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 .

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 12th of November 2024 01:24:40 PM

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

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.

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 

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

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.

-- Edited by steven burke on Monday 28th of October 2024 12:33:40 PM

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

171024 Garden Watch Irlam South

7 Jackdaw

2 Robin

41 Woodpigeon

3 Great Tit

6 Carrion Crow

4 Blue Tit

6 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

7 Greenfinch

35 Goldfinch

10 Magpie

13 Starling

3 Chaffinch

9 Feral Pigeon

44 Redwing

7 Black-Headed Gull

2 Blackbird

4 Linnet

1 Grey Wagtail

4 Mallard

1 Dunnock

1 Sparrowhawk

1 Pied Wagtail

1 Wren

1 Skylark

 

Flock of 12 Redwing over Atherton garden with 2 x Fieldfare

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Garden Watch...Irlam South

2 Robin

12 Carrion Crow

2 Wren

12 Magpie

1 Pied Wagtail

74 Woodpigeon

2 Great Tit

18 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

1 Cormorant

17 Black-Headed Gull

9 Feral Pigeon

6 Blue Tit

2 Chaffinch

20 Goldfinch

1 Blackbird

11 Starling

4 Jackdaw

11 Greenfinch

1 Buzzard @ 0813

3 Redwing Flying South @ 0845

1 Coal Tit

2 Grey Wagtail @ 0850

140 Pink-Footed Geese Flying East in 2 Skeins @ 0902

2 Mute Swan

1 Dunnock

 

 

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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

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

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

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

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

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

A noisy Raven flew low over my Irlam garden this morning

A calling Chiffchaff in the back garden this morning.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.