Very late post for Sunday 25.03.18 (On the way to Old Barton rd /MS canal). Buzzard - 1 . Lesser Black-back gull c30 mobbing Buzzard. Greenfinch - 2. Mistle Thrush - 2. Long-tail tit - 6. House sparrow - quite a few along the way. (Also a red admiral ).
From Chester rd.bridge to Old Barton rd (adjacent Barton rd. swing bridge ). House sparrows with juveniles all along the canal. Grey Wagtail - 5 (2 ad + 1 juvenile near Kelloggs , another 2 ad. further along ). Footpath to Barton dock rd. near Bridgegate way - Chiffchaff - 3 (2 ad. .... one with silver ring on right leg plus a juvenile ). and 2 more further along the canal. Sparrowhawk - 1 over . Blackbird - 10. Long-tail tit - c10 Inc. 3-4 young . Mistle Thrush - 1. Old Barton rd. - Sparrowhawk - 1 ( mobbed by swallows ). Chifchaff - 3 heard. Willow Warbler - 2 heard . Swallow - lots . Kingfisher . - 3 seen together (Salford side of MSCanal) on a dead branch with a white container stuck in it. Looks like 2 adult and a juvenile , the two larger birds were fishing and returning to it but I didn't see it fed. Seen from the concrete jetty opposite the church / graveyard. Note - this area is totally wild all the way to the M60 Barton flyover eg. tall grasses, lots of bramble, hawthorn etc. looks like it could be a "New Pomona " . Ps. someone watched this area the past and posted on GM birders but I've read nowt for years .
Oystercatcher - 1 heard as I left.
-- Edited by phillipskelly on Sunday 18th of June 2017 08:38:13 PM
