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The starlings are on the move. 47 passed through my Stretford garden just before 5pm today.

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19/3/24 Dukinfield

First Brambling seen on the feeders in nearly 5 years this lunch time. Female.
Siskins being seen every day, recent maximum of 9
also in the last week
2 Bullfinch
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
2 Nuthatch
3 Chaffinch
Greenfinch and Goldfinch in single figures
1 Goldcrest
2 Long-tailed Tit
Coal Tit
2 Collared Dove
Up to 5 Ring-necked Parakeet. Birds seen every day multiple times.
Plus the more regular garden birds, Robin, Sparrow, Blackbird, Starling, Woodpigeon, Dunnock, Blue and Great Tit.

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A Tawny Owl calling in trees on village green at 10pm last night,and today the very vocal pair of Ravens over the garden numerous times.

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Chiffchaff in my Astley garden this afternoon, busy feeding in the brambles at the bottom of the garden.



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A Chiffchaff heard singing from my Bredbury garden 8.15am today. 3 days earlier than the 1st that I heard last year

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2 Raven over my Chorlton flat 05.55 this morning

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In addition this morning

1 Male Blackcap
Singing Chiffchaff

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Siskins remain in the garden. 4 this morning giving a 7 day streak. Yesterday 12 Redwing and 2 Fieldfare were in the trees early on. Near Gorse Hall, Dukinfield.



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A large movement of calling Redwings currently taking place over my Irlam garden. I was outside for 10 mins and the constant contact calls every few seconds were heard throughout. Sounds like theyre heading east so no doubt on their way back towards Scandinavia.

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Yesterday, a Nuthatch and singing Goldcrest in my Astley garden.



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A noisy Heron flying over my Irlam garden at 8.45pn this evening in the dark.

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8 Buzzards thermalling and calling over the back garden this afternoon when sun put in an appearance.
On the feeders Nuthatch,Bullfinch,Chaffinch plus all the usuals,and a very tame Pheasant picking about in the back garden.

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Late post for Saturday 09.04.24 .
I was alerted by nextdoor neighbour Sue about a bird circling over our (urban) Gorse Hill terrace at 16:32.
I went to the front door and saw a Buzzard circling in the distance probably over Chorlton - cum- Hardy.
Joined by Sue she said there were 3 of them.
Ten minutes later a Raven drifted close by travelling North along Chester road.


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We had 6 Siskin in our garden backing on to Gorse Hall, Stalybridge this afternoon.

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Male Pheasant on the neighbours wavy lap fence this morning for c5 mins, looking very lost and calling. Then the neighbours dog scared it on to a garage roof. Not sure what its doing in a residential area of Astley at least a quarter of a mile form the nearest fields near the Applewood. 



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3 new birds to my flixton garden over the last week..

A pair of greenfinch on a couple of occasions.
Flyover cormorants, 16 yesterday.
And a sparrowhawk flying through.
Meadow pipit & pied wagtails have been heard but not seen.

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Another new bird for my Over Hulton / Atherton garden or rather flying over.....2 x Shelduck



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Female Blackcap visiting fatballs in the garden this morning. A few Siskin visited during the week. Jackdaws visiting frequently, every few days, is new behaviour for my postcode.


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Male Pheasant back in my Astley garden again yesterday and we’ve renamed him Zoltar (if you know, you know).



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I've also been getting up to 6 Siskin and a single male Blackcap on feeders in my Cheadle Hulme garden along with the regular garden birds.
Then last Thursday a new garden bird here arrived when a Brambling appeared under the feeders, eventually trying out the feeders. It has appeared most days since then when I have had a chance to look and still here today at 3 pm.

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Half a dozen siskins and the blackcap pair still visiting daily. Makes me think that winter might not yet be over. Also today- 2 jays visiting neighbouring garden, and a sparrowhawk on patrol.



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A red legged partridge has been seen in Ashton on Mersey both yesterday and today (Sunday)

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Pink-footed geese heard only over my flixton garden at 7.20pm this evening heading in a westerly direction towards Irlam moss.

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3 Oystercatchers calling as they flew over garden this afternoon, Raven being seen daily as well .

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Still seeing the siskins daily (6 today), and the blackcaps (m & f). Today's less frequently seen birds were a single redpoll, and a collared dove. Feeders probably at their busiest of the Winter just now.



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Been watching a Raven breaking small branches off the Ash tree at the bottom of the garden and flying off with them for presumably nesting material. Which hopefully means they must be nesting not too far away.

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A goldcrest was a new bird for my flixton garden this morning, I heard siskin going over but didn't see them.
3+ buzzards very low over


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2 Siskin coming to the feeders in my Bredbury garden and 6 Buzzard kettling overhead at 11.15am today

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Way too many Steven!no

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3 new birds for my flixton garden today...

1 great tit
1 male bullfinch
And a flyover skylark.

Mike I know it's not possible to get away from the Feral pigeons but at least it isn't 100 plus that I use to getno

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Lovely male Bullfinch hanging around in my Firswood garden yesterday.

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steven burke wrote:

Was hoping to get away from Feral pigeons but 5 were ween flying around the houses today.
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I'm not sure that's possible in any urban environment, Steven. Just think of them as potential Peregrine fodder.biggrin



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I moved into my new home in flixton on sunday, I set up a feeding station with wild bird seed, sunflower hearts, sunflower seeds & fatballs I added a bird bath & a hanging water bottle & a tray for seed. All already attracting some birds..
2 coal tits
2 blue tits
2 goldfinch
2 collared doves
2 woodpigeons
These are all enjoying the feast smile

So far 15 species seen..
Rooks are over & on the roofs of houses which is nice to see as I never had a rook at my old Trafford garden.
Blackbird
Wren
Robin
Jackdaw
Starling, one in particular sits outside my front garden on the telephone pole making lots of fantastic sounds.
House sparrows
Black-headed gulls over
Buzzards over, 2 seen together this afternoon.
Was hoping to get away from Feral pigeons but 5 were ween flying around the houses today.
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An oystercatcher was heard this afternoon, probably at irlam locks as I'm just a stones throw from there .
Looking forward to building a new garden list, I finished on 76 for my old Trafford garden.

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A male blackcap was in full song again this morning, just beyond my garden. A female joined him on a feeder later. At least 5 siskins at one time, but probably as many as 7 last two days. The bullfinch pair visited yesterday for the first time in weeks.



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1 male Siskin was the highlight today in my Bredbury.

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3 Siskins (2m 1 f) together, and 3 Blackcaps (2m 1f), almost at the same time, today. Also 2 nuthatch, 2 greenfinch, 3 chaffinch etc... 6 buzzards could be seen to the East over Compstall/Etherow CP woods soaring in the early sunshine.



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Back to having 2 male blackcaps again on last two days. Female not seen since last Saturday. Also 2 male siskins yesterday, but none today.



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Blackcap was singing, quite loudly, on and off for 5 mins in the fog this morning, and was later in the garden. Now 2 siskins, 1m, 1f, but not at same time.



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2 Raven over the garden this afternoon, one presumably the male spent 10 mins in aerial display whilst the other bird sat in a tree in next doors garden watching.
Also in the garden a male Pheasant, male Great Spotted Woodpecker, Nuthatch, 8 Long Tailed Tits together on the fat feeder,good numbers of Goldfinch and Greenfinch on the sunflower feeders with smaller numbers of Chaffinch feeding on them when they got the chance,plus all the usual suspects.



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A male siskin, on a feeder this morning, was a first in the garden (or anywhere else for that matter) this year. The male and female blackcaps are seen on a daily basis, but not for long at the same time as the male always drives her off once she's been spotted.



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There was a single siskin amongst the many goldfinch in my old Trafford garden this morning.

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Chris Porter wrote:

steven burke wrote:

Hi Chris, great you are getting blackcaps in your garden lately, unfortunately for me I haven't had any blackcap this winter in my old Trafford garden, disappointing as I had them every winter for many years now.
I get the ring-necked parakeets every day had 23 just the other day, I'm moving house soon so maybe when I stop feeding the birds they will come to yours as you seem to be not too far away.



Hi Steven, do the parakeets take over / force other birds away? Or do they just visit once a day? It's a nice novelty for now but wouldn't want to start seeing them in the same light as grey squirrels and pigeons... not that I could do much about it if they did decide to visit regularly!






Hi Chris, will send you a pm, save discussing in the sightings thread.

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steven burke wrote:

Hi Chris, great you are getting blackcaps in your garden lately, unfortunately for me I haven't had any blackcap this winter in my old Trafford garden, disappointing as I had them every winter for many years now.
I get the ring-necked parakeets every day had 23 just the other day, I'm moving house soon so maybe when I stop feeding the birds they will come to yours as you seem to be not too far away.



Hi Steven, do the parakeets take over / force other birds away? Or do they just visit once a day? It's a nice novelty for now but wouldn't want to start seeing them in the same light as grey squirrels and pigeons... not that I could do much about it if they did decide to visit regularly!


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Been seeing a female blackcap at the feeders (Old Trafford/Firswood) most days over last couple of weeks - at one point there were two together. both female. Strange that others in Old Trafford seem to be getting only males - maybe they'll get together in the spring.

Other regulars - Great Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Robin, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Blackbird. Long-tailed Tits slightly less regularly.

Also, ring-necked parakeet on feeders yesterday (first ever seen).







Hi Chris, great you are getting blackcaps in your garden lately, unfortunately for me I haven't had any blackcap this winter in my old Trafford garden, disappointing as I had them every winter for many years now.
I get the ring-necked parakeets every day had 23 just the other day, I'm moving house soon so maybe when I stop feeding the birds they will come to yours as you seem to be not too far away.

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Been seeing a female blackcap at the feeders (Old Trafford/Firswood) most days over last couple of weeks - at one point there were two together. both female. Strange that others in Old Trafford seem to be getting only males - maybe they'll get together in the spring.

Other regulars - Great Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Robin, Dunnock, House Sparrow, Blackbird. Long-tailed Tits slightly less regularly.

Also, ring-necked parakeet on feeders yesterday (first ever seen).

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A new bird yesterday evening. A flyover from a Woodcock brings the garden list to 62 just off Newbrook Rd between Atherton and Over Hulton 



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Male Blackcap again today and yesterday in my Old Trafford garden

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Andy Bissitt wrote:

A Reed Bunting was just at the front garden with a few goldfinches. An absolute mega and, of course, garden first after 37 years.


 Not long after this moment of excitement, there was another unusual visitor, this time in the back garden - when a female blackcap was seen at a feeder. One of the males was also on view, the other male not having been seen for 4 days. It's been many years since a female was recorded here. Two nuthatches was also the first multi- number sighting of the year.



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A Reed Bunting was just at the front garden with a few goldfinches. An absolute mega and, of course, garden first after 37 years.

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A male and female siskin found their way into my Norden garden today. They tend to be annual but not regular.

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