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...
Just a reminder that this week is the best chance to see Bitterns departing the area to return to their breeding sites - there is a full moon on 19th. Bitterns may also turn up in strange places this week!
Although I've never seen this, they are supposed to spiral up from reedbeds at dusk.
Northenden is my new 'neck of the woods', so have started to mooch around Kenworthy Lane Woods a fair bit.
12/3/11KL Woods
Female Sparrowhawk perched, then on patrol
R. Mersey
Flock L/T Tits at very close range
Grey Wagtail
Reed Bunting (m)
3 x Mistle Th...
Now that another WeBS season has finished, could I ask everyone to send their results to Adrian Dancy as soon as possible, or enter them up online, as I need the 2010 counts for the county report? Thanks.
Also, if anyone has photos they have not already sent me, and they are not on this website, but want t...
Syd brook and surrounding fields , Had 2 pairs of teal , 1 heron , flushed a woodcock twice ( same bird ) highlight was finding a half built long tailed tit nest in a small bramble patch .
From Birdguides today - keep those eyes to the skies
14:50 10/03/11 Sand Martin Suffolk Thorington Street
12:30 10/03/11 Northern Wheatear Guernsey Pulias Headland
Also a load of Frogspawn appeared in my pond
l've been asked by a fellow nanny what alternative food there are for their charges to feed the ducks. l know in Dunham Massey Park, you can buy duck food from the shop but where can we buy stuff from locally ?
thanks...
I'm new to this site so have probably got this all wrong; not sure that this is a "new" topic as have seen some entries re redpolls/mealy redpolls from February.
Last week and today, we have had 1 male redpoll then 2 female (?mealy) redpolls on our nyger seed feeder. Surprised that one of the...
THEN WHERE OF INDIAN HILLS THE DAYLIGHT TAKES
HIS LEAVE HOW MIGHT YOU THE FLAMINGO SEE
DISPORTING LIKE A METEOR ON THE LAKES
CAMPBELL FROM HIS GERTRUDE OF WYOMING
