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Vis mig at Parr Brow this morning 0700-0840

Redwing 639 (619 moving along the ridge and heading between ESE/SE, plus 20 S/SW)

Song Thrush 2 SW, 2 S, 1 N

Mistle Thrush 1 SE, 1 N

Meadow Pipit 69 S, 2 SW, 2 N

Swallow 1 S

alba Wagtail 8 S

Grey Wagtail 1 E

Greenfinch 4 N, 2 S

Goldfinch 34 N, 9 S and flock of 62 feeding

Chaffinch 3 SW, 2 SE

Bullfinch 3 NE

Reed Bunting 4 S

Other birds present included 1 Raven

 

 

 



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Thursday 3rd Oct, at Parr Brow, 10 Song Thrush among at least 33 Blackbird in hedges between the end of Wellington Drive and Turncroft Farm, 2 Snipe, 2 Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff



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Unsurprisingly little vis mig this morning at Parr Brow

07:00-08:00 birds moving south - 30 Meadow Pipit, 2

Grey Wagtail, 1 Alba wagtail, 3 Chaffinch, 3 Greenfinch 

 



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12 Ring-Necked Parakeet flew east over Parr Brow this morning



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258 Meadow Pipit south in 1 hour at Parr Brow this morning. Included flocks of c90 and 66 that were grounded in pasture at the top of the Tyldesley Banks, possibly due to rain shortly beforehand, which then departed south from the ridge and off out towards the airspace over the mosses. Another 40 or so remained around the pasture.

Other birds moving S or SW were 4 Cormorant, 13 House Martin, 6 Swallow, 8 Chaffinch and 5 Greenfinch

An adult Great Black-Backed Gull went E and 5 Jay moved west along the ridge, including one without a tail which flew in from the NE like a giant moth !

Three skeins of Pink-Footed Geese flew SE over the Little Hulton-Walkden area c45 at 08:38, c90 at 08:45 and 55 at 09:12

Other birds present included 17 Collared Dove, 1 Skylark, 1 Goldcrest, 2 Chiffchaff and a vocal Song Thrush which dropped in from the NE 



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25 Meadow Pipit south in 30 minutes at Parr Brow this morning and min 5 locally breeding House Martin still feeding

At Stour Road public open space birds included 30 Blackbird, mostly feeding in one concentrated area, 5 Goldcrest and a Kingfisher calling from New Hall Moat

 

 



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Dunlin flying roughly west early morning in darkness over Parr Brow. Calling loudly but sounded like it was possibly more than one bird involved



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1 Swift south over Parr Brow this morning



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3 Raven south over Parr Brow today, other birds included 1 Peregrine south, 3 displaying Buzzard, Sparrowhawk, 2 Kestrel, a 1 hour count of 13 Meadow Pipit south/south-west and c70 House Martin on the roof of a house



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12 Meadow Pipit logged moving S/SW over Parr Brow in just over 30 minutes this morning

 



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1 Ring-Necked Parakeet over Parr Brow this morning



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A Hobby drifted south over Parr Brow around 17:35

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Hobby over garden today headed west over trees at Astley street park

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Ring-Necked Parakeet over Parr Brow towards Tyldesley Cemetery this morning

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Willow Warbler singing in Astley Street Park this morning

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A calling Mediterranean Gull over Mosley Common this morning

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A singing Chiffchaff was by St Georges Church this morning

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Usual second winter Iceland Gull sleeping on the roof of Poundstretchers at midday today.

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2nd winter Iceland Gull on the roof of Poundstretchers at 3:20pm today.

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Loads of Gulls today at around 11.15 a.m. but no Iceland !, then they all flew off.
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Iceland Gull typically not present when I arrived at 1:20, but nearly 300 gulls (mostly Black-Headed and Herring) were on Poundstretcher's Roof

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2nd. winter Iceland Gull again on Poundstretcher roof at 12.15 today.

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Second winter Caspian showing well behind the first farm off Common Lane at 11:45 today

 

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Both the 2nd.w. Caspian and 2nd.w. Iceland gulls on the roof of Poundstretcher store late morningsmile

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Second-winter Caspian Gull on the roof of Poundstretcher, Tyldesley Road 14:20-14:28 (officially just in Atherton as its over the brook, but closer to Tyldesley town centre)

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The second winter Iceland Gull (from Cutacre/Atherton/Pennington Flash) was along Common Lane today with 100 big gulls behind the first farm at 12:30.

 

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Adult summer Mediterranean Gull flew low over Tyldesley town centre whilst I sat in traffic at c.7pm this evening



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Adult summer Mediterranean Gull flew west over Wayfarers drive calling constantly at c. 7.30 this am

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Raven low over the Stour Road public open space this afternoon 



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2 Ring-Necked Parakeet this afternoon alongside the unsurfaced section of Garret Lane, in a London Plane on the boundary of Garret Hall Primary School and the field with a pond in it



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Football training back on Garrett Hall school field for the summer and if tonight's hour from 6.30 is anything to go by will be an enjoyable birding hour each week! 

Single buzzard over, Hobby sent Swallows into a panic as it hunted over Garrett Hall lane, Great Spotted Woodpecker in trees around field and most surprising of all 6 Ring Necked Parakeets in large tree in Northeast corner from 6.30-7ish very vocal and active then flew into the Cemetery area. 



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Late post for Thursday 19th 2+Whimbrel heard calling over garden at c. 10.50pm heading roughly north

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c.60 Redwing in fields south of new guided bus way and west of mossley common rd this am.

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At least 51 House Sparrow present today on the Stour Road public open space



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Small numbers of redwing heard over garden this evening



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Goldcrests in Tyldesley today - 1 on a small public open space at Dewberry Close and a minimum of 3 in woodland at Common Lane by the allotments

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Elliott St
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House Martins over Town Hall I didn't have time to look due to work commitments but they must still have a small colony in the streets at rear of Town Hall.

Jimmy

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Currently around 70-80 Fieldfare fairly mobile around the hedges and trees on the United Utilities side of Mort Lane

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Football training again last night (not me, my youngest son!)
4 Great spotted woodpeckers flew from behind Garrett hall school north towards trees around tyldesley cemetary, 2 singles then 2 together all within a few minutes of each other. Also 3 grey wagtails flying around the school.

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Whilst watching my youngest at football training yesterday evening, an adult Mediterranean Gull in pretty much full winter plumage was feeding on Garrett Hall scholl playing fields at about 7.20pm before flying off with c 100 Black Headed Gulls west (presumably to roost at Pennington).

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Lesser whitethroat in trees near the gatehouse pub this afternoon.

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Single tree pipit flew south over garret hall school at c.10.35am today also good sized flock of hirundines over cow fields here

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2 summer plumaged adult Mediterranean Gulls drifted east to west over Wayfarers drive, Tyldesley at 3.30pm today.

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Two Bullfinch and a small roving flock of Long-tailed Tits provided some distraction from this morning's game at Tyldesley Rugby Union Club but even better was a Willow Tit smile

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Singing Chiffchaff by Tyldesley rugby club this morning.

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I've just come across a pond which I've never noticed before in spite of it being next to a footpath. It's behind Nuttall's Farm and Davenport Farm and the row of houses on Squires Lane that back onto Colliers Wood and Cooling Lane in Tyldesley. I think it's a flooded horse paddock and probably isn't a pond all year round, but it's been here long enough for birds to breed here this year. So what's present at the moment?
  • At least two pairs of Little Grebes with young smile
  • A single pair of Mute Swans with three large cygnets (there were four but apparently one has been killed)
  • Several pairs of Coots with noisy young
  • Several pairs of Moorhens with young
  • Mallards
  • Woodpigeons
  • House Martins over
  • Rabbits
  • Dragonflies and Damselflies (not identified to species level)
I may get around to counting them next week.

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Raven seen over manchester road/sale lane area twice in last week. Also good numbers of juvenile starling in several flocks around town. Good density of blackbirds nesting around wayfarers drive and porterfield.

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Blackcap singing at entrance to cranleigh drive and pair of willow tits near feeding station.

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3 waxwing flew east over wayfarers drive towards Bodmin road area at 4 ish today also redshank south over jut before both great garden ticks!

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Lesser whitethroat singing this morning in trees along east end of astley park.

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