With Christmas fast approaching I was thinking of getting the missus to get me a camera/lens carrying bag. Can anyone recommend a good and reasonably priced one?
Cheers
Live in Wythenshawe and had the following in and around garden
7 blackbirds
1 mistle thrush
3 coal tit
2 great tits
8 blue tits
2 dunnock
1 robin
1 wren
20-25 house sparrows
in a tree at back of house 1 heron
I have had a leusistic(?) Robin on my feeders for the last few days,loves the crumbled fat balls.Seen him Friday,Saturday and Sunday. White patches on head and breast.
I was at Wigan flashes today monday 29th november and was told by a bloke I was talking to that in the last two weeks he has seen a flock of over 10,000 starlings going to roost in the reedbeds that are behind the school the reedbeds are also very close to the bird feeders, & today I managed to get some dec...
I have really enjoyed the Waxwings portrayed on the Gr. Man. Gallery of late.
I notice Mr. Rigby has submitted a superb shot of one taken in Oldham on: -wait for it... 29th November 2010.
Mark, I hope you haven't been using that Tardis in your year listing endeavours; that would be outside the stan...
I am sure you all know this but for those who dont there is a current plethora of birding programmes on BBC4 my sky plus box is overheating with the strain of it all. Born to be wild and birding Britannia on tonight back to back.
A packet of tuc biscuits (1/5th of packet to be precise) and a cup of yorkshire...
At 9.30 I looked out of my window and saw 2 Wawing o on the top of a tall tree in the park area at the back of Grappenhall Community Centre in Bellhouse Lane. They flew towards the community centre and were in a tall silver birch in the community centre Car park at 10.am when I left.
4.15pm
Golf course, Denton, Manchester (seen from M60 between Ashton/Denton).
Approx 1000 starlings swarming around with other small flocks joining them.
Wished I could have stopped & watched- never seen this phenomenon so close to Manchester
Rae
I was alerted to the reopening of commercial cockling off Leasowe today by the deeestuary website run by Richard Smith.
Not a handful of cocklers, which was my initial impression on hearing the news, but 250+ present (and 450 permits issued in total). This is a disgrace in my opinion, totally unsus...
If anyone,like me, has an interest in WinterHill and the surounding area. Have a look at this guys website. There's a FREE book to download "Winter Hill Scrapbook" It's full of fascinating facts about the history/wildlife/mines/plane crashes...UFOs of Winter Hill.
www.d.lane.b...
Pomona Docks, on Salford Quays, is currently being monitored for Site of Biological Importance status, & if it attains this status, it would be given certain legal protections
To assess Pomona formally, we require as many wildlife records as possible, therefore we would be very appreciati...
King George V Pool, near Altrincham, is currently being monitored for Site of Biological Importance status, & if it attains this status, it would be given certain legal protections
To assess KGVP formally, we require as many wildlife records as possible, therefore we would be very apprecia...
The Heywood advertiser has just announced that Rochdale Council are handing over to developers green belt between Heywood and the M62 for an extension which will double the size of the existing Heywood Industrial park and include c 520 houses. A new link road from the M62 to Hareshill Road will be inc...
I've just read that the "Twitchers-A very British Obsession" will be televised on 6th October on BBC4, starting at 9pm and finishing at 10pm.
Might or might not be to your taste in televisual treats but I thought I'd post here just in case anyone would like to watch.
Mike
this is my first post, I am not a serious twitcher, but enjoy watching when i can, i spotted a kingfisher on Rochdale canal behind Arrow mill at the weekend, just wondered is it likely that it resides in the area or was a visitor. thinking of trying to get a photo if quick enough, any thoughts -- Edited by pe...
I've just heard tonight that it's likely that Bolton MBC have cut their funding to Bolton Wildlife Project by 100% (hope it's not the case; perhaps someone out there knows differently?) and I thought it might be useful to start a thread where people can report what they hear is happening in their areas...
Last minute reminder for all who are resisting the delights of Scilly - Birdwatching Festival at Martin Mere is THIS WEEKEND (both Sat & Sun)!
Highlight, of course, will be the BTO stall, but you can also look at all those books and optics, etc to put on your list for Santa at the other stalls.
Ev...
last week my 15 year old grandson asked me if i would help him with his duke of edinburgh,s award for his skill he wants to do bird watching.i only have a brief idear
of what it intails bronze silver and gold 3month and 50 species, 6 months and 12 month.
I have sugested we do 4 differant habitat sites in eac...
I am in the market for a birdwatching /walking coat. Needs to be warm and rain proof good pockets. Not too dear.
Any ideas or recommended retailers much welcomed
Many Thanks
Peter
I have no promblem accessing this site on my mobile phone and have birdguides info for the latest news when im mooching further afield. The only problem i have is that i cannot get the ordnance survey map for grid referances or the birdmap that has symbols showing the exact location of birds. Does anyon...
having been lucky enough to see the slavonian grebe last saturday and the pied billed on wednesday, we were discussing the chances of seeing the 2 which we haven't so far seen.
the red necked and black necked.
how likely would you chaps think it would be that we could see both of these species before t...
Lesley Rd end - a Water Rail on the little stream and 2 Buzzards (a tetrad with no records at all so far, so paid it a visit today - 27 species in total)
Not long since come back from another trek around Merseyvale Nature Park, Stockport with my two youngest daughters. Not the most elusive of birds, I know, but was surprised to see a female pheasant fly up from the bank of the river near the sewage works. Not seen pheasants round there before and just wo...
Having been run off my feet for a good month or so it was nice to get away from it all and have a week in the emerald isle. I went over with the wife for some walking, sight seeing, surfing and a bit of birding in between, but nothing too serious. We were staying near the beach in Lahinch, County Clare, with mix...
I'm looking to get into bird photography (something I've been itching to do for a while) and I've now decided to take the plunge. I've done quite a bit of research on cameras and lenses and I've decided to go with a Canon 500D body and a Canon 400mm f5.6 lense.
Can anyone recommend a good retailer where I...
Popped off the M6 today to see the Velvet Scoter at Clitheroe which was showing very well. As the small lake it was on was nearly completely iced up not sure how long it will stay but was fascinating to see it diving below the ice, retrieving freshwater mussels [small swan mussels?] and swallowing them w...
