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Geoff Hargreaves


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Broadheath retail flock??? monday check I could only find 2 (this is the first day I hav,nt seen good numbers)

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Broadheath retail flock,all up in the air this afternoon looks like 200+ but they settle on different rooves(spell check) and I could only see 147,and as they say if you can,t be with the birds you love,watch the ones you canwink.gif.

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Broadheath retail flock,tues dinner check count at 43,but they were much farther down atlantic st than normal and probably more hidden from view.

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Geoff Hargreaves


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Broadheath retail flock,monday dinner check, counted 80

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Newton Heath roof of Carpet Right

Monday 11th, Friday 15th, Saturday 16th C 20 birds each morning

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Geoff Hargreaves


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err ah ohm,broadheath retailwink.gif park 56 on the carpet right unit ,the others were hiding somewhere,interestlingly 150 bh gulls spooked off tesco,s roof, can any one see the top of the store??

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Geoff - this is the site known as Broadheath Retail Park.

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Geoff Hargreaves


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atlantic st flock has topped the ton ,103 on top of Howdens Timber,4 starlings and 2 jackdaw which kept disturbing them from their slumber.

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atlantic street altrincham,a good count of 76 with a few gulls a starlings in the mix.

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Just the 4 gutter-sitters this morning

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around 20 this morning, mostly nicely positioned at the end obscured by the large signfurious.gif

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Saturday evening: over 100 on the roof of "Screwfix", part of the new vast acreage of roofs on what was Ashton Moss.

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Mike Chorley


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at least 11 this morning, in two groups, eaves and ridge lines of the roof.

Also C30 North over Oldham road along the line of Thorp road at 4.00 p.m.

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atlanic street ind est. altrincham 53 is my best count they can be seen on any of the asbestos type buildings and arn,t settled on any particular one.

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At least 2 again today, usual spot

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at least 2 birds this a.m. Carpet Right (Newton Heath) but again positioned behind the road sign

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8 birds this morning roof of CARPET RIGHT (Newton Heath) and, surprise!, surprise!, there's a sale onhmm.gif

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6 birds again this morning on the roof of whatever Carpet World is now called (Does this mean the sale is finally over?biggrin.gif)

There have probably been at least two birds here for most of the latter part of last week but sightlines haven't been good enough to be sure

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12 or so Lapwings on disused factory roof Kings Road/ Tameside trail Audenshaw (towards Debdale Park) Sunday 06-07-08 1.15pm.
Kestrel hunting on wasteland next to M60 close by also.

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4 Carpet World roof 10.30 a.m.

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At least 12 this morning, again mostly in the central valley of Carpet World's roof

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6 birds on the roof at Carpet World, Newton Heath, this morning

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15 lapwings on factory roofs this afternoon at wigan enterprise park
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About 240+ Lapwings over Bolton town centre this afternoon. 1 Peregrine over.

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25 birds over the roofs at Dean Lane, Failsworth 9.55 a.m. yesterday(9th) circling over Carpet World then heading roughly west.

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150+ lapwing over middleton civic centre today at 3p.m.




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At least 52 Lapwings on roof of old paint factory near Elton this a.m.
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at least 14 birds in the central valley Carpet World 9.55 a.m.

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8/2 @ 9.30 am.

35+ on the roofs opposite Tescos at Chadderton.

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14+ Lapwing on Carpet World, Newton Heath at 0940hrs

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24+lapwings on the roofs at newtown this morn 9.45

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At least 9 on the roof of Carpet World 9.55 a.m. in the central valley. No sign of any birds on the building site tonight

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7/2 @ 9.45 am.

70+ on the roof of McBrides factory at Middleton. Could only see one side of the sloping roof so probably a fair few more hmm.gif

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16.45 today at least 2 birds on one of the large soil heaps in the cordoned-off area at Dean Lane, near the Carpet World roost. This is the site of an old flat-roofed L'Oreal building (now demolished for new housing) over which I'm seen birds displaying in several past Springs. It will be interesting to see if sightings on the grass patch opposite are down this Summer, in the same way that sightings at Morrisons in Failsworth stopped when the old mill was converted to a much lower building.hmm.gif

Also 35 birds high s.e over Hollinwood 16.55

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c25 Lapwings on roof of Rose Tissues Building, Holinwood at 0845

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22 lapwings on roof of old Mcphearsons factory near Elton this a.m.
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Not quite rooftop but 43 lapwings flying roughly south east along the line of the M60 at Hollinwood 9.40 a.m. in moderate snow

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Several groups on rooftops just outside Bolton Station as seen from the train on Tuesday.

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C30 lapwings Rose Tissues at 9 a.m. and at least 9 Carpet World 9.15. today

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Mark Rigby wrote:

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18 Lapwing on roof of Carpet World,Newton Heath.




They didn't hang around then. I caught the 10.00 a.m. bus 6 stops up the road and they'd gone by 10.15 a.m. Flighty little mad.gifs

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only 8 on the roofs at saddle junction todayconfused.gif

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18 Lapwing on roof of Carpet World,Newton Heath.

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No lapwings today but about 12 golden plover on the roof at Rose Tissues at 10.00a.m.

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50+ Lapwing on the house roofs opposite Central Tyres, Bolton. Also a flock of 44 Golden Plover on same roofs. Both flocks were very moblie and only landed for a few seconds.

The 'Peep Peep' of a reversing delivery lorry sent the Goldies into a frenzy!smile.gif and set them of in another couple of laps of the housing estate before landing again.

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C40 birds Rose Tissues again 9.45 a.m. with 10+ oon the Sharps roof 9.55.

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i saw a flock of abot 60 lapwings over tesco's in oldham thuersday 17 jan at about 2pm

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20 birds on the old Sharps building at Newton Heath 14.10 p.m. today

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44 on roofs at saddle junction this morn

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200+ lapwings on central tyres bolton this afternoon, plus some on kwikfit and motorworld, in amongst the central tyre 200 was a single golden plover (get in!) nice one simon!



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Tescos Chadderton - 21/1/08 - 10.30 am.

210+ Lapwings - 90+ on the sloping roofs of the curry house and the flooring warehouse opposite Tescos & a further 120+ on the flat roof of the petrol filling station itself. Some Golden Plover did turn up here last winter - but haven't seen any so far this winter cry.gif.

Got a few funny looks blankstare.gifeyepopping.gif standing in the supermarket car park in pouring rain holding a pair of binoculars! Shouldn't be too surprised! smile.gif

Cheers,

Bill.

-- Edited by Bill Myerscough at 11:39, 2008-01-21

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