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Geoff Hargreaves


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fairbrother st 08.00 22/09/07

after a complete dip at burnt edge(fogged out) i retreated to familiar ground, and was treated to three young swallows fresh from the nest being chastised by their parents for sitting within 10ft of me on the railings, a smashing morning well worth the wait.as well 30 footballs on riverconfused.gifall makes and sizes

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fairbrother st 7.00 20/09/07

all ducks and gulls present and correct
2 greywagtail
4 swallows (2 young having practice flights)
1 chiffchaff (mega this side of the river and still chiffchaffing)

water level back to normal so no waders

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back to normal this morning all waterfowl in place,

5 grey wagtail (3 young)
1 kingfisherwink.gif
1 heron
2 swallow
?? 1 mallard with two ducklings (guess 14 days old) is this unusualconfused.gif
also today 40 mistle thrush on the colgate building 15.00biggrin.gif

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7ish am fairbrother st,
usual waterfowl

50 b/h gull (probabley some meds and y/leg in therebiggrin.gif)
2 swallows on telephone lines
4 mute swans
1 mixed flock of birds containing at least 3 song thrush 4 great tit
6 blackbirds 2 robins (locals not happy with the invasion)
12 blue tits
2 greenfinch
6 goldfinch
water level still down so hopes of waders still highconfused.gif
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fairbrother st 14/09/07 07.00
1 grey wagtail
1 kingfisher
1 grey heron

water level has dropped even further exposing a few sand banks which might attract migrant waders for an overnight stop(if i,m lucky)

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fairbrother st 7.00
usual suspects all present,
1 kingfisher
2 greywagtail
2 swallows
water level has dropped by 2 ft exposing all the debris that the birds normally forage between,its not a pretty sit

cheers geoff

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RIVER IRWELL, SALFORD, INCLUDING KERSAL WETLANDS
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fairbrother st, 7.30am 12 mallard 4 cormorant 4 coot 1 mute swan 1 little grebe 1 sparrowhawk 1 kingfisher 2 blckbird 2 wren 2 swallow the sparrow hawk didn,t see the kingfisherwink.gif,i,m pretty sure the kingfisher is a resident somewhere between clippers quay and harry ramsdens,hopfully there are more than onebiggrin.gif.of note no canada geese present,the swallows appear to be feeding another broodconfused.gif,but its hard to confirm as nest is inaccesable. cheers geoffbiggrin.gifbiggrin.gif



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