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David Lumb


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As I walked down Blackburn Road, Bolton at about 9.40am there were about 100 Lapwings up in the air above the Halliwell Road junction.
They then landed briefly before flying around for a while again, and then headed off towards Tonge Moor.


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40+ Lapwings on roof of 3663 warehouse in Langley rd Salford. Been here all summer.

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Karen Foulkes


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23/11/2013

Car People, Ashton Moss

6 Lapwing, present morning and early afternoon

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David Lumb


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c60 Lapwings spread around various roofs at the bottom of Halliwell Road, Bolton, late morning.


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c30 Lapwing on the roof of Car People, Ashton Moss late afternoon

-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Wednesday 20th of November 2013 05:16:01 PM

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Car People, Ashton Moss

15 Lapwing present this morning
28 Lapwing present this afternoon

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c20 Lapwing present on the roof of Car People on Ashton Moss this afternoon

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Bill Myerscough


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5th November.

c150 Lapwing at Stake Hill Ind Est, Middleton at 9.30 am today.
c40 Lapwing at Greengate Ind Est, Chadderton at 11.30 am today.

c80 Lapwing on roof of railway sidings nr Dean Lane Station, Newton Heath on 7/10.

Cheers,

Bill.

-- Edited by Bill Myerscough on Tuesday 5th of November 2013 08:29:07 PM

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c50 lapwings now in the area where Halliwell Road & Blackburn Road join in Bolton. They seem to mainly stick the roofs of the houses & Mosque at the bottom of Halliwell Road during the day then move over to Central Tyres over on Howard Street once it has closed for the day.

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19 Lapwing on roof of Refinery Supplies Ltd...Greenside Way, Chadderton,yesterday @ 13:30.
Cheers Chris

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17 Lapwing on roof of Car People, Ashton Moss at 1700hrs

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Sunday Oct 13th. 07-30 hrs

Roof of"Tom Chandleys Oven Engineers" Windmill Lane, Denton.

c 39 Lapwing and 12 Golden Plover.

Roger.


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110+ Lapwing on Ex Seddon Atkinson building on Higginshaw Lane, Oldham at 1800hrs

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19 on roof of Car People, Ashton Moss yesterday 4pm

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40+ Lapwing on Carpet Store Newton Heath @ noon today

c20 at the same site 16.00 hrs on Weds 25th

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Steven Nelson


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2.30pm - c.130 Lapwing with c.100 Starling mixed in with them flying around at Broadheath Retail Park then settled on Carpet Right roof.

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Late post for Tuesday 10th.

40 Lapwing on Carpet Store roof, Newton Heath at 10.44 am

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130 Lapwing on the roof of CarpetRight, Broadheath, Altrincham at midday today.

Info thanks to Phil Kelly

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Which reminds me - there were half a dozen Lapwing on the roof of Car People, Ashton Moss, last Saturday (10th Aug)

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Seddon Atkinson building, Royton.

After a lengthy absence the Lapwings are back on the roof again. Seemingly in good numbers.

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Karen Foulkes


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15-20 Lapwing on the roof of Car People, Ashton Moss late afternoon today

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12.35pm at Central Tyre, Bolton.
23 Lapwings


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Karen,
they're up there almost daily throughout the autumn and winter with number varying from 5 to 50 birds.

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Karen Foulkes


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5 Lapwing visible on the roof of Car People, Ashton Moss around 11am today.

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David Lumb


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Hi John, there were 11 Golden Plovers at Moter-world in late October but I have not seen any since.
I used to deliver council newspapers around School Hill and regularly saw Golden Plovers in winter.



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David Lumb wrote:

Lunchtime today around Blackburn Road/Halliwell Road, Bolton.

69 Lapwings on Royal Bank of Scotland building and 30 around Motor-world.




I worked in the RBS building (Ashton House) for over 8 years and the roof was a regular roost for the Lapwings every winter. Good to hear that they are still there. Also used to be seen on roofs of Motor World, Kwik Fit, National Tyres and (until they insulated it) Lythgoes car showroom.
Any Golden Plover amongst them? They were sometimes seen in ones & twos there as well.

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Lunchtime today around Blackburn Road/Halliwell Road, Bolton.

69 Lapwings on Royal Bank of Scotland building and 30 around Motor-world.


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At least half a dozen Lapwing on the roof of Car People, Ashton Moss. Probably more, but the inclement weather (to put it politely ) prevented further investigation.

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David Lumb


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9.45 this morning, 57 Lapwings on Central Tyre, Bolton


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About 50 Lapwings plus 12 largish Gulls (LB-b probably) on roof of Veka Showroom just south of ''Rivington South'' M61 Services. Just, I think in Bolton.

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10am at the junction of Halliwell Road/Blackburn Road, Bolton

158 Lapwings. Approx 2/3 on residential houses, with the rest on the roof of Motor-world


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Sunday Nov 25th 07-30 hrs

Roof of"Tom Chandleys Oven Engineers" Windmill Lane, Denton.

c 52 Lapwing.

Roger.




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saw this flock about 12.30pm today - must have tied with David Lumb's sighting but I thought in excess of 100 ....looked like 2 flocks.

Ian McKerchar wrote:

Originally posted today by Adrian Drummind-Hill:

Circa 150 Northern lapwings on the roof of PC World and surrounding rooftops, Bolton Gate Retail Park at 1pm today.




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c 150 Lapwings on Asda roof at Hyde at 12.30pm

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12.30pm around Blackburn Road/Halliwell Road, Bolton, approx 70 Lapwings were spread around works rooftops & residential roofs


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Originally posted today by Adrian Drummind-Hill:

Circa 150 Northern lapwings on the roof of PC World and surrounding rooftops, Bolton Gate Retail Park at 1pm today.

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9.45am at Cenral Tyre, Blackburn Road, Bolton.

116 Lapwings back on the usual roof this time. No sign of any Golden Plovers.

Passing on the bus at 11.10am they had all gone.


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Sunday 4th Nov. 07.00 hrs.

Roof of"Tom Chandleys Oven Engineers" Windmill Lane, Denton.

4 Lapwing ....... this is my 6th visit in 5 weeks .... first showing ... birds been completely absent for some reason ......

Roger.

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1st November.

c40 Lapwing on the roof of Albany International at Pilsworth at 9.15 am. Greatly outnumbered though by other loafing birds on the roof - c180 Lesser Black-backed Gull, c140 Black-headed Gull and c70 Starling.

c50 Lapwing were on the roof of Refinery Supplies Ltd, Greengate Industrial Estate at Chadderton at 1.00 pm on 19/10.

Cheers,

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11.20am at junction of Blackburn Road/Halliwell Road Bolton.

120+ Lapwings & 11 Golden Plovers on Motor-World and adjoining roofs. All the Golden Plovers were only visible from Halliwell Road near the traffic lights.



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10 Lapwings and 2 Golden Plover trying their best to shelter from the drizzle on the roof of the Car People now.

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A flock of 20 or so Golden Plover attempting to land on the roof of the Car People, Ashton Moss 1500hrs today. Landing aborted and the birds flew off. Very few Lapwings remaining.

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A flock of 20+ Golden Plover joined the resident Lapwings on the roof of the Car People, Ashton Moss 1500hrs yesterday (22/10). Unfortunately they weren't there today.

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40 lapwings on the roof of KFC near Warburton's bakery, Blackburn Road in Bolton 3.00pm.

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40 Lapwings on Ashton Moss this afternoon moving between roofs of Car People and Screwfix warehouse.

Golden Plover should be arriving from Iceland soon

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21 lapwings on hepworth and hall opticians at newtown wigan.behind it is wigan fire station where there were more.i could see 12 but as it is a flat roof and 3 storeys high i could only see the birds on the edges.so dont know exactly how many but the occasional fluttering bird gave the impression there were more.

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I also saw this flock at Broadheath at 2.20pm but estimated nearer 130 birds!

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c100 Lapwing on the roof of Carpetright, Broadheath at 1.35pm today.

Info thanks to Phil Kelly



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Re: The Seddon Atkinson building on Higginshaw Lane.

I drive past this building at least twice a day so am well used to seeing the colony of Lapwings that inhabit this rooftop. They have been there for many years in varying numbers but I think they are doing as well this year as any I can remember.

Just been to pick the Wife up from work and at 6 o'clock and was treated to the sight of 200 - 250ish Lapwings up in the air circling above the building, a great sight. On our return 10 minutes later they were all settled quietly down on the roof again. I've been seeing these birds here for so long it just seems so natural for them to be there in such an unnatural place.

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I was just browsing and came across this page, husband works at old Mathers Foundry, Lapwings regularly roost there 50+ he mentioned them yesterday morning.

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