Lots of activity in the garden at the moment. Fledgling Chaffinches and Dunnock being fed by their parents and also a male Blackcap singing away everyday trying to attract a mate.
Adrian Drummond-Hill said
Tue May 8 2:58 AM, 2012
A pair of lesser redpolls on my feeder today in Harwood, Bolton.
Adam Jones said
Sat May 5 3:14 AM, 2012
A single Swift flew past my lounge window this evening in Cheadle Hulme. First of the year in Greater Manchester for me.
Ian Campbell said
Fri May 4 3:05 AM, 2012
We have Mallards regularily on our pond(a small one) in the garden and also on the pond in our wildlife area at the school I work at in Farnworth so I imagine it is a reasonably common occurance. Cheers Ian
Mike hirst said
Thu May 3 11:56 PM, 2012
Hi Marvin, I had a pair drop in a year or so ago, but last week a drake mallard dropped into my neighbours garden and ate the bread they had put out for the birds. We see mallard flying over on a regular basis (we live in Irlam) probably on their way to the old river or the ship canal.
Mike
Marvin Lewis said
Thu May 3 8:35 PM, 2012
Had a surprise this morning when a male and female Mallard appeared on my lawn![My suburban garden is in Prestwich,isn't particularly neat and there is a small pond which is largely overgrown and certainly not suitable for ducks! They didn't stay around very long. The nearest lakes/reservoirs,[as the duck flies!],are Heaton Pak,Heaton Park Reservoir,and Philips Park/Prestwich Clough. It would be interesting to know if anyone else has ticked Mallard [or othe Wildfowl] on their garden list.
Rob Willis said
Thu May 3 3:30 AM, 2012
Rob Willis wrote:
A striking male Redstart in our back garden (which is in Smithy Bridge, Littleborough, about 2 minutes walk from Hollingworth Lake) this evening at about 8.00 pm.
Observed by my wife rather than me, but when she described it I immediately thought Redstart and when she checked in one of our bird books she confirmed that was definitely what she had seen.
Male Redstart observed (this time by both my wife and I) again in our back garden yesterday at about 8.15 pm. No sign of it yet this evening and we're shortly going out, so will miss it if it does turn up.
A really lovely bird, we feel privileged to have it close by letting us share it's environment.
Nick Isherwood said
Thu May 3 1:55 AM, 2012
A Garden Warbler in full song this morning at 6 am in our garden in Lowton. Beautiful to hear and a new garden tick too.
Rob Willis said
Tue May 1 5:30 AM, 2012
A striking male Redstart in our back garden (which is in Smithy Bridge, Littleborough, about 2 minutes walk from Hollingworth Lake) this evening at about 8.00 pm.
Observed by my wife rather than me, but when she described it I immediately thought Redstart and when she checked in one of our bird books she confirmed that was definitely what she had seen.
steven burke said
Tue May 1 5:19 AM, 2012
and to finish the day off i get my first old trafford county garden swifts a whole 9 nine days later than last year though,4 off them & must be the resident ones as they were inspecting last years nest sites. looking forward to sitting in the garden watching them whizzing around
Danny Spencer said
Tue May 1 3:42 AM, 2012
Got a pair of jackdaws turning up daily plus a pair of starling which is unusual. not seen for a long time,beautiful looking bird and very greedy. All going for fat balls. Shawclough area
Graham Smith said
Tue May 1 12:35 AM, 2012
Jackdaw on my fat ball feeder 1st time iv seen this 1 Sparrowhawk over the top
JasonAtkinson said
Tue May 1 12:06 AM, 2012
Singing Wood Warbler in a friends garden in Dobcross, Oldham today. If the bird stays I will look into any access issues.
Cheers Jason
Alan Turner said
Mon Apr 30 7:58 PM, 2012
Buzzard, first mobbed by 1 then 2 Carrion crows. Broadoak area, Ashton-under-Lyne, 11:30.
Joe Wynn said
Sat Apr 28 9:52 PM, 2012
Had a truly amazing experience today. I was told a female sparrowhawk was out in our front garden and a knock came on the door to tell us that the bird was injured and the RSPCA were on the way. We kept the bird in one place, but this did allow me to get some amazingly close, once in a lifetime views of this bird at very close quarters. Have put some of the shots on my blog:
The bird looked in OK condition and clearly wasn't weak, but something was wrong with the wing. Hope it makes a full recovery!
-- Edited by Joe Wynn on Saturday 28th of April 2012 09:53:33 PM
Roger Baker 3 said
Wed Apr 25 11:31 PM, 2012
Wed 25th April 16.00 hrs.
Just been watching a male Sparrowhawk finish off his meal on my back lawn ........ watched for about 10 minutes before he wiped his beak and flew off. Only feathers left of a Goldfinch.
Roger.
Marvin Lewis said
Wed Apr 25 5:36 AM, 2012
Delighted to see a female Brambling in my garden this morning.My first Brambling since last winter.I presume it was en route back to Scandinavia.It stayed for a few hours feeding on the ground beneath the seed feeders.
Ken Dunning said
Wed Apr 25 3:06 AM, 2012
Just seen 6 Lesser Redpoll 4 Goldfinch and 2 Male Siskins feeding at the same time on sunflower hearts,
but alas not in my garden
John Doherty said
Wed Apr 25 2:34 AM, 2012
Pleasantly surprised to walk out of my tower block (North Collyhurst) and see two Starlings in the garden. One was leaping at the wall and actually caught a plump fly (you don't want to be THAT fly on the wall!) and flew off. When I returned an hour later five, probably inclusive of the two I saw earlier, were on the edge of the estate.
Jimmy Meadows said
Tue Apr 24 12:50 AM, 2012
Rook just landed on garden fence 1st for the garden
Jimmy
Dave Colton said
Sun Apr 22 8:07 PM, 2012
Having seen Goldfinch in the area regularly but never in the garden, I went out and bought a Nijer feeder and a bag of seed last Sunday. Noticed yesterday the seed had gone down slightly and then just half hour ago 3 Goldfinch in attendance. Garden first for us, well chuffed, just get the feeling my Beer money may now go on Nijer seed
Bill Myerscough said
Sun Apr 22 2:11 PM, 2012
The pair of Magpies in and around my Chadderton garden are, as to be expected, territorial and aggressive birds. Since last year they have been nest building and there have been numerous skirmishes with other pairs that have entered their "airspace". Most of these conflicts have been over quickly, as the interlopers have been smartly but relatively painlessly seen off. However, yesterday I came across the end of a more serious ruction, with the pair having another single adult Magpie pinned on the floor and with it seemingly temporarily flightless and exhausted after having been attacked and all its tail feathers pulled out. I went out to investigate what was going on, at which the attackers flew off, only to return to inflict more punishment when I left. After being on the ground and trying to hide near a car, it just about managed to get away but presumably if it survives its injuries, it won't be too high up in the dating stakes this year, where the length of a Magpies tail feathers apparently helps to determine its pulling power!
Also around Collared Doves on a nest; a pair of Woodpigeons with lots of mutual preening and copulating observed on top of the nearest street lamp and they've tried to nest near the Magpies but have been given very short shrift. Blue Tits taking nesting material into my Sparrow terrace nest box, where Great Tits succeeded last year. A pair of Robins, with one seen carrying food a few weeks ago but no fledged young have been seen/heard and a pair of Blackbirds - she has been sitting for ages , so presumably the first clutch has failed? A pair of Dunnocks regularly present and a Wren singing. A Goldcrest has been singing frequently close by, which is a little more out of the ordinary and with plenty of conifers in the area it may hopefully stop to breed.
With all the recent rain the garden has become so waterlogged, I'm now hoping for a few waders!
Cheers,
Bill.
Jon Bowen said
Sat Apr 21 1:41 AM, 2012
at last Blue Tit's taking nesting material into my nest box for the third year running. Was beginning to worry
steven burke said
Sat Apr 21 12:55 AM, 2012
common buzzard low over my old trafford garden at 4.55pm heading south.
Paul Wilkins said
Fri Apr 20 6:53 PM, 2012
sid ashton wrote:
Paul Wilkins wrote:
Yesterday and today the has been a female Bullfinch on my sunflower seed feeder (along with a yellow Greenfinch this morning). I usually get a pair of Bullfinches on the feeders at this time of the year and have for perhaps 5 years now. They aren't very good at it but they do their best!
Has anyone else noticed Bullfinches coming to feeders? And why mid Spring?
Hi Paul
Don't know what's special about our Hale garden but we get Bullfinches on our sunflower heart feeders most days of the year - they certainly know how to eat
Also yesterday, for the first time for some time we had two Greenfinches - unfortunately one crashed into the kitchen window and died before we could help.
Where is your garden Paul?
I'm in Chorlton, not far from Longford Park. Garden list about 30 species.
I get Goldfinches and Greenfinches all year. Goldfinches have been outnumbering Greenfinches of late but it seems to me that there are (again) more of the latter around this year. Chaffinches in small numbers, tits (ages since I've seen a Coal Tit in the garden and they used to be regulars but I do have a pair of Long-Tailed Tits coming to the peanut cake and swarms of them in the winter months), Great-Spotted Woodpecker, Jays, and much more.
I'm interested in how what comes to the garden changes over the years. For example, for about five years running I had Reed Buntings - probably four or five at a time from nothing and then back to nothing. What was that about? The Woodpecker is a recent addition (three or four years) but now regular. Jays are now occasional but were regular. Goldfinches started off in low numbers but can now be the most numerous species. Nuthatches and Siskins are hit and miss (some years but not others). Chiffchaffs move through in the Autumn. The population of Wood Pigeons has gone berserk! Jackdaws are new(ish) arrivals to the area but hardly ever come into the garden. Occasionally I get a winter Thrush and Mistle Thrush very seldom but never a Songthrush (when I was a kid, apart from Sparrows, they were the commonest bird in my Granny's garden). My gang of House Sparrows seems stable at 7 to 9 birds but the Swift population has crashed.
Of course, I know why some of these changes occur but not others. I don't get Goldcrests any more - but then we cut down all the conifers! My bet for the next new species is Treecreeper. they are in the park and it won't be long before one goes for a wander.
-- Edited by sid ashton on Thursday 19th of April 2012 08:01:16 PM
Danny Spencer said
Fri Apr 20 3:04 AM, 2012
I've got a pair of bullfinch visiting daily.They have been coming for about 18 month. I think they have built a nest close by,they seem recently to fly of to the same conifer. Keeping my fingers crossed Last week or so the goldfinch have arrived,they also feed daily. Fantastic viewing when all present. I live in the shawclough area in rochdale.
Cheers Danny
Paul Wilkins said
Thu Apr 19 7:29 PM, 2012
Thanks Bill. I hadn't really thought about birds experiencing spring as having a 'hungry gap' (a gardening term I think - winter crops are finished and the 'this year' ones haven't started). The Bullfinch is here again as I write. I must go out and top up the feeders. The birds are getting through things at a prodigious rate - but that makes sense in light of what you have said.
sid ashton said
Thu Apr 19 12:43 PM, 2012
Paul Wilkins wrote:
Yesterday and today the has been a female Bullfinch on my sunflower seed feeder (along with a yellow Greenfinch this morning). I usually get a pair of Bullfinches on the feeders at this time of the year and have for perhaps 5 years now. They aren't very good at it but they do their best!
Has anyone else noticed Bullfinches coming to feeders? And why mid Spring?
Hi Paul
Don't know what's special about our Hale garden but we get Bullfinches on our sunflower heart feeders most days of the year - they certainly know how to eat
Also yesterday, for the first time for some time we had two Greenfinches - unfortunately one crashed into the kitchen window and died before we could help.
Where is your garden Paul?
-- Edited by sid ashton on Thursday 19th of April 2012 08:01:16 PM
Roger Baker 3 said
Thu Apr 19 4:05 AM, 2012
Weds April !8th.
Two Lesser redpoll turned up again to join the goldfinch gang on the feeders .
Interesting to read about Greenfinch struggling in April .......... there are usually a few knocking about around here (Dukinfield) but just looking at my notes of the last 37 I have seen 33 have been cocks and only 4 hens.
There were 9 on the same branch {all male) last Thursday ........ a grand sight with the yellow in the wings really showing up in the sunshine.
Roger.
Bill Myerscough said
Thu Apr 19 2:18 AM, 2012
Paul Wilkins wrote:
Yesterday and today the has been a female Bullfinch on my sunflower seed feeder (along with a yellow Greenfinch this morning). I usually get a pair of Bullfinches on the feeders at this time of the year and have for perhaps 5 years now. They aren't very good at it but they do their best!
Has anyone else noticed Bullfinches coming to feeders? And why mid Spring?
Hi Paul,
It has been suggested that spring might be the toughest time for some species, when natural food resources in the wider countryside are exhausted. In the Birds in Cheshire and Wirral - a Breeding and Wintering Atlas - a really excellent publication which is now available to read online. A small part of the section on Greenfinch, which is viewable at http://www.cheshireandwirralbirdatlas.org/species/greenfinch-breeding.htm reads as follows - " April is usually the toughest month for Greenfinches, with highest adult mortality as natural food supplies are at their lowest, and provision of extra food for them can make a significant difference to survival and, if the adults are in good condition, allow an early start to the breeding season." Whilst this doesn't specifically refer to Bullfinch ,it might be that as both Greenfinch and Bullfinch are primarily seed and berry/fruit eaters, then this might explain whilst the normally shy Bullfinch comes into your garden, almost as a last resort, when other food sources have become depleted? Just a thought. I know what you mean about them being messy eaters - they seem to drop and get more food around their bills than they actually manage to swallow.
Cheers,
Bill.
Paul Wilkins said
Wed Apr 18 10:32 PM, 2012
Yesterday and today the has been a female Bullfinch on my sunflower seed feeder (along with a yellow Greenfinch this morning). I usually get a pair of Bullfinches on the feeders at this time of the year and have for perhaps 5 years now. They aren't very good at it but they do their best!
Has anyone else noticed Bullfinches coming to feeders? And why mid Spring?
Adam Jones said
Wed Apr 18 5:22 AM, 2012
A pair of blackbirds are nesting in a cherry tree in my front garden in Cheadle Hulme. They seem to like the vast amount of ivy that is almost encasing it. Collard Doves nested in it last year.
Roger Baker 3 said
Wed Apr 18 12:18 AM, 2012
Late post for 16th April.
2 Lesser Redpoll turned up on the nyjer feeder. Garden first !
Roger.
Keith Mills said
Sat Apr 14 2:35 PM, 2012
7.15 this morning ...A Sparrowhawk perched on a Golden Privet Bush, in our back garden (Ladybridge, Bolton)
Mike hirst said
Tue Apr 10 11:05 PM, 2012
A nice suprise at lunchtime was a male siskin on the niger feeder looking in superb condition. This is the first I have seen in the garden for 3 years.
The greenfinches seem to have made a big comeback after a lean couple of years getting flocks in double figures on regular occasions. Looking forward to them bringing the young ones in to feed.
Blue tit, wren and blackbird nesting or nest building but the great tit has not shown any interest yet.
Mike
John Rayner said
Sat Apr 7 11:29 PM, 2012
A pair of Goldfinches are nesting high in a conifer in my garden. Currently carrying in feathers to line the nest.
Cheers, John
Graham Smith said
Mon Apr 2 3:15 AM, 2012
3 Buzzards high above garden 12.30pm
Nick Isherwood said
Mon Apr 2 12:15 AM, 2012
Peregrine high over my garden in Lowton at 5.00pm tonight.
Kaz Horrocks said
Sun Apr 1 5:31 PM, 2012
Have had 5 Jays over my Middleton garden this morning squabbling. I don't recollect ever having seen them over home before - seems strange as I saw 5 up at Hopwood during the week, also squabbling.. whats going on with my neighborhood Jays???
Kaz
Dave Colton said
Sun Apr 1 3:37 PM, 2012
First one up, so I thought I'd get last nights washing up done before the wife gets up (I'm a good lad sometimes). So from the kitchen window 8:10 - 8:30:
2 Dunnock 2 Collared Dove 1 Blue Tit 1 Robin
No sign of Reed Bunting this morning though.
Dave Colton said
Thu Mar 29 4:09 AM, 2012
Dave Colton wrote:
Just had a first time garden sighting of a pair of Reed buntings. Always good to have new visitors
It would appear this pair have taken up residence somewhere in the area. We are now getting several visits a day by one or both birds together. Nothing outstanding but a pleasure to see them regularly.
Unfortunately no sign of a return visit from the Siskin I spotted on 18th March.
Dave Thacker said
Thu Mar 29 1:44 AM, 2012
A Woodcock has just flown over my Swinton garden heading West.
Kaz Horrocks said
Tue Mar 27 4:25 PM, 2012
Regular visitors to my Middleton garden include:
Blue Tit Coal Tit Great Tit House Sparrow Starling Collared Dove Dunnock Robin Goldfinch Blackbird
Occasionals: Wren Greenfinch Magpie Sparrowhawk Woodpigeon - The Sparrowhawk has 'removed' my last 2 pairs of these!
Rarities: Bullfinch Great Spotted Woodpecker
Over-flights: Canada Goose Mallard
I put feed out daily, consisting of niger seed, fat balls (de-netted!), sunflower seed (de-husked) shredded suet, dried mealworm & chopped dried fruit. Occasionally I'll put out the remains of a whole-seed loaf. I also have an area of shallow water which the Blackbirds particularly love to bathe in.
I'll try and do accurate 'head counts' in future as that seems to be a pre-requisite for this site! Kaz
Melanie Beckford said
Tue Mar 27 5:42 AM, 2012
Chucked out some Banana on the patio, that my little charge wouldn't eat this morning, then l (and the cleaner) was delighted to see a female and male Bullfinch come down for it Again, our neighbour had attracted these birds but this is the first time l've seen them in my works garden (Heaton Moor).
Graham Smith said
Sat Mar 24 5:52 PM, 2012
Sat watching a blue tit remove unused nesting material from last year,its in the hole from the waste pipe for my washing machine. By the way i live in a upstairs cottage flat
steven burke said
Mon Mar 19 2:07 AM, 2012
no signs this morning off the siskins that were in my old trafford garden yesterday morning depite a couple off hours watch,did see the following...
8 goldfinches 2 starlings 2 great tits 2 blue tits 2 blackbirds 2 dunnocks 1 woodpigeon 12 feral pigeons 30+ house sparrows 4 mute swans,low over at 8.46am 2 g b b gulls,over at 9.18am
Dave Colton said
Sun Mar 18 3:49 PM, 2012
Dave Colton wrote:
Just had a first time garden sighting of a single Siskin.
Heyside, Royton
JasonAtkinson said
Sun Mar 18 12:50 PM, 2012
Wife was sure she heard a Chiffchaff singing yesterday in our Heald Green garden. A walk through the park next to home and the wife probably got it right as a Chiffchaff was happily singing away. Also of note is a female Great Tit that is frustratingly attacking her own shadow on the windows, starting around 7am and lasting throughout the day.
Cheers Jason
-- Edited by JasonAtkinson on Sunday 18th of March 2012 12:53:23 PM
-- Edited by JasonAtkinson on Sunday 18th of March 2012 12:53:41 PM
steven burke said
Sun Mar 18 3:52 AM, 2012
a first for my old trafford garden this morning at 10.25am 4 siskin flew out off my back garden as i was coming in the front door (which is located on the side off my house,the reason i got see them fly out) hope they were actually feeding on my feeders,watched my garden for the next 30 mins before having to go out but no signs.
sid ashton said
Sun Mar 18 1:02 AM, 2012
Goldcrest is now a regular visitor to the pond in our Hale garden, we see it most mornings having a splash - for interest it would be good to know where all of the other gardens mentioned on this thread are located
Cheers Ian
I had a pair drop in a year or so ago, but last week a drake mallard dropped into my neighbours garden and ate the bread they had put out for the birds.
We see mallard flying over on a regular basis (we live in Irlam) probably on their way to the old river or the ship canal.
Mike
They didn't stay around very long.
The nearest lakes/reservoirs,[as the duck flies!],are Heaton Pak,Heaton Park Reservoir,and Philips Park/Prestwich Clough.
It would be interesting to know if anyone else has ticked Mallard [or othe Wildfowl] on their garden list.
Male Redstart observed (this time by both my wife and I) again in our back garden yesterday at about 8.15 pm. No sign of it yet this evening and we're shortly going out, so will miss it if it does turn up.
A really lovely bird, we feel privileged to have it close by letting us share it's environment.
Observed by my wife rather than me, but when she described it I immediately thought Redstart and when she checked in one of our bird books she confirmed that was definitely what she had seen.
All going for fat balls.
Shawclough area
1 Sparrowhawk over the top
Cheers
Jason
My Blog
The bird looked in OK condition and clearly wasn't weak, but something was wrong with the wing. Hope it makes a full recovery!
-- Edited by Joe Wynn on Saturday 28th of April 2012 09:53:33 PM
Just been watching a male Sparrowhawk finish off his meal on my back lawn ........ watched for about 10 minutes before he wiped his beak and flew off. Only feathers left of a Goldfinch.
Roger.
4 Goldfinch
and 2 Male Siskins feeding at the same time on sunflower hearts,
but alas not in my garden
When I returned an hour later five, probably inclusive of the two I saw earlier, were on the edge of the estate.
Jimmy
Also around Collared Doves on a nest; a pair of Woodpigeons with lots of mutual preening
With all the recent rain the garden has become so waterlogged, I'm now hoping for a few waders!
Cheers,
Bill.
Cheers Danny
Don't know what's special about our Hale garden but we get Bullfinches on our sunflower heart feeders most days of the year - they certainly know how to eat
Also yesterday, for the first time for some time we had two Greenfinches - unfortunately one crashed into the kitchen window and died before we could help.
Where is your garden Paul?
-- Edited by sid ashton on Thursday 19th of April 2012 08:01:16 PM
Two Lesser redpoll turned up again to join the goldfinch gang on the feeders .
Interesting to read about Greenfinch struggling in April .......... there are usually a few knocking about around here (Dukinfield) but just looking at my notes of the last 37 I have seen 33 have been cocks and only 4 hens.
There were 9 on the same branch {all male) last Thursday ........ a grand sight with the yellow in the wings really showing up in the sunshine.
Roger.
Hi Paul,
It has been suggested that spring might be the toughest time for some species, when natural food resources in the wider countryside are exhausted. In the Birds in Cheshire and Wirral - a Breeding and Wintering Atlas - a really excellent publication which is now available to read online. A small part of the section on Greenfinch, which is viewable at http://www.cheshireandwirralbirdatlas.org/species/greenfinch-breeding.htm reads as follows - " April is usually the toughest month for Greenfinches, with highest adult mortality as natural food supplies are at their lowest, and provision of extra food for them can make a significant difference to survival and, if the adults are in good condition, allow an early start to the breeding season." Whilst this doesn't specifically refer to Bullfinch ,it might be that as both Greenfinch and Bullfinch are primarily seed and berry/fruit eaters, then this might explain whilst the normally shy Bullfinch comes into your garden, almost as a last resort, when other food sources have become depleted? Just a thought. I know what you mean about them being messy eaters
Cheers,
Bill.
Has anyone else noticed Bullfinches coming to feeders? And why mid Spring?
Collard Doves nested in it last year.
2 Lesser Redpoll turned up on the nyjer feeder. Garden first !
Roger.
in our back garden (Ladybridge, Bolton)
The greenfinches seem to have made a big comeback after a lean couple of years getting flocks in double figures on regular occasions. Looking forward to them bringing the young ones in to feed.
Blue tit, wren and blackbird nesting or nest building but the great tit has not shown any interest yet.
Mike
Cheers, John
Have had 5 Jays over my Middleton garden this morning squabbling. I don't recollect ever having seen them over home before - seems strange as I saw 5 up at Hopwood during the week, also squabbling.. whats going on with my neighborhood Jays???
Kaz
2 Dunnock
2 Collared Dove
1 Blue Tit
1 Robin
No sign of Reed Bunting this morning though.
It would appear this pair have taken up residence somewhere in the area. We are now getting several visits a day by one or both birds together. Nothing outstanding but a pleasure to see them regularly.
Unfortunately no sign of a return visit from the Siskin I spotted on 18th March.
Blue Tit
Coal Tit
Great Tit
House Sparrow
Starling
Collared Dove
Dunnock
Robin
Goldfinch
Blackbird
Occasionals:
Wren
Greenfinch
Magpie
Sparrowhawk
Woodpigeon - The Sparrowhawk has 'removed' my last 2 pairs of these!
Rarities:
Bullfinch
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Over-flights:
Canada Goose
Mallard
I put feed out daily, consisting of niger seed, fat balls (de-netted!), sunflower seed (de-husked) shredded suet, dried mealworm & chopped dried fruit. Occasionally I'll put out the remains of a whole-seed loaf. I also have an area of shallow water which the Blackbirds particularly love to bathe in.
I'll try and do accurate 'head counts' in future as that seems to be a pre-requisite for this site!
Kaz
Again, our neighbour had attracted these birds but this is the first time l've seen them in my works garden (Heaton Moor).
8 goldfinches
2 starlings
2 great tits
2 blue tits
2 blackbirds
2 dunnocks
1 woodpigeon
12 feral pigeons
30+ house sparrows
4 mute swans,low over at 8.46am
2 g b b gulls,over at 9.18am
Heyside, Royton
Cheers
Jason
-- Edited by JasonAtkinson on Sunday 18th of March 2012 12:53:23 PM
-- Edited by JasonAtkinson on Sunday 18th of March 2012 12:53:41 PM