25th January.
c55 Siskin - this is the third 50+ flock of this species that I have come across in the last 10 days in different parts of the north-eastern quarter of Greater Manchester (c80 Chadderton Hall Park on 17/1 & c55 Hopwood Woods, Rochdale on 23/1) - so plenty of them about! But no Lesser R...
Late afternoon
2 pairs of Stonechats in fields behind Macro
2 pairs of Sky Larks singing/displaying same field
M.S.Canal
92 Tufted left, best this month 333 Feb 10th
7 Mute Swans 8 Gadwall 7 Cormorants 2 G C Grebes
IRWELL OLD COURSE
Wintering Green Woodpecker 4th time this year
62 Teal, 4 Gadw...
The Bittern is confined almost entirely to wetlands dominated by reeds, where it feeds on fish, amphibians and other small water animals. Many of us have had wonderful views of Bitterns this winter mainly because of the frozen water. When the water is frozen presumably the birds will have difficult...
hi guys im new to this site only found it yesterday i live in bury i was reading the site reports and wanted to no where is the location of ringley and the best place to park if any thanks.
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...
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 (...
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...
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...
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...
