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Tandle Hills - Easter Sunday 9 jays 2 gsw 2 common buzzards 12 treecreepers c20 nuthatch

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Hough Farm

4 Swallow
2 Lapwing
1 Little Grebe


Three Gates Farm

2 Lapwing

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Hough Farm

2 Little Grebe
2 Oystercatcher


Three Gates Farm

2 Oystercatcher

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Three Gates Farm

2 Oystercatcher
1 Buzzard

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Hough Farm

6 Oystercatchers
1 Lapwing

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James Walsh


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Hough Farm

5 Oystercatcher
1 Little Grebe
2 Buzzards

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James Walsh


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Hough Farm

2 Oystercatcher
1 Little Grebe
5 Teal


Three Gates Farm

2 Oystercatcher

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James Walsh


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c100 Lapwings in fields along Thornham Old Road

c50 Fieldfare and c30 Redwing around Tandle Hill Country Park and Thornham Old Road

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Richard Hart


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Chiffchaff at the bottom of Low Crompton Lane Royton this afternoon. Otherwise 34 species in an hour from the Royton garden this morning cheers

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25-Dec-2020 (10:00 - 11:30):

Cold and frosty, but lovely clear views and no breeze. Fairly quiet for walkers & runners. Walk up to the park from the Horton Arms (Chadderton) end

- Kestrel
- Goldcrest
- Nuthatch
- Bullfinch

along Oozewood Road, near the farm
- 4+ Mistle Thrush
- 3 Redwing
- Rabbit

In the surrounding Fields along Cinder Hill Lane

- 10-20 Common Gulls in with a larger number of Black-headed Gulls
- Coal Tit
- Several Pied Wagtails
Plentiful Blackbirds foraging


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Pair of Wigeon Hough Farm Pool also 2 Teal

1 Great Black-backed Gull with a flock of Lesser Black-backed, Herring, Common and Black-headed Gulls on fields at Hough Farm

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James Walsh


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c50 Common Gulls on fields to the east of the Tandle Hill Tavern

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Wednesday 28th October 2020

Hough Farm

10 Fieldfare
5 Redwing
c15 Red-legged Partridge



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Richard Hart


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Ventured into the back garden several times throughout the day but no sight or sound of yesterdays Yellow-Browed Warbler. Rather breezy at times today and suspect it is likely to still be around but unless it calls going to be hard to locate. Cheers

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Yellow Browed Warbler at the bottom of my garden been here 35 minutes still present 11.30am. Apologies if this is not the correct posting did not have time to find Royton. Grid ref SD911079. If you know the area there's a little Clough at the back of Brantwood Close accessed by two paths of off Denbydale Way or a track from Halewood Drive. DM me if you want more information cheers

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Hough Farm

2 Stock Dove
50 Fieldfare
50 Redwing

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Richard Hart


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Raven over the fields to North West of the park off the path to Thornham Lane mid pm. Heard off Ouzewood a couple weeks ago on Southern Side. Perhaps the birds over my Royton garden in early lockdown

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20 Lapwings flew onto fields on Thornham Old Road

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3 Swallows on Hough Farm

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1 Snipe & 15 Lapwings on Hough Farm

c50 Lapwings on fields on Thornham Old Road



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Sunday 20th September 2020

Hough Farm

30 Teal
3 Buzzards

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Richard Hart


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A nice Hobby flew north by the M627 at the end of Oozweood Lane this afternoon. And on Tuesday a Tree Sparrow on the path from Thornham Lane to the Country Park where they were in the winter

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Richard Hart


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Grasshopper Warbler reeling this evening in the field south off Oozewood Road on the south side of Tandle Hills just beyond the first park entrance when approaching from Rochdale Road

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Mike Ausberger's contribution to our # Oldham Birders Virtual trip

Sparrowhawk
Blue Tit
Coal Tit
Great Tit
Long-tailed Tit
Bullfinch
Chaffinch
Goldfinch
Starling
Dunnock
Jay
Robin
Blackbird
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw
Treecreeper (several)
Nuthatch (several)
Swallow
House Sparrow
Canada Goose
Mallard
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Herring Gull

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Mike Chorley


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Three Oystercatchers today by the muck heap. Info from local resident Mike Ausberger.

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Friday 20th March 2020

32 Lapwings on the farm field near the Tandle Hill Tavern

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Monday 2nd March 2020

3 Skylark Hough Farm, 1 singing and 2 flew over calling
2 Sparrowhawk
4 Jay
c100 Fieldfare
c50 Redwing


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Ian McKerchar


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Originally posted on January 11th By Charles Farrell:

Tandle Hill Park (10:15 - 11:30):

Fairly blustery conditions, but fairly mild all the same:

- Great Spotted Woodpecker

In the fields below:
- flock of c50 Fieldfare
- Flock of c50 Starling
- c150 Black-headed Gulls + c20 Common Gull

Also some shooting taking place on one of the farms off Thornham Lane with about 8 guns. As far as I could see they had only managed to bag 2 male Pheasants. 



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8 Teal Hough Farm Pools

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Monday 16th December 2019

c100 Chaffinches roosting around the viewpoint summit of Tandle Hill from 3pm, with birds flying in from all around town and making some noise

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No sign for me either between 10 and 11 am, but 2 Reed Bunting, 20 Redwing and 100 Starling were a good 2nd best.



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No sign of the Great Egrets along Thornham Old Road this morning between 11.00 a.m. and noon or in fields to the South and West. There was a shooting party between the Tavern and the park, which probably explains why most bird life was distant.

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If you are looking for the GREAT EGRETS - park at the Summit Inn and walk up Thornham Old Road (it's also called Thornham Lane on some maps), be prepared to check all the fields up to the Tandle Hill Tavern and please view only from the road.

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The 3 GREAT EGRETS still present on Thursday 31st October 2019 in the fields on Thornham Old Road between the Summit Inn and the Tandle Hill Tavern.

I have just been sent some mobile phone film from a resident who said that the birds were present for most of the day.



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3 GREAT EGRETS on fields along Thornham Old Road between the Summit Inn and the Tandle Hill Tavern still present 16:20 hours



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Hooded Crow still being reported occasionally in a garden along Oozewood Road, Royton, it was first reported on 5th May 2019

The observer identified it as "exactly like the one in Wigan" from a film of the Hooded Crow that was present in Ashton-in-Makerfield, Wigan borough in early 2018, but birders have not confirmed the identification yet, either in the field (just the original observer has seen the bird) or from photos (the observer has not managed to take a photo of the bird yet)

Oozewood Road runs along the southern edge of Tandle Hill Country Park and there are plenty of fields that corvids feed in as the road turns into track just beyond Oozewood Farm

Please respect residents privacy

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4 Tree Sparrow on the manure heap along the track between Tandle Hill Country Park and Thornham Old Road view from the Oldham Way styal

2 Woodcock flying around the treeline viewable from the memorial forest at 6:10pm, also 1 Tawny Owl calling

20 Fieldfare, 4 Bullfinch, 2 Goldcrest, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 5 Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk

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Thanks very much for the detailed instructions Dave. :)

This is where I looked, but it was already 4PM when I arrived there and the weather appeared to be taking a turn for the worse. Will try again, next time I'm in the area.

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Charles,

Think you may have looked in the wrong place for the Tree Sparrows. From Tandle Hill Tavern walking towards Oldham/ Rochdale Road you will come to a lane heading directly towards the memorial on top of Tandle Hill. The lane  entrance has got stainless steel guards etc to stop push bikes getting in. Walk up here and you will see large piles of earth etc on your left, the Tree Sparrows are usually on the ground or perched in the hedges.

Hope this helps,

Dave Ousey



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Thu Jan 31st
Had a look around the area this afternoon. 3 Dunnocks finding plenty to eat on the dungheap and a flock of Crows also taking an interest.

Plenty of House Sparrows in hedges of farms around the Tandle Hill Tavern, but I couldn't find any Tree Sparrows amongst them.


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Tree Sparrows still there at 4 p.m. - info from Mike Ausberger.

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Thursday 24/01   Tree Sparrows still around manure heaps near Thornham Lane Tandle Hill 2.45pm. I counted about ten a bit flighty but giving good views. Beautiful plumage.     

 

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At least 5 tree sparrows still present at the manure heap this morning.



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Belated News for yesterday Sunday 20 January

25 Tree Sparrow on the manure heap by the track from the northern path out of the park to Thornham Lane. Unusual round here.

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A beautiful Summer Solstice morning

3 Sand Martin
5 Swift
20 House Martin
5 Swallow
4 Willow Warbler (1 singing)
3 singing male Blackcap
1 singing Chiffchaff
2 family parties of Nuthatch
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
3 Goldcrest

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1 House Martin
5 singing Willow Warbler
5 singing Chiffchaff
6 Jay
4 Nuthatch
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
2 Goldcrest
1 Lapwing

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Skein of 38 Whooper Swan just gone WNW (11.10) over my Royton Garden heading in direction of Tandle Hills

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Richard

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If anyone else wants to go, these are the original instructions. .........
Tandle Hills, Royton.  Hoopoe in Silver Birch tree/ in garden of unoccupied bungalow off Tandlewood Park at the northern end (near Tandle Hill Road). Still showing well in the general area. Please respect the privacy of residents

Just to be clear NOT the garden of the unoccupied bungalow (no 11), the garden of no 7 - about halfway along. Also the garden of no 5. The guy living there knows Mike Ausberger and is going to be primed to let him know if any other interesting birds turn up. He's been keen to encourage all sorts of wildlife in his garden

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It must be the same neighbour who is updating that did it last night when myself, Steve Burke and Simon Gough were there. He seemed like such a nice chap and I think that is mainly due to the impeccable behaviour of the birders present, and it seems that has carried on today. So well done everyone and may I say, having watched the Treales (Lancashire) bird last year and a couple abroad too, they are well worth the long wait. Good luck!

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I don't normally go twitching rare birds except if its very local. But the hoopoe is such an unusual bird I just couldn't resist. I was suprisingly released early from work and I had to wait 30 mins before my 1st hoopoe sighting once I arrived. He was only seen along the top half of the garden for a short time but enabled full brief views. I had to wait an hour before he showed again. The neighbour of the garden was most kind and helpful and kept us up to speed with its behaviour. I went home happy at 6pm with my new tick once he moved out of sight again.


If anyone else wants to go, these are the original instructions. .........
Tandle Hills, Royton.  Hoopoe in Silver Birch tree/ in garden (of no.7 bungalow- correction thanks to Mike) Tandlewood Park at the northern end (near Tandle Hill Road). Still showing well in the general area. Please respect the privacy of residents.

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-- Edited by Richard Thew on Monday 27th of April 2015 08:47:37 PM

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