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Raven heading west, calling over Chorlton Park this lunchtime.



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My first Chiffchaff of the year in Chorlton Park this lunchtime.



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Brambling chorlton park near small pond in centre of park 



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2 Fieldfare Southern Cemetery  in new cemetery 



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100+ redwing over at 08:30



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1 Goosander and 61 Ring-necked Parakeet over Southern Cemetery this morning

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Originally posted this morning by Tony O’ Mahony:

Whinchat at north end near soil heaps 



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Southern Cemetery

Raven 1 over NE @13.47 "cronking"
Willow Warbler 1 juvenile, north end by the allotments
Whitethroat 1 juvenile, ditto

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Southern Cemetery (north of Nell Lane)

Fieldfare 50 >S
Redwing 46
Skylark 1>W
Meadow Pipit 1>S
Redpoll 3
Siskin 2>S
Reed Bunting 1
Ring-necked Parakeet 19
Jay

No sign of the Stonechat

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Stonechat still present this afternoon.

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Southern Cemetery

Stonechat female still present at the north end by the allotments this morning
Fieldfare 4
Redwing 14
Ring-necked Parakeet 10

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Female Stonechat at north end of Southern Cemetery near allotments. Also single Fieldfare and Meadow Pipit 



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Originally posted today by Tony O’ Mahoney:

2 tree pipits at north end of Southern Cemetery near the allotments

 



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Dipper on Chorlton Brook just east of Chorlton Park near Metrolink Bridge (Tony O'Mahony)

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Tony O'Mahony found 2 Spotted Flycatcher in Southern Cemetery this morning, at least one still present this afternoon, along the Oak Avenue north of Nell Lane

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I saw a firecrest today at Chorlton Park at 14.10. It was in the same location near the brook and the holly tree.

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Just a heads up here folks. I don't usually broadcast 3rd hand news but this seems plausible.

I've had a report of a Firecrest in Chorlton Park near the brook and holly trees at the end of the row of trees that goes down to the middle of the park.

I'd bet it's the Platt fields Park bird I found last month moved down along the brook.

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Around soil heaps at north end of Southern Cemetery
2 Robin
7 Blackbird
4 Greenfinch
1 Dunnock

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Yesterday 8th September 2019

Wheatear - 1 on soil heaps at north end of Southern Cemetery 13.30 (Tony O'Mahony)

-- Edited by Pete Hines on Monday 9th of September 2019 09:26:48 AM

-- Edited by Pete Hines on Monday 9th of September 2019 09:27:23 AM

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Spotted Flycatcher in NW corner Jewish section of old cemetery (Tony O'Mahony 11.22)

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Yesterday 15th October 2018 via Tony O'Mahony

Stonechat 1 male on spoil heaps at the north end



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Whinchat 1 juv
Common Whitethroat 1
Meadow Pipit 1
Buzzard 1

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North end of Southern Cemetery 11.50 - 14.05

No sign of the Whinchat found by Tony O'Mahony this morning

Blackcap 2
Willow Warbler 1

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Northern Wheatear - first-year male at Southern Cemetery, on the hedge behind the new grave working at the north end before flying into the allotments at 12.20. Found by Tony o'Mahony late morning.


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No sign of the Wheatear seen yesterday by Tony O'Mahony

Goldcrest 1 in song
Stock Dove 1


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Southern Cemetery

Redpoll 2
Siskin 1
Goldcrest 1
Kestrel 1

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Stonechat still present at 15.55, also on the mounds
Skylark 1
Meadow Pipit 1

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Male Stonechat at the north end near the allotments.

Info thanks to Tony O’Mahony 



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North side 11.50-13.00

Redwing - at least 70
Goldcrest - 1
Buzzard - 1 circling overhead

No sign of yesterday's Stonechat

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Stonechat - male at the north side of Southern Cemetery at the soil mounds and brambles west along the fenceline bordering the allotments. Reported by Tony O'Mahoney at 12.17 and still present when I left at 13.45.

Meadow Pipit 1 on the soil mounds

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Woodcock present in Southern Cemetery today.

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Green woodpecker heard calling fairly distantly from somewhere around the park area just.

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Fledgling house sparrow, mistle thrush and magpie in the park this evening, and a family party of great tit. Also about:

1 chiffchaff
2 blackcap (three territories in here now, I think)
5+ goldfinch
c20 house martin
2 song thrush
10+ swift
1 great spotted woodpecker (first I've had in here for a couple of years, I think)
6+ ring-necked parakeet
1 black-headed gull

Sparrowhawk seen dipping down into the trees adjacent to the brook and allotments yesterday evening.

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Mike Chorley wrote:

I think it's an important factor, Maggie. The biggest population of House Sparrows near me in Oldham is in exactly the sort of area you describe, which I remember from when I lived in Chorlton as a student in the 1970's. There's a good population of House Sparrows near my family's home just outside Liverpool, where most of the gardens still have plenty of hedges and shrubs, but you'll struggle to see any in the centre of either Manchester or Liverpool now.




The only population of house sparrows I know of in Manchester city centre is where I live in St John's Gardens and constitutes around 15 birds. Even then they only seem to nest in the back of the barristers chambers on St John Street and nowhere else, as nowhere else has numerous missing bricks and gaps under tiles etc. They seem to be birds of habit and don't stray more than a couple of hundred metres from the colony base. The area also has diverse feeding opportunities - lots of seed feeders throughout the year, lots of trees, shrubs and grassland for invertebrates during the breeding season, only a single cat (as far as I can see). The presence of insect rich shrubbery at this time of years seems particularly important as the birds at present are feeding in 3s and 4s in the native hedge I planted, taking beakfulls of insects back to the chicks. They seem to require a mixture of these conditions to thrive. The properties on St John street are presently being renovated, putting this colony at risk of extinction, and I have made contact with the council several times re this. They seem not to be taking any real notice so I'm going to look at putting some sparrow terraces up in the next few days.

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Sounds right to me. I live on the Stretford/Urmston boundary and up to about eight years ago there had been a definite slump in sparrow numbers. Then a neighbour a few doors down let their rambling rose (a big Paul's Himalayan) cover their entire fence and the top of their garage (which houses a steamroller). Now there's usually a couple of dozen sparrows doing the rounds of the gardens.



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I think it's an important factor, Maggie. The biggest population of House Sparrows near me in Oldham is in exactly the sort of area you describe, which I remember from when I lived in Chorlton as a student in the 1970's. There's a good population of House Sparrows near my family's home just outside Liverpool, where most of the gardens still have plenty of hedges and shrubs, but you'll struggle to see any in the centre of either Manchester or Liverpool now.

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Wonder how much the wish to tidy up gardens comes into this?  Streets in Chorlton which had noisy hawthorns and tall privet hedges full of tumbling sparrows have seen these refuges cleared away as the houses have changed hands.  Places once so cheerfully noisy are silent now.  



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Couple of house martin over the park area earlier this evening, first local ones I've seen this year. Few swifts about, too.

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I've been doing the BBS survey around Southern Cemetrey/West Didsbury for 18 years now.

Shocking decline in House Sparrows from around 20 down to just 2 today.

On the plus side I've gained Ring-necked Parakeet (8 today) and Chiffchaff.

Starlings seem to be hanging on with small groups around Cavendish Park and in the Cemetery.

 



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An hour or so this evening:

2 blackcap heard calling
3+ goldfinch
1 chaffinch
1 grey wagtail heard over
2 song thrush
2 mistle thrush
1 kingfisher
1 grey heron

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Green woodpecker heard yaffling fairly distantly whilst in the park this morning; from the west, either in or beyond the allotments, by the sounds of it.

Also around:

2 blackcap
1 chiffchaff
2 willow warbler
1 nuthatch heard briefly
c10 house sparrow
2 chaffinch
1 greenfinch
2 bullfinch
2 or 3 mistle thrush
1 ring-necked parakeet over


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A green woodpecker in Southern Cemetery. Only second I've seen in south Manchester in the past few years.

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A very happy new year to all.

An hour and a half or so in the park late this afternoon yielded:

2 goldcrest
2 coal tit
2 treecreeper (or one twice)
2 nuthatch
5+ house sparrow
8+ goldfinch
1 chaffinch
2 bullfinch
10+ redwing
2 (or 4) song thrush
4 jackdaw
1 jay
Black-headed, common and lesser black-backed gulls over
Plenty of the usuals.

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A foggy and cold couple of hours in the park early this afternoon:

1 goldcrest (probably another, going on calls)
Plenty of long-tailed tit
1 nuthatch
8 house sparrow
10+ goldfinch
3 chaffinch
1 redwing
3 mistle thrush
2 jay
5 jackdaw
1 kingfisher
5 ring-necked parakeet (three of them over)
25+ black-headed gull
8+ common gull

Also c30 starling, 5 redwing and 2 mistle thrush seen along Sandy Lane.

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A rather coughy and spluttery couple of hours in the park late this morning and early this afternoon still yielded a fair few birds:

1 goldcrest
3+ coal tit
Long-tailed tit everywhere
1 treecreeper
1 nuthatch seen, and heard calling several times
c10 house sparrow
2+ bullfinch
1 grey wagtail
3 or 4 jay
c10 jackdaw
29+ black-headed gull
1 common gull

All the usuals.


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Stonechat present at the north end near the soil heaps this morning.

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Kingfisher in the park again this evening. One or two chiffchaff calling, too.

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40 or so house martins feeding high over the park area this evening, and a single swift passing through.

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An hour in the park this evening yielded:

7 mistle thrush
1 kingfisher
1 sparrowhawk

Very quiet otherwise, though.

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Fledgling wren, nuthatch and robin in the park this evening. Nice to see, first non-mistle thrush fledglings of the year.

Also about, singing chiffchaff and blackcap, house martin, mistle thrush, jay, swift, ring-necked parakeet and grey heron.

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