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Hi All, I met Judith at the locks on Sunday,i am the man with the Airedale,just to confirm there were 8/10 Shovler in two groups,i checked today before heading back up the motorway and counted six. Best regards Brian

just thought you maybe interested in a ringed knot i photographed on the ribble and sent off to the netherlands ringing group-it ended up being 10 years old ,which is a goodly number for a knot info below Overview of the sightings of colour-ringed Knots of: John Tymon Period: 01-Jan-98 till...

Please could all forum users please note the following notice posted on the BTO website (for more details see www.bto.org) "Britain is currently undergoing its most prolonged period of cold weather for over a decade. In such circumstances, it is important to be especially careful in minim...

Hi All, First post here having browsed the forums for a while. I am looking to get back in to bird watching, kind of a new years resolution to get out of the house for some 'me time'. As a kid I was a member of the YOC/RSPB and used to get out alot with my late Grandfather. Always had an interest since then,...

Sunday 10th Dipper on River Beal. Also Collared Doves already nest building in my garden. Cheers Dave Phillips

had a great walk today on thurwell as they say round these parts out for about 5 hours just me and her that is normally in doors . About 20 teal. 15 gooseanders snipe flying up and down river . Moorhen .waterail. Mixed with a lot of malard was a gadwall that everyone seemed to miss, a pair of goldeneye were ve...

A careful check of the full stretch of Irwell and Ship Canal by Pete Berry, myself and 'our Jack' today for any open water resulted in the following: River Irwell off Woden Street, Salford, upstream of Pomona Dock (unfrozen): Goosander- 12 Gadwall- 2 Kingfisher- 1 Cormorant- 6 Mallard- 16 Great Cres...

I'm new on here and i guess you may not be interested in garden birds but i had 4 new species today in the garden[that is new to my garden!]----Fieldfare, redwing,meadow pipit and male reed bunting.----I live Knutsford and i suppose this brass monkey weather is driving them in to more urban settings.

I keep wondering in this type of weather ,where do all the wildfowl go,as far as im aware there are no open still waters at the moment apart from small pockets,so where have all the tufted duck,great crested grebe,little grebe,pochard, coot.i know grebes will go on the sea,but what happens to tufted e...

This is not a statement its a question. I wonder whether I am being over cautious or not. After a walk out recently I posted one of my sightings of grey partridges amongst the rest of the birds I spotted. Later I edited out as the thought occurred to me if I was an illegal falconer or illegal person with a g...

This isn't intended as an incredibly serious thread, but I'm sure we've all had encounters that defy convential wisdom. For starters: 1. Willow Tits don't come to feeders, Marsh Tits do. Tell this to the pair of WTs in my garden.

Hi all I've booked a holiday to Delny near Inverness at the end of May and am hoping for some tips on where is good to go in this area? The ospreys at Loch Garten are a definite (and the main reason I'm going), but I've never been to Scotland before. Would love to see eagles, crested tit, crossbills and a...

Two male Mandarins and a female, with a Little Grebe and a few hardy Mallard and Coot on the tiny patch of unfrozen reservoir as the snow came down this morning. At home in Hodges Street this afternoon, a front-window tick as we watched seven Redwing feeding in a holly bush in a garden opposite. Can Wax...

It is with regret that it seems there may have to be future 'censoring' of some news coming out from Elton. Today three photographers were allegedly flushing the Jack Snipe (on atleast 3 occasions) in order to get closer or perhaps that 'better shot'. That this is unacceptable in itself is compounded...

Hi All, Just thought i'd let you know the Little Egret that i spotted on Sunday was still around as of this afternoon at about 12.15pm. it's still feeding in the brook and seems too be spending the rest of the time in either Broadheys Field or the smaller one across the road from it. Just like to say Tha...

im going on holiday to the pyrenees 21st june to 28th june.staying in a little village called bareges.it is 45mins from the airport(lourdes). the appartment is large with two seperate bedrooms so im trying to find someone to come with me to share the cost and enjoy the wildlife.the owners are english...

An adult Peregrine was sat on one of the gasometers in Liverpool street Salford today at 12.15pm.It stayed for about 30 mins before flying over the nearby scrapyard and then flew towards Trafford Park. My place of work is directly opposite and every dinnertime the binoculars come out for a quick sca...

What a great morning out birding, highlight of the day must have been 20+ siskins feeding on alder, superb views in full sunlit conditions, they were on the arnfield resrvoir reserve. goosander(1xm)on the river ethrow great view of nuthatch in ethrow lodge(park), 33 types of bird were seen by my wif...

Happy New Year everyone and let's hope 2010 is a good one for birding!!!!!!!!!!

First of all, many thanks to all those who have contributed to this website in 2009. All the significant records are entered in my daybook (records where there is no number given will not usually be entered up) You'll realise that these amount to several thousand records ( I think it was around 5000 las...

Help asked for, saw my first Ring Necked Duck today and just wondered why it's called this?. There is no ring on its neck, however there is one on its beak. Can anyone explain?. Cheers Ian

Hi all you "Greater Mancunians." After 17 years living in the N.East, it may seem presumptuous of me to even suppose to include myself among you, though I used to be a "Manchester based" birder before the majority of you were probably born, and I myself was born in Radcliffe af...

Couldn't resist the chance of a "lifer"on the final day of the year, so decided to go for the Drake Ferruginous Duck at Brookleys Lake. Arrived at 1.15pm and after a short time scanning the various ducks, managed to find it on the far bank where it was giving some really good views through the...

A couple of productive hours round Loch Ryan this afternoon saw the following:- 12 Slav Grebes 44 Red Throats 1 Great Northern Diver 7 Tysties 3 Long Tailed Ducks(inc 2 stonking males) 1 Red Necked Grebe 61 Pale Bellied Brents 1 Guillemot, 1000+ Scaup,simialar nos. of Wigeon,good nos. of R...

Hi does anybody know where to see Tawny Owls round the area of Widnes Thanks

Hello all, This Christmas I've been visiting my parents in Formby and whilst out for a walk I managed to get some nice shots of some Common Gulls. On further inspection of the photos I saw one of the birds had a ring on it's leg and I could read the code. Is there anywhere I can find out more about this bird?...

28th Dec. A late afternoon walk at the site of last year's Snow Bunting. Bitterly cold and if it wasn't for corvids it would have been birdless. 6 Ravens topped the bill. Cheers, John

For those people who don't regularly check the Manchester Birding website (you should do!), Ian is currently inviting people to take part in next year's Birding Tournament. If you think you might be interested click HERE...

Managed to get here despite manchester airport being closed for a few hours last night due to the snow. Staying wi family in Naul near Dublin. Back field full of birds. 54 redwing, 3 snipe, 13 lapwing, golden plover, linnet and a hooded crow. Merry christmas manchester birders!

I have just been watching 3 Snipe and about 20 Twite 4 Grey Wagtails Robin 20 Malards in a field were a stream flows in (Scobell st Church st Tottington, Bury)