Just 1 redpoll today, but did have a perfect, mindful moment when I was at the bottom of the garden, and a party of 9 long-tailed tits came into the tree and feeders right next to me as if I wasn't there. If I'm not careful, I shall use the 'c' word!
-- Edited by Andy Bissitt on Friday 6th of January 2023 09:06:11 PM
Matt Gillett said
Fri Jan 6 11:27 AM, 2023
Nice male Blackcap in my Sale Moor garden this morning. First since Summer.
Andy Bissitt said
Thu Jan 5 4:15 PM, 2023
Almost on cue, the 'Winter's' first 2 redpoll put in an appearance on my front feeders this morning. Great when year ticks come to you! Also nice was 6 long-tailed tits checking out the suet nibbles. A nuthatch was more usual.
PHIL GREENWOOD said
Mon Jan 2 5:11 PM, 2023
1 male Blackcap in my Flixton garden, feeding on the fat balls.
Tony Koziol said
Mon Jan 2 2:33 PM, 2023
A pair of Blackcaps this afternoon visiting various feeders in our Stockport garden, first time they have actually been side by side ( Cath will not be happy as she has gone shopping)
steven burke said
Mon Jan 2 10:39 AM, 2023
2 male blackcaps in my sisters firswood garden this morning.
Now 3 male blackcaps.
-- Edited by steven burke on Monday 2nd of January 2023 10:55:11 AM
Tony Koziol said
Sun Jan 1 1:55 PM, 2023
No drunken birds in our Stockport garden but the female Blackcap has been active for the last few days gorging on apples.
A brief summary for our garden in 2022 we have had 33 species which is just above average with the highlights being in December with the Redpolls and Blackcaps.
Overall our year has been slow with a very modest 79 on our GM list.
Nationally we added 62 for a total of 141.
Our two trips to Mallorca brought us 124 species
Finally good luck to everyone with your 2023 lists.
fredford said
Sun Jan 1 11:49 AM, 2023
Awoken at 0230hrs by a huge cacophony from the garden . Donning my head torch I discovered the jackdaws , fieldfares , blackbirds and pied wagtails dancing the conga up and down the lawn , shrieking like banshees , aided and abetted by three or four wrens shouting obscenities from the rhododendrons and the mad weasel furiously playing the fiddle . Looking closer , I found that they had been gorging on the rotten , fermented apples and all were mightily merry . Gathering them up , I put them to bed in fresh straw , in the wood shed . Some hours later , after a nourishing breakfast of mealworms , sausages and bacon , they departed , wishing all at Manchester Birding a happy new year .
Andy Bissitt said
Sun Jan 1 11:49 AM, 2023
A male siskin, looked different to that of 2 weeks ago, on front feeders this morning. A promising start to 2023.
fredford said
Sat Dec 31 10:29 AM, 2022
Bury . Another visit from the treecreeper . At about 7am , heard a tawny owl conversation going from one side of the garden to the other . Sounded like three birds . Could that be right ?
Peter Nolan Woolley said
Fri Dec 30 2:24 PM, 2022
Cormorant over our Openshaw garden at 14:21 heading South East.
Samglennie said
Wed Dec 28 12:03 PM, 2022
Peregrine over my Old Trafford garden yesterday at around 15:10, seemed to head towards Chorlton.
Tony Koziol said
Mon Dec 26 3:55 PM, 2022
Stockport today: A pair of Blackcap turned up at 14.30 the male fed for a short time on some fatballs, didn't see the female feed.
15.45 both turned up again with the same observations regarding feeding.
They have tagged along with a small flock of mixed tits.
fredford said
Sun Dec 25 10:59 AM, 2022
Bury . Two pied wagtails , one darker and larger than the other , have taken , with gusto , to the mealworms . The larger chases the smaller away . I was advised to dampen them ( the mealworms)for ease of eating and this has done the trick . Thsnk you . Several immigrant blackbirds have moved in , i suppose from north Europe , including a very big female which is always hungry . Two or three jays returned several dsys ago .
phillipskelly said
Fri Dec 23 12:38 PM, 2022
This morning on and around my Stretford (Gorse Hill) backyard feeders were - Goldfinch - C70. Blue-tit - 1. Yesterday (Thursday) in my front terrace garden , l had several visits from a male Blackbird which later followed a female to the crushed fatballs but it didn't feed. Also in some Birch trees (at the same time) nearby there were - Redwing - 4. Blackbird 6 all female. Carrion crow - 2.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Dec 22 12:40 PM, 2022
3 male Bullfinch feeding on Brambles at the back on my Astley garden five minutes ago!
steven burke said
Thu Dec 22 11:23 AM, 2022
Added just a few more birds to my sisters garden list in firswood since the 6th Dec. A wren was nice to watch feeding just a few feet away from the back door on the 16th. A fieldfare was feeding in the apple tree in next doors garden on the 16th. A sparrowhawk was a flyover. The male blackcap continues to show every now & then, it was joined by a female on the 17th. Male chaffinch still around, a female chaffinch was in next doors garden this morning. 7 goldfinch in the garden this morning, 2 went on the washing line to come down to feed but the starlings put them off.
A Tawny Owl was perched on our neighbour's roof at 1040pm last night and was visible from our back door step.
Lez Fairclough said
Sat Dec 17 11:42 PM, 2022
A first for my garden feeders today was a Song Thrush that attempted to land on the fat balls above but eventually gave up. That's the 5th bird this week that I've seen in an unusual location almost certainly because of this weeks weather conditions forcing birds to broaden their search for food due to the frozen water & ground.
After yesterdays treat in Stockport I sat down peering out of the windows and a small bird had its grey back to me on the fat ball feeder, "no I thought you can't be" it flew off into the hawthorn hedge and popped its head out....a cracking male Blackcap.
At around noon the Redpolls turned up again feasting on the seed heads on the catkins in the silver birch the 9 birds were joined about twenty minutes later by a charm of Goldfinch similar in number the flock stayed for well over 90 minutes, they flitted around every 4 minutes or so but returned every time to the catkins.
My concentration was interrupted as 1 or possibly two Goldcrest were in and out of the conifer, there were also at least 10 Blackbirds feeding on the fallen apples we had left.
No sighting of Sparrowhawk today.
paul shaw said
Sat Dec 17 1:32 PM, 2022
Grey Wagtail on my neighbours garage roof this morning, Bredbury.
Andy Bissitt said
Sat Dec 17 11:56 AM, 2022
The first of the Winter 'special' birds - a male siskin, currently on feeder in garden. Hallelujah!
Steve Judge said
Sat Dec 17 11:35 AM, 2022
In my Eccles garden over last week ...
Redwing (3) hoovering up remaining berries on Holly Tree. See photo attached of one of them. Blackbird (3) 2M and 1F trying to chase off the Redwing! Long-Tailed Tit (7) Goldfinch (2) Collared Dove (2) Woodpigeon (1) Jackdaw (1) Starling (15) House Sparrow (5) Robin (1) Blue Tit (1) Coal Tit (1) Great Tit (1)
-- Edited by Steve Judge on Saturday 17th of December 2022 11:38:00 AM
151222...an am watch to 'allow' the Moss to 'warm up' before I ventured out...
8 Redwing...overflying
3 Blue Tit
3 Chaffinch
22 Goldfinch
6 Starling
1 Robin
3 Woodpigeon
24 Feral Pigeon...Overflying
1 Sparrowhawk...Female
PM after my Moss wander...
Some leftover Sourdough Bread onto the lawn gaining a Garden First when a dozen or so discerning Black-Headed Gull actually landed and took this obviously much needed food...why discerning?....Well as we had run out of leftover Sourdough I tried some leftover pasta...which they completely rejected once they had checked it out!
Dave Steel said
Fri Dec 16 8:01 PM, 2022
131222
1 Blackcap...male...not seen a Blackcap in the Garden for quite a number of years...this pm sighting induced an hours Garden watch...
4 Chaffinch
2 Blackbird...used to get up to 20 + in the winter...but the influx of Cats in recent years in my neighbourhood which resulted in the death of two of 'my' birds stopped my provision of Sultanas...Oh why Oh why cannot owners of cats keep them indoors during the day???
7 Goldfinch....not a true reflection of the numbers my Sunflower Hearts attract but this was a late afternoon watch
5 Woodpigeon
1 Kestrel...Overflying
14 Starling....Overflying
26 Black-Headed Gull all seemingly heading to their Western Roost
1 Robin
5 Magpie heading to a roost in the east
1 Dunnock...this species now adept at feeding at a bird feeder...how times change.
Tony Koziol said
Fri Dec 16 3:36 PM, 2022
Mayhem and Madness in Stockport.......
After returning home from Reddish Vale a Sparrowhawk greeted me on the driveway plucking one of our Blackbirds, it flew off with its catch leaving us to clear up the feathers.
An hour later a couple of Redwing sat in the silver birch before flying off west.
Having sat looking at the silver birch again sometime later I noticed a small flock of what I thought were Goldfinch land in the tree on getting the binos I shouted "Redpoll" and for the next thirty minutes or so we enjoyed the little acrobats feeding in the tree. Sometimes they would fly off circle and go back to their feast. I went and set the scope up counted 15 and found one stunning male with its red/crimson chest. They eventually flew off south west.
Having recovered from that treat out of the corner of my eye another bird caught my attention in the same silver birch, grabbing the binos quickly, had me peering at a single Fieldfare it stayed for less than a minute and was away north west.
As I am about to submit post a single Redwing turns up in the very popular tree............
fredford said
Thu Dec 15 9:50 AM, 2022
Bury . Welcome return of song thrush ,bullfinch , house sparrow , pied wagtail . Hurrah !
Andrew Jeffery said
Wed Dec 14 1:53 PM, 2022
3 Redwing (plus another 20 over), Coal Tit, Goldcrest & Blackcap enjoying some unfrozen water in my Chorlton garden this lunchtime.
Samglennie said
Sun Dec 11 7:49 PM, 2022
Yesterday in my Old Trafford garden-
Grey heron flew through at 0840, also Great Spotted Woodpecker, increase in Goldfinch (35+), 2 (m+f) Chaffinch and Goldcrest
also male Chaffinch today
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Dec 11 7:26 PM, 2022
Originally posted today by Andrea Wilson:
It's been an interesting few days at home.
There's been plenty of the regulars Goldfinches, Chaffinches, Greenfinch, Great tit, Blue tit, Coal tit, Robins, Dunnock, Wrens, Female Sparrowhawk, too many Starlings to count and the usual Corvids.
Plus:
First visits of the winter from male and female Greater Female Woodpecker
Redhead Blackcap, in bushes next door
Two meadow pipits (first time I've seen them here).
Still hoping for Brambling and Siskin to show up, but perhaps I'm just being greedy
Andrea
Ian Howarth said
Sun Dec 11 2:46 PM, 2022
All morning Redwing (9 at one moment), 2 x Fieldfare, 1 x Blackcap (M) and Blackbirds have gorged together without bickering on the Rowan berries on the neighbour's tree. 17 species this a.m in my/neighbour's Timperley garden plus 2 passing over = 19.
pete berry said
Sat Dec 10 9:43 AM, 2022
At least 15 Blackbirds in the garden this morning feeding on the mix I put out for them,wholemeal bread,suet pellets, raisins and Lidls cheap porridge. Also a couple Pheasants with the usual crowd of House Sparrows etc
A Woodcock seen to fly over my Irlam garden from a nearby street this evening
steven burke said
Tue Dec 6 8:42 PM, 2022
More birds added to my sisters firswood garden list over the weekend... Common gull Mistle thrush Redwing Jackdaw Goldfinch All above flyovers though. A goldcrest was in her large conifer & a Male blackcap was her neighbours garden eating apples yesterday 5th. Male chaffinch here everyday.
A finch onslaught today, with a new garden record of seven greenfinches mingling with c12 goldfinches and 5-6 chaffinches - this all at the same time in an area about 3 x 3 meters. A pair of bullfinches also visited a couple of times and the usual nuthatch was around. It's going to get busier, I'd say (and more expensive)!
steven burke said
Fri Dec 2 5:50 PM, 2022
I added a couple more birds to my sisters garden list in firswood. A great spotted woodpecker went flying over the back garden, as I went to the front door it was perched in the tall tree out the front of the house but soon flew off. Just after that a tit flock was flicking about the front hedges directly opposite the front of the house & a nice male blackcap was with them. My sister didn't even realise how many birds are actually around her garden.
CALLUM VERNON said
Fri Dec 2 1:14 PM, 2022
A group of 3 willow tits now visiting Walkden garden
steven burke said
Fri Dec 2 8:54 AM, 2022
I have recently had some surgery & now I'm out & recovering I am staying at my sisters house in firswood, she has I nice medium sized garden with plants, shrubs & trees, next door has an apple tree so a nice variety for the birds. My sister has some feeders but looks like I need to get involved, despite this she still gets the regular species of birds. The birds I have seen since Wednesday 30th ....
Male chaffinch, a bird my sister has not seen before. House sparrow Blue tit Great tit Coal tit Long tailed tit Robin Dunnock Blackbird Woodpigeon Collared dove Magpie Birds over... Ring necked parakeets Crow Black headed gull Lesser black backed gull
Andrew Jeffery said
Fri Nov 25 4:12 PM, 2022
First Blackcap in my Chorlton garden for nearly a year
Peter Nolan Woolley said
Fri Nov 25 2:47 PM, 2022
Common Buzzard over our Openshaw garden this pm at 14:44 heading South
CALLUM VERNON said
Tue Nov 22 9:57 PM, 2022
Great spotted woodpecker back in Walkden garden today. Also on Saturday 19th, a little egret flew overhead.
Mike Chorley said
Tue Nov 22 2:31 PM, 2022
Fairly common natural behaviour. The scientific name is , esentially " cave-dwelling cave-dweller".Maybe soaked dried mealworms in the crevices the bird(s) use. I'm not sure if this is a species that gets all its' moisture from its' food. Trying to remember if I've ever noticed one drinking.
-- Edited by Mike Chorley on Tuesday 22nd of November 2022 10:56:24 PM
fredford said
Tue Nov 22 1:46 PM, 2022
Bury . I often watch a wren in the dry stone wall . He disappears into a gap in the wall and reappears further along , constantly searching for food . He must be making his way through the interior of the wall . Brave bird ! Is this common behaviour ? Does anyone know how I might go about feeding them ?
Lez Fairclough said
Mon Nov 21 10:59 PM, 2022
1pm - Grey Heron flew over front of house perching on neighbours roof, shortly followed by 2 Raven over with 2 Ring-Necked Parakeets having their usual noisy 15 minute squawk-fest in nearby Hall House Woods, Leigh.
Peter Nolan Woolley said
Mon Nov 21 8:27 AM, 2022
2 x Ring-necked Parakeet over our Openshaw garden this morning at 08:24,East
Samglennie said
Sat Nov 19 9:42 PM, 2022
Male Chaffinch, Goldcrest and Sparrowhawk today in my Old Trafford Garden, also 3x Chaffinch (2M, 1F) yesterday
Andy Bissitt said
Sat Nov 19 9:25 PM, 2022
A great spotted woodpecker visited my front garden this a.m., landing in the Acer tree just 5 feet from the window at eye level. If the visits of this species (very irregular) follow the usual trend, it will not return this Winter. A song thrush, the first greenfinch of this winter, and the ubiquitous nuthatch were amongst other visitors.
paul shaw said
Sat Nov 19 11:02 AM, 2022
1 Treecreeper was searching for food in the pine tree this morning, it was not at all bothered that i was only about 20 ft away as i was filling the feeders this morning. only the 2nd one that I have seen in my Bredbury garden.
Samglennie said
Tue Nov 15 5:17 PM, 2022
Male Blackcap, 4 Redwing and 3 Goldcrest in my Old Trafford garden this afternoon. Also a garden tick in the form of an adult Great Black-Backed Gull over at 1545
pete berry said
Tue Nov 15 5:02 PM, 2022
At least 500 Jackdaws in trees round the back garden this evening,a pre-roost gathering which occurs every night now. They always fly off south just before dusk to the main roost down Lower Green Lane. The noise and chattering from all these birds is fantastic, might only be corvids but very entertaining even so.
Just 1 redpoll today, but did have a perfect, mindful moment when I was at the bottom of the garden, and a party of 9 long-tailed tits came into the tree and feeders right next to me as if I wasn't there. If I'm not careful, I shall use the 'c' word!
-- Edited by Andy Bissitt on Friday 6th of January 2023 09:06:11 PM
Nice male Blackcap in my Sale Moor garden this morning. First since Summer.
Almost on cue, the 'Winter's' first 2 redpoll put in an appearance on my front feeders this morning. Great when year ticks come to you! Also nice was 6 long-tailed tits checking out the suet nibbles. A nuthatch was more usual.
A pair of Blackcaps this afternoon visiting various feeders in our Stockport garden, first time they have actually been side by side ( Cath will not be happy as she has gone shopping)
-- Edited by steven burke on Monday 2nd of January 2023 10:55:11 AM
No drunken birds in our Stockport garden but the female Blackcap has been active for the last few days gorging on apples.
A brief summary for our garden in 2022 we have had 33 species which is just above average with the highlights being in December with the Redpolls and Blackcaps.
Overall our year has been slow with a very modest 79 on our GM list.
Nationally we added 62 for a total of 141.
Our two trips to Mallorca brought us 124 species
Finally good luck to everyone with your 2023 lists.
Looking closer , I found that they had been gorging on the rotten , fermented apples and all were mightily merry . Gathering them up , I put them to bed in fresh straw , in the wood shed . Some hours later , after a nourishing breakfast of mealworms , sausages and bacon , they departed , wishing all at Manchester Birding a happy new year .
Cormorant over our Openshaw garden at 14:21 heading South East.
Peregrine over my Old Trafford garden yesterday at around 15:10, seemed to head towards Chorlton.
Stockport today: A pair of Blackcap turned up at 14.30 the male fed for a short time on some fatballs, didn't see the female feed.
15.45 both turned up again with the same observations regarding feeding.
They have tagged along with a small flock of mixed tits.
Several immigrant blackbirds have moved in , i suppose from north Europe , including a very big female which is always hungry .
Two or three jays returned several dsys ago .
Goldfinch - C70.
Blue-tit - 1.
Yesterday (Thursday) in my front terrace garden , l had several visits from a male Blackbird which later followed a female to the crushed fatballs but it didn't feed.
Also in some Birch trees (at the same time) nearby there were -
Redwing - 4.
Blackbird 6 all female.
Carrion crow - 2.
3 male Bullfinch feeding on Brambles at the back on my Astley garden five minutes ago!
A wren was nice to watch feeding just a few feet away from the back door on the 16th.
A fieldfare was feeding in the apple tree in next doors garden on the 16th.
A sparrowhawk was a flyover.
The male blackcap continues to show every now & then, it was joined by a female on the 17th.
Male chaffinch still around, a female chaffinch was in next doors garden this morning.
7 goldfinch in the garden this morning, 2 went on the washing line to come down to feed but the starlings put them off.
A first for my garden feeders today was a Song Thrush that attempted to land on the fat balls above but eventually gave up. That's the 5th bird this week that I've seen in an unusual location almost certainly because of this weeks weather conditions forcing birds to broaden their search for food due to the frozen water & ground.
After yesterdays treat in Stockport I sat down peering out of the windows and a small bird had its grey back to me on the fat ball feeder, "no I thought you can't be" it flew off into the hawthorn hedge and popped its head out....a cracking male Blackcap.
At around noon the Redpolls turned up again feasting on the seed heads on the catkins in the silver birch the 9 birds were joined about twenty minutes later by a charm of Goldfinch similar in number the flock stayed for well over 90 minutes, they flitted around every 4 minutes or so but returned every time to the catkins.
My concentration was interrupted as 1 or possibly two Goldcrest were in and out of the conifer, there were also at least 10 Blackbirds feeding on the fallen apples we had left.
No sighting of Sparrowhawk today.
Redwing (3) hoovering up remaining berries on Holly Tree. See photo attached of one of them.
Blackbird (3) 2M and 1F trying to chase off the Redwing!
Long-Tailed Tit (7)
Goldfinch (2)
Collared Dove (2)
Woodpigeon (1)
Jackdaw (1)
Starling (15)
House Sparrow (5)
Robin (1)
Blue Tit (1)
Coal Tit (1)
Great Tit (1)
-- Edited by Steve Judge on Saturday 17th of December 2022 11:38:00 AM
151222...an am watch to 'allow' the Moss to 'warm up' before I ventured out...
8 Redwing...overflying
3 Blue Tit
3 Chaffinch
22 Goldfinch
6 Starling
1 Robin
3 Woodpigeon
24 Feral Pigeon...Overflying
1 Sparrowhawk...Female
PM after my Moss wander...
Some leftover Sourdough Bread onto the lawn gaining a Garden First when a dozen or so discerning Black-Headed Gull actually landed and took this obviously much needed food...why discerning?....Well as we had run out of leftover Sourdough I tried some leftover pasta...which they completely rejected once they had checked it out!
131222
1 Blackcap...male...not seen a Blackcap in the Garden for quite a number of years...this pm sighting induced an hours Garden watch...
4 Chaffinch
2 Blackbird...used to get up to 20 + in the winter...but the influx of Cats in recent years in my neighbourhood which resulted in the death of two of 'my' birds stopped my provision of Sultanas...Oh why Oh why cannot owners of cats keep them indoors during the day???
7 Goldfinch....not a true reflection of the numbers my Sunflower Hearts attract but this was a late afternoon watch
5 Woodpigeon
1 Kestrel...Overflying
14 Starling....Overflying
26 Black-Headed Gull all seemingly heading to their Western Roost
1 Robin
5 Magpie heading to a roost in the east
1 Dunnock...this species now adept at feeding at a bird feeder...how times change.
Mayhem and Madness in Stockport.......
After returning home from Reddish Vale a Sparrowhawk greeted me on the driveway plucking one of our Blackbirds, it flew off with its catch leaving us to clear up the feathers.
An hour later a couple of Redwing sat in the silver birch before flying off west.
Having sat looking at the silver birch again sometime later I noticed a small flock of what I thought were Goldfinch land in the tree on getting the binos I shouted "Redpoll" and for the next thirty minutes or so we enjoyed the little acrobats feeding in the tree. Sometimes they would fly off circle and go back to their feast. I went and set the scope up counted 15 and found one stunning male with its red/crimson chest. They eventually flew off south west.
Having recovered from that treat out of the corner of my eye another bird caught my attention in the same silver birch, grabbing the binos quickly, had me peering at a single Fieldfare it stayed for less than a minute and was away north west.
As I am about to submit post a single Redwing turns up in the very popular tree............
3 Redwing (plus another 20 over), Coal Tit, Goldcrest & Blackcap enjoying some unfrozen water in my Chorlton garden this lunchtime.
Yesterday in my Old Trafford garden-
Grey heron flew through at 0840, also Great Spotted Woodpecker, increase in Goldfinch (35+), 2 (m+f) Chaffinch and Goldcrest
also male Chaffinch today
Originally posted today by Andrea Wilson:
It's been an interesting few days at home.
There's been plenty of the regulars Goldfinches, Chaffinches, Greenfinch, Great tit, Blue tit, Coal tit, Robins, Dunnock, Wrens, Female Sparrowhawk, too many Starlings to count and the usual Corvids.
Plus:
First visits of the winter from male and female Greater Female Woodpecker
Redhead Blackcap, in bushes next door
Two meadow pipits (first time I've seen them here).
Still hoping for Brambling and Siskin to show up, but perhaps I'm just being greedy
Andrea
Common gull
Mistle thrush
Redwing
Jackdaw
Goldfinch
All above flyovers though.
A goldcrest was in her large conifer & a Male blackcap was her neighbours garden eating apples yesterday 5th.
Male chaffinch here everyday.
A finch onslaught today, with a new garden record of seven greenfinches mingling with c12 goldfinches and 5-6 chaffinches - this all at the same time in an area about 3 x 3 meters. A pair of bullfinches also visited a couple of times and the usual nuthatch was around. It's going to get busier, I'd say (and more expensive)!
A great spotted woodpecker went flying over the back garden, as I went to the front door it was perched in the tall tree out the front of the house but soon flew off. Just after that a tit flock was flicking about the front hedges directly opposite the front of the house & a nice male blackcap was with them.
My sister didn't even realise how many birds are actually around her garden.
A group of 3 willow tits now visiting Walkden garden
Male chaffinch, a bird my sister has not seen before.
House sparrow
Blue tit
Great tit
Coal tit
Long tailed tit
Robin
Dunnock
Blackbird
Woodpigeon
Collared dove
Magpie
Birds over...
Ring necked parakeets
Crow
Black headed gull
Lesser black backed gull
First Blackcap in my Chorlton garden for nearly a year
Common Buzzard over our Openshaw garden this pm at 14:44 heading South
Great spotted woodpecker back in Walkden garden today. Also on Saturday 19th, a little egret flew overhead.
-- Edited by Mike Chorley on Tuesday 22nd of November 2022 10:56:24 PM
Is this common behaviour ? Does anyone know how I might go about feeding them ?
1pm - Grey Heron flew over front of house perching on neighbours roof, shortly followed by 2 Raven over with 2 Ring-Necked Parakeets having their usual noisy 15 minute squawk-fest in nearby Hall House Woods, Leigh.
2 x Ring-necked Parakeet over our Openshaw garden this morning at 08:24,East
Male Chaffinch, Goldcrest and Sparrowhawk today in my Old Trafford Garden, also 3x Chaffinch (2M, 1F) yesterday
A great spotted woodpecker visited my front garden this a.m., landing in the Acer tree just 5 feet from the window at eye level. If the visits of this species (very irregular) follow the usual trend, it will not return this Winter. A song thrush, the first greenfinch of this winter, and the ubiquitous nuthatch were amongst other visitors.
Male Blackcap, 4 Redwing and 3 Goldcrest in my Old Trafford garden this afternoon. Also a garden tick in the form of an adult Great Black-Backed Gull over at 1545