With the Autumn seawatching almost upon us(given the right wind conditions)its worth checking out the following site which gives a breakdown of wind speed and direction for the next 6 days.Go onto xcweather.co.uk and put your arrow onto any site,it will then show the wind speed/direction for that...
With quite a few Leach's Petrels reported from the Lancs coast today and even stronger winds forecast for tomorrow, hopefully something might be blown our way. Lakes alongside the Mersey are the best bet eg Sale/Chorlton WPs ? A certain private site where a rare tern was found last week (not Elton) ha...
What a year
As the webmaster breaks through the 400 points barrier is anyone able to stop Mr Ian (Champion birder of 2007) Mc Kerchar.
Well maybe as the Elton map-master Simon( warfy) Warford watches 300 points fly out of Elton, the history books are re-written as new records are set at this site.
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first of all congrats to dave broome and runners up rob and sonia,the first gm mystrey bird comp has concluded,but come on ian it,s high time for the next lot,maybe a few extras to fill in the winter nights wouldn,t go a miss,if you have,nt joined in check the main website for details and in between the an...
ok 12 months at least down this orrible road of discovery i,ll pass on the really positive thing i,ve learned(sorry if this old hat to some) the best digiscope adaptors are made at home/garage in a wallace & grommit fashion.I,ve just made adaptors for both my aldi scope and swarovski /20X60 lens a...
mine would have to be the lesser spotted woodpecker.seen plenty of the other two but not the lesser.are they present in this area? has anyone else got one they havnt seen but feel they should have?
had a stroll down the dissused railway line from platt bridge to bickershaw,28/09/08
list as they appeared
80+ starlings 2 goldfinch
2 magpie 1 collard dove
30 feral pigeon 1 crow
250 pink feet 12 wood pigeon
1 pheasant 1 grey heron
1 g s pecker 1 sparrowhawk(up close and personal)
2 jay 2 littl...
Juvenile White-winged Black Tern present today on the reservoir which is STRICTLY PERMIT ONLY. Viewing is possible from outside the perimeter fence in one location, from undeneath the BT tower (which you shuldn't miss 'cos it's huge!). Unless you have a permit please do not attempt to gain access (...
yellow-browed warbler at approx 9:40 this morning at skitters wood, ashton in makerfield, though elusive, access of woodedge
Info thanks to dave broome
dose anyone remember the first birds they saw
I remember the 1st few years back when I 1st started at age 11 there were loads of lapwings on farmland meadow fields were i lived and they used to nest too, dive bombing me when i walked one the edge of their territory
I remember someone saying that if you ge...
5 Red Grouse Adam Hill this pm in the snow 2 pairs and one f
Supporting cast sparse:
Mallards 3 over
Pheasants 2 calling
Crow 5
Magpie
Curlew heard somewhere towards Holdens Farm
Coal Tits and Goldcrest heard Walker Fold Woods
Sparrowhawk hunting the treeline
Not sure if anyone has seen Roy Dennis's recently updated website, were he has been Satellite Tracking a young Honey Buzzard from Scotland. This bird on the 17th Sep at 8pm was 8 miles NW of the city centre, between Bury and Bolton.
www.roydennis.org/Migration%20maps%202008.htm
Kane
9am this morning Hobby on Reddish Lane, Lymm. Hanging around wooded area close to the farmers sign ("Keep dogs on lead" in green paint!) . Also Wheatear in the ploughed field
Whats the largest number of Magpies spotted at any one time in the county? At the back of our offices I have just counted 16 , I know there normally in pairs but it seems quite a large number.
This a.m. at around 9.50 just after junction 6 heading away from Manchester saw a RED KITE sat on a telegraph pole at side of Motorway. I'm pretty certain we were still in Manchester although I know the boundary is close to here. Fantastic surprise and a Manchester 1st for me
Cheers Ian
Just noticed the results and realised i'd not entered this month, sorry Ian.
What with hollidays and stuff, completely forgot.
Of course i would have got them right
Cheers Dean.
Pleasant walk around early evening held 3 Spotted Flycatchers, 1 Redstart and at least 30 Goldcrest. The spot flys and restart were moving around and were mobile.
Dave
Just had two days off. Went to check out the Red Kites on Tuesday afternoon after leaving work early. Saw a good few, giving decent views. Then went to saty at my mum's (Pontefract) so we could get an early start for Flamborough.
Ended up deciding on a trip to Spurn. As we were setting off, reports came t...
Saturday morning till 7pm (ish). Simon and l booked a trip on The Yorkshire Belle off Bridlington,we arrived only to be greeted with news that we wouldn't be sailing for another 2 hours!! we soon cheered up as just over the roof tops but flying away,was a Honey Buzzard (L),once we'd gotten over that sup...
15/9
2 little Grebe
4 Gt crtd Grebe
1 Kingfisher
1 Buzzard
1 Kestrel
What's with the bloody stupid floating "Scarecrow" thingy? It's been there a couple of days apparently.
Dean.
Just catching up with Gordon's excellent weekly summaries. He had a Willow Tit at Hopwood Golf Course last week, and has been following some Barn Owls which have fledged 5 young in Rochdale - superb photos. (I remember putting up that box well - my leg went through the rotten floorboards and I still hav...
Cycling down ladies lane 830 this am 1 sparrowhawk sat on top of a hedge in field on right near public footpath. kestrel sat on wire observing field below further down on left,and approx 200 geese feeding on stubble field close to boarsdane woods [ dont know what kind didnt have bins on me ]. 3 swallows ,a...
The Manchester Birding website (but note not this forum) is 1 year old today (14th September), so Happy Birthday everybody, the full write up is on the notice board of the website. My round I believe...
Going to a wedding in Nov at Hook near Aldershot in Hampshire. I know nothing about birdwatching sites in the area and can find no near RSPB sites. I should have Sat a.m to birdwatch but don't know where to go
Please anyone with info post a message
Cheers Ian
