I've never understood why birders shorten wonderful names of birds, post instigated by Ian's request of where does "Bx" mean Black Redstart, which I also don't understand.
One eg is "Gropper" nothing like as aesthetic as Grasshopper Warbler. GIVE BIRDS THEIR PROPER NAMES...
12/4/09
Dragged Jimmy Meadows around on a 7-hour mooch, but unfortunately there wasn`t the warbler bonanza we had hoped for. However we did manage the following :
Singing Whitethroat,
Double figures of White Wagtails,
2 Wheatear,
3 Ringed Plover,
2 Ruff,
Black-tailed Godwit,
Common S...
Just to let you know that tomorrow, the 6th April 2009, the Manchester Birding website is being migrated to a new Windows 2008 hosting platform (no, I've no idea what that is either). It will, apparently, enable the forum to have exiting new features and allow for better performance and reliability....
arrived at 7.15 started birding at the reed bed screen kingfisher there walking towards the big wood hide Garden Warbler and blackcap. near no1 tank loads of chiffchaff and willow warblers, green woodpecker othe edge of the meadow at neumans walking up the the far side of the flash a buzzard flew over...
11/4/09 am
With Jimmy Meadows :
Star of the show was the returning Black Guillemot, which just sailed into view under our noses in the harbour mouth @ 10.10 At times we could plainly hear it calling out for a mate......
Just prior to that we were looking at a Shag on the wooden jetty, which we hadn`t...
11/4/09 pm
With Jimmy Meadows :
2 Spotted Redshank, 2 Greenshank & Common Sandpiper on the Pool,
4 Eider & male Red-breasted Merganser on the Lune,
Large flock of Black-tailed Godwits & Redshanks on the Marsh and creeks.
2 Swallows and Sand Martin over.
23 Twite on White Holme feeding station early afternoon. 3 Peregrines on nearby pylon. 3 Ravens in the area. 1 male Goldeneye on White Holme Res. 300+ fieldfare over North West. 170+ Starlings over North West. Male and Female Stonechat behind the White House Pub.
I do a BBS which is just outside GMC around Haydock Island (J23 on the M6). One of the transects runs along the edge of a decent wood which has a lot of bramble and scrub understorey. I was very surprised to have a Grasshopper Warber singing away in there today - not only very early, but very odd habitat!
Better known as the A to Z of manchester ,the OS reference for those of us who need to how steep the hill is ,and if you can the post code of the best parking spot for the sat nav users, it will save a lot questions if you find a biggy,so if your starting a new thread put the directions in there somewhere please
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Lancashire Wildlife Trust has purchased Ringing Pits from Peel Holdings (f38 on the field map elsewhere on this website). This is excellent news as this area was being cut by hand so had not been destroyed like many other parts of the peat bog. They have also appointed 2 Mosslands Officers (Chris Mill...
Howdy folks - anyone know if this bird's okay?
My wife and I were walking along the canal (Monday 8th April, 2009, approx. 16:30) and saw this poor fellow on the water, he'd got his head and neck stuck in one of those plastic/acrylic 'four pack' beer ring-thingies - and although not appearing injured...
Sue and I are thinking of a trip to Norfolk at the end of September or early October. We usually got in a Travelodge - cos it's cheap - but were wondering if there would be any interest in getting a shared cottage with some other Manchester birders? Cost would work out at about £100 each for accommodation f...
even though i've nothing against dogs or dogwalkers,i had one myself until i was in my mid 20's,but do other birders than me seem to have the same problems as me,in a 3 hour period yesterday i had a rotweiler,a red setter,and some other massive red labrador,on 3 separate ocasions dive up at me ,all 3 leav...
Just seen a advertisement in Wigan Observer about redevelopment into a marina at this site but they are calling it Pagefield Lake my god its had some names this one sounds a bit posh to me its still limey to me
This is the one that the Great White Egret Reappeared at will these developers leave nothing a...
Birdnet report a Marsh Harrier over Wythenshawe behind Sharston Tip over the lake at 1040 this morning. -- Edited by Mark Rigby on Monday 6th of April 2009 08:36:31 PM
just last sunday myself and mate phil logan have statred watching the area from the two garden centres upto the motorway and along the new golf course up to the farm we have selected three areas to use as feeding stations and are listing it as our local patch will up date with sightings
Not sure if this has already been mentioned.
But according to Roy Dennis's website, a satellite tracked Osprey flew over Platt Bridge at 11am, yesterday 4th April. The bird had been roosting at Beeston Castle the night previous and then after flying over Platt Bridge carried on up past Preston, ov...
Sat 04-04-09 Rivington/white copice
not much to report didn't see much apart from a couple of Nuthatch's at White
Copice no sighting of the Wheatear or Ring Ouzel.
Back to Pennington Flash in the afternoon saw the 2 Black Necked Grebes
also a male Blackcap at the feeding station and a few Swallow'...
I had a trip over the Snake Pass today to see the Great Grey Shrike. I had good views from the A57 between the lay-by East of Cutthroat Bridge and the Strines road. Quite a few other birders were there taking photos.
Gary
1/4/09
3 buzzard. (two of them where mating on a telegraph pole !)
greenfinch
goldfinch
wren
blue tit
great tit
robin
Blackbird
A lot of owl pellets, my relatives seen a barn owl a few weeks ago !. still looking for it most days
Red kite seen over Otterspool, Marple at 3.44p.m. Was flying down Goyt valley towards Stockport. Last seen disappearing beyond the plantation at the back of Offerton sand & gravel. Might stop at Goyt Hall farm or nearby woods. Anyone with the chance get out there, or anyone south of Stockport fo...
Just been on the RSPB loch Garton site where they radio tracked the 2 fledged chicks from last year. One flew out into the Atlantic and died, the other successfully migrated to West Africa where it has, probably, also recently died. How hard must it be for these birds, and then on top of all their natural...
heloo all, long time no post ! my apologies !
well im back from a wonderful birding weekend in anglesy was really good apart from, me falling smashing my scope and splitting my knee open resulting in a long stay in casulty !! aghh !!
anyeays was a good weekend adding a few birds to my life list !
now as...
I was sitting patiently on my bike at 08:15 this morning waiting for the lights at the Slade Lane / Stockport Road junction to change when, to my huge surprise, a Little Egret flew leisurely overhead. It was heading roughly south east, maybe in the direction of Reddish Vale.
Needless to say, I have ev...
