This Manchester Birding forum is now 1 year old today!!! The forum has been a resounding success and long may it continue, unfortunately due to spending much of the day searching (fruitlessly) for the Yellow-browed Warbler at Hollingworth and having to go to work tonight I haven't had chance to upda...
Excellent visit this morning - at least 3 Ring Ouzels (2 males and 1 female seen), possibly a 4th present. They were feeding on hawthorn berries, with a few Blackbirds also present, in the upper valley at around 11.00 am.
This is only my second record for this species at Piethorne and my first record o...
Bit of movement this morning over Heaton Park best being:-
4 Whooper Swan (3ad + Juv) and c40 Pinkfeet all East.
Some decent sized flocks of Woodpigeon (totalling 121 sw), Fieldfare (107), Redwing (114) and Starling (98) all west.
69 Chaffinch sw along with a Brambling, 5 Reed Bunt, 7 Siskin, 2...
Jo Fraser has passed on sightings of Rose Ringed/Ringed-necked Parakeets seen in Whalley Range last week:
"I saw them on 3 days last week - up to 6 flying
across the block bounded by Alness, Manley, Brantingham Roads & Alex Road
South - very near Alex Park, Postcode M16 8HW."
Sou...
date broome found a yellow browed warbler in the north west corner of scotsmans flash at 5:50pm today. The bird was calling and making its way towards the old railway line there where there may be some suitable habitat if it sticks around either way its another great bird for the county and dave's alrea...
While doing my garden earlier this afternoon in Swinton a large female Sparrowhawk took out a Collared Dove which was waiting for me to give it some food on my bird table.The Hawk sat in the middle of my lawn as it removed some of the doves feathers while never taking its eyes off me while I was standing wit...
Finally caught up with a Radde's today - never thought I 'd clear this missing tick on the Wirral - what a great find! Interesting call, a quiet, soft "tuck" - very distinctive. -- Edited by Rob Smallwood at 21:23, 2007-10-16
Despite Chorlton WP having it's own thread, I thought this bird deserved one of it's own, for the time being at least.
Pete Hines found a likely Siberian Chiffchaff (tristis) here this morning in the area of the pond near to the childrens play area, the bird has apparently all the suitable features f...
Birdnet Pagers are reporting 2 Ring-necked Parakeets in Leverhulme Park, Bolton by the bridge over the river at 1pm. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 15:42, 2007-10-16
I was outside my works at dinner today watching the Pied Wagtails that are around at the moment. One was flying over, when a Carrion Crow appeared, flying in the same general direction but the Crow changed direction to actively chase the Wagtail. For a minute i thought it was going to pluck it out of the s...
Yellow Browed Warbler at Hollingworth near Mottram in Longdendale this am, follow Hobson Moor Road towards Hollingworth Hall Farm and bird was at junction with Cow Lane. Found by Rob Adderley I believe. -- Edited by Alan Warford at 11:56, 2007-10-15
Visit 7.45 to 9.45 a.m.
Good numbers of birds passing over:-
Redwing - 307+ - between 7.45 am and 9.00 am - parties of 3,9,9,14,4,8,18,2,3,47,80+ and 110+ all moved from east to west over the valley whilst calling - noticeably most of the larger flocks came later on in this time period. Also this mu...
Watched a line of around 500 gulls fly oer my house this afternoon around 5pm headed towards the roost at audneshaw. From what i could pick out it was mainly common & herring but didnt have m bins so couldnt make them all out.
cheers
Andrew
Two Ring Ouzels (a f./imm & a m.) flew past me at close range this evening as I walked up the bridleway by Old Tom's Wood to the west of the resr. They headed south and may have gone down in the plantation in the SW corner of the resr. A few Redwing about but still no sign of any Fieldfare as yet.
A Kingfish...
As Ian has already written in the county notice board, the taxonomic sub-committee of the BOURC (catchy name!) has recommended that both Caspian and American Herring Gull should now be treated as full species split from bog standard old Herring Gull. The BOURC will no doubt now follow these recomme...
4 adult terns and at least 4 juveniles present. 3 of the juveniles have fledged and I managed to get good views/photographs of them on the far bank. Also 2 well grown juvenile grebes still with their parents in attendance. Looks like one was trying to make a break for freedom as it kept flying up and down t...
first buzzard ive ever seen at this sight. flew low from daisy nook direction towards clayton vale. hope im wrong, but surely we`re due another plague of the rabbit disease that i cant spell?
This morning - 3 Buzzards together mobbed by Jackdaws and Crows and flying within 6 feet of the ground! Female Sparrowhawk circling out of sight again closely shepherded by a Crow and 2 Grey Partridge. For the Lepidopterists among you also 2 Commas, 2 Holly Blues along with Red Admiral and Small Torto...
Went up to Watergrove this afternoon to look for Hen Harrier without success. However at approx. 15:00hrs I heard Ravens calling and a pair appeared high up WSW, flying towards my viewpoint. They were followed by a single and another pair. Within less than a minute further birds appeared from the sam...
Arrived at Watergrove at 07:45 hrs this morning and was only 100 yards from the car park when I heard the chip-chip-chip call of Crossbills overhead. Scanning the sky frantically I picked up the bulky silhouettes of 6 birds, quite high up, flying South-east. This is only the 3rd record of this species...
numbers of Goosander peaked at 87 towards end of Sept, numbers have been around 50-60 since but there were 72 tonight including 2 males (1st male back yesterday).
2 Little Owl
100+ Lapwing
2 Kestrel
30+ Meadow Pipit
2 Stonechat
David
10.00am. 4.10.07. Barn Owl Moss Lane 10am 4.10.07 flew towards the first farm on Moss Lane, and pair of Stonechat at the beginning of Rindle Road Astley.
2 buzzards on telegraph pole before I flushed em. - and possibly one or two more circling high on a thermal with the gulls. but cant be sure. near railway bridge.
nothing else special really. flock of goldfinches (viridor wood), 2 goldcrest heard, jays, long tailed tits etc.
The 2006 report is nearing completion and just waiting for some drawings to be finished, and the police to supply a list of WLOs! We shall be able to have 2 colour insets this year, so that means 16 colour photos, plus the usual set of 12 photos, one for each month, on the inside and back covers. The front co...
Brian Fielding has two places spare in his car heading for the Brown Flycatcher at Flamborough Head tomorrow (the 4th October), also possibly taking in the Turkestan Shrike nearby. He is intending to leave at 9:30am which leaves enough time to check that the bird is still present, if anyone is intere...
