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An almost dead quiet lunchtime visit 13:05 - 13:45

  • Black-headed Gull 3 overhead
  • Blackbird 2
  • Buzzard 3 (the new "regular" individual that's adopted the territory this year in the photo) overhead
  • Carrion Crow 1
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 28 overhead
  • Goldfinch 3
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 overhead
  • Magpie 8
  • Pied Wagtail 1 overhead
  • Robin 1
  • Starling 1
  • Woodpigeon 7
  • Wren 3

 



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11:00 - 11:50

  • Black-headed Gull 2 overhead
  • Blackbird 5
  • Carrion Crow 4, including the piebald individual
  • Dunnock 2
  • Feral Pigeon 6 overhead
  • Goldfinch 1
  • Great Tit 2
  • Greenfinch 1
  • Herring Gull 1 overhead
  • House Sparrow 4
  • Magpie 11
  • Meadow Pipit 1 overhead
  • Robin 7
  • Starling 1
  • Woodpigeon 15
  • Wren 3


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2:00pm - 2:50pm

 

  • Blackbird 2
  • Carrion Crow 3, including one partially leucistic individual (photo attached)
  • Coal Tit 1
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 9 overhead
  • Goldfinch 9
  • Great Tit 3
  • Greenfinch 1
  • House Sparrow 15
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 overhead
  • Magpie 4
  • Robin 5
  • Woodpigeon 10
  • Wren 2


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A stroll in the wind and rain 13:35 - 14:20

  • Black-headed Gull 40 overhead
  • Carrion Crow 4 
  • Common Gull 1 overhead
  • Feral Pigeon 10 overhead
  • Goldfinch 2 
  • Great Tit 2 
  • Herring Gull 2 overhead
  • House Sparrow 1 
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 overhead
  • Long-tailed Tit 1 
  • Magpie 11 
  • Mistle Thrush 12
  • Song Thrush 1 
  • Woodpigeon 9 
  • Wren 1

Also a partially-leucistic carrion crow with white greater coverts on the football field.



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Very quiet this afternoon 2:00pm - 2:40pm

  • Blackbird 5
  • Blackcap 1
  • Buzzard 1
  • Carrion Crow 2
  • Chiffchaff 1
  • Feral Pigeon 3
  • Goldfinch 3
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 juvenile
  • House Sparrow 1
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 overhead
  • Magpie 3
  • Robin 1
  • Woodpigeon 11
  • Wren 1

 



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A quiet stroll, 14:45 - 15:25

  • Blackbird 2
  • Blue Tit 1
  • Bullfinch 1
  • Carrion Crow 1
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 45
  • Goldfinch 26
  • House Sparrow 6
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
  • Magpie 3
  • Swift 4
  • Whitethroat 1
  • Woodpigeon 11
  • Wren 1


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Teatime stroll 6:20pm - 7:05pm in between showers, pretty quiet: most of the small birds had settled for an early roost out of the wind

  • Black-headed Gull 2 
  • Blackbird 9 
  • Carrion Crow 1 
  • Chaffinch 1 
  • Dunnock 1 
  • Feral Pigeon 12 
  • Goldfinch 9 
  • Great Tit 1 
  • Greenfinch 1 
  • House Sparrow 2 
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 5 
  • Long-tailed Tit 1 
  • Magpie 6 
  • Song Thrush 1 
  • Starling 1 
  • Whitethroat 2 
  • Woodpigeon 21 

 



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Post-Test Match stroll 18:25 - 19:45

  • Black-headed Gull 116 overhead, catching flying ants and drifting over towards Davyhulme
  • Blackbird 10, 2 singing
  • Blackcap 4, 1 singing, 2 juveniles
  • Blue Tit 1
  • Carrion Crow 1
  • Chiffchaff 2 singing
  • Collared Dove 2
  • Dunnock 3
  • Feral Pigeon 27
  • Goldfinch 30, 1 singing, 8 juveniles
  • Greenfinch 5, 1 singing
  • House Sparrow 7
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 8
  • Magpie 8
  • Robin 1
  • Song Thrush 3. 2 singing
  • Swift 3
  • Whitethroat 3, 1 singing
  • Woodpigeon 21
  • Wren 1

 



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Quick stroll 1845 - 1915

  • Blackbird 8, 3 singing
  • Blackcap 3 singing
  • Carrion Crow 2
  • Chaffinch 3, 2 singing
  • Chiffchaff 2 singing
  • Dunnock 1 singing
  • Feral Pigeon 23
  • Goldfinch 2
  • Great Tit 1
  • Greenfinch 1
  • House Sparrow 6
  • Jackdaw 1
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 overhead
  • Long-tailed Tit 8, 6 young
  • Magpie 6
  • Robin 3, 1 singing
  • Song Thrush 3, 1 singing
  • Starling 6
  • Whitethroat 2 singing
  • Woodpigeon 10
  • Wren 6 singing

 



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Today 1810 - 1910

  • Blackbird 11, 5 singing
  • Blackcap 4, 3 singing
  • Blue Tit 8, 4 youngsters
  • Chiffchaff 2 singing
  • Dunnock 4 singing
  • Feral Pigeon 13
  • Goldfinch 3, 1 singing
  • Greenfinch 1 singing
  • House Sparrow 7
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 6 overhead
  • Magpie 9
  • Robin 7, 4 singing
  • Song Thrush 1 singing
  • Starling 1
  • Swift 2
  • Whitethroat 3 singing
  • Woodpigeon 13
  • Wren 8 singing

 



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Today, 15:10 - 16:20

  • Blackbird 12, 5 singing 
  • Blackcap 4 singing
  • Blue Tit 3 
  • Carrion Crow 2 
  • Chaffinch 2, 1 singing 
  • Chiffchaff 3, 2 singing
  • Dunnock 3, 2 singing
  • Feral Pigeon 21
  • Goldfinch 9, 3 singing
  • House Sparrow 11 
  • Kestrel 1 
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 overhead
  • Long-tailed Tit 2 
  • Magpie 15 
  • Robin 6, 4 singing
  • Starling 3 
  • Swift 3 
  • Whitethroat 5, 4 singing
  • Woodpigeon 6, 1 singing
  • Wren 5 singing

 



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Afternoon stroll, 3:25pm 4:15pm

  • Blackbird 11, 5 singing
  • Blackcap 2 singing
  • Blue Tit 2
  • Carrion Crow 2
  • Chaffinch 1
  • Chiffchaff 1 singing
  • Cormorant 1 overhead
  • Dunnock 2 singing
  • Feral Pigeon 32
  • Goldfinch 4, 1 singing
  • Great Tit 1
  • Greenfinch 1
  • House Sparrow 7
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4 overhead
  • Long-tailed Tit 1
  • Magpie 11
  • Mistle Thrush 1
  • Robin 2 singing
  • Song Thrush 1 singing
  • Starling 2
  • Whitethroat 3 singing
  • Woodpigeon 15, 2 singing
  • Wren 5 singing

 



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1:30pm - 2:45pm

  • Blackbird 13, 5 singing
  • Blackcap 4 singing
  • Blue Tit 5
  • Carrion Crow 3
  • Chaffinch 1
  • Chiffchaff 3, 2 singing
  • Feral Pigeon 14
  • Goldfinch 10, 3 singing
  • Great Tit 3
  • Greenfinch 4
  • House Sparrow 6
  • Long-tailed Tit 1
  • Magpie 12
  • Robin 3, 1 singing
  • Song Thrush 1 singing
  • Whitethroat 4 singing
  • Woodpigeon 22, 5 singing
  • Wren 8 singing

 



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19/04/20 2:40pm 3:50pm

  • Blackbird 6, 3 singing
  • Blackcap 4 singing
  • Blue Tit 3
  • Buzzard 1
  • Carrion Crow 4
  • Chaffinch 1 singing
  • Chiffchaff 3, 1 singing
  • Dunnock 1 singing
  • Feral Pigeon 29
  • Goldfinch 14, 2 singing
  • Great Tit 3, 1 singing
  • Greenfinch 1 singing
  • House Sparrow 8
  • Kestrel 1
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 overhead
  • Magpie 17
  • Mistle Thrush 2
  • Robin 5, 1 singing
  • Swallow 3 overhead
  • Woodpigeon 17
  • Wren 6, 4 singing

 



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4:10pm 5:20pm

  • Blackbird 18, 3 singing males
  • Blue Tit 4 
  • Carrion Crow 4 
  • Chiffchaff 1 singing
  • Coal Tit 1 singing
  • Dunnock 1 singing
  • Feral Pigeon 27 
  • Goldfinch 6, 3 singing
  • Great Tit 6, 2 singing
  • Greenfinch 4, 3 singing
  • Herring Gull 2, overflying
  • House Sparrow 13
  • Jackdaw 1 
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 6, overflying
  • Long-tailed Tit 1 
  • Magpie 14 
  • Mistle Thrush 2 
  • Robin 8, 7 singing
  • Woodpigeon 30 
  • Wren 8, 7 singing

 



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1:30pm - 2:25pm. Like most anywhere else that's an urban green space plenty of people (me included) getting their one piece of exercise a day.

  • Blackbird 12, 1 singing
  • Blue Tit 11
  • Carrion Crow 3
  • Chiffchaff 1 singing
  • Collared Dove 1
  • Cormorant 1 overhead
  • Dunnock 2 singing
  • Feral Pigeon 43
  • Goldfinch 12, 2 singing
  • Great Tit 6, 3 singing
  • Greenfinch 1 singing
  • House Sparrow 8
  • Jay 1
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 overhead
  • Long-tailed Tit 2
  • Magpie 15
  • Mistle Thrush 3, 1 singing
  • Robin 10, 8 singing
  • Song Thrush 1
  • Starling 3, 1 singing
  • Woodpigeon 28
  • Wren 6 singing

 



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1:35pm - 2:25pm, gloomy weather but no wind, for a change so a lot more small birds breaking cover. (Earlier in the week it was just me, the gulls and the magpies.)

  • Black-headed Gull   1
  • Blackbird   17
  • Blue Tit   8
  • Carrion Crow   1
  • Chaffinch   1
  • Common Gull   5
  • Dunnock   2
  • Feral Pigeon   2
  • Goldcrest   4
  • Goldfinch   26
  • Great Tit   5
  • Greenfinch   6
  • House Sparrow   3
  • Jay   1
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull   5
  • Long-tailed Tit   4
  • Magpie   10
  • Robin   4
  • Starling   8
  • Treecreeper   1
  • Woodpigeon   1
  • Wren   2

I was probably being a bit premature in heralding the Winter thrushes, though the blackbird numbers are good. I'm puzzled by the low numbers of pigeons and woodpigeons over the past couple of weeks.



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Afternoon stroll 2:45pm - 3:45pm, the Winter thrushes are settling in now:

  • Black-headed Gull  11
  • Blackbird  34
  • Blue Tit  3
  • Carrion Crow  2
  • Chaffinch  2
  • Dunnock  2
  • Feral Pigeon  1
  • Goldfinch  22
  • Great Tit  3
  • Greenfinch  7
  • House Sparrow  4
  • Jay  1
  • Magpie  15
  • Mistle Thrush  2
  • Pied Wagtail  1
  • Redwing  2
  • Robin  7
  • Song Thrush  1
  • Starling  13
  • Woodpigeon  8
  • Wren  3

I've never seen so few pigeons here before.

 



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2:30pm - 3:50pm after the rain. A sudden influx of passerines after a few extremely quiet weeks where only the pigeons got into double figures.

  • Black-headed Gull 7
  • Blackbird 18
  • Blue Tit 16
  • Bullfinch 1
  • Carrion Crow 2
  • Chaffinch 1
  • Collared Dove 1
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 4
  • Goldcrest 2
  • Goldfinch 49
  • Great Tit 10
  • Greenfinch 3
  • Herring Gull 1
  • House Sparrow 1
  • Jay 1
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 4
  • Long-tailed Tit 18
  • Magpie 18
  • Mistle Thrush 1
  • Robin 6
  • Starling 11
  • Woodpigeon 31
  • Wren 6

 



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3:05pm 4:05pm

  • Black-headed Gull 1
  • Blackbird 3
  • Canada Goose 2
  • Carrion Crow 2
  • Dunnock 1
  • Feral Pigeon 25
  • Goldfinch 17
  • Great Tit 1
  • Greenfinch 1
  • Herring Gull 1
  • House Sparrow 7
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 3
  • Magpie 10
  • Mistle Thrush 13
  • Robin 4
  • Woodpigeon 30
  • Wren 1

Where do mistle thrushes go in August? This is the third year running I don't have a single record in August only for one to turn up on 1st September. The flock of thirteen of them on the football field was remarkable for this time of year.



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Today 1:35pm - 2:30pm

Fairly quiet Summer lunchtime visit.

  • Blackbird 3
  • Blackcap 1
  • Blue Tit 10
  • Chaffinch 1
  • Dunnock 2, including one recently-fledged youngster
  • Feral Pigeon 105 overhead
  • Goldfinch 25. including 9 juveniles
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 juvenile
  • Great Tit 4
  • Greenfinch 1
  • House Sparrow 2
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
  • Long-tailed Tit 3
  • Magpie 6
  • Robin 5
  • Swift 2
  • Whitethroat 3
  • Woodpigeon 22
  • Wren 5


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Today 3:35pm 4:40pm

  • Blackbird  20 (at least six pairs)
  • Blackcap  3 singing males
  • Blue Tit  3
  • Carrion Crow  2
  • Chiffchaff  2 singing males
  • Collared Dove  1
  • Dunnock  4 (two pairs)
  • Feral Pigeon  16
  • Goldfinch  15
  • Great Tit  2
  • Greenfinch  1 singing male
  • House Sparrow  12
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull  1
  • Long-tailed Tit  1
  • Magpie  14
  • Robin  11 (at least three pairs)
  • Song Thrush  2 singing males
  • Starling  7
  • Whitethroat  4 singing males
  • Woodpigeon  14
  • Wren  9 (6 singing males)


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Today 3:00pm 3:40pm

  • Blackbird  7  
  • Blue Tit  5 
  • Dunnock  1
  • Feral Pigeon  86 
  • Goldfinch  16
  • Great Tit  2 
  • Herring Gull  1 
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull  4 
  • Long-tailed Tit  2
  • Magpie  24 
  • Robin  7
  • Starling  1 
  • Woodpigeon  19 
  • Wren  3
  • Yellow-legged Gull  1

Everything except the magpies and pigeons keeping their heads down in the wind.

The yellow-legged gull came as a surprise as it floated over in the breeze: we get the odd first- or second-Winter bird in the Autumn but this is the first adult I've seen round these parts.



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Today, 14:20 - 15:10

  • Black-headed gull 2
  • Blackbird 5
  • Blue tit 2
  • Buzzard 3
  • Carrion crow 3
  • Feral pigeon 37
  • Goldfinch 9
  • Great tit 4
  • Greenfinch 2
  • Herring gull 1
  • Kestrel 1
  • Lesser black-backed gull 3
  • Long-tailed tit 5
  • Magpie 12
  • Robin 7
  • Woodpigeon 13
  • Wren 2

Only the second time I've seen the local buzzard this year. You wait a month and three come together.



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1:55pm 2:55pm after the fog had lifted but still not clear.

  • Black-headed Gull 1
  • Blackbird 19
  • Blue Tit 5
  • Buzzard 1
  • Carrion Crow 4
  • Chaffinch 3
  • Common Gull 4
  • Feral Pigeon 28
  • Fieldfare 4
  • Goldfinch 31
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
  • Great Tit 3
  • Greenfinch 1
  • Kestrel 1
  • Long-tailed Tit 2
  • Magpie 25
  • Mistle Thrush 2
  • Redwing 12
  • Robin 5
  • Song Thrush 4
  • Starling 20
  • Woodpigeon 17
  • Wren 1

First sighting of the buzzard this year, I'd started to worry about it.

Also a flock of 55 redwings on Barton Clough playing field.



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Interesting variation over a few days on my local patch:

Friday 18/01/2019 12:00 12:35

  • Black-headed Gull 4 
  • Blackbird 9 
  • Blue Tit 4 
  • Carrion Crow 2 
  • Chaffinch 1 
  • Common Gull 18 
  • Feral pigeon 17 
  • Goldfinch 21 
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 
  • Great Tit 3 
  • Greenfinch 1 
  • House Sparrow 2 
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 
  • Long-tailed Tit 1 
  • Magpie 16 
  • Mistle Thrush 4 
  • Robin 5 
  • Starling 7 
  • Woodpigeon 7

 

Saturday 12/01/2019 12:45 13:20

  • Black-headed Gull 3 
  • Blackbird 6 
  • Carrion Crow 1 
  • Chaffinch 1 
  • Collared Dove 2 
  • Common Gull 3 
  • Dunnock 1 
  • Feral Pigeon 27 
  • Fieldfare 1 
  • Goldfinch 11 
  • Great Tit 3 
  • Greenfinch 1 
  • Magpie 14 
  • Mistle Thrush 2 
  • Redwing 66 
  • Robin 1 
  • Starling 109 
  • Woodpigeon 4

 



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Saturday 29th December, 1:50 2:45

Very quiet, only notable for the usual male kestrel being joined by a very vocal female:

  • Black-headed Gull 1 
  • Blackbird 8 
  • Blue Tit 5 
  • Chaffinch 1 
  • Common Gull 2 
  • Feral Pigeon 14 
  • Goldfinch 4 
  • Great Tit 3 
  • Herring Gull 1 
  • House Sparrow 1 
  • Kestrel 2
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 
  • Long-tailed Tit 4 
  • Magpie 9 
  • Mistle Thrush 1 
  • Robin 4 
  • Woodpigeon 1

 



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2:25pm 3:25pm today

The park itself was fairly quiet but there was a couple of flocks of roosting finches coming to the trees by the business units.

  • Black-headed Gull  14
  • Blackbird  7
  • Blue Tit  9
  • Carrion Crow  2
  • Chaffinch  3 
  • Dunnock  2  
  • Feral Pigeon  11   
  • Goldfinch  26   
  • Great Tit  3   
  • Greenfinch  15   
  • Herring Gull  1   
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull  6   
  • Long-tailed Tit  7   
  • Magpie  9   
  • Mistle Thrush  2   
  • Robin  4   
  • Song Thrush  3 singing males
  • Starling  1   
  • Woodpigeon  8   
  • Wren  1


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A potter about, 2:00 - 3:10pm.

We seem to have had a fall of mistlethrushes, though both blackbirds and redwings were relatively thin on the ground. The kestrel was mobbing the buzzard in the trees near the school. Nice surprise was a Mediterranean gull passing through with a few black-headed gulls, first time I've clearly heard the flight call.  

  • Black-headed Gull  13
  • Blackbird  6
  • Blue Tit  12
  • Buzzard  1
  • Carrion Crow  2
  • Chaffinch  1
  • Common Gull  4
  • Feral Pigeon  25
  • Goldfinch  26
  • Great Tit  5
  • Greenfinch  1
  • House Sparrow  7
  • Jay  1
  • Kestrel  1
  • Long-tailed Tit  5
  • Magpie  13
  • Mediterranean Gull  1
  • Mistle Thrush  9
  • Redwing  5
  • Robin  3
  • Song Thrush  1
  • Starling  2
  • Woodpigeon  1
  • Wren  3

 



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Definitely a Winter feel to the birding, if not the weather, today. A huge number of blackbirds, together with a couple of small flocks of redwings. Decent numbers of goldfinches but well down on this time last year. Not sure if the sparrowhawk flying in towards Barton Clough was the same as the one spooked out of the park by the resident buzzard half an hour earlier.

  • Black-headed Gull  13
  • Blackbird  28
  • Blue Tit  17      
  • Bullfinch  1      
  • Buzzard  1      
  • Carrion Crow  6      
  • Chaffinch  4      
  • Coal Tit  1      
  • Cormorant  1      
  • Dunnock  1      
  • Feral Pigeon  10      
  • Goldfinch  33      
  • Great Tit  9      
  • Greenfinch  8      
  • House Sparrow  2      
  • Jay  2      
  • Long-tailed Tit  5      
  • Magpie  16      
  • Mistle Thrush  1      
  • Redwing  19      
  • Robin  8      
  • Song Thrush  1      
  • Sparrowhawk  1      
  • Starling  15      
  • Woodpigeon  14      
  • Wren  3


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After a quiet few months where even blackbirds were thin on the ground there was an influx of thrushes today, though no redwings yet. Starting to see a pick-up of goldfinches after an uncharacteristically quiet Autumn.

  • Black-headed Gull  1      
  • Blackbird  23      
  • Blue Tit  3      
  • Carrion Crow  2      
  • Collared Dove  1      
  • Feral Pigeon  23      
  • Goldfinch  25      
  • Great Spotted Woodpecker  1      
  • Great Tit  3      
  • Greenfinch  1      
  • House Sparrow  14      
  • Kestrel  1      
  • Lesser Black-backed Gull  2      
  • Magpie  14      
  • Mistle Thrush  3      
  • Robin  9      
  • Song Thrush  6      
  • Woodpigeon  6      
  • Wren  4


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A buzzard on Barton Clough playing field at 12:30pm, not the usual suspect, this one had a particularly bright ginger tone to its rump and upper tail. Two buzzards were seen over the old cornfield about this time on Wednesday.

Goldfinch numbers down to 34, flocks of 50+ seen during the week.

Highlights:

  • 12 redwing
  • 13 fieldfare
  • treecreeper
  • 36 pink-footed geese flying over at 1:50pm


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Over the past few weeks I've noticed that there haven't been many collared doves around here. 10:35am today there were thirteen perched in the tree next to the bus stop by Lostock School



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I was thinking it was a very quiet afternoon then a flock of 51 goldfinches erupted from the patch of goldenrod where they were feeding.

Also a buzzard and a male kestrel.



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2 buzzards being mobbed by magpies this afternoon about 2:50pm.



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A quiet bit of birding, wind and rain keeping most under wraps and quiet.

Female sparrowhawk soared over at 3:15, heading towards Trafford Park.

Male kestrel hovering briefly over Park Way ten minutes later.



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I always tell myself that this time of year anything can turn up anywhere. This whinchat was a nice reminder. Spotted it perched on United Utilities' fence as I strolled down the disused freight line. Couldn't get any closer without scaring it off by barging through a couple of bramble patches.



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