Yesterday 1/10/09

I was in Manchester about 6.30pm and saw 30-40 Pied Wagtails to-ing and fro-ing between Wetherspoons and Kro in Piccadilly, before they seemed to move elsewhere.

5/8/09

About 60+ Pied Wagtails coming to roost at the Middlebrook Retail Park (Reebok), Horwich, tonight @ 20:30 in a ten minute spell of observation.

They seemed to favour a tree between Costa-Coffee and Boots but were a bit flighty, with many (including juvs.) just resting on the ground.

Wigans Wagtails at Side of Smiths of Wigan

Counted 165 going to roost 4:20 to 4:40 Tonight :some already inthe tree when i got there and still coming in when i had to leave


Cheers Jimmy

There's a roost of 150+ in Ashton under Lyne.

They use the three trees on the corner of Warrington Street near Meeks shoe shop just down from McDonalds. They've been coming since the end of September. You should have seen the droppings the other day.

Sorry this is the first time I've posted them.

Pied Wagtails have come back to the roost site at the side of shop Smiths of Wigan
at Mesnes Terrace not seen tem this winter approx 70 came out of the roost this morn at 7:55
The unusual thing was that they did not make any sounds at all in the tree but then suddenly came out of the tree in groups of 5+10s calling loudly never seen that before but great to see even though it was still a bit dark.

Cheers Jimmy

St. Anne's Square roost building nicely. 5.30-5.45 p.m. C20 on the roof of St. Anne's Church, with similar numbers on St. Anne's House and Kendals, plus about 30 on the roofs around the square.

Also at least 1 Blue Tit and a Peregrine over, heading towards the Beatham

St. Annes' Square roost seems to be starting. There last night around 7 p.m.. Difficult to tell numbers accurately as the trees are still in leaf, but something spooked the birds on the western roofs and between 20 & 30 shot across to the other side.

100+ could even be a couple of hundred as more were flying in and landing on bury fire station roof and in the tree at the side.

will take a proper look at it when not driving, now i know it's there!

Monday night
Around 100 outside Cafe Nero, Newport St, Bolton

sorry, I meant the usual tree off Mesnes Street by Smiths Bookshop

where abouts is mesnes terrace dave cheers

220+ roosting at Mesnes Terrace tonight

At least 80 in the roost site off Mesnes Street, Wigan last night - a single tall Cotoneaster sp. next to Smiths Bookshop and Mesnes Terrace mult-storey

80+ around carpark at Bolton Hospital last night.

Kane

-- Edited by Kane Brides at 14:51, 2008-02-03

Saturday night 100+ near cafeNero, Newport Street Bolton

I had a fairly substantial roost in a couple of Laurel Trees by the multi-storey car park for Terminal 1 at Manchester Airport on Monday at dusk, probably a couple of hundred but may be many more as most were already in and being noisy!

St Annes' Square roost tonight. C 120 at 17.30 building to approx 250 by 19.00

C 120 pied wagtails roosting St. Anne's Square 16.15pm today(sorry yesterday now!). Difficult to judge nos due to high floods on R.Ex. side buildings

Tom, Christmas Market now gone from St Annes square, maybe forced off by the huge amout of Pied Wag poo dropping on them, the floor and benches are absolutely plastered with it yesterday.

I counted 580 (a very, very conservative figure) coming into the trees in St.Ann's Square 4.10-4.20pm on Wednesday (19th). They were gathering on McDonald's roof and then flying to the two lit trees above the Christmas market.

100 Pied Wagtails in the roost in Bolton Town Centre by Nero Cafe this evening.

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

yes, you can see it from j27 m60

That's the Portwood shopping centre I think? where PC World is?

I was shopping there through the day the other week and must have counted 20 or so on the flor and another 50 flying around.

Andrew

sorry judith, most of them were already in the trees when i found them and it was too dark to see in. sounded like they were well into double figures though

Any idea of numbers?

at stockport retail park (in small trees infront of pcworld)

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 14th of November 2010 06:38:47 PM