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Ashley Edwards


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I saw one last year in the car park behind the main road through mossley. It was mid Jan and he was on his own. My only waxwing sighting ever!

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Ashley Edwards wrote:

Where did you see the waxwings Steve?





28 Waxwings perched in ash trees on Manchester Road, Mossley at 0945 this morning.
Made occasional forays to feed on rose hips in my nextdoor neighbour's garden (no. 96) then flew off down the valley.

Never thought I'd see Waxwings from my living room window

(copied from Waxwing thread - should have put it here as well)



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Ashley Edwards


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Where did you see the waxwings Steve?

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No luck in relocating this morning's Waxwing flock, but;

Pair of Dippers defying high water levels and renovating their nest in an old mill on the riverside. Colour rings show this to be the usual female.

Also, lone male Goosander on the canal.

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This month's Winter Thrush Survey visit.

4 Mistle Thrush & just one Blackbird, so it was a bit galling to get home and find 2 Blackbirds feasting on raisins outside my back door

Perhaps it wouldn't be very scientific to scatter raisins around my survey route


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Cracking views of Tawny Owl last night. Walking past the site of the demolished Carrhill Mill, I saw something fly up and land in a tree six feet from me - it had just caught a small rodent which it proceeded to devour oblivious to my presence

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Steve Suttill


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This month's Winter Thrush Survey visit.

Great weather but few birds - one Mistle Thrush & two Blackbirds

Also: Buzzard and two Guineafowl (escaped from their enclosure at the farm)

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Steve Suttill


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Short afternoon break from DIY!

Heron Lane:
Buzzard still present in trees by railway line.
2 Dippers on river - one a colour-ringed local bird.

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Mark Deakin


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Didn't see the waxwing post till mid-morning but went for a stroll anyway down through Mossley Park past Mossley Hall above the station: Long-tailed Tit 4, Blue Tit 2, Great Tit, Jackdaw 17 (later saw 100+ circling above the park), Magpie, Wren 2. Couldn't find any berry bearing trees in the area to attract waxwing long term - some cherry trees further up Stamford Rd on path up to Hanover St but they're berryless. In the meantime stuck an apple on my garden feeder! longshot.

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Lone waxwing just now, high over stamford rd as I dashed to the station. Heard again while on the platform but couldn't spot it.

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Early morning walk through trees by canal produced Nuthatch (still quite a rarity in these parts), Treecreeper and Goldcrest as well as the usuals.

Also (unringed) Dipper on river at Roaches bridge.

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Heron Lane & Midge Hill:

Buzzard present again - seems to have taken up residence

20 Fieldfare being harrassed by Blackbirds (thought it should be the other way round?) and 2 Redwing sharing a tree with a Mistle Thrush. Should have done the Winter Thrush Survey today!

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Second visit for the Winter Thrush Survey this morning. I chose my route because of a splendid Hawthorn hedge which attracts Redwing & Fieldfare every winter. Arrived this morning to find that the farmer has cut down all the Hawthorns

Count was 2 Mistle Thrushes and 5 Blackbirds (all male) - exactly the same as last month!

Also seen: Buzzard and Sparrowhawk

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Steve Suttill


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Over 70 Swallows this morning on wires and hawking over the bottom fields of Higher Quick Farm/Stockport Road.

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Heron Lane, this morning, 8.00 - 9.00

Two singing Chiffchaffs, one male Blackcap and several Willow Warblers mixed in with the roving flock of Blue, Coal & Long-tailed Tits. Plenty of Bullfinch as usual here - most of them juveniles.

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Steve Suttill


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Buzzard hanging on the wind over Noonsun Hill this evening.

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Heron Lane, this morning, 8.00 - 9.00

Trees between river and railway line were alive with birds this morning

Willow Warbler (some still singing full song), Blackcap, Blue, Great and Coal Tits, Robin, Wren, Blackbird, Bullfinch and Goldfinch - all with juveniles.
Star bird though was Spotted Flycatcher in Rowan tree having a good preen between feeding flights.

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We're in bottom mossley, close to new bridge in. Had a buzzard on our path feasting on a wood pigeon a few weeks back.
Quite surprised as i've not seen or heard them (buzzards) since i moved here last summer.


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11.30 Sat 12 May:

Oystercatcher flew low past living room window, heading up valley towards Saddleworth. Don't see many of those in Mossley

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Early visit to Breeding Bird Survey square this morning (in admittedly not ideal conditions):

Plenty of singing Willow Warblers but otherwise you wouldn't know it was spring. Only one Meadow Pipit and no Swallows at any of the farms

Six Wheatear at Hartshead Pike had me puzzled. One had very dark flanks and breast surrounding the white belly. I was near the end of the survey route so I thought I'd finish my counts and go back for a closer look. This I duly did to find all the Wheatear had flown That'll teach me!

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Late post for Fri 13th April. 18.30 hrs.

Green Woodpecker.

Heyheads. Bang on the Stalybridge/Mossley border. In the back garden of one of the stone terrace facing the "Stamford" on Huddersfield Road.

Roger.

-- Edited by Roger Baker 3 on Saturday 14th of April 2012 03:25:40 PM

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Steve Suttill


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Heron Lane this morning: my first Willow Warbler of the year

and, just over the border in Greenfield, another Willow Warbler and a Blackcap.

Pretty sure I heard a Buzzard - just one "mew" and that was it

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My first Chiffchaff of the year, heard on my walk up to the railway station

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Steve Suttill


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Peregrine over Manchester Road at 7.00 this morning, heading speedily SW.

A nice sight to greet you when you crawl out of bed

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Short walk this morning:

2 Snipe flushed from pool below the new school
Only 2 Lapwing in adjacent field where half a dozen pairs used to nest.
Long-tailed Tit nest-building but struggling with a pigeon feather almost as big as itself!
Pair Goosander on river.
Dipper near a regular nest site with metal ring on right leg.

Steve

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tom willis


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Bit late with this but we had a walk from Lydgate along Quickedge Road on Tuesday afternoon. Highlight were 3 Lapwing displaying and making some fantastic sounds.

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Sunday 11th March. 17-15 hrs.

R. Tame. Egmont St.

Dipper feeding 25 yds downstream of bridge.

Roger.

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Raven flew over early this morning heading towards the moors.

Later a Dipper (with metal ring) was singing away on the river near to a traditional nest site.

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1.1.2012

Nice start to the year: Great Spotted Woodpecker in the garden and 15 lapwing overhead (Stockport Road).

-- Edited by tom willis on Wednesday 4th of January 2012 09:59:02 AM

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13.11.11 - 0900

Woodcock flushed from Heron Lane on walk back from Royal George.

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c80 Pink-footed Geese heading SE at 09.30

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Very autumnal feel to this morning's stroll along Heron Lane:

one Heron (naturally) and 3 redhead Goosanders on the river. Mixed flock of tits; Great, Blue, Coal and Longtailed with a couple of Goldcrests. Thrushes; mainly Blackbirds with one Song Thrush and a couple of Fieldfares. Gaggle of c100 Canada Geese included one Embden and one Canada/Greylag hybrid.

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Back to the local patch after a wet and windy week on the West coast of Scotland. No skirmishing between Buzzards and Golden Eagles this morning

Heron Lane: SPOTTED FLYCATCHER, Blackcap, 14 Mistle Thrush.

All the local Swallows seem to have gone. Up in Scotland, I watched 2 young leave the nest just 2 days ago.

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Chiffchaff seen and heard in my garden this morning - first time I have seen one on a seed feeder.

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Think it must have flown down the hill, Tom
Chiffchaff singing (though not very well) in my back garden this morning.

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tom willis


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Lovely view of a chiffchaff in our back garden this morning. Was a bit surprised to hear one singing nearby on Sunday and then it was in full-view (but quiet) today.

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Closer encounter than I would have liked this morning

Fluttering noises from the fireplace and an adult Jackdaw calling down the chimney could only mean one thing - me getting very dirty!

Thankfully managed to (eventually!) catch and release an only just-fledged youngster into the back garden . Found enough sticks at the bottom of the chimney to make an eagle nest never mind a Jackdaw's.

Wouldn't have minded all the hard and messy work but the silly thing didn't seem at all grateful - and I've already got confirmed breeding for Jackdaws in this atlas tetrad...

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As I type this I can see through my window that Buckton Moor is blazing away again!

Fire-fighters are bravely tackling the fire, putting their own safety at risk, whilst dozens of Meadow Pipit eggs and chicks are fried furious.giffurious.gif

Hope they manage to put out the flames before the Lapwings, Curlew and Grouse get the same treatment.

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Sun 8th May. 07.15 hrs

River Tame. Roaches Lock.

Pair Grey Wagtail feeding fully fledged young (1) on small island just downstream of bridge.
Adults very agitated and vocal when a pair of Magpies put in an appearance, youngster flattened itself to pebbles until they moved on.

Jay flew across canal.

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Saw my first swift of the year in Mossley yesterday -7.15pm. Seen flying over bottom Mossley near raiway station.

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Thanks Tom,

found them nearby whilst doing my Breeding Bird Survey this morning.

I seem to have to motivate myself to do the BBS after so many years - sometimes it feels like a bit of a chore. There were other places I would have preferred to go this morning. Day off work and bright sunshine? Surely something wrong! So I just reminded myself of the good birds I'd found in Top Mossley whilst doing the survey - star turn being a Black Redstart - and off I went...

... and what did I find but a GRASSHOPPER WARBLER reeling away in a most unpromising spot! biggrin.gif

Found Tom's Swallows, and another pair, but normally I'd count on twice that number. Lapwings also down to less than half the usual cry.gif

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Hi Steve,

Fairly certain that I saw 2 swallows over the fields by the Hartshead pub on Sunday (was in the car and unable to stop & check as it wasn't me driving!).

Tom

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First Whitethroat of the year (for me) singing near to the Greenfield border. Seem to be more Willow Warblers and Blackcaps than ever, but some may still be on passage. Still not seen any hirundines in Mossley cry.gif

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Jenny de Boer


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And I've been here only 2 months! Must have got lucky to see them on passage biggrin.gif

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That's a good record, Jenny. Have lived in Mossley for nearly 30 years and never seen a Sand Martin!

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In the fields off Luzley Road early evening yesterday 2 willow warblers, 2 swallows and a small group of sand martins (roughly 6)

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cry.gifcry.gifI was out hoping for a willow warbler this morning but only got 2 nice nuthatch and the usuals

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First Willow Warblers - 3 males singing along a 50 yard stretch of Heron Lane this morning...

... and April showers cry.gif

At least 4 Brambling still present smile.gif

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Don't think trips to Mossley will help you with any of those, Karen cry.gifcry.gif
but if they do turn up you'll be the first to know!

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Steve Suttill wrote:



Anything else you need for your Tameside list, Karen? smile.gifsmile.gif



How about Tree Sparrow, Yellowhammer, Willow Tit?wink.gifsmile.gif

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