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Judith Smith


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Well, it's good to know Kestrels nested (this year?) at the new JJB stadium, as it's important for the breeding atlas.

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fred fouracre


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judith...........dont know about those at the old ground but this pair for sure havent nested at jjb.though kestrels have.

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Judith Smith


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At the old football ground, where TESCOs is now, I remember what I assumed to be a pair of Crows nesting in one of the spotlight gantries...maybe this pair of Ravens will try that?

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ravens at jjb again today.according to the groundsman at robin park arena they visit at some time almost every day.

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Adam Dyson wrote:

i was on my afternoon break today at college and i walked past the opticians next to one of the entrances to the bus station and i looked in and did a double take. There was an adult starling looking curiously through one of the full length mirrors in the shop.
............... I dont think it managed to find any glasses that suited it.
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If it had been trying on some of those rose-tinted spectacles, you could have claimed it as a Rose-Coloured Starling??smile.gif

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fred fouracre wrote:

not quite town centre but there were 2 ravens at jjb stadium today.

....Don't they say that when the Ravens leave the JJB Stadium, Wigan Athletic will fall out of the Premiership, or am I getting mixed up with the Tower of London myth?



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Adam Dyson wrote:

i was on my afternoon brake today at college and i walked past the opticians next to one of the entrances to the bus station and i looked in and did a double take. There was an adult starling looking curiously through one of the full length mirrors in the shop.
It was pretty funny to see but me and my friend ryan speakman ( who is a member of manchester birding) decided it was best to try and get it out. After a few lengths of the room we managed to get a blanket over it and take it outside and it flew off. I dont think it managed to find any glasses that suited it. biggrin.gif





Instead of a single bird you might have got two pairs - had you gone to Specsavers... weirdface.gif

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not quite town centre but there were 2 ravens at jjb stadium today.i heard them calling and was treated to some skillfull aerobatics including some half somersaults their wedge tails making id very easy.they then landed on a wireless mast on top of the stadium and began head bobbing and touching beaks.seemed very content with each other so i presume they must be an established pair.anyway they made my day.

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i was on my afternoon brake today at college and i walked past the opticians next to one of the entrances to the bus station and i looked in and did a double take. There was an adult starling looking curiously through one of the full length mirrors in the shop.
It was pretty funny to see but me and my friend ryan speakman ( who is a member of manchester birding) decided it was best to try and get it out. After a few lengths of the room we managed to get a blanket over it and take it outside and it flew off. I dont think it managed to find any glasses that suited it. biggrin.gif

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Raven on Eckersley Mill near Wigan Pier this lunchtime

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100+ Starlings feeding on the huge Rowan berry crop around Miry Lane/Wallgate today. Come on lads, leave some for the Waxwings!

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29 Mistle Thrush on the roof of the church (St John's I think) on Caroline Street off Wallgate this afternoon, lots of Rowans in the vicinity.

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geoff be careful if you if you walk the other way to the bottom of coppull lane it can be a bit naughty with druggies and the like first thing in the morning furious.gif cheers jimmy

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Those LBB Gulls might breed one of these days. They're always around the town centre when I do my 2 Breeding Bird Surveys, and up a dozen 3rd Winter birds summered at Horrocks Flash last year. I hope they don't as they would probably predate the terns and Black-headed Gulls.
Keep your eyes on the tall buildings, such as they are, in Wigan!

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24/03/08 first light (dipped on the dippers)cry.gif tesco to court buildings

lots of pigeons 6 mallard
2 moorhens 2 dunnock
4 blackbirds 1 wood pigeon
2 collard dove 3 longtailed tit
4 great tit 2 blue tit
6 house sparrow bh gull/common over
2 splendid lbb gull on car park and a few shoping trolleys drowning,as they say if you don,t go you,ll never see owt.

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-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 9th of January 2010 12:03:47 PM

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