Redstart - female in the Hawthorn and Elder in the Meadow Field west of the riverbank steps, this afternoon Common Whitethroat - pair in the bramble strip, same area Reed Warbler - 1 singing in the Meadow Pond phragmites
phillipskelly said
Tue Mar 23 9:48 AM, 2021
Late post ,Monday 22.03.21 Redwing by Chorlton brook (seen on my way to Sale WP).
steven burke said
Sun Mar 21 10:00 PM, 2021
Afternoon visit.
1 chiffchaff 2 willow tit 1 jay 1 great spotted woodpecker 17 ring necked parakeets 1 treecreeper 1 buzzard 1 reed bunting 2 grey herons 2 bullfinch Tawny owl heard 1 lesser redpoll hanging around with a couple of long tailed tits Plenty of song thrush singing all around.
Samglennie said
Wed Feb 10 10:51 AM, 2021
Two great spotted woodpeckers drumming to each other above the sewage channels today at 9:00
Pete Hines said
Wed Feb 3 9:17 PM, 2021
Gadwall 12 displaying in the flooded cow field Coot 1 in the cow field Heron 16, at least 5 occupied nests in the heronry Buzzard 1 cow field Kestrel male in meadow field, female Ivy Green Goldcrest 2 meadow field Redwing 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 3
Steven Heywood said
Thu Nov 26 11:04 PM, 2020
On Hardy Farm, 1315, a flock of 30+ lesser redpolls were feeding on the small trees between the path to Jackson's Boat and the tram lines before flying off. I bumped into them again feeding on the birches between the tram bridge and golf course ten minutes later and they flew on over to Sale Golf Course.
Peregrine 1 > north over Ivy Green at 10.41 (record shot) Kestrel 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Buzzard 2 Swallow only 5 > south Meadow Pipit only 2 > south Chiffchaff only 1 Treecreeper 2 Reed Bunting 7 in the meadow field
Goosander 8 flyover Stock Dove 6 (pair checking out the boxes at Chorlton Ees car park) Sparrowhawk 1 Kestrel 1 Reed Warbler 3 (2 singing male incl a pair) - meadow pond Common Whitethroat 5 Willow Warbler 1 Chiffchaff 7 Blackcap 13 Grey Wagtail singing male Greenfinch 3 Reed Bunting
Pete Hines said
Thu Apr 23 12:12 PM, 2020
Meadow pond & meadow field
Reed Warbler 1 on territory Common Whitethroat 4, 3 singing males, pair carrying nesting material Reed Bunting 2 male Goosander 4 flyover
Pete Hines said
Fri Apr 17 1:31 PM, 2020
Green Sandpiper 1 arrived from the north, over the woods, flew two circuits of the meadow field straight overhead before departing north-west Common Whitethroat 2 singing males, 1 meadow field still and 1 Hardy Farm Blackcap 17 Willow Warbler 3 Chiffchaff 6 Sand Martin 5 House Martin 1 Greenfinch 9 Hardy Farm Reed Bunting 6
Common Whitethroat 1 singing male (also present on 11th April - Tony O'Mahony) House Martin 1
phillipskelly said
Thu Apr 2 3:45 PM, 2020
On the way back from Swp today. Grey Wagtail - 2 (R.Mersey).
Cow field - Mistle thrush 4. Dunnock - 4. Robin - 2. Reed Bunting - 1. Moorhen - 1. Redwing - 1. Plus Chris Sutton and partner.
Chris Sutton said
Sat Mar 7 9:57 PM, 2020
4 great spotted woodpecker this morning in one tree on Hardy farm. Suspect 2 pairs sorting out boundaries.
2 buzzards headed over Hardy farm towards the golf club.
Still some redwing lurking in the tree tops but numbers down.
Chris
Chris Sutton said
Sat Feb 29 10:24 AM, 2020
The cow field is now 50 percent covered in water and has bought in some irregular visitors to the field;
Moorhen 5+
Gadwall 6
Canada goose 15
Also a few regulars around ;
Reed bunting 2
Buzzard 1
Black headed gull 1
Long-tailed tit 2.
Plenty of mallard and magpie.
Regards
C
Chris Sutton said
Fri Jan 10 12:04 PM, 2020
Around 150 - 200 Redwing on Hardy Farm training pitches this morning along with a few Mistle Thrush 12 Goldfinch Mixed Tit flock of Blue Tit and Great Tit Ring Necked Parakeets as usual.
Chris
James Richardson said
Sat Oct 12 2:10 PM, 2019
Fairly quiet lunchtime walk but highlights were 2 water rail heard, 2 willow tit, 1 sparrowhawk, 1 meadow pipit, 4 buzzard.
11 ring-necked parakeets 1 raven low over tram bridge at jacksons boat at 7.10pm 2 buzzards 1 treecreeper 2 goldcrests 2 jays 1 grey wagtail on river Tawny owl heard only
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sat Jul 20 12:46 AM, 2019
Nice view of a tawny owl silhouetted against the sky calling above me this evening.
Also grasshopper warbler and water rail heard.
James Richardson said
Mon Jul 15 9:58 AM, 2019
Nice to hear a willow tit on the walk around yesterday amongst usuals
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sat May 18 10:00 AM, 2019
Yesterday evening:
1 goldcrest 5 chiffchaff 8 blackcap 3 whitethroat 1 reed warbler 4 reed bunting 2 swallow over river 9 song thrush 3 swift 5 mallard ducklings on river 1 or 2 grey heron 2 black-headed gull on river 2 tawny owl
steven burke said
Sun May 12 10:34 PM, 2019
Morning visit.
6 whitethroats 5 blackcaps 1 willow warbler 2 Chiffchaff 1 common buzzard 1 jay 2 reed buntings 3 ring-necked parakeets 1 swift 1 swallow
1 grey wagtail
-- Edited by steven burke on Sunday 12th of May 2019 10:35:06 PM
steven burke said
Sat May 11 11:17 PM, 2019
Evening visit.
3 whitethroats 4 blackcaps 2 Chiffchaffs 1 willow warbler Grasshopper warbler heard only 4 reed buntings 1 jay 4 stock doves 1 goosander over 1 great spotted woodpecker
8-9am Hardy Farm and around the Cow Field - of note;
Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming in 3 locations Bullfinch 1 Chiffchaff - 3 locations Buzzard - 2 - once taking food from the Cow Field and eating it on a tree stump Sparrowhawk (f) - 1 Ring-necked parakeet - many Heron 1 Stock Dove - 2
5 chiffchaffs, singing in several locations 2 buzzards 5 ring-necked parakeets 3 grey herons 2 treecreeper 1 jay 1 willow tit, heard 1 mistle thrush 3 reed buntings 1 siskin 2 snipe, another 2 heard 1 grey wagtail
Tim Wilcox said
Mon Mar 18 9:07 AM, 2019
Yesterday pm
3 active Grey Heron nests with a pair seen copulating.
steven burke said
Tue Mar 5 9:43 PM, 2019
Afternoon visit.
9 ring-necked parakeets 1 great spotted woodpecker 1 nuthatch another heard 1 treecreeper 1 kestrel 1 sparrowhawk 1 mistle thrush 1 stock dove over hardy farm 2 goosander over river 2 goldcrest Siskin heard 26 redwings over Numerous song thrushes singing
steven burke said
Sat Feb 16 12:39 PM, 2019
4 common buzzard 3 sparrowhawk 1 kestrel All in the air together this morning.
Pete Hines said
Tue Jan 15 8:10 PM, 2019
16.10-17.20
Jackdaw 1700 Carrion Crow 71 Tawny Owl 1 male calling Ivy Green
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sun Jan 6 6:33 PM, 2019
Few hours round here today, late morning through to dusk:
5+ goldcrest 1 coal tit heard 1 willow tit 5 nuthatch 8+ siskin 1 goldfinch 6 bullfinch 2 redwing 5 song thrush 3 jay 1 great spotted woodpecker heard 1 green woodpecker heard yaffling in trees adjacent to the hay field 8 ring-necked parakeet 2 stock dove over 3 teal on long pond 1 grey heron 2 common gull 3 herring gull over 2 cormorant over 1+ kestrel
Pete Hines said
Wed Dec 19 8:56 PM, 2018
Dusk visit. This site requires a proper corvid roost / pre-roost count.
Raven 1 solo bird flew in from the west at 15.27, dropping into the Ees seemingly to join the corvid flock but not relocated. Jackdaw 1200 - 1400 moving west out of Chorltonville Carrion Crow - many arriving from the west, possibly 200+, wouldn't be surprised if there are a few Rook in there Magpie 60+ Ring-necked Parakeet c20 Sparrowhawk 1 Kestrel 1 Grey Wagtail 1
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Wednesday 19th of December 2018 08:58:11 PM
James Richardson said
Sat Dec 1 11:41 AM, 2018
brief walk around this morning, highlights being 2 willow tit, 1 kestrel, 1 sparrowhawk, 2 buzzard, 7 ring-necked parakeet, 3 bullfinch, 1 goldcrest, 2 treecreeper
Roger Halsey said
Wed Nov 28 3:43 PM, 2018
Best birds from my first brief visit this morning:
Harris Hawk, 2 Buzzard and a Kestrel over the freshly cut meadow pond field. Also Sparrowhawk (m) over the woods).
Harris Hawk seen on 3 occasions - always being mobbed.
Chris
1 goldcrest heard singing
8 chiffchaff
1 willow warbler heard briefly
16 blackcap
2 whitethroat (one gathering nesting material)
1 reed warbler
2 coal tit
1 willow tit
1 treecreeper
3 nuthatch
4 goldfinch
3 chaffinch
1 greenfinch
1 reed bunting
2 sand martin
5 song thrush
1 great spotted woodpecker
2 stock dove
2 grey heron (one on nest)
Common Whitethroat - pair in the bramble strip, same area
Reed Warbler - 1 singing in the Meadow Pond phragmites
Redwing by Chorlton brook (seen on my way to Sale WP).
1 chiffchaff
2 willow tit
1 jay
1 great spotted woodpecker
17 ring necked parakeets
1 treecreeper
1 buzzard
1 reed bunting
2 grey herons
2 bullfinch
Tawny owl heard
1 lesser redpoll hanging around with a couple of long tailed tits
Plenty of song thrush singing all around.
Coot 1 in the cow field
Heron 16, at least 5 occupied nests in the heronry
Buzzard 1 cow field
Kestrel male in meadow field, female Ivy Green
Goldcrest 2 meadow field
Redwing 3
Great Spotted Woodpecker 3
Reed Bunting 4
Bullfinch 12
Greenfinch 8
Chaffinch 4
Linnet 1
Redpoll 2
Siskin 14
Willow Tit 2
Blackcap 1
Fieldfare 22
Redwing 5
40sp tot
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Thursday 22nd of October 2020 07:25:05 PM
Peregrine 1 > north over Ivy Green at 10.41 (record shot)
Kestrel 1
Sparrowhawk 1
Buzzard 2
Swallow only 5 > south
Meadow Pipit only 2 > south
Chiffchaff only 1
Treecreeper 2
Reed Bunting 7 in the meadow field
35 species 390 individuals
Swifts and Swallows over.
Spotted Flycatcher - west end of Meadow Pond.
Reed Warbler
A few Common Whitethroat
Goosander 8 flyover
Stock Dove 6 (pair checking out the boxes at Chorlton Ees car park)
Sparrowhawk 1
Kestrel 1
Reed Warbler 3 (2 singing male incl a pair) - meadow pond
Common Whitethroat 5
Willow Warbler 1
Chiffchaff 7
Blackcap 13
Grey Wagtail singing male
Greenfinch 3
Reed Bunting
Reed Warbler 1 on territory
Common Whitethroat 4, 3 singing males, pair carrying nesting material
Reed Bunting 2 male
Goosander 4 flyover
Common Whitethroat 2 singing males, 1 meadow field still and 1 Hardy Farm
Blackcap 17
Willow Warbler 3
Chiffchaff 6
Sand Martin 5
House Martin 1
Greenfinch 9 Hardy Farm
Reed Bunting 6
Common Whitethroat 1
Blackcap 18
Willow Warbler 2
Chiffchaff 8
Goosander 5
Common Whitethroat 1 singing male (also present on 11th April - Tony O'Mahony)
House Martin 1
Grey Wagtail - 2 (R.Mersey).
Cow field -
Mistle thrush 4.
Dunnock - 4.
Robin - 2.
Reed Bunting - 1.
Moorhen - 1.
Redwing - 1.
Plus Chris Sutton and partner.
12 Goldfinch
Mixed Tit flock of Blue Tit and Great Tit
Ring Necked Parakeets as usual.
Chris
11 ring-necked parakeets
1 raven low over tram bridge at jacksons boat at 7.10pm
2 buzzards
1 treecreeper
2 goldcrests
2 jays
1 grey wagtail on river
Tawny owl heard only
Also grasshopper warbler and water rail heard.
1 goldcrest
5 chiffchaff
8 blackcap
3 whitethroat
1 reed warbler
4 reed bunting
2 swallow over river
9 song thrush
3 swift
5 mallard ducklings on river
1 or 2 grey heron
2 black-headed gull on river
2 tawny owl
6 whitethroats
5 blackcaps
1 willow warbler
2 Chiffchaff
1 common buzzard
1 jay
2 reed buntings
3 ring-necked parakeets
1 swift
1 swallow 1 grey wagtail
-- Edited by steven burke on Sunday 12th of May 2019 10:35:06 PM
3 whitethroats
4 blackcaps
2 Chiffchaffs
1 willow warbler
Grasshopper warbler heard only
4 reed buntings
1 jay
4 stock doves
1 goosander over
1 great spotted woodpecker
1 goldcrest
9 chiffchaff
11 blackcap
10 whitethroat
2 reed warbler
3 nuthatch
3 greenfinch
4 bullfinch
2 reed bunting
4 song thrush
2 jay
3 moorhen
1 kestrel
2 buzzard
Hardy Farm and Barlow Tip, mid to late afternoon:
8 chiffchaff
2 willow warbler
12 blackcap
5 whitethroat
2 greenfinch
6 bullfinch
1 reed bunting
1 swallow
3 song thrush
1 buzzard
3 chiffchaff
9 blackcap
2 bullfinch
3 reed bunting
2 redwing heard over
5 song thrush
2 mistle thrush
1 water rail heard
1 moorhen heard
2 tawny owl (one heard, one seen over)
1 buzzard
-- Edited by Shannon Llewellyn on Friday 19th of April 2019 10:53:06 PM
1 male whitethroat, my first of the year
1 chiffchaff
3 ring-necked parakeet
First Whitethroat of the year just past the bridge opposite Jackson Boat
Chiffchaff
3 Blackcap
Song Thrush
1 goldcrest heard singing
9 chiffchaff
11 blackcap
2 willow tit
2 treecreeper (nest building)
2 nuthatch
7+ goldfinch
1 greenfinch heard
1 chaffinch heard
2+ bullfinch
1 grey wagtail (near bridge over brook)
6 song thrush
2 mistle thrush
4 jay
4 grey heron (at least 2 active nests)
1 kestrel
1 buzzard
1 kestrel
3 ring-necked parakeets
3 reed buntings
2 bullfinch
3 stock doves
25 sand Martins straight over heading north-west
5 Chiffchaffs
1 blackcap
2 grey herons
2 grey wagtails
1 redwing
Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming in 3 locations
Bullfinch 1
Chiffchaff - 3 locations
Buzzard - 2 - once taking food from the Cow Field and eating it on a tree stump
Sparrowhawk (f) - 1
Ring-necked parakeet - many
Heron 1
Stock Dove - 2
Chris
4-5 buzzards
1 kestrel
1 sparrowhawk
1 jay
3 reed bunting
2 stock doves
1 grey heron
2 grey wagtail
4 chiffchaffs
7 ring-necked parakeets
1 mistle thrush
1 lesser redpoll
1 goldcrest
5 chiffchaffs, singing in several locations
2 buzzards
5 ring-necked parakeets
3 grey herons
2 treecreeper
1 jay
1 willow tit, heard
1 mistle thrush
3 reed buntings
1 siskin
2 snipe, another 2 heard
1 grey wagtail
3 active Grey Heron nests with a pair seen copulating.
9 ring-necked parakeets
1 great spotted woodpecker
1 nuthatch another heard
1 treecreeper
1 kestrel
1 sparrowhawk
1 mistle thrush
1 stock dove over hardy farm
2 goosander over river
2 goldcrest
Siskin heard
26 redwings over
Numerous song thrushes singing
3 sparrowhawk
1 kestrel
All in the air together this morning.
16.10-17.20
Jackdaw 1700
Carrion Crow 71
Tawny Owl 1 male calling Ivy Green
5+ goldcrest
1 coal tit heard
1 willow tit
5 nuthatch
8+ siskin
1 goldfinch
6 bullfinch
2 redwing
5 song thrush
3 jay
1 great spotted woodpecker heard
1 green woodpecker heard yaffling in trees adjacent to the hay field
8 ring-necked parakeet
2 stock dove over
3 teal on long pond
1 grey heron
2 common gull
3 herring gull over
2 cormorant over
1+ kestrel
Raven 1 solo bird flew in from the west at 15.27, dropping into the Ees seemingly to join the corvid flock but not relocated.
Jackdaw 1200 - 1400 moving west out of Chorltonville
Carrion Crow - many arriving from the west, possibly 200+, wouldn't be surprised if there are a few Rook in there
Magpie 60+
Ring-necked Parakeet c20
Sparrowhawk 1
Kestrel 1
Grey Wagtail 1
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Wednesday 19th of December 2018 08:58:11 PM
Best birds from my first brief visit this morning:
1 or 2 Ring- necked Parakeet- my first GM record!
6 Siskin.
1 Buzzard and 2 Kestrel.