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Steven Nelson


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Came home today to find the sad sight of the roof of one of my nest boxes in my garden partially ripped off that had Great Tits nesting in it for the first time. 3 small eggs still inside. Presumably done by a squirrel.

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Another 2 new birds over my flixton garden today, 2 swifts whizzing around but soon disappeared & a great black-backed gull.
Also over throughout the day...
12 sand Martins
1 Swallow
1 sparrowhawk
1 buzzard
And a distant blackcap heard singing over towards the ship canal, surprised its the first one I've heard though.

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A flyover raven & a grey heron were new to my flixton garden today.
A tawny owl was heard only yesterday evening just after 10pm.


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Ian McKerchar


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Whitethroat singing from my Astley garden this morning.



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A lovely lesser redpoll spent a lot of time in my flixton garden this morning, wasn't too bothered by me doing some gardening even when I was about 3ft away from my feeders at one point. Occasionally it flew to the top of the trees in next doors garden & did some singing & back down again to feed. smile

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Whilst sat in my flixton garden this evening after work, what sounded very much like a water rail going over at 10.48pm, very noisy as well, At 11.02pm oystercatcher over then at 11.29pm whimbrel over.


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pete berry


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A Swift over the back garden this evening briefly,feeding quite high up,first one I've seen this year.

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Bar-tailed godwit heard over my flixton garden just after 11pm this evening.

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3 more new birds to add to my flixton garden list.
Ring-necked parakeets over at the weekend.
Oystercatcher over on Sunday.
3 swallows over this evening.





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Barry Corless


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Puzzler in my Norden garden this afternoon...

A chaffinch but

1. It had two distinct wing bars not the T-shape we usually see
2. Very rusty brown - significantly more so than any I've ever seen before
3. Merlin mistook its call for Tree Sparrow!!

I'm assuming it might be a subspecies but the call freaked me out...


Any ideas?





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Ian McKerchar


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This afternoon in my Astley Garden, a Raven over east, both Willow Warbler and Blackcap singing from trees at the back of the garden and Blackbirds still feeding young.



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Steven Nelson


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Chiffchaff in my Irlam garden this morning - only my 3rd record

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fredford


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Bury . Two magpies have , systematically , pulled up approximately three square yards of grass and moss from the lawn . They were really heaving on it .
A first , here . Were they after something specific , if so , what ? Any ideas , please !

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Small numbers of Siskin and Linnet over my Tyldesley garden today but best of all were 2 Greylag Geese heading east just before 9am, my first garden record!

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A cracking sum plum male Siskin in the garden this morning feeding on dandelion heads,rather than the sunflower hearts I put out for the birds!!

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2 Swallows briefly feeding over trees at bottom of garden this afternoon.
Also a male and female Sparrowhawk thermalling above garden, 2 Buzzards over and a Kestrel hunting over the rough field at back of house.
Chiffchaff still singing a couple of gardens away,and Nuthatch
singing also.

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6 sand Martins over were new to my flixton garden list this evening.


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Singing Chiffchaff in my urban Old Trafford garden just now. There has been a singing bird at nearby Firswood tram stop in previous years, wonder if this one will hold a territory

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Swallow just flown over the garden, first one locally for me this spring.

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A singing Blackcap in the apple tree in next doors garden this afternoon, also a male Reed Bunting in full sum plum in the garden feeding on the lawn.
4 Mallards over the garden and a few Black Headed and Lesser Black Backed gulls as well.

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Unexpectedly, a pair of Siskins today, checking out my, alas, empty feeders (north Manchester)

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Tawny Owl calling from Ash tree at bottom of garden at 9.55pm tonight

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Buzzard seen distantly from my urban Old Trafford garden just now, seemingly heading south along the metrolink line past firswood. Also singing blackcap in recent days

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Bury . Chiffchaff heard . Huzzah ! Earliest yet . Blackcap awaited.

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I've had this Rook visiting my garden feeders, regularly the past few days. Such a prehistoric looking bird when viewed at close range! 

(Walshaw, North Bury)



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First Willow Warbler heard in the trees behind Kennedy Road, Astley, while on my driveway. Also Chiffchaff calling and Great Spotted Woodpecker at same time.



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Both blackcap (a fem today, the male last seen yesterday), and siskins (min 4 today) make it into another month. Looks like they will only leave when my sunflower hearts run out, which will be in 4-5 days time. I don't feed birds during Summer. A nuthatch was a surprise today, being the first for c3 weeks.



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Large numbers of siskin this year visiting my feeder 20+. M/F today maybe upto 50/60 on some days gone by, others chaffinch (3 ) 2M 1F pair Bullfinch Goldfinch 7 Greenfinch 5 Bluetits nesting Great tits nesting Coal tits Robin Wren Goldcrest 1 Dunnock 2 Blackbirds 2 Starlings Carrion crows nesting Wood pigeons Collard doves Sparrowhawk hunting

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A peregrine was over Sunfield mid-morning, seen from the garden, until a brave sparrowhawk came along to see it off its patch.



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A Siskin on the bird feeders this afternoon first one I've seen in garden this winter.
A Greater Spotted Woodpecker on the bird fat,several Goldfinch,Greenfinch also on the seed feeders
And over the garden a Sparrowhawk,Buzzard and Kestrel

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2 Raven cronking high over my Chorlton garden just now. Heading East towards St Werburghs

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Chiffchaff singing in trees at bottom of garden today,a large Sparrowhawk(presumably female) thermalling over the garden in the sunshine,a few Lesser Black Backed and Black Headed Gulls over as well.

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Two Stock Doves in my Astley garden when I came home from work at 3:45pm today (iPhone photo attached).



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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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Chris Harper


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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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Ian McKerchar


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



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Steven Nelson


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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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steven burke


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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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