3pm dull, rain threatening
Quick visit on my way home.
20 canadas
12 mallard
41 tufties
9 goldeneye 5m 4f all in absolutely prime condition
8 l.t.tits
1 chaffinch
2 magpies
Mike
Many thanks to Ian & Adrian for the excellent article. It brought back some great memories as I was there when Adrian took a lot of the photos. It also goes a long way to answering some of the questions we were asking each other by e-mail (in those bygone pre-forum days) about first summer plumage.
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late reports
2 carrion crows sighted with paler wingbars/patches on willesden avenue,longsight.....on sunday 11 january about 2.30pm
a large flock of mixed gulls, herring, lbb, common, b h well over 500 sighted at the heywood turn off m66 at about 12.15 saturday 17 jan
another large floc...
A pleasant walk, was twitching some fungi and found some birds along the way
2 Nuthatch
2 treecreeper
1 Great Spotted Woodpecker
4 Goldfinch
2 Bullfinch
6 Great Tit
2 Chaffinch.
Dave
a.m. - A pair of Mandarins, under trees beyond the bridge on Adlington Reservoir. Also four Teal there, and a Little Grebe.
On other reservoirs: Two Little Grebes, three Great Crested Grebes, two Grey Wagtails, a Cormorant, and about 700 assorted gulls, mostly Black-headed, though two hours late...
Am up in Manchester tomorrow visiting family and friends.
Where is the best place to see the Ring Neck Parrakeets around south Manchester area. I will be passing through here as I will be going into town first.
Cheers!
Matt
I am currently forced to spend my time at home in my terraced house and Paul has suggested a 'window list'. So far that would go BH Gull, Magpie, Starling, Feral Pigeon and sometimes House Sparrow. There is not a lot to be seen in such a cramped urban setting. Or so it seems. I think maybe I could get a bird ta...
To help celebrate thirty years of Big Garden Birdwatch, RSPB have teamed up with The Observer newspaper to offer a free 48 page booklet with every copy sold on Sunday 25 January. This illustrated guide is packed full of information about the top 50 birds seen in gardens, and has plenty of ideas to get ki...
I was day off work today and was pleased to get a telephone call from Simon Hitchen, Simon had found a pair of Gadwall, the birds were out in midd water.In general birds at this location dont stay around long too much boat traffic!
After seeing the ducks I took a walk over to Whittaker wood, not a lot to say...
Thought I`d start a new one for the long winter nights.....................
How many times have you been out birding, minding your own business, and some local yokel comes up to you and starts with the immortal words - "I`ve just seen this strange looking bird............." All manne...
A drake Eider is on the River Roch in Heywood for it's 2nd day roughly below Elbut Wood at grid reference SD840115. The bird can be difficult to see due to accessing the stretch of river it's on but further detailed directions will follow. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 08:24, 2009-01-06
I have just been offered a new Canon EOS 450D DSLR with an EF 15-55mm lens. My mum won it in a competition at Xmas and doesnt want or need a new camera so I'm lucky enough to have been given first option and naturally said Yes. Unfortunately I have no knowledge whatsoever of cameras and photography, but am v...
Three male Mandarins, plus a Gadwall and 18 Tufties today on the small bit of the Reservoir not covered in ice. The reservoir is near the junction of Wigan Lane and Mesnes Road, about a hundred yards from the Cherry Gardens.
was walking between offices this morning a always use a path that takes me down to a small river in Bolton (dont know name!)it runs along side of railway line off Fern Street all normal birds about then Spalsh straight in front of me fish in beak Mr king.Made my day anyway.
DRAKE EIDER still present at 1400hrs along same stretch of river as previous postings, bird observed diving close to the bank, also a Dipper feeding up and down the river.
Thanks Paul for the directions,spot on.
LITTLE EGRET seen by Paul Cliff at 12:45 flying due east along the B6222 near Fairfield Hospital, Rochdale today.
Refound at 14:10 by Paul and David Winnard on a small lodge by a nearby paper mill but then flew to the River Roch and is currently being looked for once again.
Info thanks to Paul Cl...
Due to someone unfortunately having to pull out there is one spare place on the trip.Dates are Fri 27th Feb to Sun. 1st March.Costs are 50 quid for two nights B&B,plus shared cost of petrol.If anyone is interested ,or wants any more info please get in touch.
Pete Berry
Hi all, am after a bit of help. I am a bit behind now with the technologies of bins etc and i was wondering if anyone can recommend a cheapish pair that are of a decent quality. My better other half has now got an intrest in birding and i want to get her a pair of bins so we dont have to share my pair and we miss stuf...
Well I'm returning home to Manchester from my families tomorrow :( So thought I'd do a quick write up of what I've managed to see in my time here!
Garden
- Sparrows (more in the garden than you can shake a stick at)
- Coal tit
- Great tit
- Blue tit
- Black headed gull (overhead)
- LBB gull (overhead)...
An adult found yesterday at 10.00 by John Turner. It showed well today in bright sunlight from 70m at 10.06 and again at 10.33. Perfect conditions for photography but, of course, the camera was at home. I thought about putting this in the 'Over the Border' thread as it's only 1 mile SW of the county bound...
A little project
Dave Winnard and myself have embarked on a photography project which wed like to tell you about and maybe, if youre interested, youd like to get involved.
For his final year at blackpool uni, dave had to devise a brief and execute it.
He is studying to become a Wildlife Photograph...
Off Gristlehurst Lane - Great Spotted Woodpecker in (at top of) hawthorns + solitary Jay.
Redwings c 6 in total.
Mistle Thrush x 1
Chaffinch - odd ones
Blackbirds and Robins - plentiful
Heron x 1
Off Ashworth Road 15 Crows on 'muck spread' field. Rooks x 30, Jackdaw x 6, Wood Pigeon x 6 on adjacent...
Apologies for not putting this on a thread earlier, but have been all over the place during Christmas (London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Lancaster, Staffordshire and Oldham!) and barely sat down to go on the computer. For the record I had a few good birds on my Atlas work around Heaton Park and Simister on 2...
