King George V Pool - female Pochard with 7 duckings, Kingfisher, 2 GC Grebe (1 juv), 8 Mallard ducklings, Canada Geese with 8 goslings (6 and 2) also young Coot and Moorhen
it looks like the female Pochard and ducklings must have walked approx 300 yards (including over a road) from Stamford to KGV !
Stamford - 10 Mallard, Grey Heron
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King George V Pool - 2 drake Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck (4 drakes), excellent views of Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Great Crested Grebe (3 juvs), 2 Mallard broods (2 and 10), Grey Wagtail, singing Blackcap
Stamford Park Lake - pair of Canada Geese with 3 goslings
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Fluffed another raptor tonight - came home from work about 5:40 to see a falcon sp hawking very high above the garden - by the time i'd got bins it had gone.
Have had Hobby before overhead so I presume this was one of the north Cheshire birds wandering.
..and thanks to Mike'stext picked up the same bird over Timperley village looking settled so probably an early returning bird rather than passing through - good early date for "the garden".
Cheers Sid. I popped around this evening and there it was on the golf course being very friendly with alien brothers; 2 Canada Geese. I saw the 2 geese on my last visit and completely missed the Mandarin! 1 Chiffchaff was blasting his song out from the adjacent housing estate and 3 Pochards are still on the pool. Thanks. Henry.
The Mandarin is still around - this morning he was on the golf course adjacent to King Georges with the two Canadas he usually knocks around with. He doesn't always stay on the water and often goes walkabout so you need to look in all areas aroun the pool. Sometimes he nips over to Stamford Park.
I heard the Mandarin drake is still around the Altrincham area but i've dipped twice recently. Other stuff on King George V Pool this evening included 3 Pochards (2 drk, 1f), 3 Tufted Ducks (2 drk, 1f) and 2 fine Great Crested Grebes. Thanks. Henry.
Cheers Steve - I check that Lapwing roost every now and again and haven't had GP there before - 'tis but a short flight to our house as the plover flies!
Just for the record my sister is getting around 8 Redpoll (and the odd Siskin) on their suburban garden niger feeder, and across the road a neighbour has two wintering Blackcap.
Jay & Song Thrush in Pickering Lodge Park (Jay has been going in local gardens as well), also Sparrowhawk and c10 Common Swifts (some look to be breeding) in the area
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Stamford Park Lake - pair of Pochard (also see Altrincham Pochard phenomena post), pair of Tufted Duck, GS Woodpecker, pair of Canada Geese with 6 goslings
King George V Pool - drake Mandarin, 3 Tufted Duck (2m, 1f), GC Grebe, singing Chiffchaff
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King George V Pool - 5 Pochard (2m, 3f), 2 Tufted Duck (1m, 1f), GC Grebe, 19 Canada Geese, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Nuthatch. It is close season, so there is no fishing at this site 1st April - 16th May. Second year running I've checked this site in Spring and second year running there has been a small Pochard flock....... also on Timperley Golf Course: singing Chiffchaff, GS Woodpecker, Greenfinch, and yesterday Grey Wagtail on Timperley Brook
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