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A storm passed over Bolton about 7pm. Just after it passed there was about 30-40 Swifts screaming over my house. Forced together by the storm i presume. Fantastic sight. They quickly dispersed. Back to the usual 8 or so now. Dean.

Had an adult Peregrine sat on the chimney at the Ena Mill in Atherton, this afternoon. Cheers Kane

would there be interest in life lists for each of the Metropolitan areas in GM? I gather the rochdale birders are quite active on this. On this topic - the Astley Moss Bufflehead was in Salford - but watching it involved standing in Wigan - would this count on my Wigan list?? This potentially life-c...

There were 2 Common Scoter on Elton Resr this afternoon (per Peter Johnson)

Moses Gate.C.P. Nuthatch in wooded Quarry behind cemetery, also 3 Pochard, 4 Tufted Duck, Common Tern, + Sedge Warbler on the canal at Prestolee. Shore Top. Teal, Little Grebe. Common Tern, 2 Stock Dove, 3 Little Owl,10 Goldfinch,18 Linnet, 2 Reed Bunting.

An adult hobby was over the M602 at 12.15 today, close to the junction with the M60 (is this Worsley? - don't really know the area). A few house martins nearby - it may have been chasing these. declan savage

Single drake Common Scoter this morning. Yesterday a female Whinchat at Shaw Moss and a Grasshopper Warbler at Clegg Hall Simon

Gadwall 18 (4 ads and 14 well grown ducklings.) Teal Green Sand Spahawk

I recieived a call from Rick Burnett at 12.28 yesterday reporting a Red Kite over Victoria Park in Stretford. No further details to date.

Today approx 1200 seen sat on 16th green. 4 x Oystercatchers. Also seen sat in tree above 16th about same time, 1 x cormorant... Not the norm for round here

One today at 0700hrs moving W and calling over Horrocks Flash. Joined by an unidentified smaller second wader.

at the mere today-marsh harrier,merlin fem,avocet-8,bt godwit-250,ruff-6,green sand-2,common sand-2 plus all the usual stuff.

cracking views of 4 of the 5 eagle owls after a long wet trek. one of the youngsters was ripping into what looked like a rabbit. also 2 peregrines and a very vocal buzzard. saw a swift fly into its nest-cavity in a roof on the way up

There's a Manchester RSPB trip to Conwy coming up this Sunday 8/7/7 (meet at the Gateway Hotel, Parrs Wood 09:00 if you're interested) Anyone visited recently, or any decent birds along the North Wales coast at the moment ? I believe there's a few Manxies and Skuas been seen off Little Orme...

male common scoter and 3 black necked grebe at houghton gren pool at 4pmdon't know why i put this up twice it had dissapeared last time i looked -- Edited by JOHN TYMON at 20:19, 2007-07-07

Being reported by BirdGuides this morning.

14 scoters still present 08.00 cheers geoff

Picked up a knackered kittiwake today just off mossely road M14 in colleage campus not quite an albatross but keep on looking you never know whats about.

HORROCKS HIDE-20 GREAT CRESTED GREBE 1 COMMRANT 20+ LAPWING HIDING IN THE JUNGLE 40 MUTE SWANS 1 OYSTERCATCHER 16 MALLARD 37 COOT NEW HIDE 30 MALLARD 12 TUTED 2 GREY HERON 1 COMMON TERN 1 JUV GCG 1 ADULT GCG TEAL HIDE 1 LITTLE GREBE 46 TUFTED 2 LAPWING

Just been up Walker fold lane. For the 4th time in a week. No sign of Little Owl. But did see a party of 8 young Mistle Thrush, which was nice

7 COMMON SCOTER (5 males and 2 females) on the Upper Reservoir early afternoon at least, also 2 Oystercatchers.

There is an article about the Bittern that`s been seen and heard lately at Wigan Flashes on John Dempsey`s excellent web-site. Go to - birdblog.merseyblogs.co.uk I guess the secret is well and truly out now ! -- Edited by Ian Woosey at 20:05, 2007-07-05

I like to see what juveniles I get in my garden. List of Immatures ocurring almost daily are 3 Magpies (have a habit of doing funny things like going into greenhouse and picking up the stones and chucking them in the bird bath and poking it) 1 Goldfinch (2 adults) likes nijer seed Blue Tits Great Tits 1 Bul...

it takes more than the mind-bending horrors of the british weather to keep me indoors! set off for marbury park in monsoon conditions knowing there was a few hides and plenty of big trees to duck under if it continued, which thankfully it didnt. plenty of birds still singing including a couple of crack...

After a 'tour' of the Sefton coast today, imagine my surprise after calling into Crosby Marina and setting my scope up against the railings looking into Seaforth, when the very first bird I look at is an adult Roseate Tern Now I realise there had been one around afew weeks ago (no news since then though)...

Took a walk in the poring rain up Belmont road and over scout road. Heard one chiffchaff and two willowarbler plus several reed bunting. Also heard two grasshopper warblers reeling. One was in the field on the left just past the Wilton Arms pub on Belmont road, the other up on scout road halfway towards...

Stonechat, Lesser sP

Just back from a week holiday in Anglesey. Plenty of good birds - highlight was a very large Peregrine flying no more than 20 feet above my head at Southstack - there was no one else there at the time. Puffins went down a treat as usual (8-9 pairs at Southstack) and plenty of other sea birds. The tr...

point of ayr marsh and from the hide(only me in it blissfull birding) ,i didn,t try to count them but more curlew and shelduck than one place needs a little egret,oystercatchers loads of wagtails,skylarks,meadow pipet,stonechat the list goes on but you already know the rest.after high tide 12.0...

Large numbers of swallows and martins over the new water works off banky meadow approx 50+ sand martins 30+ Swallows 20+ swifts 70 + starling 3 grey wagtail 12 pied wagtail Whitethroat and sedge warbler and 1 soggy Tawny owl been watched by a soggy birder.