Constant movement South this afternoon over the garden of Swallows heading for Africa  for the winter,probably 2000 + in 2 hours intermingled with a few hundred House Martins ,looks like Winter is just round the corner and I expect the first Winter Thrushes to arrive in the next week or so .

SE Warrington after the rain early morn I was washing up / cooking at my kitchen window. Between 5:50am and 6:30am 80+ Swallows flew South often stopping circling over the canal before moving on. Best house window VisMig I've seen since the big fall of Redwing last autumn.

50 + House Martin over Bank Park this morning along with a few Swallows and a single Swift.

100+ House Martin over south last night , 30 this morning, over the garden in central Warrington.

Juv peregrine just gone low over garden south central Warrington 

Peregrine just gone South over Tesco Extra by the Halliwell Jones stadium 

Over Grey Mist Mere this afternoon one Great White Egret flying north, then just before the rain at least 30 Sand Martin over the mere and they stayed until at least 18.20

Whittle Hall Duck pond Great Sankey. Shoveler -1 pair Tufted Duck -5 Moorhen - 2 Pair Buzzard - 4 circling above pool Black Headed Gull -18 Herring Gull - 1 Adult Mallard -10

Big female Peregrine hunting pigeons over the town centre at the moment as I was on the way to the bank from work. :)

120 Pink Footed Geese just gone nw over central Warrington 

just had the first Osprey of the year going SW over our garden being chased by Herring Gulls and Lesser Black Backed Gulls, a great garden tick , although ive seen them a few times in the last few years over our Warrington garden , heading towards the Mersey.

170 Pink footed Geese just gone NE over the Halliwell Jones Stadium seen from out back garden.

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28 Siskin low over our garden in central Warrington yesterday afternoon ,they almost landed in our garden but were disturbed by a Magpie and flew SW.

We have a more or less Resident Grey Wagtail around the garden pond at the moment I have been feeding it meal worms for a few weeks . Also Chaffinch, 4 Coat Tit, 4 Great Tit, 8 Blue Tit, 3 Dunnock, a Robin and a pair of Blackbird in the garden today in Central Warrington . 

Amazingly 2 Greenshank have just gone straight over the garden west calling at about 100 feet high

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70 redwing in Tall poplars at the back of our house this afternoon in central Warrington ,then headed over to Bank Park . 

 

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 200 Redwing in the same areas today 

2 Whooper Swan flew low ne over Tesco Extra this morning at 8am

Adult peregrine just headed ne over our garden in central warrington heading over the halliwell Jones stadium.

4 Ravens over Paddington at 2.15 this afternoon. A pair in tumbling display.

Adult Iceland Gull sat on Toolstation roof at 2pm again. 

Drake Goosander heading N fairly low over Padgate this evening

According to local reports they have all be caught by the police

Just to make everyone aware -There have been 5 Muggings in the last week by 3 men with Meat Cleavers in the daytime at Battersby lane were the Waxwings are ,2  of them at back forshaw street were the photographers stand,they have been taking phones,wallets and anything anyone is carrying,so £2000 binoculars and £5000 lenses and cameras will be targeted . I would not venture to that area at the moment with equipment.please pass this information onto your birding friends . 

Sunday 27th Jan... lunchtime visit.

- adult Iceland Gull

Appeared on the grass infront of the College on Winwick Rd briefly before flying off. I then had it showing beautifully on the small football pitch behind Decathlon.
It was minding its own business when suddenly 2 huge Herring Gulls flew in and started attacking it. They were mean looking with strong heavy bills. One of them really went for it, and had white feathers still on the end of its bill after the Iceland Gull flew off.
I refound it again back at the college where it stayed for about 5 minutes looking really nervous, before flying off towards MacDonalds and Tesco. I didnt see it again.