Mon 3/4 Gavin Ashcroft had 2 Common Sandpipers on the pool opposite Castlehawk golf club

Thurs 21st Oct

A message off my cousin earlier asking what was this beauty of a bird?
Her and her husband live in Hopwood and know the owners of Birch Farm. This Harris Hawk was on the farm fencing today.

Walk around roe acre brook nature reserve between gort housing estate and Chadwick lane

Blackcap at least 3 males singing and fem seen
Willow warbler at least 4 males singing
Chiffchaff 2 singing

Reed bunting pair

Lapwings calling from field across lane

Thurs 10/12

Siskin several flying about calling with 9 in trees by river
Redwing still double figures
Dabchick 2 ad 2 juvs
Cormorant 1 flying upstream over river
Dipper singing under Queens Park bridge
Kingfisher flying under heap bridge

G S Woodpecker Nuthatches and treecreeper Also a Raven kronking over

-- Edited by Mike c cooper on Friday 11th of December 2020 09:23:13 AM

Mon 16th nov chadwick lane/Roe acre brook area

Dipper 1 on brook as it leaves estate towards Travis Perkins compound (new site record)

Redwing c 30
Blackbird c 20
Mistle thrush party of 5 (family??)
Fieldfare 6 chacking around

Sparrowhawk female caught a Redwing

-- Edited by Mike c cooper on Monday 16th of November 2020 09:05:33 PM

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 16th of November 2020 09:23:20 PM

Fri 9/10 morning Chadwick lane area

House Martin 2 seen briefly after showers stopped then moved on
Swallow at least 8 family/local birds? Apppeared just after above and grew in numbers feeding and perching on telephone wires until I leave early afternoon
Redwing at least 8 birds feeding on hawthorns
More that usual song thrush, robin and goldcrests

Tuesday 9th June 2020

Singing Grasshopper Warbler in fields between the River Roch and the Summit Inn

Hopwood 17:00

Pink footed geese heard flying west several calling

Grasshopper reeling this morning and yesterday evening in the fields between Crimble Lane and Heywood cemetery.
Other birds of note included:
1 Reed Bunting
1 Common Whitethroat
2 noisy juvenile Kestrels on the pylon

Roe acre brook Chadwick lane area fri 10/5 1300-16:45

6 species of warblers

Highlight being a singing reed warbler in the small phragmites patch at west end of brook below housing estate
Lesser whitethroat at least one along hawthorns on lane
Many Blackcaps whitethroats willow warblers and chiffchaffs

House martins 5 over lagoon and estate

From Crimble Lane to Heywood cemetery this morning:

1 Grasshopper Warbler reeling in the marshy grass
1 Common Whitethroat
1 Kingfisher
2 Grey Herons
1 Jay
Lots of the usuals in good song, including Blackcaps, Willow Warblers and Chiffchaff

Along the river Roch this morning towards Cheesden Brook:
1 Green Woodpecker on the wooded slopes
1 Dipper on the river Roch by the weir

Hopwood 22:10

Several piping calls overheard going North possibly Golden Plovers

Roe Acre Brook/Crimble Lane

1 Kingfisher
1 Dipper
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Common Buzzard
1 Jay
4 Bullfinch
3 Redwing
1 Reed Bunting
1 Lesser Redpoll

Hopwood 14:00

Ring necked parakeet perched in neighbours tree

A Little Grebe on Queens Park lake at 15:00 today.
A Sparrowhawk overhead too.
6 Redwings
1 Mistle Thrush

Roe acre brook/Chadwick lane area fri 14/9 06:30-12:30 overcast and still until heavy shower at 11:00

Chiffchaffs several singing and 4 following tit flock
Willow warbler 1 lemony juv seen
Blackcap imm seen plus others heard tacking

Sparrowhawk small fem/imm
Buzzard 1

Kingfisher seen flying high over reed bed on last part of stream/pool maybe another piping with it
Nuthatch 1 seen
G s woodpecker 2 sightings
Jay several about

Chadwick lane / roe acre brook area ties 4/9 06:30-12:00

Blackcap at least 6 birds chasing each other associating with tits

Willow warbler at least 3 lemon juvs

Chiffchaff 1 briefly singing

Nuthatch heard

Meadow pipits several over

H martins feeding overhead

Swallow 1 calling over

-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 4th of September 2018 09:52:05 PM

Monday 9th July 17:30

Grasshopper Warbler reeling once again in the fields between Crimble Lane and Heywood cemetery.

Monday 4th June 6:40

In the fields that are between Crimble Lane and Heywood cemetery:
Grasshopper Warbler heard reeling for some time this evening, but not seen. I had to go back to be sure it was what I was hearing over the din of the road. First time Ive heard one in this area.
Other birds of note included:
1 Kestrel
1 Common Buzzard
1 Reed Warbler
2 Common Whitethroat
1 Willow Warbler
1 Chiffchaff
Good numbers of Swallows and House Martin

Roe acre brook / Chadwick lanes fri 13/4 10:00-15:00

Willow warbler at least 5 singing males

Blackcap at least 3 singing males 1 seen

Chiffchaff at least 3 singing males

Swallow 1 over at 10:30

Redwing 1 seen

Walk around roe acre brook got Chadwick lane area this afternoon 8/3 15:00-16:00

Redwing 20-30 in small groups feeding on ground and fitting up I. Hedges and trees

Snipe flushed

Fieldfare 15 flew over chacking

Chadwick lane/gort/roeacre brook area fri 3/6 8:00-14:00

Nuthatch 1 calling

Lesser whitethroat male singing

Grey wagtail 2 over

Kestrel adult with 2 begging fleged juveniles

Roe Acre brook tues 9/5 14:00-17:00 sunny hot clear still

Blackcap at least 2 singing
White throat at least 3 singing
Chiffchaff at least 3 singing
Willow Warbler at least 2 singing
Garden warbler 1 singing from dense trees shrubs on Chadwick lane side
Reed warbler 1 singing for 3 minutes mid afternoon in Phragmites at Green lane end

Grey heron adult
Sparrowhawk female
Mistle thrush 2