Now is the time that large numbers of Lesser Black-backs are moving through our area on passage from breeding areas in N Lancs.
A good number of these are wearing coloured Darvic rings with numbers, letters or a combination of both, which are easily readable with scopes. I picked 2 up in about 150 bird...
Was in the area,so, thought I`d have a good look around in wet conditions,2 hours later I had seen:- 4 Little Grebe,1 Cormorant,2 Grey Heron, 4 Teal, 20 Mallard, 2 Shoveller, 30 Tufted Duck(incl ducklings),6 Pheasant, 20 Moorhen,6 Coot, 4 Lapwing, 1 Ruff(flushed off sludge lagoon and flew off north...
If anybody's planning a trip to Leighton Moss in the next few days, remember to take your wellies. Public causeway, path to Lower hide and Eric Morecambe hides well above boots level. Otters showing at Public, Lower and Grizdale for the first time in 15 years+
blue walk around the visitor centre
first visit to this place and will defo go again.Lots of coal tit about, out numbering all the other tits. also the most goldcrest i have ever seen .chaffinch gold and greenfinch all seen and singing
raptors of note
2 buzzard,2 sparrowhawk,1 kestrel
1 woodpec...
Hi All,
As some of you know, I lived near Elton 1969-1973 and did some of my early birding there. That's before Warfy was born!!
As I worked in Warrington and my priority was raising my two very young boys, I was never able to do more than a quick scurry round, (mainly at weekends sandwiched between my fa...
On the subject of escaped birds (parrot sp. on Ashton-in-Makerfield thread), how far would you go to see a bird which you knew to be an escape? If your immediate reaction is that you wouldn't - if someone told you there was a Budgie outside your window then you would have a look. If it was in next door's gar...
This round-up is from the latest edition of `Birdwatch` magazine (Feb `09) ; Hooded Merganser, Great Blue Heron, and Wilson`s Snipe have been accepted onto Category A. Naumann`s and Dusky Thrush have been split as full species, as has Black-throated and Red-throated Thrushes. A further split is G...
Dave Steel has kindly copied a tape for me, made by Norman Rowbottom, who now lives on Anglesey, of Nightjars on Astley Moss (now the peat extraction site) in 1980, also with young, and Long-eared Owls wing-clapping and calling. Really evocative. If anyone out there has an up-to-date email for Norma...
Just to let you know - this Terek Sandpiper has been seen about 4pm ish yesterday and was refound early this morning at Heswall (same place) in amongst lots of redshank.
High tide is due 17.12 (7.8m) and it si hoped amongst us lot that it will be found again.
A public car park can be found near to Sheldr...
Dropped into Bempton Cliffs for an hour on Tuesday. Wow what a place for sea birds.
Found a Puffin myself !!! had seen 3 at flamborough half an hour before, but this was all the better because i found it myself. Also had
1000`s of kittiwake
1000`s of Guillemot
200 gannets
Razorbill
shags...
4 Song Thrushes 5 Wrens 2 Dunnocks 2 Chaffinch 4 Mute Swans 2 and 2 Mallards 6 Coot 20+ Canada Geese 5 Goosander 3m 2f 10+ Moorhen Mallards Robins 2 Carrion Crow 2 Long Tailed Tit 4 Goldcrests 2 and 2 in different areas. Blue and Great Tits 1 Coal Tit singing 1 Dipper 1 Bullfinch m 1 Kingfisher on moat at the en...
....but there'll be lots of Jam, Clash, Buzzcocks, Pulp, U2 and much, much, more at the Sylvan in Timperley on Saturday 21st Feb - free admission, no ticket needed so if you are hanging around in Timperley that night pop in to the pub and see me and some mates enjoying our other Hobby (geddit?!) as XL5 roc...
A shameless plea here. Between now and 10th July, please visit Vote here Then select the 'best environment project' category and select RSPB Old Moor. Click on 'more details' and at the bottom 'vote here' The winning projec...
Have been asked by a friend of a friend, to pass on any sightings of a Harris Hawk (jesses attached) in the area, as he's lost one. Post or p.m. me. Cheers, Mike
Having decided my photography skills weren't getting any better whilst my field craft was getting there slowly I booked on to a days one to one tuition in birding and specifically bird photography on Sunday. Given that at the start of the day I was just about on full auto all the time I was really pleased...
A Cattle Egret was at Belmont Reservoir yesterday but was harassed by the gulls, and there was no sign of it by 9.00 pm. It must be worth checking out Rumworth, Elton and obviously Pennington and the Wigan flashes, plus any fields with horses / cattle.
Ladies and Gents,
Was thinking of purchasing a Gull ID book and was wondering if anyone had their own favourite that they could recommend...
Thanks Steve
A European-wide survey of Golden Plovers & Lapwing is taking place over the coming week. BTO News says "Since the late 1970s wader experts across Europe have been gradually synchronising their counts of Golden Plovers. In October 2003 the best effort yet was achieved, with thousands of o...
