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Tony Koziol


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Since our last post a week ago the only real change is that a female Blackcap has been visiting every day and staying around most of the time in our Stockport garden, she has also had a bit of a bathe sadly no sign of the male or other female.



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On and around my Stretford backyard feeders today 14.01.25 at 12.30 pm were -
Goldfinch - 15.
And a fly by male Chaffinch which landed in a pear tree adjacent to my backyard but it didn't stay long.
A Chaffinch around here is quite a rarity along with House Sparrow.

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Maintaining my firm belief that the ONLY weather that guarantees my access to the Moss is that which includes RAIN...this bout of Ice filled days keeping me firmly at home

here are a few sightings from the 'safety of the Garden'...Birds observed in and or over the Garden

090125...0905-1030....minus 4C

4 Lesser Black-Backed Gull---

2 Great Tit

2 Blue Tit

9 Chaffinch

12 Starling

1 Blackbird

15 Jackdaw

38 Goldfinch

3 Carrion Crow

3 Feral Pigeon

9 Woodpigeon

7 Greenfinch

1 Collared Dove

1 Dunnock

1 Magpie 

1 Snipe...flying south

100125 1000-1130...Minus 6C 

List much the same as yesterday (less the Snipe) but with additions of

1 Ring Necked Parakeet

3 Redwing

110125 1000-1130...Minus 5C

Again list mostly comprising of 090125 Sightings...adding

2 House Sparrow

1 Song Thrush

Both of these species having been commonplace in my lifetime as Garden Regulars but tempered with the sobering knowledge that now these are Rarities....and still those in power continue to ignore what most of us wildlife observers KNOW that NATURE is in dire straits...and those powerful people still understand not that if nature is failing then as we are but simply a part of nature are next in line....I believe that King Midas found to his cost that Gold (untold development riches) is not a foodstuff....



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Another new bird for my flixton garden this morning 2 song thrush chasing each other around.
Photo attached of the 2 Reed buntings from yesterday morning.

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2 male Reed buntings in my flixton garden this morning. Also a male bullfinch which didn't hang around for long.

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2 Tree Sparrows in the garden today,also up to 12 Blackbirds at any one time feeding on the bread/suet pellet mix. On the feeders Nuthatch, Greenfinch, Goldfinch, Chaffinch , 3 Woodpigeon and a few Jackdaws trying to elbow out the Blackbirds as well.

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A redwing, which alighted briefly in the acer outside my front window near dusk, was a total surprise in a Winter where they are not present hereabouts. It then flew towards our cotoneaster, which still has a few small berries, but is not visible from where I was stood. Also, this morning, a pair of siskin for the first time this Winter. Yesterday, 2 redpoll were present. Have probably only had redwing in my garden 2-3 times in 38+ years.



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A male Reed bunting was a nice addition to my flixton garden this morning.
A female chaffinch has been a daily visitor over the last 3 weeks.

Also a female great spotted woodpecker enjoying the fatballs.

-- Edited by steven burke on Wednesday 8th of January 2025 11:53:00 AM

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Tony Koziol


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Our Stockport garden has produced the following for the first seven days of the New Year.

Blackbird: up to eleven birds.

Magpie 3

Wood Pigeon 4

House Sparrow 12

Blue Tit 4

Coal Tit 2

Great Tit 2

Long - tailed Tit 11

Dunnock 1

Starling 5

Jackdaw 3

Robin 1

Ring- necked Parakeet 3

Collared Dove 2

Carrion Crow 1

Blackcap 1 male on 2nd Jan and two females this morning.

Happy New Year to all



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1st Redpoll of the winter on the feeders today,Nuthatch, Great Spotted Woodpecker plus plenty of Goldfinch,several Greenfinch and Chaffinch etc.

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We have 2 x regular visitors in the garden a male Bullfinch and a Robin with signs of fringilla papillomavirus . Just a reminder to regularly wash bird feeding stations to reduce the spread



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The first Siskin of this Winter was on the back garden feeders Christmas Day morning. Today, we were back to two redpoll (I think the loner that has been visiting is a different bird), and seven greenfinches was a mood booster.



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Visiting in Bolton and always watching the feeders in my son's garden Yesterday I saw nuthatch, treecreeper and two goldcrest in the same sycamore tree. Goldfinch, greenfinch and bullfinch on the feeders as usual.

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Today's highlights were a presumed pair of goldcrests in the Acer, just a few feet from the front window, a single redpoll, and one nuthatch.



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1 stunning male Blackcap in our garden in Dukinfield this morning

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Tony Koziol


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Stockport:

Male Blackcap still visiting our fatball feeder most days this week.



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On a wet and windy morning 8:45am today on and around my Stretford backyard feeders were -
Goldfinch - c80.
Ps. checked the 4 feeders at 2:00pm and all empty.

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Female Blackcap in our Dukinfield garden this morning. 4 Bullfinch, 2 Nuthatch, 6 Goldfinch and 2 Coal Tit's for company.



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2 redpoll this a.m. after exactly two weeks since their last visit. Also a grey wagtail knocking about neighbour's roofs. Still waiting for bullfinch (!), blackcap, siskin and brambling this Winter. It's not a great one is it.



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Male Blackcap in Atherton garden this am. First Blackcap this year and it's December !!!!



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Sorry predictive text. Goldfinch should say goldcrest.

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Goldfinch working cherry tree in my front garden, first time tick, in Rosehill Marple.

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Fieldfare still in apple tree, now its 15th day (a garden tick)

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A male sparrowhawk paid a visit this morning. The local goldfinch population is now one lower as a result!



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Tony Koziol


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Stockport:

This morning at 10.25 a Woodcock flew over our front garden heading South a first for our garden.

Ring necked Parakeet has been around the garden for a week and visited a feeder once last Thursday 5th.

Stunning male Sparrowhawk tried to help himself to a male Blackbird at lunchtime.

Finally all four common species of Tit for our garden have visited today, Blue, Coal, Great and Long-tailed.



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Female Blackcap in Old Trafford garden today. Highlights since last post include Fieldfare that stuck around for 3 days (garden first) and daily flyovers of Grey Wagtail.

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Bury . Three male , two female bullfinch on the feeders . Male blackbird landed on lawn and bowled over by the gusty wind ! Got up again and searching in leaf litter .

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Another new bird for our Atherton garden. 1 x Little Egret flyover...brings the garden list to 75



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Single Ring Necked Parakeet on our feeders in Dukinfield this morning was a first......seen in the taller trees at the back previously.



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A Tree Sparrow on feeders in back garden,first one for several years. Also on feeders Great,Blue and Coal Tits, Greenfinch,Goldfinch and Nuthatch and several Pheasants still in and out of garden mopping up the droppings from the feeders.

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Just flushed a Woodcock from my urban Old Trafford garden.

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Romiley. a.m.

The first Redpoll of this Winter was on the front feeders, amongst a good number of other finches including 5 greenfinch. Earlier, on a nearby rooftop, a starling was heard doing a passable imitation of a ring-necked parakeet. One of the latter flew over the back garden late morning.



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On Wednesday 20th we had a female Blackcap visit our Stockport garden fatballs.

Presumably the same bird was here on Friday 22nd chasing off any birds that tried to feed. No sightings this morning.

Last year the first Blackcap turned up on the 3rd December which was two days earlier than in 2022



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Went out to top up feeders this morning and flushed 6 Pheasants out of back garden.
This afternoon 3 Jay's in the garden at same time feeding on the fatballs(never had more than one before).

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My Stretford backyard feeders at 8am today 15.11.24 on a cold wet day -

Goldfinch c70.

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At 13:05 this afternoon just as I stepped out the front of my Astley house, four noisy Ravens flew over very low west together!



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Ring-necked parakeet on feeder this morning; an unwanted first, but still a great looking bird. Two ravens flew over East just after 2pm.

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Bury. First lesser redpoll just now returned . Over a couple of weeks bullfinch and collared dove ditto.
Approx 50 pink-footed geese , east , at 0940hrs .



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Whooper swans were heard only from my flixton garden this evening at 9.02pm they sounded like they were going in an easterly direction.

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A chiffchaff was in the acer just outside the front window this morning. Pretty sure that's a first November record for Sunfield, Romiley.



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Bury . Five or six redwings just dropped onto the lawn , one pursued by a blackbird .
First time , ever .

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A mistle thrush was immitating a Harrier Jump-jet outside my dining room window this morning. It took off vertically 3-4 times to grab a berry from the Irish yew trees. This is just 6 feet from my front door. Also a nuthatch was on the pavement a few seconds later looking for discarded berry stones. I suppose I'd better put the feeders out tomorrow.



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17 redwings over my flixton garden this morning, my first seen this autumn after only being heard & new bird for the garden list.

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Another new bird for the Atherton garden this morning....a flyover from a Common Gull bringing the garden total to 73 in the last 3 years. Also another unusual flyover from a single Rook only the 3rd occasion 



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Another new bird for my flixton garden, a great spotted woodpecker this morning, first seen on the fence at the back of the garden then onto my washing line post but was then spooked by the magpies & up into my neighbours birch tree then soon flew off.

Not an accurate count due to trees but 60+ Pink-footed geese over at 12.15pm heading west/north west.



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Redwing approx. 30 flying NE over my Stretford backyard feeders at 2.55pm .



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The winter pre roost of Jackdaws is back in trees at bottom of my garden and my neighbours with at least 250 birds this evening.

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A new bird to my flixton garden list this morning, a female blackcap, it was feeding in the neighbours gardens birch tree but bypassed my garden, hopefully it will see the fatballs.
Also this morning a male chaffinch & a stock dove amongst the usual house sparrows, starlings, goldfinches & collared doves.
2 blue tits
2 coal tits
1 dunnock
1 robin
There has been 2 goldcrest & a chiffchaff recently.
Within 5 minutes of posting the female blackcap was feeding in my holly tree & then into my neighbours garden.

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In the back garden this afternoon.... 5 Pheasants, all female, presumably the farmer has put fresh stock down for shooting Also a Ring Necked Parakeet (still a rare bird here) 2 Nuthatch on the feeders,plus plenty of Blue,Great, Coal Tits on them as well as 20 + Goldfinch, 6 Greenfinch,and a single Chaffinch.

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Bury . Tawny owl vociferous around the garden 1730hrs .
Good to listen to .

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