20/05/2024 RSPB Ouse Fen Called in here on the way home from our 'Oldham Birders' weekend and managed reasonable views of the Great Reed Warbler despite both the cool wind and the presence of a Cuckoo keeping the bird below the tops of the reeds. Bittern again heard but not seen. Looks a...
The Greater Manchester Wetlands Land Managers' Group are hosting a Farming for Birds and Nature workshop on the 5th February 2024, 10:00-12:00, to be held at the Youth Hub, Leigh Sports Village with Richard Winspear of the RSPB. This workshop aims to inform attendeesabout the drivers behind de...
Manfrotto 290xtra CARBON FIBRE tripod in excellent used condition with Manfrotto 128 rc head plus quick release plate, and Manfrotto shoulder bag, £220 if interested please get in touch.
Could I remind all users of this forum of the guideline (which can be found on the forum guidelines sticky post) concerning the posting of claimed county rarities where there is no intention from the observer to submit them please. Whilst this has existed since 2011 it is unfortunately seemingly bei...
I am currently completing surveys on and around Heysham Port and Beach area, so get to watch out to sea lots. I was familiar with the outflows from past visits, but am now becoming familiar with the point and the birds that inhabit the bay, fly north and south between each tidal sequence and the roost at t...
MM- Marsh Harrier ,KIngfisher from Ron Barker hide. ruff and 2 green sand pipers from swanlink hide.Plus all the usual stuff. MS- Glossy ibis, curlew,pied wag, 4 snipe,2 common sandpipers,1 avocet,3 little egret,100s godwits and lapwings all from sandgrounders hide. 5 ruff,100s godwits and lap...
Cley spy mulepack unwanted gift unused as new condition £50,...... £80 from Cley spy website .ideal present for a birder. Message if interested -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 24th of January 2025 06:35:20 PM
Found two distant Woodlarks in the stubble field almost opposite to the entrance to Brereton Country Park late morning. The rain had started again just as I arrived so the views through my bins were not the best and by the time I had walked back to the car for my scope all of the birds in the field, Corvids i...
Located in Ashton under Lyne, between the golf course and Hartshead Pike. Its a disused reservoir which has since been partly drained with a lower water remaining for anglers and mixed woodland of different ages.
A walk on Monday evening produced
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
Blackcap
Robin
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I have a job in the Oxford area this week - can anyone please suggest the furthest North where I may possibly find Red Kites without straying too far off the the M40. Sid A -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 8th of April 2013 10:29:24 PM
16th August. 4 Dunlin, 2 Ringed Plover, 40+ Pied Wagtail, c15 Linnet, c130 gulls - numbers of gulls has been much higher than this recently - today mostly Black-headed - but 4 Common and 3 Lesser Black-backed also present. c220 Lapwing, 30 House Martin, Begging juveniles of both Greenfinch and Goldf...
Hello, this is my first time on - hope I'm doing it right! 1:30pm Friday 16th May, 2008 Pair of dippers on River Beal near Jubilee NR, Shaw, Oldham. Seen them in the winter before but not in breeding season. Piethorn Valley, 2 coot, 2 curlew, common sandpiper, willow warblers everywhere! -- Edited by Ia...
I'm in Argyll at the moment, playing belated Father Christmas for some of my relatives. Had a trip down the Kintyre Peninsular with my mate today, despite poor weather we didn't do too badly. First stop was Rhunahaorine Point, an excellent place to scan the superb Sound of Gigha. On show today were Gre...
North Lake A female Goldeneye was a good local record (only the 2nd SJ98 record since October 1980). Seems to have a damaged right leg. Roman Lakes Coot 41, Mallard 18, Moorhen 4, Mute Swan 2, Cormorant 3, Great-crested Grebe 1, Lesser Redpoll 3. Otherwise very quiet. Cheers, John -- Edited by John Ray...
2/5/09 early am
HOBBY - 1 showed well at 7.15am by the river from Welkin road before belting off low east.
Also
1 singing Garden Warbler
3 singing Blackcaps
3 singing Chiffchaffs
Stock Dove
Dipper
Goosander
Spent a few hours down there this afternoon and its certainly starting to feel a bit like Autumn with the ducks building up:-
Lillte Grebe now 24 inc young birds... possibly 2 more chicks on the southern pool which were out of sight.
Wigeon 2,
Teal 24
Gadwall 9,
Tufted duck pair plus female with 4 d...
Had a trudge round Heaton Park this afternoon the Boating lake had:- 5 pochard Pair Shoevelr 2 Gooander 2 GCG Elsewhere in the Park GSW 8 Siskin 2 Bullfinch 2 Treecreeper Jay Sparrowhawk and some very tame squirrels which where follwing me around and at one point thought it was gonna climb up me instead...
Just been googling the rivers of our glorious county and came across Cornbrook which is for the most part culverted under Manchester. Apparently it runs under the university before eventually emptying into the Irwell in Salford somewhere before the docks. The derivation of the name is from Crane B...
We have a pair of USED Swarovski 12x42 NL Pure Binoculars for sale. Boxed. Includes Case, Strap, Rain Guard and objective caps. Excellent Condition on sale for £2120.00 The link to our website is: https://www.focalpointopticsltd.com/product-page/swarovski-nl-pure-12x42-binoculars Pl...
During my tetrad survey covering the Lower Reservoir this morning, I found 2 Common Sandpipers - they were observed mating at one point and there was other display behaviour and calling as they flew back and forward across the res. Could these be likely to nest locally or is more likely to be a pair on mi...
Spent the last week on holiday in Suffolk. Very cold and windy but no rain until Friday.
Nice to meet Ian Woosey and Jimmy Meadows again at Minsmere plus two others I didn't know. I realise now that one was Geoff Hargreaves who I'd not met before and the other I'm guessing might have been Rob Thorpe.
Hi...
A walk from the walker's car park near the hall produced 100's of Fieldfares and Redwings in several flocks, but the highlight was a Green Sandpiper on a stream along Lodge Lane, near Crowley Lodge
21 October - 27 November 2024 Basic itinerary as follows :- Melbourne, Victoria - 3 nights Lakes Entrance, Victoria - 3 nights Merimbula, New South Wales - 3 nights Kiama, New South Wales - 3 nights Penrith, Sydney - 2 nights Blue Mountains, New South Wales - 3 nights Noosa, Queensland - 3 nights Glass H...
I’m usually pretty averse to such posts (hence this is a closed thread, so no replies I’m afraid as that’s not its intention) but I just wanted to wish anyone and everyone who uses this forum, whether a registered user, contributor or not, a very genuinely Merry Christmas and perhaps more importantly...
