You must have been early John? We three turned up, mainly to test a members newly acquired scope. Not warm, and not a lot around. We ignored the new hide, as it was far too icy to attempt the path, so we just did Horrocks and The Bunting.
Nice to see Steve and mates freezing under the RSPB canopy advertising a family walk. Were there any takers, the paths were awful?
Happy New year to you all.
may have been in at the same time as you-9.30-10.40 i was in the left corner of horrocks hide,then back again after a mooch about 12,some of the paths were bad,and charlie had to turn back,luckily my wellies tend to stick to the iceso im awreet
Hi John, yes, I am sure it was "us", we arrived at the hide about 10.25ish. Bet it was cold at your late session, it was freezing in Romiley.
The new scope performed well, if you have got £2000 spare I will get one
Reading Ian's post, the new scope owner found a redpoll at Buntings. Needless to say, I missed it. Still I did see a moorhen high in the trees, not seen that before. Lots of reed buntings around, plus a female GSW
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Dec 31 5:54 PM, 2009
Easy. Read the countable species list which has purposefully not been changed you will find that:
a/. Adult Yellow-legged Gull has always been a description species (and therefore a county rarity) but only for an observers first submission. The change to descriptions being required for all sightings was well explained at the time.
b/. Mealy Redpoll is also a county rarity but is worth only 2 points! Bewicks Swan was worth only 8 points until 2010 when it has been promoted (rightly) to the full 20 points.
I've explained the reasons for adult Yellow-legged Gull not being worth owt a few times and nowt has changed despite the county committees recent decision but just to reiterate. Both Heaton Park and Audenshaw Reservoir have fairly regular adult YLGulls and assessing which are returning weekly/daily birds is nigh on impossible, so you could literally count each bird as new meaning perhaps as many as 200 points a year! The situation could well occur at Pennington too. How do you tell if tonight's bird is the same as one you might pick out next week? Considering that our gulls roam between Pilsworth and Astley tip and back, roosting at nearby waters, then moving to Arpley or Whinney Hill tips and coming back to the county again the next week or so, you can see my headache in assigning points. Hence the reason they have never been nor are now, worth points.
Sorry
JOHN TYMON said
Thu Dec 31 5:41 PM, 2009
Rob Thorpe wrote:
Thursday 31 December 2009
Evening gull-roost, along with Mr Broome: 1 Yellow-legged Gull (adult)* 50+ Great Black-backed Gull 200+ Common Gull c5000 Black-headed Gull Herring Gull & Lesser Black-backed Gull weren't counted, but didn't seem to be exceptionally large numbers... 4 Wigeon
*Re: Yellow-legged Gull... I'm sure I read recently that a description is now required for all YLGs in GM, making YLG a GMRC species. Now according to the Manchester Birding Tournament rules, any county rarity with more than 10 records is worth 20 points... So Mr McKerchar, what's it to be?
Happy New Year all!
-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Thursday 31st of December 2009 05:02:13 PM
now now young pie eyter-points only fer imm YLG,or i want 20 toopretty sure the same adult was on the point yesterday tooso you get nowt
Rob Thorpe said
Thu Dec 31 5:00 PM, 2009
Thursday 31 December 2009
Evening gull-roost, along with Mr Broome: 1 Yellow-legged Gull (adult)* 50+ Great Black-backed Gull 200+ Common Gull c5000 Black-headed Gull Herring Gull & Lesser Black-backed Gull weren't counted, but didn't seem to be exceptionally large numbers... 4 Wigeon
*Re: Yellow-legged Gull... I'm sure I read recently that a description is now required for all YLGs in GM, making YLG a GMRC species. Now according to the Manchester Birding Tournament rules, any county rarity with more than 10 records is worth 20 points... So Mr McKerchar, what's it to be?
Happy New Year all!
-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Thursday 31st of December 2009 05:02:13 PM
JOHN TYMON said
Thu Dec 31 4:50 PM, 2009
Geoff Walton wrote:
You must have been early John? We three turned up, mainly to test a members newly acquired scope. Not warm, and not a lot around. We ignored the new hide, as it was far too icy to attempt the path, so we just did Horrocks and The Bunting.
Nice to see Steve and mates freezing under the RSPB canopy advertising a family walk. Were there any takers, the paths were awful?
Happy New year to you all.
may have been in at the same time as you-9.30-10.40 i was in the left corner of horrocks hide,then back again after a mooch about 12,some of the paths were bad,and charlie had to turn back,luckily my wellies tend to stick to the iceso im awreet
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Dec 31 2:59 PM, 2009
Late news for the 30th December:
29 Goosander 39 Pochard
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Dec 31 2:58 PM, 2009
320 Teal present early this afternoon.
Geoff Walton said
Thu Dec 31 2:52 PM, 2009
You must have been early John? We three turned up, mainly to test a members newly acquired scope. Not warm, and not a lot around. We ignored the new hide, as it was far too icy to attempt the path, so we just did Horrocks and The Bunting.
Nice to see Steve and mates freezing under the RSPB canopy advertising a family walk. Were there any takers, the paths were awful?
Happy New year to you all.
JOHN TYMON said
Thu Dec 31 1:27 PM, 2009
am wigeon-4 teal-254+ goosander-14 common snipe-14 plus the usual stuff
Dave Thacker said
Wed Dec 30 8:41 PM, 2009
All the birds around the spit were put to flight this afternoon by something lurking in the undergrowth, possibly a fox. Quite a sight as they took off but they soon settled back down with most of the Teal and Mallards all watching the same area of undergrowth for some time afterwards.
160+ Teal 8 Goosanders 2 Goldeneye 4 Little grebes
Up to 12 Bullfinches at the Bunting hide with plenty of the usual.
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Dec 29 7:59 PM, 2009
Gull roost today up to 3:28pm
60 Great Black-backed Gulls 180 Herring Gulls 40 Lesser Black-backed Gulls 300 Common Gulls 6000 Black-headed Gulls Peregrine (not roosting with the gulls obviously )
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
JOHN TYMON said
Mon Dec 28 8:14 PM, 2009
Dave Thacker wrote:
10.15- 13.00pm I went to the flash after visiting the mosses hoping the fog would lift, it was even worst
Small numbers of Goosanders drifting in and out of the fog around the spit and 6 Common gulls mixed with the BH gulls.
Bunting hide Plenty of the usual birds including 17 Blackbirds together including one which had all the feathers missing from the back of his head, also Song thrush 3-4 Willow tits 2 Stock doves GS Woodpecker Male Sparrowhawk 2 Large rats
plus kingfisher and a few reed buntings
Dave Thacker said
Mon Dec 28 7:42 PM, 2009
10.15- 13.00pm I went to the flash after visiting the mosses hoping the fog would lift, it was even worst
Small numbers of Goosanders drifting in and out of the fog around the spit and 6 Common gulls mixed with the BH gulls.
Bunting hide Plenty of the usual birds including 17 Blackbirds together including one which had all the feathers missing from the back of his head, also Song thrush 3-4 Willow tits 2 Stock doves GS Woodpecker Male Sparrowhawk 2 Large rats
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Dec 27 4:11 PM, 2009
pm 33 goosander c20 greater black backed gull 9 whooper swan high north west 2pm ish(all seemed to be adults,but limited to a few seconds view at a distance through the scope) pochard-48 teal ,100+ cormorant -24 all the usual stuff
Ian Boote said
Sun Dec 27 3:05 PM, 2009
Skating rink 25 Pochard 4 Golden eye 2 skylark 1 snipe 2 Fly over gooseander male 12 Shoveler 1 dabchick 1 snipe usuals on sit All from the landscape spoil tip opposite sailing club Gt spottd woodpecker 3 reed bunting 8 Bull finch willow tit coal tit usuals feeders Male kestral East lancs
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Dec 26 2:21 PM, 2009
can't beleive im the only one putting owt from penny on here for a week!someone must go on when im at workso here goas. goosander-32 teal 200+ on the ice in rammies cormorant-28 pochard-62 golden eye-18 tufted stacks of gulls all common species grey heron -7 snipe feildfare-50+over great crested grebe little grebe stacks of mallard shoveler skylark 10+>s plus all the usual stuff.
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Dec 20 4:16 PM, 2009
white out most of the aft goosander 20+ common snipe-10 large number of herring gulls-200+ golden eye teal greylag -6 cormorant 28
1 brambling at Bunting Hide on 15 December, sorry for late post, at least 8 male bullfinch and uncounted females, 1 willow tit.
Phil
-- Edited by Phil Hampson on Friday 18th of December 2009 09:14:44 AM
Steven Astley said
Thu Dec 17 8:49 PM, 2009
Spent a fair bit of time in the feeding hide with my new camera and no brambling showed up again
brian fielding said
Wed Dec 16 4:05 PM, 2009
the joys of birding, freezing cold and no birds of interest, even the brambling didnt show! 6 wigeon, goldeneye, goosander, kingfisher, willow and coal tits.
goosander-13 shoveler-c50 little grebe brambling-1f golden eye-10+ plus all the usual
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Dec 12 5:15 PM, 2009
Pete Astles wrote:
Afternoon walk around perimeter starting from car park at entrance.
Heading towards sailing club just out of car park a dog fox joined me on the path just 30 metres ahead. Stayed on path for about a minute nonchalantly strolling ahead until it suddenly disappeared into the undergrowth. This on a bright sunny day in the middle of the afternoon with hundreds of people about. A similar thing happened to me once at Risley Moss I wonder if at these places they become more accustomed to people.
Saw loads of Goosanders throughout flash including 8 from the BNFL hide (dont know hide name)
Teal Hide pete
Pete Astles said
Sat Dec 12 4:31 PM, 2009
Afternoon walk around perimeter starting from car park at entrance.
Heading towards sailing club just out of car park a dog fox joined me on the path just 30 metres ahead. Stayed on path for about a minute nonchalantly strolling ahead until it suddenly disappeared into the undergrowth. This on a bright sunny day in the middle of the afternoon with hundreds of people about. A similar thing happened to me once at Risley Moss I wonder if at these places they become more accustomed to people.
Saw loads of Goosanders throughout flash including 8 from the BNFL hide (dont know hide name)
JOHN TYMON said
Fri Dec 11 6:24 PM, 2009
pm mainly in fog goosander-13 brambling -1f jack snipe-1(a bit of a rarity at penny now) water rail-2 shoveler-50+ teal golden eye little grebe coormorant-38 big gull roost,but too foggy to see owt
Jon Taverner said
Thu Dec 10 2:47 PM, 2009
Amongst the usual, this morning, were a number of Goosanders and two Bramblings at the Bunting Hide. Of interest was a warbler seen from the old 'new' hide. None of the experienced birders could positively identify it as it appeared to have features common to both a chiffchaff and a willow warbler. It also had a very obvious pale/white throat. I have sent a very heavily cropped photograph to Ian for the answer. Whatever it is, a warbler, in December at the Flash, is certainly uncommon.
Ian has had a look and it is a chiffchaff.
-- Edited by Jon Taverner on Thursday 10th of December 2009 05:07:27 PM
Henry Cook said
Wed Dec 9 3:41 PM, 2009
Brambling (fem) still present at Bunting Hide this avo with 2 Willow Tits, 8 Bullfinches and the usuals attendees. From Horrocks Hide there were 100+ Lapwings, 25 Cormorants and 1 Goldeneye. 22 Moorhens by the Car Park was probably my biggest count ever at an individual site and a whopping 24 Blackbirds were on the picnic green. Thanks. Henry.
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Dec 7 9:22 PM, 2009
10 Goosander briefly on the flash this morning.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme.
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Dec 6 6:29 PM, 2009
pm female brambling-1 goosander-2 pair woodpigeon-approx 3000 came into roost between 3pm and 4pm large gull roost-couldn't find any white wingers plus the normal stuff
Ian Coote said
Sun Dec 6 4:18 PM, 2009
Tony Coatsworth wrote:
Freezing cold but we managed to see 43 species on our RSPB gathering.
Highlights were the juv (?) Brambling, Coal Tit and Willow Tit together and GSW at the feeders.
About 120 Lapwing and 5 or 6 Goldeneye
Thank you to Peter and Tony for the guided walk. A very pleasant morning
Ian & Julie
Tony Coatsworth said
Sun Dec 6 3:16 PM, 2009
Freezing cold but we managed to see 43 species on our RSPB gathering.
Highlights were the juv (?) Brambling, Coal Tit and Willow Tit together and GSW at the feeders.
About 120 Lapwing and 5 or 6 Goldeneye
Tony Hill said
Sun Dec 6 12:30 PM, 2009
Brambling at Bunting hide.
Dave Thacker said
Sat Dec 5 7:33 PM, 2009
Late this afternoon
2 pair of Goldeneye flew in , looking from Horrocks hide
2 female Bramblings, 1 Siskin and 3 Willow tits at the Bunting hide.
JOHN TYMON said
Thu Dec 3 6:45 PM, 2009
brian fielding wrote:
10am till 3pm, cold, wet and windy, single dunlin from horrocks hide the only highlight.
Flash seems to be in a all time lull at the moment,them water levels are defo affecting it
brian fielding said
Thu Dec 3 5:40 PM, 2009
10am till 3pm, cold, wet and windy, single dunlin from horrocks hide the only highlight.
Pete Astles said
Tue Dec 1 6:23 PM, 2009
Went there this morning with camera. Bunting hide very lively with usual stuff. Quite a few goldeneye about too on flash. I know they are not a rarity but I always like to see them in winter.
Tony Coatsworth said
Mon Nov 30 8:02 PM, 2009
I'm leading a morning trip with the Manchester RSPB Members Local group round Pennington on Sunday morning (6th) if anyone fancies meeting up - 8:30am at the Gateway Hotel, Parrs Wood or 9:00 at Pennington Car Park.
PM me if you need a lift or fancy coming along - last year we only had about 6 turn up
dave broome said
Mon Nov 30 7:02 PM, 2009
14 adult Great Black-Backed Gulls in tonight's roost, also c4700 Black-Headed, 107 Common, 117 Lesser Black-Backed and just 12 Herring Gulls
1820 Woodpigeon flew in from the west in several flocks, alighting in the reserve/golf course area
A Magpie roost in the former Cormorant Scrape area, but didn't get chance to count those. At least 17 Blackbird and 3 Song Thrush roosting in that area
Ian McKerchar said
Sun Nov 29 8:22 PM, 2009
3000 (atleast) Woodpigeons flew over this morning prior to 08:30.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme.
Pete Astles said
Sat Nov 28 4:41 PM, 2009
Just come back from walk from Dover Lock to plank lane end of flash. Very quiet indeed. A Buzzard quartering by lightshaws on way back. Never seen lightshaw with as much water.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 28th of November 2009 06:35:34 PM
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Nov 28 4:14 PM, 2009
STILL QUIET POCHARD-25 TUFTED-c200 Grey Heron-4 Woodpigeon-1000+roosting opposite opposite edmonson hide lapwing-c300 sparrowhawk-1 golden eye-15 plus all the usual stuff.
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Saturday 28th of November 2009 05:08:29 PM
David Winnard said
Wed Nov 25 2:47 PM, 2009
Nothing much on the bird front, 2 Gadwall and 2 Shoveler were the highlight. Was surprised how few ducks there were. At least it was a bit more active at Bunting hide, at one point 12 Bullfinch.
On the other hand lots on the non bird front, Sightings on the Wildlife Forum.
Dave
JOHN TYMON said
Sun Nov 22 3:59 PM, 2009
quiet again,just a buzzard,and good numbers of the big gulls to brighten a dull day
JOHN TYMON said
Sat Nov 21 3:22 PM, 2009
JOHN TYMON wrote:
i'm starting to worry about penny theres nowt being seen except at weekends!!theres got to be summat on
no nowt to worry about theres nowt at weekends either,friday/sat poor as ive ever remembered the flash,can't get much worse,just good numbers of tufted,golden eye,and lappys.
Anthony Dixon said
Sat Nov 21 3:06 PM, 2009
Had a mooch this morning...
1 Shoveler 2 Shelduck 5 Little Grebe 1 G C Grebe 1 Grey Heron 4 Cormorant
etc, etc
Water level high.
Rob Thorpe said
Wed Nov 18 7:59 PM, 2009
Craig Higson wrote:
Rob Thorpe wrote:
JOHN TYMON wrote:
i'm starting to worry about penny theres nowt being seen except at weekends!!theres got to be summat on
What are you talking about Mr Tymon? It was only last week when there was a Goshawk at the flash!
You seem to be spending time at pennington these days Rob - finally accepted the superior quality of the place?
Just been reminding myself why I never went there Craig...
JOHN TYMON said
Wed Nov 18 7:55 PM, 2009
Rob Thorpe wrote:
JOHN TYMON wrote:
i'm starting to worry about penny theres nowt being seen except at weekends!!theres got to be summat on
What are you talking about Mr Tymon? It was only last week when there was a Goshawk at the flash!
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Wednesday 18th of November 2009 08:01:22 PM
Hi John, yes, I am sure it was "us", we arrived at the hide about 10.25ish.
Bet it was cold at your late session, it was freezing in Romiley.
The new scope performed well, if you have got £2000 spare I will get one
Reading Ian's post, the new scope owner found a redpoll at Buntings. Needless to say, I missed it. Still I did see a moorhen high in the trees, not seen that before. Lots of reed buntings around, plus a female GSW
a/. Adult Yellow-legged Gull has always been a description species (and therefore a county rarity) but only for an observers first submission. The change to descriptions being required for all sightings was well explained at the time.
b/. Mealy Redpoll is also a county rarity but is worth only 2 points! Bewicks Swan was worth only 8 points until 2010 when it has been promoted (rightly) to the full 20 points.
I've explained the reasons for adult Yellow-legged Gull not being worth owt a few times and nowt has changed despite the county committees recent decision but just to reiterate. Both Heaton Park and Audenshaw Reservoir have fairly regular adult YLGulls and assessing which are returning weekly/daily birds is nigh on impossible, so you could literally count each bird as new meaning perhaps as many as 200 points a year! The situation could well occur at Pennington too. How do you tell if tonight's bird is the same as one you might pick out next week? Considering that our gulls roam between Pilsworth and Astley tip and back, roosting at nearby waters, then moving to Arpley or Whinney Hill tips and coming back to the county again the next week or so, you can see my headache in assigning points. Hence the reason they have never been nor are now, worth points.
Sorry
now now young pie eyter-points only fer imm YLG,or i want 20 too
Evening gull-roost, along with Mr Broome:
1 Yellow-legged Gull (adult)*
50+ Great Black-backed Gull
200+ Common Gull
c5000 Black-headed Gull
Herring Gull & Lesser Black-backed Gull
weren't counted, but didn't seem to be exceptionally large numbers...
4 Wigeon
*Re: Yellow-legged Gull... I'm sure I read recently that a description is now required for all YLGs in GM, making YLG a GMRC species. Now according to the Manchester Birding Tournament rules, any county rarity with more than 10 records is worth 20 points... So Mr McKerchar, what's it to be?
Happy New Year all!
-- Edited by Rob Thorpe on Thursday 31st of December 2009 05:02:13 PM
may have been in at the same time as you-9.30-10.40 i was in the left corner of horrocks hide,then back again after a mooch about 12,some of the paths were bad,and charlie had to turn back,luckily my wellies tend to stick to the ice
29 Goosander
39 Pochard
Info thanks to Barry Hulme
We three turned up, mainly to test a members newly acquired scope. Not warm, and not a lot around. We ignored the new hide, as it was far too icy to attempt the path, so we just did Horrocks and The Bunting.
Nice to see Steve and mates freezing under the RSPB canopy advertising a family walk. Were there any takers, the paths were awful?
Happy New year to you all.
wigeon-4
teal-254+
goosander-14
common snipe-14
plus the usual stuff
160+ Teal
8 Goosanders
2 Goldeneye
4 Little grebes
Up to 12 Bullfinches at the Bunting hide with plenty of the usual.
60 Great Black-backed Gulls
180 Herring Gulls
40 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
300 Common Gulls
6000 Black-headed Gulls
Peregrine (not roosting with the gulls obviously
Info thanks to Phil Rhodes
plus kingfisher
and a few reed buntings
I went to the flash after visiting the mosses hoping the fog would lift, it was even worst
Small numbers of Goosanders drifting in and out of the fog around the spit and 6 Common gulls mixed with the BH gulls.
Bunting hide
Plenty of the usual birds including 17 Blackbirds together including one which had all the feathers missing from the back of his head, also
Song thrush
3-4 Willow tits
2 Stock doves
GS Woodpecker
Male Sparrowhawk
2 Large rats
33 goosander
c20 greater black backed gull
9 whooper swan high north west 2pm ish(all seemed to be adults,but limited to a few seconds view at a distance through the scope)
pochard-48
teal ,100+
cormorant -24
all the usual stuff
25 Pochard
4 Golden eye
2 skylark
1 snipe
2 Fly over gooseander male
12 Shoveler
1 dabchick
1 snipe
usuals on sit
All from the landscape spoil tip opposite sailing club
Gt spottd woodpecker
3 reed bunting
8 Bull finch
willow tit
coal tit
usuals
feeders
Male kestral East lancs
goosander-32
teal 200+ on the ice in rammies
cormorant-28
pochard-62
golden eye-18
tufted
stacks of gulls all common species
grey heron -7
snipe
feildfare-50+over
great crested grebe
little grebe
stacks of mallard
shoveler
skylark 10+>s
plus all the usual stuff.
goosander 20+
common snipe-10
large number of herring gulls-200+
golden eye
teal
greylag -6
cormorant 28
2 Dunlin
27 Goosander
16 Goldeneye
8 Snipe
7 Wigeon
26 Gadwall
35 Cormorant
2 Water Rail
16 Bullfinch (feeding station)
3 Willow Tit (feeding station)
2 Coal Tit
70 Jackdaw
2 Sparrowhawk
Info thanks to John Lyon
26 goosander and massive gull roost
Phil
-- Edited by Phil Hampson on Friday 18th of December 2009 09:14:44 AM
evening/dusk:
26 Goosander
1 Woodcock
1 leucistic Black-headed Gull
shoveler-c50
little grebe
brambling-1f
golden eye-10+
plus all the usual
Teal Hide pete
Heading towards sailing club just out of car park a dog fox joined me on the path just 30 metres ahead. Stayed on path for about a minute nonchalantly strolling ahead until it suddenly disappeared into the undergrowth. This on a bright sunny day in the middle of the afternoon with hundreds of people about. A similar thing happened to me once at Risley Moss I wonder if at these places they become more accustomed to people.
Saw loads of Goosanders throughout flash including 8 from the BNFL hide (dont know hide name)
goosander-13
brambling -1f
jack snipe-1(a bit of a rarity at penny now)
water rail-2
shoveler-50+
teal
golden eye
little grebe
coormorant-38
big gull roost,but too foggy to see owt
Ian has had a look and it is a chiffchaff.
-- Edited by Jon Taverner on Thursday 10th of December 2009 05:07:27 PM
22 Moorhens by the Car Park was probably my biggest count ever at an individual site and a whopping 24 Blackbirds were on the picnic green.
Thanks. Henry.
Info thanks to Barry Hulme.
female brambling-1
goosander-2 pair
woodpigeon-approx 3000 came into roost between 3pm and 4pm
large gull roost-couldn't find any white wingers
plus the normal stuff
Thank you to Peter and Tony for the guided walk. A very pleasant morning
Ian & Julie
Highlights were the juv (?) Brambling, Coal Tit and Willow Tit together and GSW at the feeders.
About 120 Lapwing and 5 or 6 Goldeneye
2 pair of Goldeneye flew in , looking from Horrocks hide
2 female Bramblings, 1 Siskin and 3 Willow tits at the Bunting hide.
Flash seems to be in a all time lull at the moment,them water levels are defo affecting it
PM me if you need a lift or fancy coming along - last year we only had about 6 turn up
1820 Woodpigeon flew in from the west in several flocks, alighting in the reserve/golf course area
A Magpie roost in the former Cormorant Scrape area, but didn't get chance to count those. At least 17 Blackbird and 3 Song Thrush roosting in that area
Info thanks to Barry Hulme.
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 28th of November 2009 06:35:34 PM
POCHARD-25
TUFTED-c200
Grey Heron-4
Woodpigeon-1000+roosting opposite opposite edmonson hide
lapwing-c300
sparrowhawk-1
golden eye-15
plus all the usual stuff.
-- Edited by JOHN TYMON on Saturday 28th of November 2009 05:08:29 PM
On the other hand lots on the non bird front, Sightings on the Wildlife Forum.
Dave
no nowt to worry about theres nowt at weekends either
1 Shoveler
2 Shelduck
5 Little Grebe
1 G C Grebe
1 Grey Heron
4 Cormorant
etc, etc
Water level high.
Just been reminding myself why I never went there Craig...