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Sparrowhawk, Elton Reservoir, 20.04.07 (Adrian Dancy)

Sparrowhawk, University of Manchester, 07.07.07 (Adrian Dancy)

a fully grown juv

Sparrowhawk, University of Manchester, 07.07.07 (Adrian Dancy)

juv again

Sparrowhawk, University of Manchester, 07.07.07 (Adrian Dancy)

Sparrowhawk, Bolton Town Centre, 13.04.08 (Adrian Dancy)

Kestrels, Birtle, 14.07.07 (Mike Killelea)

Kestrel, Holcombe Village, 2007 (Adrian Dancy)

Merlin, Carrington Moss, 26.12.07 (Rob Smallwood)

Hobby, Pennington Flash, 10.07.07 (John Tymon)

possibly the first photo of this species in the county????

Hobby, Audenshaw Reserviors, 21.08.07 (Rob Adderley)

probably the only photos of a Hobby 'on the deck' ever taken in the county

Hobby, Audenshaw Reserviors, 21.08.07 (Rob Adderley)

probably the only photos of a Hobby 'on the deck' ever taken in the county

Peregrine Falcon, Manchester City Centre, 22.05.07 (Adrian Dancy)

proud parent with 3 well grown chicks

Peregrine Falcon, Manchester City Centre, 22.05.07 (Adrian Dancy)

this photo clearly proves that there are infact 4 young!

Please note all the Peregrine photos by Adrian are strictly copyrighted.

Peregrine, Manchester City Centre, 30.05.07 (Adrian Dancy)

Peregrines, Manchester City Centre, 30.05.07 (Adrian Dancy)

the parents take a well deserved breather on one of Manchester's well known landmarks

Peregrines, Manchester City Centre, 30.05.07 (Adrian Dancy)

the four chicks doing well and showing off their new 'leg trinkets'!

Peregrine Falcons, Manchester City Centre, 18.06.07 (Adrian Dancy)

growing fast.....

Peregrine Falcons, Manchester City Centre, 18.06.07 (Adrian Dancy)

Peregrines, Manchester City Centre, 22.06.07 (Adrian Dancy)

juveniles 'fledging day'

Peregrine, Manchester City Centre, 22.06.07 (Adrian Dancy)

and one of the juvenile's 'first flight!'

Peregrine, Manchester City Centre, 23.06.07 (Geoff Hargreaves)

Peregrines, Manchester City Centre, 24.06.07 (Adrian Dancy)

Peregrine Falcon, Manchester City Centre, 01.07.07 (Paul Cliff)

one of the juveniles on the Cathedral

Peregrine Falcon, Manchester City Centre, 29.09.07 (Adrian Dancy)

after being taken into care and very well looked after at the Three Owls Sanctuary, this beautiful Manchester City Centre bred juvenile was to be released from the town hall in the city centre

Peregrine Falcon, Manchester City Centre, 29.09.07 (Adrian Dancy)

just prior to release

Peregrine Falcon, Manchester City Centre, 29.09.07 (Adrian Dancy)

Nigel Fowler (left) from the Three Owls Sanctuary successfully released the bird out over the city centre

Peregrine, Manchester City Centre, 07.12.07 (Adrian Dancy)

this one clearly informing you where to look out for it, on top of the Town Hall!

Peregrine, Bolton Parish Church, 02.02.08 (Dean MacDonald)

Peregrine, Bolton Town Centre, 13.04.08 (Adrian Dancy)

Peregrines, Bolton Town Centre, 13.04.08 (Adrian Dancy)

Peregrine Falcon, Manchester City Centre, 09.05.08 (Adrian Dancy)

with chicks! This image (as every other on the galleries) is copyright of the photographer and must not be used in any way without his expressed permission

Moorhen, Pennington Flash, 31.05.07 (Mike Baron)

a juvenile

Avocet, Whiteholme Reservoir, 11.08.07 (Steve Collins)

Despite being a stone's throw outside the Greater Manchester boundary, Whiteholme used to be recorded by our county although a recent assessment of this has decided not to continue this practise

Avocets, Scotman's Flash, 15.03.08 (Judith Smith)

record shot of the trio originally found on Horrock's Flash then refound swimming with gulls in the middle of Scotman's!

Ringed Plover, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 21.07.07 (Paul Hammond)

Ringed Plover, Elton Reservoir, 28.05.08 (Paul Wilson)

part of a superb flock of 21 birds!

Grey Plover, Horrock's Flash, 09.05.08 (Judith Smith)

Lapwing, Oldham, 09.08.07 (Mark Rigby)

Lapwing, Elton Reservoir, 18.05.08 (Adrian Dancy)

Knot, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 21.08.07 (Rob Adderley)

Knot, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 21.08.07 (Paul Hammond)

Knot, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 26.10.07 (Rob Adderley)

Knot, Elton Reservoir, 10.05.08 (Paul Wilson)

Sanderling, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 12.05.07 (Rob Adderley)

Sanderling, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 22.05.07 (Paul Hammond)

Sanderling, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 27.05.08 (Rob Adderley)

one of a flock of nine birds present

Sanderling, Elton Reservoir, 28.05.08 (Paul Wilson)

with a Dunlin

Temminck's Stint, Pennington Flash, 22.05.08 (Judith Smith)

Dunlin, Pennington Flash, 14.05.07 (trevor Ogden)

with a Little Ringed Plover to the right

Dunlins, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 14.05.07 (Rob Adderley)

Dunlin, Pennington Flash, 18.05.08 (John Tymon)

Jack Snipe, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 26.12.07 (Steve Collins)

Jack Snipe, Pennington Flash, 06.04.08 (Mike Baron)

a nice record shot, can you find it ?

Bar-tailed Godwit, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 03.04.08 (Rob Adderley)

Bar-tailed Godwit, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 05.05.08 (Rob Adderley)

Bar-tailed Godwit, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 05.05.08 (Steve Collins)

Whimbrel, Astley Peat Pools, 13.05.07 (Ian McKerchar)

one of 4 birds present

Whimbrel, Astley Peat Pools, 13.05.07 (Ian McKerchar)

Whimbrel, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 07.07.07 (Paul Hammond)

Whimbrel, Astley Moss, 26.04.08 (Rob Adderley)

Green Sandpiper, Pennington Flash, 08.06.07 (John Tymon)

Green Sandpiper, Pennington Flash, 07.09.07 (John Tymon)

Green Sandpiper, Pennington Flash, 08.09.07 (Trevor Ogden)

Green Sandpiper, River Irwell, 12.01.08 (Adrian Dancy)

Green Sandpiper, Pennington Flash, 20.04.08 (John Tymon)

in fine breeding plumage

Redshank, Horrock's Flash, 13.06.07 (Judith Smith)

with young

Turnstone, Audenshaw Reserviors, 21.07.07 (Rob Adderley)

Turnstone, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 21.07.07 (Paul Hammond)

Turnstone, Pennington Flash, 04.05.08 (John Tymon)

Turnstone, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 24.05.08 (Paul Hammond)

Red-necked Phalarope, Pennington Flash, 18.09.07 (Arthur Doyle)

a record shot of the very elusive juvenile that was present out in the middle of the flash but should provide sufficient proof to the doubters that it wasn't the Grey Phal at Hope Carr the same day!

Red-necked Phalarope, Pennington Flash, 18.09.07 (Arthur Doyle)

not the best shots in the world but a tremendous effort by Arthur Doyle to document the record, check out the brown upperparts with golden mantle stripe just obvious!

Grey Phalarope, Hope Carr NR, 18.09.07 (Paul Hammond)

a non-breeding plumaged adult

Grey Phalarope, Hope Carr NR, 18.09.07 (Paul Hammond)

a non-breeding plumaged adult

Grey Phalarope, Hope Carr NR, 18.09.07 (Rob Adderley)

Grey Phalarope, Hope Carr NR, 19.09.07 (Rob Smallwood)

Grey Phalarope, Hope Carr NR, 21.09.07 (Dean MacDonald)

the non breeding plumaged adult bird here with Teal