Not been up here before, but was doing some survey work there this morning over the tide cycle up from the Wyre Country Park. Merlin hunting Twite and Meadow Pipits over the saltmarsh, Redwings filled the bushes and resident Reed Buntings all over the place. About 5000+ PF Geese flying over, mainly la...
1300hrs today, reasonably large Gull flock c200 birds consisted of;
1 adult sum/pl Mediterranean Gull
2 LBB Gulls
14 Common Gulls
remainder BH Gulls.
All quite mobile between the Lodge and Elton High School grounds
Also on the Lodge,
3 Goosander (2 f)
c20 Teal
4 Mallard
Coots, Moorhen and...
A noteworthy achievement and new record set up here yesterday: Paul Hindess, avid year listing addict, who holds the county year list record for Durham, yesterday (April 18th) achieved the quickest ever 200 score. Paul starting the morning on 198, managing Tree Pipits in Black Bank Plantation and...
l know this is a long shot but here goes.... At the begining of May, l'm off to Hungary. l have a scope but l need to borrow a tripod...p-l-e-a-s-e Does anyone have a spare one for me to use for a week ? Preferably a lightweight. l live in Manchester, work in Stockport, so distance (to a degree) is no problem....
I recently dropped my Kowa scope and damaged some of the internal workings.I took it to Stockport Binocular & Telescope Centre at Edgeley in Stockport for repair.I dropped it off on the Tuesday and my scope was repaired(including getting a replacement part from Kowa) by the following Saturday...
WALKING ALONG THE CANAL AT APPLEY BRIDGE THIS MORNING I SAW SAND MARTINS FLYING INTO PIPES IN THE WALL ABOUT 200 YARDS DOWN FROM THE SWINGBRIDGE IN THE DIRECTION OF GATHURST.
A Red Kite was seen independently twice today over Aspull late morning by Andy Isherwood initially and then seen over Westhaughton/Aspull still circling by Andy Makin just after this though viewed from Georges Lane, Horwich.
Just browsing the systematic county list and dicovered that the Ring-necked Duck is not the first American duck species to appear in the county on April 11th. The other (at least) being Bufflehead..........
I had a call on Sunday from my brother in law he was travelling between Macclesfield and Disley when he saw a bird of prey i lot bigger than a Buzzard (has seen plenty) more like a Eagle. Now for the interesting bit he saw the same bird 15 mins later about 6 miles away if Higher Poynton landing in a field. I tho...
My neighbour called to tell me that there was a 'grouse' on her fence at about 10.30 this morning. When I rushed round to look I was startled to see not a grouse but a large, handsome cock pheasant. This sighting was on Parkdale Avenue, Audenshaw, about 500 yards away from the reservoirs. I have photogra...
what a great day out today. Started in the garden first ever redpoll on feeders in the garden along with gold finch, green finch, chaffinch, blue tit, coal tit,great tit,longtailed tit, magpies mobing collared doves and wood piegeons, gold crest in the silver birch also robin, dunnock, blackbird,...
Went and had a quick walk this morning as my little lad was asleep and the wife was busy.
I live 2 minutes from the woods/fields and used to play on there all the time when I was a kid. If I go out, it's usually to Pennington or Clifton Country park. But going to make this a new and regular patch.
12.00-1.15...
I've just spent the last 30minutes watching a Blue Tit who seems determined to get into my shed for some reason.
It must have concussion the number of times it's bounced off the window!!
Any clues as to why??
1 green woodpecker -in tree and then on the ground near brook
7 goldfinches - in tree on alder with 4 siskins
5 blackbird - in tree
6 greenfinch - on my peanuts (well 2 of them)
Just seen 20+ waxwings in Hulme this evening minutes after I'd seen a willow warbler! They were busy feeding in a sycamore - must have been getting insects. Is this a record? Simon
Hi gang.
Just bought the above with the 13-40 Zomm and had a great time at Old Moore with it today, only the second time out in ernest.
Anyone else got one?
Geoff
2 singing chiffchaff 1 m blackcap,pair of grey partridge 2 buzzards feeding in farmers field Along with several lapwings,pair of oystercatchers 2 yellowhammer,20 tree sparrows Sparrowhawk being mobbed by lapwings
Saw four flying low over the gardens immediately south of my own (Kilburn Close, Heald Green), from the back garden. Had seen them on the ground before at the muddy field next to the 'big storage' warehouse, alongside the roundabout where the A34 goes beneath the A555 (next to Tesco, Handforth Dean),...
Hi all,
I have regular daily visits of redpoll to my garden in Bromley Cross Bolton. Over the years the colour variation on these birds has been wide some are very pale looking some are very dark. They have always had the red cap and sometimes a tremendous pink/red breast. Last week 4 birds visited. Ye...
swans nestbuilding on the narrow strip of land between walmsleys pond and the canal.the pond has recently been taken over by a carp fishing group.this is a worry because anyone fishing that part of the pond would practically have to step over the nest to get there and carp men often fish for days and bri...
I was passed a link to an American web cam site. There are several cameras to choose from on the left of the page.
http://www.raptorresource.org/falcon_cams/ (paste into your browser address bar)
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...
