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Andy Bissitt


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Two tawny owls just off Sunfield estate at 11.00 p.m last evening. Pretty sure they are the first I've heard this year. Thought we'd lost them.

Today, I thought that the crows and magpies had found one of them in the line of trees along the station car park as they were going mental. However, as I approached, a common buzzard made a quick escape dash, flying low toward Stockport Rd. It seems unbelievable that they have become such an urban (well suburban) bird in quite a short time. Everything isn't always doomy and gloomy, thank goodness.



-- Edited by Andy Bissitt on Thursday 7th of September 2017 09:41:58 PM

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Garden warbler back and in superb song adjacent to Romiley Golf course.



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Filling the bird feeder this evening (yes, still) at 5.15 when I heard a starling raptor alarm call, and looking up soon saw a hobby appear from over the rooftops in a stoop-dive towards Romiley station. In the present conditions, I suppose starling is on the menu!



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Just entered my Werneth Low to Romiley and back breeding bird survey visit data from Saturday. It felt a good morning and it looks like it was, with 37 species in under 2h, which equals, in a single visit, the maximum number of species ever previously seen across a year's two visits (records, with a few gaps, back to '96).

Highlights included two new species for square (mandarin duck and, surprisingly, raven, bringing the total ever up to 64) plus several species that only seem to stray within sight or sound of a transect visit in a small minority of years (e.g. red-legged partridge and lapwing).



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There was the Harris hawk not so far away near the M60 earlier in the year (see here)



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2 common buzzards were circling over Sunfield estate just after 11.00 a.m. Views of rump were not possible.



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I have just had a very interesting brief view of a buzzard sp with a very distinct white rump, but looked quite dark underwing. Unfortunately didnt have enough time to get a scoped view. It drifted over Hillside Romiley heading southwest.

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A peregrine cruised around the sky for about 5 minutes this morning over Sunfield estate before making off north-west. Seconds later, a sparrowhawk took its place in the same piece of sky.



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Pair of Goosander (M&F) on the canal between Romiley and Marple this morning - they were there earlier this week also

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Three waxwings were apparently on central drive Wednesday lunchtime (14th) my other half has a tiny but undeniable snap on her phone.



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Pair (M&F) of Goosander on the canal between Hyde Bank tunnel and the Aqueduct this morning, lovely

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Finally added peregrine on the garden fly-over list heading East over the upper end of Guywood Lane towards Werneth Low, carrying something substantial (blackbird?!).

Unconfirmed suggestion that it was around yesterday, contemplating the garden chickens.



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Tawny Owl over Gorsey Brow last night at 10.45



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'Flocks' of 20,13,13 & 30 redwing over Sunfield estate in a ten minute period this morning (starting 10.10a.m.). Then I had to break to listen to Popmaster! Nothing after that.



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On my regularly walked circuit around 'hilltop' (Romiley-Greave-Woodley-Romiley).

Chiffchaff with tit flock at quarry (sorry guys, best I could do)!

30 goldfinch in a not-very-tight flock.

Jays everywhere. 12+ at least.

Having a flu-jab in the morning was nearly as exciting. wink



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Pink Footed Geese over Harrytown at 8.10. Cloudy. Heard only.

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Just heard raven passing over house as I sat at computer. A 'visual' from my window confirmed it.

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Same as my last post, but today, seven involved.

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5 siskin low over Sunfield estate this morning, probably landed somewhere close by.

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Sat.am

My Gardener told me he saw an eagle high up flying over early morning. Did anyone else see it?

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Andy Bissitt wrote:

paul shaw wrote:

1 siskin seen today 2.00pm in front garden of a house on quarry road with goldfinch




Thanks for clearing that up Paul. I heard what I was fairly certain was a siskin at the end of the station car park yesterday, but could not convince myself it wasn't the young of another finch species. Wonder what it's doing round here now?

Hi Andy, yes I was certainly suprised to see a siskin but it's not a area I am that familiar with. I had to double check but it was 100% a male siskin and seem to be associating with a couple of goldfinch,they all flew off together in the direction of the swimming baths/canal.



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paul shaw wrote:

1 siskin seen today 2.00pm in front garden of a house on quarry road with goldfinch




Thanks for clearing that up Paul. I heard what I was fairly certain was a siskin at the end of the station car park yesterday, but could not convince myself it wasn't the young of another finch species. Wonder what it's doing round here now?

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1 siskin seen today 2.00pm in front garden of a house on quarry road with goldfinch

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Garden warbler in vacinity of Romiley Golf Course this morning.

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Up to 10 swifts and 3 house martin over Harrytown at 6.30pm

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2 ravens low over Sunfield estate at c 10:30 a.m. Making the usual wonderful sounds as they 'danced' with a crow, they made off quickly towards Werneth Low attracting further attention as they did.

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Female tawny owl calling in harrytown hall woods tonight at 10.10 pm.

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Late post for yesterday:

Male peregrine flying past at the bottom of Clapgate, Romiley at 8:15 am
Sparrowhawk circling over Harrytown hall in the afternoon.
Tawny owl flying over the woods at Harrytown Hall at 10:15 pm

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Originally posted today by Vicky Sumner:

A chiffchaff heard throughout the day at Harrytown Hall, Romiley

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First redwing (5) were in trees on Sunfield estate yesterday morning. Today, a chiffchaff is still hanging around with the tit flock.

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Late news from yesterday. A single spotted flycatcher using the old golf course practice ground area all the time I was trying to photograph a painted lady. Also tawny owl calling, 3 bullfinches and the usual buzzards over (2). Capped a fine day really.

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Big noisy feeding flock of blue, great, coal and long-tailed tits (lots of youngsters) in the trees around the path along the top of the golf course at lunchtime today. Stepped onto the dog-walkers' track in the scrubby field above to look from the 'outside' and found a lesser whitethroat, which was new to me for the area. That fed for a couple of minutes around a small sycamore subsequently occupied by several chiffchaffs following the flock and I think a willow warbler too, though didn't get a good view of that bird.

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2 swifts over my garden this morning meandering slowly S-E. Could be my last of the year round here I think.

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Well spotted Andy. You might even see me if you are lucky usually going past the Forum

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Whilst checking the cricket scores on T.V., spotted a sizable number of swifts in the distance (through the window, not on T.V.) with an obviously larger bird in their midst. Rushing upstairs to grab bins and then into the garden confirmed it was a Hobby. Even at quite a distance, I thought it had something in its talons as it streaked off very quickly towards Hazel Grove. There were a lot of swifts around tonight, presumably dodging the areas of rain to the west. The hobby must have been tracking them because they were not all the local breeding birds (too many).

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First 'migrant' back in the district today with a singing chiffchaff down by the Peak Forest canal where the rail lines to Manchester and Hyde cross (I call it the 'triangle'). This is a traditional site used every year I can recall.

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Common Buzzard over the railway station at 1535hrs.


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