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
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ,...
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...
Probable Cattle Egret seen this afternoon near to Walmsleys pond this afternoon by Bill Bentley he phoned me up to say that he had seen a small white heron being bullied by a swan and it flew around but came back to the same area and disappeared into the reeds but the description he gave me of it being all wh...
We have a pair of USED Swarovski 8x32 NL Pure Binoculars for sale. Boxed. Includes Case, Strap, Rain Guard and Objective caps. Excellent Condition on sale for £1699.00 The link to our website is: https://www.focalpointopticsltd.com/product-page/pre-loved-swarovski-nl-pure-8x32 Pleas...
Consultation on the Tritax East proposed development taking place in Feb and Mar. This will affect local areas of Lowton, Golborne, Newton-le willows and Winwick. This is a large area of farmland being affected in addition to parkside colliery.
Link below
https://newtonlewillowsnews.co.u...
Had a couple of hours at Wigg Island today in seach of Cettis Warbler and despite hearing the calls I was unable to pin the rascals down. Still a pleasant afternoon with Merlin and Buzzard on the marsh and loads of gulls on the mud when the tide receded - some of them looked huge - a good place for the "g...
Please note: This is the superior APO version. Great condition. There are a couple of very slight scratches on the front lens which are hardly noticeable and have no effect on image quality, and a couple of small scuffs on the body. Includes a 20-60x zoom eyepiece and Leica stay on case (missing the de...
Visited a couple of times over the weekend for the reported Quail, but only heard it calling away in the evening. However it was a case of third time lucky last night when at last, the Quail flew out of the crops to re-locate further down the field. A fairly short flight but still enough to get a decent view...
3 Little stint juvs showing really well in excellent light today from The Esplanade opposite 'Oliver Court' flats. Two birds have been along that stretch of beach at the edge of the vegetation for approx a week now, and today there were three!
Huge Site Accessed it via Wharton Lane and concentrated on the area at the end that has changed considerably from even Google Earth looks like a bomb has gone off with acres of bare grounds small pool and a few ditches and older mounds. Main sighting Red White and Alsike Clover, Amphibious Bistort, Sne...
28/07/2007 - Mid Afternoon
No sign or sound of last weeks reported Ring Necked Parakeet in Leverhulme Park, dont know who reported it, i will keep an open mind even though i have had various escaped parrots in the park in previous years,
Did have -
4+ Dippers, 2 well grown juveniles feeding from D...
We have received on commission sale a Leica Apo Televid 82 with 25-50x Zoom Eyepiece. Unboxed. Includes Strap, Case, Eyepiece Cap, Objective Cap. Excellent Condition. The seller is asking £2120.00//www.focalpointopticsltd.com/product-page/leica-apo-te...
Hi all, the link is below for the planning reform working paper proposed by Labour.
Not full details are given but this could affect biodiversity and change the way in which ecological assessments are done in the planning system. It sets out a strategic approach to assessing protected species lik...
Visited Fog Lane Park a couple of times this week in search of the Parakeets.
Its amazing just what can be found in the middle of an urban sprawl.
2 Nuthatch
2 Great-spotted Woodpecker
67 Redwing
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Goldfinch
Long-tailed Tit
Treecreeper
Blackbirds galore
Moorhen
Coot...
Birding has for some time become an activity which relies increasingly on photographic evidence (which is fine) but also on the need to carry a specimen container to obtain faecial DNA in order to ascertain an identification in certain circumstances. As I commented recently on Thailand Birding op...
