I was sad to see that the idiots who get some kind of sick pleasure out of setting fire to the habitats at Wigan flashes are at it again as a large area of grassland has been destroyed plus some blackberry bushes as well as this they have tried to burn one or two parts of the reedbeds most of this is close to Wes...
If anyone has or knows where there is a secondhand Nikon FSA-L1 adaptor for sale at a very reasonable price, I'd be pleased to hear from you via PM. Cheers Martyn -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 8th of August 2011 03:30:08 PM
It's on the cards that my time in Saudi Arabia may soon be over, no complaints really, I've had a good 38 year run. What prompted me to write this was the birds around our building this morning. We are situated about half way down a military runway and the surrounding area is brush. Basically it's short ve...
First Crankwood Swallow this evening, on the telephone wires leading to my house.
Plus quite a few House Martins Sunday (27th) along the canal nr Lightshaw.
Belated post from the Christmas holidays
After no water for a few days in Ireland came home to no internet
Dublin Aiport 26/12 - 6 inch of Snow
Hooded Crow 3, Raven, Spahawk & Buzzard
Howth Harbour 27/12 - snow melting
Skylark 3 feeding on a small grass patch middle of harbour + 30 flew over
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my friend george phoned me sunday evening to say he had seen a lesser scaup at rspb reserve marshside north of southport. identification was via experienced rspb volunteers. marshside has its own internet site if any one wants to check if its still there, mike
Single bird over ring o bells / hoscar moss road the bird came from the direction of mawdesley and was heading towards lathom/ burscough 4.45 pm today .
This is a list of items all for sale by a friend, anyone interested can please contact him directly, i dont want to be a middle man, i said i would put up this list as a favour to seek a good home for these much loved pieces, anyone interested in anything here can contact Neil on 07772442224
this is a rough...
Can anyone help me to positively identify three birds I saw at Penny this weekend please. I think they are:
1) stock dove - or is it just a pigeon?
2) Meadow pipits - are they all mpits or is the one in the grass different ?
3) Siskin - very poor picture
Pictures of all of them (along with some others I do...
what a great days Ditching! my type of birding has been affectionately called Ditching by Holly Page this basically means i usually end up sat somewhere in a ditch hidden from view and waiting to get a good photo, or should i say hoping, well today was no exception and as useual i am sat hidden in a ditch ho...
can anyone let me know where you can get good quality bird food from , I used to get the premium bird food from the Grange but they have stopped selling it and all I can find is the cheaper Cheeky Boy or the Aldi bird food, most of which is wheat I think and it ends up all over the floor and I now have a rat and 3 fera...
As the older thread I was using was simply for Cumbria I thought I better start a new thread for a more precise area for the Out-of-County forum's new system. At first glance you may think Sellafield is not a particularly good place to go birding, but the farmland to the north of the plant is remarkable fo...
Thank you for reading this, Today i received a letter from Stephen Cartwright, the head officer for the Lancashire Wildlife Trust, LWT, he is looking for some support to show the interest we all have in these superb mosslands, all he needs is a few letters of encouragement, the more the better, Rather...
I have a Sigma 50-500mm f/4-6.3 EX DG APO HSM - Nikon Fit for sale in good condition with some superficial wear in the usual place only on the tripod attachment / handle. A carrying bag, lens hood and filter is also included. It's called the 'Bigma' by some people.
I'm considering upgrading this lens t...
Hi All, for anyone interested i have a Carl Zeiss Diascope 85T FL Spotting Scope, and a NIKON 80A SPOTTING SCOPE + TWO EYEPIECES up for auction on Ebay, reason for sale I have bought a Swarovski ATS 80,,, Zeiss auction number 130496937791 Nikon auction number 130496960130 Thanks happy birding -- Edit...
Looking for a copy of Sylvia Warblers Hadoram Shirihai et al. If anyone has a spare copy, or wishes to sell theirs please send me a PM, thanks. Keep Birding. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 8th of August 2011 03:27:36 PM
Keith Mills wrote: Is it me but has YORKSHIRE disappeared off the Forum.
It used to be under North East England but that has gone too.
Yorkshire is I believe our biggest county
A technical issue now resolved. Thanks for bringing it to my attention though I'm not sure I need reminding of how bi...
A small flock of about 10 Jackdaws have taken up residence on St catherines church in scholes, I watched them late sunday afternoon as they chased a flock of Starlings off the chuch spire, I have seen them flying in the scholes area for a while now. I thought they where rooks at first but after checking th...
Work has started on upgrading the towpath from Bamfurlong Bridge on the A58 to Plank Lane lift bridge. This means that sections of the towpath will be closed off whilst imprinted concrete is laid - currently access is closed at the A58 bridge.
From the A58 bridge to Dover Bridge on the A573 it is possib...
Looking at several recent postings on the sightings page, I notice that some folk are beginning to take advantage of the earlier sunrise, and are out there taking on the world at 6.30 a.m. Now whilst I admire their dedication, and would not seek to question their sanity, I do pose the question: why so ea...
If anyone finds a small (1cm diameter) camera shutter knob in the hide it's mine! I was using my camera to photo the Avocet yesterday, and when I took it out to hopefully photo the Slav Grebe at Audi, it was missing this vital knob. (it's for a Nikon Coolpix 4500)
Now that the reporting of big flocks of Waxwings has dwindled and sightings are now down to a couple or single birds.
Do these waywards who have lost thier flocks, make it back to Scandanavia or get lost en-route or do they stay around for the summer.
Now's the ideal time to count Rookeries, before the leaves come on the trees. I've a suspicion they are in decline in Greater Manchester, so any counts will be very welcome...
