after hearing constant redwings on my 20 mins cylce to work this morning at 6.15 am,eventually seen 11 redwing over guinness rd trading estate heading south at 9.05am,my first for autumn
Several Lapwing Lots of Goldfinch Collared Dove 1 Very confident Jay at the very edge of TC on a motorway crash barrier oblivious to passing cars! 1 Female Sparrowhawk - showed well on the roof of a unit by the canal for a few minutes. A few Dunnocks Song Thrushes and Starlings feeding 1 Greenfinch - on ground-level probably worm-probing, as was a Goldfinch.
Plus the usuals
-- Edited by John Doherty on Sunday 29th of May 2011 09:36:13 PM
Lesser whitethroat this morning 6.40am (lifer) at roundabout on centenary way opposite arco. First heard then seen a couple times,could not stick around fo long had to go to work. also whitethroat at next circle,before centenary bridge.
on my way to work this morning 6.30am,the chiiffchaff at the ecology park now has the company off a blackcap. also near guiness rd 2 very noisey oystercatchers. then later in the morning whilst at work around 11.30am had a swallow fly over as i went outside to get some paint (good timing)
3 times this week on my way to work going past ecology park tue,wed and today at 6.30am had a chiffchaff singing,but no signs off it on my back at 3.45.
Good to see a flock of 25+ Greenfinch (given the current disease problems they are having) using some tall evergreens on Mercury Way as a roosting site this evening. Noted them in the vacinity a couple of times last week and tracked them down to here, so presume its a regular site.
A very festive sighting this evening while xmas shopping, a Robin was inside the Trafford Centre flying between the fake trees (complete with xmas lights) near John Lewis.