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James Tipping


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Starling's have fledged this last week in Stalybridge. Counted at least 30 juveniles outside the window. Looks to be a decent year for them so far.



-- Edited by James Tipping on Thursday 22nd of May 2025 09:22:27 PM

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Little egret just flown very low over my Tyldesley garden heading North East.

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Ian McKerchar


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A Little Egret just flew north-east over my garden at 6pm, a much awaited first for here! Also, male Linnet still around, the male Whitethoat still busy singing practically all day, including from the garden itself and a pair of Oystercatchers over.



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On and around my Stretford Backyard feeders this morning were...

Goldfinch - 5 including the first newly fledged youngster I've seen up to now.
Blackbird - 2 (1 adult male and 1 juvenile).
And quite a few feral pigeon under the feeders.
Also yesterday a Greenfinch was seen which are usually few and far between.
No sign of the usual Blue- tits with young this year I'm sorry to say.

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Bury . House sparrows are scarce hereabouts . But , after thirty years seeing none , the adults have brought three fledglings to feed on the sunflower hearts .
Lovely to hear happy , chirping sparrers !

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fredford


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Hungry , noisy jackdaw nestlings in the ivy of a sycamore . First , for this ! Hooray !
I boarded up the front of the open great tit nest box , which had been raided by what we thought was magpies . Now the entrance is too small for predators , but good size for the adults . Chicks are thriving .

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A common tern is a nice new addition to my flixton garden as it flew low over at 9.10am this morning.
A rook has been coming into my garden recently, normally they are just flying over or on the roof tops.
Whitethroat & blackcap have been distantly heard in the nearby fields.


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Colin Broadhurst


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2 x Oystercatcher flew over Atherton garden this morning...another first bringing garden total to 79



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fredford


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Squirrels have raided the great tits nest . Amazingly, there are still two chicks present .
Just over the wall, a fledged rook , well-formed , lies dead on the ground . An adult has been pulling it and pecking at it as if trying to awaken it .

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A nice evening in my Astley garden today, the highlight of which was a fantastic Hobby which flew low north directly over at 8:23pm. The male Whitethroat has been singing all day, including actually in the garden, the male Linnet was sat at the top of the Hawthorns at the back of the garden for a good ten minutes this evening (while I was having my tea watching it!), I only hope the female is now on eggs somewhere in the hedgerows. At least two House Martins and four screaming Swifts around the house too.



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fredford


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Two or three pairs of bullfinch in residence , as usual .
Interesting to see , for the first time , a male taking seeds from the forget-me-knots . Nice change from the sunflower hearts , i suppose .
No willow warblers this year .

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2 Stock Doves in my Flixton garden, plus a Song Thrush.

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A Buzzard was seen flying west, from my Droylsden flat at 12.30 today.

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pete berry


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Just watching a Buzzard thermalling about over the back garden when an HOBBY flew right past it and circled on the same thermal for a few seconds before powering off north.

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pete berry


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Just had a Swallow fly into the house,managed to open windows in back room and it flew back out !!!

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Colin Broadhurst


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Persuaded to stay at home and do some gardening however a small bonus with a flyover Curlew. A first for this Atherton garden



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pete berry


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5 minutes after the tern a Swift flew over garden(first one of year for me)

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A Common Tern north over the back garden just now.

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290425 Garden Watch which started @ 0745 and ran intermittently until 1730...Irlam south

All 31 species noted below...

2 Robin

4 Carrion Crow

2 House Sparrow

2 Great Tit

2 Blackbird...a pair which spent quite a while trying to distract a local cat from taking their young (nest not in my garden) why oh why can't Cat owners keep their pets indoors in the daytime in the breeding season???

4 Greenfinch...1 in display flight

11 Goldfinch

7 Woodpigeon 

1 Dunnock

2 Long-Tailed Tit

1 Swallow

1 Buzzard

1 Grey wagtail

6 Feral Pigeon

6 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

1 Chiffchaff...in song nearby

1 Collared Dove in display flight

4 Starling (really??? they used to be counted in their 10's at this time of the year around our estate)

2 Blue Tit

1 Common Tern

4 Magpie

3 Black-Headed Gull

2 Mallard

2 Linnet

1 Cormorant



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Ian McKerchar


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Male Whitethroat back singing around the Astley garden this afternoon



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Gordon Newman


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3 Screaming Swifts back this morning.... Leigh

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steven burke


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Bar tailed godwits were heard over my flixton garden last night at 11.26pm.

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I was mothing at 12:10am when I clearly heard a Cuckoo call twice. It wasn't close, but it was otherwise very quiet and still. I presume it was on passage.

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Gordon Newman


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Leigh, 24th @ 09.00 1 Little Egret flew over N, 25th 1 Hobby flew SE over the garden @ 17.05 not that the local Starlings were impressed

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24th @ 09.00 1 Little Egret flew over N, 25th 1 Hobby flew SE over the garden @ 17.05 not that the local Starlings were impressed!

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Bury . Chiffchaff and blackcap singing , not seen . Awaiting willow warbler .
Alas , the very oft-visiting sparrowhawk and great spotted woodpecker not seen for two weeks . Could this mean they are on territory elsewhere ? Any ideas , please !



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Ian McKerchar


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Pair of Linnets lingering in the hedgerow and field at the back of my Astley garden this afternoon with the male even singing!



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pete berry


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A Blackcap singing in next doors garden in their blossom tree and another one singing back at it from the trees on the green in front of our house. Chiffchaff still singing nearby as well.

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A male Pheasant wandering round back garden just now. Also a singing Blackcap and Chiffchaff from bottom of garden and a singing Willow Warbler from front of house on the village green opposite.

-- Edited by pete berry on Tuesday 15th of April 2025 04:59:20 PM

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Tony Koziol


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Since our return from Malta our Blackcaps have left our Stockport garden.

An interesting encounter for Cath yesterday was a bird call from the magnolia in the garden she grabbed her phone and got onto the Merlin app and it showed as a Ring Ouzel, looking into the tree she saw a dark Blackbird shape but the sun was in her eyes and then it was gone....

Over the years we have had Ring Ouzel at Crowden so she has an ear but was suprised by the call in our urban garden.

Any thoughts on the Merlin app ?



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Bullfinch pair in my garden yesterday, only see these here once every 2 years or so. Also several singing Blackcap in recent days

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Ian McKerchar


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House Martin over my Astley garden just now, seemed to be lingering, perhaps already back on territory!?



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Gordon Newman


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30+ Sand Martin S @18.06 Leigh

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fredford


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First chiffchaff of the season ! Hurrah ! Heard not seen .

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James Tipping


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2 Sand martin over the garden in Stalybridge this afternoon



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pete berry


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2 Chiffchaffs today singing from bottom of garden. Also 2 Buzzards over being mobbed by resident Raven.

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Red Kite seen from my ground floor flat in Droylsden a few minutes ago drifting above the canal in the direction of Manchester. Mega biggrin

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pete berry


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A Chiffchaff singing from land behind back garden this morning.

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2 new birds for our Atherton garden ....both flyovers

2 x Sand martin at 7.00pm yesterday and 1 x Ring Necked Parakeet this morning at 9.00am



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Female blackbird collecting nest material then disappearing into the hedge . Lovely !

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pete berry


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Just been watching a pure white finch type bird feeding on dropped seed in the back garden. Don't know if it's an escaped cage bird or just an albino finch sp. Poor photo as I just took it through my phone.

-- Edited by pete berry on Sunday 23rd of March 2025 03:35:13 PM

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130325...Irlam South Garden Watch...awaiting a delivery....never waste a moment to Birdwatch!....0800-1100

Twenty Two Species In an Over the Garden...

3 Blue Tit

4 Great Tit

3 Mallard

1 Dunnock...in song

5 Woodpigeon

1 Collared Dove...in Display Flight

3 Jackdaw

3 House Sparrow

11 Starling

9 Feral Pigeon

9 Canada Geese @ 0935

1 Bullfinch

1 Robin

5 Carrion Crow

3 Blackbird...2 Male 1 Female

14 Goldfinch

3 Greenfinch

3 Chaffinch

4 Black-Headed Gull

1 Herring Gull

2 Lesser Black-Backed Gull

1 Buzzard @ 0920



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fredford


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A first . A rook after fallen nuts under the feeders . Perhaps emboldened by seeing magpies doing same .

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Colin Broadhurst


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Male Blackcap in our Atherton garden this morning on the fat balls. With Goldfinch, Bullfinch, Coal Tit, Greenfinch, Blue and Great Tit



-- Edited by Colin Broadhurst on Wednesday 12th of March 2025 08:19:50 AM

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A new bird for my flixton garden, ring-necked parakeet on my feeders, just the one but I'm sure it bring more friends.

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A singing Chiffchaff just beyond back garden this afternoon

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About 60 Redwing sat in trees at bottom of the garden,a lot in sub song. 2 Nuthatch on the feeders,the Stock Dove back in again and a Buzzard right over the garden low down.

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pete berry


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2 Tree Sparrows again in the garden this morning .

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James Tipping


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02/03/25

Red-legged partridge sat on the neighbours shed this morning in Stalybridge...



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In our Stockport garden the female Blackcap is  still a regular every day since our last post, she has now been joined by a male most of this week. Blackbird numbers are still in double figures just (10) plus the usuals. 



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