Hi Stephen,

If you know Bredbury and Romiley, try the Goyt around Chadkirk for Kingfisher and Dipper, the latter are usually easy to find there, and Etherow CP for Dipper at the weir, and Great Spotted Woodpeckers in the woods there.

Steve.

Re: Daisy Nook - Both Dippers and Kingfishers confirmed there on the river by a birder I bumped into. (Though he disclaimed that the Kingfisher hasn't been seen since last Winter )

The road crosses the River near the garden centre and there is a lay-by further along (before the climb to Crime Lake). Park here and cross the footbridge over the River. You can now walk up-stream all the way to Park Bridge and hopefully find you quarry. Good luck, Mark

Thanks mark, her indoors said she thought she saw a kingfisher on the river on the left just as you drive onto daisy nook garden centre. bit am not sure how to get on to that part of the river to check it out, cheers

Hi Stephen,
All 3 can be found along the River Medlock in and around Daisy Nook, especially if you're familiar with their calls. Cheers, Mark

fantastic info joe, thanks very much. i might just dump her indoors at the trafford centre on sunday and pay sale waterpark a visit, cheers.

Hi Stephen, in terms of dippers, there are a fair few in manchester, I'd agree with it being a good bet looking down the road from Greenfield train station near the kingfisher, though not sure whether photo opportunities are great. In terms of woodpeckers, if you want GS Woodpecker, most large woods or parks have a few in, but i've always found broad ees dole's (sale water park) is OK for them. For Green Woodpecker, dunham park's a good bet. Kingfisher is a difficult one, particularly if you want to photograph ones. There are birds about, but most times I see them is when they fly past. I've seen one in ladybrook once or twice, but have no idea where it fishes from. Your best bet to photograph one is to find a bird and watch it until you find a suitable spot to watch it from. Out of county, there's one that sits right in front of the hide at leighton moss at morecambe hide (at least it does in the winter), well in range of a 300mm lens. Good luck!

Brilliant n thank you for the info will give it a try fri pm or sat.

well you could try stalybridge, i've seen dipper right in the middle of it by tesco

alternatively go stand on the bridge where springbank lane crosses the river. in heyrod for about half an hour you will see both king fisher and dipper. and if you walk down the canal towpath to get there you should get your great spotted wood pecker too

alternatively mail me and i'll take you a walk round and show you

-- Edited by jason fisher on Tuesday 17th of May 2011 08:02:25 AM

hi welcome to the forum for dippers you cant beat the river tame in greenfield around the kingfisher pub and then downstream from there also great spot and green woodpeckers fairly regularly and kingfisher also but since the last two winters the later are quite rare

Hello to you all out there in bird land, i am quite new to this (6months ish) and i enjoy photographing the birds that i manage to see and would love to see woodpeckers,king fishers and dippers i visit audenshaw ressers quite often and have got some fantastic birds there but would like to add the others to my pictures. I live in stalybridge but know a lot of surrounding areas like bredbury romiley etc. any help would be very much apperciated, thanks.