An approximate number of singing birds seen and heard here on a regular
2 mile exercise walk during The Lockdown 16th April- 31st May.
Three Sisters / Ellesmere Park / Eccles / Swinton Fields
9 Chiffchaff
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
25 Wren
12 Dunnock
16 Robin
20 Blackbird
14 Song Thrush
3 Mistle thrush
3 Common whitethroat (Eccles / Swinton Fields)
22 Blackcap
16 Blue Tit
11 Great Tit
6 Nuthatch (Ellesmere Park)
c90 House Sparrow (6 colonies)
13 Chaffinch
3 Greenfinch
2 Bullfinch
9 Ring Necked Parakeet (7 Three Sisters + 2 Eccles College)
No Willow Warbler (wrong habitat)
Sadly 650 house are being built on Eccles / Swinton Fields. The locals tell me that the surrounding area (that's if there's any left) will be ''cleaned up and landscaped'', what this really means is the bramble / willow scrub will be removed and the only Common Whitethroat Habitat lost.
