Spotted from our Front window this lunchtime and had been about most of the morning.
A pair of GSW in obvious courtship bobbing and dancing about on branches and chasing each other about The Grove and the bushes and trees of Williamm Wroe from 16th Green to back of 17th tee.

Steve

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Ian McKerchar wrote:

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Steve Scrimgeour wrote:

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1 yellow wagtail this am mooching around our garden this morning

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Yellow Wagtail Steve? They are unheard of in the UK in winter, so this would be especially intruiging if it is?

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Although Grey is more likely a Yellow Wagtail wintered in Cornwall from 2006-2008 but not this winter, possibly an eastern race bird but in winter plumage too hard to tell.

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Almost unheard of in the UK apart from a few very rare occurences of apparent wintering birds (two in the past 8 years) seen in early February

Ian McKerchar wrote:

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Steve Scrimgeour wrote:

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1 yellow wagtail this am mooching around our garden this morning

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Yellow Wagtail Steve? They are unheard of in the UK in winter, so this would be especially intruiging if it is?

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Although Grey is more likely a Yellow Wagtail wintered in Cornwall from 2006-2008 but not this winter, possibly an eastern race bird but in winter plumage too hard to tell.

Sorry meant Grey, little lad is learning his colours and kept shouting lellow bird dad, its lellow.
Sorry for the confusion.

Steve Scrimgeour wrote:

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1 yellow wagtail this am mooching around our garden this morning

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Yellow Wagtail Steve? They are unheard of in the UK in winter, so this would be especially intruiging if it is?

1 yellow wagtail this am mooching around our garden this morning

News just in from the good wife

10 Siskins also on Niger seed...This Morning last spring we had 3 regularly so a few more at the mo....

Sorry for the late sightings, but normally update from phone, bit cream crackered so had to make do with work computer.

Saturday am: 20 Goldfinches on feeders and Chicken pen in our Garden along with 10 long tailed tits and 15 Great Tits. Have moved one feeder to front of house so could be these have always been around but just not round the back.

Sunday 1300: 65 Goldfinches, by far the largest number we have ever had in and around our house, rapidly running low on Niger seed....

Not been on for a while, busy with work etc.
Phone call this morning from her indoors.
6 Buzzards circling over our house and William Wroe G.C. this am.
Most noticed around for a while, normal odd one, poss family outing ?

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Gosh, my typing's even worse than usual in that last message!

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Put that red wine away!!!!!!! and stop blaming your typing....

Gosh, my typing's even worse than usual in that last message!

I don't thisnk the geese over Mosley Common at 1155 would be the same as seen at 0910hrs but a different lot?
I had 36 going E over Littel Woolden Moss at 1017am today.

hi gary and steve, saw the geese 1155 this am over mosley common [sale lane] heading north west towards bolton or horwich ,may be on route to rumworth. Actually came on to the site to see if anyone had spotted them.

You both might want to add these sightings to the Pink-footed Goose thread, it looks like there was plenty of movement today.

http://www.activeboard.com/forum.spark?forumID=96752&p=3&topicID=13628003



-- Edited by Rob Smallwood at 17:20, 2008-01-23

Gary,

Thanks for that you never know someone else may have seen them as well.

Welcome and thanks for making me your 1st post,

Hi Steve,

The pink feet flew over Christie Hospital in Withington at 0910 still going South East. In fact it prompted me to join the forum (after lurking for about a year) just to post this.

Gary

This morning approx 0900 high over William Wroe, heading East towards Sale or Chorlton W.P.

200/300 Pinkfeet.


Did anyone else find these further afield..

Highlights over the last weekend.

1 m Bullfinch on William Roe Boating Lake ( golf course) Watched for about 30 mins right in front of house.

Also

APPROX 3000 gulls seem to have taken up residence on Flixton fields and William Roe, just wish I knew the difference between them all. Seem to be Lesser Black Back, Black Headed and there are definately 5 Greater Black Backed...

Finally

1 male Siskin still feeding daily....

Yet another first in our Back garden today..

Pair of Redwings rapidly emptying the Holly bush of its berries....

So all in all a good start to the year with 4 new birds in and around the garden..

Siskin
Tree Creeper
Redwings..
Sparrowhawk

All these seen since 01-01-08....

Oh its great to work from home....

Cheers
Steve

Todays Highlights 2-1-08

3 Siskins 2f 1m in tree opposite
1 Tree Creeper in front garden
1 Goldcrest in back garden

1 Sparrowhawk being mobbed by the local Carrion gang.... 1st real time I have spotted him, have seen brief glimpses as he tends to chase the local Tit and Finch brigades across William Wroe...

Long Tails now numbering 20 plus as are the Blue tits
Goldfinches now numbering 20-30 depending on time of day, not bad considering we started seeing these this summer and there was a family of 6 on Niger seeds everyday..


Cheers
Steve

Todays highlights whilst having a quick brew... Tree Creeper mooching on trees across road on William Wroe G.C. Pair of Nuthatch in Garden on feeders Jay in Front Garden G.S.W on same tree and same branch at same time.. In undated with flocks of Goldfinches, Long Tailed Tits, on feeders Largest flockof Goldfinches split between mine and neighbours garden 30 plus.... Blackcap mooching around bushes in front garden, along with a lonesome Greenfinch. Plus the norm, Blue Tits , Great tits , Dunnocks, House Sparrow, Coal Tits. Robins now feeding of windowsill ( whilst watching the Darts or so it seems).... Cheers