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16.10-17.20

Jackdaw 1700
Carrion Crow 71
Tawny Owl 1 male calling Ivy Green




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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

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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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brief walk around this morning, highlights being 2 willow tit, 1 kestrel, 1 sparrowhawk, 2 buzzard, 7 ring-necked parakeet, 3 bullfinch, 1 goldcrest, 2 treecreeper

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Best birds from my first brief visit this morning:

1 or 2 Ring- necked Parakeet- my first GM record!

6 Siskin.

1 Buzzard and 2 Kestrel.



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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.

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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

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Cow field this afternoon.

1 buzzard
10 ring-necked parakeets
3 teal over
12 siskin over
1 great spotted woodpecker
2 grey heron
1 goldcrest with tit flock
Nuthatch heard.

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Hardy Farm quiet this morning.

Chorlton Ees Cow Field:

Snipe (2)
Buzzard (2)
Plenty of Parakeets
Kestrel on Hay Meadow.
Heron in Field.

and at dusk:
Buzzard
Woodcock (1)

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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).

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Stonechat (1) foraging amongst the Creeping Thistle this morning on Hardy Farm.

Other than that quiet apart from a noisy Nuthatch and a few Reed Bunting.

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Willow Tit on Hardy Farm this morning

Last night saw a Kestrel hunting the Cow Field around dusk - very few and far between this year in the area. Usual pair of Buzzard present.

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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.

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Few hours around here today; morning to afternoon:

2 goldcrest
3+ chiffchaff
4+ blackcap
2 coal tit
4 or 5 willow tit (2 Ivy Green, 2 or 3 meadow pond)
3 or 4 nuthatch
2 greenfinch
4+ bullfinch heard
2 house martin
10+ swallow
1 grey wagtail
7+ jay
1 great spotted woodpecker heard
1 stock dove
1 grey heron
1 cormorant over
1 sparrowhawk
2+ buzzard

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Quick visit to Hardy Farm around mid-day;
Raven (2) - flying high south east
Great Spotted Woodpecker (1)
Buzzard - one adult soaring and fledged young calling from nearby woods
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A few hours this evening; eerily quiet from the Bowling Green entrance to the brook, nary a wren calling. From there, birds came back into evidence a little:

1 chiffchaff heard
5 blackcap
17+ goldfinch, mostly in a flock flitting over the meadow pond field
1 reed bunting
4 swallow
6+ song thrush singing
1 jay
3 swift
1 great spotted woodpecker
1 stock dove
1 grey heron
1 kestrel
1 buzzard

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Originally posted today by Simon Cunningham:

At 17.20 on 19june. Adult cuckoo crossed the field twice in 5 minutes taking three different perches 5/6 foot off the ground. No calls. Left field over the gate end. Whitethroat and reed buntings calling. Pigeons, magpies, thrushes about. No interest from other birds. 



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Evening mooch:

5 chiffchaff
12 blackcap
8 whitethroat (including two fledglings at Ivy Green)
2 reed warbler heard singing
1 grasshopper warbler (same location as before)
1 greenfinch
7 reed bunting
c15 song thrush
3 great spotted woodpecker (including two juvenile)
c10 swift
1 grey heron nest at least still active

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Few hours around the Ees today:

8 chiffchaff
11+ blackcap
7 whitethroat
3 reed warbler
1 willow tit
2 nuthatch
5+ goldfinch
5 greenfinch
2 chaffinch
2 bullfinch
6 reed bunting
2 swallow
1 grey wagtail
10 song thrush
1 jay
6+ swift
3 great spotted woodpecker (pair around nest-site)
Mallard and Canada goose broods on river
1 grey heron on nest
1 black-headed gull
1 buzzard

-- Edited by Shannon Llewellyn on Saturday 26th of May 2018 06:04:54 PM

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Evening wander; 7.20 - gone 10:

4 chiffchaff
12 blackcap
4 whitethroat
3 reed warbler
1 grasshopper warbler heard (from rough grass between path to river and meadow pond; a reed warbler here, too)
6 newly fledged long-tailed tit
4 reed bunting
13+ song thrush
2 swift
1 great spotted woodpecker heard
1 stock dove
1 grey heron
1+ tawny owl

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Late post for yesterday- 3:30-5pm. Several Common Whitethroats heard in the Meadow field, two seen (1m, 1f). Two Reed Warblers at the Meadow Pond seen briefly. And I *think* I heard a Grasshopper Warbler- are there any insects round there that would make the same sort of sound?

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Nice calm sunny morning - ideal for Grasshopper Warbler but none seen

Kingfisher along Mersey

Pheasant

pair of Ring-necked Parakeets at Jacksons Boat

Willow Tit

at least 2 singing Reed warblers

10+ Common Whitethroat

Blackcap

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Morning and early afternoon spent around here today; quite quiet generally (apart from wren and blackcap, most counts came in on the low side):

2 goldcrest heard
6 chiffchaff
12 blackcap
3 whitethroat
1 willow tit heard
3 chaffinch
5 reed bunting
7 song thrush
1 mistle thrush
4 jay
1 great spotted woodpecker
1 goosander flying along the river's course
c6 grey heron, with at least two busy nests
1 kestrel
1 sparrowhawk
1 buzzard

10 magpie gathered around a few feathers remaining of one of their fallen comrades by the dry weir pool, acting in a very agitated manner. Heard of this phenomenon, but never seen it before.

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Pheasant

Swallow

Reed Warbler - dipping pond

Common Whitethroat

Blackcap

Chiffchaff



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Swift 2
Swallow 1
Grasshopper Warbler 2 reeling briefly, meadow field
Common Whitethroat 1, meadow field
Willow Tit 1
Buzzard 1
Sparrowhawk 1
Ring-necked Parakeet 5

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8:00 to 8:30 am - My usual morning walk around Hardy Farm.

Significantly more warblers around today with signing blackcap, willow warbler, chiffchaff and a pair of whitethroat (first of the year).
Kestrel over mobbed by a crow
Sparrowhawk over mobbed by 3 crows.
Pheasant heard
Reed Bunting

No sign today of the pair of Lesser Black Backed Gulls which have been patrolling the training pitch for the last few days.

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Willow Tit, a pair at Ivy Green flew across Hawthorn Lane into the trees on the Turn Moss side
Common Whitethroat 1 singing male in the meadow field
Stock Dove 2
Nuthatch 2 singing
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 leaving probable nest hole

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Grasshopper warbler heard reeling in the cow field this morning.
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Very enjoyable day spent around here today. Ees / Ivy Green, 9.20 - 2:

6 chiffchaff
1 willow warbler
7 blackcap
2 treecreeper (one nest-building)
2 nuthatch
11 goldfinch
1 greenfinch heard
2 chaffinch
4 bullfinch
7 reed bunting
1 grey wagtail
10 song thrush
1 mistle thrush
10 - 20 jay (very conspicuous all over, often in groups of 3 or 4, with a pair gathering nesting material)
4 great spotted woodpecker
1 stock dove
1 water rail heard
1 moorhen heard (both at meadow pond)
c5 grey heron, at least one occupied nest
1 sparrowhawk
2 buzzard

Hardy Farm, Barlow Tip and habitats in between, from about 2 - 4.30:

12 chiffchaff
6 blackcap
2 coal tit
1 treecreeper
5 goldfinch
2 greenfinch
2 chaffinch
3 bullfinch
1 swallow
2 grey wagtail
2 song thrush
3 jay
1 green woodpecker (female, on Barlow Tip; a patch first for me)
2 ring-necked parakeet
1 pheasant


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Blackcap 1
Chiffchaff 10
Sparrowhawk 2
Buzzard 2
Kestrel 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Jay 8
Nuthatch 1 (visiting nestbox on Ivy Green)
Greenfinch 2
Reed Bunting 1



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Lovely afternoon for a walk around Ees/Hardy farm/barlow tip

Chorlton ees highlights:
1 Kestrel
3 Ring necked Parakeet
Lots of Chiffchaffs in the area now, mostly heard singing
Grey Heron

Hardy Farm:
Probable pheasant (f)
Chiffchaffs
Bullfinch
Reed bunting
Treecreeper
Great Spotted woodpecker

Barlow Tip:
Woodcock
Common Snipe
Great Spotted woodpecker
Bullfinch
Chiffchaffs
Lots of great tits
still good numbers of redwings
Mistle thrushes



-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 28th of March 2018 04:25:16 PM

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Had to drop a bike at Velo Times this morning so spent time trying to track down the Chiffchaff heard last week.

Lots of noise and activity, but of note at HF 1045-1215;

Pair of Kestrel (watching F in photo attached who took flight and was joined by M in aerial display)

Carrion Crow with Frog (photo)

Redwing (c.20)

1 or 2 Chiffchaff (photo)



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Late afternoon walk today highlights: Hardy Farm area: 2 Meadow pipits, feeding on Hardy farm, a patch tick for me I think Bullfinches Chaffinches Great Spotted Woodpecker 2 Grey Heron Barlow tip: Great spotted Woodpecker probable Snipe, very brief sighting Bullfinch Redwings Buzzard (Also had 1 Woodcock here on 19th March) Chorlton Water Park: 3 Kingfishers 2 Goldeneye 1 Great crested grebe Chorlton ees: 30 redwings 2 Grey Heron C. 300 Jackdaw Reed bunting 1 Treecreeper 1 Kingfisher flying down river

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Doing some volunteering work on the meadows this morning after usual dog walk.......

Snipe (1) - Hardy Farm
Kestrel (f) Hardy Farm
Buzzard (1 - 2) Cow Field
Tawny Owl - calling from the car park at the bottom of the cobbled rod at midday
Great Spotted Woodpecker - calling

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8:15 to 8:45 Hardy Farm today. Generally quiet.

Grey Wagtail (2)
Snipe (1) - came out the same spot as yesterday and recent sightings
Willow Tit (1)

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Fantastically productive few hours around Hardy Farm, Barlow Tip and adjacent habitats this afternoon. Patch ticks galore (well, three):

2 goldcrest
1 treecreeper
3+ goldfinch
2 greenfinch heard
1 chaffinch
4+ bullfinch
1 reed bunting
3 stonechat (2m 1f)
10 - 15 meadow pipit
2 grey wagtail
c20 redwing
7 song thrush
1 fieldfare
2 mistle thrush
3+ jay heard
2 great spotted woodpecker
1 jack snipe (sitting tight on the river bank in full view; my first one)
2 cormorant
2 herring gull over
1 kestrel
1 sparrowhawk (male, I think, though an extremely fleeting view)
3 buzzard


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Ride and walk around Barlow Tip, CWP and canal in blizzard conditions yielded, of note;

6 Ringneck Parakeets (huddling low out of the wind on river) 

2 Redwing

2 Pochard

4 Common Gull

1 Warbler in with Long Tailed Tits (not the best views so cannot confirm specifics. Most likely the ChiffChaff mentioned below by Steve)

1 Buzzard

 


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My first chiffchaff of Spring feeding quietly in a flock of long-tailed tits and goldcrests this afternoon.

Strangely, not a single chaffinch to be heard or seen on a walk from Chorlton Water Park back to Stretford.



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Today, morning through to early afternoon. Lovely day for it, and lost of song to be heard.

4 goldcrest
1 treecreeper
2 nuthatch
3 goldfinch
9+ chaffinch
2 greenfinch
5 bullfinch
5 reed bunting
5 song thrush
4 jay
3 great spotted woodpecker
2+ stock dove
1 water rail heard
2 teal (on flooded wooded area between old cow field and path to river)
3 - 5 grey heron coming and going from their nesting area
1 kestrel
2 buzzard

Sparrowhawk over Stretford Ees, and 2 grey heron on dry weir pool.

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8:30-9:15 this morning Hardy Farm

Snipe 1
Lapwing 1
Kingfisher 1
Teal 1 (m)
Buzzard 1
Fieldfare 6
Pied wagtail 1
Meadow Pipit 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 - drumming in the usual area.
Ring-necked Parakeet 1

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3:00 - 4:00 pm around the Ees. Still strong wintery winds. Of note....

Meadow Pipit and redwings showing in small numbers across all the fields

Turn Moss
lapwing 4
snipe 1 - sat out in the open and flying from spot to spot - I suspect trying to find some unfrozen ground to feed.

Hay Meadow
Lapwing 1 - probably the same bird as yesterday
Buzzard - 3 over towards the cow field

River Mersey downstream of Jacksons Boat
Grey Wagtail 2
Meadow Pipit ..... feeding at the waters edge
Wader - Most probably Dunlin feeding at waters edge but it disappeared as I moved to try and get a better view.

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8:45 - 9:30 am today - Hardy Farm. Strong blustery cold winds.

Kingfisher 1
Snipe 1
Lapwing 4 - flew through low
Meadow Pipit 5
Buzzard 1
Ring-necked parakeet 10
Redwing c30
Nuthatch 1 - calling
Looks like the woodpeckers drumming branch has fallen victim of last nights winds.

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3:30-4:30 today - around the Ees. Snow on the ground and high gusty freezing winds

Buzzard 1 - sat in the tree in the middle of the cow field - looked like last years juv.
Ring-Necked Parakeet 2 - flew across the cow field
Fieldfare - feeding among the dead willow herb area on the meadow pond field
Redwing 20 - feeding among the pile of cut grasses in the meadow pond field - accompanied by Blackbird, Robin and Song Thrush
Lapwing 1 - only 25 feet away from of me on the path - either exhausted or just resting from the winds. A rare site seeing one of these on the deck around the Ees these days. A very handsome bird - made braving the cold worthwhile
Bullfinch 3 -meadow pond field
Reed Bunting 1 - Hay Meadow

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8:40 - 9:10am today on Hardy Farm - blizzardy with snow on the ground. But brightened up by the birds;

Bullfinch 6
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 - struggling to fly into the wind, and one later drumming on the usual tree
Meadow Pipit 1 - not seen many of these around this area for a while
Ring-necked Parakeet 4
Grey Heron 1 - looking miserable
Kingfisher 1 - looking miserable
Reed Bunting 4
Mute Swan 3 - over

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Yesterday late afternoon walk highlights:

1 Buzzard
3 Great Spotted Woodpecker
3 Treecreepers (Best views i've probably ever had, i.e. not immediately hopping around the other side of the tree as soon as you get yours bins up).
2 Willow Tit
2+ Water Rail heard
Reed Buntings
2 Teal over the woodland ponds (probably flushed from there)
5 Ring necked Parakeet
4 Grey Herons
6 Redwing

Lots of the regular stuff

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Hardy Farm and Barlow Tip, from around 11.30 - 2.20:

8 siskin
3 lesser redpoll
11+ goldfinch
2 greenfinch
2 chaffinch
7 bullfinch
2 reed bunting
6 redwing
4 mistle thrush
1 great spotted woodpecker
1 common gull
1 kestrel


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Great Spotted Woodpecker (1) - drumming on the same tree as yesterday on Hardy Farm.
Jack Snipe (1) - flushed then landed right by/on the path - was immediately harassed and chased by 2 magpies, landed and took off again before it finally shook them off.
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Day around here today. Nice day for it; counts:

Ees:

1 goldcrest
1 nuthatch
15-20 siskin, flew from heronry in flock across river towards Sale Water Park, plus two in alders by brook.
5+ goldfinch
2 greenfinch
3 chaffinch
5 bullfinch
1 reed bunting singing
19+ redwing
6 song thrush (all but one singing)
1 jay heard
2 great spotted woodpecker heard
2 stock dove
1 or 2 water rail heard (very close to me, though I couldn't see them)
131 (or thereabouts) pink-footed geese over, heading se (approx 10.30 - 11)
5 grey heron very active around the heronry
1 cormorant over
1 common gull over
2 kestrel (several sightings)
3 buzzard

Hardy Farm, Barlow Tip, etc, in the afternoon:

2 goldcrest
1 willow tit heard calling in Hardy Farm orchard
6+ lesser redpoll (Barlow Tip)
1 goldfinch
2 chaffinch
9 bullfinch
1 reed bunting
5+ redwing
3 song thrush
3+ jay
2 (or more) great spotted woodpecker heard calling (repeatedly)
1 buzzard (same as one of the above, I'm sure)

Pretty sure I heard a tawny owl call when on Barlow Tip, but over the din of assorted corvids and ring-necked parakeets, I needed it to do it again to be certain; it didn't.


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Of note this morning.

2 skeins of Pink-Footed Geese heading North at c 9:45 over Hardy Farm - the first c120-150 closely followed by c 30 (I didnt have my bins so hard to count).
Great Spotted Woodpecker Drumming (1)
Willow Tit (1)

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Hardy Farm, Barlow Tip and surrounding habitats from approx 10 - 2 today:

1 willow tit heard briefly at the woodland edges of Hardy Farm
2 nuthatch
c15 siskin
5+ lesser redpoll
c10 goldfinch
4 greenfinch
4 chaffinch
8+ bullfinch
2 reed bunting
1 grey wagtail
10+ redwing
2 or 3 song thrush (one singing)
2 mistle thrush
4+ jay
1 great spotted woodpecker heard
5+ ring-necked parakeet
5 common gull on the football pitches
1 cormorant over
1 kestrel
1 sparrowhawk
1 buzzard

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