29/03/2011 - Phil Owen and I visited Whixall Moss this afternoon, just south of Whitchurch to search for a Common Crane which had been recently reported from the area. The bird showed really well further west from the car park down to where the canals meet. It was best viewed by crossing the footbridge...
Had a walk up behind the airport this afternoon and through the Bollin Tunnel under runway 2. A couple of Grey Wagtails we flitting in and out of the tunnel and there was a male Goosander upstream toward the Valley Lodge Hotel. Both seen from GM side of the river
Hi All, I'm a new member, been checking out the forum for a while now and thought it was about time I started to contribute. Just been down to Highfield Moss (between Lowton and Newton) for a walk at dusk (3.30pm - 5.00pm). Sightings as follows: - Blackbird - many Wren - many Yellowhammer - 10 Crow - many S....
Separate thread from the the one discussion state of play at Pennington entitled "RE: Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club anti-gull stance!?" which muses on habitat decline and younger birders..... I was introduced to birding in the 1970s via relatives of a Yorkshire based RSPB group, monthly meetings...
Had to pick the wife up today in Talacre but arrived very late (6pm) due to car problems.
A quick walk with the dog on Gronant beach was therefore in order and this resulted in a solitary Little Tern which obliged by landing in front of me on one of the rock pools (wish I had taken my camera!!)
The main fe...
A very smart Mealy Redpoll is currently at Amberswood (near Hindley, Wigan) this early afternoon, in the north-west area of alders with approx 80 Redpoll and 150 Siskin. Info thanks to Andy Makin -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 2nd of November 2009 10:09:47 PM-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Sunday...
As we were in the area decided to call in and have a look. 2 Spoonbills feeding out on a gulley cutting through the beach at low water was a good start. On the reserve itself really good numbers of breeding terns,mainly Sandwich but also Common,Arctic and Little Tern in reasonable numbers many with larg...
Yesterday around midday, 2 ?terrapins on branches in the water by the island in the duckpond (think I could see yellow striping on their necks but didn't have binoculars with me)
Hope it's ok to start a new topic, none there for Aberdeen at all!
Latest leg of our Scottish holiday was our usual trip across to the Ythan Estuary on the Aberdeenshire coast. Lots of Eiders but no sign of 'Elvis' the returning King Eider! Fantastic spectacle of hundreds of terns in the tern colony al...
Such a shame that the Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club at Pennington Flash should see fit to embellish their shiny new buoys around the waters of the National Nature Farce...I mean Reserve, with resplendent plastic 'spikes' to prevent those nasty gulls and terns from resting on them. God forbid their...
Had a morning at Hale Head, Widnes taking part in day one of the National Migration Watch series. The watch started at 06.45 and finished at 13.00 although I wasn't there all of the time. In total 513 individual birds and 12 species where counted. The full list was Merlin 2, Hobby 1, Skylark 54, Swallow 1...
went for a mooch down the gorge today. how do you get a highlight out of wood warbler stone chat redstart pied flycatcher spotted flycatcher 2 calling cuckoo they're all highlights
Couple of hours walk this am from Blue John Cavern- Hollins Cross-Mam Tor Highlights: 4 Whinchat, inc 2 juvenilles Raven Peregrine 4 Willow Warbler 15 Goldfinch Many Swallow, some House Martin/Swift 15 Meadow Pipit Sparrowhawk
Had an hour at Ainsdale Beach the other evening: saw Sandwich Tern roost - circa 15 birds, Dunlin, Knot, Sanderling [in very smart plumage] and Bar Tailed Godwit - some still in breeding plumage and a tick for me. Also possible Grey Plover which would have been a tick but they were too badly lit by the sun...
Hello, off to Mallorca at the end of april for a week. Will be taking the bins but limited as girlfriend not interested and neither are her sister and husband with whom I'll be sharing the villa! Although will have limited access to a car.
Anyway, anyone been and got any top tips for the biggies!!
Als...
24/02/2011 - Myself and Sid Ashton finally caught up with the long-staying Oriental Turtle Dove today in Chipping Norton. It was still present in the area of 'The Leys' and eventually gave itself up to us properly in the back hedge of house number 41. No access to that house today but the view fr...
When I first moved into Astley Green thirty odd years ago there were literally hundreds of Silver Birch trees on Astley Moss SSSI and Bedford Moss. Lancashire Wildlife Trust have over the years removed virtually all off these trees over a massive area,as apparently they help to dry out the mossland a...
Just got back from working in Ireland for 6 days and had a few nice sightings whilst over there.
Lesser Scaup -
Iceland Gull -
Cattle Egret -
Green Winged Teal -
Also Hooded Crow, Buzzard, Peregrine, Whooper, Bewick and Mute Swans, Barnacle and Brents, Eiders + a whole range of other wildfow...
A really good afternoon. At least 100 martins and swallows around the water treatment works attracted a hunting hobby. This was seen at close range as it didn't see me below the bankside tree canopy and flew directly over at about 15 meters. Buzzard and sparrowhawk seen just after this. The other high...
An afternoon visit to Lincolnshire today started off at 1.00pm at Rosper Road Pools, Immingham for the reported Collared Pratincole. The bird had flown off 10 minutes prior to arriving and as it seemed to be in the habit of feeding mainly in the morning and evening, we decided to head for Tetney Locks t...
Originally posted today by Rob Adderley: If anyone fancies an excuse for two walks in Cumbria this year (the first one needed this week) the Cumbria Bird Club have put out a request for volunteers to take the last few tetrads in a Yellowhammer survey. Some of these, eg Ambleside, are easy enough to get t...
