Hi, I've just bought a nikon ED50 for taking with me on walks and on holiday as I'm sick of lugging the swarovski 80 round. Could anyone recommend a good lightweight tripod to complement the little scope. Idealy not costing the earth. Regards Oli
A couple of mates and I are off on a Polish adventure in June, and just I wondered if anybody on here had been to the Bialowieza region? I have searched the site and could only find NW Poland and the Auschwitz region. Any advice, even on travelling in Poland, would be greatly appreciated. I have researche...
Friends of Prestwich Forest Park is holding a bio-blitz at Philips Park LNR over the weekend of 18th & 19th May. They are looking for some 'experts' to help out on the bird element of the event which would involve leading small groups or even just wandering round on your own noting the species you see. If...
Collard Flycatcher in Low Newton yesterday showing incredibly well from the gauze bushes near the old tin church, also got some super Eider at Amble Marina and Garganey at Druridge Pool Wildlife Trust place. Awesome day out see more here http://austinmorley.blogspot.co.uk/
In my Birding learning curve thus far, the Grasshopper Warbler is eluding me. Out jogging in the Lilford area this morning, a sound suddenly impinged upon my thoughts: brrrrrrrrrzzzzz.............. That's it, I thought! Then I saw the tractor in the next field but one.
Hi all - I have a venerable Nickel drawtube scope in leather case...any offers? If the person who gave it to me way back in my Mersey Valley days wants it back, they can of course have it - but I have been racking my brain trying to remember their name! Mike S
Slightly off topic I know (but no more so than 'Jupiter and its Moons'), does anyone have any advice or tips on photographing bats? I have a couple that fly quite low over my garden most spring and summer evenings around twilight so I thought I'd have a go at getting a photo with flash. Would using flash ha...
I've been away this weekend with my family and was really twitching since I found out that a Wood Sandpiper was gracing the holy patch, Rumworth Lodge. Managed to get straight to the lodge as soon as I got back today but wasn't a sign of it. After putting in 2 hours a day before work every day last week by get...
I am having a clearance sale of approximately 20,000-25,000 loose issues and 400 bound volumes of various bird magazines (BB, Birding World, Bird Study, Birdwatch, Bird Watching, Ibis, etc etc) near Hereford, 09.00-17.00 on Friday 31 May and 09.00-12.00 on Saturday 1 June 2013. All bound volumes...
Pleasant, small, if locally important market town.. Set between the dales and lakes had a few bits to offer. Siskin, House Martin, Swift, Swallow Buzzard, Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler, Rook Carrion Crown, Jackdaw, several Goldcrest and an Oystercatcher. The town is also known for a late...
I'll be bidding a fond farewell to south Manchester in a few weeks and heading over to the wrong side of the Pennines, relocating to Marsden. I was just wondering if anybody could recommend any good sites in the area? Have done a bit of research and am aware that the area is important for Twite, so looking...
Recently I've been combining a renewed interest in birdwatching with trying to learn the Bulgarian language, and for those who want to learn another language I'd recommend this as a mutually beneficial exercise for improving both your language skills and understanding of birds. I started off jus...
This morning - 3 Black Tailed Godwits, Pair Teal, 2 pairs Great Crested Grebes, Sedge Warbler, single Gadwall and Pochard drakes - Pearsons, 2 Comorants - Turners, 2 pairs Common Terns and 5 BH Gull nests Horrocks West along with singing Garden Warbler (by railway bridge) and a a pair of Redpolls, plu...
There are couple of petitions circulating to stop ships from flushing this substance from their holds while at sea with lethal consequences to sea birds, as demonstrated twice off our coasts this last winter To sign visit: https://secure.38 degrees.org.uk/page/signup/save-our-seabirds/ an...
Pictures and detailed descriptions on request. Any trial welcome by arrangement - but to fund upgrades I am selling: Boxed and just about as new D7000 - £440 collected £455 delivered RMSD Unboxed but VGC 55-200mm VR DX lens - versatile lens just not getting used - £85 collected £95 delivered RMSD MM2 O...
This afternoon: A Roe Deer, bounding along the bank of Middlebrook. In a downstream direction. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Wednesday 1st of May 2013 03:21:21 PM
Just had a wet week in Wales (though it seems to have been pretty damp here as well).
Highlight was my first Sooty Shearwater from the seawatching shelter on Strumble Head (nr Fishguard). You needed the shelter - without it you couldn't hold bins or scope steady in the gale that was blowing! Choughed...
4.30am-8.30pm
Hodbarrow:
Usual common and sandwich terns, no little terns have nested this year unfortunately.
Lots of ringed plover, oystercatchers, rb mergs, etc, a dozen gannets fishing off-shore.
3 dark morph Arctic skuas. One gave great views, chasing terns and eventually landing o...
I am not very knowledgeable about cameras, and would be grateful for any advice please. I have a choice between 2 cameras to acquire, and I wish to do some bird photo's One is the Panasonic Lumix FZ38 (12.1 megapixels 18X optical zoom) Leica lens. The other is the Sony NEX 5 14.1 megapixels With the Panas...
There is a Salford Quays Cruise for wildlife watching on the 11th May. Please see the county notice board on the Manchester Birding website for full details.
Those of us who don't drive, how easy do they find to navigate around the county on buses and trains? I was delighted this week when I went to buy a seven-day First ticket and they're slashed from 19 quid to 13 quid! Paid for my chips and curry in Radcliffe twice over! But getting the bus/train can be a pain!...
HI all. I have been a visitor to this forum for many years but have been out of circulation recently due to a problem with my hands. In the New year I had an operation on both of them so that now I can once again hold a pair of binoculars and my camera. Anyway years ago I remember going to Spurn point with some of...
Where are they? The fields around Sunbank Lane used to be a usual haunt for these birds but none seen for quite some time. Not seen any reports on the forum unless I have missed them. Anybody else noticed this? Cheers Jason
I cycle up Longworth Rd from Egerton up to Belmont reservoir twice a week, and although I have seen short eared owl and a hen harrier in the past couple of years I had seen nothing of note for months. However today there were two peregrine near Delph Sailing Club and two buzzard near to Belmont reservoir....
This weekend the 27th April sees the Hurst Clough BioBlitz in Hyde, for which everyone is invited and I hope as many of you as possible will show your support and at least drop by. Full details of the event can be found on the 'County Notice Board, page of the Manchester Birding website'.
Dear Forum The following titles are for sale at 25.00 for the complete lot. RSPB KINGFISHER & SHORT-EARED OWL 2 spectacular films explore the private lives of the kingfisher and the short-eared owl RSPB ROUND ROBIN & THE TITMICE 2 delightful films explore the robin's secret garde n and the a...
