1 Soaring over woods N of River Roche junction of Queens Park Rd and Bury NEw Road
Sarfraz Hayat said
Sat Oct 2 12:23 AM, 2010
I suppose it is better off in the Bits and Bobs thread. If someone can merge them please?
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Sep 30 11:59 PM, 2010
Hi Sarfraz,
I had meant to reply to this thread earlier but as usual, had forgotten!
Anyway, with regards your comments about it being interesting to note the spread of Buzzards over the area, the annual county bird reports does a very fine job of that indeed
The problem with individual species threads such as this is that I could probably quite easily have one for each species at this rate! If I see a Buzzard at Pennington Flash, do I put it in the site thread, species thread or both? I have encouraged particular species threads for specific reasons, such as the Pink-footed Geese and rooftop Lapwings. The ringed Dipper thread has quickly become a thread for all Dipper sightings and as such sometimes, the site threads suffer. Whilst it may naturally happen, it was not (nor necessarily is) the object of this forum to chart the status of county species but merely to publicise sightings for the benefit of their observers and indeed those with a vested interest for whatever reason. You are of course right that being able to visualise the spread of a species is indeed interesting but like I say, the county bird report does that job admirably
Sarfraz Hayat said
Thu Sep 30 11:35 PM, 2010
Another Buzzard at 1pm today between Junch 18 and 19 on the Heaton Park side, soaring grandly with a Magpie in attendance! That Magpie looked tiny next to it.
Sarfraz Hayat said
Sat Sep 18 1:25 AM, 2010
would nt it be interesting to sort of note the spread of buzzards over the area?
i saw 2 more. 1 about 2.15pm thursday 16 sept exting the trafford centre at junc 9 on my left hand side northward bound,
another one at 2.45 in rossendale but very close to GMC. off the a56 thursday 16 sept
Mike Chorley said
Thu Sep 16 8:02 PM, 2010
Especially given that sticking 'buzzard' in the search engine will turn up 9 other 'buzzard' threads on the first page alone!
Ian McKerchar said
Thu Sep 16 6:17 AM, 2010
Probably easiest to to stick single items like this in the bits and bobs thread really Sarfraz
Sarfraz Hayat said
Wed Sep 15 11:04 PM, 2010
A Buzzard was mobbed by 4 Crows over the M66 Junc3 ie the Pilsworth Junction moving south-east ish! at about 5.30pm
Is it ok to have a separate thread for wandering Buzzards over the county?
1 Soaring over woods N of River Roche junction of Queens Park Rd and Bury NEw Road
I had meant to reply to this thread earlier but as usual, had forgotten!
Anyway, with regards your comments about it being interesting to note the spread of Buzzards over the area, the annual county bird reports does a very fine job of that indeed
The problem with individual species threads such as this is that I could probably quite easily have one for each species at this rate! If I see a Buzzard at Pennington Flash, do I put it in the site thread, species thread or both? I have encouraged particular species threads for specific reasons, such as the Pink-footed Geese and rooftop Lapwings. The ringed Dipper thread has quickly become a thread for all Dipper sightings and as such sometimes, the site threads suffer. Whilst it may naturally happen, it was not (nor necessarily is) the object of this forum to chart the status of county species but merely to publicise sightings for the benefit of their observers and indeed those with a vested interest for whatever reason. You are of course right that being able to visualise the spread of a species is indeed interesting but like I say, the county bird report does that job admirably
Another Buzzard at 1pm today between Junch 18 and 19 on the Heaton Park side, soaring grandly with a Magpie in attendance! That Magpie looked tiny next to it.
i saw 2 more. 1 about 2.15pm thursday 16 sept exting the trafford centre at junc 9 on my left hand side northward bound,
another one at 2.45 in rossendale but very close to GMC. off the a56 thursday 16 sept