Cheers Steven, just tried it out on Craig and works great, still not entirely sure I know what I'm doing though but that's never stopped me before

Yep
Its working got my message, click on user details and its on the left. cheers Ian

Sorry guys, the option to send/recieve private messages wasn't turned on for the forum, mainly due to the fact that I hadn't realise I even had it as the host site for the forum keep giving me free add-ons but not letting me know when they do. Anyway, private messaging is now switched on and should work but I have no idea how, press afew buttons and see what happens

Hi Craig
I don't know how to retrieve PMs can't find the link. Would be greatful if you could email me instead to steveastley@yahoo.co.uk. Cheers

Steven,

I've sent you a PM regarding the Otter report

Lesser Whitethroat:
Just to be more precise it was actually past the farm and under the bridge and 100 yards (i know a lot of birders are old timers so I won't use metres) down the canal.

Also how can I forget a big Muscovy befriened me at the bridge.

Also a fisherman I was talking to said Otters have been seen in the area, Is this true?

Saw a rat aswell.

It would be great if you could send as a pic of the godwits Geoff. Never seen them in Gt Manchester so it was a nice to see them local.

steve,glad you enjoyed your day ,the way you describe it i don,t think you walked far enough to get to dover basin and may have been looking at lightshaw but they are the same godwits, but nine on dover is quite a sight, e mail us
and i,ll send some some snaps of em (not great but passable)

cheers geoff

Yes, that is Dover Basin. And you were right for the Lesser Whitethroat too - glad it was still singing.

New scope, its spring and I had a full day to bird

Rumworth Lodge
1 Dunlin
1 LRP
5 Common terns
3 Cormorants
2 Oystercatchers
2 Singing Reed Buntings

Abram
2 Blackwits (county lifer) on first pool on your southwards down the canal from Red Lion Pub. Is this Dover Basin
1 Lesser Whitethroat nr the first farm you get to (county lifer)
Redshank heard
1+ Reed warbler, 1+ Sedge Warbler

Pennington Flash (just visited hides)
2 Ringed Plover ( 1 still bullying an LRP)
4 LRP
1 White Wagtail
4 Common Sandpiper
2 Grasshopper Warbler (looks like there is female with the singing male) (county lifer)
1 Redshank

Astley Peat Pools
3 Curlew
2 LRP
1 Ringed Plover
1 possible white wag (it was getting dark could have been a first winter female pied maybe)
1 Pied Wagtail

Now to cap it off the european cup semis

-- Edited by Steven Astley at 17:19, 2007-04-24