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Ian McKerchar


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Around 200 yesterday (the 12th December) flying westerly, rougly following the A580, East Lancs Road at around 12:10ish.

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1st Dec - 90+ west over Darcy Lever early afternoon.

-- Edited by warfy at 21:57, 2007-12-01

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wigan flashes
25 pink feet going east at 9.15

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13 low over Linnyshaw moss,Walkden, may have been in fields, then went east at 7,40am.

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Thursday 15th November, 08:20am

25 pinks over OverHulton, Bolton (bearing in mind Phil classes everthing as in Bolton)

Info per Phil Rhodes

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16 west right over the flat - whitefield @ 11.42am

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Ian Campbell


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53 flying west over elton 9.00a.m. this morning

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44 North West over Pilsworth at 10.30 am this morning

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About 50 very high over Ashton-in-Makerfield heading East @ 8:00 this morning.

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Several skiens were seen from my flat in Whitefield this morning very distant heading East over South Manchester
Couldnt count exact numbers due to distance so have had to use guesstimate!

c300 @ 7.41 then 200 @ 7.44 then skiens of c400, c250 and c100 @ 7.48

last was 26 over Broughton @ 8.28. All birds heading east.

Approx 1276 birds.


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Mike Baron


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41 flew low over Houghton Green Flash this morning at 07:50 heading NW.

-- Edited by Bob39 at 10:11, 2007-11-01

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c150 reported flying SE over Chorlton at 07.15

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This morning:

Winwick

07:20 - approx 450 heading SE
08:18 - 46 heading E

Houghton Green Flash

07:25 - 44 heading SE
07:35 - approx 570 heading E
07:38 - 34 heaging E
07:40 - 105 headng E (very low over pool)
07:46 - 34 heading E
07:50 - approx 150 heading E
08:08 - approx 120 headng E

Lots of smaller groups in contrast to yesterday

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In addition to todays sightings, Birdguides reported 600+ flying north-west over Sale, report submitted at 08.25

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c30 low east and calling over Salford shopping centre (the 8th wonder of the world) late mornin 28/10 Sunday

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75 over Radcliffe flying east at 5pm yesterday, Sunday 28th.

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200 over Hale at 07:50 heading East - reported by Kathryn Bates

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Approx 2500 over Winwick at 07:50 heading NE

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monday 29/10/2007, Pink feet sightings over Sale this morning (all flying East)
105 at 07:25
60 at 07:30
40 at 08:20
400+ at 08:25

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28/10/07

55 SE Over Ashton in Makerfield approx 11.00am

-- Edited by Craig H at 09:04, 2007-10-29

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28/10/07

90 E @ 10.00 over Hope Carr N.R.

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27/10/07

60+ E @ 12.30 over Pennington Flash.

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126 east over Heaton Park res at 5.15pm today

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c40 East over Heaton Park at 9am really high and kept being lost throught the mist.

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c150 east over Chorlton WP at 08.10

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c 150 South East over The Greyhound Pub on the East Lancs at 9.15 am today ( Traffic jams are good aren`t they)

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c100 over Chorlton WP south at 09.56

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60+ east over Chorlton WP 15.45

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14/10.

Visible from my back garden late this afternoon - 60+ Pinkfeet (probably more - no binoculars handy!) flying south-east over Chadderton and Oldham at 5.40 p.m.

Bill.


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12/10/07

100 E @ 09.50 over Pennington Flash.

per Barry Hulme.

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Hi Steve

Had 68 fly south east over Wilderswood, Horwich at 07.40 this morning

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weds 11/10/07

skein heard flying over Mossley this morning. Very low cloud meant I could not count or even give direction!

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80+ Pink feet flying East over Sale at 08:25 on 7th October
ca 45 pink feet flying North over Sale at 18:30 on 9th October

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70 p f geese s/e over red seas this morning 08.15

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c80 pinks over Ashton in Makerfield, Saturday 6th approx 16.15. Flying E/SE

-- Edited by Craig H at 19:33, 2007-10-07

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8 Pinkfoot over Liverpool street Salford at 7.30 am this morning flying North East

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5th October.

c180 heading north-west before changing direction slightly and then heading west over the lower (western) end of the Piethorne Valley at 10.10 this morning.

Bill.

-- Edited by Bill Myerscough at 12:02, 2007-10-05

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6 sw Elton res @ 8.45am

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60 over Chorlton WP/Kenworthy heading east at 6.30pm

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c100 southeast over Timperley @ 7:30am 04/10/07

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29 /9/07
92 pink feet east over standish wood lane 08.08
28 pink feet east over upper wood farm 08.37
37 pink feet west over upper wood farm 08.42

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28/9/07

41 S.E. over Pennington Flash @ 08.45

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26th Sept '07, Chorlton WP

2 skeins flying east 21 at 08.18 and 40 at 08.30

26th Sept '07, Stretford

c70 reported flying east over Stretford at 08.30

28th Sept, Chorlton WP

2 skeins over east at 08.42, 70+ and 120+

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25 minutes to get from Leigh to Stockport, wouldn't be a problem and would stand to reason considering their usual flight path across the county.

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Ian,

I've re-considered my 1000 estimate and think that it was too high - I'm revising it to 500 - 600 - a huge discrepancy I know but in my defence I was looking out ofthe window at work and as a Civil Servant I'm not used to doing that until the afternoons - mornings are for drinking tea!!

This would also explain my second mistake - they were of course heading south-east, not south west....

I wonder if what I saw was the combined fllocks from Leigh?

-- Edited by Rob Smallwood at 17:38, 2007-09-28

-- Edited by Rob Smallwood at 17:39, 2007-09-28

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Friday 28th September

c1000 over Stockport heading SW at 08:50 (per Rob Smallwood)

c500 (in skeins of 250, 150 and 100 all very close together) flying E over the Lilford area of Leigh at 08:25

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 16:57, 2007-09-28

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If possible could all users post their Pink-footed Geese sightings to this thread, along with approximate numbers (exact if you have themsmile.gif), flight direction and time, this will give us all a better view of thier movements in the county and to possibly track them as they fly through.

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60+ pinkfeet s e over mather mill leigh 08 15 this morning
also 12 redwing west same area

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Approximately 90 over Winwick this morning heading NW

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150(approx) east over Lowton at 3pm today

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 16:45, 2007-09-28

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