2 Mute Swan (1 with ring CX70) 80 Mallards 5 hybrid ducks 1 BH Gull 4 Canada Goose
Timperley Moat
1 Nuthatch showing well 1 Grey Wagtail 1 robin 1 Great Tit 5 Blue Tit
Henry Cook said
Mon Aug 22 9:07 PM, 2011
22/08/2011 - Recieved a report of a probable Lesser Spotted Woodpecker heard calling in Fairywell Wood this afternoon. This isn't far, as the pecker flys, from the Wythenshawe/Northenden territory but it would be nice to think it is more locally resident in the Timperley/Hale Barns area.
-- Edited by Henry Cook on Monday 22nd of August 2011 08:08:00 PM
James Walsh said
Wed Aug 10 2:29 PM, 2011
9th August, KGVP, now 3 broods of Tufted Duck (2, 4 & 6)
James Walsh said
Tue Aug 2 11:27 AM, 2011
1st August c50 Swifts high over Brook Lane @ 6:30pm
Recent sightings @ KGVP
2 broods of Tufted Duck - 1 female with 3 ducklings & 1 female with 2 ducklings
James Walsh said
Fri Jun 10 8:46 AM, 2011
Thursday 9th June
Also, c50 Swifts over KGV Pool between 7:30pm-9:30pm
2 Mute Swans Stamford Park Lake
Henry Cook said
Thu Jun 9 9:14 PM, 2011
09/06/2011 - KGV Pool 7.30-8.30pm, species seen included:
One just watched from upstairs back window as it flew over the field at the end of the garden from east to west. Field's located between Fairywell Wood and Brooks Drive just south of the housing on Whitebeam & Alder Drives. Didn't look like it was stopping though! House, Timperley & Alty tick! Wonder where me list is.
7 Tufted Ducks 2 Mute Swans 3 Moorhens 3 Coots 8 Mallards 4 Canada Geese 2 Farmyard Geese 2 Willow Warblers - singing but probably not going to set up home 1 Chiffchaff 1 Blackcap 3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers - including 2 males having a stand-off 1 Nuthatch 4 Grey Wagtails - 2 pairs, 1 along the brook further upstream by the golf course
sadly no Grebes or Pochards on the lake
Ian McKerchar said
Fri Mar 18 8:12 AM, 2011
Thanks Steve, info relayed to the observer.
Steve Christmas said
Fri Mar 18 6:47 AM, 2011
ZY0324 (FX4) ringed as a cygnet (2nd year) on 11/2/2009 at Widnes. Steve
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Mar 17 9:10 PM, 2011
Thursday 17th March, King George 5th pool, 12.15 to 12.45pm:
Mute swan 2 (one with metal ring on left leg - z y 0324 on right leg blue plastic ring - FX 4 ). Treecreeper 1 Tufted Duck 8 Pochard 1 Black-headed Gull 10 Grey Wagtail 1 Moorhen 5 And a male Chaffinch walking around a reflective tin box giving it some aggro!
Info thanks to Phil Kelly
James Walsh said
Sat Mar 12 2:53 PM, 2011
Friday 11th March
Quick look @ KGV Pool
2 pairs of Tufted Duck Several Pochard 2 ad Mute Swans (incl. FX4)
Also at KGVP, fisherman reports 12 Goosander, 6 Mute Swan & 1 GC Grebe Wednesday & Water Vole at the site in summer 2009
-- Edited by James Walsh on Friday 18th of February 2011 05:07:32 PM
Simon Gregory said
Fri Feb 4 8:34 PM, 2011
KGV Yesterday 10 min visit
03/-2/11 Temp 8c
Kestrel - Hovering around golf course on walkup Singing Robin
Pochard Approx 5 (Drakes) c6-8 ish Goosander - Mixed group of drakes and red heads (Spooked flew off towards Altrincham) Mute swan 2 BH gull, Moorhens, Mallards, Canada Geese, and the 2 Domestic Geese
Henry Cook said
Thu Jan 20 1:38 PM, 2011
20/01/2011 - KGV pool at 10am in thick fog, of note:
-- Edited by Henry Cook on Thursday 20th of January 2011 01:38:36 PM
James Walsh said
Thu Jan 20 1:18 PM, 2011
10 Waxwings Timperley on Brookway briefly at 12:45pm, also a GS Woodpecker
Henry Cook said
Mon Jan 17 10:18 PM, 2011
Jeff Clarke wrote:
also Nuthatch (are these usual here?)
They are resident in the local area Jeff, but more often seen over the road in Stamford Park where the woodland is more mature.
Jeff Clarke said
Mon Jan 17 9:13 PM, 2011
King George V Pool early afternoon 4 Goosander (inc 1 male) 5 male Pochard (no females) also Nuthatch (are these usual here?) Little else
Rob Smallwood said
Mon Jan 17 4:56 PM, 2011
21 Waxwing Grove lane Timperley this afternoon per Ann Ribbands, very nearly on her garden list!
Ann Ribbands said
Mon Jan 17 11:49 AM, 2011
Single brambling visiting garden feeders.
Rob Smallwood said
Sun Jan 16 1:12 PM, 2011
Perhaps the same birds I saw earlier this month.
James Walsh said
Sun Jan 16 10:49 AM, 2011
Thursday 13th January
1 Waxwing over Navigation Road Metrolink station at 1250, heading towards Altrincham
Also, members of the Friends of King George V Pool group report 4-5 Goosanders recently on the pool
-- Edited by James Walsh on Sunday 16th of January 2011 10:49:56 AM
Rob Smallwood said
Sat Jan 15 1:43 PM, 2011
Could easily be, it's about 30 seconds away for a Pere!
Paul Heaton said
Sat Jan 15 1:01 PM, 2011
Rob just out of Timperley I know but Peregrine was been mobbed by crows over Ashton Park this morning about 10ish, wonder if it was same bird.
Keep Birding.
Rob Smallwood said
Sat Jan 15 12:42 PM, 2011
Peregrine (with prey) flew north past our house this morning heading towards the village centre.
Rob Smallwood said
Sat Jan 15 8:53 AM, 2011
Ourmorgue it is!
Vaughan Evans said
Fri Jan 14 5:02 PM, 2011
Don't you mean its like a morgue?
Henry Cook said
Fri Jan 14 4:27 PM, 2011
Rob Smallwood wrote:
I love the name Timperley Wetlands. Visions of the Carmargue tucked away in suburban Manchester!
It's like the Camargue Rob, just without the birds, the habitat and the climate!
Rob Smallwood said
Fri Jan 14 12:42 PM, 2011
I love the name Timperley Wetlands. Visions of the Carmargue tucked away in suburban Manchester!
Henry Cook said
Fri Jan 14 12:19 PM, 2011
14/01/2011 - Quick walk around Timperley Wetlands (off Balfour Road) and adjacent Bridgewater Canal this morning. Species seen included:
1 Snipe 1 Moorhen 4 Canada Geese 16 Mallards 2 Common Gulls 1 Grey Wagtail 1 Treecreeper 5 Bullfinches 4 Lesser Redpolls (one rather pale and bulky but only silhouetted views obtained) 1 Reed Bunting
Also with the milder weather many Mistle Thrushes, Song Thrushes, Robins, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Coal Tits, Greenfinches, Dunnocks and all Pigeon species singing.
James Walsh said
Mon Jan 3 9:50 AM, 2011
KGVP is about 70% frozen at the moment, have now seen Goosander in consecutive winters, but both times they are very wary & flew off
Rob Smallwood said
Sun Jan 2 11:51 PM, 2011
Luke was playing football on the adjacent BTH pitch c11:00, 4 Goosander continually overflying the pool and attempting to land.
Just approached my patio doors to look at my birdless Timperley garden (the birds are ignoring my feeders despite the weather) and flushed a Woodcock!
Henry Cook said
Mon Dec 13 1:24 PM, 2010
13/12/2010 - King George V Pool -
2 Waxwings - on the island trees for a few minutes, flew off low NW 1 Kingfisher 1 Pochard 2 Mute Swans 1 Grey Heron 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 Common Gulls c30 Black-headed Gulls Mallards+Moorhens 2 Treecreepers 36 Siskins 13 Goldfinches 1 Bullfinch
14 Waxwings on Alder Drive, Timperley. Been checking the Rowans nearly every day!
James Walsh said
Thu Dec 2 7:49 PM, 2010
Common Snipe along Timperley Brook near Navigation Road station early a/noon
Henry Cook said
Wed Nov 24 3:44 PM, 2010
24/11/2010 - KGV pool at 3pm:
1 Kingfisher (showing extremely well on the islands) 1 Grey Heron 2 Mute Swans 1 Canada Goose 6 Mallards 4 Moorhens
Mike Duckham said
Sun Nov 21 8:42 PM, 2010
A wigeon was calling overhead several times in the dark as i got out of the car by the house this evening, right down the end of Ridgeway Road. Bizarre!
Ann Ribbands said
Fri Nov 19 1:36 PM, 2010
Male blackcap on Green Drive fat block feeder this morning.
KGVP
1 drake Pochard
2 Tufted Duck (ad female & juv)
2 Mute Swan
9 Moorhen
4 Coot
6 Canada Geese
2 Mallard
SPL
2 Mute Swan
4 Canada Geese
50 Mallard (plus 6 hybrids)
5 Tufted Duck
1 Grey Heron
2 Mute Swan
10 Moorhen
4 Coot
2 Canada Goose
15 Mallard
11 BH Gull
1 hybrid duck
also 1 Grey Wagtail & 1 singing Chiffchaff
WEBS SPL
2 Mute Swan (1 with ring CX70)
80 Mallards
5 hybrid ducks
1 BH Gull
4 Canada Goose
Timperley Moat
1 Nuthatch showing well
1 Grey Wagtail
1 robin
1 Great Tit
5 Blue Tit
-- Edited by Henry Cook on Monday 22nd of August 2011 08:08:00 PM
Recent sightings @ KGVP
2 broods of Tufted Duck - 1 female with 3 ducklings & 1 female with 2 ducklings
Also, c50 Swifts over KGV Pool between 7:30pm-9:30pm
2 Mute Swans Stamford Park Lake
1 Kingfisher
8 Tufted Ducks
2 Moorhens
2 Coots + juvs
2 Song Thrushes
4 Magpies
1 Nuthatch
2 Treecreepers
2 Blackcaps - + 4 juvs
KGVP
1 drk Pochard
9 Tufted Duck (5 drks)
1 singing Song Thrush
1 juv Great Tit
2 Grey Wagtail (1 juv)
1 singing Greenfinch
2 adult Mute Swan
2 Coot
1 Nuthatch
1 Moorhen
15 Mallard (2 broods)
1 singing Chiffchaff
2 male Blackcap (1 carrying food)
SPL
3 Moorhen (1 juv)
1 Grey Heron
2 Mute Swan (female, ring CX70)
3 Canada Goose (1 on nest)
2 Robin
1 Dunnock
2 singing Chaffinch
1 Jackdaw
5 Blackbird
7 Wood Pigeon
1 Great Tit
7 Starling
1 Mistle Thrush
2 Goldfinch
Field's located between Fairywell Wood and Brooks Drive just south of the housing on Whitebeam & Alder Drives. Didn't look like it was stopping though!
House, Timperley & Alty tick! Wonder where me list is.
kgv pool
1 drk pochard
9 tufted duck (5 drks)
1 chiffchaff
1 blackcap
1 nuthatch
2 mute swan
1 song thrush
male grey wagtail
-- Edited by James Walsh on Friday 29th of April 2011 03:51:17 AM
So far today 3 Sparrowhawk (2m, 1f) and 3+ Buzzard over garden.
Balfour Wetlands 7:30pm-9pm
1 Bullfinch
2 Swallow
1 Dunnock
1 Chiffchaff
3 singing Song Thrush
1 Grey Wagtail
5 Pipistrelle Bats
Caddisfly larvae
7 Tufted Ducks
2 Mute Swans
3 Moorhens
3 Coots
8 Mallards
4 Canada Geese
2 Farmyard Geese
2 Willow Warblers - singing but probably not going to set up home
1 Chiffchaff
1 Blackcap
3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers - including 2 males having a stand-off
1 Nuthatch
4 Grey Wagtails - 2 pairs, 1 along the brook further upstream by the golf course
sadly no Grebes or Pochards on the lake
Steve
Mute swan 2 (one with metal ring on left leg - z y 0324 on right leg blue plastic ring - FX 4 ).
Treecreeper 1
Tufted Duck 8
Pochard 1
Black-headed Gull 10
Grey Wagtail 1
Moorhen 5
And a male Chaffinch walking around a reflective tin box giving it some aggro!
Info thanks to Phil Kelly
Quick look @ KGV Pool
2 pairs of Tufted Duck
Several Pochard
2 ad Mute Swans (incl. FX4)
KGV Pool
1 GC Grebe
5 Goosanders (1 drk)
7 Pochard (5 drks)
4 Tufted Duck (2 drks)
7 Mallard
2 Mute Swan
3 Canada Goose
1 Farmyard Goose
3 Moorhen
2 Coot
c50 BH Gull
SPL
2 Mute Swan
10 Canada Goose
40 Mallard (plus 5 hybrids)
1 Moorhen
3 Waxwings
1 Little Grebe
8 Pochard (7 drakes)
4 Mute Swan (2 ads, incl. FX4, 2 sub-ads, at least 1 ringed but details not seen)
1 GS Woodpecker
1 Nuthatch
c30 Siskins
c30 Redwings
13 Mallard
10 Moorhen
c50 BH Gull
1 Grey Heron
2 Farmyard Geese
3 Coot
SPL
2 ad Mute Swan
57 Mallard
c30 BH Gull
10 Canada Goose
Also at KGVP, fisherman reports 12 Goosander, 6 Mute Swan & 1 GC Grebe Wednesday & Water Vole at the site in summer 2009
-- Edited by James Walsh on Friday 18th of February 2011 05:07:32 PM
03/-2/11 Temp 8c
Kestrel - Hovering around golf course on walkup
Singing Robin
Pochard Approx 5 (Drakes)
c6-8 ish Goosander - Mixed group of drakes and red heads (Spooked flew off towards Altrincham)
Mute swan 2
BH gull, Moorhens, Mallards, Canada Geese, and the 2 Domestic Geese
5 Goosanders (2 drakes)
2 Pochards (drakes)
2 Cormorants
1 Grey Heron
5 Moorhens
1 Fieldfare
1 Pied Wagtail
1 Nuthatch
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
-- Edited by Henry Cook on Thursday 20th of January 2011 01:38:36 PM
They are resident in the local area Jeff, but more often seen over the road in Stamford Park where the woodland is more mature.
4 Goosander (inc 1 male)
5 male Pochard (no females)
also Nuthatch (are these usual here?)
Little else
1 Waxwing over Navigation Road Metrolink station at 1250, heading towards Altrincham
Also, members of the Friends of King George V Pool group report 4-5 Goosanders recently on the pool
-- Edited by James Walsh on Sunday 16th of January 2011 10:49:56 AM
Keep Birding.
It's like the Camargue Rob, just without the birds, the habitat and the climate!
1 Snipe
1 Moorhen
4 Canada Geese
16 Mallards
2 Common Gulls
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Treecreeper
5 Bullfinches
4 Lesser Redpolls (one rather pale and bulky but only silhouetted views obtained)
1 Reed Bunting
Also with the milder weather many Mistle Thrushes, Song Thrushes, Robins, Blue Tits, Great Tits, Coal Tits, Greenfinches, Dunnocks and all Pigeon species singing.
Drake Goosander
Drake Pochard
1 Mute Swan (ring FX4)
13 Mallards
2 Canada Goose
2 Farmyard Goose
7 Moorhen
6 Redwing
1 Treecreeper
Stamford Park Lake
2 Mute Swans
74 Mallards
4 hybrid ducks
5 Canada Geese
10 BH Gull
Brookway
1 Grey Heron (perched on rooftop)
3 Redwings
30+ Redwings on Brook Way
26th November
2 Mute Swan
1 Grey Heron
2 Moorhen
1 Herring Gull
4 BH Gull
King George V Pool -
2 Waxwings - on the island trees for a few minutes, flew off low NW
1 Kingfisher
1 Pochard
2 Mute Swans
1 Grey Heron
1 Lesser Black-backed Gull
2 Common Gulls
c30 Black-headed Gulls
Mallards+Moorhens
2 Treecreepers
36 Siskins
13 Goldfinches
1 Bullfinch
Stamford Park -
2 Mute Swans
6 Canada Geese
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Mistle Thrush
1 Nuthatch
1 Kingfisher (showing extremely well on the islands)
1 Grey Heron
2 Mute Swans
1 Canada Goose
6 Mallards
4 Moorhens