A Birding Blog: Stretford Meadows

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Wednesday, 6 May 2020

Song Thrush

A Song Thrush singing away on Stretford Meadows

Saturday, 7 July 2018

Stretford Meadows 5:30am 7th July

A fantastic early morning walk.
The meadows started off with a bit of mist but that was burnt off quickly as the sun rose.
Weather: warm and sunny

Butterflies:
Gatekeeper (alt: Hedge Brown)
Speckled Wood (Wings Folded)?
Small Heath (Wings Folded)

Birds:
Reed Bunting
Greenfinch
Whitethroat
Goldfinch

Sunday, 24 June 2018

Sunday Morning Walk on Stretford Meadows

A couple of hours wandering around the meadows:
Highlights a Small Heath Butterfly and a 6-Spot Burnet Moth.

Friday, 11 May 2018

Stretford Meadows Checklist

Stretford Meadows is a great for spotting all sorts of wildlife and in particular birds, here is a list of what you can see on the meadows:

Chiffchaff
Chaffinch
Whitethroat
Blackcap
Kestrel
Long-tailed Tit
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Buzzard
Grasshopper Warbler
Ring-necked Parakeet
Swallows
Stock Doves
House Martin
Pheasant
Carrion Crow
Sparrowhawk
Linnet
Greenfinch
Goldfinch
Bullfinch
Jay
Goldcrest
Meadow Pipit
Redpoll
Redwing
Blackbirds
Grey Partridge
Magpie
Goldcrest
Fieldfare
Starling
Wood Pigeon
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Robin
Wren
Swift

See what you can tick off your list

Friday, 7 July 2017

Help Preserve Our Local Meadows - SIGNED!!

The campaign is created by Cllr Stephen Adshead

Concerning development of the Stretford Meadows

The Petition is to withdraw any suggestions, ideas etc. to develop industrial units/warehousing on the meadows greenbelt area that links Stretford and Urmston, and instead support the local community and Trafford Council’s strategy to help enhance this green space for the benefit of the local communities.

Why is this important?

These meadows are a former landfill site that has gradually over the years been transformed and enhanced into a green space with a diverse number of uses, Trafford Councils Strategy for the site includes:
• The provision of attractive, accessible links from surrounding residential areas;
• The creation of a strategic route encouraging cycling and walking, linking urban and
Countryside areas, that is highly accessible by a large number of Trafford residents;
• The inclusion of measures to secure improvements to biodiversity, for instance by
Enhancing the area adjacent to the existing wetland to encourage Reed Buntings,
Improving meadow habitat for Skylarks and supplementing naturally regenerating oak trees;
• Tree planting to create woodland to help tackle air pollution and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere
All this could now be under threat if Land care develops proposals to industrialise our local greenspace, the local area includes high density housing and some depravation, and this green space is well used and valued by the local community. It is also home a diverse community of wildlife that would also be lost.

SIGN HERE - https://you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/help-preserve-our-local-meadows-1

up to 32 species of bird on the land (maybe more), lots of butterflies, moths and other animals. it is an important site and needs to be kept to support wildlife. We are loosing a lot of greenspace and we don't have much to begin with in Stretford, our Parks are also under threat of development, soon it could be a concrete jungle is that what we want?

Saturday, 1 July 2017

Walk around Stretford Meadows to the Water Park (Sat 1st July 2017)

A nice sunny day today, so a good opportunity to get outside and enjoy the sunshine for a few hours.

Started on the meadows in a circular route so that I would end up at the café at the water park.

Some of the highlights from today's walk, in the main butterfly's. All taken with a Sigma 17-70mm lens, trying it out properly for the first time.

Small Tortoiseshell - Sun loving caterpillar's feed on nettles