sightings while doing a survey today around crooke 2 buzzards 3 nuthatch 2 g s woodpeckers 2 coal tits 3 cormorants flew over and 7 goosanders flew up the river douglas and finished off with a fox walking along the field back of gathurst station ...
Hi, on friday my family are off to the pyrenees on a holiday. Its a family holiday so obviously birding will not be a priority, but in such a place I was hoping to make the most of the new surroundings and supposedly good wildlife. I was wondering, does anyone know any good spots for birding (either in spai...
I found Ian's article about the Greenfield Great Snipe of 1979 and the intriguing photographs most enjoyable. Wouldn't it be something to find one on Horrocks's Flash next month? After all, dreams do sometimes come true. One of the big events this year was the Cley occurrence in early May of an adult G...
Some forum members will already have heard, but there has been some very sad news over the last week concerning a stalwart of the Manchester Birding scene; more for his contribution to the birds than to birding per se. Alf Neild, husband of Chris Neild, and leading light in Shell Carrington Nature Res...
Gripping yarns - Bill Oddie Wild Merseyside - John Dempsey A sky full of starlings + This birding life - Stephen Moss (no dust jackets) Birds of Britain and Europe - John Gooders Arrivals and rivals; a birding oddity - Adrian Riley (ex-library) Tales of a tabloid twitcher - Stuart Winter Birds in Great...
I have been lucky enough to get a new Zeiss Diascope. So I am selling my old scope which is a Zeiss Diascope 85 TFL with a 20-60X zoom lens and a stay on case. I bought this second hand from Kay Optical in April 2010 for £1,400. It is in very good condition. If you are interested contact Mike on 07742908182 or e...
Today i came back to a feral pigeon that had been killed by a sparrowhawk in the garden, apparently only disturbed off it a few minutes earlier
I assumed it would have been a female that had killed such large prey, but later i noticed a male sparrowhawk returning to the kill, only to be disturbed...
Hi all, Just a quick request for help really - from the thread, this place sounds great and I would like to at least be in the same area as a Quail, so I can dip on it spectacularly. Can anybody tell me if there is a bus or train that would take me close to the mosses from Manchester city centre? I don't know the a...
Did anybody see a male Sparrowhawk in Longsight around 8.00am today?It was sat as bold as brass on a lampost on the A6 - Kirkmanshulme Lane junction, looking down on the traffic below. I dismissed it as a collared dove at first!
Hello - I'm new to this site so firstly I apologise if I'm covering something already covered in a different thread! We've been seeing a lot of a pair of buzzards around where we live recently (I assume its always the same pair). Now I never used to notice much of them and I first saw them circling a...
Evening walk revealed the following, Five family parties of Whitethroat. Three Willow warblers. Seven Mistle thrush. Many Wood pigeon. Fifty plus Swallows, mainly young. Ten plus House martin. Six Swift. One Little owl. One Kestrel. One family party of Grey partridge being harassed by a male Sto...
I have been hearing Oystercatchers calling from direction of Moss Shaw Farm whilst working on the Council wildlife land east of Bradley Fold depot. This week I saw and heard one flying from direction of Bradley Fold Lodge over the Bradley Fold Business Park to the Moss Shaw part of Coggra Fold SBI. In t...
Hi I have regular visits from an unusual bird. It appears in my garden and in the trees that line the East Lancs railway line near Schofield Street. After searching the internet I think it is a leucistic crow. It is quite a large bird with very pale grey/brown plumage and darker coloured beak and legs. I'...
Looking for just £450.00 for the above scope, eyepiece and stay on case (excludes tripod) The scope is only a few months and in good condition and I still have the original box. The eyepiece is the HDF version which is a top of the range eyepiece and also a stay on case is included. This is an excellent scop...
Hi if anybody has any pictures of Stock Doves or Stock Doves In Woodpigeon flocks they could send me could they please privite message me or E-mail me. I will not use any images for other use. Thanks.
Over the past couple of weeks I have noticed, in several places the arrival of green netting on hedgerows. The netting is usually 2 - 3m long and covers both sides of the hedge. Anyone any idea what is the purpose of the netting?
While doing inspections here a pr of Kestrels where prospecting for a nest site calling and flying around the site
site withheld just in case they do nest here
Cheers Jimmy
Over the last five weeks I have noticed a large falcon which I presume is a buzzard. It is usually being mobbed by the local crows and magpies. Yesterday (8th June) I saw it four times. This bird must have escaped from someone as it has a ;I think it is called a jessie, hanging from its leg. The area seen in is...
a walk today around the reserve, forgive me but i am new to this site and the bird watching principles.
there is a pure white duck, about the size of a mallard, and i just wondered what it is, i can't find it in my RSPB reference book.
Hi We are a family of three just starting birdwatching. We own a scope, but we want some binoculars for each of us. Mark Evans on this forum is kindly selling me one pair this week, but I need 2 more pairs. so if you have any old bins knocking about that may still have some life in them, please PM me. pr...
I am posting this on here as I don't know where else to turn to. A lovely brown and white pigeon has been visiting our garden since last Tuesday. We have given it seed and water. It is ringed. My husband has tried various ways of catching it but it is really crafty and seems to know what we are up to and every at...
16/06/2011 - Atlas walk from 7.10am-8am: 20+ Lesser Black-backed Gulls - probably nesting on factory rooves adjacent to the park on the south side, breeding not confirmed though from road level. Any other colonies in GM? 2 Herring Gulls - also in the same suitable habitat 4 Swifts 2 Swallows 4 Mistle...
Ive just spent 3 Days going around every nook and crannie in Wythenshawe Park searching for a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.having been informed they are around. Sunday 6am to 9am Gib Wood,Horse field,Wildflower area,Result nothing Sunday 5pm to 8pm Along Northenden Road perimiter,onto Horse Padd...
OK GM birders, I know you've all been waiting with anticipation to find out who the new County Recorder will be. Following Judith Smith's announcement of her intention to stand down, effective 27th June, the two Assistant County Recorders and the BTO Regional Representative for Manchester region...
Had a strange looking Goldfinch in my garden this morning in Lowton is this Leucistic? Goldfinch -- Edited by Phil and Tammy Holgate on Wednesday 6th of July 2011 06:08:18 PM
Hello to you all out there in bird land, i am quite new to this (6months ish) and i enjoy photographing the birds that i manage to see and would love to see woodpeckers,king fishers and dippers i visit audenshaw ressers quite often and have got some fantastic birds there but would like to add the others to...
Can I just echo Ian's comments in his comprehensive review of this product.
I have almost eliminated back pain that I attributed to sport but was actually caused by carrying my scope on one shoulder by buying one of these.
For short treks you can still use it over one shoulder but having your hands f...
We've been seeing a lot of a pair of buzzards around where we live recently (I assume its always the same pair). Now I never used to notice much of them and I first saw them circling a...