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3 summer plumage adult Little Grebes - a site mega, and presumably a site high count
2 Great Crested Grebe


Timperley Moat

c30 Swift

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Swift flying around Timperley village @1430

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0730 - 1030, Brooks Drive area to Clay Lane & Wellfield Lane. A fairly quiet morning, despite high hopes with the clear skies and sun. Perhaps the annual April northerly airflow has dampened migration for a bit. Might have missed a good un though..

Singing birds of note: Goldcrest, Stock Dove, Reed Bunting, Whitethroats.
Other spp: Linnet and Meadow Pipit in the abandoned fields, Bullfinch along Brooks Drive.

Annoyingly, a mystery bird flew out of an overgrown field and straight into the sun, giving a call which i don't recall hearing before. Grrr...



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Timperley life list c. 89 (ish). Barn Owl 4.11.19, Green Sand 27.8.19, Little Egret 13.2.19, ringtail harrier sp 20.10.18, Fawn Yawn 15.10.18, Grasshopper Warbler  15.4.16, Tree Pipit 13.4.16, Yellowhammer 5.4.15, Hobby May '11, Wigeon Dec '10
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0700 - 0930

Conditions not so conducive this a.m. but nevertheless 2 Grasshopper Warblers giving their rich fruity song from 2 adjacent abandoned fields was really nice, and another Timp tick i believe.
Male and female Kestrel were staying close together, a couple of rank fields probably to their liking.
2 Redpoll over.
Across the road for a wander round Henerz's old patch of Davenport Green, which was v quiet - singing Reed Bunting and a pr of Stock Dove and a pr of Oystercatcher over were the best.




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Timperley life list c. 89 (ish). Barn Owl 4.11.19, Green Sand 27.8.19, Little Egret 13.2.19, ringtail harrier sp 20.10.18, Fawn Yawn 15.10.18, Grasshopper Warbler  15.4.16, Tree Pipit 13.4.16, Yellowhammer 5.4.15, Hobby May '11, Wigeon Dec '10
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Really enjoyable morning 0650 - 0900 in the Brooks Drive area, started off with more than a touch of frost. Apart from the usual suspects, 2 sp of wader were unexpected. Highlights included:

Whitethroat at least one male seen then heard adjacent to an overgrown field between Clay Lane and Ridgeway sports club. Also male Pheasant here.
Swallow one over twittering cheerily.
Stock Dove heard "singing" then seen in the copse at the back of Ridgeway sports club fields. It flew out with several woodpigeons but was the first bird back. I think this is my first sign of possible breeding in the Timperley area.
Reed Bunting - one singing from the same field as the Whitethroat.
G S Woodpecker one drumming from Fairywell Wood, where a Blackcap gave its rich, fruity warble and 4 Buzzards disputed their territorial boundary.
Willow Warbler - 2+ in the area.
A pr of Lesser Black Backed Gulls on the playing fields, then 7 over high to the north and west.

Several Linnet over, and one Redpoll.

Tree Pipit - one over north calling, a Timperley tick!  

Curlew first heard bubbling then later seen distantly taking off and heading south
Oystercatcher calling as it flew over to the north.

I also had only my second sighting of Mistletoe in Timperley.

Yesterday a Meadow Pipit was flying around over the horse field on Alder Drive, either trying to land or recently disturbed.



-- Edited by Mike Duckham on Wednesday 13th of April 2016 04:27:48 PM



-- Edited by Mike Duckham on Wednesday 13th of April 2016 09:18:25 PM

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Timperley life list c. 89 (ish). Barn Owl 4.11.19, Green Sand 27.8.19, Little Egret 13.2.19, ringtail harrier sp 20.10.18, Fawn Yawn 15.10.18, Grasshopper Warbler  15.4.16, Tree Pipit 13.4.16, Yellowhammer 5.4.15, Hobby May '11, Wigeon Dec '10
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Steven Nelson wrote:

Late post for yesterday:
3 Buzzards circling and mewing together over Green Lane at 10.45am.

Hi, we had a Buzzard in our garden lawn this morning in Timperley, next to Timperley Brook - second time in a week!   



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Singing chiffchaff by the Bridgewater Canal this afternoon, near the Riddings allotments. Hybrid Mandarin Duck still between Brooklands and Sale on canal bank.

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Late post for yesterday:
3 Buzzards circling and mewing together over Green Lane at 10.45am.

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KGV pool
No sign of the Little Egret at 16.30
But:
1 Goosander (f)
6 Tufted Duck
1 Little Grebe

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KGVP / Timperley Moat / Timperley Brook

1 Little Egret

1-2 Kingfisher

1 Little Grebe

10 Tufted Duck 

2 Goosander

1 Bullfinch

5 Siskin

5 Redwing



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Little Egret giving mega views on KGVP until mid afternoon when flew towards Timperley Moat 

Also female Northern Pochard, 2 Mute Swan and Goosander

2 Bullfinch and c50 Redwings on Altrincham Golf Course, along Timperley Brook



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King George V Pool (couldn't find the KGV thread)

Pleasantly surprised to see a Little Egret on the fringes of the pool this am smile.

Also

Pochard

Goosander

Siskin

plus commoner species.

 



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2 Ring-necked Parakeets flew north over Green Lane at 15.25 today.

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4 Ring-necked Parakeets flew north over Green Lane, Timperley at 15.20 today.

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Timperley wetlands

1 female Blackcap
5 Chiffchaff (2 singing)
4 Bullfinch
5 Song Thrush
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
3 Swallow



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And not far from Sylvan Ave to Smiths Fields, lots of short grass and tall trees. Could be a dispersing juv? My mates dad had one on his lawn on Bonville Chase, Altrincham one or two summers ago.
Great record if so. (Unless it's a Belted Kingfisher).

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Timperley life list c. 89 (ish). Barn Owl 4.11.19, Green Sand 27.8.19, Little Egret 13.2.19, ringtail harrier sp 20.10.18, Fawn Yawn 15.10.18, Grasshopper Warbler  15.4.16, Tree Pipit 13.4.16, Yellowhammer 5.4.15, Hobby May '11, Wigeon Dec '10
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Not far from Slyvan avenue to Dunham park where several breed!

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Reliable but not checked non-birder report of a Green Woodpecker visiting a garden in Timperley not far from Sylvan Avenue.

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Bit gobsmacked to find a subsinging Redwing in a secluded thicket on the outskirts of Timpers this afternoon, took me a while to convince myself i wasn't stringing!

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Timperley life list c. 89 (ish). Barn Owl 4.11.19, Green Sand 27.8.19, Little Egret 13.2.19, ringtail harrier sp 20.10.18, Fawn Yawn 15.10.18, Grasshopper Warbler  15.4.16, Tree Pipit 13.4.16, Yellowhammer 5.4.15, Hobby May '11, Wigeon Dec '10
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9.4.15 - one oystercatcher over Fairywell Wood and adjacent field, flew from direction of Wythy. Also Swallow over and Linnet over calling and a Blackcap singing as it made it's way merrily along the hedge towards the wood.

-- Edited by Mike Duckham on Sunday 12th of April 2015 02:19:46 PM

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Timperley life list c. 89 (ish). Barn Owl 4.11.19, Green Sand 27.8.19, Little Egret 13.2.19, ringtail harrier sp 20.10.18, Fawn Yawn 15.10.18, Grasshopper Warbler  15.4.16, Tree Pipit 13.4.16, Yellowhammer 5.4.15, Hobby May '11, Wigeon Dec '10
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A Yellowhammer was heard calling in the tall hawthorn hedge adjacent to Whitebeam Close near to where it joins Fairywell Wood. Then seen close briefly as it flew, this is i think my first ever in Timperley in 35ish+ years of birdwatching. I'm not sure where the nearest regular birds are, but think they're relatively thin in the countryside to the south. The nearest birds might be - or at least used to be- along Sinderland Lane, Broadheath.

-- Edited by Mike Duckham on Sunday 5th of April 2015 12:53:35 PM

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Timperley life list c. 89 (ish). Barn Owl 4.11.19, Green Sand 27.8.19, Little Egret 13.2.19, ringtail harrier sp 20.10.18, Fawn Yawn 15.10.18, Grasshopper Warbler  15.4.16, Tree Pipit 13.4.16, Yellowhammer 5.4.15, Hobby May '11, Wigeon Dec '10
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Originally posted today by Sid Ashton:

King George V Pool - had a quick stroll around the partly frozen pool this afternoon - a good number of species present including the usual band of Black-headed Gulls, 3 Common Gulls, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, a female Goosander, a Grey Heron and a grey Wagtail on the stream.



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Wader (probable redshank) sat on top of telegraph pole near hare and hounds pub 4 pm! (heading north already?)

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Getting occasional Owl calls on golf course this autumn and winter, up till about five years ago Tawny used to come to my garden and pond area regularly, at that time the hooting was so regular I assumed they were breeding on golf course!.

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Forgot to mention in my last blog my wife reminded me
We saw four separate skeins of pink footed geese heading south east totalling around150birds

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Walk along the canal from timperley to sale with my lovely wife on Wednesday late report due to computer glitch birds seen. As follows
House sparrow 10
Coal tit1
Blackcap 1
Tree sparrow3
Black headed gull40
Blackbird 6
Robin 4
Blue tit 8
Carrion crow 2
Starling 10
Canada goose 21
Mallard 9
Wood pigeon 8
Collared dove 4
Long tailed tit 14
Great tit 6
Coal tit 2
Magpie 12



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Originally posted today by Keith Ridley:
seen a buzzard a few times near the gardeners arms always gets harassed with either crows or magpies


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Originally posted by Keith Ridley today:

saw a large buzzard over Deansgate Lane at lunchtime today not seen any for a while

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1 Swift, Brookway

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Originally posted today by Keith Ridley:

saw a buzzard being harassed by two gulls they dont get much peace if its not them its crows and magpies

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Had a singing sedge there one year! Usually reed buntings then, but are they still there I will check. Also had jack snipe (disturbed by my dog I am afraid)!

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Hi Keith, that's a nice little area you look out on there. I used to have a look round it in my lunch breaks when I was working on Park Road near the canal. Glad to hear the nature reserve is still there, warblers inc. whitethroat in the summertime, and it would sometimes get quite a few Snipes in a cold spell. Keep us posted.

-- Edited by Mike Duckham on Tuesday 24th of June 2014 03:36:03 PM

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Timperley life list c. 89 (ish). Barn Owl 4.11.19, Green Sand 27.8.19, Little Egret 13.2.19, ringtail harrier sp 20.10.18, Fawn Yawn 15.10.18, Grasshopper Warbler  15.4.16, Tree Pipit 13.4.16, Yellowhammer 5.4.15, Hobby May '11, Wigeon Dec '10
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seen a jay yesterday on the canal near the nature reserve opposite our flat on deansgate lane

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1-2 Kingfisher
1 Great Crested Grebe
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Pair of Mute Swan with 4 cygnets
3 Grey Wagtail
1 Blackcap
1 Chiffchaff
1 Grey Heron

-- Edited by James Walsh on Thursday 19th of June 2014 08:03:05 AM

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2 Swifts over Green Lane at 8.45am. My first this year.

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5 buzzards over the village today drifting north.

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Singing chiffchaff this morning behind Timperley Old Hall.

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32+ magpies on Altrincham Golf Course this afternoon, near the Old Hall.

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Originally posted by Keith Ridley:

Buzzard over Timperley 12.30 13th jan 2014

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Peregrine soaring and half heartedly chasing Feral Pigeons over Smith's Fields this morning before heading off south west.

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0740 - 0900, same area again.
Fairly quiet tho still a bit of migration with flocks of Fieldfare and Woodpigeon over, no Pinkfeet though. Felt like some birds had actually moved out eg some of the Chaffinches and Blackbirds.
Also had Reed Bunting, Meadow Pipit, LBB Gull (ad and first winter) and female Pheasant, plus 2 Teal over north.

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Timperley life list c. 89 (ish). Barn Owl 4.11.19, Green Sand 27.8.19, Little Egret 13.2.19, ringtail harrier sp 20.10.18, Fawn Yawn 15.10.18, Grasshopper Warbler  15.4.16, Tree Pipit 13.4.16, Yellowhammer 5.4.15, Hobby May '11, Wigeon Dec '10
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0720 - 0945, similar circuit. Clear skies, hard frost. A bit of migration evident, skeins of Pinkfeet numbered 50, 9, 150, 50 & 200, only two skeins were audible. 2 smaller geese were in one of the flocks. Also Redpoll sp., Siskin, Woodcock, Reed Bunting, Bullfinch, Mipit, Stock Dove, Buzzard.

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Timperley life list c. 89 (ish). Barn Owl 4.11.19, Green Sand 27.8.19, Little Egret 13.2.19, ringtail harrier sp 20.10.18, Fawn Yawn 15.10.18, Grasshopper Warbler  15.4.16, Tree Pipit 13.4.16, Yellowhammer 5.4.15, Hobby May '11, Wigeon Dec '10
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This morning, 0730 - 0830, same circuit.
Skein of Pinkfeet over due east included a smaller bird, most probably a Barnacle but can't be sure. Consequently I didn't pay much attention to numbers but a quick estimate of 170 - 180 ish.
Lots of Blackbirds in this morning feeding energetically on the hawthorn and Rowan berries.
2 LBB Gulls on the sports field, Reed Bunting calling nearby.

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Timperley life list c. 89 (ish). Barn Owl 4.11.19, Green Sand 27.8.19, Little Egret 13.2.19, ringtail harrier sp 20.10.18, Fawn Yawn 15.10.18, Grasshopper Warbler  15.4.16, Tree Pipit 13.4.16, Yellowhammer 5.4.15, Hobby May '11, Wigeon Dec '10
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Bit of a flying visit back to my old patch for a few days before heading back to N Wales. Yesterday dawned really nice, and for once I saw it, thanks to a handy 4 hour jet lag. A fox was in the field behind the house, nice start.
Walked along Brooks Drive, and through the fields to Bowdon Rugby Club and back from 8 - 10 a.m.
It was one of those late autumn mornings where birds were on the move, some clear skies in some places overnight but also scattered showers to bring things down. And the forecast was for it to deteriorate. I bet the vis miggers on both sides of the Pennines had a good morning.
41 species in total, including Fieldfare, Reed Bunting, Skylark, Grey Wag, Siskin, 3 Redpolll sp., Chiffchaff, Linnet, Stock Dove.

Today 7 - 8.30 a.m., much fewer birds, both species and overall numbers but new sp were Bullfinch over calling, a Brambling, and G S Woodpecker

-- Edited by Mike Duckham on Saturday 2nd of November 2013 03:52:53 PM

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 2nd of November 2013 05:24:35 PM

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Timperley life list c. 89 (ish). Barn Owl 4.11.19, Green Sand 27.8.19, Little Egret 13.2.19, ringtail harrier sp 20.10.18, Fawn Yawn 15.10.18, Grasshopper Warbler  15.4.16, Tree Pipit 13.4.16, Yellowhammer 5.4.15, Hobby May '11, Wigeon Dec '10
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8th October, Common Buzzard on Altrincham Golf Course

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Grey Wagtail in The Brook this evening, sitting on the railings as I cycled past.

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2 Tawny Owls on Brook Lane @ 0230

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Grey Wagtail on Bridgewater Canal near Timperley Metrolink Station last night.

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KGVP / Altrincham Golf Course

Singing Chiffchaff
Singing Blackcap
1 Mute Swan
1 Swallow
1 juv Song Thrush

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Friday 12th July

2 Crossbills over Timperley Cricket Club/Altrincham Golf Course heading towards KGVP @ 0630


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10 Swift

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