Minium of 6 Siskin mixed in with 2 Greenfinch and approximately 25 Goldfinch, in the tall trees near parrymead Rd, viewed from the canal bridge on Gilbert bank.
A impressive flock of at least 50 Goldfinch and 4 Greenfinch in the trees between Grey Close and Parry mead at 1.30pm this afternoon. Also 1 Kingfisher on the canal close to the long tunnel leading to woodley.
There was a large movement of Redwings yesterday morning over Bredbury. They passed over in large groups over a period of around an hour between 9am - 10am, coming from a North Easterly direction.
A magnificent site and sound of a screeching party of 17 swifts currently over my garden, amazing when the largest group that i have seen up to now this year was 4 .
1st Chaffchaff of the year for me heard singing from my garden, it sounded like it was near to field between the 2 railway lines off George Lane. 7.20am this morning
-- Edited by paul shaw on Monday 14th of March 2022 08:20:00 AM
A Harris Hawk has just been trying to shelter in a fir tree in my garden whilst being mobbed by the local Magpies and crow's. It eventually flew off towards Woodley.
Blackcap, willow warbler, chiffcaff, whitethroat, greenfinch with fledglings, chaffinch, skylark, starling, canada geese, moorhen, coot, lapwing, swallow, house martin, tree sparrow x1, dunnock, bullfinch, wren, robin, song thrush, blackbird, goldfinch, woodpigeon, great tit, blue tit, long tailed tit (with fledglings), magpie, jay, house sparrow- lunch time stroll in the sun
Noteable records from bredbury Parkway trail over the last 3 days:
Spotted flycatcher
Cuckoo
Whitethroat
Blackcap
Chiffchaff
Wheatear
Probable Redstart - very brief view
Jay
John Rayner also reports:
Lesser Whitethroat
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Goldcrest
Mr Rayner, hope you are well? , i have recently moved to work on Bredbury Industrial Estate. What area are you talking about? It sounds close to where i am and i could probably do it daily before work.
Email me if you like on matt.bannon@vodat-int.com
This area still has nice mature hedgerows with scattered hawthorns and clumps of brambles in the fields, a magnet for warblers. Not out today at the optimum time of day but nevertheless the following were singing.
Whitethroat 8 Blackcap 5 Chiffchaff 6 (In previous years I have also seen Lesser Whitethroat and Grasshopper/Sedge/Garden Warbler, whilst Mr Adderley once found a Tree Pipit so always worth a look)
Swift 8 Swallow 5 House Martin 2 (Attending one of the 2 nests remaining under eaves at the Arden Arms)
In addition to the 4 Waxwing on Ashton Road were 3 Fieldfare, 10 Redwing, Sparrowhawk and predumed Chiffchaff although it followed the large Goldfinch flock before I could get absolute ID confirmed.
