The Dipper colour-ringing scheme is being run by South Manchester Ringing Group. The person to inform of sightings is Tony Wilkinson:

tony.wilkinson@tantronics.co.uk

hi every one ,been watching two dippers as a breeding pair in new mills ,for the last three weeks one is ringed the other is not, can tell any one who wants to know the colours if wanted . The nest is in a really inaccesible place but ace for pictures of daily happenings .will keep you informed. If i learn how to ,ill post some pics

09:00 to 09:35

2 Dippers at Seven Arches, Cheadle Hulme.

Both Dippers appeared to have rings - 1 bird had yellow or pale green ring on left leg and orange on right leg. Couldn't make out the details on other bird as it was too active. Will revisit later when have more time to see if I can get better views.
Rick

24-04-2011

2 Dippers, Chew Brook: 1 unringed, the other pale green over orange (right) and, it seemed, just pale green on the left.

21-03-2011 12-40 p.m.

Chew Brook, Greenfield between Tanner Brothers' and Fletchers' works.

Ringed pale green over orange (left) - orange over pale green (right)

Bird flew upstream towards Fletchers.

Dipper on Tame 50 metres from Plantation Farm at lunchtime

16th Sep 2010.

An adult (unringed) Dipper on the stream at Chadkirk Country Estate

Cheers, John

Please note that threads such as this for individual species should be used very carefully and they're not my favourite of things, hence I've closed a few recently. Whilst I appreciate there may be a need for some, as in the last post on here for instance a thread exists for Brabyns Park, Marple (started by John Rayner in February this year) which already has a sighting on it, including one for Dipper. The problem with these single species threads is that it confuses where an observer should post their sightings. The species thread, site thread or both? Sometimes, as in the last post on here, occasionally the odd 'other species' creeps on also. I would rather posts were kept to sites and if one doesn't exist for your sighting then either start one or place it in the bits and bobs thread. Ultimately, we could have a seperate thread for every species and one can imagine the choas that would cause!

Dipper on the Goyt in Brabyns Park Marple yesterday.
Sandmartins back at Reddish Vale.

Anthony

3 seen today for us.

steve should know where assuming he can remember what i put in the previous unwise now deleted post :)

pair of dippers on the middlebrook under and around the railway bridge at gilnow (bolton)

1 at strinesdale cp yesterday and 1 at Piethorne valley today. No rings

at least 3 pairs of dippers along barrow bridge from between jumbles and along to lee gate area

1 Dipper on River Goyt just below the weir at Vernon Park today.

Anthony

2 unringed Dippers this afternoon on the River Goyt at Marple Dale, upstream from the Manchester Canoe Centre.
Amazing to watch them fighting against a very strong current.

1 possibly 2 Dippers on Tame in Dukinfield yesterday evening.

Single Dipper seen most days this week in front of cottages along Barrow Bridge Rd, Bolton

3 seen Ashworth Valley W/E
1 Seen Moses Gate lodges
See pre postings

Many thanks for recent postings which are of great help to our ringing project.
Two interesting features are the increase in sightings below Stalybridge down as far (nearly) to Reddish Vale, and our own sightings last weekend of as many as 4 unringed birds around the Tame/Chew Brook confluence. There are breeding pairs, reported last year, at upstream sites at Dovestones and Greenfield Res; it would be good to reduce the number of unringed birds in the study area!
Prize for the first eggs of the year goes to a pair at New Delph.

Late posting from weekend owing to being without PC!

Portland Basin Ashton U Lyne

Looking down on river a pair of Dipper were chasing one another up and down the river at great heights for several minutes. Don't know where they finally stopped!

Dovestone valley Greenfield. 10th march, am
One in the left hand gully (going upwards) by Yeoman Hey reservoir and one in the left hand gully of the very top reservoir (Greenfield) This one flew out of the gully when it saw me and sat on the reservoir edge for a good while in the open. Neither ringed as far as I could see

-- Edited by Tim Crossley on Wednesday 10th of March 2010 01:17:40 PM

At Etherow CP an unringed Dipper was collecting nesting material near the weir

Cheers, John

1 (unringed) on the Goyt upstream from Roman Bridge.

Cheers, John

1pm
Dipper, on river Oldham road bridge/Daisy nook path (Ashton under Lyne)- posted on Daisy Nook thread

Dipper this aft along Middlebrook, near Lostock Arms, Bolton

River Tame, Dukinfield

Dipper flew in and started singing this morning.

This evening one flew up river calling.

1 below weir (unringed) on River Etherow, Etherow C.P.

Cheers, John

Another pair nest building in Greenfield yesterday. One of the pair was colour-ringed (so a local bird) and seen to chase off an intruder from an adjacent territory.

The pair in Mossley mentioned in a previous post were still building in the snow showers on Sunday morning!

Will e-mail Tony Wilkinson with precise details of site.

Steve

Single Dipper this morning on River Tame in Dukinfield, perched on rock below weir.

Also late record from Friday 2 Dippers flew past when I was walking home, one perched on same rock as today, other flew on towards Asda.

Dipper along Middlebrook near Lostock Arms Bolton, 11.00 today.

Dipper this morning along Middlebrook, near Beaumont Road bridge, Bolton

Dipper this morning (10.30) in Stockport town centre, on the Goyt under the Asda car park complex.
Chris H

Dipper bathing this evening (around 5pm) just over Dukinfield Bridge.

Dipper gathering moss and nest-building further up the Tame in Mossley last weekend.

This forum is not the place to list nest locations. If you do find a nest site on the eastern side of the county, please e-mail Tony Wilkinson of the South Manchester Ringing Group which is running the Retrapping Adults for Survival project.

tony.wilkinson@tantronics.co.uk

Cheers, Steve

Dipper singing this morning on River Tame in Dukinfield.

dipper today on the river in etherow park

Single in river just below Piethorne valley, at the side of the main road to Newhey unringed.

4 separate dippers on chew brook greenfield up to fletchers mill this morning

Dipper singing this morning from rock on River Tame in Dukinfield just over Dukinfield Bridge, a second bird just beyond in water, looked like it was feeding.

Unringed adult this lunchtime on the River Goyt between Marple Dale Farm & Lower Dale Farm Marple.

Unringed Dipper on river by weir in Dukinfield late afternoon

Dipper singing this morning about 8.15 on River Tame in Dukinfield from Dukinfield Bridge.

-- Edited by Karen Foulkes on Wednesday 27th of January 2010 10:18:19 PM

One seen WE Hinds Weir River Irwell Bury

Three Dippers (all unringed) foraging in close proximity at Wright Mill on the Tame (Mossley/Greenfield border) yesterday morning.

Steve

I think I said elsewhere there's been one on the Croal at Lostock for a few weeks now.

No need to read the ring - the colour combination is enough to identify the individual. As the bird in question was actually being ringed at the time, there's no need to report it to the ringing group either!

Keep up the observations and keep taking those photos.

Cheers, Steve

Hi John, I haven't got any shots where the ring is readable but I'm 99% sure that it will be the same bird I photographed being ringed at Chadkirk in March of last year because this pair have been around for a couple years now.

Images of the bird are on this website here...http://www.manchesterbirding.com/gallery7b.htm

Regards
Anthony

Hi Anthony,

We met last week when looking for the Little Egret at Chadkirk and you photographed a dipper on the brook. I have had a look on your website at the result and note that it is ringed on the right leg. I can't read the ring but wondered if you have any other images which might help identify this bird.

Cheers, John

Not sure if it's already been noted, but I reported earlier in the month on the Reddish Vale thread about a Dipper on the bend of the river behind the viaduct...

First one I've seen at Reddish Vale so I might have another look at the weekend to establish if it's likely to be resident there.

Anthony

Time to resurrect this thread from the depths of the forum archives.

It won't be long before these delightful birds will be scrapping over territories, nest building and showing us a fine example of family life: infidelity incest and infanticide

Better stop there or I'll be given a ticking-off for indulging in anthropomorphism

Steve