Kingfisher sightings are recorded when I go running along a stretch of the river mersey from northenden down to chorlton water park and beyond, plus on scouting walks.
18sep08 Thu 1700-1840 river mersey
no sightings
run, sunny, barely rained for two weeks, depth: low, 18degC
22sep08 Mon 08:00-09:40 river mersey
08:20 -
2 x kingfisher - 50 metres east of princess parkway
09:20 -
2 x kingfisher - 50 metres east of princess parkway
a pair of kingfishers - not too bothered about me
run, overcast, depth: low, 15degC
23sep08 Tue 08:20-09:20 river mersey
no sightings
quick scout to princess parkway bridge, low sun, depth: low, 16degC
24sep08 Wed 07:00-08:40 river mersey
07:20 -
1 x kingfisher - 50 metres east of princess parkway
08:20 -
1 x kingfisher - 50 metres east of princess parkway
run, overcast, depth: low, 15degC
26sep08 Tue 07:30-08:20 river mersey
no sightings
quick scout to princess parkway bridge, low sun, depth: low, 16degC
30sep08 Wed 08:00-09:50 river mersey
no sightings
run, rain, depth: low, 13degC
03oct08 Fri 13:15-15:00 river mersey
no sightings
walk, sunny, depth: low, 16degC
05oct08 Sun 13:00-14:30 river mersey
no sightings
river breached first bank by about 1.5m - run, sunny, depth: very high, 16degC
06oct08 Mon 09:20-10:20 river mersey
no sightings
from princess parkway to northenden - walk, sunny, depth: high, 12degC
07oct08 Tue 10:30-12:20 river mersey
no sightings
run, overcast/rain/windy, depth: med, 13degC
08oct08 Wed 08:20-09:00 river mersey
no sightings
walk from northenden to princess parkway - sunny, depth: med, 13degC
13oct08 Mon 08:45-10:15 river mersey
09:45
1 x kingfisher
spotted flying off along drainage ditch, towards sale water park, from pool where floodgate hits river mersey by jacksons boat. Prob fishing in pool though looked mirky as hell
run, very overcast, depth: low, 15degC
17oct08 Fri 09:00-10:35 river mersey
no sightings
run, mostly bright, depth: low, 10degC
18oct08 Sat 08:00-08:50 river mersey
08:03
1 x kingfisher - princess parkway bridge
disturbed kingfisher as I arrived and it flew off
scout at princess parkway bridge, bright, depth: low, 10degC
19oct08 Sun 08:40-10:00 river mersey
08:56
1 x kingfisher - princess parkway bridge
run, overcast, depth: low, 10degC
22oct08 Wed 08:11-09:49 river mersey
no sightings
run, mostly rain, depth: low, 6degC
22oct08 Wed 16:00-16:55 river mersey
no sightings
scout around princess parkway bridge, bright, depth: low, 11degC
28oct08 Tue 09:15-10:50 river mersey
no sightings
run, mostly overcast, depth: low, 7degC
30oct08 Thu 08:50-10:30 river mersey
no sightings
run, mostly overcast, depth: low, 4degC
03nov08 Mon 09:30-11:05 river mersey
no sightings
run, mostly sunny, depth: low, 7degC
05nov08 Wed 10:43-12:17 river mersey
no sightings
run, grey, depth: low, 9degC
07nov08 Wed 09:49-10:11 river mersey
no sightings
run
11nov08 Tue 08:53-09:11 river mersey
no sightings
run, overcast, depth: low, 7degC
12nov08 Wed 08:00-09:37 river mersey
no sightings
run, sun, depth: low, 7degC
14nov08 Fri 14:34-16:08 river mersey
no sightings
run, overcast, depth: low, 10degC
16nov08 Sun 08:20-11:00 river mersey
no sightings
short run then walk later, cloud and sun, depth: low, 10degC
20nov08 Thu 07:28-09:05 river mersey
no sightings
run, overcast, depth: low, 10degC
26nov08 Thu 07:57-09:37 river mersey
no sightings
run, overcast, depth: low, 10degC
28nov08 Thu 07:48-09:28 river mersey
08:15
1 x kingfisher - on chorlton water park on southwest bank
run, sun and cloud, depth: low, 2degC
03dec08 Wed 10:40-12:20 river mersey
no sightings
run, sun, depth: very low, 0degC
09dec08 Tue 08:36-10:16 river mersey
no sightings
run, sun, depth: low, 1degC
12dec08 Tue 09:49-11:29 river mersey
no sightings
run, mostly grey, depth: low, 3degC
05mar09 Thu river mersey
07:51
1 x kingfisher - princess parkway bridge
As I approached the bridge kingfisher flew off towards northenden. First sighting here since October. Last year I saw the kingfisher here in February and March, numerous times, but not this year. I have run fifteen times since 12dec08 but have never seen the kingfisher here until today
run, sunny, 10degC
01apr09 Wed tatton mere
17:00
1 x kingfisher
Flying south, low over tatton mere close to south west bank
walk, sunny, 14degC
11apr09 Wed tatton mere
09:00-10:30 -
1 x kingfisher
Mostly on south-west bank
walk, sunny
23sep09 Wed river mersey
10:10
1 x kingfisher - between princess parkway bridge and northenden bridge
been running throughout summer months but never seen kingfisher along river mersey. So this is the first time since March on the river. This is a normal pattern. Maybe the fish are more at the bottom in chorlton water park as colder now so kingfisher has to come to river to fish. Makes sense eh?
30sep09 Wed river mersey
10:15
1 x kingfisher - 50 metres north of northenden bridge
11:15
1 x kingfisher - 300 metres north of northenden bridge
water quite low level so fishing off a shopping trolley in river
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11nov09 Wed 10:35-12:10 river mersey
11:30
1 x kingfisher - on sale water park, north bank
run, 10degC, overcast, river mersey depth: low-medium, flowing fast due to past rainfall
14oct09 Wed river mersey
09:50
1 x kingfisher on Sale Water Park along north bank
run, overcast, 11degC, river mersey depth: low
