Decided to bird a bit of the countryside near my brothers relatives this morning as I was in the area.
It was just a case of turning up and seeing what I could find, with 40 species found in total including:
Tree Sparrow (several)
Yellowhammer
Red-Legged Partridge
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff
...
Went to look at the gull roost last night. First visit for a while and obviously noticed the water level has been dropped whilst the repairs, or whatever, are undertaken at the southern end.
Aside from that, the woodland to the left of the boat club has been cut down and there appears to be a hide with a t...
3 Common Crossbills -2 male 1 female at Tandle Hill this morning --drinking from puddles at bottom of hill near car park. Stunning views/colours! Spent an hour looking for them shortly afterwards -- no luck. Brian.
Not much use for alerting anyone to possible sightings, but an Osprey was seen heading WNW over Great Lever about 16:30. Heading in the approximate direction of Rumworth Lodge, but that doesn't mean that's where it was going.
Thought members might be interested in the highlights of a trip to D&G made by nine U3A birders from Sandbach 19th - 23rd March.
19/03/2010
Rothwell
4000 Barnacle including the leucistic bird, subsequently seen twice at Caerlaverock.
Caerlaverock
Drake American Wigeon, 3 Black-tail...
Quick walk with the dog to check out the Birch trees alongside the M56 near Greenwood Road.
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Long-Tailed Tit
Coal Tit
Bullfinch (in with the Goldfinches)
Goldfinch
Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Blackbird
Dunnock
Wren
Black Headed Gull
Jay
Magpie
Woodpigeon
Hey Everyone,
I will be taking in the delights of the Wigan Flashes tomorrow for a bit of birding and looking for a few mushrooms (not hallucinogenic ). Just wondered if someone can tell me where 'Westwood' is at the Wigan Flashes?
Cheers
Dave
One grey wagtail on little river island near rugby club and lapwings in Cheadlewood field near sewage works. Three or four goosanders taking off at the same location and others in water.
Many chiff chaffs throughout the walk, one of which we were able to observe at close quarters without binoculars...
This morning 8am from the overgrown path between the allotments and the donkey sanctuary:
Woodcock flushed
I found a thread for this area before but the search engine would not find either 'gorton res' or 'debdale'
Walk along the Mersey
trees beside Mersey at Northenden
G S Woodpecker
4 Greenfinch
2 Goldfinch
Didsbury Golf Course
Chiffchaff
2 mallard on course
6 Starling " "
Stenner wood
G S Woodpecker
Tree Creeper
Chiffchaff
2 Jay
I was wondering if anyone knew the law on culling Crows and Magpies?
Down in Mid Wales the local farmer has allowed or got someone in to start shooting these birds and I cant remember the law on this issue.
Are they classed as vermin and this is allowed? Or is it Mr Farmer being ignorant again?
And wh...
I reckoned I saw a Stock Dove at the Bunting Hide a few days ago but a very experienced birder told me this was unlikely as they very seldom visited such places. I now wonder if all I had was a feral pigeon.
I did get a photo of said bird which I have out onto my Flickr page and would appreciate any comments on...
Driving down the M56 towards the Airport tonight, I was alarmed by the number of trees which have been cut down, presumably to make the embankment "more attractive".
Are the relevant authorities just allowed to come along and cut down the trees??
Surely it has to involve some form of p...
Need I remind users of this forum to it's policy regarding the disclosure of ANY breeding birds?
It appears that the all important 'sticky' topics at the top of this forum don't get read very often and many new users haven't even bothered to read them. Please do. They are very important and not only...
Hi, new poster here, new to Manchester and reasonably newly (last couple of years) returned to birding (after a YOC childhood then disinterested teens and early 20s).
One of my interests is "genetically unusual" birds/animals - hybrids, odd plumage variations, etc. Ducks and geese...
been working hard trying to stay afloat in these difficult times so haven't been able to get out anywhere near as much as i normally would, it's been getting me down more than i had cared to admit to myself before this morning when i awoke from a dream where 53 bee eaters flew over my head heading south. i go...
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5 LBB gulls swooping (and landing) in our back garden this afternoon. They were after the remnants of a roast chicken which I had put out. Although we only have an average size garden gulls will spot a chicken carcass within minutes, but it has always been BH gulls in the past, which are very wary and circ...
I'm no expert by a long way.But my nephew baffled me at the weekend. He asked whats the difference between a hawk and falcon? Looked through a few books but can not find the answer. I know allyou experts out there will no.cheers
Please excuse my copying a press release here, but this new survey should make a significant contribution to the national Bird Atlas project and the planned Greater Manchester Breeding Birds Atlas. What Steve Atkins has found from his analysis of our data is that breeding records of common birds ar...
