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
Dusk visit. This site requires a proper corvid roost / pre-roost count.
Raven 1 solo bird flew in from the west at 15.27, dropping into the Ees seemingly to join the corvid flock but not relocated. Jackdaw 1200 - 1400 moving west out of Chorltonville Carrion Crow - many arriving from the west, possibly 200+, wouldn't be surprised if there are a few Rook in there Magpie 60+ Ring-necked Parakeet c20 Sparrowhawk 1 Kestrel 1 Grey Wagtail 1
-- Edited by Pete Hines on Wednesday 19th of December 2018 08:58:11 PM
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Few hours over Hardy Farm and Barlow Tip this afternoon; pretty productive:
4 goldcrest 1 treecreeper 2 nuthatch 20 - 30 lesser redpoll (15 - 25 over on Hardy Farm, heading over the wood, 5 mobile on Barlow Tip) 2 goldfinch 5 chaffinch 6+ bullfinch 1 reed bunting 1+ grey wagtail 2 song thrush 2 mistle thrush 4 - 5 jay 1 great spotted woodpecker 2 mute swan on the river, both 1st winter 1 grey heron (on golf course) 6 common gull (on training pitch) 7 herring gull over 5+ cormorant over (seemed to be heading back and forth between the water parks) 1 kestrel
Also possibly a couple of siskin over, though a single faint call wasn't enough to confirm.
Buzzard in the old cow field on the Ees when heading home.
Dusk this evening; Buzzard (1) over Tawny Owl calling Woodcock (1) flew out the old cow field - great view against the night sky Alongside the normal show of Jackdaws going to roost there seems to be a growing roost of Crows in the woods (compared to recent years). Giving the Buzzard and Owl a hard time
Sunday 28/10, 2 kingfisher on the Mersey between the reedbed pond and Sale WP.
Around the reedbed pond (which was undergoing management), 5 redwing, 1 song thrush, 3 blackbird on the rowan trees. One flock of c.20 redwing over south.
1 kestrel hunting over the rank grassland and willowherbs. Some siskin over (heard only).
Chiffchaff singing away in the Orchard area this morning was a nice surprise. Also a small flock of Fieldfare over.
Yesterday in the Cow Field - 2 buzzard and a large female Sparrowhawk being harassed. Constant movement of noisy Ring-necked Parakeets overhead - one group of around 20.