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Sunday 26th March 2017, 10.30 - 11.30am

Pennine Bridleway, Harridge, Carrbrook end.

At least 6 Lapwing, a couple of birds sitting, with a lot of harassment from Carrion Crows
1 pair of Greenfinch, collecting nest material
1 pair of Mistle Thrush
2 Chaffinch singing
1 Pied Wagtail
3 Meadow Pipit

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Good to see the first two returning Sand Martins over the Tame on the Dukinfield/Ashton border this afternoon.

Dipper and two Grey Heron also in the area

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Late post from this morning.

Osprey flying north easterly over ashton town centre at 7.50 this morning.

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A pair of Goosander on the Tame in Dukinfield this evening

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Chiffchaff calling today at 1.15 at the back of Stamford Park boating lake in Tameside hospital lower car park.

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A calling Lesser Redpoll flew over Crescent Road in Dukinfield this morning. It seemed to fly from the direction of the cemetery and continued towards Dukinfield Park.

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David Walsh


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Sunday 5th March 2017, 8.30 - 10.00am

Pennine Bridleway, Harridge.

1 male Stonechat, along the fence wires at the moor edge, was a surprise, the first I have ever seen here. I am no expert on Stonechat, but this site always appears to offer suitable habitat, and looks similar to the adjacent Wild Bank Hill, which has at least one pair of breeding Stonechat each year. At the moment, that part of the population which migrated will be returning to their breeding grounds, and this bird may simply be moving through. It will be interesting to see if it does stay and find a mate.

6 Lapwing in the fields below the Bridleway, some displaying
1 Skylark
3 Red Grouse
1 Greenfinch singing
3 Chaffinch singing
1 pair of Goldfinch

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David Walsh


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Thursday 23rd February 2017, 10.30am

Printworks Road, Heyrod.

1 pair of Goosander
2 pairs of Canada Geese
1 pair of Coot

Very quiet, otherwise.

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Tuesday 21st February 2017, 8.30 - 10.00am

Pennine Bridleway, Carrbrook to Millbrook

5 Lapwing, back on territory, the object of the morning's exercise.
1 Little Owl
1 Kestrel
7 Mistle Thrush, 2 singing
4 Dunnock, 2 singing
3 Chaffinch singing
1 Greenfinch singing
12 Canada Geese feeding in the fields
4 Long-tailed Tits

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Monday 20th Feb. 13.00 hrs.

Printworks Rd. Heyrod. Stalybridge.

Goosander. 3 (2M 1Redhead)
Coot. 4
Mallard. 1
Canada Goose. 2

Roger.

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Tuesday 14th Feb. 14.00 - 16.15 hrs.

Harrop Edge. Stalybridge. Very quiet.

c 66 Woodpigeon feeding in field.
Kestrel (m) ..... watched it hunting on and off for an hour .. dropped a few times .. eventually successful and flew to dine on top of an old telegraph pole next to motorway.
Small flock of House Sparrow .. nice to see and hear these chirping away round the farm.
Goldfinch.

Roger.

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Karen Foulkes


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A Rook was perched on one of the lamp posts at Ashton bus station this morning.

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Thursday 9th Feb. 14.00 - 16.15 hrs.

Harrop Edge. Stalybridge.

Has been virtually devoid of life up here for past 8 weeks.

Rook. c 28 feeding in field.
Goldfinch. Three small charms. 7 + 11 + 15
Song Thrush. 1
Redwing. 5
Buzzard.
Lapwing. Flock of 60+ were flying about .... finally settled in a field round the back of the "Rising Moon" public house.

Roger.

-- Edited by Roger Baker 3 on Friday 10th of February 2017 03:34:15 PM

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Wednesday 8th Jan. 15.00 - 16.15 hrs.

Printworks Rd. Heyrod. Stalybridge.

Canada Goose. 3
Mallard. 5
Coot. 2

As my old school reports used to say "needs to show some improvement !"

Walk on River Tame.

Dipper.

Roger.



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Monday 30th Jan. 14.30 hrs.

Printworks Rd. Heyrod. Stalybridge.

Canada Goose. 19 .... With a Barnacle Goose in tow .. this was a major shock to my system when it steamed into view .. Stalybridge Mega, even in plastic form !
Goosander. 2 M&F.
Mallard. 4.
Coot. 2
Moorhen. 1

Roger.

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Sunday 29th January 2017, 10.00 - 11.30am

Pennine Bridleway, Carrbrook to Millbrook. Very quiet.

1 Little Owl
1 Raven over, from Brushes towards Buckton
4 Mistle Thrush


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Small flock, about 12 Redwings in King Georges park this am.



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16/1/17.

10 Waxwing flew over Mottram Road, Stalybridge at 15.40 hrs.
May have dropped down into Cheethams Park ??

Roger.


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Sunday 8th Jan. 13.45 hrs.

Printworks Rd. Heyrod. Stalybridge.

Goosander. 2 Drakes.
Mallard. 5.
Heron. 1.

Roger.

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Dipper on concrete plinth on the Tame, on the downstream side of Stamford Street Bridge at 7:40 am. Seems to be a favourite roost site at this time of day this winter.

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Monday 2nd January 2016, 8.30 - 10.30am

Pennine Bridleway, from Shireclough to Brushes, and back.

2 Buzzards, one perched up in the fields, the other, a ragged, pale bird, with white on the base of its tail, was hunting low over the moor. Both definitely Common Buzzard, though. The pale bird is a fairly regular sighting around the Swineshaws.
1 Little Owl
12 immature / female Pheasant feeding in the fields
4 Mistle Thrush
2 Fieldfare
6 Redwing
3 Goldfinch
6 Red Grouse on the moor


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Saturday 24th December 2016, 10.30am

1 pair of Goosander on Printworks Road pond, Heyrod, on a rare visit these days, due to there being no through road following last month's floods. I used to be able to pass each morning en route to work.

Also good numbers of House Sparrows on the feeders at Huddersfield Road, up to about 30 birds, which is around twice the number of the past couple of winters. The colony seems to be flourishing.

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A Peregrine flew low over the rooftops on Crescent Road in Dukinfield just after first light this morning

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Sunday 4th Dec. 16.00 hrs.

Printworks Road. Stalybridge.

1 Goosander drake.

Raven. Pair displaying. Put on a great show, spiralling for a good 20 minutes .... eventually headed off in direction of Carrbrook then changed tack and I lost sight off them somewhere over Mossley.

Roger.

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22/11/2016 Dukinfield Park

1 female Blackcap was on top of a berry laden tree where 5 or 6 Blackbirds and 3 Mistle Thrush have been feeding. 10 minutes later a Male Blackcap popped up in our garden briefly.

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Monday 21st November 2016, 1.15pm

Printworks Road, Heyrod.

7 Goosander (4 male, 3 redhead)
1 Grey Heron

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Wednesday 16th November 2016, 8.00am

Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod

5 Goosander (3 male, 2 redheads) A lot of noise and a little what looked like aggression, particularly from the redheads.

-- Edited by David Walsh on Wednesday 16th of November 2016 03:48:24 PM

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Monday 14th November 2016, 8.00am

Printworks Road pond, Heyrod.

2 Goosander (1 male, 1 redhead)
1 Kingfisher

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Friday 11th November 2016

Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod, 8.00am.

7 Goosander (4male, 3 redhead)

First sighting of the winter was on Tuesday of this week. This is my highest count of the week.



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A redhead Goosander on the Tame in Dukinfield late today

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A Peregrine with prey flew onto Ashton Parish Church today.

Sightings from yesterday

2 Rook - Ashton station car park

2 redhead Goosander - River Tame, Dukinfield

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A Swallow flew east over Crescent Road in Dukinfield at 1755 today.

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Two Rook on a lamp post between Gala Bingo and the tram stop in Ashton Town Centre this morning.

Grey Heron on Tame in Dukinfield this evening

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Sunday 2nd October 2016, 9.30pm

Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge

Steady movement of Redwing, calling for the past hour during last dog walk.

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Friday 23rd September 2016

2 young Tawny Owls calling from the bottom end of Brushes Road, near Huddersfield Road, at 4.50am, during an insomniac dog walk.

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21/9/16 17:45

1 Raven flew over our garden cronking, heading southeast. Would have crossed Dukinfield Park on it's heading.


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Cormorant flying over St Christophers Church Lees Road this AM.



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Sunday 18th Sept.

Harrop Edge. 14.00 - 15.00 hrs.

Buzzard. 1
Kestrel 2 M & F.
House Martin 15.
Meadow Pipit. 3
Goldfinch. 2
Bullfinch. 1
Jay. Rook. 1 1


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Sat 17th Sept. 16.15 hrs.

Buzzard over Stalybridge Celtic football ground.

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A Rook was perched on a lamp post near the tram stop in Ashton town centre this morning.

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Sunday 4th September 2016, 9.30pm

Evening dog walk along Huddersfield Road and Howard Street, Millbrook.

2 juvenile Tawny Owls calling, one from Grove Road woods, the other from the bottom end of the country park.

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Thursday 18th August 2016, 7.30 - 8.30am

Pennine Bridleway, Carrbrook and Millbrook.

1 juvenile Redstart on wires at the border. Flew off towards Millbrook.
Willow Warbler singing
Chiffchaff singing
Little Owl

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6/8/16

4 House Martins visible over Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield close to the junction with Yew Tree Lane this morning.



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Thursday 21st June 2016, 10.15pm

Juvenile Tawny Owl hunger calling from the woods at Grove Road, Millbrook

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Thursday July 21st. 17.00 hrs.

Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield.

At least 9 House Martin flying and feeding high up ..... presume parents and juveniles.

There were 7 Swift same location on Tuesday (19th) evening.

Roger.

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Friday 15th July 08:45 hrs

Just as I reached the junction of Delamere and Stamford Street, a call overhead made me look up to see a Peregrine at roof top height being pursued by a Black-headed Gull.
Both birds flew NE down Stamford Street and were lost to view.

There are only 3 previous records of Peregrine from Ashton-under-Lyne town centre in the GMBRG database. The last being in Feb 2013.



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Buzzard seen from train approaching Ashton just before  M60.



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July 1st.

Two House Martin nests (with young) on Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield.

Roger.

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Dukinfield/Ashton border

6+ Sand Martin along Coopers Ride
Pair of Grey Wagtail, mobbing Magpie, hopefully with young tucked away out of sight
Female Mallard with 7 well-grown ducklings
Bullfinch calling
Still a fair amount of song including at least 7 Wrens singing along this short stretch

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Saturday 18th June 2016, 6.00 - 7.00pm

Besom Lane and Millbrook Dam, Millbrook

1 male Whitethroat, with at least 4 fledglings, plus one other singing male
1 Blackcap singing
20+ Great Tits, at least four groups of fledglings
15+ House Martins
Several Swallows


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