2 Peregrines frequently spotted in or around The Trafford Centre over the last couple of weeks, present today again. Probably the same as the Exchange Quay birds.
Ray

A peregrine falcon flew low over near the parkway circle whilst on my way to work at 1.15pm, despite it being low I couldn't make out if it was an adult or a juvenile as I was driving.

Monday 22nd, Tuesday 23rd I had 2 sightings of a female kestrel along trafford park Road near the ecology park again Monday she was sat on a lampost, on Tuesday she was in flight but could see she had some string of some kind dangling from her talons. This morning I could hear a kestrel calling & 2 were sat on a rooftop near the ecology park, because of looking towards the sun I couldn't make out if it was a pair or maybe an adult with a juvenile.
A sparrowhawk was circling over my works on broadway whilst on my break at 10am also a single swift over.
Several chiffchaff & blackcap singing in various locations throughout the park.

-- Edited by steven burke on Thursday 25th of June 2020 08:48:04 PM

A walk along the Bridgewater Canal this morning from Parkway to Man Utd and return, produced;

Grey Wagtail (feeding off insects on the canal surface and then flying off to, hopefully, a hidden nest)
Jay
3 singing Chiffchaff
2 singing Blackcap
1 singing Common Whitethroat
Mallard
Canada Geese
Swift
Herring Gull
Lesser Black-backed Gull
Blue, Great and Long-tailed Tit
Blackbird, Song Thrush

1pm Pair of Raven's on Guinness Rd Trading estate. Flying around the top end conking loudly. 

2 male blackcaps in the car park of the trafford park hotel this afternoon, one of them kept chasing a blue tit around.
1 male chaffinch also.

-- Edited by steven burke on Monday 2nd of December 2019 06:23:29 PM

Having used Tenax Road passing Lanxess works regularly in the recent past, I've noticed a number of adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls flying around . I assume urban nesting is taking place on the roofs of the various buildings.

95% certainty of a red kite over the A5081 this evening approx 1945.

Male blackcap feeding alongside 4 blue tits in the trafford park hotel car park this afternoon.

Male & female blackcap again feeding in the car park of the trafford park hotel this afternoon.
Back on the 17th January there was 25+ chaffinch with several goldfinch in the trees along 11th street, this afternoon whilst driving past there was still a decent number of chaffinch still in the same area but did not stop to count them.

Male & female blackcap in the car park of the trafford park hotel this afternoon.

A Sparrowhawk took an unsuccessful stoop at the Starling flock at the Village Circle roundabout in Trafford Park this afternoon.

the male blackcap continues to show in the car park of the Trafford park hotel, seen on several occasions over the last 2 weeks & today at 12pm. I'm sure it wont be long now before he starts singing.
also male chaffinch & 4 goldfinch today.

a male blackcap was in the trees in the car park of the Trafford park hotel this afternoon at 1.10pm.

A flock of around 60+ GOLDEN PLOVER flew low over my works on broadoak just off Ashburton road west this evening at 9.50pm, they called & were loosing height so were probably going on one of the nearby units where the many thousands of gulls go to roost.

A couple of times in the last week at circa 9pm I've been passing through the park for one reason or another and noticed large numbers of large gulls around. Last Sunday I noticed a flock in the Utd car park on John Gilbert Way on the way into Manchester, when I returned half an hour later they had disappeared. I had a drive around the area again on friday night but couldn't detect many at all. Tonight at just before 9pm I pulled up by the same Utd carpark and counted over 200 Lesser Black-backed Gulls. More were continuously arriving. This is way more than I've ever recorded using Salford Quays at any one time. They must come from far and wide. The light wasn't great and I didn't have time to look at any in detail (for anything more unusual). After I'd gone into Manchester and returned the car park had again cleared. This time I clocked the direction of flight and did a bit of driving around! I've discovered, what I assume, is the roost site with 100's of gulls on the roof of the large warehouse owned by Kuehne+Nagel just off Westinghouse Road. Its one of the highest buildings in Trafford Park and viewing is difficult (possibly one side from the canal bridge on the Park Way). So I'll be back to the pre-roost meeting point at the Utd car park in the week to see if there is anything of interest whithin the flock.

Good views of the Black Redstart female this morning between 0945 and 1015, around the Hotel and especially the car park.

Black Redstart still present at the disused Trafford Park Hotel 12.00 - 12.30 (pic from 19th)

Black redstart still present at 1,50pm today. It was in the trees in the fenced off part of the hotels car park. (edit, I just read the previous posts realising there was a sighting at 2,10pm after mine  )

-- Edited by Martin Loftus on Monday 21st of March 2016 02:54:00 PM

-- Edited by Martin Loftus on Monday 21st of March 2016 04:15:25 PM

Black redstart still showing well at 2.10pm at the side of the hotel.

also am small flock of Greenfinches House Sparrows, 2 Goldcrest one with nesting material, 2 Jay and the more usuals

-- Edited by Ian Boote on Sunday 20th of March 2016 11:13:51 PM

Black Redstart present again fly-catching around the hotel at 9.30am

A lovely visit between 12:40 and 14:25. I didn't know where I was going and unless I had seen her sat on the lamp post next to the hotel I would have been searching in the wrong area. Still showing when I left. Nice to meet Joh Doherty and Austin Morley and 3 others who's names I didn't catch. It went missing for about 15 mins but was found round the back of the hotel.

Black Redstart still on the disused Trafford Park Hotel at 12:15 viewed from car park at Third Avenue/Eleventh Street