[Michael Fish Forecast - Upgraded!]

Great to see a weather legend back on our screens. I don't have any criticisms at all, but what might be interesting is the odd 'in depth' feature when things may be about to get interesting. Sort of a 'masterclass' type thing.

Cheers

Jason

[Birds]

We get all the usual suspects:

Blackbird

Robin (Currently starting a local turf war)

Blue and Coal tits (one or the other generally nests in the garden)

House Sparrow

Wood pidgeon

Wagtails

Magpies

Starlings (Upwards of 30 at a time, you want noise try this)

We also generally get a dusk overflight by the local heron when the frogs are in the pond.

There is a pair of buzzards that visit the local area (even the local birders don't know where they originate). I'm determined to get some pics of these but they can move out of shot effortlessly and can be incredibly elusive for such large birds.

As for other wildlife, we often get bats over the pond in late spring and field mice generally find their way into the woodpile during cold spells and the local fox drives my dog up the wall on a routine basis.

[Tuesday 8th January 2008]

Manchester:

8.6 degC

89% RH

998mb

SHRA.

Jason