A Hobby high over Spud Wood this afternoon causing panic amongst the local Swallows.
John Williams said
Sun Aug 13 7:44 PM, 2017
17.00-19.00
Walked from Lymmhay Lane along Sow Brook to the ship canal and back.
Birds seen, 1 Buzzard and 3 Jays. Whilst on the MSC were 1 Great Crested Grebe and a pair of Mute Swans.
The wheat was being harvested whilst I was there, so the fields of stubble may well be worth checking out for finches in the autumn.
Otherwise I can't see me doing this walk again for a while at least, Sow Brook is choked with balsam, and there is a very limited view of the MSC at the end of the path.
bernard hooley said
Wed May 10 8:41 AM, 2017
Post for yesterday .My wife and I walked from Lymm to Dunham Massey along the Bridgewater Canal. Twenty different species seen. jackdaw 20 house sparrow 11 magpie 6 wood pigeon 9 mallard 8 with 14 ducklings of varying sizes carrion crow 5 whitethroat 2 chiffchaff 3 blackbird 9 mute swan 1 tree sparrow 2 swallow 14 robin 4 lesser whitethroat 1 goose swift 6 Canada goose 2 raven over 1 blackcap 2 great tit 3 willow warbler 3
A skein of roughly 20 birds flying fairly high and east over Lymm at midday today.
Ian McKerchar said
Mon May 27 8:37 PM, 2013
Originally posted today by Dave Riley:
Had excellent views of a Red Kite over the Trans Pennine Trail at Statham at 11.30 this morning, after a few minutes it drifted off towards Woolston Eyes No.1 bed.
Phil Owen said
Tue Jun 29 8:34 PM, 2010
Visited a couple of times over the weekend for the reported Quail, but only heard it calling away in the evening.
However it was a case of third time lucky last night when at last, the Quail flew out of the crops to re-locate further down the field.
A fairly short flight but still enough to get a decent view through the bins of what is a very difficult bird to see.
-- Edited by Phil Owen on Tuesday 29th of June 2010 08:35:11 PM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 27th of May 2013 01:35:50 PM
Walked from Lymmhay Lane along Sow Brook to the ship canal and back.
Birds seen, 1 Buzzard and 3 Jays. Whilst on the MSC were 1 Great Crested Grebe and a pair of Mute Swans.
The wheat was being harvested whilst I was there, so the fields of stubble may well be worth checking out for finches in the autumn.
Otherwise I can't see me doing this walk again for a while at least, Sow Brook is choked with balsam, and there is a very limited view of the MSC at the end of the path.
along the Bridgewater Canal. Twenty different species seen.
jackdaw 20
house sparrow 11
magpie 6
wood pigeon 9
mallard 8 with 14 ducklings of varying sizes
carrion crow 5
whitethroat 2
chiffchaff 3
blackbird 9
mute swan 1
tree sparrow 2
swallow 14
robin 4
lesser whitethroat 1 goose
swift 6
Canada goose 2
raven over 1
blackcap 2
great tit 3
willow warbler 3
A skein of roughly 20 birds flying fairly high and east over Lymm at midday today.
Had excellent views of a Red Kite over the Trans Pennine Trail at Statham at 11.30 this morning, after a few minutes it drifted off towards Woolston Eyes No.1 bed.
However it was a case of third time lucky last night when at last, the Quail flew out of the crops to re-locate further down the field.
A fairly short flight but still enough to get a decent view through the bins of what is a very difficult bird to see.
-- Edited by Phil Owen on Tuesday 29th of June 2010 08:35:11 PM
-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 27th of May 2013 01:35:50 PM