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Ian McKerchar


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At around 09:15 this morning a couple of hundred were circling low over the Lowton St. Mary’s area immediately north of the A580 but then flew low dropping to the south of the A580 in Cheshire and perhaps around the Kenyon Lane/B5207 area.



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PHIL GREENWOOD


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70+ over Flixton heading west at 1010.

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Colin Broadhurst


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45 heading West over Atherton @ 10.00am



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Two skeins , one of fifty , the following of twenty , south east over Walmersley golf club , 1556hrs . Not much gossiping .

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Colin Broadhurst


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C140 heading NW over Leigh town centre @ 12.30



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pete berry


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200+going WEST at 10.45 over Leigh.

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Andy Bissitt


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c70 flying E over Marple (from my Romiley bedroom window) this am. Then, when over Mellor Moor, turned N. The only evidence of migration to be seen as the moment. 



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60+ over Flixton at 0930, heading NE.

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Tony Darby


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C400 East over Millgate Fields Didsbury at 2.30 this afternoon.

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Steven Heywood


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34 flying SW over Low Hall pool at 14:50

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081025 Little Woolden Moss LWTNR

13 East @ 0837

80 West @ 0839

50 West @ 0847

32 West @ 0849

260 East @ 0853

75 South @ 0905

135 East @ 0958

30 North @ 1010

125 West @ 1022

 



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40 flew over the garden North between Pennington Flash & Bickershaw CP @ 14.39

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Tony O Mahony


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About 80 flying east over Chorlton Park at 10.05

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Mike Chorley


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08.52

150 ESE over Werneth Oldham

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Skein of 75 flying EAST over Little Woolden Moss LWTNR @ 0809

Skein of 70 flying NORTH  over Little Woolden Moss LWTNR @ 0822

3 Skeins totalling 280 flying NORTH  over Little Woolden Moss LWTNR @ 1020

Skein of 22 flying NORTH  over Chat Moss @ 1135



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Colin Broadhurst


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Skein of approx 150 heading east over Cutacre 



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31 east over flixton at 2.10pm

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Andy Isherwood


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c.60 East over Tyldesley at 10.25am

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Mike Horwood


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Around 200 -220 flying high, SW, over Ramsbottom at 800am today 



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Simon Johnson


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Approx 200 flew east over Whitefield at 18:45 this evening

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Chris Harper


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55 heading ese just now over Dukinfield 



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Steven Nelson


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c45 east over Irlam at 07.50 this morning

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Andy Bissitt


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c350 over my home (Romiley) just now, at quite a height heading east.

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A flock heard from Whitebeam Close, Timperley, yesterday 21st between about 10 - 1030. Apologies for late report.



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Colin Broadhurst


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46 heading east over Atherton @13.15



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c404 in 7 skeins east over Stretford Meadows between 07.56 and 08.26

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80+ south over Green Hill, Wellacre CP, Flixton 07.52
60+ north west over Stretford Meadows at 09.57

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dave broome


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16 west over Mosley Common-Tyldesley at 07:35

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70+ flying west over Wythenshawe @10.35

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Gordon Newman


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70+ flew West @ 07.54 over Dale Grove, Leigh

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50 ish heading west over Wythenshawe at 10 35

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34 east over Ramsbottom at 4.00 this afternoon. 



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Chris Harper


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150 North East over Dukinfield 



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Approx 30, heading West at15:10



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fredford


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Birtle . Just now , yet another group , much lower , unseen , west !
What is going on ? Where are they going ?

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Birtle . Large squadron , 150ish , west over back of Birtle . 1547hrs .
Bury . 80ish , west over Bury 1617hrs .
De- lightful !

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C1000 Pink Footed Geese circled over Little Wooldon Moss and Irlam Moss then came west and landed west of LWM and slightly east of Holcroft Lane at 12pm 



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Simon Johnson


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60 west over springwater park Whitefield at 13:10

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Colin Broadhurst


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Skein of approx 60 heading east over Tyldesley @ 8.35am



-- Edited by Colin Broadhurst on Thursday 19th of December 2024 08:41:01 AM

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Some Pink-footed flying over my house near the southern end of Prestwich in the dark at about 18:30 this evening - heard only



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Chris Roberts


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Two skeins of 30 and 50+ flying west-s-west at 9-40 this morning. Over Carrington moss seen from Shell pool.

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Andy Isherwood


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,c.40 flew north over Tyldesley at 8.40 this morning

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Colin Broadhurst


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61 flying west @ 8.25 over Atherton 



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c25 south over Manchester Road, Audenshaw at 15.45 today.
One on the canal with the Canada Geese in Audenshaw yesterday.

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Approx 75 heading northwest over Wythenshawe 1330

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Steven Heywood


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A skein of 29 flying South over Trafford Retail Park in Davyhulme at 13:20 today.

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Approx 80 west over Glazebury at midday.

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Steven Heywood


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48 flying East over Astley Road at Four Lanes End at 14:15; 6 flying West over Larkhill House at 14:22; one flying low SSE over Twelve Yards Road at 14:30.

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55 flying east, lower than they usually are over Heaton Mersey at 8.10am

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84 flying NE over Trafford Retail Park, Davyhulme at 1425.

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