4 knot flew east/ se this morning
1100+ Redwing west/sw
200 Pink-footed Geese east

a vis mig watch this afternoon saw

2600+ Swift south
1000+ Black-headed Gull south
200+ Swallow south

swifts were streaming south in either small tight flocks really motoring or long lines of birds steadily moving. The largest flock was 460

10-11.30 watching from the balcony

Ringtail Hen Harrier circled over Prestwich and was mobbed by a sparrowhawk before carrying on west
12 common Buzzard (9 Drifted east/SE and 3 local birds with some display)
6 Sparrowhawk ( 3 displaying and a further 3 west)
Approx 50 meadow pipit north
2 Greenfinch displaying

A woodcock was seen flying over the houses in a WNW direction this morning which assume this must have been disturbed from somewhere

Couple of Sparrowhawks displaying

Lesser Black-backed Gulls and Meadow pipits moving north

11 Skylark NW
500+ Fieldfare SW
700 Woodpigeon south
1800+ pink-footed Geese east (11 skeins)

This evening 16 swift very high up slowly south

Yesterday 116 Swift south

553 Woodpigeon flew NW in 7 flocks prior to 9am

1027 Woodpigeon flew south in 6 flocks just after 9.15am

7.15 -8.15 watching out the window

Male Peregrine circled over
19 Snipe flew sw in 2 groups
49 Lapwing SW and 45 NW
1051 Woodpigeon NE in several flocks
333 Fieldfare sw
265 Pink-footed geese - east across Manchester in 4 Skeins

had a quick look out at 13.20 to see if any more pinkfeet moving and 25 Whooper Swans high se and 60 Pinkfeet NW

4 Whooper Swan flew west at 8.05 am and 5 flew se at 10.56
Swallow south
3 Snipe nw
159 Fieldfare west
2175 Redwing w/sw

juvenile Peregrine also seen over Prestwich

Peregrine took a feral pigeon this morning
3 snipe sw
28 Redwing sw
11 Swallow south

52 Pink-footed geese east at 9.05 (prob pennington birds) 75 east at 9.25 these went/lost into low cloud and 53 flew sw at 10.45

30+ Swift flying around the roof at about 4pm

Just had a White winged gull fly over my flat towards Pilsworth tip

Poss Glaucous on size but went over before could get bins.

100's of Gulls have been heading that direction all morning!

1200+ Wood pigeons NW
40 Fieldfare west

5 Whooper Swans flew se early this morning

a staggering 34 Skeins of pinkfeet flew over 33 of which se and 1 nw, approx 4,000+ birds involved and these ranged from being right over head to over Manchester Airport.

Vs mig watch from home

1110 Pinkfeet se and 65 nw
510 Woodpigeon south
80 Lapwing sw
101 Meadow Pipit south
7 Pied Wag south
22 Redwing se
67 Chaffinch sw

2 Grey Wagtail on my roof and 3+ Coal Tit and a Goldcrest in the trees below

2 Swallow south - lunch time

Buzzard and Sparrowhawk

Swallow south
6 Jay Sw and 2nw
Buzzard
477 Woodpigeon south

c250 Pinkfooted Geese very high east seen over city @ 7.58
130 Meadow Pipit SW
20 Rook west
3 Jay se
6 Swallow south

Raven again this afternoon circling round before drifting south

also

Buzzard
7+Sparrowhawk
Kestrel
177 Swallow s/sw
10 Sand Martin sw
26 House Martin sw
17 Cormorant sw
148 Jackdaw sw

Raven flew south west

late post for yesterday 24th

approx 420 Black-headed Gulls feeding above the flat some very hig up with at least 20 Swift all went S/SW at around 4pm

there was a lot of noise from a group of Lesser black-baked gulls over the apartment this evening.

Turned out a Peregrine had taken one and was sat plucking it on our roof sat only a few feet away from the window! closet i have ever been to a Peregine.

Looked to be an immature bird - the head looked almost adult like but the body/wings still brown

3 Redpoll north this morning