Called at ASDA near the Etihad Stadium late afternoon. Approx 30-40 birds in one of the trees outside the main doors. More birds constantly coming in too!
Simon Gough said
Tue Mar 20 4:12 PM, 2018
I counted 28 birds last night, gathering on rooftops around the junction of Burnage Lane and Lane End Road in Burnage.
Kath Butterworth said
Sun Dec 10 4:04 PM, 2017
14 in trees on Sainsburys carpark Oldham at 2000hrs. 1 Starling also present
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sat Feb 25 8:12 PM, 2017
Roost building nicely by Wellington on Piccadilly Gardens at 6 this evening; about 50 or 60 already present, and arriving all the time in a steady stream from the roof of the Ask Italian building.
Scott robinson said
Wed Feb 8 5:54 AM, 2017
100 +Flitting between Bjs Bingo and the Nightclub in Leigh Town Centre last night.
steven burke said
Tue Feb 7 8:47 PM, 2017
220+ in the trees outside the ask Italian restaurant, Piccadilly gardens at 6.30pm.
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sat Jan 14 9:39 PM, 2017
Well over 200 roosting next to Wellington on Piccadilly Gardens around 6 this evening.
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sat Jan 7 7:37 PM, 2017
Probably well over 150 birds roosting by Wellington on Piccadilly Gardens at around 6 this evening.
Craig Higson said
Tue Dec 20 6:27 PM, 2016
Totally forgot to add this record - 15th November. Over a hundred birds were in the trees at the piccadilly end of Portland Street.
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sat Dec 17 7:39 PM, 2016
50 or 60 roosting in sycamore near Wellington's statue at Piccadilly Gardens around 5.30 this evening.
dave broome said
Fri Nov 4 7:54 PM, 2016
c40 in a tree at Harrogate Street car park, Wigan this evening
Gordon Newman said
Sat Oct 15 10:07 PM, 2016
100+ gathering on and around roof of XPO Logistics building on Leigh Industrial Park @ 18.15 as I cycled past on way home from work
-- Edited by Gordon Newman on Saturday 15th of October 2016 10:28:42 PM
Mike Chorley said
Wed Oct 12 11:10 PM, 2016
Birds were gathering in the trees along Corporation Street (on either side of the walkway from the Arnedale to M & S) at around 6.30 p.m. No sight or sound of any activity in St. Anne's Square a few minutes later, so another site added to the Central Manchester circuit.
Nigel Troup said
Thu Sep 29 12:39 PM, 2016
At least 30 birds were on the roof of A&E at Stepping Hill hospital at 6:15 yesterday evening.
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sat Mar 19 8:44 PM, 2016
100+ birds settling in to roost at just before seven this evening at their usual spot next to Wellington on Piccadilly Gardens. Still quite active and noisy.
Shannon Llewellyn said
Sat Feb 13 8:21 PM, 2016
Over 100 birds (I counted 40, and that was significantly fewer than half) roosting in a tree next to the statue of Wellington on Piccadilly Gardens at about 6.30 this evening,
Adam Jones said
Mon Jan 11 8:00 AM, 2016
c75 Pied Wagtails in the Sycamores on the corner of Portland Street and Piccadilly at 7.20am
vic chatterton said
Fri Dec 11 6:43 PM, 2015
Roost of c 250 in Mersey Square, Stockport this evening.
Tim Wilcox said
Tue Nov 10 8:38 PM, 2015
Pied Wagtails c.50 in the Sycamores outside AskItalian Piccadilly at 4.50pm
-- Edited by Tim Wilcox on Tuesday 10th of November 2015 08:38:59 PM
Adam Jones said
Thu Oct 22 7:57 AM, 2015
I counted 35 Pied Wagtails flying from their roost in the trees outside Ask Italian restaurant at the top of Portland Street this morning at 7.30am.
Chris Harper said
Sun Sep 20 2:51 PM, 2015
On the bus past Morrisons in Bredbury yesterday at about 7pm counted at least 50 Wagtails on the roof. Presuming all Pied.
paul shaw said
Thu Mar 12 8:34 PM, 2015
Peel centre Stockport.
At 6.20pm I observed at least 20 pied wagtails going in to roost in a laurel tree at the side of nandos, judging by the noise coming from the tree and the birds flitting around there was consideribly more but it is impossible to get a view in to the tree.
I shall try to watch the roost again and get a better count.
Paul Heaton said
Wed Jan 14 10:09 PM, 2015
Count of 150 + tonight on the multi story car park of Tescos in Sale .
This was a 8.30 tonight most were actually sheltering from the wind on the car park floor,
keep birding
Nick Hilton said
Mon Jan 12 9:03 PM, 2015
Sat in the traffic lights at the junction of the A56 and Ashfield Road in Sale today at 1645 approx 30 Pied Wagtail entered the four small evergreen trees. Looked to be more birds already in there, with further birds massing on the adjacent rooftops.
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Dec 11 6:58 PM, 2014
David Walsh wrote:
Does anyone submit these? Not one of my usual haunts
In a nutshell, no!
A very small handful of observers do to be fair and we're very grateful for them but like many 'reports' on this forum, too many are lost to the annals of time. So please do submit the record David
This roost has been up around 800 strong in previous years!
David Walsh said
Thu Dec 11 6:20 PM, 2014
Thursday 11th December 2014, 4.30pm
St Anne's Square, Manchester
Conservative estimate of 300 in the two trees
Does anyone submit these? Not one of my usual haunts
Gordon Heeley said
Sat Dec 6 9:31 PM, 2014
Around 200 birds tonight in trees at north end of Robin Retail Park, Wigan.
steven burke said
Mon Nov 3 8:40 PM, 2014
very noisy in st anns square between 4.40-5.05pm, all the wagtails moving amongst the 3 large trees before eventually settling down. still hard to count but well over 300 birds present.
gary mills said
Sun Oct 19 9:36 PM, 2014
A substantial roost taking place over the last few nights in bushes and trees on the car park of 'Norbain', Alexandria Drive, Aston Moss.
Keith Mills said
Fri Aug 8 8:46 PM, 2014
Just after 8 this evening: At least 21 Pied Wagtail on the car park at Middlebrook Retail Park. As I arrived, they were on the car park near Boots (nearly empty of cars there) and the birds started to fly up onto the CarpetRight and adjoining Boots units.
Mike Chorley said
Thu Jan 30 8:47 PM, 2014
C 400 again in the big tree in St Anne's Square, both before and after the show last night. No sign of any in the two smaller trees or the outliers.
-- Edited by Mike Chorley on Thursday 30th of January 2014 08:49:09 PM
steven burke said
Wed Jan 1 7:55 PM, 2014
at least 400 in the larger tree in st anns square this evening at 5.30pm, several of them still feeding on the ground and several in the small trees on the corners. none in albert square.
steven burke said
Fri Dec 27 9:21 PM, 2013
350+ in the single larger tree in st anns square this evening. yesterday evening there was more than that well over 400 with 6 of them still feeding on the ground at 5.50pm.
Tim Wilcox said
Sat Dec 21 7:26 PM, 2013
Late post for Wednesday. Around 900 to 1,000 birds in trees above the market stalls at 6pm. Truly stunning numbers
Mike Chorley said
Thu Dec 12 6:27 PM, 2013
All change for the St. Anne's Square birds at 10 p.m. last night, with the bulk of the birds (c250) in the single tree in the middle of the market (quite literally, as the stalls are now built around three sides of it) and smaller numbers in the pair of trees nearer to the Royal Exchange. When we were here last month (Nov 6th) there was no sign of any birds roosting.
steven burke said
Fri Nov 29 9:39 PM, 2013
a good number of them tonight in st anns square, even though the leaves have fallen it is still hard to count them, but at least 150-200 in the first 2 trees plus another 100+ in the larger single tree, probably now enjoying all the heat from the markets below them.
Sarfraz Hayat said
Sun Oct 27 1:20 AM, 2013
Quite a few at Rochdale Asda on 8th October rossting in the small trees.
gary mills said
Sat Oct 26 9:38 PM, 2013
At dusk on 23.10.13 Alexandria Drive, Ashton Moss was alive with dozens of wagtails all over the road feeding prior to roosting in nearby trees.
gary lilley said
Sat Oct 5 10:00 PM, 2013
Wigan Tony . regards Gary .
Tony Darby said
Sat Oct 5 5:10 AM, 2013
Sounds good Gary, but where in GM are you referring to ?
gary lilley said
Sat Oct 5 2:18 AM, 2013
Huge numbers on the honda garage roof between robin park and beech hill this evening ( IN THE HUNDREDS) most ive ever seen in one area .
Phil Panton said
Thu Oct 3 4:01 AM, 2013
Been a flock of between 20 & 30 birds every morning on the bowling green in the Memorial Park in Marple for the past week & a half.
steven burke said
Fri Sep 27 8:52 PM, 2013
the pied wagtails were gathering up in st anns square, manchester this evening, no count due to leaves on trees, but plenty off them
-- Edited by steven burke on Friday 27th of September 2013 08:52:57 PM
Simon Warford said
Sun Mar 24 1:49 AM, 2013
90+ in single tree outside Cafe Nero/McDonalds in Bolton Town centre on Thursday 21st.
Steve Christmas said
Tue Mar 12 5:19 AM, 2013
A couple of winters back there was a roost under the overhanging roof of Bolton Arena, over the road from the Reebok.
Keith Mills said
Tue Mar 12 4:24 AM, 2013
Pied Wagtails are regularly seen between the cars on the Middlebrook Retail Car Park. There were more tonight than I have seen before. At least 20 going to roost in ones and two's in the direction of Asda's roof. Just before 6pm.
steven burke said
Mon Feb 25 4:24 AM, 2013
around 150 pied wagtails in roost tonight in st anns square, Manchester. still settling and noisy at around 6.05pm.
Mike Chorley said
Fri Dec 14 5:45 AM, 2012
Judging by the numbers present around 21.45 last night that seems like a fairly accurate estimate Steven. I didn't have time to try from several angles and get an average figure but there were at least that number in the three main trees.
steven burke said
Thu Dec 6 2:31 AM, 2012
Large numbers off pied wagtails in st Annes square tonight,tried to get a count but still a tricky job,I would estimate at least 300,kept losing count in the 200s some even roosting in smaller trees on the corners eventually settling down around 4.45pm. A spectucalar sight.
Paul Richardson said
Fri Nov 30 4:11 PM, 2012
Unusual sighting of 9 Pied Wagtail in and around the "Arches" car park and the end of Bradshawgate, Leigh on my walk to work this morning. I have suspected for a while there is a roost nearby but never seen so many birds. Mighty cold this morning so I hope they have a good warm roost. ?Possibly somewhere around the tyre business at the far end of the main car park.
Approx 30-40 birds in one of the trees outside the main doors. More birds constantly coming in too!
14 in trees on Sainsburys carpark Oldham at 2000hrs. 1 Starling also present
c40 in a tree at Harrogate Street car park, Wigan this evening
-- Edited by Gordon Newman on Saturday 15th of October 2016 10:28:42 PM
Roost of c 250 in Mersey Square, Stockport this evening.
Pied Wagtails c.50 in the Sycamores outside AskItalian Piccadilly at 4.50pm
-- Edited by Tim Wilcox on Tuesday 10th of November 2015 08:38:59 PM
This was a 8.30 tonight most were actually sheltering from the wind on the car park floor,
keep birding
In a nutshell, no!
A very small handful of observers do to be fair and we're very grateful for them but like many 'reports' on this forum, too many are lost to the annals of time. So please do submit the record David
This roost has been up around 800 strong in previous years!
St Anne's Square, Manchester
Conservative estimate of 300 in the two trees
Does anyone submit these? Not one of my usual haunts
As I arrived, they were on the car park near Boots (nearly empty of cars there) and the birds started to fly
up onto the CarpetRight and adjoining Boots units.
-- Edited by Mike Chorley on Thursday 30th of January 2014 08:49:09 PM
at least 400 in the larger tree in st anns square this evening at 5.30pm, several of them still feeding on the ground and several in the small trees on the corners. none in albert square.
Quite a few at Rochdale Asda on 8th October rossting in the small trees.
regards Gary .
-- Edited by steven burke on Friday 27th of September 2013 08:52:57 PM
At least 20 going to roost in ones and two's in the direction of Asda's roof. Just before 6pm.