Callands Estate yesterday (Late Posting) 20.00 5 Swifts flying South high over Sankey Brook. Unsure whether to post this, but it's getting quite late for Swift reports, most birds left weeks ago. 1 Buzzard mewing consistently flying at about 20 feet over Callands day nursery, it made several passe...
A lepidopteran bonanza this p.m. with some real prizes (if you like that sort of thing). At least 6 green hairstreaks were on the heather/bilberry moorland near the cross, but more excitingly there were the first 2 painted ladies of the year, the first red admiral of the year (extremely scarce in the...
Concentrated for bugs on two sites first is a plantation of trees open to the public mixed woodland with some pine, activelly managed standing and fallen logs, located off and near the end of Knowsley road. Found Orchesella cincta Springtail 1mm size poss Dicyrtomidae genus globular springtail Ro...
We have a pair of USED Swarovski 12x42 NL Pure Binoculars for sale.Boxed. Includes Case, Strap, Rain Guard and Objective covers. Mint Condition. Approx 6 Months old on sale for £2069.00 The link on our website is:https://www.focalpointopticsltd.com/product-page/pre-loved-12-...
At least one Norfolk hawker dragonfly in the ditch along the south west edge of the lake. Very elusive at times this afternoon but apparently showed better in the morning. Third consecutive year for this species at the site so may be breeding. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar on Monday 29th of July 2024 07:...
We have a pair of USED Maven B5 18x56mm Binoculars for sale.Boxed. Includes Case, Strap, Rain Guard and Objective covers.Ideal for Long Distance ObservationMint Condition. on sale for £1270.00 The link on our website is:https://www.focalpointopticsltd.com/product-page/maven-b...
Kirklees Valley trail is a new Local Nature Reserve in Bury. It is between Tottington and Brandlesholme Road following the old Helmshore railway line up to Greenmount. There is also however extensive woodland, heathland, old lodges, fast running streams and pasture along its length that is acces...
Kirklees Valley trail is a new Local Nature Reserve in Bury. It is between Tottington and Brandlesholme Road following the old Helmshore railway line up to Greenmount. There is also however extensive woodland, heathland, old lodges, fast running streams and pasture along its length that is acces...
Afternoon adventure with my grandson Seb. Devils Coach Horse beetle was a cracking and unexpected find. Not sure if it has been recorded in Oldham before.
A Fox was waiting around my Liverpool street workplace this morning at 6.15am. After a tin of dog food and 2 freshly cooked boiled eggs it spent the rest of the day fast asleep under the bushes next to my works gates. It was still there at 3.15pm as I was leaving. Its been turning up once or twice a w...
We have a pair of USED Swarovski EL 10x32 Field Pro Binoculars for sale.Boxed. Includes Case, Strap, Rain Guard and Objective covers. Mint Condition. Year: 2019 on sale for £1419.00 The link on our website is:https://www.focalpointopticsltd.com/product-page/pre-loved-swarov...
USED / PRE LOVED Swarovski ATX Objective Modules 85mm, 95mm, 115mm We have a selection of USED / Pre Loved ATX Objective Modules for sale. All include SOC and in Excellent condition. Please refer to the following website Links or visit in store. Swarovski ATX 115mm Objective Module inc SOC - Ref: FP...
Thursday 20.08.15 Too far east along the prom to see the Tern flocks and odd Skuas unfortunately, but... On the groyne west of the Lighthouse: Turnstone 2 Dunlin 1 Grey Heron 6 Little Egret 2 Redshanks Moorhen 1...funny place for one of them. Paddocks: Linnet 70+ Pied Wagtail 2 Sparrowhawk 1m 1f Goldf...
In light of most people's acceptance that there is little genuine bird related TV progs of interest and in the knowledge that most people are keen to be entertained or taught more with respect to birds, thier calls, ecology and other related topics of interest I thought a new thread dedicated to the we...
It is with great sadness to have to let Daves friends and the many birding companions he had over many years, that Dave peacefuly passed away overnight. Thankfully he is at peace now and he, nor his family, will have to suffer any more pain. The Lancs and Manchester birding scene has lost a very decent b...
I own a pair of Optricon DBA VHD 10x42 binoculars , thinking of upgrading to Swarovski, the ones Ive tested , not sure if its me but I dont see a significant difference. Any advice on upgrading would be gratefully appreciated
29/03/2011 - Phil Owen and I visited Whixall Moss this afternoon, just south of Whitchurch to search for a Common Crane which had been recently reported from the area. The bird showed really well further west from the car park down to where the canals meet. It was best viewed by crossing the footbridge...
Had a walk up behind the airport this afternoon and through the Bollin Tunnel under runway 2. A couple of Grey Wagtails we flitting in and out of the tunnel and there was a male Goosander upstream toward the Valley Lodge Hotel. Both seen from GM side of the river
Hi All, I'm a new member, been checking out the forum for a while now and thought it was about time I started to contribute. Just been down to Highfield Moss (between Lowton and Newton) for a walk at dusk (3.30pm - 5.00pm). Sightings as follows: - Blackbird - many Wren - many Yellowhammer - 10 Crow - many S....
Separate thread from the the one discussion state of play at Pennington entitled "RE: Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club anti-gull stance!?" which muses on habitat decline and younger birders..... I was introduced to birding in the 1970s via relatives of a Yorkshire based RSPB group, monthly meetings...
Had to pick the wife up today in Talacre but arrived very late (6pm) due to car problems.
A quick walk with the dog on Gronant beach was therefore in order and this resulted in a solitary Little Tern which obliged by landing in front of me on one of the rock pools (wish I had taken my camera!!)
The main fe...
As we were in the area decided to call in and have a look. 2 Spoonbills feeding out on a gulley cutting through the beach at low water was a good start. On the reserve itself really good numbers of breeding terns,mainly Sandwich but also Common,Arctic and Little Tern in reasonable numbers many with larg...
Yesterday around midday, 2 ?terrapins on branches in the water by the island in the duckpond (think I could see yellow striping on their necks but didn't have binoculars with me)
Hope it's ok to start a new topic, none there for Aberdeen at all!
Latest leg of our Scottish holiday was our usual trip across to the Ythan Estuary on the Aberdeenshire coast. Lots of Eiders but no sign of 'Elvis' the returning King Eider! Fantastic spectacle of hundreds of terns in the tern colony al...
Such a shame that the Leigh and Lowton Sailing Club at Pennington Flash should see fit to embellish their shiny new buoys around the waters of the National Nature Farce...I mean Reserve, with resplendent plastic 'spikes' to prevent those nasty gulls and terns from resting on them. God forbid their...
. After a tin of dog food and 2 freshly cooked boiled eggs it spent the rest of the day fast asleep under the bushes next to my works gates. It was still there at 3.15pm as I was leaving. Its been turning up once or twice a w...