black Backed Gulls
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 13th of November 2020 05:09:39 PM
Andy Isherwood said
Sun Nov 8 9:28 PM, 2020
Walk along Common lane to south end of Cutacre and back this morning.
Single Lesser Redpoll in trees at south end of Common Lane.
15 Linnet east over
c. 50 Redwing, 8 Song Thrush, 6 Fieldfare and numerous Blackbird in hedgerows.
Only small numbers of large gulls in fields to the west, mainly Herring Gull with a single Great Black Backed Gull.
Several Goldcrest in with Tit flocks in area.
-- Edited by Andy Isherwood on Sunday 8th of November 2020 09:28:48 PM
Andy Isherwood said
Sat Nov 7 6:02 PM, 2020
Walk from home along the Busway to Hough lane and back just prior to dusk produced some decent numbers of Bats still in the wing, several of which were being hunted by a Sparrowhawk in Tyldesley cemetery. Also here c. 20 Rook left south at dusk and several Goldcrest were seen in some of the conifers dotted along the walk.
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Nov 3 1:01 PM, 2020
On grassy fields off Common Lane just after midday were 148 Herring Gulls, 49 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 9 Great Black-backed Gulls and 89 Black-headed Gulls, meaning that around midday today, along with the Viridor waste site just half a mile away there were c536 large gulls in the area.
Andy Isherwood said
Tue Nov 3 10:14 AM, 2020
Single House Martin flew south over my garden at just after 10am this morning
dave broome said
Sat Oct 10 7:19 AM, 2020
Friday 9th Oct 1 Curlew called low over Parr Brow at 19:45
pete berry said
Mon Oct 5 2:44 PM, 2020
2 Swallows still over fields before Common Lane farm this afternoon.
dave broome said
Tue Sep 29 6:54 AM, 2020
Monday 28th Sept. From the top of the ridge at Parr Brow 06:55-08:35
Redwing 61 in total moving between W along the ridge and NW, several dropping in to Hawthorns Song Thrush 2 W Pink-Footed Goose 30 E Meadow Pipit 37 S/SW Woodpigeon 153 S Swallow 1 went SE then presumed same NW Goldfinch 26 SW/W Siskin 8 S, 1 E Reed Bunting 3 S 3 Snipe dropped in to fields 2 Goldcrest in hedges
dave broome said
Sun Sep 27 9:27 PM, 2020
A Redwing called over our garden at Parr Brow, Tyldesley just after 9pm tonight
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Sep 25 3:14 PM, 2020
Two Raven flew very low west, croaking loudly, over Aldi at 11:50 today.
dave broome said
Sun Sep 20 10:00 PM, 2020
Spent an hour watching from the garden this morning, during which birds seen included: 104 Meadow Pipit south 35 Pink-Footed Geese south-east 2 Snipe north 1 Skylark south 1 Redpoll south 1 Greenfinch north Several House Martin moving actively south, but at least 10 still feeding around the estate A Grey Wagtail mobbing a Sparrowhawk Several vocal Rooks around the small rookery in the nearby churchyard
dave broome said
Mon Sep 14 7:57 AM, 2020
A Water Rail moved over Parr Brow at 9:04pm last night, in a general southerly direction. Giving a squealing flight call pretty much just as you would hear it in a reedbed, followed by a few chipping type calls. One of those moments where hearing a familiar call out of context totally throws you for a split second
-- Edited by dave broome on Monday 14th of September 2020 07:58:10 AM
dave broome said
Fri Aug 14 9:37 PM, 2020
Siskin calling over Parr Brow early morning
dave broome said
Sat Aug 8 10:44 PM, 2020
A calling Common Tern went over Parr Brow early morning
dave broome said
Sun Aug 2 9:24 PM, 2020
A juvenile Peregrine flew low N at Parr Brow this evening
dave broome said
Mon Jul 13 7:08 AM, 2020
Sunday 12th July early evening at Parr Brow, a scattered stream of Black-Headed and Lesser Black-Backed Gull drifted quickly southwards feeding on flying ants. Soon afterwards a frenzied and vocal flock of 100+ Swift appeared high over the garden and drifted gradually east
dave broome said
Sat Jul 11 12:36 PM, 2020
A calling Crossbill seen from our garden went NE at Parr Brow 06:25 this morning
pete berry said
Fri Jun 26 10:19 AM, 2020
Several hundred large gulls at Chanters this morning, mainly Lesser Black Backs and a few Herring Gulls in the mix. A very interesting LBB Gull with bright pink webs and legs.Structually identical to the accompanying LBBS, seem to remember we had a few similar birds at Richmond Bank over the years,presumably just an odd LBB ,couldn't unfortunately turn it into anything rarer !!!
dave broome said
Fri Jun 26 8:20 AM, 2020
12 Crossbill south at Parr Brow 07:43
pete berry said
Fri Jun 12 4:17 PM, 2020
Thought I'd have a wander up Common Lane this afternoon. There were a couple of Linnets,Greenfinch, singing Goldfinch, Blackcap and Chiffchaff and a male Reed Bunting along the lane,plus a few Swallows over the farm. On the adjacent fields a nice flock of gulls, mainly Lesser Black Backs (250 +),about 15 Herring Gulls,8 Black Headed Gulls including 2 juveniles(first of year for me). In with the LBBS was an adult either Yellow Legged Gull or Lesser Black Back x Herring Gull hybrid. Unfortunately as only had my bins I couldn't get enough on it to be certain of its id.
dave broome said
Wed Mar 18 10:03 PM, 2020
Ring-Necked Parakeet over Parr Brow this morning and an Oystercatcher calling this evening
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Jan 23 7:43 PM, 2020
Adult Iceland Gull with just over 500 large gulls in fields off Common Lane earlier this afternoon (images and video on website).
The same bird was somewhat unsurprisingly later in the roost at Pennington flash too.
dave broome said
Sun Dec 22 8:57 AM, 2019
A Blackcap feeding on fat balls nr Parr Brow this morning
dave broome said
Wed Nov 6 8:54 AM, 2019
A Cormorant was on a light column where the A580 East Lancashire Road crosses the Bridgewater Canal this morning
dave broome said
Fri Oct 18 11:15 PM, 2019
Early a.m. at Parr Brow, between Wellington Drive and Turncroft Farm:
Wednesday 16th October 35 Blackbird, 28 Robin, 11 Redwing, 7 Song Thrush and 4 Goldcrest in the hedgerows, also present 25 Collared Dove Vis-mig Redwing 289 S to SW Meadow Pipit 14 S Linnet 16 S Chaffinch 3 S Redpoll 1 N Greenfinch 1 N
Thursday 17th October 26 Blackbird, 18 Robin, 2 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush in the hedgerows Vis-mig Woodpigeon 250 S Stock Dove 1 S Jackdaw c150 S Redwing 251 S Meadow Pipit 7 S Linnet 2 S Siskin 5 S, 1 N
dave broome said
Sat Oct 5 1:42 PM, 2019
Vis mig at Parr Brow this morning 0700-0840
Redwing 639 (619 moving along the ridge and heading between ESE/SE, plus 20 S/SW)
Song Thrush 2 SW, 2 S, 1 N
Mistle Thrush 1 SE, 1 N
Meadow Pipit 69 S, 2 SW, 2 N
Swallow 1 S
alba Wagtail 8 S
Grey Wagtail 1 E
Greenfinch 4 N, 2 S
Goldfinch 34 N, 9 S and flock of 62 feeding
Chaffinch 3 SW, 2 SE
Bullfinch 3 NE
Reed Bunting 4 S
Other birds present included 1 Raven
dave broome said
Fri Oct 4 6:58 AM, 2019
Thursday 3rd Oct, at Parr Brow, 10 Song Thrush among at least 33 Blackbird in hedges between the end of Wellington Drive and Turncroft Farm, 2 Snipe, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff
dave broome said
Sat Sep 28 11:56 AM, 2019
Unsurprisingly little vis mig this morning at Parr Brow
07:00-08:00 birds moving south - 30 Meadow Pipit, 2
Grey Wagtail, 1 Alba wagtail, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch
dave broome said
Fri Sep 27 12:03 PM, 2019
12 Ring-Necked Parakeet flew east over Parr Brow this morning
dave broome said
Thu Sep 26 8:26 PM, 2019
258 Meadow Pipit south in 1 hour at Parr Brow this morning. Included flocks of c90 and 66 that were grounded in pasture at the top of the Tyldesley Banks, possibly due to rain shortly beforehand, which then departed south from the ridge and off out towards the airspace over the mosses. Another 40 or so remained around the pasture.
Other birds moving S or SW were 4 Cormorant, 13 House Martin, 6 Swallow, 8 Chaffinch and 5 Greenfinch
An adult Great Black-Backed Gull went E and 5 Jay moved west along the ridge, including one without a tail which flew in from the NE like a giant moth !
Three skeins of Pink-Footed Geese flew SE over the Little Hulton-Walkden area c45 at 08:38, c90 at 08:45 and 55 at 09:12
Other birds present included 17 Collared Dove, 1 Skylark, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff and a vocal Song Thrush which dropped in from the NE
dave broome said
Wed Sep 25 5:25 PM, 2019
25 Meadow Pipit south in 30 minutes at Parr Brow this morning and min 5 locally breeding House Martin still feeding
At Stour Road public open space birds included 30 Blackbird, mostly feeding in one concentrated area, 5 Goldcrest and a Kingfisher calling from New Hall Moat
dave broome said
Fri Sep 13 10:24 AM, 2019
Dunlin flying roughly west early morning in darkness over Parr Brow. Calling loudly but sounded like it was possibly more than one bird involved
dave broome said
Thu Sep 12 7:53 AM, 2019
1 Swift south over Parr Brow this morning
dave broome said
Sun Sep 8 8:57 PM, 2019
3 Raven south over Parr Brow today, other birds included 1 Peregrine south, 3 displaying Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, a 1 hour count of 13 Meadow Pipit south/south-west and c70 House Martin on the roof of a house
dave broome said
Sat Sep 7 9:41 AM, 2019
12 Meadow Pipit logged moving S/SW over Parr Brow in just over 30 minutes this morning
dave broome said
Wed Aug 7 5:09 PM, 2019
1 Ring-Necked Parakeet over Parr Brow this morning
dave broome said
Mon Jul 22 5:43 PM, 2019
A Hobby drifted south over Parr Brow around 17:35
Andy Isherwood said
Sat Jun 1 8:40 PM, 2019
Hobby over garden today headed west over trees at Astley street park
dave broome said
Fri May 17 7:35 AM, 2019
Ring-Necked Parakeet over Parr Brow towards Tyldesley Cemetery this morning
dave broome said
Wed Apr 17 8:50 AM, 2019
Willow Warbler singing in Astley Street Park this morning
dave broome said
Sun Mar 24 10:11 PM, 2019
A calling Mediterranean Gull over Mosley Common this morning
dave broome said
Tue Feb 26 12:15 PM, 2019
A singing Chiffchaff was by St Georges Church this morning
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Mar 30 6:47 PM, 2018
Usual second winter Iceland Gull sleeping on the roof of Poundstretchers at midday today.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Mar 22 9:52 PM, 2018
2nd winter Iceland Gull on the roof of Poundstretchers at 3:20pm today.
Loads of Gulls today at around 11.15 a.m. but no Iceland !, then they all flew off. Cheers Ian
Kristian Wade said
Tue Feb 20 2:42 PM, 2018
Iceland Gull typically not present when I arrived at 1:20, but nearly 300 gulls (mostly Black-Headed and Herring) were on Poundstretcher's Roof
pete berry said
Tue Feb 20 1:05 PM, 2018
2nd. winter Iceland Gull again on Poundstretcher roof at 12.15 today.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Feb 15 5:06 PM, 2018
Second winter Caspian showing well behind the first farm off Common Lane at 11:45 today
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
pete berry said
Wed Feb 14 12:19 PM, 2018
Both the 2nd.w. Caspian and 2nd.w. Iceland gulls on the roof of Poundstretcher store late morning
dave broome said
Tue Feb 13 2:48 PM, 2018
Second-winter Caspian Gull on the roof of Poundstretcher, Tyldesley Road 14:20-14:28 (officially just in Atherton as its over the brook, but closer to Tyldesley town centre)
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-- Edited by dave broome on Tuesday 13th of February 2018 10:26:34 PM
In the fields just behind the 1st farm off Common Lane mid afternoon
236 Herring Gulls
8 Lesser Black Backs
7 Great Black Backed Gulls
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 13th of November 2020 05:09:39 PM
Walk along Common lane to south end of Cutacre and back this morning.
Single Lesser Redpoll in trees at south end of Common Lane.
15 Linnet east over
c. 50 Redwing, 8 Song Thrush, 6 Fieldfare and numerous Blackbird in hedgerows.
Only small numbers of large gulls in fields to the west, mainly Herring Gull with a single Great Black Backed Gull.
Several Goldcrest in with Tit flocks in area.
-- Edited by Andy Isherwood on Sunday 8th of November 2020 09:28:48 PM
Walk from home along the Busway to Hough lane and back just prior to dusk produced some decent numbers of Bats still in the wing, several of which were being hunted by a Sparrowhawk in Tyldesley cemetery. Also here c. 20 Rook left south at dusk and several Goldcrest were seen in some of the conifers dotted along the walk.
On grassy fields off Common Lane just after midday were 148 Herring Gulls, 49 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, 9 Great Black-backed Gulls and 89 Black-headed Gulls, meaning that around midday today, along with the Viridor waste site just half a mile away there were c536 large gulls in the area.
Single House Martin flew south over my garden at just after 10am this morning
Redwing 61 in total moving between W along the ridge and NW, several dropping in to Hawthorns
Song Thrush 2 W
Pink-Footed Goose 30 E
Meadow Pipit 37 S/SW
Woodpigeon 153 S
Swallow 1 went SE then presumed same NW
Goldfinch 26 SW/W
Siskin 8 S, 1 E
Reed Bunting 3 S
3 Snipe dropped in to fields
2 Goldcrest in hedges
Two Raven flew very low west, croaking loudly, over Aldi at 11:50 today.
Spent an hour watching from the garden this morning, during which birds seen included:
104 Meadow Pipit south
35 Pink-Footed Geese south-east
2 Snipe north
1 Skylark south
1 Redpoll south
1 Greenfinch north
Several House Martin moving actively south, but at least 10 still feeding around the estate
A Grey Wagtail mobbing a Sparrowhawk
Several vocal Rooks around the small rookery in the nearby churchyard
-- Edited by dave broome on Monday 14th of September 2020 07:58:10 AM
On the adjacent fields a nice flock of gulls, mainly Lesser Black Backs (250 +),about 15 Herring Gulls,8 Black Headed Gulls including 2 juveniles(first of year for me). In with the LBBS was an adult either Yellow Legged Gull or Lesser Black Back x Herring Gull hybrid. Unfortunately as only had my bins I couldn't get enough on it to be certain of its id.
Adult Iceland Gull with just over 500 large gulls in fields off Common Lane earlier this afternoon (images and video on website).
The same bird was somewhat unsurprisingly later in the roost at Pennington flash too.
Wednesday 16th October
35 Blackbird, 28 Robin, 11 Redwing, 7 Song Thrush and 4 Goldcrest in the hedgerows, also present 25 Collared Dove
Vis-mig Redwing 289 S to SW
Meadow Pipit 14 S
Linnet 16 S
Chaffinch 3 S
Redpoll 1 N
Greenfinch 1 N
Thursday 17th October
26 Blackbird, 18 Robin, 2 Redwing, 3 Song Thrush in the hedgerows
Vis-mig Woodpigeon 250 S
Stock Dove 1 S
Jackdaw c150 S
Redwing 251 S
Meadow Pipit 7 S
Linnet 2 S
Siskin 5 S, 1 N
Vis mig at Parr Brow this morning 0700-0840
Redwing 639 (619 moving along the ridge and heading between ESE/SE, plus 20 S/SW)
Song Thrush 2 SW, 2 S, 1 N
Mistle Thrush 1 SE, 1 N
Meadow Pipit 69 S, 2 SW, 2 N
Swallow 1 S
alba Wagtail 8 S
Grey Wagtail 1 E
Greenfinch 4 N, 2 S
Goldfinch 34 N, 9 S and flock of 62 feeding
Chaffinch 3 SW, 2 SE
Bullfinch 3 NE
Reed Bunting 4 S
Other birds present included 1 Raven
Thursday 3rd Oct, at Parr Brow, 10 Song Thrush among at least 33 Blackbird in hedges between the end of Wellington Drive and Turncroft Farm, 2 Snipe, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff
Unsurprisingly little vis mig this morning at Parr Brow
07:00-08:00 birds moving south - 30 Meadow Pipit, 2
Grey Wagtail, 1 Alba wagtail, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch
12 Ring-Necked Parakeet flew east over Parr Brow this morning
258 Meadow Pipit south in 1 hour at Parr Brow this morning. Included flocks of c90 and 66 that were grounded in pasture at the top of the Tyldesley Banks, possibly due to rain shortly beforehand, which then departed south from the ridge and off out towards the airspace over the mosses. Another 40 or so remained around the pasture.
Other birds moving S or SW were 4 Cormorant, 13 House Martin, 6 Swallow, 8 Chaffinch and 5 Greenfinch
An adult Great Black-Backed Gull went E and 5 Jay moved west along the ridge, including one without a tail which flew in from the NE like a giant moth !
Three skeins of Pink-Footed Geese flew SE over the Little Hulton-Walkden area c45 at 08:38, c90 at 08:45 and 55 at 09:12
Other birds present included 17 Collared Dove, 1 Skylark, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff and a vocal Song Thrush which dropped in from the NE
25 Meadow Pipit south in 30 minutes at Parr Brow this morning and min 5 locally breeding House Martin still feeding
At Stour Road public open space birds included 30 Blackbird, mostly feeding in one concentrated area, 5 Goldcrest and a Kingfisher calling from New Hall Moat
Dunlin flying roughly west early morning in darkness over Parr Brow. Calling loudly but sounded like it was possibly more than one bird involved
1 Swift south over Parr Brow this morning
3 Raven south over Parr Brow today, other birds included 1 Peregrine south, 3 displaying Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, a 1 hour count of 13 Meadow Pipit south/south-west and c70 House Martin on the roof of a house
12 Meadow Pipit logged moving S/SW over Parr Brow in just over 30 minutes this morning
1 Ring-Necked Parakeet over Parr Brow this morning
Usual second winter Iceland Gull sleeping on the roof of Poundstretchers at midday today.
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
2nd winter Iceland Gull on the roof of Poundstretchers at 3:20pm today.
Info and image thanks to Phil Rhodes
Cheers Ian
Second winter Caspian showing well behind the first farm off Common Lane at 11:45 today
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
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-- Edited by dave broome on Tuesday 13th of February 2018 10:26:34 PM