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Waxwings are showing up on Birdguides in Bolton! Anybody with anymore information.

New thread hopefully to cover an under reported area of god,s county,this morning covered a to z page 84 7d and 7e. Diggle Flash? and Bolton house road and fan lodge,27 species jotted down excluding gulls over and feral pigeons.Mostly all the regular birds but strangley no redwing or fieldfare tha...

2 Firecrest were in a stand of conifers at Leiber Cement Silo on George Richards Way in Altringham at 1:20pm today (19th Dec), showing well from the road. Note there is no access to the yard itself. Info thanks to Geoff Hargreaves. -- Edited by Ian McKerchar at 17:36, 2008-12-20

There is currently a pretty impressive Starling roost in Astley which I've been watching from my house, always nice Today there were around 3000 birds swirling around for atleast 40 minutes, forming typically impressive shapes with the flock ranging over Manchester Road in Astley between Ma...

One male Mandarin, with 18 Mallards and two Mute Swans in the old Rowing Club basin on the Canal, near Hall Lane Lodge, Haigh, this a.m.

A female in a Hindley Green garden today (filmed). This garden is another regular place for Firecrests and had a female last year as well. (Information from Andy Makin)

May I be the first to wish everyone who utilises the Forum, A Happy Christmas and hope you all get what you want from Santa..... Thanks for all the hardwork you have put in this year , Ian , we all appreciate it. All the best Steve

42 Waxwings at Central Carpark, Keswick on 7/12/08. Numbers increasing daily from 8 two weeks ago. Still lots of berries on small Rowans in town centre so they are likely to stay for a while yet.

Lowercroft Lodges, Bury: Fieldfairs Redwings Grey wagtail Cormerants(in flight) Grey heron 2:30pm-4:00pm -- Edited by Hannah at 16:50, 2008-12-06

1400 hrs. Ploughed field 50 off Twelve yards road near Black wood. Flock of 250-270 Chaffinches contained 22 Brambling (best this winter so far!).

Just seen on Amazon website THE Collins guide has at long last been reprinted and release date March 2009.The title has been changed to drop the word Europe and replace it with Ireland !!!!!

Was at Pennington the other afternoon and saw a Mallard eating Rosehip buds is this normal?Only 1 but was giving them a good chew!

glossy ibis on the spit at pennington flash at 10:20 atleast this morning, found by john lyons Info thanks to peter alker

Thanks Pete for the posting and putting me on to my 1st Salford Waxwing. Comus Street, Salford 1.00pm drizzling. Same thread as Henry Cooks report & sightings, with just 2 Waxwings present in the higher reaches of the tall sycamore tree opposite the chimney stack, nevertheless made a dreary...

2 Waxwings trees in Tottington library car park with 20+ Redwings at 1430 Friday

Woodcock flying along the river Douglas at around 11.30 today. Sighted at the rear of the bus depot on Melverley street and was following the river towards the bridge across from Asda. This area looks ideal for woodcock with plenty of marshy woodland. If we have any more rain it looks like i will be work...

Hi, I'm new here so am not sure if this is the correct way to post a sighting or whether it's relevent or of interest or not. Anyway, we had a Lesser Spotted Woodpecker on our peanut feeder in the back garden today (second visit this week that I've witnessed). First visit was on Monday at the same time (...

Noonish today,res was frozen over only a little , loads of bird pretty much what been there last couple of days but large gull population Looking for woodcock ( up the creek no - change there then ! ) NEW bird for me at Elton. WILLOW TIT Hung around near Paul's but didn't see Fire crest Mike Horwood

Currently reading the December issue of Birdwatch magazine. On page 58 there is an account of the discovery of this bird in Cornwall in early October. Started reading the article hoping to learn something about this species and finished reading the article with steam coming out of my ears! To cut a lo...

Everyone keeps a UK Life List right ? If enough people show an interest, then Ian is willing to publish Life Lists on the main Web-site, in a similar vein to the Manchester Life Lists. Nothing too technical - it`s just a bit of fun/interest....... Contact Mr McKerchar privately if you are interested. -...

TTV this morning netted first hour: Magpie 12 Blackbrid 5 Blue Tit 2 G Tit 2 LT Tits 6 Robin 6 Wren 1 Starling 3 Woodpigeon 10 Song Thrush 1 Mistle Thrush 1 Nuthatch 1 Feral Pigeon 55 BH Gulls 59 Common Gull 17 Crow 1 Goldfinch 1 Mallard 132 Moorhen 6 second hour: Magpie 2 Blackbir...

Does anyone have any information on the origins of the entry in the 2007 report of 12 common whitethroats at Etherow C.P. in May? It seems such a remarkable record that I would like to know more about it, e.g. was it a count on a single day (of a fall perhaps), or the record for the month in total and therefor...

I have received an indirect report of a Black Redstart 2-3 days ago in Victoria Station, near the Metrolink line. (More details to follow). This is where they were feeding when they bred on Federation Street this year, and they do occasionally winter. If anyone is using Victoria Station, please keep...

........For the Steppe Grey Shrike, Lincolnshire, on Friday 28th Nov. Please PM or phone 07887706847 Cheers.

Might this be the hobby for you? Bird Ignoring (its on YouTube) Don't know who it's by, just found it on the internet... another here: "click me" edit ju...

The Spotted Sandpiper at Tittesworth Res. was showing down to 10 metres this morning. Best parking is on the road down the west side of the reservoir by a sign 'long walk to visitor centre'. Walk further south down the road (250m) and take farm track/footpath on LHS for 15mins then down steps to the dam a...

I am of course a very recent and therefore junior contributor to this website having been made aware of it by my long time birding soulmate John Rayner, though I suppose at 67 years of age I now qualify as an old timer. This feeling is reinforced by the possibility that I may be the only current participan...

OK everyone. Not seen this thread anywhere....recommendations?? This sort of question always reminds me of the Americans spending millions on a pen that can write in space upside-down - the Russians used a pencil!!

does anyone have any info on this tripod? its old but apparently still sells well and is said to be really sturdy. cheers

Just been shown an article in the latest Borough Life (Wigan) Winter 2008 issue. It is regarding the little pond that has recently been made on the site of the old BMX track at the Three Sisters Recreation Area, Ashton-in-Makerfield. According to the article: "one of the visitors was a green...