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Dave Steel


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Garden Watch Irlam South 0715-0915

3 Robin

2 Blackbird

1 Wren

4 Chaffinch

10 Carrion Crow

2 Great Tit

3 Magpie

83 Woodpigeon

1 Dunnock

4 Blue Tit

16 Goldfinch

37 Black-Headed Gull

10 Feral Pigeon

18 Lesser Black Backed Gull

6 Jackdaw

8 Starling

4 Greenfinch

25 Redwing flying east-west @ 0825

14 Redwing flying east-west @ 0842

1 Coal Tit

3 House Sparrow

1 Grey Wagtail

2 Mallard

1 Sparrowhawk...Male



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Garden Watch Irlam South 0715-0915

2 Wren

6 Magpie

4 Blue Tit

4 Great Tit

198 Woodpigeon

11 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

12 Carrion Crow

9 Feral Pigeon

2 Dunnock

12 Starling

61 Black-Headed Gull

2 Rook

4 Chaffinch

11 Greenfinch

3 Robin

23 Goldfinch

3 Pied Wagtail

1 Sparrowhawk....Male

2 Blackbird

5 Pink-Footed Geese...Flying East @ 0802

6 Jackdaw

2 Mute Swan

1 Grey Heron

1 Coal Tit

1 Skylark



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Garden Watch----Irlam South 0725-0900

3 Great Tit

2 Blue Tit

24 Goldfinch

68 Woodpigeon

15 Starling

2 Magpie

2 Chaffinch

7 Lesser Black Backed Gull

2 Meadow Pipit

4 Jackdaw

9 Carrion Crow

1 Dunnock

2 Grey wagtail

2 Robin

2 Blackbird

1 Sparrowhawk....Male

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

6 Feral Pigeon

2 Mallard

6 Pink-Footed Geese...Flying East @ 0842

1 Black Headed Gull

1 Raven



-- Edited by Dave Steel on Monday 14th of October 2024 10:42:53 AM

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fredford


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Bury . Two grey wagtails feeding on the lawn , right now . Joy .

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071024 yet another Garden Watch....0730-1000

3 Robin

6 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

13 Black Headed Gull

84 Woodpigeon

6 Carrion Crow

7 Magpie

27 Goldfinch

6 Jackdaw

13 Starling

2 Grey Wagtail

8 Greenfinch

1 Chaffinch

1 Dunnock

3 Rook

9 Feral Pigeon

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker

1 Swallow...South @ 0825

5 Ring-Necked Parakeet (3 @ 0830...2 @ 0835) flying west

1 Mallard

1 Canada Goose

2 Great Tit

3 Blue Tit

1 Collared Dove

1 Wren

2 House Sparrow

1 Cormorant @ 0944

1 Blackbird

2 Skylark.



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Bury . Couple of carrion crows pecking at the remains of a rat , on the grassed area .

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051024 another Garden Watch...0745-0900 Irlam South

8 Starling

1 Wren

2 Skylark

46 Woodpigeon

1 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

2 Great Tit

2 Robin

2 Greenfinch

14 Canada Geese

7 Goldfinch

1 Grey Wagtail

3 Magpie

4 Jackdaw

1 Cormorant

1 Dunnock

4 Blue Tit

3 Carrion Crow

2 Black-Headed Gull.



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A Tawny Owl calling just now from trees opposite my house.

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Thanks to the text alert I've just had 8 Great White Egrets from the garden. Headed out from Audenshaw Reservoir and lost to view near the Chadderton/Oldham area. 



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041024...Vis-Mig from my Irlam South Garden...0730-0900

Induced by the call of a Siskin passing overhead as I took my breakfast cuppa into the garden...

1 Siskin

2 Lesser Redpoll

1 (maybe 2) Redwing

1 Chiffchaff

4 Jackdaw

5 Carrion Crow

14 Goldfinch

2 Great Tit

4 Starling

2 Skeins of Pink-Footed Geese heading east @ 0812 + 0850

3 Chaffinch

1 Brambling @ 0815

16 Woodpigeon

2 Robin

4 Black-Headed Gull

3 Blue Tit

2 Dunnock

11 Magpie

1 Grey Wagtail

1 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

3 Feral Pigeon



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Bury . Just now , in the apple tree outside the kitchen , observing and listening to the song of a lovely chiffchaff !
Not heard them here since spring . Wonder if he is on his way or a stayer.

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Likewise, but in Stalybridge, had 9 redwing fly low over the house first thing this morning



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Just stepped out of my back door in Astley and four Redwings flew over really low south and calling!



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Steven Nelson


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A noisy Raven flew low over my Irlam garden this morning

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Male Sparrowhawk, late this afternoon, on the wall of our Openshaw garden. 



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A calling Chiffchaff in the back garden this morning.

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Sunday 22.09.24 at 7.55am (wet) on and around my Stretford backyard feeders were 70 Goldfinch.
With the sunny weather there's not been many turning up over the last couple of weeks but amongst those that have was an adult Goldfinch with Cauliflower type growths on both it's feet and with double sized claws, but it was still feeding.
A Sparrowhawk was also seen again last week unsuccessfully attacking Woodpigeons across the street feeding on Rowan berries.

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A jay is another new bird for my flixton garden this morning.
2 chiffchaffs this morning, plenty of calling from them, one of them singing.
Thought I may of had a willow warbler on Monday but only seen very briefly, looked bigger & brighter than chiffchaff, no call heard.
7 meadow pipits over this morning.
A raven over yesterday.

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1 x Hobby over Atherton garden this morning 



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Late morning today in the Astley garden saw a fair sized flock of Long-tailed Tits moving through along with two Chiffchaffs (one singing a little later on) and best of all a Treecreeper. Also almost 20 Meadow Pipits moving south in one and twos and five local Buzzards in the air together over the field at the bottom of the garden too.



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4 Ravens just flown low over the back garden, also a Chiffchaff calling earlier from the hedge.

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Whitefield. I was woken up this morning around 6am to the sound of a random pheasant on my street. It continued for a good while but I drifted back off. Merlin app confirmed it for me though as I tend to question myself if I'm half asleep. 8.30am. Heard parakeets fly past but didn't see how many this time.

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130924.... Morning Cuppa(s) sightings/calls in/from my Irlam Garden...

3 Robin in song 

4 Goldfinch

9 Woodpigeon 

1 Wren

1 Chiffchaff (long staying bird I assume)

2 Magpie

5 Jackdaw

7 Blue Tit

1 Linnet

1 Starling

1 Mallard

3 Great Tit

2 Greenfinch

1 Carrion Crow

5 Ring-Necked Parakeet.



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1 Chiffchaff in my Irlam Garden...even gave a burst of song.



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300824...Irlam

2 Raven Circling above the house @1315.

2 Common Pipistrelle Bats p



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Bird number 50 for my flixton garden, Pink-footed geese 40+ heading south easterly at 5.54pm. Nice to see after only hearing them over back in February.

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A chiffchaff was a new bird for my flixton garden yesterday afternoon.

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Again not many birds ( Goldfinch) on or around my Stretford backyard feeders yesterday but a Sparrowhawk did make an unsuccessful attempt at catching one of the feral pigeons picking up seed at the base of the feeders.

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A calling male Yellow Wagtail flew over my Irlam garden this evening.

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Chiffchaff once again singing at bottom of the garden,also Raven over.

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Not many Goldfinch on or around my Stretford backyard feeders today ( 04.09.24) but there was a newly fledged youngster being fed by a parent on the telephone wires above the feeders.

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Chiffchaff still in back garden calling away as it moves round hedgerow.

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Whitefield. Watched 6 ring-necked parakeets fly over my garden at approx 8.30am this morning.

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300824...Irlam

2 Raven Circling above the house @1315.



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260824...Irlam

1 Willow Warbler...a garden first----nearly spilt my morning cuppa!



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230824...Irlam

1 Hornet Mimic Fly



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A singing Chiffchaff at the bottom of the garden this morning.

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Nuthatch in my Astley garden ten minutes ago, a barely annual occurrence!



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On and around my Stretford backyard feeders -
There's been some good numbers of Goldfinch 40's,50's and 60's ,including a large percentage of young lately (plus several visits from Greenfinch and Blue- tits) especially on rainy or damp days but very few on fine sunny days ???
Needless to say the ferral pigeons below the feeders have been having a feast on all the dropped/part eaten seed .
I've had to order a second 20kg bag of Sunflower Hearts this month with all the demand.
Ps. Yesterday (Wed.21.08.24) there were 2 newly fledged Goldfinch being fed above the feeders on the BT wires.

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Bury . Sparrowhawk , juvenile i think , walking around under the feeders , carefully peering upwards as if in search of loafing prey candidates .

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Bury . Yesterday , one hour apart , Juvenile bullfinch and greenfinch died after flying into the kitchen window , from the feeders . Despite much coloured paper and card stuck to the inside . Sparrowhawk to blame , i think .

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A Chiffchaff calling from the hedgerow between my garden and next door just now.

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Bury . Just now a pair of ravens over , north .

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A feeding flock of 16 Swallows over the back garden this evening, by a long way the most I've seen together locally this summer. Quite a few looked like juvs, probably from nearby farm .

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On and around my Stretford backyard feeders today at 06.30am.

Goldfinch - c60 ( including many juveniles, some of which were starting to get black colouring around the eyes).
Greenfinch - 2.
Blue-tit - 1.
Plus a Blackbird nearby and the usual noisey backyard Magpie swooping back and forth over each yard.

-- Edited by phillipskelly on Monday 5th of August 2024 10:49:48 AM

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At 0530hrs today a frantic whirring of tiny , brown wings heralded the arrival of what must have been a just - fledged wren at my breakfast table . One look at my kedgeree and he was off .

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Four Ravens circling over my Astley garden just now for over five minutes. There was some tumbling from what appeared to be two adult pairs, one of which eventually departed SW whilst the other pair continued to circle and interact with each other for some time right above the house, then drifted slowly W/NW.



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A Tawny Owl calling just now from trees in field behind the back farden.

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17 Canada Geese flew north over my Tyldesley garden at c.6.45 this morning, also 2 juv Great Spotted Woodpecker in trees along Wayfarers Drive.

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2 Kestrel over the garden this afternoon. First for a while.



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