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Ian McKerchar


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Five Ring-necked Parakeets E/SE together over my Astley garden at 8:35pm tonight.



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Also in Dukinfield this morning had the pleasure of watching an adult Song Thrush teaching it's young how to bash a snail and extract the food. First time I've ever witnessed this particular behaviour. Nuthatch, Willow Warbler, Wren and a few juvenile Goldfinch have also been present this week. 



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Some nice sightings in our Dukinfield Garden over the last couple of days.

Yesterday a Goldcrest was collecting food from the Lime Tree and flying off down the side of the house, often hear these singing in spring and summer but never seen any other breeding evidence before.
Also a worst for wear female Blackcap collecting food. We had a male singing around the local gardens during spring but not heard or seen since.

This morning a young Song Thrush was on the lawn early on, a fresh Willow Warbler flew into the Lime Tree this afternoon and the Goldcrest was back collecting food again.
This Lime Tree seems to produce plenty of food for foraging birds, usually Blue Tits and Sparrows but also attracts Nuthatch, Coal Tits and Great Tits.

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Common Scoter flock from last night over Little Lever 



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60 ish Common Scoter over my garden 21.48 going west



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Buzzard over my son's garden in Bolton ( Bromwich Street). Heard it first, saw it being harassed by a crow. Cracking garden tick for a visiting birder.

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Mediterranean gull again over my flixton garden this afternoon, managed a photo this time.

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Mediterranean gull flew over my flixton garden this evening just before 7pm.
2 ravens have been hanging around the pylons at the back of me over the last 4 days.

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Red Kite over my back garden/ Leigh cemetery at 16.25 really low, headed off southish towards Astley moss

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Bury . The pheasant pair , who visit several times a day , to feed , drink and rest , came at their usual time this morning . Upon their departure we discovered that she had laid an egg by the kitchen door !
Does anyone have an explanation for this ?

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Bury . Juvenile great spotted woodpecker feeding on peanuts .
Goldfinch chicks .

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pete berry


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6 Ravens flew low west over my Astley back garden just now.

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Bury . One clutch of four , male bullfinch . Male great spotted on the peanuts , presumably ( hope ! ) for chicks . He normally takes the fat balls .
After a break of two or three weeks , the blackcap and willow warbler have started to sing again . Does this mean a second clutch ?

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5 Oystercatchers just flown west over Astley Green back garden this evening.



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Ian McKerchar


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Little Egret just flew west past my Astley garden at 6:18pm What is going on!!?



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Little Egret flew east past our Astley garden at 8:29 this evening.



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The juvenile great spotted woodpecker was in my flixton garden this morning feeding for itself on the fatballs, adult female also still feeding it.



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Hobby flew low south over Andy Makin’s garden on Long Lane, Hindley at 2:30pm today.

 



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The female great spotted woodpecker was back in my flixton garden this evening after a bit of an absence, obviously been busy breeding as she had a juvenile with her which she was feeding fat balls too, lovely to see.

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Yesterday a peregrine went over my flixton garden at 1.05pm.

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2 Redshank over at 0518,travelling North West 



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Just getting a bit weird now, another/same Little Egret over the Astley garden at 11:40 today confuse



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1 x  Red Kite over our Atherton garden....high and heading towards Bolton 



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Odd coincidence (see my last garden sighting belwo) but a Little Egret flew NE over my son’s house in central Astley at just after 9pm this evening (not seen by me).



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pete berry


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A calling Ring Necked Parakeet just flown over my Astley garden,still quite a rare birds around these parts.

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Two Little Egrets flew E/NE together over my Astley garden at 16:50 today.



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Bury . Right now , delightful , most interesting and very lovely to see bullfinch and goldfinch taking forget-me-knot seeds , despite feeders of sunflower hearts . Not seen previously . The colour contrasts are beautiful .
Last week it was bullfinch taking dandy-loin seeds , from the clocks . Great joy !

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Bury . Chiffchaff , blackcap calling . redpoll , bullfinch , nuthatch , goldfinch , tits , brief visit of siskin and great spotted woodpecker on feeders . Songthrush , from the treetop , singing his serenade . Occasional sparrowhawk and house sparrow .

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Goldcrest coming to my pond water fall for drink/bath most days. Not bothered if I am nearby.



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Not quite as exciting as the the last 2 posts! An Oystercatcher flew south over my Tyldesley garden this afternoon and a family party of Long tailed tits moved through the maturing shrubs.

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Osprey very high being harassed by a large hull, over Pennington garden at 13:55, heading for the Greyhound.

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Ian McKerchar


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Great White Egret flew fairly low east past my Astley garden at 13:22 today. 



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pete berry


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Just had a Chiffchaff feeding on the fatballs in Astley Green, can't ever remember seeing this before.



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Early this morning there was 3 Goldfinch including 1 recently fledged on the feeders,later there was a family group of 5 Goldfinch above my Stretford backyard feeders on the telephone wires (2 adults, feeding 3 newly fledged young) and at 12:30pm a single young Goldfinch on a feeder.
There's also been 2 very "tatty" blue tit coming and going picking insects from my little plum tree and a neighbour's pear tree, taking them in the direction of a property with a hole in the brickwork near the roof used in previous years.

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Bury . Just now , saw tawny fly from the conker to the oak , got my binoculars on him and there , above his head , big , fluffy chick !
Great joy .

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A Marsh Harrier just flown over back garden here in Astley being mobbed by 2 Carrion Crows.

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Bury . Very lovely to watch a male bullfinch eating dandelion seeds , from the clock , just now .

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15 minutes ago: A raven flew at just above rooftop height up the length of my garden (Romiley) with a carrion crow in hot pursuit.



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Bury . After more than two weeks of listening , i actually watched the blackcap singing just now . Joy !
Very cunning and secretive pair of jays skulking around .

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Kingfisher low over our Atherton garden...only the second siting in 5 years



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A lovely treat just over 10 minutes ago as 2 great white egrets flew directly over my flixton garden, knew i didn't have enough time to get my camera so just watched as they went over in a north north easterly direction. smile

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A raven was high over my Romiley garden late morning, brought to me courtesy of the noisy gulls giving it grief.



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A swallow circled over my flixton garden this morning a few times nice & low then came & landed on the telephone wires for a little while.
4 mallards then came flying over low & noisy, 3 males harrasing a female.
5 swifts over also.



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Stretford backyard feeders -
I saw my first young Goldfinch sat on the feeders looking totally puzzled as what to do and when it flew to the phone wires above , it didn't beg for any food and was not approached by the seven other Goldfinch so I wonder if it had fledged earlier in the week.

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5 Buzzards together over my Astley garden just now being mobbed by 2 Ravens. Blackcap and Chiffchaff still singing from the land just behind the garden. 2 Swifts feeding over the house and a single Swallow.

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Bury . The tawny , whose photograph i included on Tuesday , flew low over the garden last evening . Have not heard the chiffchaff for some days . Blackcap singing from various locations . Not seen the sparrowhawk , who is normally a frequent visitor , for more than a week .

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A female goosander was a new bird over my flixton garden this morning whilst about to leave for work.

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Just a reminder to please post at least a rough area for you garden each time you post on this thread, exact locations are not necessary of course.



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Yesterday afternoon the resident Tawny , who i have seen only on a very few occasions , eyed me from the ivy . Hurrah ! He was very bold . I do hope they have chicks in the nest box .

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Yesterday in my Astley garden, male Whitethroat back on territory, singing Blackcap and Chiffchaff, a single redpoll over north and a loitering male Linnet.



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