Bad times in Top Mossley - they've started work on the old Prospect House site and hacked down loads of trees this week. Was going to happen sooner or later but very depressing. Our garden overlooks it and I fear for the effect it will have on the species that visited the garden and surrounding area
Steve Suttill said
Wed Mar 9 2:19 PM, 2011
Karen Foulkes wrote:
I decided to try my luck with the Mossley Bramblings this afternoon. After a look around the area I decided that Steve Suttill keeps them in a cage and only lets them go at certain times
Taking the day off work - dentist so decided to let out the Bramblings for a bit of exercise
At least 4 in the trees over the road from my house. Don't know what my neighbour puts in her feeders but they certainly seem to like it.
Steve
Alan Turner said
Tue Mar 8 5:30 PM, 2011
2 Dippers on river, near bridge at back of football pitch on Egmont street. One with silver ring on right leg. Sorry no more info.
Iain Johnson said
Tue Mar 8 3:05 PM, 2011
seeing as you are offering, how about a pint of millstone in the Rising Sun?
Karen Foulkes said
Tue Mar 8 10:33 AM, 2011
I'm sure we could come to some arrangement which wouldn't make your wallet too heavy
Steve Suttill said
Tue Mar 8 10:11 AM, 2011
If an Oriental Turtle Dove is worth £5, how much for a Brambling?
Steve
Karen Foulkes said
Mon Mar 7 8:46 PM, 2011
I decided to try my luck with the Mossley Bramblings this afternoon. After a look around the area I decided that Steve Suttill keeps them in a cage and only lets them go at certain times
I then went for a mooch near the river and canal and some of the adjoining woodland.
A pair of Grey Wagtails showed well on a building by the river Dipper singing then flew upstream
There were plenty of Tits calling in the woodland but I stood quietly and was rewarded with a superb Goldcrest giving great close up views and also a Treecreeper which showed reasonably well before flying further into the woodland and disappearing completely.
A pair of Magpies were quietly nest building in the same location.
Also a flock of at least 50 Jackdaws were flying around near the railway station.
I'll probably return for further exploration!
Steve Suttill said
Mon Mar 7 9:42 AM, 2011
Roger Baker 3 wrote:
PS. Are we all on the same Hymn Sheet now ?
Hope so Roger - thought I was going mad for a moment (please don't comment on this )
Thanks for sorting this out, Ian.
Cheers, Steve
Roger Baker 3 said
Sun Mar 6 3:42 PM, 2011
Sunday 6th March. 06.30 - 07.20.
Egmont Street.
Canal back of Pallet Works.
Greenfinch. Goldfinch. Chaffinch. B & G tit. Mistle Thrush. Collared Dove. C. Crow. Magpie. Jackdaw. Jay. Mallard. Plenty singing Wren, Robin & Dunnock. Cormerant over..... heading Stalybridge from Mossley.
R. Tame.
L/Tail Tits. Mallard. Dipper..... on stones 15 yd downstream of bridge..... flew off upstream.
Roger.
PS. Are we all on the same Hymn Sheet now ?
Steve Suttill said
Sun Mar 6 10:37 AM, 2011
There seem to be 2 threads called Mossley and Roger has unearthed one that hasn't been used for years . Is there any way of sorting this out Ian?
Small flock of Bramblings have been present on Manchester Road for over 2 months now.
Steve
Steve Suttill said
Mon Jan 3 9:18 PM, 2011
Sun 2/1/11: 4 Brambling in back garden
Steve
tom willis said
Sun Jan 2 10:31 PM, 2011
Walk along Quick Edge Road to Lydgate and back along Stockport Road today (3pm)
Long-tailed tits x 6 Many jackdaws, plus a couple of carrion crows Great tit x 2 Magpie x 4 Robin Highlight was the small group of fieldfares and redwings at the Mossley end of Quick Edge Rd - my first redwings of the winter, and my first fieldfares ever!
Steve Suttill said
Wed Dec 29 11:34 AM, 2010
Weds 29.12.10
2 female Brambling just passed through my back garden (94 Manchester Road)
Steve
tom willis said
Sun Dec 26 9:51 PM, 2010
26th December While I was out the back putting food on the bird table, my wife was at the front door welcoming the in-laws and got a shock as a sparrowhawk smacked into the bedroom window above and fell to the floor by her feet. After sitting dazed for 20 seconds or so it flew off before I could see it.
Steve Suttill said
Mon Nov 29 10:07 AM, 2010
Sunday morning 28.11.10:
Snipe in ditch between Heron Lane and the river. Same ditch which produced Green Sandpiper earlier this year.
Saturday morning: 2 Dippers in territorial dispute on river.
Steve
Steve Suttill said
Thu Nov 18 5:47 PM, 2010
Weds 17.11.10 7am : 2 ravens over my house. Were coming from the Oldham direction. This was a regular occurrence several years ago which made me think that there was a roost in the Oldham area.
Steve
tom willis said
Mon Nov 15 10:01 AM, 2010
Plenty of activity on the feeders this morning, and 9 blackbirds on the hawthorn. Most exciting over the weekend though was the nuthatch - a garden tick for us!
tom willis said
Fri Nov 12 8:57 AM, 2010
Pheasant in the garden this morning. Heard one in the field at the back several times before, but this is the first time we've seen it in the garden.
Steve Suttill said
Thu Sep 23 9:54 AM, 2010
Weds 22.09.10
just before lunchtime 4 Ravens flew over, very noisily, heading SW.
Steve
tom willis said
Mon Aug 23 11:20 AM, 2010
Chiffchaff heard this morning (first for some time) and willow warbler too.
John Everett said
Sun Aug 22 2:26 PM, 2010
Two jays on my garden feeders yesterday and today.
tom willis said
Thu Aug 19 9:59 AM, 2010
Pair of tawny owls heard hooting to each other last night (2200; Stockport Road).
And, delighted to see two more jays on Sunday afternoon!
tom willis said
Mon Aug 9 3:40 PM, 2010
Oh no, what a shame. It sounds like they've both perished then I had consoled myself earlier by thinking that at least there would still be one of the pair.
John Everett said
Mon Aug 9 3:06 PM, 2010
Two jays have been regular visitors to my garden for the last 4-5 weeks. I saw a dead jay on Hanover St, Mossley last Thursday. I saw a single jay in my garden on several occasions over the weekend.
tom willis said
Mon Aug 9 2:58 PM, 2010
I've recently been enjoying seeing (and hearing) a couple of jays around Stamford Road/Stockport Road, so was saddened to see one corpse on Stamford Road this morning
Steve Suttill said
Thu May 27 5:52 PM, 2010
If you go up Broadcarr Lane towards the Pike, you can bear right down Lane Head Road (past the scrapyard) and check the stone walls and fence posts. If you continue down to the houses you can turn left and follow a rough track (Back Lane) to complete a circuit. Plenty of Lapwings with chicks here as well.
Good Luck, Steve
tom willis said
Thu May 27 10:31 AM, 2010
Whereabouts is that Steve? We had a walk from Mossley over to Luzley on Monday evening and I had hopes of seeing little owls up there. Did see several lapwings.
Steve Suttill said
Thu May 27 9:59 AM, 2010
Late visit to BBS square yesterday. Glad to see/hear plenty of Willow Warblers and Mipits which were scarce on the first visit. No Wheatears on either visit
Snipe ("singing") a first for the square and 2 Little Owls.
Steve
Steve Suttill said
Mon May 17 10:07 AM, 2010
Spotted Flycatcher on Heron Lane, Mossley on Saturday morning, just yards from where I found one last autumn. No sign on Sunday morning so almost certainly was stopping off on migration.
Steve
tonywilkinson said
Fri May 14 9:29 AM, 2010
Hi Steve,
The Queens Mill Dippers hatched 5 on May 8th so there should be plenty of activity now. We hope to ring the pulli on Sunday. The female should be Orange over metal right and light pink left if you manage to confirm. We think the male is unringed. You were right about the Grey Wagtails, they must have had a terrible winter.
Cheers
Tony
jason fisher said
Thu May 13 3:15 PM, 2010
no steve i was driving past in the car at the time. the birds were right next to the road above the cricket club sign.
-- Edited by jason fisher on Thursday 13th of May 2010 03:16:41 PM
Steve Suttill said
Thu May 13 10:02 AM, 2010
Must have just missed you Jason. I was there at the same time on my way back from doing some atlas survey work up on the moors (very quiet - no Lapwings, no Golden Plover, very few Skylarks, only one Curlew and no Dotterel .)
Did you see (or hear) the gamekeeper blasting away at the crows?
Steve
jason fisher said
Wed May 12 9:46 PM, 2010
single raven being mobbed by 2 jackdaws over micklehurst cricket club about 2.30 this afternoon.
tom willis said
Tue May 4 11:05 AM, 2010
My 1st swifts of the year on Saturday (May 1) - 7 screaming high overhead.
tom willis said
Sun Apr 18 10:35 PM, 2010
Productive day in the garden today and lots of sightings in/overhead too:
2 x coal tit goldcrest 2 x lapwing Grey heron 3 x Great tit 2 x blue tit Robin Very vocal chaffinch Blackbird Wren Blackcap (my 1st of the year) Swallow (ditto) Long-tailed tit + Magpies, woodpigeons, jackdaws, carrion crows
Steve Suttill said
Thu Apr 15 9:51 AM, 2010
BBS early visit yesterday in Hartshead Pike area. Numbers of Meadow Pipits and Willow Warblers well down on last year. Could be the cold wind suppressing activity and/or the presence of both Sparrowhawk and Kestrel.
Pair of Curlew recorded for first time in about 12 years of surveying
Steve
Rachael Hill said
Tue Mar 16 10:06 AM, 2010
Thanks Steve, will keep a look out ... trip to Mossley
Steve Suttill said
Mon Mar 15 9:56 AM, 2010
Saturday 13th March - 8.30am
returning from checking nesting Dippers, I cut across the field between the River Tame and the railway just south of the Greenfield border. Noticing that the farmer had started digging new drainage ditches, I decided to have a look for Snipe. The bird I flushed flew off rather like a Snipe, but was smaller, slimmer and had completely dark upperparts except for the white rump. Couldn't have been anything other than a GREEN SANDPIPER!
A GM first for me (but no Tournament points )
Tried to relocate the bird, without success, but it flew off South so it will be worth our Tameside listers keeping their eyes open.
Steve
tom willis said
Mon Feb 15 8:54 PM, 2010
Cheers Steve, very interesting. I'll have to read up on those singing competitions.
We're up on Stockport Road, pretty much opposite the Mason's. I guess I was meaning Mossley in general, it's the first time I've seen a linnet in Tameside - although it has to be said that nowadays I'm looking a lot more keenly than I ever used to!
Steve Suttill said
Mon Feb 15 2:40 PM, 2010
tom willis wrote:
This morning in the garden we spotted a pair of goldcrests and what we're confident was a linnet singing - are these fairly common in the area?
I don't know which bit of Mossley you live in, Tom. I wouldn't descibe Linnet as common but I regularly see a few on my Breeding Bird Survey near Waterton Lane. They also frequent the railway cuttings near the Greenfield border and the scrubby areas round Scout Tunnel on the canal.
Linnet singing competitions are part of Mossley folklore, as I believe they are in the Wigan area.
Steve
tom willis said
Sun Feb 14 2:30 PM, 2010
This morning in the garden we spotted a pair of goldcrests and what we're confident was a linnet singing - are these fairly common in the area?
tom willis said
Fri Jan 29 11:38 AM, 2010
Practically numbed my fingers to the point of frostbite looking out the skylight just now, but a decent return:
4 bullfinches 8 long-tailed tits 1 blue tit 1 great tit 3 goldfinches 2 redwing possibly a goldcrest but didn't get good enough view 30+ jackdaw
Steve Suttill said
Thu Dec 17 9:47 AM, 2009
Flock of 10 Cormorants overhead this morning, just before the snow started again. Appeared to be making a bee-line for Castleshaw.
John Everett said
Wed Sep 2 10:36 AM, 2009
Steve, Thanks. Will have to keep my eyes open a bit wider.
John
Steve Suttill said
Tue Sep 1 5:32 PM, 2009
Sat 29.08.09
Spotted Flycatcher in Rowan trees (lots of berries to the delight of the resident Bullfinches) on Heron Lane by the river. Plenty of roving tit flocks with the odd Willow Warbler and Blackcap juvs.
Sun 30.08.09
Spotted Flycatcher (presumably the same) spotted again.
Steve Suttill said
Tue Apr 14 5:21 PM, 2009
First Blackcap singing from trees by canal on Good Friday. Whitethroats next!
Steve
Steve Suttill said
Mon Apr 6 11:44 AM, 2009
Hi John
If you go down onto Stamford Road you should hear Chiffchaff singing between the railway station and Mill Lane. No Blackcaps yet though.
Cheers, Steve
John Everett said
Mon Apr 6 10:15 AM, 2009
Not heard any warblers around here yet.
Now have 7 siskins (3 male, 4 female ) visiting feeders daily.
Anything else you need for your Tameside list, Karen?
Nice to see Mr Suttill does let them out of their cage
Other highlights.
Dipper
Grey Wagtail
4 Jays squabbling
Pr Bullfinches
Magpies still building their nest
Taking the day off work - dentist so decided to let out the Bramblings for a bit of exercise
At least 4 in the trees over the road from my house. Don't know what my neighbour puts in her feeders but they certainly seem to like it.
Steve
Steve
I then went for a mooch near the river and canal and some of the adjoining woodland.
A pair of Grey Wagtails showed well on a building by the river
Dipper singing then flew upstream
There were plenty of Tits calling in the woodland but I stood quietly and was rewarded with a superb Goldcrest giving great close up views and also a Treecreeper which showed reasonably well before flying further into the woodland and disappearing completely.
A pair of Magpies were quietly nest building in the same location.
Also a flock of at least 50 Jackdaws were flying around near the railway station.
I'll probably return for further exploration!
Hope so Roger - thought I was going mad for a moment (please don't comment on this )
Thanks for sorting this out, Ian.
Cheers, Steve
Egmont Street.
Canal back of Pallet Works.
Greenfinch.
Goldfinch.
Chaffinch.
B & G tit.
Mistle Thrush.
Collared Dove.
C. Crow.
Magpie.
Jackdaw.
Jay.
Mallard.
Plenty singing Wren, Robin & Dunnock.
Cormerant over..... heading Stalybridge from Mossley.
R. Tame.
L/Tail Tits.
Mallard.
Dipper..... on stones 15 yd downstream of bridge..... flew off upstream.
Roger.
PS. Are we all on the same Hymn Sheet now ?
Small flock of Bramblings have been present on Manchester Road for over 2 months now.
Steve
Steve
Long-tailed tits x 6
Many jackdaws, plus a couple of carrion crows
Great tit x 2
Magpie x 4
Robin
Highlight was the small group of fieldfares and redwings at the Mossley end of Quick Edge Rd - my first redwings of the winter, and my first fieldfares ever!
2 female Brambling just passed through my back garden (94 Manchester Road)
Steve
While I was out the back putting food on the bird table, my wife was at the front door welcoming the in-laws and got a shock as a sparrowhawk smacked into the bedroom window above and fell to the floor by her feet. After sitting dazed for 20 seconds or so it flew off before I could see it.
Snipe in ditch between Heron Lane and the river. Same ditch which produced Green Sandpiper earlier this year.
Saturday morning: 2 Dippers in territorial dispute on river.
Steve
Steve
just before lunchtime 4 Ravens flew over, very noisily, heading SW.
Steve
And, delighted to see two more jays on Sunday afternoon!
Good Luck, Steve
Snipe ("singing") a first for the square and 2 Little Owls.
Steve
Steve
The Queens Mill Dippers hatched 5 on May 8th so there should be plenty of activity now. We hope to ring the pulli on Sunday. The female should be Orange over metal right and light pink left if you manage to confirm. We think the male is unringed.
You were right about the Grey Wagtails, they must have had a terrible winter.
Cheers
Tony
-- Edited by jason fisher on Thursday 13th of May 2010 03:16:41 PM
Did you see (or hear) the gamekeeper blasting away at the crows?
Steve
2 x coal tit
goldcrest
2 x lapwing
Grey heron
3 x Great tit
2 x blue tit
Robin
Very vocal chaffinch
Blackbird
Wren
Blackcap (my 1st of the year)
Swallow (ditto)
Long-tailed tit
+ Magpies, woodpigeons, jackdaws, carrion crows
Pair of Curlew recorded for first time in about 12 years of surveying
Steve
returning from checking nesting Dippers, I cut across the field between the River Tame and the railway just south of the Greenfield border. Noticing that the farmer had started digging new drainage ditches, I decided to have a look for Snipe. The bird I flushed flew off rather like a Snipe, but was smaller, slimmer and had completely dark upperparts except for the white rump. Couldn't have been anything other than a GREEN SANDPIPER!
A GM first for me (but no Tournament points )
Tried to relocate the bird, without success, but it flew off South so it will be worth our Tameside listers keeping their eyes open.
Steve
We're up on Stockport Road, pretty much opposite the Mason's. I guess I was meaning Mossley in general, it's the first time I've seen a linnet in Tameside - although it has to be said that nowadays I'm looking a lot more keenly than I ever used to!
I don't know which bit of Mossley you live in, Tom. I wouldn't descibe Linnet as common but I regularly see a few on my Breeding Bird Survey near Waterton Lane. They also frequent the railway cuttings near the Greenfield border and the scrubby areas round Scout Tunnel on the canal.
Linnet singing competitions are part of Mossley folklore, as I believe they are in the Wigan area.
Steve
4 bullfinches
8 long-tailed tits
1 blue tit
1 great tit
3 goldfinches
2 redwing
possibly a goldcrest but didn't get good enough view
30+ jackdaw
Thanks. Will have to keep my eyes open a bit wider.
John
Spotted Flycatcher in Rowan trees (lots of berries to the delight of the resident Bullfinches) on Heron Lane by the river. Plenty of roving tit flocks with the odd Willow Warbler and Blackcap juvs.
Sun 30.08.09
Spotted Flycatcher (presumably the same) spotted again.
Steve
If you go down onto Stamford Road you should hear Chiffchaff singing between the railway station and Mill Lane. No Blackcaps yet though.
Cheers, Steve
Now have 7 siskins (3 male, 4 female ) visiting feeders daily.