A day exploring some areas rarely covered with Phil Rhodes and partly with my dad.
An early morning walk from Daisy Hill, Westhoughton into Hulton Park -
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Whitethroat 10+
Grey Partridge 2
Yellowhammer 15+
House Martin 3
Swift 10+
Blackcap 3
Buzzard 2
A circular wal...
Dear all, Newbie looking for a bit of advice... I'm wanting to buy a telescope, but the prices I've seen people quoting have scared the bejesus out of me. Are there any decent budget range / beginner-type scopes people would recommend? A couple of hundred quid is about as far as I could stretch at the min...
Whilst walking through Mere Clough in Prestwich early this morning,heard a Cuckoo singing from somewhere in Phillips Park.[By the way,it definitely wasn't a Collared Dove,of which there were quite a few about aswell!] Has anyone else heard,or better still,seen the bird?
A Red Kite flying quite low (200ft-250ft) over Hindsford at 12.45pm today. Coming from direction of Tyldesley and heading towards Atherton Town Centre area.
Stuck on the M60 this afternoon i spotted a magpie next to the road which i can only desribe as a giant rose coloured starling , the normal white plumage was pink , ive personally nether seen anything like this in my life, as anybody else seen this bird?
River Tame Hyde 2 Kingfisher 2 Dipper 2 Grey Wagtail with 3 fledged chicks at various stages (youngest with no tale yet very funny can't quite balance yet). 5 Mallard 2 Chiff Chaff Pair Nuthatch feeding young 2 nesting Greater Spotted Woodpeckers 1 Chaffinch 3 Wren
Was walking my dog along bollin a week or so ago when a tawny owl flew from branch above my head. Thought nest hole would be somewhere around and fould possible site. Went back yesterday to check it out and sure enough tiny chick visible (it may have been scrabbling around on others!) left quickly as I was...
Saplin Wood, GSW, Green Woody,heard Cuckoo but couldn it, find it.Pa1r of Curlew on Holcombe Moor being harassed by Crows,plenty of mipits,skylarks,2 Red Grouse just below Peel Tower. 0730 - 1100 -- Edited by Mike Horwood on Thursday 19th of May 2011 06:01:28 PM
Double DVD by Steve Evans. Nearly 2.5 hrs of excellent footage of last years goodies seen in Britain, Ireland and a few from Western Europe (includes GMs own Pied-billed Grebe!). As new- £10. 07783555780 Cheers, Mark -- Edited by Mark Evans on Wednesday 18th of May 2011 05:45:29 PM-- Edited by Ian McK...
British birds of prey - Paul Doherty Birdwatching in England - Paul Doherty Both excellent condition - £6 each P.M. me or send text to 07783555780 Thanks, Mark -- Edited by Mark Evans on Saturday 14th of May 2011 11:32:41 PM-- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 8th of August 2011 03:32:24 PM
Manchester Birding fully supports the charity BirdLife International and with it their amazing new initiative called Ghosts of Gone Birds. A whole bunch of big name artists, musicians, poets and writers are getting together to raise awareness and money for BirdLife International's Preventin...
As is generally the case up in Shetland, a day rarely goes by without an Otter sighting. On this particular day this individual was my third and without doubt my best encounter. Pictures and a HD video can be found here. Enjoy. cheers...
As above I have an Opticron BC-2 Hide Clamp in just about as new condition - these days I don't use a scope as I use bins and my camera so bean bags are my choice in hides... This is the more expensive Opticron clamp and the centre column with the panning head with quick release plate. More than happy for anyo...
I have an Apple PowerMac G4 loaded with very well known software for graphic design so would be perfect for editting and photos. It's in great condition and has good processor speed and memory (more detailed technical specification can be supplied if required). I'd be willing to do a straight swap wi...
Plus 20 WA eyepiece and stay on cover. It's well lived in, but optically great. There are some visible marks in the objective lens coatings but I don't think that they affect its performance at all. Includes stay on case. It's a great scope for birding and being the APO version great for digiscoping too...
In response to Ian's (note the use of the apostrophe) posting (copied below) I thought I'd move the discussion to a more appropriate place. I would agree with almost everything Ian says, but not " the dreaded elitist BTO codes". It's not the codes that are elitist, it's those who use them in...
What would be the best book to get for the identification of british and migrant warblers? Specifically with pictures (preferably photos) of the birds flying away, as this seems to be the view I get of them more often than not!
19th and 20th May LIverpool School of Art and Design The Ghosts of Gone Birds project kicks off in the heart of Liverpool to coincide with the Sound City Festival. Were taking over the Liverpool School of Art & Design with established artists, like Ralph Steadman, Jamie Hewlett, Billy Childish,...
I was walking my dog this morning on William fosters playing fields at ince, on the pond which also flows into the canal someone has thrown a shopping trolley into it, and over the last few days I started to see what looked like the start of a nest being built inside it and this morning I saw a pair of coots ta...
To Steve Suttill:-
Dipper is one of those species which you regularly see on your patch until you look for them! They are often on their favourite stone etc and this can lead to complacency and underrecording. I recently had an e-mail from Prof David Norman who is writing large amounts of species acco...
For sale as I just cant get used to carrying scope plus bins plus camera! Nikon RAII 60mm straight scope with stay on cover. I'd say in very good condition but I don't have the cover for the 20x eyepiece. I do have the SSA digital camera attachment and a Coolpix attachment for the adapter which I'll includ...
An early morning and very cold start for the reported male Firecrest which has been present for some time now, in the woods alongside the boatyard.
After about an hour of searching through the various Tit flocks and Goldcrests to no avail, all of a sudden, the star of the show was located feeding very...
