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Karen Foulkes


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Kestrel hovering late this afternoon on Varley Street over rough ground close to Bradford Road.



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Karen Foulkes


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1 Raven flying south at 0830 at low altitude

5 Siskin in alders by the canal
5 Common Gulls

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Karen Foulkes


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This morning

15 Siskin present on the Varley Street side of the Victoria Mill complex. Also 8 Goldfinch by the swimming baths.

Other sightings so far this week have included:

c30 Black Headed Gulls
1 Lesser Black Backed Gull
1 Common Gull
Cormorant
Grey Wagtail

The leucistic Carrion Crow is also still present in the area

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Right near the Mill complex this avvy - two Mute Swan looking graceful, lots of mallard, plus two Pied Wagtails in the vicinity.



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Karen Foulkes


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2 Goosander flew along the canal towards Manchester this morning, my first sighting in the area. I also saw my first Miles Platting Long Tailed Tit!

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c50 corvids present on a factory unit opposite Victoria Mill at lunchtime today. I dashed into the office to grab my bins only to see most had dispersed. The remaining birds were all Carrion Crows.

-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Monday 6th of February 2012 06:06:42 PM

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Some sightings from this week

Not exactly a sighting, but a Song Thrush has been singing most mornings from next to the canal opposite Victoria Mill.

12 Magpies present next to the swimming pool building on Tuesday

Lunchtime today

c20 Black Headed Gulls in Victoria Mill Park
12 Canada Geese
2 Mistle Thrush
6 Goldfinch in Victoria Mill Car Park

In the surrounding area
6 House Sparrows
Starling many spread out in the area and impossible to give an accurate count
c10 Feral Pigeon
2 Blackbird
2 Magpie
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Robin (singing)

The leucistic Carrion Crow was also still present flying around Victoria Mill

All sightings are around Varley Street


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Song Thrush and Mistle Thrush singing this morning near Victoria Mill.

Also several Chaffinches in the area, but unfortunately I couldn't see anything as it was dark!

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1 Great-spotted Woodpecker at Sandal Street Park yesterday

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29 Fieldfare over

The Cockatiel was flying around Queensbury Court on Monday morning 7/11

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The Cockatiel was calling loudly yesterday morning but I was unable to see it.

This morning the white winged Carrion Crow was present and being mobbed by a normal Carrion Crow.

Also a Grey Wagtail over Victoria Mill at 1545 today

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1 mobile Cockatiel observed twice this afternoon, once being chased by a Carrion Crow

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Thursday 27th

5 Fieldfare
30 Redwing over

1 Redpoll over on 20th

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Today

12 Fieldfare over south 0800
1 Grey Wagtail over at 1300

Yesterday

Great Spotted Woodpecker calling
4 Mistle Thrush on Victoria Mill

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at least 300+ Redwing over south this morning + at least 3 Fieldfare
c50 Goldfinch

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12/10/11

1 calling Raven flew south over Bradford Road at 0800
2-3 Jays flying back and forth along canal over the last two days, seen from the office window
A white winged crow has also been in the area over the last couple of weeks

6 Mistle Thrushes around Varley Street this morning
1 Grey Heron also viewed from the office

-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Wednesday 12th of October 2011 05:57:20 PM

-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Wednesday 12th of October 2011 07:26:33 PM

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1 Chiffchaff singing behind the Navigation Pub

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1 Chiffchaff singing by Woodward Court thursday 29th Sept

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84+ Carrion Crow gathering at the top of Queensbury House this morning
1 Jay Holland St
Long-tailed tits

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1 Chiffchaff singing from the boarded up grounds of a derelict tower block at Wadeford Close near Butler St Thurs 22nd Sept
9 Mistle thrush Friday 23rd
Meadow Pipits over all week in the mornings
Heron regular around the canal
Grey and Pied Wagtail regular
I've also seen a female Sparrowhawk on several occaisions over the past month in the vicinity of the tower block.

also from nearby Beswick between Phillips Park Rd and the Etihad Stadium entrance

11 Mistle Thrush 30th August
Green Sandpiper heard calling 4 times at 12.30 on 1st September ! (A mimicking Starling perhaps? - they are good at them)
2 Mute Swan over on 2nd September

-- Edited by Pete Hines on Sunday 25th of September 2011 01:29:36 AM

-- Edited by Pete Hines on Sunday 25th of September 2011 01:30:28 AM

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Some sightings from this week from Victoria Mill area

c50 Goldfinches today
2 Grey Wagtails seen a couple of times this week near the canal
39 Canada Geese yesterday, this morning only 26, wonder what happened to the unlucky 13
4 Mistle Thrushes this morning
2 Meadow Pipits over south this morning


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Today's sightings

c30 Swallows flying east along the canal this morning
1 Grey Heron

Yesterday's sightings

1 Cormorant
1 Grey Wagtail
1 Mistle Thrush
6 Goldfinches

All birds in Varley Street/Victoria Mill area

Sadly not the kind of area I would explore on my own






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This morning

Varley Street

1 Meadow Pipit over
A charm of 30 Goldfinches with 2 Greenfinches
c20 Mistle Thrushes around Victoria Mill (seem to be around first thing most mornings)


-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 12th of June 2014 09:19:11 PM

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