Now 5 Mute Swans - 2 adults and 3 juveniles. As per Peter Hines post dated 4/12/09 - the 2 adults were HI4 and HJ4. What I presume are their two juveniles were still here - HH4 was hidden away in a corner of the pond area out of sight of the adults and HF4 was actually outside the perimeter fence of the pond and at risk from dogs etc. I understand that the adults have vacated the site for a short while during the cold spell and it looks like they have now returned to try and evict the juveniles? My observations would suggest this is what was happening. The other "interloper" juvenile bird had a metallic BTO ring on its left leg which I am 99% certain read ZY1766. Can anyone throw any light on this?
The Little Grebe was still here along with 7 Tufted Duck. 2 Coal Tits exchanged calls. No Shovelers or Goosanders when I visited.
9 Woodpigeons c50 Magpie 3 Carrion Crows 1 Mistle Thrush 1 Blackbird 2 Robins 4 Great Tits 4 Blue Tits 1 Long Tailed Tit
Pete Hines said
Wed Dec 23 10:08 PM, 2009
lake mostly frozen
1 Shoveler 1 Little Grebe
Bill Myerscough said
Sun Dec 13 2:10 PM, 2009
13th December @ 10.50 am.
An amazing 31 Goosander (11 males) here this morning. Hardly seemed enough room for them all on this small pond in this popular urban park! Plus 1 Little Grebe, 1 drake Shoveler, family party of 2 adult and 3 immature Mute Swans. In the park - 5 Mistle Thrush (1 singing), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Jay and c12 Redwing.
Cheers,
Bill.
Pete Hines said
Fri Dec 4 4:27 PM, 2009
15 Goosander (7m 8f) amazing to see on this little urban pond 1 Little Grebe 1 drake Shoveler 6 Tufted 13 Moorhen Mute Swan 2 adult with blue darvics HJ4, HI4 and 3 cygnets HH4, HF4 (darvic is broken with sellotape over the F), the third cygnet has a BTO ring but no darvic and is getting grief from the adult male, so it may not be a part of the clan (public and staff seemed concerned for its welfare).
Al Lee who lives in the parkhouse says there's been no sign of any parakeets for about three weeks, though this could be a reflection of shortened daylight hours ie go to work when it's dark & return when it's dark.
mrpsimpson said
Tue Apr 28 4:25 PM, 2009
brief walk at 10am Sunday - the parakeets were in the usual area between the lime walk and the lake - both getting very agitated by a grey squirrel in the tree - are they being protective of themselves or is there any thing else to protect?
Pete
Pete Hines said
Sun Apr 26 11:42 PM, 2009
A brief 10 min visit after midday produced 2 R-n Parakeets. More difficult to see now there's foliage on the trees.
A largish raptor soaring high over the park at 5.30 this evening was probably a Buzzard - it gradully headed southwards towards Chorlton; a pair of Sparrowhawk were also present but a bit closer. Otherwise, usual stuff present, including Orange-winged Amazon which appears to have taken up residence and hangs around with the local parakeet pair.
Pete Hines said
Mon Apr 6 11:11 PM, 2009
Yesterday Sunday 5th
1 Pink-footed Goose on the island 1 redhead Goosander 10 Tufted 2 R-n Parakeet 1 Blackcap
Tawny's regular at my home in Chorlton
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Monday 6th of April 2009 10:14:09 PM
declan savage said
Mon Apr 6 5:10 PM, 2009
Fairly quiet around the park this morning (8.00), but a Willow Warbler singing on the island was a new arrival. Blackcap also singing nearby and lots of nesting activity from the regular residents. Tufted Duck numbers up slightly - 12 present today. No Goosanders - looks like they have all departed for the spring.
declan savage said
Sat Apr 4 11:38 PM, 2009
I've not been back after dark Brandon, so can't say either way if its still around. There was one there around this time last year too. declan
brandon mulhern said
Sat Apr 4 7:55 PM, 2009
nice list there Declan, have you heard the tawny since tues? We have sat in the car outside and listened for a while between 8pm and 9pm thurs and fri but not a sound!
declan savage said
Sat Apr 4 2:28 PM, 2009
Alex Park/ Whalley Range area TTV completed this morning (8 -9.00)
45 species in total. Plenty of breeding activity recorded.
Cormorant 1 Grey Heron 1 Canada Goose 21 Pink-footed Goose - 1 - the bird that has been at Chorlton WP? Mallard 14 Tufted Duck 6 Goosander 1 redhead Sparrowhawk 2 Moorhen 13 Coot 9 Black-headed Gull 4 Feral Pigeon 100+ Woodpigeon 79 Stock Dove 2 Collared Dove 6 Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 Ring-necked Parakeet 2 Grey Wagtail 2 Pied Wagtail 5 Wren 19 Dunnock 16 Robin 27 Blackbird 32 Song Thrush 9 Mistle Thrush 15 Redwing 2 Blackcap 1 Chiffchaff 1 Goldcrest 6 Treecreeper 2 Nuthatch 4 Coal Tit 1 Blue Tit 44 Great Tit 39 Long-tailed Tit 21 Starling 23 Jay 6 Magpie 54 Jackdaw 10 Carrion Crow 37 House Sparrow 39 Chaffinch 20 Greenfinch 21 Goldfinch 24 Bullfinch 1
Also present : Orange-winged Amazon Parrot - 1, showing well all morning in the park
declan savage said
Tue Mar 31 6:43 PM, 2009
Tawny Owl calling last night after dark.
5pm this evening:
Goosander pair Tufted Duck - 9 R N Parakeets - 2 LBB Gull 1 Jay 4 G S Woodpecker 1 Grey Wagtail 2 Nuthatch 3 Treecreeper 1 Chiffchaff 1 Goldcrest 2 Stock Dove 1 Grey Heron 2
David Winnard said
Sun Mar 29 3:24 PM, 2009
Sightings of our little fury friends can be found on the wildlife forum - for all things fury and flowery
found at www.manchesterwildlife.com - or click the link at the bottom of this post.
Dave
brandon mulhern said
Sun Mar 29 3:12 PM, 2009
declan savage wrote:
Thats an excellent record Brandon. Nice one. I shall keep my eyes peeled.
We never expected to go today thats why no camera or i would have taken its picture as we do with everything we see (not too well in some cases!) We were gutted to see the amazon and the wren as no camera. It was harassing the other birds on the st. bedes side of the park we watched it for a good 10 mins. Very interested in the daytime bat, has one been seen in there in the open before dusk? (we saw it in bright sunshine at 1ish)
-- Edited by brandon mulhern on Sunday 29th of March 2009 02:17:05 PM
declan savage said
Sun Mar 29 3:07 PM, 2009
Thats an excellent record Brandon. Nice one. I shall keep my eyes peeled.
brandon mulhern said
Sun Mar 29 2:49 PM, 2009
Declan there was definetly at least one raven in there today as i said one of them was huge a good 20-25cm's bigger than the other birds, which may have been carrion as i am not expert, but of the raven i am sure as it was much bigger and had the tell tail fingers on the end of its wings as it flew. i'll amend the first post to be more objective.
-- Edited by brandon mulhern on Sunday 29th of March 2009 01:50:05 PM
-- Edited by brandon mulhern on Sunday 29th of March 2009 01:51:22 PM
declan savage said
Sun Mar 29 2:48 PM, 2009
brandon mulhern wrote:
5 raven (1 huge one) several blackbirds and rooks (no jackdaw).
Brandon,
Some interesting sightings. I've never seen Raven or Rooks in the park. Where did you see these? A few pairs of Carrion Crows are nesting there at the moment, but any other large black corvids (apart from the odd jackdaw) would be a very unusual record.
Declan
declan savage said
Sun Mar 29 2:42 PM, 2009
-- Edited by declan savage on Sunday 29th of March 2009 01:44:52 PM
brandon mulhern said
Sun Mar 29 2:38 PM, 2009
interesting visit today 12 - 1.30 knew it would be as we had no camera! 1 amazon parrot (on the st. bedes side of the park, first time we have seen it having been looking for the rn parakeets!) 1 gs woodpecker (heard another but not seen) 1 wren (first one we have seen in the park, it was in the bushes next to football pitch) 1 chaffinch (in trees near wider part of the pond/lake) 2 treecreeper 8 goosander m & f 2 heron 5 tufted 3 long tail tits 2 mistle thrush coaltit 5 poss crows (1 huge one definately raven) several blackbirds (no jackdaw). moorhens, canada's, pidgeon's, mallard and coots. and last but not least a little bat of some variety openly flying around picking off the insects for a good 20 minutes in broad daylight........ (kind of hoped the sparrowhawk was about as he would have had the bat for breakfast!) Brandon oh and a gorgeous goldfinch in the trees at salford sainsbury's on regent road. He was with two playful dunnocks flying all over the car park! met Mike colbridge testing his camera on the amazon and treecreepers.
-- Edited by brandon mulhern on Sunday 29th of March 2009 01:44:23 PM
-- Edited by brandon mulhern on Sunday 29th of March 2009 01:52:48 PM
Richard Howells said
Tue Mar 24 11:32 PM, 2009
First visit for the RNPs, and one found flying into a tree on the island, preening then sleeping at around 1400.
declan savage said
Tue Mar 24 6:45 PM, 2009
7.00 -8.00 am this morning:
Sparrowhawk pair displaying high over the park; male then landed in usual tree on island pair of Grey Wagtails RN Parakeet 2 Goosander 9 (1 male) Tufted Duck - 3 pairs Grey Heron 2 Jay 3 Stock Dove 1 Chiffchaff 1 Treecreeper 1 Nuthatch 3 G S Woodpecker 3 Goldcrest 3 Mistle Thrush 4 Song Thrush 3 Long-tailed Tit - pair nest-building great dawn chorus - singing birds everywhere
gus gem said
Sun Mar 22 10:44 PM, 2009
declan savage wrote:
on Friday
dead Canada Goose and its grieving mate
That is the second - there was one about three/four weeks ago with its head frozen into the ice.
-- Edited by gus gem on Sunday 22nd of March 2009 10:46:47 PM
declan savage said
Sat Mar 21 7:05 PM, 2009
8.30 this am,
Mute Swan - male - first for many months Goosander - 6 redheads Grey Heron 2 Tufted Duck 2 GS Woodpecker 4 Nuthatch 3 RN Parakeet 2 Bullfinch female Chiffchaff 2
plus usual
declan savage said
Fri Mar 20 2:35 PM, 2009
lunchtime today:
4 GS Woodpeckers, including 2 males having a mid-air scrap 2 singing Chiffchaff 3 redhead Goosander Tufted Duck pair Treecreeper 1 Nuthatch 2 Grey Heron 1 Mistle Thrush 4 Long-tailed Tit 3 Jackdaw 1 dead Canada Goose and its grieving mate plus usual commoner species
declan savage said
Tue Mar 17 5:24 PM, 2009
early am today:
Blackcap singing GC Grebe still present 11 redhead Goosander and one smug looking male 2 parakeets (no sign of Amazon parrot) male Sparrowhawk Cormorant - 2 circled over the pond but didnt land 2 Grey Heron pair of Treecreepers 2 Stock Dove Nuthatch 1 G S Woodpecker 1 Jay 2 Mistle Thrush - 2 pairs Song Thrush 3 Goldcrest 2 lots of birdsong
declan savage said
Mon Mar 16 8:47 PM, 2009
a stroll round the park in sunshine this am from 9.00 to 9.30 produced:
summer plumage Great Crested Grebe on the pool, but no Goosander, and just 2 Tufties
Blackcap in full song
Ring-necked parakeet pair being chased round the park by the Orange-winged Amazon (first time I've seen it)
2 x Nuthatch 1 G S Woodpecker 1 Treecreeper 2 Stock Dove
Bill Myerscough said
Mon Mar 9 5:38 PM, 2009
9th March - 12.45 to 2.15 pm.
Large numbers of the commoner species - c80 Woodpigeon, c40 Feral Pigeon and c40 Magpies - including one fairly dense foraging flock of c25 birds. 3 pairs of Magpies were nest building.
On the pond - 60+ Canada Geese, 60+ Black-headed Gulls, 14 (11 males) Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, a few Coots, Moorhens and Mallards. 17 (5 males) Goosanders - it is interesting to note how much more tolerant these suburban Goosanders are of the presence of humans - the ones that I see at more rural Piethorne, if you get anywhere near to them, then they are off!
10 Mistle Thrush - 5 pairs, c55 Redwing - many were in the trees at the edge of the playing fields - they kept up an incessant low-level communal "chatter" which was remarkably similar to the sounds that Siskins make when they get together in large numbers.
1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Coal Tit, 1 male Great Spotted Woodpecker and a pair of Long-tailed Tits investigating a possible nesting site, 8 Goldfinch and 2 singing male Chaffinches.
No Parakeets or Parrots but still an very enjoyable visit.
Cheers,
Bill.
mrpsimpson said
Sat Mar 7 12:48 PM, 2009
Sunny Saturday morning, 10am in Alexandra Park - 3 parakeets on the lime walk near the pond, two nuzzling each other, then all three being mobbed by large parrot(?) with green tail for about 10 mins - bullied parakeets then took it out on a poor woodpecker drumming on the next door tree! Lovely spring sighting.
Pete
Pete Hines said
Fri Mar 6 8:45 PM, 2009
3 Goosander 5 Tufted 2 Heron 1 Sparrowhawk - obliging male in tree by pond this pm
c12 Moorhens
6 Coots
4 Tufted Ducks (1 male 3 females)
c20 Mallards
1 Little Grebe
4 Goosanders (2 males 2 females)
c45 Canada Geese
3 juvenile Mute Swans
1 Grey Heron
c7 Woodpigeons
c3 Magpies
4 Carrion Crows
2 Blackbirds
1 Great Tits
3 Blue Tits
2 Long Tailed Tits
1 Wren
Male & female Sparrowhawk flew over Demesne Rd
Lake 85% frozen
c8 Moorhens
4 Coots
11 Tufted Ducks (4 males 7 females)
c45 Mallards
1 Little Grebe
3 Goosanders (1 male 2 females)
c35 Canada Geese
3 juvenile Mute Swans
c11 Woodpigeons
c12 Magpies
4 Carrion Crows
1 male Sparrowhawk
5 Blackbirds
6 Great Tits
6 Blue Tits
2 Long Tailed Tits
2 Robins
1 Wren
c12 Moorhens
6 Coots
10 Tufted Ducks (4 males 6 females)
c20 Mallards
3 Goosanders (2 males 1 female)
c40 Canada Geese
3 juvenile Mute Swans
c13 Woodpigeons
c7 Magpies
5 Carrion Crow
1 Sparrowhawk
4 Blackbirds
2 Great Tits
2 Robins
c20 Black Headed Gulls
1 Common Gull
c10 Moorhens
4 Coots
8 Tufted Ducks (4 males 4 females)
c30 Mallards
1 Little Grebe
3 Goosanders (2 males 1 female)
c35 Canada Geese
3 juvenile Mute Swans - no sign of the adults this morning. HH4 or HF4 was chasing ZY1766.
c13 Woodpigeons
c5 Magpies
1 Carrion Crow
6 Blackbirds
c5 Redwings
3 Great Tit
2 Blue Tits
3 Robins
c13 Moorhens
5 Coots
5 Tufted Ducks (3 males 2 females)
c45 Mallards
1 Little Grebe
4 Goosanders (2 males 2 females)
c30 Canada Geese
2 Mute Swans & 3 juvenile
1 Grey Heron
c55 Woodpigeons
c25 Magpies
6 Carrion Crows
6 Blackbirds
c65 Redwings
1 Great Tit
6 Blue Tits
3 Long Tailed Tits
4 Robins
2 Treecreepers
c70 Black Headed Gulls
1 Common Gull
c6 Moorhens
2 Coots
4 male Tufted Ducks
c70 Mallards
1 Little Grebe
3 Goosanders (1 male 2 females)
c32 Canada Geese
2 Mute Swans & 3 juvenile
1 Grey Heron
c20 Woodpigeons
c30 Magpies
3 Carrion Crows
4 Blackbirds
5 Great Tits
5 Blue Tits
2 Long Tailed Tits
4 Robins
2 Nuthatches on feeders on corner of Alexandra Rd South & Demesne Rd
c15 Moorhens
6 Coots
10 Tufted Ducks (5 males 5 females)
c45 Mallards
1 Little Grebe
6 Goosanders (3 males 2 females)
c35 Canada Geese
2 Mute Swans & 3 juvenile (HH4, HF4 & ZY1766)
1 dead Canada Goose on fishing peg
c30 Woodpigeons
c15 Magpies
4 Carrion Crows
3 Blackbirds
3 Greater Spotted Woodpeckers (1 male 2 females)
c120 Redwings on football pitches
6 Great Tits
7 Blue Tits
2 Long Tailed Tits
3 Robins
c15 Moorhens
8 Coots
4 Tufted Ducks (2 males 2 females)
c40 Mallards
1 Little Grebe
2 Shovelers (1 male 1 female)
6 Goosanders (3 male 3 female)
c33 Canada Geese
2 Mute Swans & 3 juvenile
1 Grey Heron & 1 juvenile
12 Woodpigeon
6 Magpies
2 Carrion Crows
2 Blackbirds
1 Song Thrush
11 Redwings
1 Great Tits
6 Blue Tit
2 Robin
12 Moorhens
4 Coots
10 Tufted Ducks (6 males 4 females)
c70 Mallards
1 Little Grebe
3 Shovelers (2 males 1 female)
2 Goosanders (1 male 1 female)
c35 Canada Geese
2 Mute Swans & 2 juvenile
1 juvenile Grey Heron
11 Woodpigeon
6 Magpies
1 Backbird
4 Redwings
4 Great Tits
1 Blue Tit
1 Robin
1 Wren
c5 Moorhens
6 Coots
8 Tufted Ducks (5 males 3 females)
c45 Mallards
1 Little Grebe
3 Shovelers (2 males 1 female)
c30 Canada Geese
2 Mute Swans & 2 juvenile
2 Grey Herons
9 Woodpigeon
4 Magpies
5 Carrion Crows
3 Backbirds
3 Redwings
2 Blue Tits
3 Robins
5 Black Headed Gulls over
c15 Moorhens
4 Coots
9 Tufted Ducks (7 males 2 females)
c45 Mallards
1 Little Grebe
5 Goosanders (3 males 2 females) + 2 male Goosanders over
c30 Canada Geese
2 Mute Swans & 2 juvenile
1 juvenile Grey Heron
8 Woodpigeon
16 Feral Pigeons
c12 Magpies
4 Carrion Crows
1 Backbird
6 Blue Tits
Late morning.
Now 5 Mute Swans - 2 adults and 3 juveniles. As per Peter Hines post dated 4/12/09 - the 2 adults were HI4 and HJ4. What I presume are their two juveniles were still here - HH4 was hidden away in a corner of the pond area out of sight of the adults and HF4 was actually outside the perimeter fence of the pond and at risk from dogs etc. I understand that the adults have vacated the site for a short while during the cold spell and it looks like they have now returned to try and evict the juveniles? My observations would suggest this is what was happening. The other "interloper" juvenile bird had a metallic BTO ring on its left leg which I am 99% certain read ZY1766. Can anyone throw any light on this?
The Little Grebe was still here along with 7 Tufted Duck. 2 Coal Tits exchanged calls. No Shovelers or Goosanders when I visited.
Cheers,
Bill.
Perimeter of the lake now free from ice.
12 Moorhens
4 Coots
c45 Mallards
1 Little Grebe
1 male Goosander
28 Canada Geese
3 juvenile Mute Swans
1 Grey Heron
1 dead Canada Goose in the water
7 Woodpigeon
7 Magpies
6 Blackbirds
2 Robins
3 Bullfinches (2 male 1 female)
4 Great Tits
2 Blue Tits
14 Moorhens
4 Coots
c70 Mallards
5 Shovelers (4 male 1 female)
1 Little Grebe
27 Canada Geese
3 juvenile Mute Swans
1 Grey Heron
1 Cormorant over
11 Woodpigeon
12 Magpies
2 Carrion Crows
4 Blackbirds
3 Robins
1 Great Tit
8 Blue Tits
1 Dunnock
1 Wren
9 Moorhens
3 Coots
c55 Mallards
5 Shovelers (4 male 1 female)
32 Canada Geese
3 juvenile Mute Swans
7 Woodpigeon
16 Magpies
3 Carrion Crows
1 Blackbirds
2 Robins
2 Great Tits
1 Wren
12 Moorhens
3 Coots
c50 Mallards
4 Shovelers (3 male 1 female)
1 male Goosander
37 Canada Geese
3 juvenile Mute Swans
12 Woodpigeon
8 Magpies
2 Carrion Crows
4 Blackbirds
1 Song Thrush
3 Robins
2 Great Tits
2 Blue Tits
8 Moorhens
3 Coots
c55 Mallards
5 Shovelers (4 male 1 female)
6 Goosanders (4 male 2 female)
25 Canada Geese
2 juvenile Mute Swans
1 Grey Heron
12 Woodpigeon
c20 Magpies
5 Carrion Crows
1 female Sparrowhawk
1 Blackbird
2 Robins
3 Great Tits
1 Blue Tit
1 Wren
Lake remains 90% frozen
12 Moorhens
3 Coots
15 Mallards
4 Shovelers (3 male 1 female)
1 Little Grebe
18 Canada Geese
3 juvenile Mute Swans
1 Grey Heron
9 Woodpigeons
c50 Magpie
3 Carrion Crows
1 Mistle Thrush
1 Blackbird
2 Robins
4 Great Tits
4 Blue Tits
1 Long Tailed Tit
1 Shoveler
1 Little Grebe
An amazing
Plus 1 Little Grebe
In the park - 5 Mistle Thrush (1 singing), 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 1 Stock Dove, 1 Jay and c12 Redwing.
Cheers,
Bill.
1 Little Grebe
1 drake Shoveler
6 Tufted
13 Moorhen
Mute Swan 2 adult with blue darvics HJ4, HI4 and 3 cygnets HH4, HF4 (darvic is broken with sellotape over the F), the third cygnet has a BTO ring but no darvic and is getting grief from the adult male, so it may not be a part of the clan (public and staff seemed concerned for its welfare).
Al Lee who lives in the parkhouse says there's been no sign of any parakeets for about three weeks, though this could be a reflection of shortened daylight hours ie go to work when it's dark & return when it's dark.
Pete
11 Tufted Duck
4 Ring-necked Parakeets
drumming Great Sp Woodpecker
Grey Wagtail pair
Coal Tit 2
Goldcrest 2
Nuthatch 3
2 singing Blackcap
Chiffchaff 1
Grey Heron 1
Mistle Thrush 4
Coot with 1 chick
Singing Chiffchaff
Jay
Tufted Duck 4
Long-tailed Tit 6
Grey Wagtail 2
plus usual stuff
Tufted Duck 12
Grey Wagtail - pair
Treecreeper 2
Jay 5
RN Parakeet 3 or 4
Nuthatch 3
Goldcrest 2
Coal Tit 4
GS Woodpecker 2
Mistle Thrush 2
singing Blackcap
Coot with 2 chicks
1 Pink-footed Goose on the island
1 redhead Goosander
10 Tufted
2 R-n Parakeet
1 Blackcap
Tawny's regular at my home in Chorlton
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Monday 6th of April 2009 10:14:09 PM
declan
45 species in total. Plenty of breeding activity recorded.
Cormorant 1
Grey Heron 1
Canada Goose 21
Pink-footed Goose - 1 - the bird that has been at Chorlton WP?
Mallard 14
Tufted Duck 6
Goosander 1 redhead
Sparrowhawk 2
Moorhen 13
Coot 9
Black-headed Gull 4
Feral Pigeon 100+
Woodpigeon 79
Stock Dove 2
Collared Dove 6
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Ring-necked Parakeet 2
Grey Wagtail 2
Pied Wagtail 5
Wren 19
Dunnock 16
Robin 27
Blackbird 32
Song Thrush 9
Mistle Thrush 15
Redwing 2
Blackcap 1
Chiffchaff 1
Goldcrest 6
Treecreeper 2
Nuthatch 4
Coal Tit 1
Blue Tit 44
Great Tit 39
Long-tailed Tit 21
Starling 23
Jay 6
Magpie 54
Jackdaw 10
Carrion Crow 37
House Sparrow 39
Chaffinch 20
Greenfinch 21
Goldfinch 24
Bullfinch 1
Also present : Orange-winged Amazon Parrot - 1, showing well all morning in the park
5pm this evening:
Goosander pair
Tufted Duck - 9
R N Parakeets - 2
LBB Gull 1
Jay 4
G S Woodpecker 1
Grey Wagtail 2
Nuthatch 3
Treecreeper 1
Chiffchaff 1
Goldcrest 2
Stock Dove 1
Grey Heron 2
found at www.manchesterwildlife.com - or click the link at the bottom of this post.
Dave
We never expected to go today thats why no camera or i would have taken its picture as we do with everything we see (not too well in some cases!) We were gutted to see the amazon and the wren as no camera. It was harassing the other birds on the st. bedes side of the park we watched it for a good 10 mins.
Very interested in the daytime bat, has one been seen in there in the open before dusk? (we saw it in bright sunshine at 1ish)
-- Edited by brandon mulhern on Sunday 29th of March 2009 02:17:05 PM
i'll amend the first post to be more objective.
-- Edited by brandon mulhern on Sunday 29th of March 2009 01:50:05 PM
-- Edited by brandon mulhern on Sunday 29th of March 2009 01:51:22 PM
-- Edited by declan savage on Sunday 29th of March 2009 01:44:52 PM
1 amazon parrot (on the st. bedes side of the park, first time we have seen it having been looking for the rn parakeets!)
1 gs woodpecker (heard another but not seen)
1 wren (first one we have seen in the park, it was in the bushes next to football pitch)
1 chaffinch (in trees near wider part of the pond/lake)
2 treecreeper
8 goosander m & f
2 heron
5 tufted
3 long tail tits
2 mistle thrush
coaltit
5 poss crows (1 huge one definately raven) several blackbirds (no jackdaw).
moorhens, canada's, pidgeon's, mallard and coots.
and last but not least a little bat of some variety openly flying around picking off the insects for a good 20 minutes in broad daylight........ (kind of hoped the sparrowhawk was about as he would have had the bat for breakfast!)
Brandon
oh and a gorgeous goldfinch in the trees at salford sainsbury's on regent road. He was with two playful dunnocks flying all over the car park!
met Mike colbridge testing his camera on the amazon and treecreepers.
-- Edited by brandon mulhern on Sunday 29th of March 2009 01:44:23 PM
-- Edited by brandon mulhern on Sunday 29th of March 2009 01:52:48 PM
Sparrowhawk pair displaying high over the park; male then landed in usual tree on island
pair of Grey Wagtails
RN Parakeet 2
Goosander 9 (1 male)
Tufted Duck - 3 pairs
Grey Heron 2
Jay 3
Stock Dove 1
Chiffchaff 1
Treecreeper 1
Nuthatch 3
G S Woodpecker 3
Goldcrest 3
Mistle Thrush 4
Song Thrush 3
Long-tailed Tit - pair nest-building
great dawn chorus - singing birds everywhere
That is the second - there was one about three/four weeks ago with its head frozen into the ice.
-- Edited by gus gem on Sunday 22nd of March 2009 10:46:47 PM
Mute Swan - male - first for many months
Goosander - 6 redheads
Grey Heron 2
Tufted Duck 2
GS Woodpecker 4
Nuthatch 3
RN Parakeet 2
Bullfinch female
Chiffchaff 2
plus usual
4 GS Woodpeckers, including 2 males having a mid-air scrap
2 singing Chiffchaff
3 redhead Goosander
Tufted Duck pair
Treecreeper 1
Nuthatch 2
Grey Heron 1
Mistle Thrush 4
Long-tailed Tit 3
Jackdaw 1
dead Canada Goose and its grieving mate
plus usual commoner species
Blackcap singing
GC Grebe still present
11 redhead Goosander and one smug looking male
2 parakeets (no sign of Amazon parrot)
male Sparrowhawk
Cormorant - 2 circled over the pond but didnt land
2 Grey Heron
pair of Treecreepers
2 Stock Dove
Nuthatch 1
G S Woodpecker 1
Jay 2
Mistle Thrush - 2 pairs
Song Thrush 3
Goldcrest 2
lots of birdsong
summer plumage Great Crested Grebe on the pool, but no Goosander, and just 2 Tufties
Blackcap in full song
Ring-necked parakeet pair being chased round the park by the Orange-winged Amazon (first time I've seen it)
2 x Nuthatch
1 G S Woodpecker
1 Treecreeper
2 Stock Dove
Large numbers of the commoner species - c80 Woodpigeon, c40 Feral Pigeon and c40 Magpies - including one fairly dense foraging flock of c25 birds. 3 pairs of Magpies were nest building.
On the pond - 60+ Canada Geese, 60+ Black-headed Gulls, 14 (11 males) Tufted Duck, 1 Cormorant, 1 Grey Heron, a few Coots, Moorhens and Mallards. 17 (5 males) Goosanders - it is interesting to note how much more tolerant these suburban Goosanders are of the presence of humans - the ones that I see at more rural Piethorne, if you get anywhere near to them, then they are off!
10 Mistle Thrush - 5 pairs,
c55 Redwing - many were in the trees at the edge of the playing fields - they kept up an incessant low-level communal "chatter" which was remarkably similar to the sounds that Siskins make when they get together in large numbers.
1 Goldcrest, 1 Nuthatch, 1 Coal Tit, 1 male Great Spotted Woodpecker and a pair of Long-tailed Tits investigating a possible nesting site, 8 Goldfinch and 2 singing male Chaffinches.
No Parakeets
Cheers,
Bill.
Pete
5 Tufted
2 Heron
1 Sparrowhawk - obliging male in tree by pond this pm