Tuesday 18th April 2017 - Stretford

Bullfinches nesting in conifer in garden.

John Fulton

Numerous Goldfinches at (nyger seeds) feeder.

Orange-tip butterfly in garden.
Great Tits pecking at fence slats - unclear what they are after.
Blue Tits taking material to nest box for a couple of hours, but not seen again.

Cathy and Mike Pettipher

Tuesday 18th April 2017 - Timperley and Sale

Ring-necked Parakeets have returned to the feeders (with sunflower seeds) in a Timperley garden.

Dorothy Hudson

Long-tailed Tits in Timperley and Sale gardens.

Dorothy Hudson, Pat Hill

Saturday 15th April 2017 - Woolston Eyes

12 Black-necked Grebes and a Marsh Harrier.

Michael Laurent

Saturday 11th April 2017 - Broad Heath and Pennington Flash

Peacock and Small Tortoiseshell butterflies on bathroom wall in the sun.

Margaret McCormick

Report of Kingfisher flying into metal garden gate near Pennington Flash. It died.

Claire Joures

Saturday 11th April 2017 - Staffordshire

2 Fritillary and numerous Peacock butterflies. 4 male Ring Ouzel and 28 Golden Plover near Macclesfield/Buxton.

Claire Joures

Tuesday 14th March 2017 - Woolston Eyes and Sale

At Woolston Eyes: A Sand Martin, 4 Black-necked Grebes and 3 Chiff-Chaffs singing. Toads on the path mating and lots of reports of frogspawn.

Claire Joures

Chiff-Chaffs singing. 

Michael Laurent

Sale garden: Sparrowhawk seen trying to pull a Pigeon out of a garden pond! Pam and Phil eventually removed the Pigeon and left the Sparrowhawk to deal with it.

Pam and Phil Grundy

Friday 17th February 2017 - Mistletoe in Ashton on Mersey

Third Mistletoe found in our area  - this time in Ashton on Mersey.

Mistletoe (Viscum album)

Mistletoe (Viscum album)

Not wonderful photos, but didn't seem appropriate to climb into a back garden - and we were definitely being watched and deemed suspicious!

We think the host tree might be Hybrid Black Poplar (the bark is deeply fissured), which is fairly frequently a host tree for Mistletoe. Need to return when there are leaves on (preferably with the owner's permission). This is the third location we are aware of locally for Mistletoe. Does anybody know of other specimens in our area?

Pat Hill, Cathy and Mike Pettipher