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A stunning male Reed Bunting in our garden this morning

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No sign of the Waxwings at10.30 to 11
At 168 Armadale.
Also staked out the Centre berry trees and was joined by Mrs. ALMOND,
but only 6 Fieldfare,4 Long-tailed Tit and a few Goldfinch.
Will try later!

-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 11th of February 2017 12:56:07 PM

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Jim Nisbet


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Finally managed to track these birds down they are on Armadale road ,turn off Beaumont road onto Armadale road at junction turn right follow road uphill road bends to left .tree on right that's where waxwings are feeding very obliging close views even without binoculars still good number of berries worth a look for those who have not had local visiting waxwings Jim

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Steve Almond


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Seven Waxwings currently feeding on Armadale Road, near number 168

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Pete Lane


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Seven waxwings feeding on rowan berries in our garden 4.30pm.



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Keith Mills


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1300hrs: Up to 30 Winter Thrush (Mainly Fieldfare with a few Redwing) in trees; split between Rimsdale Walk and the
nearby schools Nature Reserve. Feeding on the berry trees at the centre.

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Keith Mills


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Ten Long-tailed Tits flew into a tree, that I was stood by, on the Walkway this morning.

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Keith Mills


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17 Winter Thrush still at Centre feeding on the berries, at 8.15 today.
Mainly Fieldfare.Last Wednesday a similar number were ground feeding on the playing field by Armadale Road (Beaumont Primary School)
Also 100 Canada Geese very low over car park today.


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Keith Mills


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Today 9.15
Up to 18 Fieldfare/Redwing (50/50)
In Rimsdale Walk and near around area.

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Keith Mills


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Just now:
Rimsdale Walk, 7 Fieldfares and 1 Redwing.

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Pete Lane


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Female blackcap, male and female bullfinch, fieldfare this lunchtime.



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Steve Almond


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Managed to count the Goldfinch roost in the Rimsdale Walk / community centre area. 66 birds present at 4pm today.

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9.15 am today.
In the Rimsdale Walk 'big' tree this morning were:
8 Redwing, 1 Fieldfare, 17 Goldfinch and a Blackbird.
Only Starlings in the Poplars.

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Male and female blackcap last couple of days, male bullfinch and fieldfare this morning.



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This morning:

3 Fieldfare, 2 Redwing and 2 Mistle Thrush on the Lombardy Poplars at the centre; flushed by walkers from Rimsdale Walk
Plenty berries but no Waxwing... yet.

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Today 9.50am. Bottom of Rimsdale Walk.

At least 3 Redwing moving between the big tree and the adjacent berry trees.
Very flighty; I'll use my scope next time.

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Keith Mills


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3.30pm.... c40 Goldfinch on or around the big tree at the bottom of
Rimsdale Walk; Near the centre.

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Keith Mills


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8.12 today:
c180 Pink- footed Geese over in one big skein, with a much smaller skein behind. Heading just south of East

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Tree Sparrow in our garden 9.35 am. 10am 3 Tree Sparrows!

-- Edited by Steve Almond on Wednesday 30th of November 2016 01:37:30 PM

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At 2.35 pm today a Kestrel was hunting the 10th. fairway of Deane Golf Course; Seen from by my front door

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Keith Mills


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Just now:

A Sparrowhawk flew out of a neighbour's garden and passed low by me and the dog, on the Walkway.

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Keith Mills


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Yesterday morning, in the rain, 7 Swifts flew over our Grove.

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Keith Mills


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1.20pm today: Sparrowhawk flew low across Armadale Road, in front of my vehicle as I was approaching our Grove.
Also late yesterday afternoon : at least 30 Goldfinch, in the one tree, at the bottom of Rimsdale Walk.

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Keith Mills


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A Sparrowhawk, low across the grass triangle at the end of Sandwood Drive and then into garden. Later (12.30pm)Just seen this bird again, flying diagonally across our Grove, in front of my House.



-- Edited by keith mills on Tuesday 5th of January 2016 12:40:38 PM

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Yesterday, around 4pm as I drove along Armadale Road: A Sparrowhawk flew from the copse by the flats,
then glided very low down the centre of the road for 40 yards before turning into a garden.


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Keith Mills


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Just now: A Kestrel hunting the golf course. Seen from my front door as
I returned from Rumworth.

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Keith Mills


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Just now:
A Kestrel hunting on the golf course, nearly opposite the grove I live in. Seen from Armadale Road.

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Keith Mills


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Two or three Swifts over the estate yesterday with one low near my back garden.

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Keith Mills


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Evensong yesterday from 2 Song Thrush. One seen by the 9th green of the golf course. The other heard,
from Ladybridge lane, very close in Bank Wood.
Kestrel seen one evening last week, from my lounge armchair, hunting over the course.
Lady Bridge( the bridge at Ladybridge lane) will soon be closed for 3 months for a major uplift to allow
for the electrification of the railway.


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Keith Mills


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A Kestrel over Elgol Drive this morning. Yesterday evening; Swallows feeding low over the 5th. Green ( Deane GC)
with a Reed Bunting on the nearby reedbed. A small Dipper on the Brook near Lady Bridge.

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2 Cormorants over this morning as I ate Breakfast.

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1610 hours today:
24 Lesser Black-backed Gulls, in formation, over our estate and along the Middlebrook Valley;
heading west. Gulls going to roost are a common site here most evenings.
Usually heading W or WNW, presumably to Rivington Reservoirs.



-- Edited by keith mills on Wednesday 18th of February 2015 04:37:39 PM

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Just now: ''skein'' of 7 Herring Gulls over south. Calling

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A singing Mistle Thrush at dawn this am on Lombardy Poplar near my house. Heard earlier
in the week from the adjacent White Poplar on the walkway. Now seen again feeding on grass near trees.
Fair to assume this is the one coming into my garden.

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Just now;
At least one Buzzard, possibly two, passing over the far side of the estate towards Dean Clough. Initially
seen from my dining room window. Managed to get out with bins to check one out.
Saw one here on same vector/time last week, but I was not quick enough then, to verify in poor light.
After the glut of Buzzards passing over Ladybridge early last year, this is my first sighting here, since April 2014.smile


-- Edited by keith mills on Tuesday 3rd of February 2015 05:47:17 PM



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Just now;


-- Edited by keith mills on Tuesday 3rd of February 2015 05:46:31 PM

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Keith Mills


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11am today.
Two Redwing perched in trees at Armadale Court (flats).
Then a flight of c10 Teal across, presumed departing Rumworth.

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Noon today:
20+ Winter thrushes, coming and going, to feed on the famous Rimsdale Walk berry trees, near the
Community Centre. Mainly Fieldfare but a few Redwing amongst......Flighty birds.
Several Blackbirds present, in addition.
Unlike the local Hawthorn these trees hold their berries well through the winter.
( being Himalayan Cotoneaster)
Also late post from yesterday... Sparrowhawk, from back gardens and then across the open grass
area near the centre Postbox.

-- Edited by keith mills on Tuesday 30th of December 2014 12:44:22 PM

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Single Pied Wagtail on the centre car park just now. Not a common sight here.

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This morning, as I drove up our Grove, a juvenile Sparrowhawk flew across the road, right in front of me,
at below bonnet height.

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A Sparrowhawk (f) flew low down our Grove this am. Then it did a u-turn going back towards Rumworth.

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The pesky Parakeet nailed at last!!
3pm today: As I climbed towards the top of the hill on Crosshill Walk, a squawking Ring-necked Parakeet flew
below roof height across the top of Marnland Grove. Immediately I picked the bird up in Laurel in the back garden
of the end house in this cul -de- sac. The tree was next to the walkway and had recently been pruned so I got good view
of the male Ring-necked Parakeet at eye level and at 20 yards. Here just across the walkway, there is a grass triangle
with several tall poplars etc.
The bird eventually flew into these estate trees and dense foliage.





-- Edited by keith mills on Sunday 10th of August 2014 06:05:51 PM

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Male Ring-necked Parakeet eating apple core in our garden this morning. Previous visitor was a female. These birds have now been in the area for 2 weeks.

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A Spotted Flycatcher in the Galloway Close trees at 7am today. Flitting about and perching up, giving good views before
flying back across the Walkway into the dense school copse. This copse of trees is signed as a ''Nature Garden'' and
is shared by the 2 schools there. It is seriously overgrown.
No sign of the Parakeets despite a full circuit of the western hill and the near Rumworth hedges. Still it's something to be the only man left standing who has not seen them!





-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 9th of August 2014 01:44:06 PM

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No luck again with the Parakeetdisbelief
Residents said it was jousting with corvids there yesterday.
A Sparrowhawk was soaring, just now, above Ladybridge hill.



-- Edited by keith mills on Tuesday 5th of August 2014 05:07:33 PM

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Today, 12.45 pm:
Ring -necked Parakeet present in same area as yesterday.

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This morning, 8am:

Ring necked Parakeet flitting between trees at Beaumont School and Galloway Close (100 yds from Beaumont road).

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Two Oystercatchers over the Walkway near my house at 6.40 this evening.
Calling and heading NE towards Bolton.

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8.55 today.
A Grey Heron low over our Grove and across to Middlebrook. No sight of the Buzzards recently.

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9.50am (now)
Buzzard soaring over Middlebrook Valley/Ladybridge , very close to our Grove. Vector Ravens Wood to Rumworth Lodge

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