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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...

I am selling the following books, all from the "Where To Watch Birds" series, plus a few others. All are in tip-top condition ; Where To Watch Birds In Britain (1st ed) WTWBI Yorkshire. (2nd ed) WTWBI East Midlands. (2nd ed) WTWBI West Midlands. (3rd ed) WTWBI Somerset, Gloucs & Wilts....

Visited Wepre Park, Connahs Quay today - 13 Waxwings (5 male, 8 female I think, hard to count) in a Rowan bush whenever the 6 or 7 "big lenses" would allow them to settle - motor drives must be quite alarming for these birds when they are only about 4m away!!! There was one particularly obnoxio...

1 goldcrest( very close view stunning) 4 mountain hare at dove stones no woodpeckers though 5 nuthatch 2 dipper 1 pied wagtail

I've just noticed the latest Clements updates and loads of species now seem to be lumped. From a Greater Manchester perspective the most significant lumping seems to be Eurasian Teal/Green-winged Teal. But it usually takes some time for the BOU to accept such changes so we'll probably be able to han...

were is a good place in saddleworth to spot redstarts thanks

Late news of a Little Egret at 10:00am on the 22nd January at Bollington / Dunham, grid reference SJ734873. Info thanks to Judith Smith

Hi all, Does anyone know if this place is worth a visit? I picked up a leaflet at the Risley Moss VC and it looks as though it might be worth a visit - shows two wildfowl lakes and woods. Regards Geoff

Adult male Goosander on the River Douglas this morning near Martland Mill Bridge but flew. Probably the same bird was later with what looked like three immature males on Walmsley's Flash but again they quickly flew off. Seven Tufties, two Mute Swans, two Grey Herons, Mallard, Coot and Moorhen also t...

I see Salford Council on their website have plans for a windfarm on Irlam/Chat Moss and whilst it may have little effect on birds and birding and understanding their positive, renewable energy provision, I can't help my personal feelings of repultion at their ugly blot on what is a beautiful area. I'...