Common Buzzard, Ludworth Moor, 31.08.09 (Rob Adderley)

Buzzard, Highfield Moss, 12.09.09 (John Tymon)

Buzzard, Highfield Moss, 12.09.09 (John Tymon)

Buzzard, Highfield Moss, 12.09.09 (John Tymon)

Buzzard, Pennington Flash, 22.10.09 (John Tymon)

Buzzard, Pennington Flash, 16.01.10 (John Tymon)

Sparrowhawk, Pennington Flash, 04.09.09 (John Tymon)

Sparrowhawk, Pennington Flash, 04.09.09 (John Tymon)

Sparrowhawk, Birtle, Bury, 07.09.09 (MIke Killelea)

adult male

Sparrowhawk, Pennington Flash, 08.08.09 (Dennis Atherton)

juvenile

Sparrowhawk, Pennington Flash, 08.08.09 (Dennis Atherton)

juvenile

Sparrowhawk, Pennington Flash, 08.08.09 (Dennis Atherton)

juvenile

Sparrowhawk, Pennington Flash, 08.08.09 (Dennis Atherton)

juvenile

Sparrowhawk, Pennington Flash, 31.10.09 (John Tymon)

Sparrowhawk, Astley Village, February 2010 (Pete Berry)

A regular garden bird feeder!

Sparrowhawk, Astley Village, February 2010 (Pete Berry)

Perergine, Ashton-under-Lyne, 23.07.09 (Adrian Dancy)

a 2nd calender year bird (one of last year's young)

Peregrine, Lower Bredbury, 05.12.09 (Rob Adderley)

Peregrine, Manchester City Centre, 12.03.10 (Adrian Dancy)

On Manchester Cathedral

Peregrine, Manchester City Centre, 12.03.10 (Adrian Dancy)

Peregrine, Manchester City Centre, 28.03.10 (Ivan Ellison)

A female with kill

Peregrine, Manchester City Centre, 28.03.10 (Ivan Ellison)

Female

Kestrel, Location withheld, July 2009 (Adrian Dancy)

a juvenile bird recently released after 'a few problems'!

Kestrel, Manchester City Centre, 13.08.09 (Adrian Dancy)

Kestrel, Manchester City Centre, 13.08.09 (Adrian Dancy)

Red-legged Partridge, Rindle Road, 14.02.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Red-legged Partridge, Rindle Road, 14.02.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Northern Bobwhite Quail, Hazel Grove, 23.03.10 (Steve Hamlet)

Water Rail, Elton Reservoir, 20.09.09 (Paul Wilson)

Water Rail, Elton Reservoir, 14.12.09 (Ian Boote)

Water Rail, Elton Reservoir, 14.12.09 (Ian Boote)

Water Rail, Elton Reservoir, 17.12.09 (Jill Islam)

Water Rails, Elton Reservoir, 17.12.09 (Jill Islam)

Water Rail, Elton Reservoir, 17.12.09 (Jill Islam)

Water Rail, Elton Reservoir, 19.12.09 (Adrian Dancy)

Water Rail, Elton Reservoir, 19.12.09 (Adrian Dancy)

Water Rail, Elton Reservoir, 19.12.09 (Adrian Dancy)

Water Rail, Pennington Flash, 07.01.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Water Rail, Pennington Flash, 07.01.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Moorhens, Pennington Flash, 25.07.09 (John Tymon)

a great image of a fully grown juvenile from an early brood feeding one of it's parents very young chicks from a second brood!

Oystercatcher, Heaton Park Reservoir, 02.08.09 (Adrian Dancy)

Lapwing, Pennington Flash, 06.08.08 (Holly Page)

Lapwing, Pennington Flash, 31.08.09 (John Tymon)

Lapwing, Pennington Flash, 31.08.09 (John Tymon)

Ringed Plover, Elton Reservoir, 06.09.09 (Paul Wilson)

Sanderling, Watergrove Reservoir, 23.07.09 (Simon Hitchen)

Sanderling, Watergrove Reservoir, 23.07.09 (Simon Hitchen)

Sanderling, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 31.08.09 (Rob Adderley)

Dunlin, Elton Reservoir, 06.09.09 (Paul Wilson)

juvenile moulting to first-winter plumage, note the newly replaced grey scapulars

Dunlin, Elton Reservoir, 06.09.09 (Paul Wilson)

Freshwater muscles, a can of Budweiser and waders. Who could ask for more!

Curlew Sandpipers (with 4 Dunlin), Pennington Flash, 04.09.09 (John Tymon)

two juveniles at the far left of the flock with four juvenile Dunlins

Curlew Sandpipers (with 4 Dunlin), Pennington Flash, 04.09.09 (John Tymon)

two juveniles at the far left of the flock with four juvenile Dunlins

Curlew Sandpipers (with 4 Dunlin), Pennington Flash, 04.09.09 (John Tymon)

two juveniles at the far left of the flock with four juvenile Dunlins

Curlew Sandpipers (with 4 Dunlin), Pennington Flash, 04.09.09 (John Tymon)

two juveniles at the far left of the flock with four juvenile Dunlins

Curlew Sandpipers (with 4 Dunlin), Pennington Flash, 04.09.09 (John Tymon)

two Curlew Sands far left and 3rd from left

Curlew Sandpipers (with 4 Dunlin), Pennington Flash, 04.09.09 (John Tymon)

the two juvs with a single juv Dunlin

Curlew Sandpipers (with Dunlin), Pennington Flash, 04.09.09 (John Tymon)

the two juvs with a single juv Dunlin

Curlew Sandpiper, Elton Reservoir, 06.09.09 (Paul Wilson)

juvenile

Curlew Sandpiper, Elton Reservoir, 06.09.09 (Paul Wilson)

juvenile

Curlew Sandpiper, Elton Reservoir, 06.09.09 (Paul Wilson)

juvenile

Curlew Sandpiper, Elton Reservoir, 06.09.09 (Paul Wilson)

juvenile

Redshank, Pennington Flash, 25.07.09 (John Tymon)

juvenile

Greenshank, Astley Moss Pools East, 06.07.09 (Ian McKerchar)

adult

Greenshank, Astley Moss Pools East, 06.07.09 (Ian McKerchar)

adult

Greenshank, Castleshaw Reservoirs, 15.08.09 (Mark Rigby)

Greenshank, Castleshaw Reservoirs, 15.08.09 (Mark Rigby)

Common Sandpiper, Pennington Flash, 25.07.09 (John Tymon)

with a Coot for comparisson!

Green Sandpiper, Pennington Flash, 04.07.09 (John Tymon)

Green Sandpiper, Pennington Flash, 04.07.09 (John Tymon)

Green Sandpiper, Pennington Flash, 10.07.09 (John Tymon)

with adult Black-headed Gull

Green Sandpiper, Pennington Flash, 17.07.09 (John Tymon)

with a Common Sandpiper on the left for comparisson

Green Sandpipers, Pennington Flash, 17.07.09 (John Tymon)

with a Common Sandpiper at the bottom for comparisson

Green Sandpiper, Pennington Flash, 09.08.09 (John Tymon)

Green Sandpiper, Pennington Flash, 09.08.09 (John Tymon)

Green Sandpiper, Pennington Flash, 09.08.09 (John Tymon)

Green Sandpiper, Pennington Flash, 13.08.09 (Adrian Dancy)

Green Sandpipers, Pennington Flash, 31.08.09 (John Tymon)

a magnificent 7

Green Sandpipers, Pennington Flash, 31.08.09 (John Tymon)

a delectable eight

Green Sandpiper, Pennington Flash, 02.04.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Wood Sandpiper, Elton Reservoir, 13.09.09 (Paul Wilson)

juvenile

Wood Sandpiper, Elton Reservoir, 13.09.09 (Paul Wilson)

juvenile

Wood Sandpiper, Elton Reservoir, 13.09.09 (Paul Wilson)

juvenile

Wood Sandpiper, Elton Reservoir, 13.09.09 (Paul Wilson)

juvenile

Wood Sandpiper, Elton Reservoir, 13.09.09 (Paul Wilson)

juvenile

Black-tailed Godwit, Dover Basin, 05.07.09 (Geoff Hargreaves)

Black-tailed Godwit, Dover Basin, 05.07.09 (Geoff Hargreaves)

Black-tailed Godwit, Audenshaw Reservoirs, 29.03.10 (Paul Hammond)

Woodcock, Ashton-under-Lyne, 27.11.09 (Andrew Newall)

This unfortunate individual flew into the window of showroom at The Car People.

Snipe, Pennington Flash, 26.09.09 (John Tymon)

Snipe, Pennington Flash, 26.09.09 (John Tymon)

Snipe, Pennington Flash, 26.09.09 (John Tymon)

Jack Snipe, Elton Reservoir, 26.12.09 (Phil Jennison)

Jack Snipe, Elton Reservoir, 26.12.09 (Paul Wilson)

Jack Snipe, Elton Reservoir, 26.12.09 (Paul Wilson)

Jack Snipe, Elton Reservoir, 26.12.09 (Paul Wilson)

Jack Snipe, Elton Reservoir, 26.12.09 (Paul Wilson)

Jack Snipe, Elton Reservoir, 26.12.09 (Paul Wilson)

Jack Snipe, Elton Reservoir, 26.12.09 (Steven Astley)