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Not sure how many nests make a rookery but there are at least three nests at Asda, Ashton under Lyne, the birds are using the very tall lights that illuminate the main car park. Also a further nest in the trees on the edge of the car park near the by pass. These birds were nesting there last year.



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7 nests being redecorated by residents on the rookery at Kickety Brook yesterday.

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Kevin Cook


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4 nests opposite Aldi in centre of Tyldesley. 

Cant believe never noticed them in the past but they were very vocal today.



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Rod Harrison


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I live over the border in West Yorkshire and the rooks are behind Manchester in returning and rebuilding their nests. Rastrick rookery down from 47 to one (last year) in ten years. The last pair visited yesterday (female has deformed foot so easy to recognise). Rookeries in Ripponden, Greetland and others locally have reduced significantly over past 10-15 years. Mind you, when I lived in Prestwich, I can remember large rookeries in Whitefield, Heywood, Middleton and Heaton Park but they're either long gone or much reduced also. Very unlikely that the trend will change. Birch is the only one which has appeared in the meantime in that area. Jackdaws have increased substantially though around Manchester in the meantime.



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St Johns & St James Shuttleworth, 27 active nests, with 19 birds perched in the trees and 31 birds feeding in surrounding fields.

Regards Brian.



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PHIL GREENWOOD


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Actually 14 nests on Irlam Road, Flixton today.

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Looks like it could be 12 on Irlam Road, Flixton.

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There's a small rookery (6 nests today) in an oak on Church lane near Barr Green Farm in Woodford



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fredford


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Only nine nests , so far , at Birtle . Rather concerned .

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fredford


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Shuttleworth and Birch off to a good start . Birtle slow this year .

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Thats early considering the weather too!



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fredford


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Birtle Rookery . Hurrah ! First rook seen , this morning , carrying twig to the lower rookery .

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Final Irlam Road score is 14 nests, 12 in 1 tree and 2 in another.

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Rod Harrison


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Are there any rookeries in the Oldham/Rochdale area? 



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Birch on heywood/Middleton boundary 17/4 afternoon exercise stroll

Now 93 nests, probably last count as trees now beginning to leaf

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12 nests on Irlam Road, all in 1 tree.

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Birch heywood/Middleton boundary 31/3

87 nests occupied with a new ones being built so number may increase but way down on 117 from April 2016

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There are seven nests in Tyldesley Cemetery this year, without having had opportunity for a full look at the site. Those nests are in a different part of the site to where I recall them being previously.
Others in Tyldesley are a single Rook nest at Manchester Road/Cherington Drive opposite the Gatehouse pub and two nests at Kings Court opposite Aldi. I dont know whether either of these latter two sites has been used by Rooks before this year.

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Two nests at St Johns Church, Mosley Common, an outlier from the Tyldesley Cemetery rookery, birds often roving between the two sites

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Birtle Lower rookery twenty- one nests. Hooray ! Upper rookery not yet explored.

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Could be 12 nest sites on Irlam Road, Flixton, all bar two in one tree.

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St Pauls Shuttleworth Rookery.

Over the past seven days there has been early activity at the above Rookery, the birds only return here to nest, 24 in the tree tops basically in pairs and some tidying up wind blown nests.

Regards Brian.



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St Pauls Shuttleworth Rookery.

Twentynine active nests with a possible 4/5 more, lots of movement and stealing of twigs from nests, at least Fortyfive adult birds present at 1600 hrs today.

Regards Brian.



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Twenty-two nests in Birtle No. 1 rookery. Watched them dismantle last years magpie nests to use the sticks in their own nests.

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Would appear to be 10 active nests in the grounds of Wellacre Academy, Irlam Road, Flixton.

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Dave Sanderson


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At least a dozen rooks, some in pairs, some with nests in the Church Rd / Wellmeadow Rd area of Uppermill, Saddleworth.



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Just 1 nest and 4 Rooks squabbling over it on Irlam Road, Flixton today. Hopefully therell be a few more nests constructed soon.

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Originally posted today by Fred Ford:

Four nests under construction in Birtle no. 1 rookery and in rookery no. 2, half mile to the east, six or seven.



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Looks like 10 nests on Irlam Road, Flixton.

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Summerseat - 7 nests

Hawkshaw - 18 nests

Gorsey Clough - 9 nests



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Birtle rookery has 24 nests and the annexe,300 yards to the east ,has approximately 16. This is the fifth year and going strong, I am pleased to report.
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7 nests in tree across road from Wythenshawe Market



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Jeff Clarke


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Only 19 nests counted at the small wood north of Brookheys covert (Carrington Moss). Although I have not counted the nests here in the past this seems like a reduction on previous years.



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26/3 17:45-18:10 birch Middleton

86 nests occupied or being built

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Wolstenholme (Nutters) - Norden. 24 nests - same as last year so holding its own.

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Harwood Fields - Birtle - 15 nests. Heap Bridge - 22 nests. Birch Village - 73 nests. Significantly down.

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Counts at the two rookeries in the north of the Wigan area revealed 57 active nests at Worthington and 81 at Haigh



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Hi Dave and Peter -

It must have been rook counting day today! 

I also went towards Horwich but not as far as Stocks Park Drive.  I had 35 near the Blundell Arms and 6 at Bottom o' th' Moor

At Hawkshaw I had 15 nests too.  At Bradshaw Road, opp Brooks Buildings there were 45. 

I also checked Holcombe Church, Ramsbottom - 22 nests, and St John's at Shuttleworth - 41 nests

I've still not found any in the Smithills Hall area.

 

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Jim Ormerod wrote:

I thought I'd try to locate rookeries in north Bolton with a view to counting them in next few weeks.  I found the one at Hawkshaw near the lodge (8 nests on 13th) and Brook Buildings, Bradshaw (c24 on 13th).  However, I could not locate anything in the Smithills area where there have been rookeries in the past.  I could see no signs at Shoulder of Mutton Clough near Smithills Dean Road and I pretty well covered the other woods down Raveden Brook, round Smithills Hall etc on the way down to Moss Bank Way with no success.

Does anyone know of any recent Rook sites in north Bolton in recent years?

Jim Ormerod

 In Horwich today there were 4 birds at 2 nests (one only at the early stages of construction) in trees at Chorley Old Road/Stocks Park Drive



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Hawkshaw, 15 nests

Summerseat, 12 nests

Gorsey Clough Nursing Home, 10 nests



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Bottom of Hillend Lane, Mottram - Broadbottom boundary.

30 nests counted with at least 25 occupied. Increase from 19 last year so back to at least 2015 levels.

 



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Very good count of 14 nests on Irlam Road, Flixton.

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4 Attended nests at Blossoms Lane, Woodford.

A guestimate of 20 nests by Stockport School on the A6, Great Moor.

Cheers John

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The Birtle rookery, which started four years ago,has nineteen nests. The offshoot, quarter of mile to the east,started last year and has approximately fifteen nests.


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18 occupied nests in the rookery on Broadbottom Road ...... bang on the Mottram / Broadbottom border.

Roger.

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Half a dozen nests at the junction of Church Rd and Wellmeadow Rd, Uppermill, Saddleworth



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27nests at the rookery near Blundell Arms (about 100m towards Horwich on the left) and a further 6 about 100m further on where Bottom o' th' Moor goes off to the left.  Thanks Keith.

 

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Thanks Keith.  I think that will be the site listed as Bottom o'th' Moor or Blundell Arms.  I'll take a look over there.

Jim



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Use to be a fair size one on Chorley Old Road; on the left past the Bob Smithy Inn, about 250 yards up the hill.

-- Edited by keith mills on Saturday 18th of March 2017 01:28:44 PM

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I thought I'd try to locate rookeries in north Bolton with a view to counting them in next few weeks.  I found the one at Hawkshaw near the lodge (8 nests on 13th) and Brook Buildings, Bradshaw (c24 on 13th).  However, I could not locate anything in the Smithills area where there have been rookeries in the past.  I could see no signs at Shoulder of Mutton Clough near Smithills Dean Road and I pretty well covered the other woods down Raveden Brook, round Smithills Hall etc on the way down to Moss Bank Way with no success.

Does anyone know of any recent Rook sites in north Bolton in recent years?

Jim Ormerod



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