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Simon Warford


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Amazingly 3 Blackcaps (2 males, 1 female) in our Bolton garden today.

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Eugene Dillon-Hooper


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Mistle thrush on the berry tree outside my bedroom window. Knowing that all the waxwings that are about, I almost had a heart attack when I openned the curtains bleary eyed this morning. This is however the first bird I've seen on this tree feeding all winter, so holding out hope that something better might take a liking it to it!

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female blackcap again in my old Trafford garden this morning, feeding on the apples I have placed in one of my trees & on the fatballs.

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Just now 1 Ring Necked Parakeet over my Bredbury garden closely followed by a large female Sparrowhawk.

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Simon Warford


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Male Blackcap in our Bolton garden this morning. Thats two of the last three winters we've had wintering records.

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steven burke


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A female blackcap was in my old trafford garden yesterday morning, it landed in the tree where I have placed some apples but did not stay long.
Also a peregrine falcon was chasing the feral pigeons around in the wind but soon lost to view.

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marvin lewis


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Single male Bullfinch on the feeders last 2 days. First time in many months.

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bernard hooley


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brambling in our Kearsley garden yesterday

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Chris Greene


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A single male Bullfinch, made a welcome return to our Stockport garden this morning,after an absence of over six months!

Otherwise really quiet,

Cheers Chris



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Andy Bissitt


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A slight upturn this weekend in birds coming to the garden (still eating mostly last years seed), with the first nuthatch for about a month, and even more momentous, a pair of bullfinches on a feeder (first for well over a year I think). Let's hope for something cold after Christmas so I can start on this years seed supply, and perhaps get a real surprise bird.



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Looks like a "white christmas" has come early to my garden as this Sparrowhawk took out one the "white flying rats" that plague my garden and steal all the food put down for the finches,only 9 birds left in flock now,hopefully it'll get the taste for them and take a few moresmile

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marvin lewis


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A Brambling again visited my garden today. Looked like the same one as on Tuesday, and I think its a female.

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Rene Griffiths


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Grey Wagtail that was around my garden in Golborne (and other gardens nearby) for winter last year returned again on Tuesday (at least that was the first time I have seen it again). On the feeders/around this morning, 2x Coal Tits, A Dunnock, Robin, Blackbird, Collared Doves, Wren, around 10 House Sparrows, 4 Blue Tits, a Great Tit, circa 50 starlings

-- Edited by Rene Griffiths on Thursday 15th of December 2016 11:48:59 AM

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Mike Cooper


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Lots of redwings calling over heywood tonight

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marvin lewis


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A Brambling visited my Prestwich garden this morning. It fed beneath the hanging feeders, associating with the commoner finches. Delightful.

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Eugene Dillon-Hooper


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Sparrowhawk, over the roof of the house opposite me. Firswood.



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David Morris


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Just had a Dunnock and a Goldfinch in my garden in Chorlton, first of each for a while (especially the Dunnock, I think my cats probably scare them off!).

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David Morris


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Just had one of the local Ring-necked Parakeets fly over my garden in Chorlton.

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Keith Mills


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Regular Coal Tit (at least 2) visits to my feeders after Breakfast today. Also, not seen for sometime, came A Mistle Thrush on my Larch and a Wren.

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Chris Porter


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Nice surprise in Hulme garden today, a smart looking jay sat in clear view with bristling crest.

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Sat 3/12/16:

1 Blackcap (m) feeding on apple in my tree, which I have put out hoping to attract waxwing(wishful thinking!)

4 Blackbird
3 Blue tit
2 Great tit
2 Coal tit
7 Goldfinch
6 Chaffinch
8 Housesparrow
10 -14 Starling
2 Dunnock
1 Wren
3 Robins (chasing each other)
6 Collared dove
4 Woodpigeon


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Hopwood heywood

Since Rowan leaves dropped a week or so ago the few berries left were first targeted by blackbirds then this week a pair? Of mistle thrushes and now Starlings hovering up last ones.

Looks like no Waxwings for me again this winter

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Sparrowhawk perched on tree at the back of gardens on Fairfax Ave, Didsbury from 9 - 9:30 am this morning.



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Chris Greene


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Three Goldcrests currently flitting their way around our frosty Stockport garden.

Cheers Chris 



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Alan Turner


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Pied and Grey Wagtails several times over the last few days on our Grove/ our drive - Ashton-under-Lyne.



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A record for my Flixton garden...15 Collared Doves. The bird seed isn't lasting very long!

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12/11/2016 12:54 and 13/11/2016 09:58 - Siskin male attending our Walkden garden feeding station.

13/11/2016 09:13 - Chiffchaff singing in birch trees adjacent our feeding station.


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14/11/2016 Dukinfield

Unusual sighting for the date of a single Siskin (male) on the feeders today. Only seen one other in our garden before the years turn and that was mid December 2010.

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Keith Mills


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A Willow Tit, is today, coming regularly to my hearts feeder. Very much a Garden first for me smile

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Keith Mills


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A Kestrel glided directly over my Garden this afternoon;
medium height


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Peter Nolan Woolley


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For my Openshaw courtyard garden this morning.

Dunnock.
Blue Tit.
Great Tit.
Blackbird.
Starling.
Goldfinch.
Magpie.
Wood Pigeon.
Robin.
and Wren biggrin

-- Edited by Peter Nolan Woolley on Sunday 6th of November 2016 11:43:13 AM

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Ivan Ellison


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Just observed a pair of carrion crows breaking twigs off a tree and taking to nearby tree to start the base of new nest. Rather early for next building, has anyone else seen this at this time of year.

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A great new garden tick for me over my old Trafford garden, I just got out of my car to enter my gate & despite it being dark at 6.10pm I noticed some white birds heading over, I got my binoculars on them & they turned out to be 17 WHOOPER SWANS biggrin as they got closer I could hear them honking as they continued to head east.

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Mark B-Seifert


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Just had a coal tit making trips to some spilled food for the last ten minutes.

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Eugene Dillon-Hooper


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Sparrowhawk flew past my house for the past 2 days, I've seen them regularly around the Longford park area.

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1 SWIFT - flew over my house today and stayed for around 5 mins. This is the latest I've ever seen one. 2 great tit also

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David Morris


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First Goldfinch for a while in our Chorlton garden today, brought about by a change in feeders- has anyone noticed that changing the style of feeders (not the contents) has an impact on the birds they get in their gardens? Used to get goldfinches on a seed feeder with a squirrel guardian on it, but when they broke they were a lot less likely to go on a big exposed one that pigeons and other things could land on. Now, I put a protected feeder up, and they're back!

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1 ring necked parakeet in my bedbury garden feeding on sunflower hearts just now, 1st one i have seen in this area.

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Hopwood Heywood fri 28/10

Ringed 16 birds great, blue and coal tits , chaffinch and dunnock. 6 goldfinches avoided nets as did a surprising fem great spotted woodpecker


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A Tawny Owl in some friends Bromley Cross garden this morning attracted lots of attention from very noisy Blackbirds, Wrens, Robins, Blue Tits, Starlings, Chaffinches, & a couple of Goldcrests.


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A lovely sight & sound of at least 50 goldfinches on & around my feeders in my old trafford garden at 4.30pm.

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2 Coal Tit Friday morning after yesterday's single bird

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Eugene Dillon-Hooper


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4pm Just heard a skein of geese go overy my house in Firswood/stretford area. Was able to see them to identify them. Anyone else seen anything over?

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Gordon Newman


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Single Coal Tit this morning is a first for me. Don't see too many in the area which lies halfway between Pennington Flash and Bickershaw Rucks

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A very nice ring ouzel in my Harwood, Bolton back garden this morning.  Record shot through the kitchen window.



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Grey Wagtail having a dip in our Hale garden pond this morning.



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A late Willow Warbler in our garden in Lowton at tea time today.

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Willow tit seen again in my Radcliffe garden this afternoon. I noticed he was on occasion seemingly struggling to pick out black sunflower seeds from the feeder, it wasn't until I looked at my pictures that he was grabbing two at a time! I will put a picture of this on my Flickr page Monday afternoon. Thanks.....

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In the last week we´ve had a pair of Goldcrests & a pair of chiffchaffs in the garden here in High Crompton.Also for over a month now up to a dozen long tailed tits.



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First ever Great Spotted Woodpecker (juvenile) in my Chorlton garden today! Sadly scared off by the neighbour's cat before I could get a decent photo of it or my wife could see it through my bins...

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