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Rachael Hill


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23/11/16, 8.55am
56 canada geese flew over St Peter's school playground heading low towards Portland Basin.

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Rachael Hill


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27/10/16
Approx 80 starlings flocking across the back of the houses been mobbed by 3 crows, really fascinating

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Rachael Hill


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West End, 9.40am.
40+ goldfinches flocking in trees and to feeders in my front garden. Never seen that many here, amazing

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Rachael Hill


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Wednesday 14/9/16 7pm Cavendish Mill/canal
kestrel dropped a very lucky bird after scaring a grey heron into flight, nearly causing a mid air collision along with a carrion crow and black headed gulls.
Very comical!

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Yesterday, mid-afternoon, a Hobby flew over the M60, by junction 23.

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Rachael Hill


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25/1/16, 3.25pm
Mute swan flew over playground (St Peter's Ashton) heading towards Audenshaw.

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Rachael Hill


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13/4/15
cormorant flew over house (West End Ashton) heading towards Ashton Moss

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Rachael Hill


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Wed 18/3/15 8.30am
Grey Heron flew over house (West End Ashton)

Tues 17/3/15 8.55
Grey Heron flew over St Peter's playground, West End Ashton

Thurs 12/3/15 3.30pm
Buzzard flew over St Peter's pllayground, West End Ashton

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Probably a Mute Swan that flew off from Audenshaw Reservoirs just before 8 am Rachel and seemed to be heading towards Ashton Moss

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Rachael Hill


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8am 11/09/2014

swam (mute?) flew low over our house, West End Ashton in a curved direction towards the Moss

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A 10 minute stroll with the dog I saw house sparrows, blackbirds, magpies, goldfinches, blue tits, chaffinches, dunnocks and swifts.

Many thanks

Faye

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Monday 14th July 2014 08:20-08:30

I saw dozens of swifts and swallows near cherry avenue.

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Rachael Hill


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Thurs 10/7/14 midday.
buzzard mobbed by kestrel high over my house (West End Ashton) heading towards Portland basin/river


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Old railway and limehurst fields

Blackbird
Wren
Magpie
Jay
Carrion crow
Jackdaw
Swifts
Chiffchaff and dozens of swallows and goldfinches


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Buzzard over town center at dinner time today.

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Buzzard over Town Hall around 10am today

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Timperly Clough off the Old Railway (Greenway) Broadoak area
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Heard the Female Tawny Owl at 06:30hrs and also 2 Pied Wagtails at 07:00hrs.


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Alan Turner


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Buzzard perched at start of M60 at Ashton slipway.

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Rachael Hill


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Spotted my first swifts flying high over the house... it's officially summer biggrin.gif

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14.30, Stalybridge tip- about 10+ sand martins over river tame, first for me this yearbiggrin.gif

Today on allotment, Audenshaw, we had blue tit in nest box that we've only very recently put up biggrin.gif sparrowhawk flew overhead

Yesterday kestrel flew over house, ashton



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9.10am Sat 5/3/11
Buzzard circling over Hill's Biscuits, Smith Street biggrin.gif


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On Friday 29th Oct, 3.30pm sparrowhawk & carrion crow had a clash above my garden, crow did a somersault sqwarking loudly not expecting the sparrowhawk to retaliate wink.gif


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Rachael Hill


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Seen sparrowhawk fly over my house twice in past two days. smile.gif
Noticed starlings gathering in flocks. Will have to see if they start swarming over Denton Golf Course in the evenings- if anyone notices this please let me know the time.
Cheers

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Rachael Hill


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Thursday 15.35
Common buzzard mobbed by crow, heading across West End Ashton towards Portland Basin

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Wednesday 05/05/10 14.30

Common Buzzard M 60 just west of garden centre.

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Rachael Hill


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Only if you parked it in Tameside- I'd even do a cartwheel for an Alpine here wink.gif

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You can come and clean my car as long as you bring an Alpine Swift with you!! wink.gif

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Rachael Hill


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4pm
3 swifts flew over house (made cleaning car worth while) wink.gif
Its officially SUMMER!!! biggrin.gif
Rae

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Broadoak area, 03.00 hours, Saturday.

Tawny owl calling/screeching from next door's TV aerial.

-- Edited by Alan Turner on Saturday 20th of March 2010 10:00:23 AM

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Rachael Hill


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14.20 Sparrowhawk above St Peter's Church, flew in higher circles over west end.
No 58 smile.gif

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14.40 West End Ashton
Kestrel circling over mill today, not seen it for ages
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Rachael Hill


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Around about West End this morning, nice range of birds & a lot of singing smile.gif
2 grey herons flying over towards Portland Basin
starlings
mistle thrush
robin
house sparrows
carrion crow
magpies (nest building)
blue tits
great tits
goldfinch
blackbirds
canada goose flying over
black headed gulls
feral pigeons


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Rachael Hill


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Walk to school & back 12.40
40+ flock starlings
2 wood pigeons
2 collared doves
4 blackbirds
5 magpies arguing with
2 carrion crows
2 blue tits
2 mistle thrushes
feral pigoens
house sparrows in bushes



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Rachael Hill


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Walking to & fro school yesterday 8/2/10 St Peter's Oxford st West, Ashton u Lyne
7 goldfinch
2 great tit
2 blue tit
2 collared doves
chaffinch
magpie
6 black birds
2 mistle thrushes
black headed gulls
10 house sparrows
lots of starlings
8 mallards flying
carrion crow
I like school runssmile.gif


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Rachael Hill


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Walking to nursery, Oxford St, West End this afternoon.
12.40 & 13.10
2 goldfinch,
4 blackbirds
2 great tits
2 blue tits
2 collared doves
2 magpies
2 canada geese
starlings
house sparrows
1 carrion crow (when is a black bird not a blackbird? when its a bloomin big carrion crow! 'But its black and a bird' was the reply from my 4 year old wink.gif reason that one.
heard greenfinch again this morning on school grounds but hiding in trees evileye.gifevileye.gif

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12.45pm
6 goldfinches flitting thropugh trees by School, Oxford St, West End Ashton u Lyne

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2.55pm
over house, Hamilton St, Ashton u Lyne
sparrowhawk flew over, scattering everything

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After a slow start yesterday my little garden got very busy today, all in my willow tree-
11.00am
2 mistle thrushes
2 male blackbirds (plus female later)
10 starlings
1 robin (not ate by sparrowhawkwink.gif)
1 dunnock
1 wren
2 blue tits
6 house sparrows


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Rachael Hill


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Hi Judith,
sorry for not fully listing, I've put full details under Pink Foots so don't count twice!

21st Dec 09
12.15pm
C80 pink footed geese heading NW over Stockport Rd, West End Ashton under Lyne
Rae

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What direction were the Pinkfeet, Rachael? Presume 1215 hrs

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Rachael Hill


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19/12/09, 12.30pm wren in ASDA carpark, right in front of where I was parked with everyone rushing past smile.gif
21st Dec 09, 10.45-12.15
Went for walk by canal around Portland Basin/River Tame, Ashton u Lyne
Not much about, very cold, lots of snow on ground, canal frozen
2 canada geese
5 mallards
8 long tailed tits
2 blue tits
4 great tits,
8 blackbirds,
2 magpies,
4 woodpigeon
2 dunnocks
3 robins
plus c80 pink footed geese on way home biggrin.gif

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14/12/09, 09.15
Grey wagtail on Hamilton St- not seen here before, usually over on canal or Tame river.
Also saw 3 carrion crow, 2 collared doves,
30+ starlings, 10+ house sparrows, 4 blackbirds, 1 magpie

Not seen robin since sparrowhawk meal cry.gif

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Rachael Hill wrote:

Just a quicky:
still not getting many birds actually in garden (new build)

Ironically, I had a sparrowhawk eating a bird in my garden on Wed (2/12). Really amazing biggrin.gif!
The only problem is I haven't seen my robin since cry.gif
Not sure how many birds I'll get in my garden now!!
Rae



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Just a quicky:
still not getting many birds actually in garden (new build) but in last week had:
dunnock
wren
robin
3 blue tit
15 starlings

wren was back before sitting on my pegs! Very cutebiggrin.gif

Hamilton St, Ashton u Lyne


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Back over 'the border' on allotment at Guide Bridge (Mount Pleasant St, Audenshaw)
Yesturday, 2/8/09 most afternoon
4 woodpigeons,
2 blackbird
flock 15 long tails, 10 blue tits
2 collared doves
2 canada geese
6 house sparrows

Today, 3/8/09 7-9pm
50+ canada geese flying up very noisily
8+ long tails, 5 blue tits
2 swifts
1 robin

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Just got keys to school allotment up at Guide Bridge (Audenshaw borders) & been promising site already for birds:
Sat 1/8/09 afternoon
sparrowhawk, twice- flew over with a rat or something
robin,
greenfinch,
longtails,
bluetits,
blackbird,
house sparrow,
swallows,
carrion crow,
swifts,
& 5 frogs!

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11.40am
6 goldfinches in trees near Ashton town centre car park

Wednesday 1st April 11.00am
Oxford Park, Ashton
4 goldfinch
2 pied wagtail
robin
4 blue tits
female blackbird collecting nesting material
6 house sparrows
12 starlings

Near park
Mistle thrush on nest, partner chasing off kestrel
Nest in great place to watch but impossible to get to especially for catssmile.gif
the thrushes call regularly to our garden too, especially when it's cold








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Rachael Hill


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9.00am
Moss retail park carpark-
6 pied wagtails,
11.00am flying across road from moss retail park
flock approx 30 lapwings
Rae

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Stamford Park 11.00-12.15
Approx figures as with kids
Boating lake
30 canada geese
8 tufted ducks
6 coots
2 cormorants

Main park
duck pond
20 mallards
1 male gadwall smile.gif with female mallard
muscovy duck

approx 8 robins heard singing
2 great tits singing
4 blackbirds



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Back again- blew up car & then laptopcry.gif!
Anyway, had good morning walking from St Peter's school to Oxford Park
9.10-9.30am

14 blackbirds
6 +1 goldfinch
1 chaffinch
2 collard doves
4 woodpigeon (1 on a nest!)
2 carrion crow
3 dunnock
9 house sparrows
3 dunnocks
2 blue tit
2 mistle thrushes
7 starlings
2 magpies
plus a squirrel

9.30-9.45am from garden
wren
2 mistle thrushes
female blackbird
magpie
9 starlings
2 blue tits
We've only just started getting birds in garden over last month (taken 5 years- new build) so really pleased biggrin.gif
Rae

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