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Garden Warbler, Pennington Flash, 04.06.10 (Jon Taverner)

Blackcap, Pennington Flash, 13.08.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Blackcap, Pennington Flash, 26.09.10 (John Tymon)

Blackcap, Pennington Flash, 29.03.11 (John Tymon)

Blackcap, Pennington Flash, 29.03.11 (Ted Keane)

Lesser Whitethroat, Pennington Flash, 13.08.10 (John Tymon)

Lesser Whitethroat, Pennington Flash, 13.08.10 (Jon Taverner)

Whitethroat, Pennington Flash, 04.05.10 (Jon Taverner)

Whitethroat, Rindle Road, Astley, 19.06.10 (John Tymon)

Juvenile

Whitethroat, Astley Moss, 25.07.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Grasshopper Warbler, Pennington Flash, 05.05.10 (Jon Taverner)

Grasshopper Warbler, Clegg Hall, July 2010 (Simon Hitchen)

Juvenile

Grasshopper Warbler, 09.04.11 (Henry Cook)

Grasshopper Warbler, Elton Reservoir, 16.04.11 (Dennis Atherton)

Grasshopper Warbler, Pennington Flash, 29.04.11 (John Tymon)

Sedge Warbler, Pennington Flash, 04.05.10 (Jon Taverner)

Sedge Warbler, Pennington Flash, 27.05.10 (Mark Cain)

Sedge Warbler, Pennington Flash, 19.06.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Sedge Warbler, Elton Reservoir, 16.04.11 (Dennis Atherton)

Reed Warbler, Pennington Flash, 27.08.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Reed Warbler, Pennington Flash, 22.04.11 (Jon Taverner)

Wood Warbler, Carr Wood, Bramhall, 28.04.11 (Adam Jones)

Wood Warbler, Carr Wood, 29.04.11 (Joe Wynn)

Wood Warbler, Carr Wood, 03.05.11 (Nick Isherwood)

Wood Warbler, Carr Wood, 07.05.11 (Neville Wright)

Willow Warbler, Pennington Flash, 04.06.10 (Jon Taverner)

Willow Warbler, Binn Green, 24.07.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Goldcrest, Stretford, 01.07.10 (Chris Mulhern)

Juvenile

Goldcrest, Bolton, 01.12.10 (Geoff Butler)

Goldcrest, Bolton, 16.12.10 (Geoff Butler)

Male

Wren, Bury, 04.05.11 (Mike Killelea)

Pied Flycatcher, Pennington Flash, 21.04.10 (John Tymon)

A first-summer male (second calender year). Although all the remiges look contrasingly brownish against the blackness of the upperparts and greater coverts, the particularly brown and worn looking primary coverts and alula (the latter of which looks rather pointed too) age this bird.

Pied Flycatcher, Pennington Flash, 21.04.10 (John Tymon)

A first-summer male (second calender year). Although all the remiges look contrasingly brownish against the blackness of the upperparts and greater coverts, the particularly brown and worn looking primary coverts and alula (the latter of which looks rather pointed too) age this bird.

Pied Flycatcher, Swallows Wood, 09.05.10 (Rob Adderley)

Pied Flycatcher, Georges Lane, Horwich, 16.08.10 (Simon Warford)

With a Spotted Flycatcher to the left of the picture.

Pied Flycatcher, location withheld, 29.04.11 (Beryl Turner)

Ringed male

Spotted Flycatcher, Irlam Moss, 24.07.10 (Steve Nelson)

Spotted Flycatcher, Irlam Moss, 25.07.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Spotted Flycatcher, Irlam Moss, 29.07.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Spotted Flycatchers, Georges Lane, Horwich, 19.08.10 (Ian McKerchar)

Two out of three first winter birds present

Spotted Flycatchers, Georges Lane, Horwich, 19.08.10 (Ian McKerchar)

First winter

Spotted Flycatchers, Georges Lane, Horwich, 19.08.10 (Ian McKerchar)

First winter

Spotted Flycatchers, Georges Lane, Horwich, 19.08.10 (Ian McKerchar)

First winter

Spotted Flycatcher, Holdens Farm, 22.08.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Wet!

Spotted Flycatcher, Holdens Farm, 22.08.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Spotted Flycatcher, Georges Lane, 25.08.10 (Ian McKerchar)

Spotted Flycatcher, Bryan Hey Reservoir, 27.08.10 (Ian McKerchar)

First winter bird with broad white tips to the greater coverts

Spotted Flycatcher, Bryan Hey Reservoir, 27.08.10 (Ian McKerchar)

First winter bird with broad white tips to the greater coverts

Spotted Flycatcher, Bryan Hey Reservoir, 27.08.10 (Ian McKerchar)

A poor shot only included to portray an adult bird. Note the lack of obvious pale tips to the greater coverts

Spotted Flycatcher, Holdens Farm, 28.08.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Spotted Flycatcher, Georges Lane, 31.08.10 (Ian McKerchar)

Great Tit, Heaton Park, 18.12.10 (Adrian Dancy)

Blue Tit, Heaton Park, 18.12.10 (Adrian Dancy)

Coal Tit, Heaton Park, 18.12.10 (Adrian Dancy)

Coal Tit, Bolton, 25.03.11 (Geoff Butler)

Long-tailed Tits, Pennington Flash, 31.07.10 (John Tymon)

Long-tailed Tit, Pennington Flash, 29.09.10 (John Tymon)

Long-tailed Tit, Pennington Flash, 29.08.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Long-tailed Tit, Pennington Flash, 05.03.11 (Adrian Dancy)

Nuthatch, Pennington Flash, 26.09.10 (John Tymon)

Nuthatch, Pennington Flash, 06.10.10 (Jon Taverner)

Nuthatch, Heaton Park, 20.12.10 (Ivan Ellison)

Nuthatch, Heaton Park, 18.12.10 (Adrian Dancy)

Nuthatch, Dunham, 24.02.11 (David Rogers)

With an early ladybird in it's bill!

Treecreeper, Pennington Flash, 06.03.11 (John Tymon)

Treecreeper, Abney Hall Park, 05.03.11 (Adam Jones)

Rook, Horwich Moors, 18.10.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Note the swollen crop full of food.

Crow, Chorlton, 30.10.10 (Tony Coatsworth)

Partially leucistic on the wings, not uncommon in the county

Ravens, Wigan, 25.04.10 (Geoff Hargreaves)

The three young at the nest.

Ravens, Wigan, 04.05.10 (Geoff Hargreaves)

The three young due for imminent departure?

Raven, Cadishead Moss, 23.06.10 (Jonathon Platt)

Juvenile

Raven, Cadishead Moss, 23.06.10 (Jonathon Platt)

Juvenile

Raven, Pennington Flash, 01.04.11 (John Tymon)

Jay, Pennington Flash, 18.07.10 (Dennis Atherton)

Jay, Pennington Flash, 09.08.10 (Adrian Drummond-Hill)

Jay, Heaton Park, 18.12.10 (Adrian Dancy)

Starling, Birtle, 26.05.10 (Mike Killelea)

A leucistic or possibly even albinistic individual. The bird's claws also seem to lack any pigment as does the bill but the iris appears darkish and doesn't look pink (ish) so it seems likely to be a leucistic bird.

Starling, Birtle, 26.05.10 (Mike Killelea)

A leucistic or possibly even albinistic individual. The bird's claws also seem to lack any pigment as does the bill but the iris appears darkish and doesn't look pink (ish) so it seems likely to be a leucistic bird.

Starling, Birtle, 26.05.10 (Mike Killelea)

A leucistic or possibly even albinistic individual. The bird's claws also seem to lack any pigment as does the bill but the iris appears darkish and doesn't look pink (ish) so it seems likely to be a leucistic bird.

Starlings, Cadishead, 03.02.11 (Ken Bungle)