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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

Help! Can anyone tell me where I can find "the little owl tree" on carrington moss? -- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 19:11, 2008-06-13

15 Jan. 11.30 3 Pintails ( drake & 2 ducks ) around `Mini Spit` ( B. Hulme ) -- Edited by Ian Woosey at 11:44, 2007-01-15

While doing R/O/W Inspections Today Hesketh Meadow Rd 2 Willow Tits 4 Whitethroat at least 2 was feeding young Elliott Ave Golborne Nesting House Martins Ashton Rd nr disused railway nr pond 1 Grey Heron 2 Whitethroat 1 Blackcap 1 Moorhen Nook Lane Footpath to Bridge St 10+Greenfinch looked to be 2 Fa...

12.45 - 1.30 6 little grebe 7 tuffted duck 38 coot (+2 on 2nd pool) 4 mallard 1 curlew (fly-by) 1 cormorant 1 grey heron 1 mute swan (3rd pool) green sandpiper (heard only, on 2nd pool) + buzzard, kestrel, 3 goldfinch, 21 (2, 5 & 14) linnet, 5 bullfinch, 3 jays, 5 stock doves, etc. Small...

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...

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...

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...

Common Buzzard over the railway station at 1535hrs.

16/3/07 3 Curlew - Burnt Edge Raven - Wildersmoor 2 m. Stonechat - Smithills Moor Kestrel several Coal Tit - Wilderswood a Grey Heron over the top of Two Lads Hill had me quivering momentarily ! -- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 14:44, 2007-07-17

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...

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...

Hi folks. Thought I'd start a thread to publicise any speakers who are due to speak at RSPB local groups if anyone is interested . To start off we at High Peak in Marple have Dr Kevin Briggs giving his 'confessions of a Lunatic' talk about the wildlife of the Lune Valley. Starts at 7.30 tomorrow night at Ma...

150(approx) east over Lowton at 3pm today -- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 16:45, 2007-09-28

Present this afternoon, 23rd August 2009 Greenshank 7 Common Sandpiper Info thanks to Phil Rhodes

Called in on way back from city centre. Of note... 1 Great Black-backed Gull again, showing its might against other Gulls and Corvids.

11/12/07 midday Long-tailed Duck still present. 4 Goldeneye (3 drk.) 8 Little Grebe. 19 Common Gull. Grey Wagtail. 6 Tufted Duck. Kestrel. G.S.Woodpecker. Goldcrest.

Birds seen yesterday 10 Golden plover ( N ) 3 Oystercatcher 2 Curlew ( summering?) 4 Northern Wheatear 70 c Fieldfare (S) 2 Swallows 1 Willow Warbler 1 Blackcap - both the above 1st of the year Many Chiffs 2 Grey Partridge Approx 15- 18 prs Lapwing nesting. ( plus another 6 prs on old Airfield ) Cheers Chri...

For anyone who knows Warrington,a hobby flew the full length of Bewsey Road chasing 2 house martins then followed them south along the railway line that heads to bank key station at 4.30 pm(I followed it in my car on my way home from work)-Who would have thought that 20 years ago,A adult hobby in warring...

As of November 1st, 2025, Great White Egret has been removed from the County Rarity List. Full details of the decision and some analysis of past records can be found on the ‘What’s New’ page of the Manchester Birding Website here

Afternoon visit on Thursday the 5th July produced: 3 Green Sands 1 Kingfisher (willow pool) 1 Oystercatcher (flying all over the place) 5 broods of Gadwall 1 brood of Tufted Duck (4 very young birds on the main lake) 3 Mute Swan cygnets (willow pool) 5 Reed Warblers 4 Chiffchaff 2 Willow Warblers 4 Whit...

2 Hawfinches flew S over the cafe there, 9th (per Phil Garnett)

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

Pair of Stonechats yesterday(07.03.09) at Gaitworth/Gatewarth, showing well in scrub and opener area just into reserve, over wooden bridge past Level Crossing. Jack Snipe feeding on island in the wader scrape at Pickerings Pasture today (08.03.09) 5.00pm-ish. Peregrine over here, landed on s...

Saw a kingfisher for the first time in about 3 years at Springwater Park on Wednesday, pleasnt surprize.

26/1 Late afternoon Snipe - 7 flushed off the (very) flooded hay fields by Millgate Fields. Never even seen a single Snipe there before. Little Grebe - 2 on Mersey by Simon's Bridge Goosander - 2 pairs on Mersey Green Woodpecker - 1 by Millgate Fields

80 Mute Swan, 1 Great Crested Grebe, 2 Dipper, Great Spotted Woodpecker at nest with young, 2 Black Swans.

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...

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...

On Sunday I visited the Wirral for a spot of birding. Called in at Crosby early am - a lone adult Bar-tailed Godwit was the best find, plenty of Dunlin. Driving down the M53 mid morning there were 10 Buzzards in the air together, 1m up road of J4. A Hobby was with them briefly. Buzzard 11 was on a fence po...