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For those going to the BirdFair this year you should be able to pick up WeBS Report and be given a demonstration of WeBS online. Will those who will be using WeBS online please let me know by contacting me on a.dancy@ntlworld.com I hope you enjoy the BirdFair. Many thanks Adrian

Today is the last day of the recording period for the Atlas's first breeding season. Many thanks to all who have contributed - you can have a rest now until the second winter's recording period starts in November! Please can all surveyors enter up their records as soon as possible, either online or o...

Hobby over town centre with hirundines this afternoon Info thanks to Tom Morton

1 Grasshopper Warbler, 1 Whitethroat, 6 Linnet, 14 Pied Wagtail, 2 Willow Warbler, 1 Tufted Duck and 32 Lapwing Dave

bit of passage with 10 Wheatear also 104 Canada Goose (inc a canada/greylag type hybrid), 115 Lapwing, 2 Common Gull, 200+ LBBGull and 82 B H Gull. Dave

I saw a male Black Redstart from my office window yesterday (from 7th Floor Peter House, St Peter's Square, Manchester). Only got a very brief view as it flitted from one office block to the next opposite from my building. I've not seen any other threads on this species this year so am wondering wheth...

After some condsiderable effort and more tree felling and time spent than I care to remember access to the Astley Moss East Pools, better known simply as the Peat Pools, is now available. PLEASE NOTE: It is absolutely imperative that anyone intending to visit carefully reads the new site gu...

The colour ringed Spoonbill found on the evening of Sat 5th July at Horrock's Flash, Wigan, only stayed until 1015hrs on Sunday 6th July. It was re-located on Mon 7th July in South Wales on the Ogmore Estuary. It has since been re-located further south and is now in Devon at Exminster Marshes RSPB....

Just come back from Cyprus of holiday, wife bought me a bird book and a pair of bins and I am hooked! Live near Pennington Flash, can any one please recommend a pair of bins for £400-£500 got confused as I have looked at so many over the lat 10 days will they last or need to be upgraded in the future and tell me i...

A friend of mine is looking to purchase a second-hand tripod for his 'scope so if anyone out there has one they are looking to sell then please contact me privately. Thanks.

Called over to Dunham Massey with the wife and kids yesterday and what a pleasant day we had. Made all the more enjoyable by a hobby making an appearance on a nearby tree for a few minutes. Does anyone have info on what birds of prey there are at DM and in particular if Hobbies are seen regularly there? ...

2 weeks ago a pair of Wrens successfully fledged a family from a Great Tit nest box in my garden. I thought this unusual and Peter Johnson suggested I post this and ask if anyone else out there has experienced this or any other unusual wren(or any other bird) nest sites. Cheers Ian

I've just noticed on Birdguides a report of a male Blue Headed Wagtail on Irlam Moss in horse paddocks in field 23 today.Apparently there were 3 fledged young with it.

Field 9 behind Manor farm, flooded pool in field produce 2 Green Sandpipers + 2 Snipe & 2 families of Pied Wagtails = 10, i also obeserved Swallows "having a go" at the Sandpipers & Wagtails for no apparent reason especially the juveniles Wagtails who had to hop skip & jump to av...

According to the BBC long range weather a ridge of low pressure should form on Thursday over southern Europe.This should result in S.E. airflow straight off central Europe,classic Black Tern fall conditions on Thurs and Fri.,Audenshaw and Pennington usually get the biggest numbers if a fall occu...

Stonechats successfully bred on Barton Moss (field 99) near the Aerodrome, a first on the Mosslands for me. The parents were feeding the fledge young 4/5 in the set-a-side field nest site early this morning. Yellow Wagtails were also successfully on the adjacent semi arable (field 98), five young f...

Observed a juv. Common Tern with coloured leg rings this a.m. at Elton, who do I report this toooooo. ADVICE please. Cheers Ian

1 peregrine sat on a telegraph pole looked to be a f by the size of it rare bird for this area also 17 yellowhammers

Hi steve, I didnt send back a card for the Heronry Census at Bluebell Wood/Clayton Vale

I spent a welcome break from work last week at Makarska in Croatia, not so much for the birding but mainly for a rest. I kept the binos in my hand luggage and was rewarded with views of 2 Little Egrets and a dozen Med gulls resting at a small bay viewed from the mini bus 20 minutes from Split Airport. At Mak...

I received this e-mail the other day Today while sitting in Grosvener Square Gardens just off Oxford Road in Manchester My friend and I saw this parrot (see pics) after a local tipped us off . It seems somebody could be aware of its presence as there was a seed feeder out for it but we were concerned abou...

I'm afraid I can't give any definite confirmation on this, but apparently a hoopoe was spotted several times in York on Wednesday/Thursday.

Went to Martin Mere this morning with my Brother-In-Law,his wife and daughter... me and him went mooching to the hides, whilst they went off looking at duckies etc. Anyhow - thought it was an absolutely corking morning... saw the following breeds by looking though various hides... Black-tail...

Gave Ellie-birder an airing today and did our annual circular walk around Warton Crag. Great views of the long-staying Chough on the path at the top of the Quarry - down to 15 ft before it saw us. Also 2 Ravens, one of the Peregrines, a Kestrel family, and a Green Woodpecker. Male Marsh Harrier on the r...

One yesterday evening at the bottom end of the village just off the A6 along Queens Road. A non-birding friend of mine had it in his garden. No photos (yet - he'll try if it comes back), but his description was bang on.

First visit to Risley Moss arrived 9.20am good variety of woodland birds chiffchaff willow warbler bullfinch tree creeper willow tit backcap and all the usual stuff climbed mount everest and got cracking views over the peat bogs but abit naff at the top of the tower nowhere to clam...

I've received an enail from the RSPB to say that the BBC's The One Show at 7pm tonight will feature the Manchester Peregrines.

quiet a surreal sight at Ashworth Moor Res this eve as 52, yes 52, Common Scoter flew through. Managed to see the flock coming towards the res as i was counting swifts, they then flew (west-easterly) over the Res, quiet high, and onwards. of 3 counts i managed as they flew through 52 was the minimum but on...

Was over to New Brighton Promenade this afternoon during high tide during very high winds. Cracking views of Storm Petrels dancing on the waves, lots of Common/Arctic Terns passing far out into the Irish Sea, with Arctic Skua chasing the odd one. Also passing in the winds were Fulmar, several Shag an...

twice this week ive seen a buzzard in the giants hall-taylor pit area.dont know if its resident.saw it tuesday evening and lunchtime today.also on the fields by swinley coal washes the hay has gone and the fields were full of birds.100+starling,20+mistle thrushes.also small groups of greenfinch...