Apologies for not putting this on a thread earlier, but have been all over the place during Christmas (London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Staffordshire and Oldham!) and barely sat down to go on the computer. For the record I had a few good birds on my Atlas work around Heaton Park and Simister on 24th December, including:

Heaton Park reservoir

Little grebe 8
Goldeneye 20
Tufted Duck 55
Teal 37
Scaup 1 (female)
Goosander 2
Lapwing 96
Green Sandpiper 1

Heaton Park and Simister

Lesser Spotted Wooodpecker 1 (northern edge near secret lake in with 40+ LTT flock)
Nuthatch 3
Treecreeper 1
Redwing 14
Goldcrest 14 (highest count I've had in the park)
Lesser Redpoll 12
Chaffinch 10
Bullfinch 4

Ian McKerchar wrote:

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Sean Sweeney wrote:

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PS. Had a lesser pecker in Heaton Park in with a large titmouse flock while doing my atlas work on 24th Dec, not had one for a over a year in the park!

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A good sighting indeed, surely deserved a place on the sighting forum

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