If you care about the long term future of wildlife in general and bird life in particular, (whether or not you accept that global warming results from human activity), tonight's Horizon programme on Beeb 2 may be of interest.
The subject is Attenborough on human population growth. I suggest it sho...
Perhaps a little late for some, but I am sure our loved ones, from time to time read what we put on here, so a chance to give a gentle remainder, perhaps or just a wish list.
Me I would like a nice copy of Audubon and his Journals 2 vols. pub 1976
or Birds of Siberia-Seebohm.
Happy Yuletide
i am working in bulgaria next week for a few days and may have a day free if all goes well. has anyone any personal experience of good birding places to visit there? am staying/working in sofia.
cheers in advance
paul.
Hallo all,
We have been discussing the number of Wood Pigeons on the Moss on the vismig group. I can't remember as a kid the large flocks that are found today. Does anyone have any data on numbers, and when the Moss became so popular for the species.
Thanks.
Eddie
A friend of mine (non-birder - oooh, stringy! ) saw what he is adamant was a Red Kite hanging about over the M60 just past the bridge over the ship canal before the M62 junction on the west side of the motorway. I've seen Buzzards whilst driving over the bridge before, but he swears it was fork tailed and no...
I was quite surprised to get very good views of a red kit being mobbed this afternoon over the M6 near Euxton [just south of junction 28]. At a few hundred metres away I picked up the angle of the wings and for a second thought "I wonder if that's a really late osprey heading south..." , then as it...
One day late getting the post on folks, so sorry but the rest of the family was hogging the laptop going on Facebook Sunday 6th December 2009 @ 7:38am Several Ravens showing well all along Scout Road up to where it changes to Walkers Fold Road. X1 kestrel and Sparrowhawk seen over the Bryan Heyes lodge (C...
Ian I'm sorry this is not just birds (it's mostly not birds in fact)
I have also posted this on Manchester Wildlife website but I am trying to ask as many folk as possible who may be knowledgable in these matters.
We are going to lose our school wild life plots because due to a major school building proj...
I was watching the Great Northern Diver at Hollingworth Lake today for more than an hour and it spent at least as much time under the water as swimming about on the surface. Not once did I see it reappear with food in its bill. Does this mean that it was unsuccessful on its fishing dives, it didn't go fishin...
I took this to the printer's today, so I expect it should be ready in about 5 weeks or so. There will be more pages and more colour plates than last year (even) but the cost will be the same (£6, + 76p postage if getting it from me by post). Otherwise it will be available from the usual outlets, assuming I can g...
I was at Prestwich Metrolink Station yesterday (Sat) morning. I saw two jackdaws walking along the tram lines, the actual rails. They walked along the rails for quite a long way, looking down at either side. I imagine this is a regular thing, and that they were looking for food. Anyone else seen this? T...
I am sorry to have to announce the loss of yet another area that was an oasis for birds in the middle of the concrete desert.
I was lured to Bredbury tip about half a dozen years back by reports of jack snipe, and although I never saw any I thought it was a great little place to check out in winter. This was ma...
Today there were 2 Great Northern Divers on Hollinworth Lake with a second bird joining the long stayer. How did they do that? They are not particularly vocal so I doubt the 2nd bird just happening to be overflying Hollinworth and was then attracted down by calls. Alternatively the birds could have re...
A couple of letters in the Man. Ev. News tonight complaining about a large part of the park to be ripped up for astro turfed fooball pitches. Who votes these lunatic councils in.
There is a website to try and stop this but we have given the paper away.
Mike
On on-site meeting will be held on Saturday November 28th to discuss the Red Rose Forest proposals for the land they have acquired at Lightshaw Hall Flash, in particular a path which they intend to put across the marsh/lake. Meet at Dover Inn car park 1000am. Plans for the site and for Dover BAsin, rece...
Coming into work this morning,driving along the slip road to get on to A666 i saw a buzzard flying very low almost level with my passenger window. Running along the hard shoulder was a stoat or weasel with the bird in hot pursuit. Would a buzzard take something like that? I bet them little fellas put up on...
just come across a dead sparrowhawk in the road near work (wilmslow) should we leave it to the foxes or do people want them for any reason. (it looks like a natural causes as there is no blood but it could be road kill.) -- Edited by brandon mulhern on Monday 23rd of November 2009 04:57:08 PM
It seems some of our lapwings still have a taste for city living. A couple of birds still around the Hollinwood area recently and 2 today in Newton Heath, probably still looking for the L'Oreal building!
Hello all,
One group of birds I've always struggled to see (as do most I presume) are the Owls. Is there anywhere around Manchester that is good to go spotting for them? I live in Salford, near the University, so the closer to there the better.
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Robin
I've used the search and didn't see any other mention of this so I thought I would post it The RSPB are currently in the process of taking over management of a new reserve near Saddleworth - Dove Stone. It will be 40km2 of moorland with a full range of visitor activities centred at Dove Stone Reservoir. Th...
I've just found a very vague record in my notes of a possible Scaup at penny in 2002.
The only date i have is the year, not sure why
Could someone with a copy of the 02 county report please check if any were recorded and give me the dates? It's not a tick or anything, just a loose end that's bugging me.
Man...
Don't know if this is the appropriate place for a thread of this sort......but here goes. Being a bit of a gas-bag I like to chat to people when I am out and about and bird watching. Not only does it make the day even more enjoyable but you can also learn a terrific amount from people with other interests. Th...
Several of us have had really good views of the Leighton Moss Bearded Tits on the grit trays this autumn.
I realise that Bearded Tits need the grit in autumn because they are changing from the soft insect diet of summer to the harder, mainly reed seed diet of winter, and that the grit sits in their gizza...
Dennis Weir had a Snow Bunting today (probably male) perched on the handrail of the new footbridge on the east side of Mast Road at SD658138 ( not far from where you can park if you drive all the way up to just short of the masts.
Dada! Here it is! November to January is the season to eat game. If you have access to a game shop like Evans in Didsbury you can eat like a king for the price of a takeaway kebab (honest!). And it doesn't have to be hung till it's stinking and black - in fact I don't really like it hung too much. Here's a classi...
