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Sightings for yesterday around 9pm:

Common Tern over north
Grasshopper Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat

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Flushed 2 woodcock early this morning while out running, other birds seen and heard included,
3 yellowhammer
1 mistle thrush
1 kestrel
Swift and swallow flew through
Could hear sedge warbler and blackcap
2 greenfinch
Quite a few tits about as well mainly blue and great tits

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1 garden warbler
2 willow tits
2 song thrush

All seen and heard on a very wet and muddy runsmile

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2 reeling grasshopper warblers, this morning while I was out running, other sightings included,
1 kestrel hunting
1 common whitethroat heard only
1 sedge warbler heard only
1 blackcap
3 skylark
2 meadow pipit
3 great tits
Party of 4 blue tits
2 robin
Pair of blackbirds
1 willow warbler heard only
2 chiffchaff 1 seen, 1 heard


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1 lesser whitethroat
3 common whitethroat
2 blackcap
2 yellowhammer
willow warbler and chiffchaff
1 willow tit
2 grasshopper warbler both heard only
blue and great tits
magpie and woodpigeon
1 sedge warbler heard only
A pair of bullfinches on the old railway tracks, see this pair quite often
No sign of any kingfisher on westleigh brook
2 curlew flew over

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Ian McKerchar


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Mid-morning today:

Garden Warbler
Lesser Whitethroat
2 Grasshopper Warbler

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Been out running this afternoon, some decent birds heard and seen.

1 cuckoo heard only
2 grasshopper warbler, 1 seen the other heard
3 yellowhammers, all male in different locations
1 willow tit
Willow warbler and chiffchaff
2 reed bunting
Blue and great tits
Robin and blackbird
1 raven over
1 snipe flushed
2 whitethroat, both seen in full voice
1 blackcap
2 skylark
1 meadow pipit
1 sedge warbler, heard only


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Two reeling Grasshopper Warblers this evening.

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Sightings from this morning:

Sedge Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler
Redpoll
More Whitethroat and Willow Warbler

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Ian McKerchar


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Singing male Wood Warbler still present just north of Howe Bridge Crematorium at midday; still favouring the same area of tall willows.

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Singing Male Wood Warbler just north of Howe Bridge Crematorium at the junction of main path at 12:10 today.

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Grasshopper Warbler singing this morning.

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5 chiffchaff
6 willow warbler
3 song thrush
a pair of yellowhammers
1 willow tit
3 goldcrest, 2 seen 1 heard
4 skylark
2 meadow pipit
1 greenfinch
3 chaffinch
no goldfinch today, usaually just about everywhere I go
1 blackcap
plus good numbers of the common birds, tits, robin, blackbird and wren

over abbey lane ponds where,

a pair of great crested grebes
3 tufted duck
coot
Moorhen
mallards
2 reed bunting
wren

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A Lesser Redpoll flew in at 11:37 today and a female Wheatear and 6 Fieldfare were in the horse fields with a Willow Warbler nearby.

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Sightings from this morning:

Whimbrel and Curlew flew NW at 10:25
Willow Warbler
3 Skylark
5 Chiffchaff
Raven flew north

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Willow Warbler and 22 Fieldfare present yesterday (31st).

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Willow warbler present this morning while I was out running, singing in a tree near the old railway lines.

Other sightings included,

2 Siskin
2 woodcock
1 buzzard
5 chiffchaff all heard in different locations
1 goldcrest
1 willow tit

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10am to 1pm

1 kingfisher on westleigh brook
3 chiffchaff
5 lesser redpoll
2 redwing
1 robin
blue and great tits
1 chaffinch
3 blackbird
5 siskin
1 kestrel
7 house sparrow
loads of goldfinch lost count
pair of bullfinch
5 skylark
2 meadow pipit

plus the usaul wood pigeon, magpie and carrion crow

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This morning:

2 Chiffchaff
pair of Grey Partridge
Raven
22 Meadow Pipit
2 Fieldfare
2 Siskin
2 Willow Tit

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2 chiffchaff this morning on my run, both heard and seen.

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Few hours this morning in stunning sunshine.

Over the the delph and abbey lane, then to pickley green and over the feilds towards atherton.

skylark
meadow pipit
goldfinch
chaffinch
greenfinch
coot
great crested grebe
tufted duck
mallard
yellowhammer
robin
blackbird
Blue tit
great tit
willow tit
1 kingfisher, first one on this part of westleigh brook for three years for me.
1 chiffchaff, first one this year
2 linnet
4 bullfinch, 3 male, 1 female
reed bunting
1 raven
carrion crow
magpie
wood pigeon





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In 50 minutes this early afternoon:

2 Snipe
2 Reed Bunting
7 Siskin
6 Chaffinch
2 Bullfinch
2 Goldcrest
16 Redwing
5 Fieldfare
Yellowhammer
2 Willow Tit
6 House Sparrow

Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

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Couple of hours this morning. 2 pied wagtails Pair of bullfinches Great,blue and long tailed tits. Goldfinches everywhere I went. 1 redwing feeding also 16 flew over. 2 pairs of tufted duck. Robin and blackbird also great spotted woodpecker.

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Sightings from yesterday:

2 Woodcock
Water Rail
8 redpoll
4 Siskin
50+ Redwing
Willow Tit

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Today 5-6pm:

6 Siskin
Goldcrest
Chiffchaff
5 Redwing

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80+ Pink-footed Geese over SW at 16:09 this afternoon.

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47 Pink-footed Geese over NW at 5:23om today.

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A Hobby flying south then chasing Swallows was present at 14:02 and 80+ Swallow flew south in one hour.

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This late morning to early afternoon:

Water Rail
A calling Golden Plover over calling (not seen)
2 juvenile Whitethroat

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Juvenile Whinchat present this morning.

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10 - 12am. Highlights as follows:

Tree Pipit 1 adult without entire head and breast feathers. Feeding 1 recently fledged juvenile
Reed Bunting family party
Chiffchaff 5, inc at least 2 juveniles being fed by parents
Greenfinch 4 inc 2 juveniles
Blackcap 2 female/immature redheads
Willow Warbler 2 juvenile
Robin 2 juveniles

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Female Whinchat present at mid-afternoon today.

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Male Lesser Whitethroat and Grasshopper Warbler present this morning.

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This morning: -

Cuckoo still present
Grasshopper Warbler
2 Sedge Warblers

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8 - 10am. 41 species. Highlights as follows:

Cuckoo 1 male. Seen really well and heard calling
Tree Pipit 2 south area
Willow Warbler 8 singing
Song Thrush 8
Chiffchaff 5 singing
Whitethroat 4
Grey Partridge 2
Grasshopper Warbler 2 males reeling in separate areas. One seen very well.
Kestrel 1 male caught fairly large rodent

Thanks to Phil Rhodes and this forum caught up with a Cuckoo within walking distance of my house

Pity this site has a new road planned to be built through it!

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Cuckoo still present today.

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At 12:20 today: -

Tree Pipit
Cuckoo
Grasshopper Warbler

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2 Dunlin flew through NW at 4:25 today. Also present, Snipe and Grasshopper Warbler.

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Up to 4:30 this afternoon: -

Tree Pipit present though elusive
Male Cuckoo still present

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Grasshopper Warbler reeling at 8:15pm today.

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Grasshopper Warbler flushed this morning.

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Tree Pipit at 6:30am today, also: -

Cuckoo
Jack Snipe
2 Whitethroat

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Tree Pipit singing at 2:10pm today and female Redstart still present plus Peregrine circling.

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Female Redstart present at 4:30pm yesterday.

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Male Blackcap in a birder's garden at 1pm today.

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9 Waxwings at Howe Bridge Crematorium at 10am today. Showing very well and feeding on berries.

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Mike Passant wrote:


We shall be back (hopefully able to take in a little birding) weather and circumstances permitting, in Greater Manchester on Jan 12th. This area seems to turn up decent records from time to time; what does the habitat comprise please, and is parking/ access easy?

Best wishes for 2013.

Mike P.




Its rough scrubland and fields with horses,and one of the areas where a casual single visit ,would be likely to find very little of note.It used to be my patch in the 1970's-1990 and I really saw little of note most visits,with the odd decent bird,and its one of those sites where a patcher in this case Phil Rhodes finds a few decent birds,where as the casual visitor would soon give up as in my experiance there is very little to see for much of the time.

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We shall be back (hopefully able to take in a little birding) weather and circumstances permitting, in Greater Manchester on Jan 12th. This area seems to turn up decent records from time to time; what does the habitat comprise please, and is parking/ access easy?

Best wishes for 2013.

Mike P.

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10 Waxwings at Howe Bridge Crematorium, Westleigh, at noon today

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10 very photogenic Waxwings still present at Howe Bridge Crematorium at 9:55 this morning; still plenty of berries left too.

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