Hi all. Just a reminder that this weekend is the RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch for 2011. A great chance to be part of a massive nationwide survey to see how our garden birds are faring. You just need to spend a spare hour checking out what's in the garden (or park/open space if you don't have a garden) on eith...
Had brief views of a puzzling buzzard type bird sitting on the fence at Junction 20 M62 A627M junction on Saturday on the way back from Dovestones. From the quick glance I got it was heavily streaked [not barred] on the top half of the breast and a rufous brown on the lower half. Can't think what it was but I...
For sale. Straight Zeiss Diascope 85mm with 20 x 60 zoom lens, neoprene cover and Velbon PH 157Q tripod. This scope is only 13 months old and is in mint condition. To buy this package new today would cost around £2,600 - I'm selling for £1,300. It will be a great buy for anyone interested. Tel. 01925 755 76...
Hi there. For the past 12-18 months I have been aware of a Ring Neck Parakeet in Fog Lane Park in Didsbury.I frequent the park as I live across the road and have marvelled at the exotic sounds this bird makes. 6 months ago my youngest lad was playing on the park when I spotted 2 Parakeets together,not think...
Hello all, some kindly soul has given me a years subscription to Birdwatching Magazine so does anyone want me to post each one on after I've read it? [will be about two days after I've got it!] Deal is we go halves on whatever the postage was at the end of the 11 magazines - [first one gone to recycling befor...
Blackbird, Song thrush, Mistle Thrush, Long Tail Tit, Great tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Tuesday 25th of January 2011 10:35:18 PM
On the 8th of December 2010, a male Dusky Thrush was seen and photographed in a garden in Blewbury Close, Leigh. The bird has not been seen subsequently and was present for only an hour on that one day. Full details and images will appear on the website tomorrow. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Thursday 20t...
Hi all, I'm new to bird watching and bird photography and I was hoping that some people here might give me some hints and tips about equipment and more particularly camera settings and techniques for taking good pictures. I've done a search on this forum and found a link to some useful tutorials but the...
Hey everyone, just in from a pub quiz and thought i would share a question with everyone (though the answer is funnier!) "What is the smallest bird in Britain?" Answer - Hummingbird!!!! Don't think i shall be doing the pub quiz there again! Unless Elton can produce something, but my bet wou...
This is the 4th week now that my feeders have had a lack of birds... In fact none!
I have spotted both M/F Sparrowhawk but surely these would not stop all of them.. I have changed the old food for new [same brand] but still nothing. Any thoughts anybody...?
Bob
I filmed a pair of goldeneye breeding on Pearsons this morning at the far end of the flash, I found a great place in which to sit right at the waters edge amongst the trees
I got there just as the sun was rising & thought it would be a nice sunny day but even though the fog did eventually put an end to my fil...
It appears that Boris Johnson is now trying to revive the idea of another London airport like the one successfully stopped at Cliffe a while back. Anyone wishing to register opposition can vote in a basic poll run by the News Shopper newspaper http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/8796647. THAMES_...
Mr.Woosey and myself got up in them there hills today 10:45am-2pm, covering Binn Green and Yeoman Hey Resr area and saw the following: Siskin- 70+ Stonechat- 3 Coal Tit- 25 Red-legged Partridge- 7 on the hillside just north of Yeoman Hey Plantation (in some real looking habitat) Dipper- 1 on the stre...
After Delamere today went over to Cotebrook Shire Horse Centre, on the A49 near Tarporley
where there are 30 - 40 Mandarin ducks on the small lake there. It seems that they just pitched up about 10 days ago - an amazing sight
Got to the dam for about 1pm 8 Goosander 11 Canada geese 2 little Grebe 3 Coots 3 Moorhen 1 Cormorant 8 Redwings 2 Mistle Thrushes 1 Heron 9 Malard 6 Wood Pigeon 1 Dipper Got to Binn Green for about 11am 12 Siskins 15 Chaffinch 4 Blue tit 2 Coal tit 3 Great tit 3 Brambling 1 Tree Creeper -- Edited by wild one on Su...
what do the good folk of the forum wish to see in 2011 i would like to see merlin and hen harrier in gm or maybe a passage osprey would be nice ps happy new year to all
Bit of a long shot here, but does anyone go to/live near the Mersey and be willing to spare a morning a month to do a WeBS Count, or know someone they could pass this on to?
Our team of counters there consists of one sprightly young 73 year old, the rest are all getting on a bit and have had major surgery or ot...
just a quick post to let you all know that i'm ont being lazy nor ignorant at the moment but an experiencing major broadband problems at home which has left me internet-less for the past few days. Hence i have not been responding to many emails (i managed 10 minutes on line the other day after they apparen...
Been meaning to visit here after all family except me saw GS Woodpecker, so we went twice on way out/back to Clitheroe. Not sure if this is 'in' or 'out' of county- please feel free to move! Situated off the A671 about ½ mile to the east of Whalley, OS Grid reference SD 742 363.
All sightings from car in car...
Not sure where best to post this now that the regions are split up ... obvioulsy I want to advertise it as widely as possible....Mods feel free to move it...
But would just like to make everybody aware of a free guided walk coming your way:
Flint High Tide Bird Watch
Sat 5th Feb
9.30am start (HT@12....
This is now with the printer, but there's still quite a lot of work to do with the colour plates, (so Steve Suttill tells me) so don't expect it before mid November!
So, how many do we think there are? There have been reports of two at Wigan Flashes, now two at Pennington. Four Bitterns in the Borough would be fantastic, but is it reasonable to actually state 4, or are we looking at two commuting?
Any thoughts?
As the last day of the year hits us, huge congratulations should be given to Mr Rigby for his efforts this year in trying to beat the County list record with a very impressive list of 177 birds seen within the County.
He came very close to acheiving the objective of seeing the 2008 tally set by Paul Heato...
Great Northern Diver still showing really well in the fish dock (1st dock as you drive onto marina). it moves about a lot beneath the pontoons and in all stretches of open water.
I NEED HELP ON THIS ONE. EVERYTHING ABOUT IT SAID PIED WAGTAIL FROM THE OBVIOUS WAG TAIL,UNDULATING FLIGHT AND THE HABIT OF RUNNING ABOUT. THE ONLY THING IS WAS THAT IT WAS BROWN AND I MEAN TOTALLY BROWN.I WATCHED IT FOR 3 MINUTES SO I AM SURE OF WHAT I SAW. HAS ANYONE ANY IDEAS , REGARDS MIKE
