As some/ most of you will have seen from another post on here, or via an email from the company, Focalpoint Optics is closing for the final time at the end of March. Sadly our own NW optics outlet and sponsor of these forums will no longer be there for us. As most of you know I retired as shop manager, having b...
Probable Cattle Egret seen this afternoon near to Walmsleys pond this afternoon by Bill Bentley he phoned me up to say that he had seen a small white heron being bullied by a swan and it flew around but came back to the same area and disappeared into the reeds but the description he gave me of it being all wh...
We have a pair of USED Swarovski 8x32 NL Pure Binoculars for sale. Boxed. Includes Case, Strap, Rain Guard and Objective caps. Excellent Condition on sale for £1699.00 The link to our website is: https://www.focalpointopticsltd.com/product-page/pre-loved-swarovski-nl-pure-8x32 Pleas...
Consultation on the Tritax East proposed development taking place in Feb and Mar. This will affect local areas of Lowton, Golborne, Newton-le willows and Winwick. This is a large area of farmland being affected in addition to parkside colliery.
Link below
https://newtonlewillowsnews.co.u...
Had a couple of hours at Wigg Island today in seach of Cettis Warbler and despite hearing the calls I was unable to pin the rascals down. Still a pleasant afternoon with Merlin and Buzzard on the marsh and loads of gulls on the mud when the tide receded - some of them looked huge - a good place for the "g...
Please note: This is the superior APO version. Great condition. There are a couple of very slight scratches on the front lens which are hardly noticeable and have no effect on image quality, and a couple of small scuffs on the body. Includes a 20-60x zoom eyepiece and Leica stay on case (missing the de...
Visited a couple of times over the weekend for the reported Quail, but only heard it calling away in the evening. However it was a case of third time lucky last night when at last, the Quail flew out of the crops to re-locate further down the field. A fairly short flight but still enough to get a decent view...
3 Little stint juvs showing really well in excellent light today from The Esplanade opposite 'Oliver Court' flats. Two birds have been along that stretch of beach at the edge of the vegetation for approx a week now, and today there were three!
Huge Site Accessed it via Wharton Lane and concentrated on the area at the end that has changed considerably from even Google Earth looks like a bomb has gone off with acres of bare grounds small pool and a few ditches and older mounds. Main sighting Red White and Alsike Clover, Amphibious Bistort, Sne...
28/07/2007 - Mid Afternoon
No sign or sound of last weeks reported Ring Necked Parakeet in Leverhulme Park, dont know who reported it, i will keep an open mind even though i have had various escaped parrots in the park in previous years,
Did have -
4+ Dippers, 2 well grown juveniles feeding from D...
We have received on commission sale a Leica Apo Televid 82 with 25-50x Zoom Eyepiece. Unboxed. Includes Strap, Case, Eyepiece Cap, Objective Cap. Excellent Condition. The seller is asking £2120.00//www.focalpointopticsltd.com/product-page/leica-apo-te...
Hi all, the link is below for the planning reform working paper proposed by Labour.
Not full details are given but this could affect biodiversity and change the way in which ecological assessments are done in the planning system. It sets out a strategic approach to assessing protected species lik...
Visited Fog Lane Park a couple of times this week in search of the Parakeets.
Its amazing just what can be found in the middle of an urban sprawl.
2 Nuthatch
2 Great-spotted Woodpecker
67 Redwing
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Goldfinch
Long-tailed Tit
Treecreeper
Blackbirds galore
Moorhen
Coot...
Birding has for some time become an activity which relies increasingly on photographic evidence (which is fine) but also on the need to carry a specimen container to obtain faecial DNA in order to ascertain an identification in certain circumstances. As I commented recently on Thailand Birding op...
Heavily out-numbered by dog walkers but saw:
Stock Dove (9, some singing)
Jackdaws prospecting nest holes
Treecreeper 1
Nuthatch 3
Grey Heron 1 on river
Dipper 1 on river
Buzzard 1 overhead
Plus the commoner stuff.
Cheers, John
From the train back to Manchester tonight, 19.15 p.m. Peregrine falcon over suburbs towaeds Fiddlers' Ferry end of the town, heading west as I was heading east
Originally posted today by Aswun Vaidya:RE: PENNINGTON FLASH.Permalink Reply Quote More My name is Ashwin and I'm from India. I am currently making a film of Pennington Flash and need some help with it. By help, I just want to tag along with a birder on a field trip. The reason for this is, I don't h...
26/07/2012 - sightings from Fermyn Woods area near Brigstock: 5 Red Kites 1 Common Buzzard 1 Tawny Owl 3+ Skylarks 1 Yellow Wagtail 6 Marsh Tits - two family groups, one hanging around a conifer plantation 2 Coal Tits 2 Nuthatches 2 Treecreepers 2 Yellowhammers
Fogg (Poise) Brook - Jim Fearnley Bridge - Otterspool Bridge
A designated Local Nature Reserve now but nothing has changed apart from new signage.
Corvids - many
Finches - few (inc 1f Bullfinch)
Thrushes - few (inc 2 Song & 1 Mistle Thrush)
A general lack of small birds.
On the river :
He...
If anybody wants to take the following I can arrange a mutually convenient spot to hand them over for free. All in excellent condition. Birding World Vol 12 No 2 Vol 14 No 2 Vol 18 No 9 & 11 Vol 19 No 5,6 & 10-12 Vol 20 complete Vol 21 No 1-5 British Birds Vol 98 (2005) index and Oct-Dec Vol 99 (2006) ind...
With great sadness, in agreement with his wife Angela, I am posting to let people know that Chris Darbyshire (or Alex to family and others) passed away on Friday 10th January 2025, following a short stay in hospital. Many people will have known him through his involvement with birds and moths in this r...
Trip to morocco, Mon 8th Aug- Mon 22nd Aug. We(my wife and I) stayed in Agadir at the all inclusive Riu Tikada Dunas right on the beach at the South end of the resort. I had planned on hiring a car for 2 days birding during the stay but the journey from the airport to the hotel covinced me that this was potenti...
20/05/2024 RSPB Ouse Fen Called in here on the way home from our 'Oldham Birders' weekend and managed reasonable views of the Great Reed Warbler despite both the cool wind and the presence of a Cuckoo keeping the bird below the tops of the reeds. Bittern again heard but not seen. Looks a...
The Greater Manchester Wetlands Land Managers' Group are hosting a Farming for Birds and Nature workshop on the 5th February 2024, 10:00-12:00, to be held at the Youth Hub, Leigh Sports Village with Richard Winspear of the RSPB. This workshop aims to inform attendeesabout the drivers behind de...
Manfrotto 290xtra CARBON FIBRE tripod in excellent used condition with Manfrotto 128 rc head plus quick release plate, and Manfrotto shoulder bag, £220 if interested please get in touch.
