Bird activity low at dusk tonight (if you exclude jackdaws and parakeet flocks). Only highlight 3 snipe came up out of the cow field..... And the clear sky gave good views of jupiter and its moons. Chris
Saw the Harris Hawk this morning with its usual escort of crows.
At dusk a male Kestrel was hunting the Cow Field. A bird kicked up in a wet area of the woodland but didn't get a good luck but probably snipe or woodcock.
Had report from a reliable source of Water Rail being heard around the Meadow Pond - but didn't get chance to check myself.
Redstart - female in the Hawthorn and Elder in the Meadow Field west of the riverbank steps, this afternoon Common Whitethroat - pair in the bramble strip, same area Reed Warbler - 1 singing in the Meadow Pond phragmites
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1 chiffchaff 2 willow tit 1 jay 1 great spotted woodpecker 17 ring necked parakeets 1 treecreeper 1 buzzard 1 reed bunting 2 grey herons 2 bullfinch Tawny owl heard 1 lesser redpoll hanging around with a couple of long tailed tits Plenty of song thrush singing all around.
Gadwall 12 displaying in the flooded cow field Coot 1 in the cow field Heron 16, at least 5 occupied nests in the heronry Buzzard 1 cow field Kestrel male in meadow field, female Ivy Green Goldcrest 2 meadow field Redwing 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 3
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On Hardy Farm, 1315, a flock of 30+ lesser redpolls were feeding on the small trees between the path to Jackson's Boat and the tram lines before flying off. I bumped into them again feeding on the birches between the tram bridge and golf course ten minutes later and they flew on over to Sale Golf Course.
Peregrine 1 > north over Ivy Green at 10.41 (record shot) Kestrel 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Buzzard 2 Swallow only 5 > south Meadow Pipit only 2 > south Chiffchaff only 1 Treecreeper 2 Reed Bunting 7 in the meadow field
Goosander 8 flyover Stock Dove 6 (pair checking out the boxes at Chorlton Ees car park) Sparrowhawk 1 Kestrel 1 Reed Warbler 3 (2 singing male incl a pair) - meadow pond Common Whitethroat 5 Willow Warbler 1 Chiffchaff 7 Blackcap 13 Grey Wagtail singing male Greenfinch 3 Reed Bunting
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Green Sandpiper 1 arrived from the north, over the woods, flew two circuits of the meadow field straight overhead before departing north-west Common Whitethroat 2 singing males, 1 meadow field still and 1 Hardy Farm Blackcap 17 Willow Warbler 3 Chiffchaff 6 Sand Martin 5 House Martin 1 Greenfinch 9 Hardy Farm Reed Bunting 6
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4 great spotted woodpecker this morning in one tree on Hardy farm. Suspect 2 pairs sorting out boundaries.
2 buzzards headed over Hardy farm towards the golf club.
Still some redwing lurking in the tree tops but numbers down.
Chris
The cow field is now 50 percent covered in water and has bought in some irregular visitors to the field;
Moorhen 5+
Gadwall 6
Canada goose 15
Also a few regulars around ;
Reed bunting 2
Buzzard 1
Black headed gull 1
Long-tailed tit 2.
Plenty of mallard and magpie.
Regards
C
Around 150 - 200 Redwing on Hardy Farm training pitches this morning along with a few Mistle Thrush 12 Goldfinch Mixed Tit flock of Blue Tit and Great Tit Ring Necked Parakeets as usual.
1 goldcrest 5 chiffchaff 8 blackcap 3 whitethroat 1 reed warbler 4 reed bunting 2 swallow over river 9 song thrush 3 swift 5 mallard ducklings on river 1 or 2 grey heron 2 black-headed gull on river 2 tawny owl
8-9am Hardy Farm and around the Cow Field - of note;
Great Spotted Woodpecker drumming in 3 locations Bullfinch 1 Chiffchaff - 3 locations Buzzard - 2 - once taking food from the Cow Field and eating it on a tree stump Sparrowhawk (f) - 1 Ring-necked parakeet - many Heron 1 Stock Dove - 2
Few hours round here today, late morning through to dusk:
5+ goldcrest 1 coal tit heard 1 willow tit 5 nuthatch 8+ siskin 1 goldfinch 6 bullfinch 2 redwing 5 song thrush 3 jay 1 great spotted woodpecker heard 1 green woodpecker heard yaffling in trees adjacent to the hay field 8 ring-necked parakeet 2 stock dove over 3 teal on long pond 1 grey heron 2 common gull 3 herring gull over 2 cormorant over 1+ kestrel