Hi, be gentle with me. I'm rather new to "Birding" as a concept; but as a Cumbrian migrant in Greater Manchester I was brought up with nature in all her magnificent ways. Now got time on my hands, and a new camera, so this may keep me off the streets. Nice to meet you all. Brian (near Rochdale)
Last week I switched on my NestCam for the first time this year and was pleased to find a Blue Tit using it to roost overnight. The bird normally comes in between 5 and 6pm each night (subject to light levels and weather) and leaves around 6:30am to 7:00am each morning. Overnight it fluff...
Just to say Hello :) I don't really know many people on here so this is me introducing myself :) Im a bird lover firstly, I also often have my camera in tow. Off to Norfolk tomorrow for the first time, can't wait. Usually though Im around the Wigan / Merseyside areas. I popped into Pennington Flash the othe...
Hi am selling my camera bag because I am selling my Canon 500mm f4 lens, The bag has only been used a few times like new. The Lowepro Lens Trekker 600 AW II safely carries a big lens with camera body as well as a professional tripod. It is fully adjustable, has a built-in harness and includes a padded back pa...
Hello, I work for a local charity, the Captive Animals' Protection Society. We are running a Sponsored Walk & Bird Watching event at Etherow Country Park on 1st June between 11am and 3.00pm. We are in desperate need of a bird guide, to help lead the group around the park and identify bird species th...
I have become interested in bird photography over the last few months and have been achieving some reasonable results However, i now wish to take it to the next level (which is going to cost me!!) and would be grateful for first-hand advice from serious amateur/professional bird photographers on th...
Ian Campbell wrote: Also signed but I don't hold out much hope of success if the poor response to a similer e-petition regarding protection for our birds of prey is anything to go by. Cheers Ian Birders are generally getting more and more selfish and that's a fact! So wrapped up in our websi...
Used to love going birdwatching with my Dad when i was younger,Martin mere was always a favourite plus a cliff side where Peregrine falcon family was(any idea's?) I mentioned it to my oldest who is 8 and she was well up for it, i dont own a car so was looking for some places to take her?
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...
. Cheers Ian Birders are generally getting more and more selfish and that's a fact! So wrapped up in our websi...