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Chris Harper


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2 Oystercatcher on Parrs Wood Playing Fields. Also 3 Blackcap, Chiffchaff, 3 Pied Wagtail, Cormorant, 5 Grey Heron, 2 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow.



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Still 10+ Swift on the Mersey and 2 Grey wagtails in the bus station.

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Chris Harper


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2 Oystercatcher on playing fields at 15.05



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Chris Harper


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Common Buzzard out of Heaton Norris park at 07.10 and flew along the M60. Along the river 4 Blackcap, 2 Goosander (Drake going into eclipse), Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, 5 Sand Martin.



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Chris Harper


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Reed Bunting, Kingfisher, 2 Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 5 Chiffchaff, 4 Goosander, Grey Wagtail, 20 Swift, 20 Sand Martin, 4 House Martin, 5 Mistle Thrush.



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10+ Swifts over the Mersey at Stockport Bus Station.

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Chris Harper


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2 Linnets near pyramid were a nice surprise this morning. Also Kingfisher, 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, 2 Goosander, 4 Grey Heron



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Chris Harper


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Juvenile Dipper by Patch Island yesterday afternoon about 3.15.



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Chris Harper


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Sparrowhawk this morning. Also Goosander, Grey Wagtail, 4 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, 4 Sand Martin



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Chris Harper


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30 Sand Martin, 4 Swift, Swallow, Blackcap, 3 Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail, 5 Chiffchaff, Goosander, good numbers of Lesser Black Backed Gulls on the playing fields.



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Chris Harper


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3 Goosander, Willow Warbler,2 Whitethroat, 3 Chiffchaff, Reed Bunting, 2 Grey Wagtail, 4 Sand martin (Does anyone know if the colony by Patch Island has been successful? Not seen many around here for a week now)



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Chris Harper


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Willow Warbler, Blackcap, 2 Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaff, Goosander, 2 Bullfinch, 4 Grey Wagtail, 2 Grey Heron.

 



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Chris Harper


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Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, Drake Goosander, 2 Swallow, Grey Wagtail



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Kestrel, Willow Warbler, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, Grey Wagtail, Pheasant, 20 Sand martin, 10 Swift, 2 Whitethroat, 4Mistle Thrush, 2 Grey Heron.



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Chris Harper


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Oystercatcher on the playing fields. Also 5 Goosander (3 well grown juveniles), Common Whitethroat, Chiffchaff, Peregrine Falcon over Town Centre.

No Sand Martin!



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Juv. Kingfisher yesterday, which is great as it means the male and female I saw back in May have been successful parents near Stockport somewhere!

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Juv. Kingfisher yesterday, which is great as it means the male and female I saw back in May have been successful parents near Stockport somewhere!

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Chris Harper


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Reed Bunting singing this morning by Patch Island, 2 Whitethroat, one song flight. Single Blackcap, 5 Sand Martin, Swift, 3 Grey Heron, 2 Chiffchaff.



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Chris Harper


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9 Mistle Thrush feeding on Parr's Wood playing fields, with 12 Lesser Black Backed Gull.



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Chris Harper


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Showy Blackcaps this morning, at least 3. Also 15 Sand Martin. 3 Grey Heron, 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Bullfinch, 20 Lesser Black Backed Gull, 5 Swallow, 5 Mistle Thrush.



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Yesterday

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Grey Wagtail 3 juveniles 1 adult male

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Chris Harper


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This am : Female Goosander, Ring Necked Parakeet, very busy Sand Martin colony, 2 Common Whitethroat, 2 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 3 Swallow, 4 Grey Heron (one stalking around the Sand Martin colony), Grey Wagtail.



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Chris Harper


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This am 7.10-7.20

Drake Mandarin, Kingfisher, 2 Bullfinch, 3 Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff, 2 Blackcap, 30 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 3 Cormorant, 4 Grey Heron, Grey Wagtail, 4 Mistle Thrush



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30 Sand martin, 3 Swallow, Whitethroat, Grey wagtail, 5 Chiffchaff, 2 Grey Heron, Kestrel



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Chris Harper


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Kingfisher this morning. Drake Goosander on Monday. Maximum 4 Common Whitethroat, 5 Chiffchaff (one whose nest seems to have been found by a Jay), 2 Willow Warbler, 3 Blackcap, Pheasant, 40 Sand Martin, 4 Swallow, 10 Swift, 3 House Martin, Bullfinch, 3 Grey Wagtail, Pied Wagtail.



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Chris Harper


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3 Bullfinch, 3 Goosander, 3 Whitethroat, Blackcap, 3 Chiffchaff, 3 Willow Warbler, 10 Swift, 40 Sand Martin, Swallow



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6 Common Whitethroat, Kingfisher, Blackcap, Ring Necked Parakeet, 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker, 2 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, 30 Sand Martin, 5 Swallow, 6 Swift.



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Dipper just up river from Cheadle Bridge. Also 7 Chiffchaff, 20 Sand Martin, Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, Grey Wagtail, Swallow. Mink!!



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Chris Harper


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Showy Kingfisher by M60 bridge. Plus all the usuals.



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No sign of the Sandpiper. However, Kingfisher, 3 Common Whitethroat, 2 Blackcap, 15 Sand Martin, 2 Grey Wagtail, 5 Bullfinch, Goosander pair, 3 Swallow, 4 Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler.



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Chris Harper


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Also had a quick look on return from work without a sighting. Can't rule out the possibility it was a Wood Sandpiper either. Will cycle with my binoculars tomorrow just in case it's still about. 



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A quick look for the sandpiper, but unsurprisingly there was nothing. This stretch of the river is always busy with dog-walkers and the like. Today a couple were paddling with their small child on the island, so I knew it was a doomed mission! It was my first chance to watch the Sand Martins this year, also a few Swift about. The other thing is that a pair of Pied Wagtails seem to have displaced the formerly regular pair of Grey Wagtails from the corner territory across the river from the island.

Sorry Chris that I couldn't confirm your sighting for you!

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Chris Harper


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Sandpiper species at 07.10 this morning behind Patch Island. No optics to view, but it did look a little darker, and I'm sure showed white in the rump, so I'm assuming it's a Green, as opposed to the more 'usual' Common that I have seen here on a regular basis(although not at this time of year).

Worth checking if anyone's around today.

Also Goosander, Blackcap, 2 Common Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warble, 3 Chiffchaff, 30 Sand Martin, Swallow, Grey Wagtail



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A single Dipper at Cheadle Bridge this morning.

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Took part in a CWT led "Dawn Chorus" walk today organised by the Heaton Mersey Village Conservation Group.

Nothing surprising but good views of 3 Bullfinch together (one female), 4 individual Blackcap males, 2 Common Whitethroat plus a heard only Garden Warbler on the opposite river bank.  Lapwing and Oystercatcher apresent as "Flyovers"

Great supporting cast all in full and fabulous song - well worth the early start.


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2 Blackcap, Wren, 3 Grey Heron, Long Tailed Tit, 2 Greenfinch, 2 Chiffchaff, Cormorant, Kingfisher and a Weasel ran across the path in front of me!

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Chris Harper


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Common whitethroat, 3 Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, 20 Sand Martin, 2 Swallow, Grey Wagtail, Drake Goosander and a Mink AGAINfurious



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Kingfisher and Common Whitethroat both seen this afternoon. 



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Oystercatcher same spot. Also 4 Willow Warbler, Goosander, Blackcap, 4 Chiffchaff, 30 Sand Martin, 3 Grey Wagtail



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Single Oystercatcher at 07.30 on Parrs Wood playing fields. Also 60 Sand Martin, Goosander, 4 Bullfinch, Swallow, Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler



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Common Whitethroat, 3 Willow Warbler, 3 Chiffchaff, Blackcap, 20 Sand martin (Business Park, not nest site), 2 Drake Goosander, Bullfinch, Pheasant, Grey Wagtail



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9 Goosander this morning by Parrs Wood playing fields, also 3 Bullfinch



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Drake Mandarin Duck and Drake Goosander also seen on return journey today. 



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3 Blackcap, 3 Willow Warbler, 40 Sand Martin, Swallow, displaying Grey Wagtail, 4 Chiffchaff



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Yesterday early evening: Kestrel, 2x Buzzards, Mandarin Duck fly past over weir, Greenfinch, Goldfinches, Cormorant, Grey Heron, Blackcap (m), Sand Martins and Swallow (near Patch Island)

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Chris Harper


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Kingfisher, 2 Swallow, 20+ Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, 5 Chiffchaff, Grey Wagtail, 2 Goosander, Bullfinch



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2 Ring-necked Parakeets again flying around Mersey Vale Nature Park this morning, also 2 Stock Dove.

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Sand Martin this morning along the Mersey by Acorn Business Park

Also 3 Goosander, 6 Chiffchaff, Common Buzzard, 3 Bullfinch, Grey Wagtail



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Kingfisher just upstream of M60 bridge

6 Chiffchaff, 3 Goosander



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2 Ring-necked Parakeets this morning at Parrs Wood, then flew over the Mersey Vale Nature Park, also at least 6 Chiffchaff singing along the river here.

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