Several Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler heard along the canal.
Lovely singing male Blackcap allowed a close watch on the path between canal and Barton Dock Road.
phillipskelly said
Wed Mar 28 6:45 PM, 2018
Very late post for Sunday 25.03.18 (On the way to Old Barton rd /MS canal). Buzzard - 1 . Lesser Black-back gull c30 mobbing Buzzard. Greenfinch - 2. Mistle Thrush - 2. Long-tail tit - 6. House sparrow - quite a few along the way. (Also a red admiral ).
phillipskelly said
Sun Jun 18 8:34 PM, 2017
From Chester rd.bridge to Old Barton rd (adjacent Barton rd. swing bridge ). House sparrows with juveniles all along the canal. Grey Wagtail - 5 (2 ad + 1 juvenile near Kelloggs , another 2 ad. further along ). Footpath to Barton dock rd. near Bridgegate way - Chiffchaff - 3 (2 ad. .... one with silver ring on right leg plus a juvenile ). and 2 more further along the canal. Sparrowhawk - 1 over . Blackbird - 10. Long-tail tit - c10 Inc. 3-4 young . Mistle Thrush - 1. Old Barton rd. - Sparrowhawk - 1 ( mobbed by swallows ). Chifchaff - 3 heard. Willow Warbler - 2 heard . Swallow - lots . Kingfisher . - 3 seen together (Salford side of MSCanal) on a dead branch with a white container stuck in it. Looks like 2 adult and a juvenile , the two larger birds were fishing and returning to it but I didn't see it fed. Seen from the concrete jetty opposite the church / graveyard. Note - this area is totally wild all the way to the M60 Barton flyover eg. tall grasses, lots of bramble, hawthorn etc. looks like it could be a "New Pomona " . Ps. someone watched this area the past and posted on GM birders but I've read nowt for years .
Oystercatcher - 1 heard as I left.
-- Edited by phillipskelly on Sunday 18th of June 2017 08:38:13 PM
Several Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler heard along the canal.
Lovely singing male Blackcap allowed a close watch on the path between canal and Barton Dock Road.
(On the way to Old Barton rd /MS canal).
Buzzard - 1 .
Lesser Black-back gull c30 mobbing Buzzard.
Greenfinch - 2.
Mistle Thrush - 2.
Long-tail tit - 6.
House sparrow - quite a few along the way.
(Also a red admiral ).
House sparrows with juveniles all along the canal.
Grey Wagtail - 5 (2 ad + 1 juvenile near Kelloggs , another 2 ad. further along ).
Footpath to Barton dock rd. near Bridgegate way -
Chiffchaff - 3 (2 ad. .... one with silver ring on right leg plus a juvenile ).
and 2 more further along the canal.
Sparrowhawk - 1 over .
Blackbird - 10.
Long-tail tit - c10 Inc. 3-4 young .
Mistle Thrush - 1.
Old Barton rd. -
Sparrowhawk - 1 ( mobbed by swallows ).
Chifchaff - 3 heard.
Willow Warbler - 2 heard .
Swallow - lots .
Kingfisher . - 3 seen together (Salford side of MSCanal) on a dead branch with a white container stuck in it.
Looks like 2 adult and a juvenile , the two larger birds were fishing and returning to it but I didn't see it fed.
Seen from the concrete jetty opposite the church / graveyard.
Note - this area is totally wild all the way to the M60 Barton flyover eg. tall grasses, lots of bramble, hawthorn etc. looks like it could be a "New Pomona " . Ps. someone watched this area the past and posted on GM birders but I've read nowt for years .
Oystercatcher - 1 heard as I left.
-- Edited by phillipskelly on Sunday 18th of June 2017 08:38:13 PM