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Thursday 16th June 2016, 9.00 - 11.30am

Bottom of country park, and Besom Lane area

4 Whitethroat singing
3 Blackcap
Garden Warbler
17 Willow Warblers
3 Chiffchaff
Pair of Tufted Duck on Millbrook Dam
Reed Bunting singing at Cote Farm
30 House Martins
30 Swallows
5 Swift
31 Goldfinch
11 Linnet
11 Greenfinch
14 Chaffinch
3 Lapwing
23 Collared Doves (together on a single tree)
12 Meadow Pipits
45 House Sparrows





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Tues 7th June. PM.

Stalybridge. R. Tame. Bayley St Bridge.

Sand Martin colony in full swing.

OK but doesn't seem to be as many birds as last year ??

Roger.



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Monday 30th May 2016, 10.00am until noon

Pennine Bridleway, between Shireclough and Besom Lane, Millbrook

3 Lapwing
4 Willow Warblers
1 Whitethroat
1 Blackcap
6 Linnet, including 2 pairs
4 Goldfinch
3 Greenfinch
10+ Meadow Pipits, some carrying food
3 Mistle Thrush
6 Swallows

Sunday evening

Chiffchaff singing at the eastern end of Stalybridge railway station



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60+ Starlings feeding between the bus station and tram stop in the centre of Ashton today, including c15 young.

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Sunday 8th May. 18.00 hrs.

Mottram Rd. Stalybridge.

Lapwing just flew over my house, very high up, towards Hobson Moor.

Roger.


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David Walsh


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Sunday 8th May 2016

My first Swift of the year, two over Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, at the moment.

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Sunday 8th May 2016, 9.30 - 11.30am

Pennine Bridleway, from Shireclough to Millbrook border

Lapwings. At least four territories with noisy, agitated behaviour. Also, an adult with one downy juvenile just over into Millbrook. Brilliant.
1 Lesser Redpoll
2 Linnet singing
1 Willow Warbler singing
4 Greenfinch
1 Chaffinch
6+ Meadow Pipits

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David Walsh


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Saturday 7th May 2016, 5.55 am

Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, as I was setting off on my Saturday morning jaunt.

2 Rooks on adjacent lamp posts were a very unusual sighting for this area

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Fri 6th May.

My first Swift of the year .... screaming and flying over Cheetham Hill Road, Dukinfield at 17.00 hrs.

Roger.

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Wednesday 4th May 2016, 7.30 - 8.00am

Besom Lane, Millbrook, to the foot of Walkerwood Dam

4 Tufted Duck (2m, 2f) on Millbrook Dam
6+ Blackcap, with 4 males singing
5 Willow Warblers
2 Chiffchaff

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David Walsh


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Friday 29th April 2016, 8.00am

Printworks Road Pond

3 drake Goosander
12 Canada Geese
1 Coot

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Monday 18th April. 14.00 hrs.

5 Swallow twittering / flying together above river bridge on Grove Rd, Millbrook, Stalybridge.
My first in Tameside this year.

Roger.

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Thursday 14th April 2016, 12.30pm

Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod

15 Canada Geese, 3 sitting
1 drake Goosander
1 Coot
1 Moorhen
4 Mallard


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Wednesday 13th April 2016, 1.00pm

Printworks Road, Heyrod

2, possibly 3, Blackcap singing. My first of the year.
2 Chiffchaff singing
Several Willow Warblers singing

-- Edited by David Walsh on Wednesday 13th of April 2016 02:52:28 PM

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Tuesday 12th April 2016, 10.00pm

Tawny Owl calling from Grove Road Woods, Millbrook

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Wednesday 30th March 2016, 2.00pm

Bayley Street Bridge, Stalybridge

1 pair of Dipper
1 Grey Wagtail
4 Canada Geese

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Sunday 27th March 2016, 10.00 - 11.30am

Pennine Bridleway between Carrbrook and Millbrook - extremely windy up on Harridge, with not much flying.

7 Lapwing in the fields
1 Little Owl
2 Mistle Thrush
4 Meadow Pipits
1 pair of Chaffinch
1 pair of Greenfinch
4 Dunnock


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Thursday 24th March 2016, 7.00 - 9.00am

Pennine Bridleway between Carrbrook and Besom Lane, Millbrook. Cold and windy.

3 Lapwing, with two displaying
6 Meadow Pipits, one parachuting
1 Skylark singing further up the moor
4 Redwing
1 Mistle Thrush
1 Song Thrush
2 Dunnock singing
2 Chaffinch singing
3 Goldfinch
3 House Sparrows
1 Long-tailed Tit

Monday 21st, 7pm - good views of a perched Tawny Owl at Shireclough which flew off in the direction of Cowbury Dale. Also 2 Little Owls calling after dark.

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Sunday 20th March 2016, 8.30 - 11.00am

Pennine Bridleway, from Carrbrook to Higher Hyde Green, and a wander up onto Harridge, with two species in mind, and both seen.

12 Lapwings, two or three calling and starting to display
1 Little Owl
6 Goldfinch, some singing
2 singing Chaffinch
2 singing Greenfinch
6 Dunnock
1 Skylark singing up on the moor
2 Mistle Thrush
4 Red Grouse
Ominous numbers of Magpies and Carrion Crows in the fields with the Lapwing



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Friday 18th March 2016, 9.45pm

Pair of Tawny Owls calling from Grove Road woods, Millbrook

Tuesday 15th March, 8.00pm - another pair in the middle of the country park

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Saturday 12th March 2016, 6.30am

Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge

1 Grey Heron over in the direction of the country park
1 Curlew over east, towards Brushes, calling

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Tuesday 8th March 2016, 4.30pm

Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod

1 pair of Goosander
1 pair of Coot (first time I have seen more than a single bird since last year)
1 Moorhen
2 Mallard

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Thursday 3rd March 2016, 10.00 - 11.30am

Around the Pennine Bridleway, Shireclough, Carrbrook

2 Skylark calling
3 Chaffinch singing
2 Greenfinch singing
3 Goldfinch
Couple of Bullfinch, calling
3 Mistle Thrush, 2 singing
1 Song Thrush singing
3 Dunnock singing
c 25 Redwing in the trees
c 50 Black-headed Gulls in the fields
4 Great Tits
2 Long-tailed Tits
6 House Sparrows
3 Red Grouse on the moor
1 Jay

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Sunday 21st February 2016, 3.30pm

Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge

22 House Sparrows on the fat ball feeders



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Saturday 20th February 2016, 10.30am

Printworks Road, Heyrod

6 Goosander, moving as three distinct pairs
3 Canada Geese, one pair displaying
1 Coot

The following singing:

3 Chaffinch
1 Greenfinch
1 Song Thrush


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Wednesday 17th February 2016

Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod, 1.00pm

5 Goosander, 2 distinct pairs, plus one male fishing alone
Still only one Coot

Huddersfield Road, Stalybridge, last dog walk, midnight

2 male Tawny Owls hooting, one from Grove Road, one from the direction of the country park
1 Mallard calling overhead
2 Robins singing

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Sunday 7th February 2016, 1.00pm

Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod

1 pair of Goosander
1 Coot

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Saturday 30th January 2016, 1.30pm

Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod

6 Goosander (3 males)
8 Mallard
Still only one Coot

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2 cormarant on Bendcrete chimney this afternoon. One flew off NW at 3:15. Flock of c20 siskin in trees on the path to the canal behind Asda (Ashton).

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Thursday 28th January 2015, 8.00pm

Tawny Owl calling from the woods at Grove Road, Millbrook

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Thursday 28th January 2016, mid-morning.

Harrop Edge, Stalybridge

1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
Mobile flock of 200+ consisting mainly of Jackdaws and Carrion Crows, but with a few Rooks mixed in
Several hundred gulls, Black-headed and Common, feeding in the fields towards Dukinfield golf course

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Monday   25th January 2016

Portland Basin

Juvenile Mute Swan (no rings) and a pair of Siskin in adjacent copse. 

River Tame

Pair Goosander Plantation Farm

Dipper Coopers Ride

Kingfisher Whitelands Road

 

 



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Sunday 24th January 2016, 10.15am

Printworks Road Pond

3 Goosander (1 male)
1 Coot

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Tuesday 19th January 2016

Grove Road, Millbrook, 7.00am:

1 Mistle Thrush singing

River Tame, Grove Road, 8.00am:

1 noisy pair of Dipper

Printworks Road Pond:

1 Coot
1 Moorhen
Several Canada Geese



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A dipper was singing on Coopers Ride mid afternoon today.

A Grey Heron flushed downstream.

The regular pair of Goosander was on the Tame on the Dukinfield/Ashton border yesterday.

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Saturday 9th January 2016, 10.00am

After a drenching, and a couple of hours seeing nothing at Higher Swineshaw, I decided on a bit of pond watching.

Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod

5 Goosander (3 males) - a lot of posturing males of late
1 Grey Heron
1 Coot

Carrbrook village pond

4 Goosander (1 male)
52 Mallard
16 Canada Geese
2 Moorhen
Several Bullfinch

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6/1/2016 mid-afternoon

Caught a glimpse of a Kingfisher whizzing up stream as I crossed the River Tame on Bayley Street. This is the stretch alongside the recycling centre.

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Wednesday 6th January 2016, 2.00pm

River Tame, downstream of Grove Road, Heyrod

1 pair of Goosander
1 Dipper
1 Cormorant over, upstream
1 Coot on Printworks Road Pond

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Tuesday 5th January 2016

Mistle Thrush singing again in the trees at Ditchcroft, Millbrook at 6.30am

1 noisy Coot back on Printworks Road Pond, Heyrod, at 8.00am

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Monday 4th January 2015, 8.00am

Printworks Road, Heyrod

1 pair of Goosander
4 Canada Geese

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Some sightings from today

River Tame from Dukinfield to Asda

Song Thrush singing in Dukinfield
2 Grey Heron, one a splendid adult and the other looking like a younger bird from last year
Pair of Goosander
Dipper singing along Cooper's Ride and seemed to fly off high
Kingfisher flew a short distance
Grey Wagtail flew up towards roof of Tulip Foods
A Song Thrush singing near Asda

I was surprised to find a Goldcrest in a few bushes near Asda's delivery area

The residential area of Wood Street in Ashton town centre had a decent selection including a pair of Blue Tit, a singing Robin, numerous House Sparrows and Starlings and a couple of Jackdaws

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Friday 1st January 2016, 10.00am until noon.

From Brushes Cottages, along the Pennine Bridleway to Carrbrook, and back.

2 Little Owls
1 Kestrel in a hawthorn at Cote Farm
1 Mistle Thrush singing down in Millbrook
2 Greenfinch
Several Bullfinch
Several Chaffinch
Blackbirds feeding in the fields




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Dipper on branch just above the River Tame on Cooper's Ride this morning. Grey Heron flew over Tulip Foods towards the canal. 15 Magpies near Asda

Otherwise quiet

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Tues 29th Dec. 15.00 hrs.

Stalybridge.

Printworks Road. Heyrod. 14.30 hrs.

1 Goosander drake.

Was in hunting mode ..... caught 3 small perch in less than 20 mins.
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Leucistic Jackdaw on grass in front of Copley petrol station seen while driving past.

Think this was the same "spangled" bird that I saw on the 4th July ?


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Tuesday 29th December 2015, 8.00am

River Tame, Grove Road, Millbrook

1 Dipper singing on a much reduced River Tame

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A decent selection on the Tame on the Dukinfield/Ashton border today:

Grey Heron - 2 adult birds, one on Cooper's Ride and one near the weir
Dipper - 2, one on the bank along Cooper's Ride and another in pursuit of a Kingfisher upstream!
Grey Wagtail beside the Dipper on Cooper's Ride
Pair of Goosander from bridge at Whitelands Road

A mixed flock of approximately 10 Blue and Great Tits also contained a Goldcrest.

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Saturday 26th December 2015, 10.00am

pair Goosander on the canal outside Tesco, Stalybridge

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Saturday 26th December 2015, 11.00am

Printworks Road, Heyrod

4 Goosander (2 males), just one female yesterday.
2 Grey Heron
1 Dipper heard at Grove Road, but the River Tame is as high as I have ever seen it. It burst its banks earlier further upstream at Well-i-hole in Greenfield.
Several Nuthatch calling around the area

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Wednesday 23rd December 2015, 7.45am

River Tame, Grove Road, Millbrook

1 Dipper singing
1 female Grey Wagtail

Printworks Road, Heyrod

3 Goosander (2 males)
1 Canada Goose
1 Moorhen (heard only)
Several Nuthatch calling
Party of Long-tailed Tits

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Tuesday 22nd December 2015, 8.10am

Printworks Road, Heyrod

8 Goosander (4 males) - the first I've seen here since last Wednesday
c14 Mallard

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