From 5pm (ish). Swallow - 14 hoovering the grass. House Martin - 15 over the trees on Hawthorn lane boundary. Mixed flock of Long-tailed and Blue tit c20. Black-headed gull - 74. Lesser Black-backed gull - 2 . Ring- necked Parakeet - 2.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 26th of August 2018 08:20:35 PM
Pete Hines said
Thu Jul 5 3:16 PM, 2018
Common Gull 2 adult Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 adult Black-headed Gull 187 Blackcap 4 singing male Ring-necked Parakeet heard only Swift 6 House Martin 2
Pete Hines said
Thu Apr 19 2:16 PM, 2018
Willow Tit, a pair flew across Hawthorn Lane from Ivy Green and into the trees along the Turn Moss side of the lane
Pete Hines said
Thu Mar 15 2:36 PM, 2018
Mallard 11 Black-headed Gull 4 Common Gull 2 Stock Dove 2 Woodpigeon 87 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 Ring-necked Parakeet 2 Magpie 57 Jackdaw 16 Carrion Crow 9 Blue tit 4 Great Tit 3 Wren 3 Goldcrest 1 Robin 3 Blackbird 3 Redwing 38 Mistle Thrush 4 Starling 90 Dunnock 3 Pied Wagtail 3 Greenfinch 2 Goldfinch 14 House Sparrow 2
Joel Tragen said
Wed Feb 28 11:26 PM, 2018
Thought I'd have a see what had been grounded due to the snow storm. Highlights: -6 meadow pipits, group of 5 on grass beside the car park & a single flushed from a garden on Turn Moss road -2 skylarks, flushed from side of Turn Moss road -14 redwings on tree cuttings in car park
Joel Tragen said
Sun Feb 25 3:23 PM, 2018
Yes fiona it would have a massively damaging affect on the wildlife of turnmoss. I have put my objection in today, highlighting some affects that it would have on the wildlife, one of my main concerns is that the floodlighting would not just affect the wildlife of turnmoss (which would probably be none existence if it goes ahead) but also the wildlife of chorlton ees & surrounding areas.
Fiona Moate said
Sun Feb 25 1:30 PM, 2018
Are members aware of the development planned by Gary Neville for Turn Moss? There is a local campaign running at the moment and objections have to be handed in by March 8th. The plan is to fence off a large section of the Turn Moss area alongside the Turn Moss Road, create all weather pitches, a sports centre, car parking for 100 cars, all night pitch lighting, a social centre, gym trail and exercise mounds. There will be no public access. This will surely have an impact on wildlife.
Pete Hines said
Tue Feb 20 4:37 PM, 2018
Black-headed Gull 147 Common Gull 49 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 Herring Gull 2 juveniles (including a very tatty bird with a deformed beak) Stock Dove 3 Greenfinch 3
Common gull - 106 . Lesser Black-back gull - 2. Black-headed gull - c100. Mistle Thrush - 2. And on the way back at 3.30pm c40 Carrion Crow feeding in a group prior to roosting maybe?
phillipskelly said
Thu Nov 9 11:59 AM, 2017
Late post- Wed 08.11.17 Grey Heron - 1. Mistle Thrush - 3. Starling - 17. Kestrel - 1m. Common Gull - 18. Ps. and a film crew hogging car park.
Hi Joel ..http://app.bto.org/euring/main/ .. try this Euring website.
Roger.
Joel Tragen said
Wed Apr 12 5:14 PM, 2017
2:15-3:00 The grass to stretford grammer was being mowed to the birds in the hedge were constantly moving 1 male whitethroat flew along the hedge as the tractor went past 1 willow warbler 4 chiffchaff 1 mistle thrush 25+ starlings 2 mallard 1 dead woodpigeon with a blue ring its left leg, wrote down all the info from it but I dont really know what to do with it. + all the usuals
Justin Garner said
Mon Feb 27 11:32 AM, 2017
35 Redwings at the Edge lane side of the fields this morning.
Joel Tragen said
Wed Feb 8 5:48 PM, 2017
Not exactly turnmoss but nearest place i can think of. Tawny owl flew over kingshill road, heading towards turnmoss, coming from C of E/St Clements church area
Justin Garner said
Sun Jan 8 11:54 AM, 2017
A quick walk around the fields looking at the gull numbers.
90 Common Gulls
60 Black-headed Gulls
2 Pied Wagtails
3 Ring Necked Parakeet
Stretford Grammar School playing fields
100 Common Gulls
100 Black-Headed Gull
1 Lesser Black-Backed Gull
-- Edited by Justin Garner on Sunday 8th of January 2017 12:07:00 PM
steven burke said
Sat Nov 5 10:44 PM, 2016
morning visit
300+ black headed gulls 120+ common gulls 2 herring gulls 5 lesser black backed gulls 75 starling 1 pied wagtail 3 buzzard in the air at once 1 goldcrest 1 bullfinch 2 chaffinch
Yellow Wagtail 1 briefly Swallow c30, mostly juveniles Ring-necked Parakeet 9 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Stock Dove 1
Joel Tragen said
Sat May 14 9:56 AM, 2016
Took my aunt to see the Great spotted woodpeckers and ended up coming across a short eared owl. After finding the woodpeckers we then walked towards sale wp and I saw a bird coming over the tree line, from the direction of hardly farm, to find that it was a short eared owl, it continued to head in the direction of stretford ees and and then finally it drifted very high and was lost from sight after circling higher and higher over turnmoss with a buzzard seeing it off.
-- Edited by Joel Tragen on Saturday 14th of May 2016 12:55:35 PM
Forgot to add that yesterday I saw a pair of blackcaps in the redstart hedge. A quick early afternoon visit today. Highlights: A pair great spotted woodpeckers A pair of mallards 5 robins 9 great tits 7 blue tits 4 long tailed tits 1 female blackcap in the redstart hedge 3 bullfinchs in the redstart hedge 2 goldfinch in the redstart hedge
steven burke said
Wed Apr 13 11:06 PM, 2016
a couple of pics of the redstart from this morning. as well as the redstart & wheatear, other birds around...
4-6 buzzard, 4 in the air at once at least 8 very noisy jays 4 swallow, over 7 sand martin,over 1 grey heron 2 blackcaps, heard only 1 chiffchaff, heard only
Went for another visit at 3:50, no sign of him. At 4:10 he was back in the same place I first found him. Still present when I left at 4:40.
Pete Hines said
Wed Apr 13 5:04 PM, 2016
Common Redstart - male still present at 5pm (info via Tony O'Mahoney)
Joel Tragen said
Wed Apr 13 1:34 PM, 2016
Decided to carry on with my morning visits this morning and today it paid off. Arrived at 9:45 and went straight to that hedge to check and there it was. Steve popped down to check for one without even seeing that I'd spotted on. It flew over to the tree in the middle of field and while we were watching what we thought to be the silhouette of the redstart, steven pointed out that this was a female wheatear and the redstart was further down in the tree. The wheatear left over the trees while the redstart went over to the other row of hawthorns on the other side of the car park but went back the hedge next to the school. I left at 1 with phil, pete and chris still watching it.
Redstart still currently showing well in the usual hedge from previous years.
Ian McKerchar said
Wed Apr 13 10:24 AM, 2016
Redstart present in the hedge along the school parallel to the car park at 10:20.
Info thanks to Joel Tragen
steven burke said
Fri Apr 8 10:30 PM, 2016
evening visit
4 swallow whizzing around 3 snipe, over 2 siskin, over 1 stock dove 1 ring-necked parakeet 2 chiffchaff 2 great spotted woodpecker 1 grey heron 1 buzzard 1 kestrel 1 sparrowhawk with prey item in its talons.
steven burke said
Thu Mar 31 11:59 AM, 2016
3 mistle thrush 1 ring-necked parakeet 2 chiffchaff 3 bullfinch 5 jay 2 meadow pipit, over 1 pied wagtail
steven burke said
Wed Dec 30 10:20 PM, 2015
This afternoon 400+ gulls taking advantage of the flooded field..
At least 132 common gull, 5 lesser black backed gull, the rest being black headed gull & 1 pied wagtail.
steven burke said
Wed Apr 15 11:04 AM, 2015
Currently 1 male ring ouzel, a different male than the one in Longford park.
My apologies this one is actually a female.
-- Edited by steven burke on Wednesday 15th of April 2015 11:40:51 AM
steven burke said
Tue Apr 14 12:11 PM, 2015
1 wheatear 2 chiffchaff 1 willow warbler 2 bullfinch 1 grey heron, over 2 meadow pipit, over 2 swallow 2 sand martin 1 house martin
steven burke said
Mon Dec 22 12:25 PM, 2014
10am this morning a c2000 gulls, possibly more with plenty more moving around, on what has been described as a mini lake just behind the cemetery...
c500 common gull 23 lesser black backed gull c1500 black headed gull
also c100 starling, 10 goldfinch.
info thanks to phil Kelly.
steven burke said
Mon Apr 14 6:08 PM, 2014
1 buzzard 1 sparrowhawk 1 willow warbler 2 chiffchaffs 1 blackcap 5 mistle thrushes 2 collared doves 2 lesser black backed gulls 2 swallows 1 grey heron no joy with a redstart this year (so far) in the usual hawthorn hedge, but made up for that shortly after with a red kite over sale water park
Paul Wilkins said
Sun Jan 12 3:59 PM, 2014
Merged flocks of 60 Redwings and 70 Starlings feeding together, a group of 20 Carrion Crows and c. 25 Common Gulls which is far fewer than is normal for this time of year. I looked but could see no other gulls - Black-headed Gulls in numbers and the occasional Lesser Black-Backed Gull are what I expect to see.
1 first winter Wheatear 1 Chiffchaff singing 1 Swallow 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 21 Canada Geese grazing on the school field
Pete Hines said
Wed Apr 17 4:02 AM, 2013
Redstart still present at 3pm. http://www.youtube.com/user/petehines/videos?view=0&flow=grid or see link below for a movie
steven burke said
Tue Apr 16 11:12 PM, 2013
Ben Smart wrote:
Thanks to Steve for sharing news of the find. Great to meet yourself, Pete Hines and Gerry Flanagan, plus the Redstart itself. Showing beautifully, and still present at 2.30 when I left. Slightly tricky moment when one of the Grammar school parents quizzed us as to why we were pointing binoculars and cameras towards the school playing field. Fortunately Steve rescued the situation by showing the woman some of his Redstart photos!
no problems ben and nice to of met you too. I am glad you mentioned it was still present at 2.30 because that was when I located the Longford park one.
Ben Smart said
Tue Apr 16 11:06 PM, 2013
Thanks to Steve for sharing news of the find. Great to meet yourself, Pete Hines and Gerry Flanagan, plus the Redstart itself. Showing beautifully, and still present at 2.30 when I left. Slightly tricky moment when one of the Grammar school parents quizzed us as to why we were pointing binoculars and cameras towards the school playing field. Fortunately Steve rescued the situation by showing the woman some of his Redstart photos!
steven burke said
Tue Apr 16 8:47 PM, 2013
Male Redstart found again in same location at 1.30pm showing well
steven burke said
Tue Apr 16 5:10 AM, 2013
eventually caught back up with the redstart around 7.30pm, still present when i left at 8.05pm. it is a male.
steven burke said
Tue Apr 16 2:16 AM, 2013
I can't believe my luck this afternoon because soon after I left the ring ouzel, and walked across turn moss I have now found a common redstart at 6.30 pm but unfortunately I have not seen it since. It is in the hawthorns along the fence that surrounds the school playing field, same location as last year.
Pete Hines said
Wed Apr 3 11:02 PM, 2013
12 Fieldfare 7 Redwing
steven burke said
Sat Mar 30 5:35 AM, 2013
29th march
11 meadow pipits 1 grey heron 2 pied wagtails 1 alba wagtail 8 jackdaws 8 mistle thrushes 14 long tailed tits 3 stock doves 1 wren c30 house sparrows 1 coal tit 2 chaffinches 11 redwings 6 great tits 10 blue tits 2 goldfinches 8 fieldfares 1 song thush 117 woodpigeons
Black-headed Gull 64
Herring Gull 2
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Buzzard 1
Goldcrest 1
From 5pm (ish).
Swallow - 14 hoovering the grass.
House Martin - 15 over the trees on Hawthorn lane boundary.
Mixed flock of Long-tailed and Blue tit c20.
Black-headed gull - 74.
Lesser Black-backed gull - 2 .
Ring- necked Parakeet - 2.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 26th of August 2018 08:20:35 PM
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 adult
Black-headed Gull 187
Blackcap 4 singing male
Ring-necked Parakeet heard only
Swift 6
House Martin 2
Mallard 11
Black-headed Gull 4
Common Gull 2
Stock Dove 2
Woodpigeon 87
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Ring-necked Parakeet 2
Magpie 57
Jackdaw 16
Carrion Crow 9
Blue tit 4
Great Tit 3
Wren 3
Goldcrest 1
Robin 3
Blackbird 3
Redwing 38
Mistle Thrush 4
Starling 90
Dunnock 3
Pied Wagtail 3
Greenfinch 2
Goldfinch 14
House Sparrow 2
-6 meadow pipits, group of 5 on grass beside the car park & a single flushed from a garden on Turn Moss road
-2 skylarks, flushed from side of Turn Moss road
-14 redwings on tree cuttings in car park
There is a local campaign running at the moment and objections have to be handed in by March 8th.
The plan is to fence off a large section of the Turn Moss area alongside the Turn Moss Road, create all weather pitches, a sports centre, car parking for 100 cars, all night pitch lighting, a social centre, gym trail and exercise mounds. There will be no public access. This will surely have an impact on wildlife.
Common Gull 49
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Herring Gull 2 juveniles (including a very tatty bird with a deformed beak)
Stock Dove 3
Greenfinch 3
Lesser Black-back gull - 2.
Black-headed gull - c100.
Mistle Thrush - 2.
And on the way back at 3.30pm c40 Carrion Crow feeding in a group prior to roosting maybe?
Grey Heron - 1.
Mistle Thrush - 3.
Starling - 17.
Kestrel - 1m.
Common Gull - 18.
Ps. and a film crew hogging car park.
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
Black-headed Gull 269
Swift 1
Sparrowhawk 2
Roger.
The grass to stretford grammer was being mowed to the birds in the hedge were constantly moving
1 male whitethroat flew along the hedge as the tractor went past
1 willow warbler
4 chiffchaff
1 mistle thrush
25+ starlings
2 mallard
1 dead woodpigeon with a blue ring its left leg, wrote down all the info from it but I dont really know what to do with it.
+ all the usuals
35 Redwings at the Edge lane side of the fields this morning.
A quick walk around the fields looking at the gull numbers.
90 Common Gulls
60 Black-headed Gulls
2 Pied Wagtails
3 Ring Necked Parakeet
Stretford Grammar School playing fields
100 Common Gulls
100 Black-Headed Gull
1 Lesser Black-Backed Gull
-- Edited by Justin Garner on Sunday 8th of January 2017 12:07:00 PM
300+ black headed gulls
120+ common gulls
2 herring gulls
5 lesser black backed gulls
75 starling
1 pied wagtail
3 buzzard in the air at once
1 goldcrest
1 bullfinch
2 chaffinch
Magpie (12+)
Wood Pigeon (25+)
Carrion Crow (12)
Black-headed Gull (60+)
Common Gull (12)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (2)
Jackdaw (2)
Swallow c30, mostly juveniles
Ring-necked Parakeet 9
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Stock Dove 1
-- Edited by Joel Tragen on Saturday 14th of May 2016 12:55:35 PM
A quick early afternoon visit today. Highlights:
A pair great spotted woodpeckers
A pair of mallards
5 robins
9 great tits
7 blue tits
4 long tailed tits
1 female blackcap in the redstart hedge
3 bullfinchs in the redstart hedge
2 goldfinch in the redstart hedge
as well as the redstart & wheatear, other birds around...
4-6 buzzard, 4 in the air at once
at least 8 very noisy jays
4 swallow, over
7 sand martin,over
1 grey heron
2 blackcaps, heard only
1 chiffchaff, heard only
It flew over to the tree in the middle of field and while we were watching what we thought to be the silhouette of the redstart, steven pointed out that this was a female wheatear and the redstart was further down in the tree. The wheatear left over the trees while the redstart went over to the other row of hawthorns on the other side of the car park but went back the hedge next to the school. I left at 1 with phil, pete and chris still watching it.
Redstart still currently showing well in the usual hedge from previous years.
Info thanks to Joel Tragen
4 swallow whizzing around
3 snipe, over
2 siskin, over
1 stock dove
1 ring-necked parakeet
2 chiffchaff
2 great spotted woodpecker
1 grey heron
1 buzzard
1 kestrel
1 sparrowhawk with prey item in its talons.
1 ring-necked parakeet
2 chiffchaff
3 bullfinch
5 jay
2 meadow pipit, over
1 pied wagtail
This afternoon 400+ gulls taking advantage of the flooded field..
At least 132 common gull, 5 lesser black backed gull, the rest being black headed gull & 1 pied wagtail.
My apologies this one is actually a female.
-- Edited by steven burke on Wednesday 15th of April 2015 11:40:51 AM
2 chiffchaff
1 willow warbler
2 bullfinch
1 grey heron, over
2 meadow pipit, over
2 swallow
2 sand martin
1 house martin
c500 common gull
23 lesser black backed gull
c1500 black headed gull
also c100 starling, 10 goldfinch.
info thanks to phil Kelly.
1 sparrowhawk
1 willow warbler
2 chiffchaffs
1 blackcap
5 mistle thrushes
2 collared doves
2 lesser black backed gulls
2 swallows
1 grey heron
no joy with a redstart this year (so far) in the usual hawthorn hedge, but made up for that shortly after with a red kite over sale water park
Merged flocks of 60 Redwings and 70 Starlings feeding together, a group of 20 Carrion Crows and c. 25 Common Gulls which is far fewer than is normal for this time of year. I looked but could see no other gulls - Black-headed Gulls in numbers and the occasional Lesser Black-Backed Gull are what I expect to see.
2 fieldfares
1 treecreeper
1 kestrel
2 siskins
info thanks to phil Kelly.
1 first winter Wheatear
1 Chiffchaff singing
1 Swallow
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
21 Canada Geese grazing on the school field
or see link below for a movie
no problems ben and nice to of met you too. I am glad you mentioned it was still present at 2.30 because that was when I located the Longford park one.
Slightly tricky moment when one of the Grammar school parents quizzed us as to why we were pointing binoculars and cameras towards the school playing field. Fortunately Steve rescued the situation by showing the woman some of his Redstart photos!
7 Redwing
11 meadow pipits
1 grey heron
2 pied wagtails
1 alba wagtail
8 jackdaws
8 mistle thrushes
14 long tailed tits
3 stock doves
1 wren
c30 house sparrows
1 coal tit
2 chaffinches
11 redwings
6 great tits
10 blue tits
2 goldfinches
8 fieldfares
1 song thush
117 woodpigeons
info thanks to phil Kelly.
100+ mostly common gulls & black headed gulls
9 mistle thrush
6 fieldfare
8 siskin
20+ goldfinch
1 grey heron
starlings, crows, magpies & jackdaws.
7 Lesser Black-backed Gull
on 27th
1 Herring Gull
1 Skylark over
On the water-logged playing fields and school field
185 Common Gull
430 Black-headed Gull (with another 52 on Stretford Ees)
7 Lesser Black-backed Gull
1 Herring Gull
2 Heron