On the lake yesterday - Tufted Duck 14 . Coot 4. Moorhen 2. Plus Goldfinch and longtail tit around the perimeter. Staff say 2 Goosander and a Cormorant are regular visitors . Also the viewing hide is being repaired.
phillipskelly said
Sun Feb 14 6:48 PM, 2016
Female Goosander seen through the perimeter fence this afternoon.
Ian McKerchar said
Tue Apr 8 4:59 PM, 2008
Okay then, drake Falcated Duck and adult Sandhill Crane (both wild vagrants obviously). Any closer
Steve Scrimgeour said
Tue Apr 8 4:42 PM, 2008
Obviously nothing gets past Ian, but not sure about the Heron. Some of my old chicks are probably grey birds with big beaks now...
Steve
Craig Higson said
Tue Apr 8 8:39 AM, 2008
Ian McKerchar wrote:
Steve Scrimgeour wrote:
Duck with green head ang a big grey bird with long beak, seemed to be best..Possible new take on Manchester Mystery Bird ???
Steve..
Drake Mallard and Grey Heron. Am I right Seems strange sitting on the 'other side on the fence' for once, so's to speak
No sorry Ian, it was actually a Teal (its eye stripe hidden) and the other bird was actually a Greylag Goose. The angle it was sitting just accentuated the angle of its bill making it look larger than normal.
Revenge (evil laugh) haha haha haha haha
Ian McKerchar said
Mon Apr 7 9:39 PM, 2008
Steve Scrimgeour wrote:
Duck with green head ang a big grey bird with long beak, seemed to be best..Possible new take on Manchester Mystery Bird ???
Steve..
Drake Mallard and Grey Heron. Am I right Seems strange sitting on the 'other side on the fence' for once, so's to speak
Steve Scrimgeour said
Mon Apr 7 9:21 PM, 2008
Been meaning to try here before. You really wouldn't believe your slap bang in the middle of one of Europes biggest Industrial Estates.
Birding wasn't great, but was somewhere different and a hide that provided a bit of shelter.
6 Tufted ducks
2 Grey Heron
3 Canada Geese
1 Mallard
2 Chiffchaff
2 Coot
2 Moorhens
Great, Blue and Long Tailed Tits in abundance...
Checked log in hide to see if anything of interest been spotted.
Duck with green head ang a big grey bird with long beak, seemed to be best..Possible new take on Manchester Mystery Bird ???
Steve..
Tufted Duck 14 .
Coot 4.
Moorhen 2.
Plus Goldfinch and longtail tit around the perimeter.
Staff say 2 Goosander and a Cormorant are regular visitors .
Also the viewing hide is being repaired.
Obviously nothing gets past Ian, but not sure about the Heron.
Some of my old chicks are probably grey birds with big beaks now...
Steve
No sorry Ian, it was actually a Teal (its eye stripe hidden) and the other bird was actually a Greylag Goose. The angle it was sitting just accentuated the angle of its bill making it look larger than normal.
Revenge (evil laugh) haha haha haha haha
Drake Mallard and Grey Heron. Am I right