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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
