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4.30pm 150 pied wagtails in usual tree outside Cafe Nero. Surprisingly there are three trees close together, but all the birds were in one tree, quite a sight!

A quick visit to the lake this A.M produced the following early migrants' 13 Wigeon, 1 Pochard, 5 Male Tufted, Out of Greater Manchester, Whiteholm, Thursday 19th Feb 2 Shelduck, 1 very early Curlew, 4 Goldeneye Whitehazzels' 2 Skiens Pinkfoot 1st 1252hrs Northwest possible 500 birds 2nd 14...

between 30 and 60 waxwings throughout the day today 20th Feb 09 on berr's at the side of ASDA Moss bank way Bolton last seen numbering 30 birds at 3.35pm Jim

Reliable sighting of a Barn Owl hunting the verge of the M60 motorway just past Jct 19 approaching Jct 20 Rochdale, 3am Thursday morning. Thanks for the use of your scope at Kingsway Bill nice to meet you again. Dave Phillips.

Long-Tailed Tits are normally regular in our Ashton-in-makerfield garden, but about 6 yesterday were the first since the harsh weather. Several Goldcrests also usually roost in the vicinity, but have been absent recently. Has anyone else noticed much evidence of the recent cold spell having bum...

Flock of around 150 Pied wagtails over Tesco(reebok) in Horwich 5pm today. Cheers Dean.

Sorry about this late posting... one briefly on the Huddersfield Canal between Stalybridge and Ashton, 7th February (per Alan Clamp)

approx 5 just south of the car park on the beach. showing well and then fluttering into the dunes behind pontins.

Having done a bit of reading about Crossbills recently, it appears that irruptions occur from May onwards and include juveniles hatched sometime between January and April ( a trap for the unwary who may think they are locally bred birds) BUT some of the birds do remain in the areas they've arrived in (...

Pair of Mandarin Duck at Mere Sands Wood today 1pm from Redwing hide

Bittern over Bryn Marsh Thursday 12th @ around 2pm

Bittern over Bryn Marsh, Thurdsday 12th Feb at around 2pm.

Todays highlights whilst having a quick brew... Tree Creeper mooching on trees across road on William Wroe G.C. Pair of Nuthatch in Garden on feeders Jay in Front Garden G.S.W on same tree and same branch at same time.. In undated with flocks of Goldfinches, Long Tailed Tits, on feeders Lar...

MOLES!!! Can i make a request for all sightings of Moles or perhaps more simply mole hills around the county - Steve Atkins and Myself thought it a good idea to see the population, distribution etc around the county. They will be recorded at tetrad level - so really all birders already doing the winter b...

Sorry if this has already been mentioned somewhere but anyway.... We were at the Comedy Store last night and saw this show "Birdwatching" on 17th February advertised, thought it looked really good and that there might be people on here that would be interested. We've got our tickets, you...

called at cheapside middleton yesterday,sat @ 14.30pm.about 20 waxwings in the usual tree on the corner near the kids club.

Still 36 waxwing at the end of forshaw st warrington at 11 am(good light for photography)

came out from work at 3.00pm on friday 06/02/09 and saw alarge buzzard soaring over head looked stunning in the afternoon sunshine

I hope that it is OK to place this message here Ian. I had an e-mail from Nigel Blake which referred me to a film on youtube showing lapwings being cruelly trapped and killed in France. It is quite disturbing to say the least and will make you weep. the video can be viewed either by going to you tube and p...

I've created a Microsoft Works Spreadsheet version of the GM Recording Form for people who do not have Excel. It consists of four separate files (the Records, Species, Sites and Status sheets) as Works does not support files with multiple worksheets. If anyone is interested in obtaining a copy for i...

Superb article Ian.The next ylg picture i send you will definately be onethe article proved to me that many of the ylg people show me at penny are not ylg at all.but pale LBB,in bright light,or herring gull due to the projection of the wingtips beyond the tail-thanks again for yor time -- Edited by JOHN T...

A pretty quiet day on the birding scence Sunday 25th January. (The large number of walkers and general public can't of helped) Two Dippers seen at the feeder stream at the top end of the resevoir. A couple of Stonechats. Several Mallards M & F. Blue, Coal and Great Tits a plenty on the east banks as a...

I would like to thank everyone in the county who has contributed records to this forum in 2008, on behalf of the Assistant County Recorders (Ian McKerchar and Steve Atkins) and myself, and especially to those who have used the county recording form (follow directions on the "sticky" on th...

excuse my ignorance but what is the "200" club and i thought audenshaw resies were not open to the public

Yesterday spoke with Dag at Birdnet re: pager services. He offered me the new Skype service. He has given me the usage of this service to see what its like. I believe he said it worked out at 11.75 a month, I had to purchase the phone ex Argos 38.99. Apparently its exactly the same service as the pager exce...

National Nest Box Week - 14th - 21st February "National Nest Box Week is great for birds. Starting on St Valentine's Day, it's the time we remind ourselves to provide homes for dozens of species, from Blue Tits to Barn Owls. If you've never built a nest box before, why not give it a g...

I know this is meant to be for general birding discussion, but on my travels about the County I come across various mammals, from Dunham Massey's Fallow Deer to the odd stoat and weasel flying across a path, water shrews near the irwell and local foxes etc etc. What prompted me to put this posting on wa...

20 Twite present mid-day at the feeding station site giving great views until the mist rolled in from the tops.

Hallo all, I will be in England from next week and hope to spend some time birding on the Moss. I see from certain letters that some of the fields have been given reference numbers like f8 and so forth. Are these numbers to be found on any map? Otherwise not much to report from Norway, for those interested...

Last night on Heaton Park Res. Simon Johnson and myself found an Aythea which looked good for a female Lesser Scaup,the only thing we didn't see well enough was the upper wing pattern. The bird is not there today.As it was associating with Tufted Duck it is worth giving a good coat of looking at to any Tu...