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Went for a stroll at 8pm. Saw two Lapwings, Skylarks,Meadow Pipit and a Kestrel, and metal birds every minute. Very nice. -- Edited by Geoff Walton at 23:22, 2008-06-16

JUST THOWT YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN THIS VIDEO FOR GREEN HEART ABOUT THE WIGAN AND LEIGH AREA-ITS ONLY 5 MINS -TAKE A LOOK. AND IT FEATURES PENNY LEGEND DAVE WILSON PASTE THE LINK INTO YOUR BROWSER. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhWTFcej8Uw

Is it normal behaviour for Little Gulls to catch flies. I watched it Sunday and it was happy to be witn a colony of black heads but when they were feeding on the hoards of bread being tossed in by people feeding ducks it did not bother. Met someone today at PF who said someone had seen it chasing flies? -- Edi...

Hi all. Does anyone yet have any birds nesting or starting to build a nest in their boxes or garden areas?? We have a box up and Bluetits used it last spring and they managed five out of seven chicks to fledge. The same box is up, nothing else as altered and no signs of interest as yet! Am I being to quick t...

sunday 22nd aug Counted 15 goldrests moving through the pine conifers by the iron bridge near dinkley along with a mixed tit flock and several willow warblers. 2-buzzard 1-kestrel nuthatch tree creeper spotted flycatcher 2=bullfinch 3-tree sparrows a lovely walk with penty of kissing...

Anyone been birding in Norfolk? We are thinking of going next week for a few days. So I was wondering if anyone here, had any experience of birding in Norfolk, best places and species to look out for, etc. Many thanks', Paul.

2 Willow Warblers today in bushes by canal either side of Whitehead Bridge,6+ plus Chiffs in the area,and still up to 4 Bramblings daily in my garden on feeders. -- Edited by pete berry at 12:00, 2008-04-03

Just returned from here saw 4 swallows fledge over the 2 weeks other than that we saw 7 gold crest 18 long tailed tits 4 buzzards 1 sparrow hark 2 hobby 2 sedge warblers swallows house martins black back gulls black headed gulls common gulls sand lings willow warblers garden warblers w...

Not quite sure what to make of this, but here is a notice from the notice board at Reddish Vale... See Here Just seems a little bit random and the wording while not saying there is going to be some sort of a cull, sugge...

Had a wonder round swallows wood today and saw my first swallow,I saw a pair of ring ouzle just past Hollingworth hall farm and a tree full of jays never seen so many in one go

Hi everyone I hope you can help me. I am new to this and even though I have scoured my books and the internet I cant find a picture of the two ducks I saw on the spit at Pennington this evening. They were at the end of the spit. both had fully black heads yellow bills and white/mottled chests with fairly evenly...

Hi all, Going to Caleta de Fuesta also known as Costa Caleta on Fuertventura at the end of September. Just wondered have any members any experience of birding locations and possible species likely to be seen. Cheers Dave Phillips.

As everybody will surely be aware, it's birdfair weekend coming up. No doubt many of you will be going, so for all the WeBS Counters amongst you, the 2008/09 WeBS Report will be available (assuming the printers deliver them on time) to be collected in person. All other reports will be sent out as usual b...

hi every one could any one shed some light on the kestral,i have watched these lovely birds for several weeks now, but for the last few days no sign or sound there is two most of the time but havent seen them for four five days now.lanie

2 Ravens over @12:30, going west.

I'm looking to start wildlife photography in the next month and have decided on getting the Canon eos 7D. I have seen several offers on ebay advertising the brand new camera with lens kit plus other accessories for a discount price. The offers read something like ''Canon EOS 7D Digital SLR Camera B...

Just recieved the latest copy of Dutch Birding, a very interesting article on Pied/white Wagtail identification. Well worth a read if you can get your hands on a copy

Bairds sandpiper. Dunlin and Ruddy duck

We were happily settled watching a DVD and sipping a cuppa last night when we heard an ominous thud. It was a "What the hell was that?" sort of moment. Fearing a bird strike, (a pheasant at full belt can easily crack a double glazed unit, I've seen it, -but that's another story), we fanned out...

Tues 10am On a breezy morning spectacular sight of nine Kestrels in the air together, lots of chasing going on and practice plunges on imaginary prey. Nice to see they've had a good season. Later seven Raven kronking over the valley. Also single Cormorant, Green Woodpecker and Curlew. Cheers Dave...

had a stroll up to Chelburn res late evening 8/08/2010, Sightings included: Buzzard which had a wing tag on right wing 4 curlew 2 stonechat 4 wheater heron 40+ canada geese 10 goldfinch willow warbler pied wagtail carrion crow meadow pipit Simon

For the past 3 years the GM Bird Recording Group has been supplying records of certain target species to the RSPB. The records cover the years 2002 - 2008 and are combined with data received from bird clubs across the country, to produce species distribution maps. The maps are shared with Natural Engl...

Hi there Was just looking for some info Re Cant Clough Reservoir. I know its not (strictly speaking) local but was looking for info re the site - whether you can park near the res or if you have to walk down to it and best locations to visit. Anyone with any experience of this location would be greatly app...

0700-1015hrs By far the best trip to the high ground this year.While walking South along rhe Pennine way I noticed a large bird flying towards me. The first impression was Crane/Flamingo. The bird passed over me at about 100 feet it had shallow wingbeats and I could clearly see a spattulate bill!! Sp...

the bird that has been reported as a purple gallinule is infact its turkish cousin the purple swamphen. Look in the new collins book on page 127 i will post the photos later happy birding

Hi all I will be going up to Morpeth a week on Sunday and as it will be my first ever visit to that part of the world I was wondering if anyone had any info on places to go for the best sites to see birds.I will be with the family so unless I can escape for a few days I will have family and dogs in tow,so any dog friend...

You will probably heard on recent national news about social network systems like Facebook and Twitter. Twitter seems to be the latest craze and everyone appears be talking about 'Twittering' and sending 'Tweets'. If you have no idea what I'm talking about (and I know there are 1 or 2 technophobes...

I am not sure if Arnfield res is in greater Manchester or not. Still this is what was seen on yesterday evenings RSPB walk. 3 Buzzards 4 kestrels little owl black redstart 6 willow warblers mistle thrush 3 great crested grebe heron 2 tufted duck Jay a lot of meadow pipits & swallows...

I have just spent a week at Gariob in the middle of the Knapdale Forest. I went mainly for some R&R with some birdwatching thrown in. I rented a small cottage close to Loch Coille Bharr which is one of the lochs where Beavers have been reintroduced to Scotland. The cottage had a small garden overlook...

Sunday 1st August will see 1400 people swimming Pennington Flash (blue-green algae permitting) as part of an 'Iron Man' event. This leisurely pursuit also includes a cycle of 112 miles, followed by a marathon!! While that lot are dipping their toes int flash it could be an opportunity for good wil...