Here is a list of the birds I have seen in or over my back garden in
Tyldesley, Wigan.
- Blackbird
- House Sparrow
- Starling
- Wood Pigeon
- Collared Dove
- Magpie
- Wren
- Robin
- Blue Tit
- Great Tit
- Coal Tit
- Long-tailed Tit
- Greenfinch
- Goldfinch
- Dunnock
- Song Thrush
- Jay
- Bullfinch
- Leucistic Blackbird
- Sparrowhawk
- Goldcrest
- Carrion Crow
- Great Spotted Woodpecker
- Willow Tit
- Grey Wagtail
- Wheatear (neighbour's roof)
Over my garden:
- Herring Gull
- Black-headed Gull
- Lesser Black-backed Gull
- Swift
- Swallow
- House Martin
- Grey Heron
- Pink-footed Goose
- Cormorant
- Kestrel
- Jackdaw
- Common Buzzard
- Fieldfare
- Lapwing
- Raven
- Mute Swan
- Mallard
- Canada Goose
- Curlew
Unconfirmed sightings
- An owl, probably Tawny very early in the dark one morning
Nesting
- Starlings, most years in one particular corner of my roof
- Blackbird - April 2009
- Blue Tits - March to May 2011
- Overnight roosting only - NetCam 2- February 2013
- Blue Tit nest building - NestCam 1 - April 2015
- Blackbird, Robin and Dunnock all nesting in neighbour's gardens but feeding in ours
