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...
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...
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...
Thought I'd start a separate thread for this area, as it is apart from Gorse Hall and is almost at the point where Hyde, Dukinfield and Stalybridge meet. At Broadbent Fold Farm there were 25 Linnet feeding around the horse paddocks, with another near the summit of Hough Hill. My hifhest ever count here...
Thought I'd start a specific thread for this lovely place seen as I've just moved to a house that backs onto it. A walk from 9-10.30 this morning produced: 800 Wood Pigeon over, incuding a single flock of 700, 3 Goosander, Redwing, Meadow Pipit, Great Spotted Woodpecker, 4 Bullfinch, Nuthatch, 6 Gold...
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...
Sunday 29th March 2015 Another quality day in the company of Simon Gough and Steve Burke produced another Wildfowl bonanza and Gull fest with a whole host of species providing a top quality supporting cast. 73 species seen on the day, including 1 Lifer for me, 6 heard only, and 2 that I missed, so day tot...
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
A quick walk down the old Tyldesley Loopline near my house this evening produced the following birds: 3 Chiffchaffs singing and two seen 1 very vocal Wren 2 Robins proclaiming their territory 3 Blackbirds 1 Goldfinch 2 Magpies 2 Great Tits 2 Blue Tits 1 Carrion Crow over Several Gulls over Numerous Wo...
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...
I am selling an old style Leica 20-60x (on 77mm objective) Zoom eyepiece and popping it on here for members first before listing on EBay. It is in very good condition and fully working, coming with both end caps and a neoprene pouch and has the locking mechanism so is the newest version that they made. It...
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...
Tuesday 13th September 7.00-7.45pm Having missed the Grey Phalarope at Pennington recently I followed up the reports on Birdnet of one south of Chelford, at Acre Nook Sand Quary on Lapwing Lane. Sadly I couldn't locate it due to fast fading light, although a birder I walked past did inform me that it w...
Sandwich Tern fishing no 3 Reservoir late afternoon/early evening. Please note this site has now been secured by the owners and a permit is now required - see thread on general birding discussion forum for details (although 1 or 2 cheeky Joggers/Dog Walkers etc are still sneaking on!). -- Edited by I...
14/5/07 late afternoon
Spotted Flycatcher along Longworth Lane, by Dunscar Golf Club, Bolton. (whilst looking for Wood Warbler, of which neither sight nor sound - but I could have been in the wrong area ? )
01/10/07 50+ Lapwing on roof of Carpet World-Newton Heath (A62) -- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 23:19, 2007-10-01-- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 23:27, 2008-10-29-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 15th of November 2009 09:17:06 PM
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...
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...
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...
