You are an original " Penny moocher " according to this forum & would not want to cause a fight. I only really got back into birding over the last year and a bit, and with 4 young kids its a case of nicking an hour here and there, although the elder 2 now come with me meaning it can be 2 or 3 hours.. You know what I mean, still got a bit of a thumb print on the old forehead...
Steve
ive not escaped that yet and my daughters 28!!!but manage to get out a bit more than that period when the kids were young
Tony Coatsworth said
Fri Mar 13 8:15 AM, 2009
I did a gull roost survey for the BTO at Irlam locks a while ago - just before sunset they all took off and headed east - presumably to Audenshaw.
Rob Smallwood said
Thu Mar 12 4:47 PM, 2009
If you can only grab the odd hour the Moore is worth a visit, gulls don't roost there but fly in off the adjacent tip to bathe etc.
Steve Scrimgeour said
Thu Mar 12 1:29 PM, 2009
John,
You are an original " Penny moocher " according to this forum & would not want to cause a fight. I only really got back into birding over the last year and a bit, and with 4 young kids its a case of nicking an hour here and there, although the elder 2 now come with me meaning it can be 2 or 3 hours.. You know what I mean, still got a bit of a thumb print on the old forehead...
Steve
JOHN TYMON said
Thu Mar 12 1:09 PM, 2009
Steve Scrimgeour wrote:
Cheers chaps,
Just thought I would ask the question as to me a gulls and gull and thought that this has to be the year when I can start to ID them.
Steve, dont like Marmite, but hopefully will like gulls.
John, never having been , although vowed to many a time, Penny might get a visit over the next couple of weeks
Steve
not been to pennybest birding site in the county/regeon,if your willing to mooch a bit and not stay in horrocks hidethat should stir up a bit of a row
Mark Jarrett said
Thu Mar 12 1:02 PM, 2009
It may be a bit out of your way Steve but Fishmoor Reservoir in Blackburn can be very good and you do not need a permit. There is a JJB sports hall and store adjacent to the reservoir and a good spot for viewing is the car park there.
As well as good numbers of the more 'commoner' gulls the following have been seen over the last 12 months or so :-
The gulls tend to feed at Whinney Hill tip near Accrington and then come in to roost during the afternoon and early evening. Many roost on the former Walker Steel factory roof which is huge.
If you look at the East Lancs site - www.eastlancsornithologists.org.uk and click on Links you will see at the bottom one or two blogs. Click on that for Bill Aspin and you will find photos and info (not just gulls).
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Mar 12 12:33 PM, 2009
The article 'gulls, glorious gulls- a guide to county gulling' on the Species Study section/Articles and Identification Issues on the Manchester Birding website should be of great use to you Steve, amongst other things it comprehensively covers county gull watcing sites
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 13:34, 2009-03-12
Steve Scrimgeour said
Thu Mar 12 11:00 AM, 2009
Cheers chaps,
Just thought I would ask the question as to me a gulls and gull and thought that this has to be the year when I can start to ID them.
Steve, dont like Marmite, but hopefully will like gulls.
John, never having been , although vowed to many a time, Penny might get a visit over the next couple of weeks
Steve
JOHN TYMON said
Thu Mar 12 10:13 AM, 2009
if you do a penny gull roost ste,make sure you head for the south bank,more or less opposite horrocks hide as its the only place on a bright day that you have ,a chance,if you look from horrocks hide the light can play huge tricks on wannabe yellow legged gullers!!p.s and expect to be there till dark as the main roosts at penny arrive very late
Steve Suttill said
Thu Mar 12 9:34 AM, 2009
Nowhere near you in Greater Manchester, Steve. Audenshaw & Heaton Park Resrs are permit only so, apart from Penny, the only other roosts are Ashworth Moor Resr, Hollingworth Lake and (just out of the county) Rivington Resrs.
Not a roost, but a good place for gulls, Pilsworth Tip.
May be some Cheshire sites which are easier for you to get to, though.
Gulls are like Marmite - you either love them or hate them! I think I prefer Marmite!
Steve
Steve Scrimgeour said
Wed Mar 11 10:16 PM, 2009
Was wondering if anyone knows of any gull roosts around, that you dont require permits for.
I only know via this website Pennington Flash which is a tad far out from Urmston and the other one obviously Audenshawe.
There has to more, but just dont know where I really only have Irlam Locks, might give it a try, but any others to try ?
Steve
ive not escaped that yet and my daughters 28!!!but manage to get out a bit more than that period when the kids were young
John,
You are an original " Penny moocher " according to this forum & would not want to cause a fight.
I only really got back into birding over the last year and a bit, and with 4 young kids its a case of nicking an hour here and there, although the elder 2 now come with me meaning it can be 2 or 3 hours.. You know what I mean, still got a bit of a thumb print on the old forehead...
Steve
not been to penny
As well as good numbers of the more 'commoner' gulls the following have been seen over the last 12 months or so :-
Yellow-legged
Caspian
Glaucous
Iceland
Mediterranean
Kittiwake
The gulls tend to feed at Whinney Hill tip near Accrington and then come in to roost during the afternoon and early evening. Many roost on the former Walker Steel factory roof which is huge.
If you look at the East Lancs site - www.eastlancsornithologists.org.uk and click on Links you will see at the bottom one or two blogs. Click on that for Bill Aspin and you will find photos and info (not just gulls).
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 13:34, 2009-03-12
Just thought I would ask the question as to me a gulls and gull and thought that this has to be the year when I can start to ID them.
Steve, dont like Marmite, but hopefully will like gulls.
John, never having been , although vowed to many a time, Penny might get a visit over the next couple of weeks
Steve
Not a roost, but a good place for gulls, Pilsworth Tip.
May be some Cheshire sites which are easier for you to get to, though.
Gulls are like Marmite - you either love them or hate them! I think I prefer Marmite!
Steve