i had a quick look round at 7am and couldn,t find the ringed plovers but the lapwing and skylark must be in for shock
i,ll have a look from the war musem in the morning to see if the plovers have adopted the match day car park.

cheers geoff

c50 Common Swift over the site early afternoon

Area fenced off and construction work appears to have begun

dear all,present this morning 19/05/07

2 wheatear 6 lapwing
6 skylark 2 ringed plover
2 blackbird 2 mistle thrush
2 dunnock 1 wren
6 swallow 4 swift
1 falconer and terrier (must be 24/7 now)
and usual water fowl on river.
i,ve been told the site is being fenced off on monday and the bulldozers are coming,so i,ll have to find somwhere else to watch.It will be interesting to see if the birds come back and adapt to the new landscape??

cheers geoff:

james ,falconer present at 7am wednesday was chatting to him and he asked me to wear an hi,vis vest next time
i visit (almost an invitation) i saw both wheatear and 6 skylarks in addition to your list

cheers geoff

1 Ringed Plover, 5+ Lapwing, 1 Wheatear

no falconer seen mid morning

also singing song thrush by broadway and singing common whitethroat in small pines by watersports centre

15/05 - 1800hrs
1 Ringed Plover viewed on the area, with a couple of Lapwing. Viewed from the War Museum Car Park so views restricted.
1 Ringed Plover on the Bronnington Car Park.

2+ Lapwing and 2 Wheatear on site mid afternoon today

Falconer, Harris Hawk and Spaniel dog also present

up to 4 Ringed Plover, up to 7 Lapwing, 3 Skylark and pair of Wheatear this evening

also falconer, landrover, harris hawk, falcon & terrier on site til just after 5pm

have heard that work is due to start at this site from 19th may

I had a quick look at the site after work today at 12.45pm and was surprised to see 2 R Plovers within 15m of a Harris hawk which the falconer had placed close to the ground about 5m from his vechicle. The plovers hardly moved at all and kept well down in the grass.A pair of Wheatears flew across the site and landed near the dry dock.

nick,i had quick walk round this morning at more or less the same time and had three ringed on my side four lapwing,s 2 wheatear and i can still hear the skylark,s singing ,hopefully they will all move over when work starts.
cheers geoff

The two Ringed Plover (and at least one Lapwing) have moved over the canal to the Bronnington Car Park. They were there last night at 6pm and this morning at 7.30am. This site has potential for them to breed. The car park, as far as I know, does not get busy except when Man U are at home. There is only one game left, West Ham on the 13/05 so if they do not get disturbed then it will be promising. Best viewed thru the fence from the War Museum Car Park (when the gate keeper isn't there !!).

yesterday evening (29/04)

2+ Ringed Plover
3+ Lapwing
5+ Sand Martin

also several fenced off areas with signs saying "Danger: Japanese Knotweed authorised personnel only"

Geoff,
I had a quick look near the lock but I did not see any Wheatears ,the Lapwings could have been defending a possible nest site so I will have another look tomorrow after work.

dave ,did you catch the wheatears they seem to favour the right hand side towards the lock, on the rocks and log
cheers geoff

Hi Geoff
I just had a quick look at 8pm this evening,

2 R Plover
5 Lapwings
7 Canada geese
and at least 20 rabbits.

2 Lapwings were trying to distract a pair of Canada geese from moving into their area.

28/040/07 quick look on way to work

6 lapwings 5 ringed plover
4 skylark 2 mistle thrush
2 wheatear

the wheatear are quite approachable and i have got some decent photo,s

cheers geoff

early morning visit to site revealed a treat,present were

6 lapwing 4 wood pigeon
2 skylark 1 heron
2 mistle thush 2 swift
2 swallow 4 ringed plover
2 mute swan 2 canada
6 wheatear ,the wheatear were bobbing around the site and 6 was my best grouping could have been a few more

cheers geoff

 There was an article in The Times on saturday on how work was stopped on an housing developement in Yorkshire because Lapwings were nesting on the site. If the law is being enforced there, why isn't being enforced here?
Bringing falconer's in sounds a bit underhand to me.

Can someone get this falconer's reg. no. pleaseso I can pass it on to the police and RSPB Investigations.

He was still there at 2.15pm this afternoon while sitting in his vehicle watching me for the 45mins I was watching him.

I could not find any plovers at all and only present were

3 Skylarks
4 Canada geese
2 pair of Mistle Thrushes, 1 pair with 2 young.
1 Lapwing that did not settle but just flew around the site for 15mins.
4 Swallows over.

11.00 Sunday 22/04/07

5 Ringed Plover
3 Lapwing
3 Skylark
2 Wheatear

Falconer present with pale headed Saker-type Falcon, Harris Hawk and small terrier dog

Please note that I have just placed some important  information regarding this falconer (and others like him) on the 'County Notice Board' page of the main website that may assist observers there

sat,21/04/07 07.15 quick look round site

1 grey heron       6 lapwing
4 ringed plover    4 skylark
2 mistle thrush    4 blackbird
6 starlings           4 woodpigeon

cheers geoff
falconer back on site 12.45 with 2 4x4 and harris hawk and not up for conversation as this is private land so go away please

sat/14/04/07 07.00
 a quiet walk around site only noticed new pins in field and spray paint instructions  for ground workers,none the less birds seem very calm and afforded candid views at 3m or less
6 lapwing           6 skylark
2 moorhen         4 woodpigeon
7 ringed plover    2 coot
4 cormorants      1 heron
1 kingfisher         2 mute swan
6 starling            1 robin
2 blackbird          4 greenfinch
1 lesser bb gull
it,s a shame it will change when work starts but let,s see what stays cheers geoff  

Dave

You can read through the history on the "General Birding Discussion" page - "Salford Quays Ringed Plover 2007"

From the war museum car park on the waste ground (bbc site) I saw a 4x4 vehicle with NBC on it and an email address on it . this is a bird pest control company http://www.birdsolutions.co.uk
Does anybody know why they were there ?



Dave Mcintyre

sat 31/03/07 07.30
viewed from war musem car park 

2 ringed plover  6 lapwing
2 skylark           4 wood pigeon
1 blackbird        6 magpie

cheers geoff

27/03/07 17.30 had a wander around perimeter of site 10 magpie 4 lapwing 2 mallard 2 skylark (displaying) 2 mute swan 1 kestrel 2 blackbirds 6 greenfinch 10 wood pigeon 3 mistle thrush 6 meadow pipit cheers geoff

24/03/07 quick visit on the way to work
              1 wren      2 blackirds
             9  magpie   4 woodpigeon
             2  skylark   6 cormorant
            12 c/geese  1 robin
             2  r/plover  6 mallard

cheers geoff