Between 10.30am - 2.30pm today Peat pools were very quiet , just the Plovers and Reedbuntings and 2 Buzzards over Over and around Astley Moss and Rindle road, 2 Buzzards 5 Yellowhammers 6 Tree sparrows 8 Reed buntings 2 Jays 2 Skylarks 4 Mpipits 2 Whitethroat 2 Willow warblers 1 Whimbrel and 1 Sparrowh...
I think with this post i will tell you about some of the great places i visited for birding around north wales and Anglesey,starting with the latter.Cemlyn on Anglesey is a brilliant spot on the west coast with waders in abundance dunlin,turnstone,sanderling, oyster catchers,redshank,curlew,r...
A fishing pool a mile or so south of Sandiway, best accessed from the Nova Scotia Lane/Sandy Lane end (the east end). Redhead Smew fishing at the western end close up against the bank at 1530 today. Been there a couple of days. Another birder there intimated that it had been at Astbury Mere and Westport L...
Chiffchaff along hedgerow between Flixton E.T.W. and Manchester Ship Canal at 14.10 also Kingfisher flying along ship canal -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 5th of July 2010 02:27:17 PM-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 30th of March 2014 03:51:08 PM
8-30-9-30am 3 Little Gulls (2 adult summers) 2 Common Terns 2 Sedge Warblers -- Edited by warfy at 15:29, 2007-05-03-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 3rd of May 2012 04:48:26 PM
17th April 6.45am - 9.30am Usual stuff. Of interest were: Plex Moss - Station Road 10 whimbrel (with curlew in usual field near junction with Plex Moss Lane) rt hen harrier (attempted to catch a partridge - either missed or failed to hold, too far away to tell) Downholland Moss - Moss Lane 2 ravens (one l...
Morning visit with dog included:- Grey Wagtail Stock Dove Shelduck Peregrine Great Spotted Woodpecker Nuthatch Coal Tit Buzzard Shoveler Teal Gadwall Lapwing Cormorant Bullfinch + other usual species (45+ in total) A pair of Scaup were on Neumans Flash apparently and I heard a Lesser Spotted Woo...
We had a trip out to the new rspb reserve at Hesketh Outer Marsh today had a guided walk with the warden Graham Clarkson Not many species of birds seen but it was at low tide and will be a lot better at high tide Birds seen Peregrine, over 1000 Pink feet who must have got sick of the Helicopter coming off Warto...
fairbrother st, 7.30am 12 mallard 4 cormorant 4 coot 1 mute swan 1 little grebe 1 sparrowhawk 1 kingfisher 2 blckbird 2 wren 2 swallow the sparrow hawk didn,t see the kingfisher,i,m pretty sure the kingfisher is a resident somewhere between clippers quay and harry ramsdens,hopfully there are more t...
As this is such a long route, stretching from Audenshaw to Chorlton, I think it deserves its own thread. There are basically 30 bridges on the cycle/walking route, from bridge 30 at St Werburg's Road tram stop in Chorlton, back to the start just West of Audenshaw Reservoirs. I cycle it at least a few tim...
Common Redstart and Willow Warbler by Errwood Reservoir but strangely no Common Sandpiper yet. No luck with Ring Ouzel at Danebower but plenty of Wheatear. Also bizzarely no sign of Red Grouse. Loads of motorbikes - more like the TT up here.
1 male wheatear, 1 stonechat and a single mipit up at the mine this afternoon. Also 3 raven flybys and 3 snipe. No sign of ring ouzel reported earlier.
Phil
Vale Royal Locks to Winsford (PM) I was advised by a nature lover from Northwich that this area is a hotspot for Grass Snakes, alas I didn't find any. It's a walk worth doing though, no uncommon birds about, but lots of wildlife, and at this time of year a botanical gem, especially the marshy areas adjoin...
Took a short trip from Cheshire into the Clocaenog Forest today to have a search for Tree Pipits. After trying some previously good sites (on hearsay from other birders) I found them all to be grown up from when they were good for this species. Conifers have this annoying habit of quick growth (), I lost...
Firecrest present this morning. Park at the bottom of Craig Road and take the footpath to the horse paddocks where the bird was showing very well at 07:35. Info thanks to Simon Gough
first visit to Moore NR this morning, not a bad this for 2 hours at the site.
blackbird
bunting reed
buzzard
coot
cormorant
crow carrion
crow hooded
dove collard
duck, tufted
finch bull
finch chaf
finch green
goose canada
grebe great crested
grebe little
gull black headed
gull co...
exploratory venture,bad morning for it though, 1 kestrel 2 reed bunting 20 longtailed tits 4 greenfinch should have slept in cheers geoff -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 14th of June 2020 05:38:22 PM
2 Hours early afternoon today 2 Garganey 50+ Teal 400+ Black-tailed Godwits MIKE -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 22nd of August 2012 10:06:52 PM
My first visit (approx 3 hours): Kestrel Goldfinch Nuthatch Coot Canada Goose Little Grebe Woodpigeon Carrion Crow Pied Wagtail Swallow Swift Buzzard Although the gardens seem to concentrate on ornamental horticulture, (which attract plenty of pollinators and butterflies), there is plenty o...
Great tits have nested in a box in my garden this year, i am waiting with anticipation as to see how many will fledge. Parents have been feeding none stop for a while now and the chicks are getting louder by the day i think they will be off any time now. Also of note over the last few days 2 Jays gs woodpecker 2 n...
There probably won't be much to report on this page, but it's a good day to start. I found a hedgehog crossing the road on the estate at about 11 a.m. this morning. The time was unusual, but, on top of that, it was the first live one I'd seen locally for about fifteen years (probably longer). During that tim...
Went up this a.m. with P Johnson looking for Ring Ouzel but no luck. Did see lots of Meadow Pipits, even more Carrion Crow, 4 Pheasant and a Kestrel. Surprisingly no Wheatear, they must all be at Elton!. Also heard singing 1 Willow Warbler. Cheers Ian --------------------------- Forgot the half doze...
26/07/2012 - Fermyn, Lady and Souther Woods, Northamptonshire: Thanks to some useful info from John Rayner I headed down to these ancient woods with Mike Duckham. Butterflies were the main draw, including the stunning and sizeable Purple Emperor: 3 Purple Emperors - numbers lower now but some col...
Called there this pm. 2 male and 1 female Goosander 3 Little Grebe at least 1 Moorhen 1 Cormorant 2 Swan 1 Wigeon 1 Tufted Duck -- Edited by Geoff Walton on Friday 12th of December 2025 04:41:27 PM
we've now been here a week of what is essentially a family visit involving socialising, sight seeing, working on the farm, with some birding when the opportunity presents itself. A few common species were frequenting the garden of the Bangkok house, with Pied Fantails zipping around in typical fas...
