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A lunchtime wander about.

I was astonished to see a little egret flying low over the park and continue on into Urmston. Not a patch tick I'd anticipated.

Other than that it was another very quiet hour's wander about though the blackbird numbers are starting to pick up again. It's been a particularly quiet year for small birds: the chiffchaffs stuck around but the other warblers gave it up as a bad job mid-August and the flocks of goldfinches have been uniformly small family parties. Robin numbers have been well down this year and I saw or heard none today which is a worry. I think an overzealous bout of tidying up at the beginning of the year can't have helped.

  • Black-headed gull 1 overhead
  • Blackbird 6
  • Carrion crow 1
  • Chiffchaff 1
  • Feral pigeon 1 overhead 
  • Goldfinch 2
  • Great tit 1
  • Jackdaw 1
  • Little egret 1 overhead 
  • Long-tailed tit 4
  • Magpie 6
  • Woodpigeon 11
  • Wren 2


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13/5 teatime check to see if any whitethroats have turned up yet, just as the rain decided to take itself seriously.

  • Blackbird 3, 2 singing
  • Buzzard 1
  • Carrion crow 3
  • Chaffinch 1 singing
  • Chiffchaff 1 singing
  • Goldfinch 11, 2 singing
  • Greenfinch 1
  • House sparrow 3
  • Lesser black-back 5
  • Long-tailed tit 1
  • Magpie 3
  • Mistle thrush 2
  • Robin 1 singing
  • Song thrush 1 singing
  • Whitethroat 1 singing
  • Woodpigeon 8
  • Wren 1 singing

The buzzard was being mobbed by a carrion crow and four lesser black-backs, The gulls are nesting on the industrial units in Trafford Park.



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11:35 - 12:15

Unscheduled quick visit

  • Blackbird 15, 5 singing
  • Blackcap 4 singing
  • Blue tits 1 singing 
  • Buzzard 1
  • Carrion crow 2
  • Chaffinch 1 singing 
  • Chiffchaff 2 singing 
  • Dunnock 3, 1 singing 
  • Feral pigeon 2
  • Goldfinch 8, 2 singing 
  • Great tit 6, 5 singing 
  • Greenfinch 3, 1 singing 
  • Herring gull 3
  • House sparrow 2
  • Lesser black-back 4 overhead
  • Magpie 10
  • Mallard 2
  • Mistle thrush 2
  • Robin 8, 4 singing 
  • Song thrush 2 singing 
  • Starling 31
  • Woodpigeon 26, 3 singing 
  • Wren 7 singing

 



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19/3/24 14:25 - 15:05

A touch of Spring in the air.

  • Blackbird 9, 5 singing
  • Carrion crow 4
  • Chaffinch 1 singing
  • Chiffchaff 2 singing
  • Dunnock 2 singing
  • Feral pigeon 2
  • Goldfinch 1
  • Great tits 5, 4 singing
  • Greenfinch 2, 1 singing
  • Lesser black-back 2 overhead
  • Magpie 13
  • Mistle thrush 2
  • Robin 7 singing
  • Song thrush 1 singing
  • Starling 2
  • Woodpigeon 18
  • Wren 7, 6 singing

 



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1557 - 1620

The first properly productive visit after a long quiet period.

  • Black-headed gull 11 overhead
  • Blackbird 1
  • Blue tit 6
  • Carrion crow 4
  • Chaffinch 1
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral pigeon 2 overhead
  • Goldfinch 27
  • Great tit 3
  • Herring gull 1 overhead
  • Lesser black-back 17 overhead
  • Magpie 10
  • Robin 3
  • Song thrush 1
  • Starling 1
  • Woodpigeon 3

The usual crowds of magpies have been preferring the schools to the park lately. We haven't had any redwings here this Winter.



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Lunchtime stroll 07/04/23

  • Black-headed gull 1 overhead
  • Blackbird 10
  • Blackcap 1
  • Blue tit 8
  • Buzzard 1
  • Carrion crow 1
  • Chaffinch 1
  • Chiffchaff 2
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral pigeon 1 overhead
  • Goldfinch 5
  • Great tit 7
  • Greenfinch 4
  • House sparrow 1
  • Lesser black-back 1 overhead
  • Long-tailed tit 2
  • Magpie 13
  • Mistle thrush 1
  • Robin 6
  • Starling 1
  • Woodpigeon 14
  • Wren 3


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Teatime stroll 1728 - 1604

  • Black-headed Gull 3 overhead 
  • Blackbird 8
  • Blue Tit 3
  • Carrion Crow 3
  • Chaffinch 2
  • Chiffchaff 1
  • Dunnock 2
  • Goldcrest 1
  • Goldfinch 4
  • Great Tit 5
  • Greenfinch 8
  • House Sparrow 4
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 overhead
  • Magpie 10
  • Mistle Thrush 1
  • Robin 4
  • Song Thrush 1
  • Starling 3
  • Woodpigeon 49
  • Wren 4

 



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A lunchtime wander round. I didn't feel that there was much around but managed to find a fair variety. A singing reed bunting was a nice surprise.

  • Black-headed Gull 1
  • Blackbird 2
  • Blue Tit 3
  • Buzzard 1
  • Carrion Crow 5
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 8
  • Goldfinch 12
  • Great Tit 6
  • Greenfinch 2
  • Herring Gull 1
  • Long-tailed Tit 3
  • Magpie 15
  • Mistle Thrush 1
  • Redwing 2
  • Reed Bunting 1
  • Robin 8
  • Starling 1
  • Woodpigeon 5
  • Wren 3

 



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A quiet afternoon stroll. The magpies are a-courting, the local buzzard made an appearance and the large charm of goldfinches came as a bit of a relief after thin pickings the last few visits. Black-headed gull 4 overhead Blackbird 2 Blue tit 2 Buzzard 1 Common gull 1 overhead Dunnock 1 Feral pigeon 2 overhead Goldfinch 32 Great tit 3 Herring gull 2 overhead Lesser black-backed gull 2 overhead Magpie 19 Robin 2 Starling 3 Woodpigeon 2

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A fairly quiet visit save for singing robins and a song thrush. Black-headed gull 5 Blackbird 4 Blue tit 5 Carrion crow 1 Coal tit 2 Dunnock 1 Feral pigeon 2 Goldfinch 5 Great spotted woodpecker 1 Great tit 1 Magpie 19 Redwing 3 Robin 8 Song thrush 1 Starling 5 Woodpigeon 6 



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A quick walk round to build up an appetite for the Christmas dinner: Black-headed gull 5 Blackbird 4 Blue tit 3 Bullfinch 1 Carrion crow 3 Chaffinch 1 Feral pigeon 4 Goldfinch 9 Great tit 4 Herring gull 3 House sparrow 2 Lesser black-back 2 Long-tailed tit 1 Magpie 21 Redwing 10 Robin 9 Song thrush 1 Starling 2 Woodpigeon 5 Wren 1

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Forty minutes in the afternoon rain turned out to be  surprisingly productive today. Not much in the park but the Lombardy poplar avenue and old cornfields were busy.

  • Black-headed gull 1 overhead
  • Blackbird 5
  • Blue tit 6
  • Dunnock 1
  • Pigeon 1
  • Goldfinch 28
  • Great tit 3
  • Herring gull 1 overhead
  • Lesser black-back 4 overhead
  • Long-tailed tit 8
  • Magpie 6
  • Robin 1
  • Starling 5
  • Treecreeper 1
  • Woodpigeon 1
  • Wren 1

 



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It's continued to be very quiet here lately. An influx of blackbirds today could be a harbinger of Winter. The mistle thrushes haven't reappeared after their usual Summer break.

3:50pm - 4:40pm

  • 13 Blackbird
  • 1 Feral Pigeon overhead
  • 1 Goldfinch
  • 1 Great Tit
  • 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull overhead
  • 9 Magpie
  • 5 Robin
  • 10 Woodpigeon
  • 2 Wren

6:55pm - 7:05pm

  • 1 Blackbird
  • 1 Magpie
  • 7 Robin 

 



-- Edited by Steven Heywood on Sunday 9th of October 2022 02:03:48 AM



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2:25pm - 3:10pm

Desperately quiet, even by August lull standards:

  • 2 Black-headed Gull overhead
  • 2 Blackbird
  • 1 Blue Tit
  • 2 Carrion Crow
  • 1 Chaffinch
  • 1 Feral Pigeon overhead
  • 1 Goldfinch
  • 1 Greenfinch
  • 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull overhead
  • 4 Magpie
  • 9 Woodpigeon


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6th June 4:10pm - 5:10pm

  • Blackbird 12
  • Blackcap 4
  • Bullfinch 1
  • Carrion Crow 3
  • Chiffchaff 1
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 7 overhead
  • Goldfinch 15
  • Great Tit 1
  • Greenfinch 4
  • House Sparrow 5
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 overhead
  • Magpie 9
  • Mistle Thrush 1
  • Robin 5
  • Song Thrush 1
  • Starling 2
  • Whitethroat 2
  • Woodpigeon 13
  • Wren 4


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Afternoon potter about: 14:25 - 15:35 

  • Blackbird 13
  • Blue Tit 6
  • Carrion Crow 3
  • Chiffchaff 2
  • Dunnock 4
  • Feral Pigeon 10 overhead
  • Goldfinch 9
  • Great Tit 6
  • Greenfinch 7
  • House Sparrow 4
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
  • Long-tailed Tit 2
  • Magpie 15
  • Mistle Thrush 2
  • Robin 5
  • Song Thrush 1
  • Starling 6
  • Woodpigeon 24
  • Wren 5

We seem to be down a chiffchaff this year. Hopefully a latecomer will take advantage of the vacancy.



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Lunchtime stroll, 12:55 - 13:50

  • Blackbird 4
  • Blue Tit 7
  • Buzzard 1
  • Carrion Crow 2
  • Chaffinch 1
  • Chiffchaff 1
  • Dunnock 3
  • Feral Pigeon 13 overhead
  • Goldfinch 7
  • Great Tit 2
  • Greenfinch 5
  • Herring Gull 1 overhead
  • House Sparrow 7
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 overhead
  • Long-tailed Tit 1
  • Magpie 11
  • Robin 9
  • Woodpigeon 13
  • Wren 2


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A quick look round once the wind had dropped 16:20 - 16:55

  • Black-headed gull 9 overhead
  • Blackbird 4
  • Blue tit 4
  • Carrion crow 3
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral pigeon 1
  • Goldfinch 19
  • Greenfinch 13
  • Herring gull 1 overhead
  • House sparrow 2
  • Lesser black-backed gull 3 overhead
  • Magpie 19
  • Mistle thrush 3
  • Redwing 20
  • Robin 6
  • Song thrush 1
  • Starling 1
  • Woodpigeon 8
  • Wren 2

It's been a long while since I last saw greenfinches in double figures here. The wild edges to the park have been excessively tidied up (razed to the ground). I just hope nobody decides to take a strimmer to the remaining bramble patches or they'll have nowhere left to roost (and the whitethroats won't have anywhere to nest, we lost one pair last year after someone took against the biggest bramble patch).  Of course, once the "waste" ground's been turned into a car park the question will be academic.



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A windy lunchtime nosy round with most of the small birds keeping under cover.

  • Black-headed Gull 4
  • Blackbird 5
  • Blue Tit 3
  • Carrion Crow 6
  • Chaffinch 2
  • Common Gull 2 overhead
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 41 overhead
  • Goldfinch 29
  • Great Tit 2
  • Greenfinch 2
  • Herring Gull 1 overhead
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 overhead
  • Magpie 13
  • Robin 5
  • Sparrowhawk 1
  • Starling 30
  • Woodpigeon 16
  • Wren 1


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Back to business as usual in the New Year. 2:10pm 3:00pm

  • Black-headed Gull 1 overhead
  • Blackbird 10
  • Blue Tit 6
  • Carrion Crow 4
  • Common Gull 3 overhead
  • Dunnock 2
  • Feral Pigeon 9 overhead
  • Goldfinch 26
  • Great Tit 1
  • Greenfinch 5
  • Herring Gull 5 overhead
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 6 overhead
  • Long-tailed Tit 7
  • Magpie 22
  • Mistle Thrush 2
  • Redwing 1
  • Robin 12
  • Starling 1
  • Woodpigeon 5
  • Wren 1

 



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2:00pm - 3:10pm

Winter's definitely arrived with an influx of redwings and blackbirds, the goldfinches that have been missing all Autumn are back, and a new gang of magpies seems to have joined the regulars.

  • Black-headed Gull 3 overhead
  • Blackbird 23
  • Blue Tit 11
  • Carrion Crow 2
  • Chaffinch 1
  • Dunnock 3
  • Feral Pigeon 5 overhead
  • Goldfinch 52
  • Great Tit 11
  • Greenfinch 6
  • Herring Gull 4 overhead
  • House Sparrow 3
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 overhead
  • Magpie 32
  • Mistle Thrush 3
  • Redwing 10
  • Robin 9
  • Song Thrush 2
  • Starling 47
  • Woodpigeon 10
  • Wren 1

 



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2 vocal Mistle Thrushes around 13:00 today.



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2:10pm - 3:25pm

  • Black-headed Gull 3 overhead
  • Blackbird 6
  • Blue Tit 6
  • Buzzard 1
  • Carrion Crow 2
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 9 overhead
  • Goldfinch 27
  • Great Tit 1
  • Greenfinch 3
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 7 overhead
  • Long-tailed Tit 17
  • Magpie 24
  • Robin 4
  • Woodpigeon 1
  • Wren 1

 



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Dodging the showers 2:30pm - 3:05pm

  • Black-headed Gull 6
  • Blackbird 5
  • Carrion Crow 4
  • Common Gull 1
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 29 overhead
  • Goldfinch 6
  • Great Tit 1
  • Herring Gull 1
  • House Sparrow 4
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 overhead
  • Long-tailed Tit 2
  • Magpie 25
  • Mistle Thrush 1
  • Robin 2
  • Starling 23
  • Woodpigeon 3


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Lunchtime visit 1:05pm - 1:35pm, dead quiet so I gave up after half an hour

  • Blackbird 2
  • Carrion Crow 2
  • Dunnock 2
  • Feral Pigeon 5
  • Goldfinch 3
  • Great Tit 3
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
  • Magpie 14
  • Robin 1
  • Woodpigeon 25

 



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1:25pm - 2:05pm

Still very quiet. I suspect the birds have read the planning application to turn the 5.14 acres of "waste" ground (the last remnant of the old cornfields) into a car park.

  • Blackbird 3
  • Buzzard 1
  • Carrion Crow 5
  • Dunnock 2
  • Feral Pigeon 11 overhead
  • Goldfinch 1
  • Great Tit 1
  • House Sparrow 3
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 overhead
  • Magpie 10
  • Robin 1
  • Woodpigeon 8

 



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Extremely quiet lately.

29/08/21 14:55 - 15:30

  • Black-headed Gull 1
  • Chiffchaff 1
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 12
  • Great Tit 2
  • House Sparrow 2
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
  • Magpie 7
  • Woodpigeon 23
  • Wren 3


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Quiet teatime nosy round 4:40pm - 5:15pm

  • Black-headed Gull 1
  • Blackbird 1
  • Bullfinch 1
  • Carrion Crow 1
  • Chiffchaff 1
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 15 overhead
  • Goldfinch 7
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 overhead
  • Magpie 15
  • Woodpigeon 16
  • Wren 1


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2:40pm - 3:25pm

Another quiet afternoon visit.

  • Black-headed Gull 4 overhead
  • Blackbird 3
  • Blue Tit 3
  • Buzzard 1
  • Carrion Crow 3
  • Chiffchaff 1
  • Feral Pigeon 20 overhead
  • Goldfinch 1
  • Great Tit 1
  • Greenfinch 5
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 overhead
  • Long-tailed Tit 2
  • Magpie 11
  • Mistle Thrush 1
  • Whitethroat 5, including two young birds
  • Woodpigeon 21

Quiet on the goldfinch front lately but it's been a bad year for thistles and there's much better pickings over in Trafford Park. On the plus side, numbers should pick up in Autumn: after somebody decided to strim one of the bramble patches last Winter it's going to be a very good year for goldenrod.



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13:10 - 14:05

  • Blackbird 12
  • Blackcap 3
  • Blue Tit 3
  • Chiffchaff 1
  • Dunnock 2
  • Feral Pigeon 23
  • Goldfinch 9
  • Greenfinch 12
  • House Sparrow 6
  • Jay 2, including one juvenile
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 6 overhead
  • Magpie 7
  • Ring-necked Parakeet 1 overhead
  • Robin 1 juvenile
  • Song Thrush 3
  • Swift 3 overhead
  • Whitethroat 3
  • Woodpigeon 32
  • Wren 4


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18:40 - 19:05

A brief look-in on my way home.

  • Black-headed Gull 2 overhead
  • Blackbird 5
  • Blackcap 1
  • Carrion Crow 1
  • Chiffchaff 1
  • Dunnock 2
  • Feral Pigeon 10 overhead
  • Goldfinch 30
  • Greenfinch 4
  • House Sparrow 5
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 overhead
  • Magpie 5
  • Song Thrush 1
  • Starling 13
  • Whitethroat 5, including one juvenile
  • Woodpigeon 5
  • Wren 1

 



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Friday afternoon potter 13:50 - 14:40

  • Blackbird 7
  • Blackcap 1
  • Blue Tit 2
  • Carrion Crow 1
  • Chaffinch 1
  • Chiffchaff 2
  • Dunnock 2
  • Feral Pigeon 10
  • Goldfinch 4
  • Great Tit 2
  • Greenfinch 3
  • House Sparrow 6
  • Long-tailed Tit 1
  • Magpie 9
  • Mistle Thrush 1
  • Ring-necked Parakeet 3
  • Robin 1
  • Song Thrush 1
  • Whitethroat 2
  • Woodpigeon 4
  • Wren 4

 



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14:20 - 14:55

  • Black-headed Gull 1 overhead
  • Blackbird 5
  • Blackcap 3
  • Blue Tit 3
  • Bullfinch 1
  • Chaffinch 1
  • Chiffchaff 2
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 8 overhead
  • Goldfinch 16
  • Great Tit 2
  • Greenfinch 4
  • Herring Gull 1 overhead
  • House Sparrow 8
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 overhead
  • Magpie 9
  • Robin 3
  • Swift 7
  • Whitethroat 1
  • Woodpigeon 4
  • Wren 4


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14:30 - 15:10

  • Blackbird 6
  • Blackcap 2
  • Blue Tit 4
  • Carrion Crow 1
  • Chiffchaff 1
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 21 overhead
  • Goldfinch 10
  • Great Tit 4
  • Greenfinch 3
  • House Sparrow 5
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 overhead
  • Magpie 9
  • Robin 7
  • Starling 4
  • Woodpigeon 7
  • Wren 5


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13:35 - 14:30 today

  • Blackbird 7
  • Blue Tit 6
  • Carrion Crow 2
  • Chaffinch 1
  • Chiffchaff 2 singing
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 33 overhead
  • Goldfinch 14
  • Great Tit 4
  • Greenfinch 1
  • Herring Gull 1 overhead
  • House Sparrow 5
  • Jay 3
  • Magpie 8
  • Mistle Thrush 2
  • Robin 6
  • Song Thrush 1
  • Starling 3
  • Woodpigeon 32
  • Wren 4


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2:05pm - 3:00pm

  • Black-headed Gull 1 overhead
  • Blackbird 5
  • Blue Tit 3
  • Carrion Crow 3
  • Chaffinch 1
  • Coal Tit 1
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 17 overhead
  • Goldfinch 7
  • Great Tit 7
  • Greenfinch 5
  • House Sparrow 3
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 overhead
  • Long-tailed Tit 1
  • Magpie 12
  • Mistle Thrush 1
  • Nuthatch 1
  • Robin 8
  • Song Thrush 1
  • Woodpigeon 20
  • Wren 3

 



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2:25 - 3:15

Windy day keeping most small birds under cover.

  • Blackbird 6
  • Blue Tit 4
  • Carrion Crow 3
  • Feral Pigeon 21 overhead
  • Goldfinch 6
  • Great Tit 7
  • Greenfinch 2
  • Herring Gull 2 overhead
  • House Sparrow 12
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 overhead
  • Magpie 14
  • Robin 7
  • Starling 7
  • Woodpigeon 7
  • Wren 1

Also 25 redwings and a pair of mistle thrushes on the playing field by Barton Clough School.



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14:20 - 15:30

Plenty of paired-up songbirds and both carrion crows and long-tailed tits collecting nesting materials.

  • Black-headed Gull 1 overhead
  • Blackbird 9
  • Blue Tit 6
  • Carrion Crow 2
  • Chaffinch 3
  • Common Gull 4
  • Dunnock 6
  • Feral Pigeon 28 overhead
  • Goldfinch 24
  • Great Tit 8
  • Greenfinch 2
  • House Sparrow 5
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 overhead
  • Long-tailed Tit 7
  • Magpie 29
  • Mistle Thrush 3
  • Nuthatch 1
  • Redwing 2
  • Robin 11
  • Song Thrush 1
  • Starling 44
  • Woodpigeon 20
  • Wren 3


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14:40 - 15:20

  • Black-headed Gull 1 overhead
  • Blackbird 2
  • Blue Tit 5
  • Bullfinch 3
  • Carrion Crow 2
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 8 overhead
  • Goldfinch 9
  • Great Tit 3
  • Greenfinch 1
  • House Sparrow 4
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 overhead
  • Long-tailed Tit 2
  • Magpie 16
  • Mistle Thrush 2
  • Robin 8
  • Song Thrush 1
  • Woodpigeon 13
  • Wren 2


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12:45 - 13:40

A lot of starlings and redwings feeding up before moving on.

  • Black-headed Gull 4
  • Blackbird 7
  • Blue Tit 8
  • Carrion Crow 4
  • Chaffinch 2
  • Dunnock 2
  • Feral Pigeon 30
  • Goldfinch 30
  • Great Tit 8
  • Greenfinch 2
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
  • Long-tailed Tit 1
  • Magpie 16
  • Mistle Thrush 3
  • Redwing 24
  • Robin 6
  • Song Thrush 2
  • Starling 84
  • Woodpigeon 19
  • Wren 2


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14:10 - 14:45

  • Black-headed Gull 4 overhead
  • Blackbird 3
  • Blue Tit 2
  • Carrion Crow 4
  • Chaffinch 1
  • Common Gull 1 overhead
  • Dunnock 3
  • Feral Pigeon 81 overhead
  • Goldfinch 24
  • Great Tit 4
  • Greenfinch 1
  • House Sparrow 4
  • Long-tailed Tit 2
  • Magpie 16
  • Redwing 5
  • Robin 7
  • Song Thrush 2
  • Starling 5
  • Woodpigeon 9
  • Wren 1

 



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14:10 - 15:15

  • Black-headed Gull 9 overhead
  • Blackbird 5
  • Blue Tit 5
  • Carrion Crow 3
  • Chaffinch 1
  • Common Gull 2 overhead
  • Dunnock 3
  • Feral Pigeon 63 overhead
  • Goldfinch 24
  • Great Tit 6
  • Jay 3
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 1W overhead
  • Magpie 19
  • Mistle Thrush 4
  • Raven 1 overhead
  • Redwing 16
  • Robin 9
  • Song Thrush 2
  • Starling 10
  • Woodpigeon 1
  • Wren 2

 



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Late afternoon

  • Black-headed Gull 9 overhead
  • Blackbird 8
  • Blue Tit 1
  • Carrion Crow 1
  • Common Gull 1
  • Feral Pigeon 1
  • Goldfinch 2
  • Great Tit 3
  • Greenfinch 1
  • House Sparrow 4
  • Magpie 8
  • Mistle Thrush 2
  • Robin 1
  • Starling 1
  • Woodpigeon 6
  • Wren 1


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1:05pm - 1:55pm in the pouring rain. The birds had more sense than I did.

  • Black-headed Gull 1
  • Blackbird 7
  • Blue Tit 2
  • Bullfinch 1
  • Carrion Crow 2
  • Chaffinch 1
  • Common Gull 3
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 8
  • Fieldfare 3
  • Goldfinch 3
  • Great Tit 1
  • Herring Gull 1
  • House Sparrow 8
  • Magpie 14
  • Mistle Thrush 2
  • Robin 1
  • Starling 11
  • Woodpigeon 13

 



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13:30 - 14:40

  • Black-headed Gull 2 overhead
  • Blackbird 18
  • Blue Tit 8
  • Carrion Crow 3
  • Common Gull 6
  • Dunnock 3
  • Feral Pigeon 21 overhead
  • Fieldfare 4
  • Goldfinch 15
  • Great Tit 7
  • Herring Gull 1 overhead
  • House Sparrow 8
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 6 overhead
  • Long-tailed Tit 2
  • Magpie 15
  • Mistle Thrush 2
  • Nuthatch 2
  • Redwing 3
  • Robin 4
  • Song Thrush 3, including two singing
  • Starling 6
  • Woodpigeon 10
  • Wren 3


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13:10 - 14:05

  • Blackbird 8 
  • Blue Tit 2 
  • Carrion Crow 3 
  • Common Gull 3 
  • Dunnock 2 
  • Feral Pigeon 59 
  • Goldfinch 1 
  • Great Tit 4 
  • Jackdaw 1 
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 
  • Magpie 15 
  • Mistle Thrush 3 
  • Redwing 7 
  • Robin 2 
  • Starling 3 
  • Woodpigeon 5 
  • Wren 2


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14:10 - 14:55

  • Black-headed Gull 9
  • Blackbird 3
  • Blue Tit 1
  • Carrion Crow 3
  • Dunnock 2
  • Feral Pigeon 18
  • Goldfinch 6
  • Great Tit 5
  • House Sparrow 1
  • Magpie 8
  • Mistle Thrush 1
  • Robin 4
  • Song Thrush 1

 



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14:35 - 15:20

  • Black-headed Gull 20
  • Blackbird 6
  • Blue Tit 4
  • Carrion Crow 2
  • Chaffinch 1
  • Common Gull 5
  • Dunnock 3
  • Feral Pigeon 76
  • Goldfinch 38
  • Great Tit 2
  • Greenfinch 2
  • House Sparrow 2
  • Jackdaw 2
  • Long-tailed Tit 7
  • Magpie 13
  • Mistle Thrush 1
  • Pied Wagtail 1
  • Robin 3
  • Starling 1
  • Woodpigeon 1

It's nice to have the goldfinches back!



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14:10 - 14:55

  • Black-headed Gull 2
  • Blackbird 4
  • Blue Tit 4
  • Carrion Crow 5
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 21
  • Goldfinch 6
  • Great Tit 2
  • House Sparrow 8
  • Kestrel 1 male
  • Long-tailed Tit 6
  • Magpie 14
  • Mistle Thrush 2
  • Robin 3
  • Wren 3


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Extremely quiet visit 14:45 - 15:15

  • Black-headed Gull 3 overhead
  • Blackbird 3
  • Carrion Crow 2
  • Chiffchaff 1
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 18 overhead
  • Goldfinch 1
  • Great Tit 1
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 overhead
  • Magpie 7
  • Woodpigeon 4
  • Wren 2


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