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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Swatcher" data-source="post: 1798567" data-attributes="member: 85167">Buzzards and other raptors in ManchesterBuzzards are turning up round Manchester.  Last year there was one hunting round Alderley Edge.  Less surprising here, perhaps, but I was pretty amazed to see one circling over the M60/M61 interchange.  I think that was last year too.I live almost in the city centre and get the occasional kestrel.  I remember seeing one sat in the office carpark on Salford Quays and that was twenty years ago.  I don't know if the Arndale pergerines are still around.Like somebody may have nearly said, who needs to go out?  I've seen over 20 species from my window alone.  In another part of town, further out, I totted up over 30, nothing unusual except for the Harris Hawk that landed in the tree opposite and gave me quite start.The cities are thriving.</blockquote>