Over Pennington Flash this morning:

75 east at 07:50
200 south-east at 09:05

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

15 went east over Ashton-in-Makerfield at 07:16 this morning, followed by two skeins of about 90 each at 07:20
24 went SE at 08:20

-- Edited by dave broome on Wednesday 3rd of November 2010 07:33:52 PM

100 heading northwest overworsley village 1 pm.

Fifty-ish going east/south-east over Romiley at 4.15 p.m.

54 west over Bobs Smithy, Horwich yesterday at 4.45pm
c100 East North East over Brownlow Road, Horwich 8.45am this morning.

90 SE Heaton Park 8.15 am

c.100 over the East Lancs at Worsley at 8:00am, heading south

100 east between Offerton and Bredbury at 8.20 am

29 flying east over hindley 0830 this morning.

Monday, 25th October.
2 skeins of c80 and c70 over Flixton going east.

Last week over Chorlton WP

18th Oct: c150 W at 09.22
19th Oct: 70+ E at 08.23 & 70+ SE at 09.22
20th Oct: 600+ E at 09.05

-- Edited by Pete Hines on Tuesday 26th of October 2010 10:56:28 AM

80 SE over Rochdale seen from HPR about 9am

The Cliff, Bury New Rd 9.17am , 50 flying SE in formation.

Large skein over Flixton this morning at 09:15, could not stop to count. Heading NE.

-- Edited by Robin Tong on Monday 25th of October 2010 12:01:26 PM

Carrington Moss Sunday morning, 250 flying East South East at 10.03, followed by 200 flying south at 10.50. I presume this is the same skein seen over Irlam at roughly the same time.

Approx 80 west over Sandyforth 10:55

Quite right. However they had just crossed the GM boundary and were probably the same skein reported in an earlier posting.

200 approx going south over Irlam at 10-50am today

Approx 500 went west, low over Ashton-in-Makerfield at 10:44 today

A further 190 went NW at 10:50

-- Edited by dave broome on Sunday 24th of October 2010 10:57:08 AM

John Turner wrote:

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c250 flying SE across the Peak Forest canal between Disley and New Mills at 1105 today.

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That will be in Derbyshire then?

c250 flying SE across the Peak Forest canal between Disley and New Mills at 1105 today.

c100 east of Romiley village going NE (a very unusual direction) at 10.25 a.m.

60 East at 10.30 over Offerton, then 250 higher flew West
Chris H

Melanie Beckford wrote:

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Another skein at 1.30 this afternoon, approx 75.

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These birds were going in the same direction as the other birds l've seen this week, SE.

Another skein at 1.30 this afternoon, approx 75.

120 SE at 8.53am over my house Moss Side/Fallowfield/Rusholme border. An urban 'garden tick' too.

almost continuous line approx-700-800 SE 2pm,then another 400+nw 2.30pm-fair way west of penny flash,scoped from horrocks hide.

Big skein, 250 - 300, NW over Hale 09.15 today.

Btw 40+50 West over Tyldesley 10:00

Skiens of 33 & 100 south east over Hindley this morning (Andy Makin).

l had a 'gentle' reminder this morning that l'd not stated the numbers of Pink-Foot on my post ...in both flocks there were approx 250.

This morning, exactly the same time l had approx' another 75!!

-- Edited by Melanie Beckford on Thursday 21st of October 2010 09:48:42 AM

Two huge skiens going over Sale yesterday the first one approx' 8.30, then the next one just after 9.am, plus another 50, seconds later.

They were so vocal and the sight so big, even the little girl that l look after, was amazed at them.

chorlton water park 260 heading east at 5.30pm.

over Ashton-in-Makerfield today - 58 east at 08:42 and approx 25 east at 17:50

an additional 31 SSE at 18:20

-- Edited by dave broome on Wednesday 20th of October 2010 06:21:30 PM

Over Pennington Flash this morning:

300 Pink-footed Geese SE at 08:50 and 150 south at 9am.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

100 east over Pennington Flash at 9:05 am today.

Info thanks to Barry Hulme

A Skein of about 60 seen flying over western aspect of the Mancunian Way,near to the Junction with Regent Road.They were travelling in an easterly direction at 8.23 am.

Monday 18th

55 SE @ 8.28 over Heaton Park

Sunday 4pm: c140 over Delph (viewed from the pub at Heights) heading NE (going where?) at quite a pace with a tailwind.

Had visited Martin Mere the previous day and never seen so many Pinkfeet. The warden's morning count had been 32,000 - a record!

Steve

49 circled over Skitters Wood, Ashton-in-Makerfield at 0824 this morning, then looked as though they were landing in the Garswood area

75 SE @ Heaton park @ 8.13 - one of the Burnt Edge Skiens

17/10

75 SE over Burnt Edge, horwich moors at 8am
50 SE over smithills moor 8.11am

100+ flying eastbound over Houghton Lane, Swinton 1615hrs 17/10/10

c. 80 ENE over Swinton 0900hrs 17th Oct.

Friday, 15th October.

50+ flying east to west over Flixton at 1540.

approx 650 flew SE over Ashton-in-Makerfield at 10:20 yesterday morning (presumably the same seen by Monsieur Hargreaves from the Abram Flashes). About 10 minutes later 9 flew NW

-- Edited by dave broome on Saturday 16th of October 2010 09:39:35 AM

250 flew over Pennington Flash heading SE at 08:50 and were tracked across Astley still heading SE at 08:58 (Barry Hulme and myself)

60 flew east over Pickley Green, Westleigh at 09:50 (Phil Rhodes)

300 east over Timperley this morning.

(Info per Mike Ribbands)

150 east over Astley at 08:40am.

Info thanks to Andy Isherwood

90 west over Heaton park @ 8.53am