12.15-13.30
1st Jan 2010
Mill pond totally frozen, no water fowl, checked river for kingfisher- not about.
Main lakes, mostly frozen except two feeding areas
blackbirds 9
Sparrow 26
song thrush 1
wood pigeon 4
blue tit 4
magpie 7
wren 3
robin 5
long tailed tits 11
great tits 6
jay 1
collared dove 2
chaffinch 2
dunnock 1
grey heron 1
black headed gulls 32
canada goose 41+
mallard 63
coots 27
mute swans 2
moorhen 4
tufted ducks 2
muscovy duck 1
embden geese 7
Happy New Year
Rae

4th April 09
14.30-15.30
1st sand martins & swallows of the year (had to do double check on swallows with bins as didn't believe my eyes!)

Small pond
mating pair coots & nest
2 mallards
lots of mating frogs!
2 robins
2 blue tits
6 chaffinch
2 blackbirds

Main ponds
35+ mallards
38+ canada geese
2 mute swans
8 coots
6 tufted ducks
carrion crow
20 house sparrows
wren
dunnock
2 pied wagtails
4 blue tits
2 great tits
1 robin
3 magpies
3 collared doves
14 sand martins
3 swallows

I was told about a possible Barn Owl at Reddish a couple of months ago and also sightings of one flying over the farm land near Bredbury Hall close to where I live a couple of weeks back.
I photograph at both sites at least twice a week and have yet to spot one.

A clutch of 4 Kestrel chicks have sucessfully fledged in the last week at Reddish and Buzzards can be seen often near the motorway bridge.
Sightings of Kingfishers at Reddish have declined over the past month...Possibly because of the vegetation I suspect.

In the last week, I've spotted Kestrel, Buzzards, Sparrowhawk and Little Owl at the Bredbury sight as well as a good amount of Swallows, Lapwings and the usual common garden species.

Anthony

Interesting. There was a sighting on one crossing the M60 at the Bredbury turn-off on 24.8.06 - not too far away?

Wednesday 21st May 08
9.45-11am
small pond-
coot,
grey heron
hundreds of tadpoles
2 blue tits regularly visiting nesting box behind pond
2 wood pigeons

Main ponds
1 greylag
10+ swallows (how do you count these lot!)
12+ sand martins
6+ swifts
35+ canada geese (+ pair with 4 goslings)
8+ mallard (+ pair with 8 ducklings, very young & cute!)
10+ coots (+ at least 8 babes around fringes of ponds)
3 mute swans
2 great crested grebes- not on nest, no sign of babies though could be hidden top corner, fingers crossed
1 blackbird
4 house sparrows
1 great tit
2 robins
3 jays
4 magpies
Vegetation very lush now- hard to spot the small birds busy feeding
Rae