18 plus Waxwing flew over tram tracks from Sale in to Timperley at Smith's Fields before congregating near the Sylvan Pub for 20 minutes before flying off west and could not be re-located.

Consolation for watching Luke's team drop 2 points at home!

Single female Brambling in a Timperley garden per Ann Ribbands.

Saturday 16th October

KGV Pool

1 Kingfisher showing well
2 Skylarks over
c20 thrushes (Redwing, Mistle, Song, Blackbird)
6 Tufted Duck
2 Mute Swan
c20 Goldfinch
1 Grey Heron

-- Edited by James Walsh on Sunday 17th of October 2010 08:05:05 PM

Sightings for Sunday 10th October

King George V Pool

2 Kingfishers
5 Tufted Duck (family party, ad m, ad fem, imm m & 2 imm fems)
1 GC Grebe
2 Mute Swans
6 Canada Geese
1 Grey Heron
c15 bats from 6:45pm, mainly small (presumably Pipistrelle), but at least one larger (? Noctule)


Stamford Park Lake

2 Mute Swans

-- Edited by James Walsh on Friday 15th of October 2010 06:31:42 AM

13.1O.1O

King George V

One lap around.

2 Domestic geese
3 Moorhen
6 Tufted ducks
1 Grey Heron arrived
4 Mallard
4 Canada Geese
1 GC Grebe
5 BH Gull

300 Pink-footed Goose east over this morning.

(Info per Mike Ribbands)

4 Redwing over. the garden this morning, and a small movement of Meadow Pipit.

A lone lark sp flew west over the garden low mid-afternoon, presumably a Skylark but it was low and looked small - guess it was just a small low Skylark!

King George V Pool

Thursday 16th September

Superb views of a juvenile Bullfinch


Slightly early WEBS count

5 Tufted Duck (eclipse drk, ad fem, 3 juvs)
1 adult Grey Heron
1 BH Gull
5 Moorhen
2 Mallard
4 Canada Geese
2 Farmyard Geese


Stamford Park Lake WEBS

85 Mallard (plus 1 hybrid)
3 Moorhen
2 adult Mute Swans
female green ring on left leg, CX70, silver ring on right leg
male silver ring left leg, un-ringed right leg

"recently" (about 2-3 weeks ago) still 4 Tufted Duck (female, 3 juvs, including one much smaller & fluffier than the other 2) & 3 GC Grebe (adult, 2 juvs) on King George V Pool

08/08/10
delighted this morning to see the kingfisher who kindly sat on a tree branch on the island for 10 minutes

GC Grebe with 2 very vocal juveniles

29/07/2010 - Strangely quiet on KGV pool today. Didn't get a chance to check out Stamford Park to see if the birds had flown over though. No Coots or Tufties and I'm still mourning the moving on of the resident Pochards!

9 Canada Geese
18 Mallards
4 Moorhens (+4 juvs)
1 Great Crested Grebe (+2 begging juvs)
2 Farmyard Geese
1 Black-headed Gull
1 Song Thrush

KGV Pool 24/07/10

Two broods of Tufted Duck, one female with 3 ducklings & one female with 2 ducklings
3 GC Grebes (1 ad, 2 juvs)
9 Canada Geese
c30 Mallard
1 adult Grey Heron
juv Coot

KGV Pool

female Tufted Duck
4 GC Grebes (2 ads, 2 juvs) 1 ad has a small amount of fishing line stuck to it's beak
25 Canada Geese
2 Coot (1 juv)
1 ad Grey Heron
1 GS Woodpecker


also, a Kingfisher briefly on the pool by the Bridgewater Canal (known as Wetlands near Balfour Road & Timperley Nature Reserve)

Saturday 10th July

King George V Pool

female Tufted Duck with 9 ducklings
4 GC Grebes (2 ads, 2 juvs)
25 Canada Geese
2 Coot (1 juv)
1 ad Grey Heron
1 GS Woodpecker
2 Starlings
1 House Sparrow
1 Greenfinch
2 Cormorants flying over

Note: info from fisherman: 105 carp were lost this winter at the site, due to freezing weather, therefore this site is not being used much by fishermen (perhaps 50 out of 60 permit holders have left the fishing club)

04/07/10
KGV Pool
4 GC Grebes (2 ads, juvs), 2 Mute Swan, female Tufted Duck, 1 Dunnock, 1 GS Woodpecker, 1 Nuthatch, 2 Coot (1 juv), 25 Canada Geese, c30 Mallards

Altrincham Golf Course
juv Grey Wagtail, 2 GS Woodpeckers


03/07/10
KGV Pool
4 GC Grebe (2 ads, 2 juvs), pair Tufted Ducks, 1 adult Grey Heron, 1 GS Woodpecker, c10 Common Swift

Stamford Park Lake
2 Mute Swan, 4 Moorhen (3 juvs)


also, fisherman report 2 Kingfishers on KGV Pool recently

Judith Smith wrote:

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Late news of a Firecrest on 24th April in Moss Lane, Timperley.
Thanks to Peter Day for the information.

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Wow that's a fantastic sighting. I'd love to know, was it in a private garden? Or the hedges round Pickering Lodge perhaps?
Cheers.

KGV last week

3 pairs of Tufted Duck
GC Grebe

Late news of a Firecrest on 24th April in Moss Lane, Timperley.
Thanks to Peter Day for the information.

King George V Pool

5 Pochard (3 drakes)
4 Tufted Duck (2 drakes)
2 GC Grebes
2 Mute Swan


Stamford Park Lake

2 Mute Swan
7 Canada Geese (5 goslings)
3 Moorhen (2 juvs)

First House Martin over the garden this morning, three more Swift over this afternoon - never seen Swift before 30th april over garden....oh, and yes, I'll update my member info!

Rob Smallwood wrote:

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Thanks - it's today - it was the Swift that was early!

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All the best for today Rob but you should check your member info

Thanks - it's today - it was the Swift that was early!

Happy birthday for whenever! They come arond so swiftly these days!

One over MY garden this evening - a very welcome (and early) birthday present!

A friend reports 3 Swift "dog-fighting" over Timperley late afternoon.

KGV

pair GC Grebes
7 Pochard (4 drakes)
4 Tufted Duck (2 drakes)
pair Mute Swan
pair Grey Wagtails
singing Willow Warbler & Chiffchaff

Male Blackcap in garden on Moss Lane on 30th & 31st March

Tuesday 9th March

10 Pochard (including 6 drakes) on KGV

04/03/2010 -

KGV -

1 Kingfisher (whizzed through)
9 Pochards (2f,7m - a high count for me here)
2 Canada Geese
2 Mute Swans
2 Moorhen
2 Coots
4 Mallards
1 Grey Heron
153 Black-headed Gulls
1 Common Gull
10 Magpies

SPL -

2 Mute Swans (one with a green darvid starting/ending in '00')
2 Canada Geese
14 Mallards
not as many exotics as I was hoping!

Henry Cook wrote:

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Hi Maka. My local Tawnies have gone strangely quite just down the road from you in Hale Barns. Not heard a peep from them in 2010. Not sure why but this cold might have something to do with it.

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Henry perhaps it is because all territories have been claimed and mates selected.

cheers for the info . think like you said the cold weather has a lot to do with it . thought you might like to know , although not local but non the less interesting , i have just returned from a few days away in a place called garthmyl , just near welshpool where my family and i were wittness to 15 buzzards in one large field , i have never seen anything like it . cheers

Hi Maka. My local Tawnies have gone strangely quite just down the road from you in Hale Barns. Not heard a peep from them in 2010. Not sure why but this cold might have something to do with it.

hello all , new to the sight so its good to be hear. i live in timperley just off park road backing on to the railway line, i used to see and hear tawny owls at least once a week but not heard one for ages, is it time of year or has anyone else seen or heard . thanks

16th February King George V Pool

5 Goosanders (2 drakes) first time i've seen this species here ! flew off @ 0930
1 drake Pochard
1 drake Tufted Duck
3 Moorhen
5 Canada Goose
16 Mallard
4 Black-headed Gull
1 farmyard goose


Stamford Park Lake
2 Mute Swan (1 with green ring CX70)
2 Canada Goose
44 Mallard
1 Mallard x Aylesbury type hybrid


Also, the date of the sinensis-type Cormorant on King George V Pool was 26th January




-- Edited by James Walsh on Friday 19th of February 2010 09:19:17 AM

About 2:30 a male merlin hurtled over the garden haeding roughly in Henry's direction - my first for the garden and means I now have all 4 UK falcons on the garden list, but still rarely see a House Sparrow despite a colony 3 doors away....

Raven circling high and calling over garden this morning.

Henry - It's pure white with paler legs than normal. Very distinctive especially when it flies as it's wings are completely bright white - just like an adult Med Gull.

Steven Nelson wrote:

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1 Leucistic BH Gull with normal BH Gulls and a few Common Gulls in the grounds of Altrincham College of Arts again today at 12.30pm.

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Possibly the bird which roosted at Rostherne during the cold snap Steven. Was it just partially white or white all over apart from the bill and legs?

1 Leucistic BH Gull with normal BH Gulls and a few Common Gulls in the grounds of Altrincham College of Arts again today at 12.30pm.

A sinensis-type white-headed Cormorant was on King George V Pool last week

Just outside Timperley, a Peregrine was harassing the bus station pigeons in Altrincham Town Centre at 9:00 this morning. It flew off roughly NE towards Timperley.

01/02/2010 - I searched a good stretch of Timperley Brook today as part of my late winter tetrad submission for the Bird Atlas but no sign of the Little Egret report a week ago now.
2 Snipes, 3 Grey Herons (one attempting to dispatch a frozen frog), 1 Fieldfare, 1 Pied Wagtail, 1 Kestrel and 2 Buzzards were also seen around the area of Green Lane and Clay Lane.

Reed bunting on the bird table this morning (first for garden list) and a snipe in a neighbour's garden during the week!

Late news from Sunday 24/01/10

Little Egret seen in the Green Lane/Wood Lane area of Timperley at 1030 hrs. Seen well in flight and perched in a tree.

Info Thanks to Frank/Diane Carrodus

WEBS count

Friday 18/12/09

KGV

1 drake Pochard
1 drake Tufted Duck
6 Mallard
1 Mute Swan
2 Canada Geese
7 Moorhens
80 Black-headed Gull

SPL

76 Mallard (plus 1 hybrid)
2 Canada Geese
2 Moorhens
11 Black-headed Gull
Also, 1 Grey Wagtail showing well

-- Edited by James Walsh on Sunday 20th of December 2009 09:29:50 AM

1 Leucistic BH Gull with normal BH Gulls and a few Common Gulls in the grounds of Altrincham College of Arts at 11.45am today. I initially saw it flying round and thought it was a Med Gull until it landed. The bird is bright white - much whiter than the normal BH's with pure white wings. It also has paler legs than usual.

KGV - Kingfisher, 3 Tufted Duck (2 drakes), 2 Mute Swan, 9 Canada Geese, 1 Coot, 7 Moorhen, 11 Mallard

King George V Pool - superb views of adult male Kingfisher on the fringes and islands around 2pm, also 9 Moorhen and 5 Mallard

Stamford Park Lake - 85 Mallard, 2 Moorhen and 1 Canada Goose

Raptor watch on Sinderland Brook around 11am on Sunday 20th September

c8 Common Buzzards, c3 Sparrowhawks and c2 Kestrel

Also, singing Chiffchaff and c50+ hirundines (Swallows and House Martins)

At least one Ring-necked Parakeet in the gardens and allotments adjoining Smith's Fields in Timperley this evening.