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Ive been told that there is an artificial Sand Martin nest bank at Chorlton Water Park, can anyone confirm this, and if so whereabouts is it? Thanks.

2nd February 2008. 9 Goosander, 8 Tufted Duck, 21 Coot, c80 Canada Geese, 1 Greylag Goose. 5 Siskin, 2 Lesser Redpoll, 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker. Plenty of birds in song - singles of Song & Mistle Thrush - several of each for Dunnock, Great Tit, Blue Tit, Robin and Wren. Grey Herons occup...

For sale manfrotto compact tripod new condition, boxed with pistol grip head and quick release plate, ideal as a travel tripod, £45 get in touch if you fancy it.

Excellent butterfly spotting today with 6 species seen:- 1 brimstone, 11 peacock (maybe numbers on the mend?), 7 comma, 6 small tortoiseshell, and year firsts 2 male orange tip and 2 small white. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Friday 29th of March 2019 11:06:20 PM

21 species this morning and a few nice ones.2 Little Egret, kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, 20 + Redwing on the feilds, Song and Mistle Thrush, Buzzard getting mithered by jackdaws , Goosander pair on canal, treecreeper and good tit flock including goldcrest and long tailed tits.

For sale velbon sherpa 535 carbon fibre tripod very good condition little used , with a choice of either manfrotto 128 rc head or velbon ph-157q head with quick release plate. £120

Male Redstart today in the sun. What a gorgeous, joy to be alive, bird. Willow Warbler yesterday. You know this lockdown has forced me to renew my love for the home patch!

20 Waxwing in Chorlton Park n poplars in the NW corner but mobile. Also Woodcock nearby. Info thanks to Tony O'Mahony -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 23rd of March 2013 12:30:24 PM

Apfel Lane Shaggy Inkcap Common Marbled Carpet - 'brown patch' variant (record shot on the relevant thread on the wildlife forum) -- Edited by Mike Chorley on Saturday 8th of October 2011 09:40:17 PM -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Saturday 8th of October 2011 11:05:48 PM

5 Swans, 77 Tufted Duck, 4 Wigeon, 100+Coot,4 Redpoll, 2 Siskin, 5 Bullfinch, On River Irwell, 9 Goosander, 12 Teal, 2 Grey Wagtail. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 23:55, 2007-12-23

Quick visit this afternoon with Henry Cook for the reported Yellow-Browed Warbler. Suprised to find that the site is a just a small Community Centre Car Park lined with a few trees and bushes on a side road in the outskirts of Burnley. The bird was heard calling after a few minutes of arrival but sti...

Red necked Grebe just off the sailing club -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday 2nd of March 2025 02:36:49 PM

This is a very nice reserve just north of Torrevieja on the Costa Blanca about 40 mins south of Alicante Airport and 30 mins north of the airport at Murcia. A very large lagoon (too big to see stuff at the other side), surrounded by reedbeds, farmland, scrub and some woodland. Was over in Spain last week a...

went exploring this evening, into the little strip of woodland between Mauldeth Rd, and the police training centre. not been there before. plenty of birds around including: Grey Wagtail - pair on the stream Goldcrest -2 GS Woodpecker 1 Treecreeper - 1 Mistle Thrush - 3 Song Thrush - 2 Willow...

The Wet Willow Wildlife Project, led by the Lancashire Wildlife Trust, is focused on improving wet willow habitats on a landscape scale to support a wide range of species, with a particular emphasis on the willow tit. This species has experienced a concerning 94% decline since the 1970s, and we are d...

Over the past 30 years and, noticeably, the past 10-15 , I have noticed a huge decline in both the number and size of rookeries in Northern England. In Manchester they have disappeared, or reduced significantly, from Middleton, Heston Park, Whitefield and Heywood. I was looking around West Yorkshi...

The "last of the summer wine" lads had a good day at Old Moor. Remembered my bins as well. Nearly bought a Viking 66ED scope - very nice. Flocks of lapwings,starlings and plovers. Brent Geese, Swans Great Tits Blue Tits Tree Sparrows Green Finch Goldfinch Linnets Grey Heron R...

Waders galoure of all ages and plumage. Curlew Sand 7 Little Stint 3 Green Sand 8+ Dunlin 100+ Ruff 32 Greenshank 9 Golden Plover 151+ Spot Redshank 13 Ringed Plover 10 Curlew 2 Snipe 15 Lapwing & Redshank uncounted. Also Wigeon, Gadwall, Teal, 20+ Yellow Wag, 4 Marsh Harrier inc pair food passing...

18/6/11 (am) A walk from Blundell Lane, around Aberdeen Farm, joining the canal at Aberdeen Bridge, down to Arley Moat and back up Arley Lane: 2 Curlews 3 Oystercatchers 1 Lapwing 2 Buzzards 1 Kingfisher 2 Common Terns fishing along the canal 3 Great Spotted Woodpeckers 2 Linnets 3 Pied Wagtails (juv...

10th April 2019 - 1st Orange Tip Butterflies of the year for me were spotted - in nettles next railway line on the other side of Winton Park.

Hi I have terrestrial shrimp records at a site in Winton, Salford. Just wondering if there are any other records of this in Greater Manchester or any experts on this who could come and look ? Cheers

Off to see the chicks this week 3 hatched again top class place to visit free entry nest cam video of last years birds, only takes just over 1 hour to get there. Plenty of other birds to see if you walk down the river was there last bank holiday saw 3 0spreys flying,buzzards, whooper swans which stays over ,...

Velbon delta v tripod Black ,leg warmers on 2 legs,ph157q head and quick release plate, hardly used in excellent if not exceptional condition £85.

Sand martin 1...swallow 3...skylark 5 in song...chiffchaff 2...c.buzzing 1...and blackcap in song of canal near castleton -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 8th of April 2024 05:27:25 PM

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at least 2 willow warblers at the corner of wharth footpath today , first of the year. Some regulars noted incl. shelducks , curlew , linnet , meadow pipit , reed bunting , raven and buzzard.

The Kentish Plover was showing well this morning

Having booked a weeks holiday in Fuerteventura for September, I was wondering if anybody has any tips on the best places to go birding there.??? Although it is a beach and sunshine hoilday as such, I am planning on spending just one day of the holiday to target Fueteventura Chat, Trumpeter Finch and Ho...

Jan - Dec with index for every year. Private message me if interested

As some/ most of you will have seen from another post on here, or via an email from the company, Focalpoint Optics is closing for the final time at the end of March. Sadly our own NW optics outlet and sponsor of these forums will no longer be there for us. As most of you know I retired as shop manager, having b...