We've been noticing Jays near some local offices in Birchwood so we stopped by one quiet Sunday to see if we could take a few pictures. Sure enough, within a couple of minutes of us arriving a Jay started showing, proof that once you know an individual birds habits it is likely to be in the same spot!
We later went on to Dovestone RSPB for the first time, traffic getting there was hideous, with the route going through the centre of Manchester so it would have had to be good for us to want to go back. Unfortunately when we got there it turned out to be some kind of local blackpool resort rather than the peace and tranquillity we were hoping for. people were everywhere!
Dog walkers, people with prams, groups of youths and families out forcing their kids for a walk. Every time we thought we saw a bird it was immediately scared off by a child/dog running at it. The only sanctuary we found was a small memorial garden but it was virtually paved in dog crap so after an hour or so we called it quits and left.
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| Buzzard at Dovestone |
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| View from the field of crap (or Memorial Garden as it is otherwise known). |
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| Unknown hawk - we watched this flying, hunting and perching for a good half hour and it displayed no Kestrel-identifying hovering behaviour despite looking like a Kestrel in the below picture. |
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